Browsing articles tagged with " iOS"
May 22, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone 4 White 64GB rumor

 

Would you like to get yourself such a beauty? We certainly would like to do so! And now again a rumor is giving us some hope that this will become true. We have recently seen the iPhone 4 white appearing on a Vietnamese tech blog which had what appeared as a beta testing version of iOS with some interesting new features available. In addition, a regular black iPhone 4 with the same beta iOS was demoed on this website.

May 22, 2011
Wheeler Megan

How to block location tracking on iPhone 3G

If you are an owner of an older but still excellent iPhone 3G and you are worried about your privacy here is what you could do. While Apple has recently solved the problem on most recent iPhone models iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, the somewhat older iPhone 3G isn’t eligible for new iOS updates and so still have the problem unresolved. So here again we need help from the Cydia and jailbreaking community. Developer named Ryan Petrich brcome famous recently because of his fast solution offered for this problem the Untrackerd app. Untrackerd attacks this issue as it deletes the database file which contains stored informations on your iPhone location and I will also prevent it from being synced to your computer. You can install Untrackerd and this problem will be solved for you. Your privacy will again become really yours. No power that be wont be able to track your movement around for whatever reason.

May 20, 2011
Rodney Potter

Qualcomm to release development kit for augmented reality apps

If you are a developer or thinking about becoming one you will be glad to read this. Very soon iOS developers will be able to use new development tools from Qualcomm for creating AR (augmented reality ) iPhone apps. Qualcomm will offer this free tool a full year after the company had released the same option for Android phones. This means that with this release, iOS developers will be able to use the same development kit. This should give good incentive for better and improved AR apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

May 17, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone tips for newbies: how to activate multiple SMS alerts

If you are an ardent user of your iPhone and worried of its efficiency and productivity you will be interested in this tip. Nowadays SMS tends to be a pretty important medium for communications including arranging meetings, appointments, confirmations and anything else you have to do during your workday. If you are always on the run, walking, driving or doing anything else you will want to make sure you receive your SMS on time. So in order not to miss any such important message it would be a good idea to adjust your SMS alerts. One possible method of doing this is to increase the number of alerts for your messages.

May 13, 2011
Rodney Potter

Netflix app for iPod,iPhone and iPad updated

iPhone apps: Netflix

Note for all Netflix fans out there: Netflix has upgraded their iOS app. If you are a movie fan, you will do well if you go to the iTunes App Store and download the latest update of the app, version 1.3. Most important improvement for the app is that now you will have added subtitles for your movies.

May 12, 2011
Rodney Potter

Apple releases upgrade for the Apple TV iOS

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Apple has released a new upgrade for their popular A4 powered Apple TV. If you decide to upgrade the firmware on your device you can do so by navigating to Settings - General – Update and afterwards just follow the instructions.

This update is improving on variety of less important issues. This upgrade is considered as a small upgrade but inside Apple it is considered as the upgrade to iOS 4.3. Here is the list of fixes which are included with this upgrade.

May 11, 2011
Rodney Potter

Jailbreak tweak: delete spam from your Mail apllication

Delete Mail i s a new jailbreak tweak which helps you to manage your mail inbox much easier. While iOS is certainly the best mobile OS out there it has some small drawbacks, that can constantly bug you and spoil otherwise great iPhone user experience. One of such small problems is the inability to delete multiple junk emails at once. Instead of choosing to delete many of them instantly, you are forced to select every individual email before you can delete it.

May 10, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone tips: how to change the name of your device

rename iPhone

Did you ever wonder how did you friend change the name of his iPhone or iPad but you were to embarrassed to ask? You are probably aware that you can give the name to the device when you set it up with iTunes for the first time. But how can you change that later, perhaps you have bought an used iPhone, or you just decide you would like to rename it to something more interesting? Yes, you can do this and even better it is not really complicated.

May 10, 2011
Rodney Potter

iOS doormat

Did you ever want to get inside your home like actors in Star trek enter the bridge? And keep the iOS feeling to it while feeling better because of the small joke?
Here is a way to fulfil these goals. All you have to do is to get an special doormat like on the picture below.

May 5, 2011
Rodney Potter

Apple is rolling out the iOS 4.3.3 firmware to solve location tracking issue

Only a week after Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has said that the location tracking problem will be solved a new iOS upgrade is available for download.
Here is what is new with iOS 4.3.3
1. Location tracking data will be saved in your iPhone but only for one week.
2. This data wont be synced to your computer when doing a regular iTunes sync.
3. Location tracking will be disabled and saved data deleted when you disable Location Services on your iPhone.