If Passbook is the secret payload in iOS 6 like I suspect it will be, Facebook integration is the more obvious time bomb. Apple has proven in the past that putting social networks deeply into its products results in a big bump: When it added Twitter to iOS in iOS 5, it boosted monthly sign-ups by 25 percent.
Facebook has a lot more users to begin with, so the new sign-ups that its inclusion in… → Read More
Apple first previewed iOS 6 back in June at WWDC, but today it showed off the shipping product in detail. It arrives September 19 as a free update.
In the intervening time you may have forgotten what it brings to the table, and since it’s actually quite a lot, there’s a good possibility that you have. Here’s what iOS 6 brings to your phone, so long as your phone is an iPhone 3GS or later, or… → Read More
And just like that, months and months of breathless speculation have finally come to an end. Apple’s Phil Schiller has just officially announced the new iPhone 5 at the company’s massive press event here in San Francisco, less than a year since its predecessor was unveiled.
Some of the news won’t come as much of a shock considering the sheer volume of rumors and leaks lately (even Apple… → Read More
As usual, Apple took time today in the spotlight to talk about how awesome it is. Since this is a mobile-focused event, that’s the angle they chose to highlight, and the numbers around iPhone and iPad software were particularly impressive, starting with another App Store library milestone.
The App Store now plays host to 700,000 apps, (with 250,000 specifically for iPad) an increase of 10,000… → Read More
While rumors of the new iPhone have been rampant for most of the summer, not much has been leaked about accessories other than a purported new cable. That is until now. Vietnamese tech blog Tinhte.vn, which has a fairly decent track record, has posted a video and hands-on images of what appear to be newly redesigned earbuds. → Read More
The new iPhone is coming and this video by SmartPhoneMedic provides the best look at the changes yet. Ignore the cheesy intro; the video is legit. It shows not only the difference between the new iPhone and the iPhone 4S, but also the Samsung Galaxy S III, which will dwarf even the larger iPhone. But it’s what’s inside that counts, right Apple fanboys? → Read More
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