by Simon Ng on March 1, 2010
When you think a camera is just for taking photos, Apple thinks different. As revealed by Patently Apple, Apple has filed a patent application that describes an innovative concept to control iPhone (or iPad) by swiping a finger over the external camera lens. As of today, you can only control iPhone using finger gesture via [...]
by Simon Ng on February 24, 2010
Earlier we’ve covered that Street Fighter IV would be coming to iPhone and available in March. Here are some more details about the roster and pricing.
As reported by GamePro, the game will be available in App Store next month for US$9.99 with only eight fighters:
When the game lands in the App Store next month, [...]
by Simon Ng on February 24, 2010
Yesterday, Apple rolled out three new iPhone commercials named First Steps, On Hold and Family Travel. Unlike the previous TV commercial with the theme of “There is an app for that”, two of the news commercials targets to show off the built-in features of iPhone.
The “First Steps” ad targets parents who want to capture some [...]
by Simon Ng on February 23, 2010
In early January, I had a trip to Japan for my vacation and celebrated the new year. If you have even been to Japan, you know, English is not a very popular language. Particularly, for some local restaurants, there are no English menu nor English-speaking staff to serve you. So, what you get is a [...]
by Simon Ng on February 22, 2010
As Google Voice is rejected by Apple as a native application on iPhone last August, Google finally repackaged the Google Voice mobile for iPhone as web application that was built on HTML 5 and launched publicly in late January.
If you are not familiar with Google Voice, it is a free phone service by Google [...]
by Simon Ng on February 21, 2010
During the announcement of iPad, Steve Jobs said the iPad would be available in late March for US$499. Yesterday, as reported by AppAdvice, the iPad will probably go on presale as early as February 25. The presale will be available in U.S. stores only and limits to the WiFi model of iPad.
So, are you [...]
by Simon Ng on February 19, 2010
If you’re not satisfied with the performance of iPhone’s Safari browser, Opera may be the alternative. Opera is going to release its Opera Mini browser on iPhone. Earlier, the Opera team has given a demonstration at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress. As reported by Engadget, Opera Mini on iPhone is really fast:
Opera Mini is very, very [...]
by Simon Ng on February 3, 2010
While we are wishing Apple to rollout a major update for iPhone OS (say, iPhone 3.2 or 4.0), it turns out Apple hopes us to wait for a little while.
On Tuesday, Apple released a minor bug fix version for iPhone OS pushing the version number from 3.1.2 to 3.1.3. The new update is mainly for [...]
by Simon Ng on February 3, 2010
Apple has just released iTunes v9.0.3 and is now available via software update. The new release provides a number of bug fixes, as mentioned in the release note:
iTunes no longer ignores your “Remember password for purchases” setting.
Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod.
Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected.
Addresses issues [...]