by Simon Ng on September 3, 2010
As you know, the iOS 4.1 for iPhone will be publicly available next week. For iPad user, are you feeling you are left with a dated operating system? Wait, during the special event, Apple also announces the upcoming update for iPad – the iOS 4.2.
Needless to say, the new iOS update will come with all features already available on iOS 4.1 for iPhone such as multitasking, folders, unified inbox, etc. What’s more is it also adds two exciting features:
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by Simon Ng on September 2, 2010
Steve Jobs just announced the iOS 4.1 during the special event today. The iOS update for both iPhone and iPod touch will be available next week via iTunes.
According to Steve Jobs, the new operating system will come with the following features:
- Lots of bug fixes including those relating to the proximity sensor, Bluetooth and the iPhone 3G (performance improvement).
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos – If you do not heard of HDR photos, check out Wikipedia for details. In App Store, you can already find plenty of apps supporting HDR such as TrueHDR. With the release of iOS 4.1, HDR is now built into the system.
- HD video upload over WiFi
- TV Show Rentals – Each show only costs $0.99
- Game Center – Game Center is all about multiplayer games. You can challenge your friends or they can challenge you. Even if you don’t have any friends Apple will match you with someone.
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by Simon Ng on September 1, 2010
In less than three hours, Apple will kick off the special event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For the very first time, Apple will broadcast the event online using the industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming.
The live broadcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. PDT on September 1, 2010 at www.apple.com. You can watch the event on your Mac running Safari on Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard, iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad.
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by Gaurav on September 1, 2010
It’s well known that iTunes App Store is leaps and bounds ahead of all its competitors – be it Android Market, Blackberry App World or Nokia Ovi Store. But just how big is the Apple App Store? Ever wondered what’s the total worth of all apps in the Apple App Store? According to the latest metrics provided by 148.biz, the total worth of the 250,000+ apps is nearly $673,362. And there’s plenty of reason to cheer for Apple loyalists, the iTunes Store is expanding at a record pace and the milestone of 1 million apps isn’t just a dream any longer.
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by Simon Ng on August 31, 2010
You should be very familiar the “Sync in Progress” screen. When you sync the iPhone with iTunes, you have to wait until the sync process completes before you can use it. This is trivial for iPhone user and we already get used to it.
However, Coleman Stavish, an iPhone developer, don’t agree with that. He has just released a hack on cydia called Synchronicity that allows you to use the device while it is syncing with iTunes. You can continue to play iPhone game, run apps and even make calls while the iTunes sync is in progress. You can do whatever you want except iPod app.
According to the developer, except for certain CPU intensive operation, the overall performance will not be affected even the device is syncing with iTunes. You can use your iPhone as usual.
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by Gaurav on August 30, 2010
The iPhone is fast becoming a benchmark for best of the class mobile payment solutions. Square has been around for a long time now but it will soon be seriously challenged by an innovative product called ‘Complete Credit Card Solution’, a joint offering from Intuit and Mophie. The new iPhone Credit Card Scanner accessory is an all-in-one credit card payment solution for the iPhone which integrates Intuit’s GoPayment credit card processing app and merchant account with the Mophie marketplace iPhone credit card reader.
The ‘Complete Credit Card Solution’ is yet another proof that the future of banking and shopping is cardless, the future is iPhone!
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by Simon Ng on August 30, 2010
Recently, there are quite a number of interesting app released on Cydia. CallTell is one of them. In brief, CallTell is a hack for jailbroken iPhone that tells who’s calling when you receive a call. The hack simply looks up your contact list on iPhone and speak out the name of caller before your iPhone rings.
What’s more is CallTell also works for text messages. When someone sends a text message, CallTell also enables your iPhone to speak out the name of the sender. You can even instruct CallTell to read out the text message.
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Twitter yesterday announced the release of its much anticipated official iPad app. The Twitter for iPad app is available for free download from the iTunes Store and is bound to give third-party apps such as Tweetdeck, Flipboard and others a run for their money. In reality, this is not a new app. Twitter has modified its existing app for the iPhone to an “universal app” with native support for the iPad’s large display. The standout features of the Twitter for iPad app are the revamped UI and support for gestures.
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