Google Maps for ios has now been released. It improves navigation with live traffic updates and incident reports, along with indoor maps for finding your way around shopping malls and the like.
But the big news is proper iPad support. So rush over to the Apple store and get the new update.
Previous generations of iPhone have been made of polycarbonate, aluminium and glass. Not to be outdone, there is a rumour that the next generation of iPhone will in fact be made of concrete.
From a green perspective, once the phones shelf life has expired, the iPhone can simply be used in your next building project. If you dropped the phone, instead of a crack, you would only be left with some concrete dust.
Now just in case your thought this can’t be true, it is in fact a load of nonsense.
There are so many iPhone rumours floating around one more isn’t going to hurt.
So the latest story about the new iPhone is that which details issues with the fingerprint sensor and LCD yield rates affecting supplies. The problem is this supply shortage happens every year, so is it just a ploy to get you to pre order as soon as possible ?
What do you think?
Apple’s normal strategy is to sell the last 2 versions of the iPhone for less money than previous, reduce the memory and make them the budget offering. So with the iPhone 5 being sold, the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 become the budget models respectively.
So leaked rumours of the new budget iPhone which comes in a variety of colours seems out of context. Unless, Apple is ditching the 4/4S completely and offering a cheaper option which is made from plastic but will come in several colours.
Of course, we should all be expecting the iPhone 5S, a phone that looks identical as the 5 but with upgraded internals that is better camera, processor etc.
But what if Apple surprised everyone and launched a plastic multicoloured lower cost budget iPhone and then jumped from the 5S straight to a new designed iPhone 6. With market pressures from other competitors it does need to maintain its competitive edge.
Gamers with jailbroken iOS devices who have purchased or otherwise acquired the new game Deus Ex: The Fall are running into a problem when they attempt to play: they can’t fire any guns, a key part of the game.
With piracy so rampant clearly this is one way to battle the problem. But will it alienate honest people who bought the title. Or is it a smart move? Or is it just a publicity stunt to gain more media attention for their game!
What do you think?
OAO Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest mobile operator has supposedly dropped Apple’s iPhone in protest over the high costs involved in subsidizing the phone.
But in case you are wondering, it is able to do this as sales of Windows Phone 8 have equalled that of the iPhone.
Clearly, another sign of the iPhone’s high costs being hard to swallow in a tough economic climate. And great news for Windows Phones.
Apple released its third beta for iOS 7. This features a number of changes, many of which are slight cosmetic changes including –
– Mail has tweaked search bar
– Music controls are slightly redesigned
– Clock icon in control centre is tweaked
– Weather app has had a change to the fonts
– Safari has seen some notable UI enhancements for the tab/bookmarks via on the iPad, in the loading bar for iPad/iPhone, and in Private Browsing mode.
– Calendar now shows which days you have events on
– Time on Lock Screen while playing music.
– Tweaked interface when clicking a key in Calculator.app
– Slight Game Center UI tweaks.
– Tweaked UI for wallpaper chooser.
– New silent control in iPad Control Center
– New app icon loading UI for download apps:
– Slightly tweaked pull-to-refresh animation in Mail app.
– New App Store tab buttons.
– Siri is much faster to navigate.
– Nice new UI for arranging tab-bar icons
– Yellow selection UI in notes
– New animation while accessing Spotlight
– Various font changes all over.
– Perhaps an even more improved voice in Siri
– Some transparencies removed from iPhone 4S (particularly in Siri)
– Some UI button tweaks in iTunes Radio
– Dictionary feature is now active:
I’m sure there are more tweaks along with tons of bug fixes. All in all, iOS 7 is shaping up to be something excellent.
What do you think?
iOS 7 is currently in beta form and will grace the next iPhone and older Apple devices.
However within the beta was coding that revealed that the next iPhone should be able to record video at a staggering 120 frames per second, along with slow motion.
With these specs DSLR cameras will be obsolete in a few years.
Good news, Apple and Amazon end their legal battle of the use of the word App Store. Apple had thought it owned the term, and sued Amazon when they launched their own Appstore.
I personally do not like these lawsuits, but it shows common sense prevails eventually as only the lawyers win in these cases.
Twitter announced on its blog that it had made changes to its apps across android, iOS and the mac and web to provide a better unified look and direct message syncing.
So now if you read a direct message on your iPhone it will show read on your android tablet or vice versa. Search has been improved too, and the iOS app has finally caught up with the android app and offers tweet composer for better new tweet operation.
However, the tablet design on android is still the phone version and looks terrible. Your tweets aren’t sync across timelines.
I did notice that the android app has had a few cosmetic tweaks and changing the notification sound now works.
So what else would you like the official twitter app to offer?
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