When Apple introduced the Smart Cover for the iPad 2, everyone went nuts! "It's magical!" "What a genius design!" — Apple had made the coolest thing since sliced bread.
We recently showed you a concept for a 'Smart Keyboard' on the iPhone, and it got us thinking: Should the iPhone have its own Smart Cover, too?
Oh Google, you so crazy! After leaving us iPhone users out in the cold while our Android-toting brethren run around streaming their music from this thing they like to call 'the cloud' (it's a bit like iCloud, I'm told!) you finally decide to bring the Google Music circus to iOS.
In typical Google fashion, things have been implemented a little differently than how we expected. Google Music for iOS isn't a native app, but rather a web app. And it's pretty darn good one...
It's only fitting that one of the oldest blogging platforms currently in existence just got its own iOS app. Google has announced Blogger for the iPhone and iPad.
Blogger itself recently underwent a huge revamp, and the iOS app takes obvious cues from the platform's new design. Mainly, you get to look at that ugly orange color...
The war of the copycats rages on, with Apple now looking to block sales of Samsung's Galaxy series in Japan. After already filing a lawsuit against Samsung in the US, Australia, Europe, and even the company's home turf in South Korea, Apple has demanded that a ban be put in place on the sales of Samsung's Galaxy tablets and smartphones in Japan as well.
When will it ever end!
Facebook's iPhone app has been called out by the guy behind Twitter's iPhone app, after he spotted more than a little similarity between the two apps after a recent update. Facebook version 3.5 has received a bit of a makeover, with the new status compose screen seeing the biggest change – a change that makes it look very familiar with the Twitter compose screen.
As the picture above shows all too well, it would appear that someone at Facebook is a fan of the competition's iPhone app, with the two sporting very similar designs...
Apple may be widely known for its consumer and prosumer products, with Macs, iPhones and iPads providing its core business, but a new patent details what could be a move into the world of business and retail, with a new Point-of-Sale system in the pipeline.
While we doubt it will feature the tell-tale glowing Apple logo, the glorified barcode scanner does feature one Apple trait – it fixes a problem than many store workers don't know they have...
There have been more developments in the case of San Francisco police helping Apple search a man's home in the hunt for a missing prototype iPhone, according to CNET, with the news that the police department is conducting an official, internet investigation into the role its officers played in the search.
San Francisco resident Sergio Calderon opened the door one day in July, to be confronted with what he thought was a group of plain clothed police officers. What he wasn't aware of was the fact that the individuals who entered his home were actually Apple's own security team, with the people who remained outside being the only ones who were actual police officers.
Apple has extended shipping estimates for nearly all of its products on its online store, including the iPhone 4. Many of Apple's products would usually ship within 24 hours, but estimates have been moved to a longer timeframe across the board.
The changes are visible in the US and European Apple stores, though shipping estimate changes were initially discovered in the European channel last night...
With Apple's next media event on the horizon, iPhone 5 production has already ramped up overseas. Foxconn, Apple's main supplier, is allegedly building 150,000 iPhone 5 units per day.
The supply chain is expected to reach 5-6 million iPhone shipments during September, with Apple's next gen iPhone announcement expected to drop at the end of this month or in early October.
Looking to add a bit of Android flair to your iPad? If you're a DreamBoard connoisseur, then you've likely already stumbled upon HoneyPad, the theme that can turn your iPad into one of three flavors of Android.
For those a little less cozy with DreamBoard and its theming abilities, what I'm about to show you may come as a bit of a shock...
It seems that Apple's iCloud has won another battle – a battle over its own name. Ars Technica reports that iCloud Communications has dropped its legal battle over trademark infringement, with the company changing its name to PhoenixSoft/Clear Digital Communications.
The move comes after Apple's crack team of rabid lawyers flexed their collective muscles, leaving the Phoenix-based company no option but to change its trading name. The company's website, geticloud.com, also appears to have disappeared as part of the deal...
Remember that Atari-branded iPad arcade joystick peripheral we told you about yesterday? Remember how excited we were about the possibility of playing our classic arcade games on the thing, despite our lack of any real information about the device? Well, it turns out DVICE has played with the real thing, and all of a sudden, we're not quite as excited as we were yesterday!
You see, DVICE has answered some of our burning questions, and we don't like some of the answers...