Now that the number of App Store downloads to iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads around the world has handily exceeded the population of Planet Earth, we can hopefully put this story to bed until they hit another factor of ten — and as unreasonable as 100 billion downloads sounds, we’ll bet it actually won’t take that long.
That’s right: just a few days after kicking off its online counter, Apple’s officially hit the 10 billion mark, which is a whole lot of software any way you slice it.
So, Android Market, you’re next?
The latest iPhone and iPod touch are nearly identical devices, ignoring the pesky reality that the latter isn’t a phone. We can fix that. Here’s how to turn your iPod touch into a viable (and cheaper) iPhone alternative out of the box.
Back in the day, turning your iPod touch into an iPhone required a jailbreak, but now, thanks to some wonderful apps and other tools, using your iPod touch as an iPhone alternative is a piece of cake.
The iPhone and iPod touch have always been similar devices, but now that Apple’s added a front-facing and regular camera to the iPod touch, they’re practically identical. You can even make video calls on both devices. The only real missing feature is the phone. Thanks to VoIP (Voice over IP) apps like Skype and Line2 (see more details below), you don’t even need to jailbreak to solve that problem.
Although it’s easier than ever to use your iPod touch as a full-fledged iPhone, there’s still a little work involved. You’ll need the right apps and potentially some extra hardware. Let’s take a look at your options and how you can work around the shortcomings of an iPod touch-turned-iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Sep 6,2010
Mobile apps have become an embarrassment of riches. In a world with over 200,000 iPhone apps and over 100,000 Android apps, the toughest part is finding the most useful stuff.
For iPhone users, I’m going to throw you an assist by sharing my top 25. These are third-party apps that can help you be more productive, streamline several of your activities, reduce the number of gadgets in your life, and take advantage of the best benefits that mobile computing has to offer.
I’m also going to follow up with similar lists of the best apps for Android and iPad. Read the rest of this entry »
This is probably the coolest bit of iOS connectivity I’ve seen so far. KL Dartboard is an iPad app (for US$3.99) that serves as a virtual board for darts thrown by an app called KL Darts … for the iPhone.
So, the idea is that you buy the iPad app and set it up on the wall, and then you download the free iPhone app and connect the two using Bluetooth. Once the setup is complete, the position that you hold and shake the iPhone in determines where the darts land on the iPad’s board.
What a weird concept. Unfortunately, it’s probably a better idea than it actually is a game; the iPhone app requires OS 4, you’ve got to have both devices, and the reviews on the iPad app say it doesn’t really work that well. It’s impossible for the iPad to know “where” the iPhone is, so you don’t even need to face the screen to throw the darts correctly.
Still, I think we’ll see more cross-device interaction like this; Chopper 2 is a game that is due out soon, and it allows you to use your iPhone as a controller for the iPad version. I think there are plenty of possibilities like that for developers to play around with. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Author: adryana
- Filed under: Apple
- Date: Jun 30,2010
After the “end justifies the means”, IT major publications have already fallen on his feet and worship the company from Cupertino Apple Daily Gadget odes. There are so many opinions and assumptions that even those uninterested can not escape the torture event dedicated to the minute news.
Even if you avoid click remains titles that really says it all: Apple Tablet PC will be called the iBook, oh no – iPad, excuse me – iSlate, Internet tablet will connect via Wi-Fi (wow, what news) or the text will be made by handwriting recognition. Nothing new. Such products are ongoing at CES 2010, but Apple is expected to revolutionize the industry once again as it did in 2007 with the iPhone. What will be the element of surprise this time? What brings you to a normal tablet? Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Apple, iPhone
- Date: Jun 7,2010
As expected, the iPhone 4 was announced today during Steve Jobs’ keynote at WWDC.
Its flagship features are, of course, the extremely high resolution screen, video chat capability with FaceTime, and the sexy new form factor.
But there’s more to the 4 than that, and even those seemingly self-explanatory new features deserve a closer look.
Let’s see just what Apple’s done here with its biggest update to the iPhone since the original. Read the rest of this entry »
