iPhone 5 battery drain bug still not solved with iOS 5.0.1

Apple is working really hard to clear out the problem which is known as the iOS 5 battery drain bug. The bug is causing unexplainable levels of energy loss in iPhonećs running on iOS 5. As a quick antidote, Cupertino has seeded iOS 5.0.1 which should have cleared out this problem. But after only a day or two it became clear that Apple still didn’t squash this bug. So Apple’s problems are continuing and they have now released the beta version of iOS 5.1 to certified Apple developers, which offered a number of new solutions which should prevent the fast battery drain. Unfortunately, it seems that the whole embarrassing situation is repeating itself. No matter the upgraded iOS version,developers are reporting that iPhone batteries are still being drained at an unacceptable level.

New Zombie themed game now in app store: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies’

Activision, the company which is best known by their Call of Duty games, has released a sequel to their previous game ‘ Call of Duty: Zombies’. The new iOS version of this game looks almost the same as on other gaming platforms like PC and gaming consoles.

The game itself has a number of same or simlar looking levels with the difference that you can customize the game in larger extent. You can enjoy in this game with as many as three friends at the same time. The game is specially developed for touch screen environment, and offers various maps and weapon systems never available before. You can now enjoy in more than 50 levels of the game which will offer you a lot o fun multiplayer gaming fun.

Network carriers running spyware on Android, iOS and other smartphones

Security expert Trevor Eckhart has just published his findings about Carrier IQ, which can be defined as a malicious spyware which was preinstalled on your device by carriers and even by some vendors. Originally this package was described as a benign type of quality control and according to carriers was installed only to gather informations about the quality of customer experience which should later be used to improve the networks services. According to this earlier statement, this software cant be used for gathering private informations from users like their photos, text messages, emails and so on.

iPhone games: Infinity Blade 2

Infinity Blade 2 is a brilliant new game for iPhone. It definitely represents a large improvement over the original game, because of many new layers in the game environment and different new characters.

At the beginning of the game you will enjoy in a peaceful scene of an oriental garden with a beautifully fountain containing gold fishes. But don’t relax yet, as cruel, iron armoured monsters are lurking from the shadows, waiting to tear you apart. Game design stays in the same style as the original game but with many new touches and amazing details. There are plenty of interesting little details where ever you look at, and your enemies are now much bigger and more complex. The game story itself makes more sense, as the game story is written by someone who obviously knows his trade. As in the original game you will walk around the fortress trying to find out what is going on.

iPhone cooking related apps: ‘Is It Ready Yet? ‘

Here comes another great idea in the world of iOS apps. ‘Is It Ready Yet?’ could be just what you needed in the coming holiday season. Since holiday times ask for better food on your table, you could find this app as something which can help you to provide the quality of food your family and your friends will expect from you. This app will help you to roast or cook the food at the best possible temperature, no matter is it poultry, beef or pork you want to prepare. It will also notify you how long do you need to cook your meat.

Brazilian iPhone’s appearing on the market

Apple is trying hard to move some of iPhone producing plants into Brazil, and now it seems that at least some small number of Brazilian made iPhones had reached the market. According to a Brazilian Mac oriented website Mac Magazine, here are some pictures of these new iPhone’s. Keep in mind that the whole story is unofficially at the time we are writing this. On the back of the device instead of the usual ‘Made in China’ designation there is a different one: ‘Brazilian industry’. The label is written in Brazilian Portuguese. Another clue confirming this is that the model number includes ‘BR’ which is abbreviation for Brazil at the end of it.

Google relaunches Gmail app for iOS

After it was recently launched and then immediately withdrawn from the App Store, Google has again released their new Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The previous version of the software was pulled out after it was discovered that it contained a number of bugs, among which the Push Notification bug was the most visible one. We bet there is a large number of iPhone and iPad users wanting to use Gmail out there.

Timeline for Facebook on iPhone: awesome!

Latest Facebook upgrade, the so called ‘timeline’ will soon come to iPhone and it will look fabulous according to latest reports, which appeared after a press conference yesterday.

Timeline on a touch screen device looks much better than on a desktop computer. In fact, some people said it looks so great you wont want to use it on your desktop computer, instead you’ll want to use only your iPhone Facebook app. Timeline is created specifically for touch screen devices like iPhone and iPad.

iOS 5.0.1 upgrade seeded

Apple has just released the next version of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch firmware which is now being upgraded to iOS 5.0.1. Major reason for this upgrade was the battery life issue reported by many users where iPhone’s were draining batteries very quickly, even if the devices were in stand by mode only. There were also other things Apple solved with this upgrade including some security risks, bug fixes, better voice recognition, re introduction of multi touch gestures for iPad and much more.

Here is the short list of most important features iOS 5.0.1 brings:

iOS 5.0 hidden features: auto correct words

It seems that iOS has more goodies hidden inside the system itself. Now there is another interesting feature discovered which is can be used even without jailbreaking, which we by the way advise to every iPhone and iPad user. This option was discovered by an iOS developer, Sonny Dickinson. This hidden option works similar to the solution which is currently available only on Android devices.