iOS

Is this important? For me it is. The troubles with saving files, already an issue in iOS 4, will only grow with the new iOS version. That’s because iOS 5’s move towards “PC Free” will likely lead more people to attempt using an iPad as their primary or only computer. As such, the importance for…

Instagram 2.0Version 2.0 supports image sizes up to 1936 x 1936 on the iPhone 4 and 1536 x 1535 on the iPhone 3GS. It also added live filters for previewing effects before snapping a photo, includes four new image filters, adds instant tilt-shift focus, made image borders optional, and improved performance when applying filters.Instagram 2.0…

Dolphin has been the most popular browser on the Android Market and took advantage of the touchscreen interface to allow gestures familiar to iOS users such as pinch and zoom. One of the browser’s unique features, which the company brought to the iOS versions, is the ability to access a website using a specific gesture,…

I wound up focusing on file sharing — the moving of files (such as text documents, graphics and PDFs) among apps and across devices. Currently, Apple’s officially supported method for such file sharing is via iTunes, a still-clunky procedure that I first described back in 2010. Although the addition of Dropbox greases the wheels significantly, iOS…

From MobileMe-to-iCloud “Specifically, I bemoaned the loss of sync services (syncing application preferences, keychain, etc.) and the loss of iDisk,” the reader told AppleInsider of his initial email to Cook . “I was pleasantly surprised to get a call from his office just now.” The anonymous reader said that he was told, “Apple is open…

Citing unnamed developers, Dan Frommer reported the move by Apple, which may be an effort by the company to boost privacy protections for its iOS customers. Some developers had reportedly been using this API as a way to track users without requiring their consent to do so. Privacy has been of increasing concern in recent…

People of different ethnicities who find reasons to dislike each other, for instance, would agree that if it comes down to choosing between a drooling, flesh-gnashing zombie or a person of another race, then the zombie is toast. It may have been a White guy’s grandmother, pre-infection of course, or a Black guy’s youngest daughter…

A lot of science has gone into the study of sleep, most likely because there are a lot of us not getting any. It could be that we’re not getting enough sleep, or it takes too long to fall asleep, or we can’t stay asleep. Maybe the sleep just isn’t restful. We go to great…

In addition, Apple reportedly began locking the Unique Device Identifier (UDID) numbers tied to that account, including the slots sold, rendering those iPhones unusable. Karthick has posted a guide for downgrading to iOS 4.3 if that happens to you, which is the only way to re-activate your device. iOS 5 is tied to a developer…

iCloud Beta iCloud is part semi-backup solution, part file sharing-to-yourself service, and part iTunes distribution system, and that’s just for starters. The company uses iCloud to make iTunes purchases (Music, Apps, iBooks, and TV Shows for now) available to all of your devices, and it will be at the heart of iTunes Match, Apple’s service…

iPhone Explorer Browser WindowWhen you start up iPhone Explorer, you’ll see your attached device, along with the amount of space used, and total space. Clicking on the triangle next to the device should reveal two directories: Apps and Media. If you prefer, you can choose a column or icon view, instead of the default list…

 When I saw the Learn2Make3D app from LEARN2MAKE LLC my first thought was what a cool way to give money gifts to nieces, nephews, brides and grooms, graduates, and grandchildren. This app, which is available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, works with any version that has iOS 3.0 or later.    Sample finished origami projectsThe…

Before finishing up, I’ll take a brief look at a couple of Lion features that I did not greet with any enthusiasm, concluding with my initial overall assessment of the new OS. Favorite features Recovery HD. As a troubleshooter, this has to be number one on my list.  Mac OS X Lion installs a “recovery…

iOS 4.3.4 is available for the iPod touch, iPad, iPad 2 and GSM iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. GSM is the cell network technology used by many mobile phone providers around the world in including AT&T in the U.S. CDMA is used by Verizon and isn’t compatible with GSM networks, requiring Apple to release a…

I enjoy gadgets, not because they are new diversions for an ever shrinking attention span – they are, but that’s not the only reason. I like gadgets because I am fascinated by the creativity and thought that went into making the doo-hicky. Photography, for example, is an area where innovation relentlessly pushes technology forward. Film…

Choose the menu item iCal > Preferences (or hit Command-Comma within iCal, as that’s the keyboard shortcut for the preferences for most programs). When that window opens, click the General tab, then toggle “Show: [number] hours at a time” to whatever you’d like it to be.I prefer to change that number to 24; that way,…

Paper Camera includes manga-style, sketch, water color, halftone, neo crayon, pencil, old comic book-style, and noir. The company says that additional filters will be added with future updates.Paper Camera is priced at US$0.99 and is available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

In iTunes, click to select the media you’d like to edit. Then hit Command-I or choose the menu command File > Get Info. If you’ve selected multiple items, iTunes will then ask if you’re absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing, at which point you’ll probably want to click the handy little “Do not…

Spyglass is a powerful but technical app for the outdoorsman. It uses the camera, if available, as a viewfinder and overlays a myriad of positional information using every sensor available. Use it as a waypoints tool, sextant, compass, range finder, speedometer, inclinometer and more. People who would find this app useful include: sailors, hikers &…

This same trick also works for some special symbols; holding on the dollar sign will give you other currencies, doing so on the zero will allow you to insert a degree symbol, and so on. But did you know that you can make your iPhone fill in “.net,” “.org,” “.edu,” and the like? Here’s how.First,…

As explained by Steve Jobs in the WWDC Keynote earlier this month, iCloud has nine main features — from revamped versions of MobileMe’s Mail, Calendar and Contacts to Photo Stream to the new iTunes in the Cloud options. What Steve didn’t explain was what would happen to the features, currently in MobileMe, that were not…

Coders favor iOS over OS XOf the 45 developers surveyed, all said they wrote iPhone and iPod touch apps, and 93 percent said they also coded for the iPad, according to Fortune. Only 7 percent said the also wrote Mac apps, down from 50 percent in 2008.47 percent of those surveyed said they also build…

When I got home, unpacked, and tried to read my email, Mail would not let me in the program unless I entered my administrative password. When I tried to do that, it seemed like a demon had taken over my Mac, a demon intent on typing character after character in the password field when I…

Accessing your previously purchased content, whether it’s apps or songs, is easy to do. Here’s what it takes, for example, to download apps you already paid for: On your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 4.3.3, launch the App Store app. On the iPhone and iPod touch, tap Updates, look to the top of…