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iPhone 5S Sapphire Crystal Displays out: Apple and the Vertu factor

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [4]

Vertu COO Perry Oosting spoke this week on the company's past with Apple, noting how dealings with Sapphire Crystal Displays fell through. This British luxury phone company, Vertu, has itself created smartphones with just such displays working in a lovely manner - but for mass production, it seems, it just wasn't meant to be. According to this fellow Oosting, Apple's choice of Gorilla Glass 3 for future iPhones was a far more feasible choice. Read The Full Story

TuTu aims to remind kids there’s more to play than just a touchscreen

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [2]

This week the folks at Roam & Wander have released a kickstarter for a character by the name of TuTu; a pink bunny aimed at bringing kids obsessed with the digital world back into an expansive tactile world of play. What you're seeing here is a bunny toy with a space for an iPhone that becomes the bunny's face. Once the iPhone is placed in the toy and the TuTu app is activated, a two-tiered toy is formed: on one hand there's the plush, on the other, there's an interactive bunny face powered by the iPhone. Read The Full Story

Apple musing 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch iPhone expansion tip insiders

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [12]

Apple is considering a 4.7-inch iPhone and a 5.7-inch iPhone for launch as early as 2014, alongside a $99 entry-level model in a range of color plastic finishes, according to new insider rumors. The bigger iPhone whispers would see Apple echo some of Samsung’s handset differentiation, Reuters sources claim, though so far no final decisions about the larger phones have been made. Apple has historically been dismissive of big smartphones, arguing that its users find it valuable to be able to use an iPhone with one-hand.

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iOS 7 and the rebirth of iPhone

, Jun 12th 2013 Discuss [23]

WWDC didn’t give us a new iPhone, or a Retina iPad mini, but it gave us something far more important: a glimpse of the future of iOS. Opinions on iOS 7 are wildly divided, some iPhone users already converts to the lighter, flatter interface; others shocked by the changes; Android and Windows Phone fans quick to pick apart the elements they see as “borrowed” from their platform of choice. It’s still early days – not to mention Apple still has a few months to refine things before the full release – but already I’m confident that iOS 7 will bring me back over from Android, not to mention open the door to some hardware surprises later in the year.

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RunKeeper for iOS updates with social feed, leaderboards

, Jun 11th 2013 Discuss [1]

RunKeeper is the go-to app for many fitness junkies thanks to its rounded-out feature list and tons of different options, and the iOS version was updated today to include even more. RunKeeper users on iOS will now be able to enjoy a new social feed, as well as leaderboards that will keep you competing against your other fitness buddies. Read The Full Story

iOS 7 Hotspot 2.0 adds WiFi roaming for ubiquitous connections

, Jun 11th 2013 Discuss [3]

iPhones and iPads running Apple's new iOS 7 later this year may be able to roam more easily between WiFi hotspots, thanks to quietly added support for Hotspot 2.0. The feature, confirmed among the new functionality in iOS 7 that Apple didn't have sufficient keynote time to detail yesterday, builds on the Wi-Fi Alliance's "Certified Passpoint" system, effectively a simple roaming system for WiFi access points. Read The Full Story

WWDC 2013 software wrap-up: iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks lead the way

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [2]

This year’s WWDC keynote revealed both the next generation in Apple’s mobile operating system and their change of name re-track of their desktop-based OS X. With iOS 7, Jony Ive’s look and feel are rather apparent with a top-to-bottom adjustment to the operating system along with some pointed connections to the desktop side of things. Apple’s update to OS X, on the other hand, sees a slightly less drastic adjustment happening: and no, that’s not OS X Sea Lion, it’s more of a wave sort of situation.

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Apple’s iTunes Radio “playing catch up with Nokia Music” suggests Nokia VP

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [10]

It's not often that Nokia gets to take a moment to snark on Apple, so it's certainly not surprising that immediately after Apple releases information on their iTunes Radio service, the VP of Nokia Entertainment has responded with a reminder about Nokia Music. As iTunes Radio was made official, this streaming music service with iAd integration and the ability to purchase songs on the fly was picked at by Nokia. Read The Full Story

Apple brings automatic updates and location-aware apps to iOS 7

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

The folks from Apple just handcrafted and delivered not only an entirely new look for their mobile OS, but also an array of new features in iOS 7. From Siri getting a huge overhaul (and a manly voice if you'd like) to an auto-sorting Photo gallery and more. One major aspect is apps, considering nearly 50 billion apps have been downloaded to date on iOS. Read on to see what's new with your App Store. Read The Full Story

iOS 7 Beta release drops today (for developers)

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [6]

While iOS 7 wont be available for the public until later this fall, Apple has made it clear that the system will be delivered to developers starting today. This is good news for those developers in the audience that aim to develop for this generation and future generations of Apple mobile devices, especially since it's clear that this wont be the last generation of Apple mobile device hardware updates. And let's not forget the "hacker" developers, too. Read The Full Story

iOS 7 brings Moments, Filters, and Airdrop sharing to Photos

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [1]

As Apple is currently announcing all the new features of iOS 7, one of the big changes is to the Photo experience. As a part of their massive iOS update, the built-in camera app and photos app has been completely overhauled. Not to mention we have tons of new features to use and enjoy. Long live Instagram, we now have filters galore right in iOS 7. Read The Full Story

iOS 7 Safari gets slick new tabs, smart search box, more

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

A new version of iOS means a new Safari browser, and iOS 7 updates the mobile internet browser with a brand new interface and new features. The iOS 7 Safari is supposedly faster than any version of the app before, and also makes finding information from different sites and services more straightforward. There's a unified address and search bar, just as on Safari on the desktop, with auto-suggestions from Google. Read The Full Story
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