Windows 8 user interface on iPad

Nobody knows why is this important, or even desirable, but it is indeed possible to have an Windows 8 experience on your favorite iPad tablet. If you like the Windows 8 UI but you definitely think iPad is the best tablet, you can consider using a special iOS app which will enable you to test out this feature. Splashtop has just released an app which will help you to try out the Windows 8 environment on your Apple tablet.

Here are some gestures available with Windows 8 Metro Testbed

Best App repositories to add

If you want to jailbreak your iPhone and make the best use of the jailbreak you will need to learn a bit about Cydia repositories. Repositories are servers accessible online, offering a large number of iOS apps and tweaks for iPhone users. Besides apps and tweaks these repos also offer other useful stuff like ringtones, wallpapers and much more.  Here is the top five list of the best repositories you can use to improve your iPhone or iPad.

Almost like Siri: Cydia app Sara for other iPhone models

One of the most valued advantages of iPhone 4S is certainly it’s Siri voice control app. Since iPhone 4S is now a jailbreak friendly device thanks to hard work from the jailbreak community, many different Siri related tweaks are becoming available. Among them, a number of apps which are Siri like or enable Siri on iOS devices other than iPhone 4S have been released recently. So far the most popular alternative to Siri is being delivered through Spire. But Sara is a tweak which will enable Siri even on older iOS devices. Yes it is true, it will work even on iPhone 3G!

OnLive app adds Microsoft’s Windows 7 on your iPad

OnLine is a service mostly known in the gaming community, but it has now launched a really interesting app and service which offers Windows 7 for iPad owners. With OnLive Desktop app you can try out Microsoft’s best Windows OS nowadays, directly on your iOS tablet device. This app works only within the cloud without any intermediary Vnc apps necessary.

Roku media player gets iOS app for remote control

Roku is a popular media player similar but not as popular as Apple’s own Apple TV media box device. This time Roku gets upgraded with an iOS app for remote control of your Roku device. You can now control your Roku player and choose your movies or shows while resting in your favorite couch potato position.

Here are some of the features of this iOS app:

Choose the chanel you want to watch.
Use superb iOS interface for remote controlling of your Roku media box.
Start, stop, replay and rewind your movie with your iPhone or iPod.
Add or remove content from your device.
Control multiple Roku devices at once.

Gmail app for iOS upgraded, new features available

Gmail app for iOS had its up and downs during the last month. After it was released for the first time it was quickly removed from the app store because of some serious bugs, but not before it was heavily criticized by users which have already downloaded the app. But Google is obviously determined to improve Gmail for iOS. So the app has just been upgraded and new features were introduced for the first time. Now you can enjoy Scribbles and make your emails fancy with some nice handmade drawings.

Ford Fusion app for iOS

We have seen a growing trend where major brands go into iOS to provide app’s related to their offers. In line with this trend Ford has just released an iOS only app. With this app you can take controls of a Ford Fusion even before it becomes really available in January of 2012. After you download this app on your iOS device you will see a Ford logo, which when tapped opens into a world where you can test some of the three offered versions of the upcoming Ford Fusion.

iBooks reading app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad upgraded to version 1.5

Best reading app for iOS, Apple’s own iBooks app, has just being upgraded to version 1.5. This new upgrade offers some really useful features and options for more pleasant and efficient book reading.

Here are some of the most important new features of iBooks 1.5:

You can now choose the annotation colors so you can customize the color of highlighted text.
Nighttime reading feature, which enables you to read books without too much eye strain.
Full screen layout which helps you to focus on the text without unnecessary distractions.
A set of new covers for books which are freely available (public domain books).
And more.

Tethering app appears in Apple’s App Store

Today we heard a quite interesting bit of news from the Apple Store. It appears that Apple had somehow allowed a genuine tethering app into their App Store. This app will allow you to tether your devices through your iPhone without needing to jailbreak and use some Cydia app or using the usual way of getting a tethering package from your local network carrier. We are still not sure how did this happen actually. Is this simply a mistake by Apple’s censors, or is Apple sending a message to network carriers?

Facebook releases their official iPad app!

After many rumors, preparations and lot of tweaking Facebook has finally released their official iPad app. It looks to us that this it will retain the look and feel of the iPhone app. But what is most interesting is that the app is highly customized for tablets large touchscreen and that it offers chat and Facebook games on the iPad for the first time. It took Mark Zuckerberg and his team of engineers and designers almost a year to release their iPad app. So why did they need a full year to develop an app? Is there something more to this story, something which Facebook doesn’t want to reveal right now?