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 [...]
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 [...]
by Simon Ng on August 13, 2010
Just a week after the PDF exploit was uncovered, Apple releases iOS 4.0.2 to patch the vulnerability.
The PDF security flaw was found on iOS 4.0 and 4.0.1, as well as, all versions of iPhone OS 3.1.x. The vulnerability allows hackers to complete control of iPhone by using a malicious PDF file. This iOS update [...]
by Simon Ng on July 21, 2010
On Tuesday, Apple released an update for iTunes pushing the version number to 9.2.1. As you can reveal from the version number, this update is just for bug fixes.
According to the release note, iTunes 9.2.1 comes with the following bug fixes:
Disables older versions of some incompatible third-party plug-ins
Addresses minor issues with dragging and dropping items
Addresses [...]
by Simon Ng on July 15, 2010
A couple months ago, I wrote a tutorial article that showed you how to view PDF file on iBooks app. In brief, it requires you to convert PDF file into ePub format before you can sync and view the PDF on iBooks.
With the release of iBooks 1.1 and iTunes 9.2, my guide becomes obsolete. [...]
by Simon Ng on July 6, 2010
During custom firmware restoration or iPhone OS downgrade, you may encounter various kinds of iTunes errors. Yesterday, I got an email from a reader about an annoying iTunes error during firmware restore:
The iphone “iphone” could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1015)
Probably you also encounter the same error. To resolve the error, someone has [...]
by Simon Ng on June 18, 2010
To prepare for the release of iPhone 4 and iOS 4 next week, Apple has updated iTunes to version 9.2, adding the support of the latest version of iPhone and iOS.
According to the release note from Apple, iTunes 9.2 comes with several new features and improvements, including:
by Simon Ng on June 4, 2010
Shortly after I posted the demo video of Taikono Tatsujin, a great Japanese game for both iPhone and iPad, I received a number of questions in my email box:
Is the game free?
How can I download it? The game is only available in Japan App Store.
Any way to register an iTunes account for Japan App [...]