Archive for March, 2011
March 30, 2011
Yeah, finally someone credible (outside of Apple) is saying it loud and clear. Yes, of course, the fandroids will wail and moan — how would that be different than yesterday? — but the truth is out there, baby! OK, that was over the top, but the point has been made and we should be over this already.
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Posted in iOS, iPhone, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 29, 2011
Few doubt that the volume leader will eventually be the Android platform and, hey, Google’s already got a lock on mobile malware. But, as with everything else in life, quantity is only as good as the qualities it embodies.
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Posted in iOS, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, News, Opinion | 6 Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 29, 2011
By now we’ve all read the apparently well-source rumors that iOS 5 won’t be arriving until the Fall. Now, fresh whispers claim the iPhone 5 won’t ship, as has been tradition, at or soon after this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference nor will any new Mac hardware — sigh.
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Posted in Firmware, iOS, iPhone, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 28, 2011
In previous years, Apple’s held a Spring press event where it unveils what new iOS features and seeds a developer beta. With this morning’s Worldwide Developer Conference announcement, which will be held right on schedule, that chain of events has apparently been usurped.
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Posted in iOS, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 27, 2011
What comes around goes around. With Apple readying a major rewrite of their Mac operating system, dubbed OS X Lion, for a Summer release, it perhaps shouldn’t surprise anyone that their mobile operating system won’t be arriving in the traditional June timeframe.
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Posted in Firmware, iOS, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Rumor | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 26, 2011
When you wake up in the morning, the sun’s gonna be there — it just works. Although Apple hasn’t quite reached that level of perfection, never mind the planet killing potential of a massive solar flare, the company is as close to that benchmark as any electronics has ever come.
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Posted in iOS, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 25, 2011
You can already play many iPhone and iPad games on a big screen television, but this fundamentally different. That said, although it’s still a bit too early declare the console dead, this is definitely the beginning of the end — wait ’til the kids get their hands on it.
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Posted in Commercial Software, Games, iOS, ipad, iPhone, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 24, 2011
There’s no question that the just-pulled Ex-Gay app is offensive to a lot of people. In equal measure, so are the nutters that show up a military funerals, spewing that soldier deaths are “god’s punishment” for the tolerance of homosexuality. Still haters gotta hate and it’s not Apple’s job to sift that chaff.
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Posted in Commercial Software, Free Apps, iOS, ipad, iPhone, Legal, News | No Comments » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 23, 2011
We’ve compiled a list of the best free iPhone games. Whether you’re keeping occupied while waiting in line or just plain procrastinating, there are some truly awesome free games — time killers — available for Apple’s pocket computers. So, slide to unlock your iPhone or iPod touch and start downloading here and now.
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Posted in Free Apps, Games, iOS, iPhone, iPod Touch, Review | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson
March 22, 2011
The introduction of “insanely great,” category defining products aside, Apple’s pretty darned predictable. Thereupon, as best as we can tell downwind of Cupertino, iPhone 5 development is moving right along with a production test run of the next-generation iOS smartphone, which likely means we’ll be seeing finished product in the expected early Summer timeframe.
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Posted in International, iPhone, Rumor | 1 Comment » Posted by: Ronald O Carlson