Back when the original iPhone 4 came out, there was a certain place that if you held your iPhone, it would drop a call, or most generally, lose bars of signal. This was only true if you were using your iPhone 4 without a case. Apple’s response to this was: "Gripping any mobile phone will … Read more
Well it didn’t help that he was drunk and that definitely isn’t going to make it easier to use your phone. Drunk dialing gone bad…. via Cult of Mac
Apple has just released iOS 5.01, the first update to iOS 5 that will deal with the much discussed battery life issue. Even though there was some work arounds to save battery life, multitasking gestures for the original ipad, iCloud documents , and some “down under” Australian voice recognition when using dictation. So this is … Read more
In addition to the hidden panoramic feature that was hidden in iOS 5, an Android-like auto correct feature has been discovered. As you can see in the screenshot above, courtesy of Sonny Dickson, the auto correct bar lets users pick from a series of word choices. Here’s how to enable it: 1. Download iBackupBot 2. Backup your iPhone/iPod in … Read more
Well if HP is doing it and Netflix is doing it then clearly it’s the new in thing for big corporations to do. Undermine your product, then reverse course after you’ve done the damage and pretend like nothing happened after your value is cut in half. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Ok so proprietary isn’t working out too well. Adobe released a statement to ZDNet that they are ceasing Flash for mobiles. Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash … Read more
Recently, we told you about the panoramic camera mode that was uncovered in iOS 5. Then, we showed you how to enable for yourself with the jailbreak tweak, Firebreak. If your jailbroken it’s not a problem, but if your not then you have no way to enable right? Wrong. Luckily, the guys over at FSM just posted a method to enable … Read more
It is hard to predict what Apple will do next. Last week Apple released two beta updates for 5.0.1, which is unusual considering that these will be incremental updates. Apple seems to be at loss for words concerning the serious iPhone battery bug. 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple is seeding iOS 5.0.1 to consumers. The software is … Read more
Not long after we told you about the hidden panorama feature in iOS 5, firebreak, a Cyida tweak, came out to allow users to use it The tweak is titled ‘Firebreak’ in reference to the plist value, and it’s much simpler to use than editing a plist value via iFile. The tweak is available in the BigBoss repo, and it does require that your device … Read more
For all those with shiny a new iPhone 4S, you may be like me and have not had the urge to Jailbreak it yet because of how nice it runs right out of the box. BTW, there was an untethered Jailbreak released today for iOS 5.0 that I will get to here shortly. Back on … Read more
I keep saying that they’ve learned their lesson and Microsoft is building an ecosystem…nope. Photosynth all over again. Anyway, let’s start with the news of what they did release. “Today’s update uses HTML5 to blend the mobile browse experience with the app experience so you get a consistent and fast mobile search experience whether you’re … Read more
Google is trying to get iOS users to use Gmail more so they’ve released an optimized app for those not satisfied with the built in email. Users are already praising it on Twitter. Here’s their selling pitch: Speed We want to give you the information you need quickly, with minimal effort and distraction. So we’ve … Read more