There's something special about an iPhone-controlled coffee machine. Think about it: you wake up early in the morning, launch an app on your iPhone, shuffle into the kitchen a few minutes later, and a nice, hot cup of coffee is waiting for you.
The Scanomat Top Brewer sits out of sight under your counter and features a metal pipe that pours delicious coffee into your cup. The machine's dedicated iPhone and iPad app lets you make your favorite drinks from the comfort of anywhere in your house.
You have got to love Apple's sense of humor. The folks in Cupertino have left a nice easter egg in the latest iOS 5.1 beta. 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman went looking inside the 5.1 beta 2's .plist files and came across something that made us chuckle.
Apple knows how the blogosphere works, and the rumor mill typically predicts future product names based off internal references in iOS beta SDKs. It looks like we all just hit the jackpot.
Dutch blog TopTienMobile has created a nice infographic entitled "The iPhone Evolution." The large graphic takes a comprehensive look at how the iPhone has evolved over the years.
Info such as app downloads, international availability, new features, and more is included. Check out the full infographic after the break...
Apple has announced over 500,000 apps in the App Store. In a press release this morning the Cupertino company also reported that the Mac App Store has seen 100,000 million downloads since its launch in January.
After three years the App Store has become the most successful mobile marketplace to date, and Apple has served over 18 billion downloads to customers.
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Another quick update on the state of the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak: French hacker pod2g has confirmed that the iOS 5 untether will in fact work on iOS 5.0.1.
It was originally thought that 5.0.1 had patched the untethered jailbreak, and we recommended that jailbreakers stay on 5.0 if they wanted an untether in the near future. We're pleased to report that potential jailbreakers on iOS 5.0.1 can breathe a sigh of relief.
We've been waiting for months to see evidence that an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 is indeed ready for prime time, and pod2g of the Chronic Dev Team has just released a demo video of the iOS 5 untether to wet our appetites.
The simple video indicates that the highly-anticipated jailbreak is nearly ready. However, we don't have an exact ETA on when it will arrive.
Santa can't touch Apple. According to several industry analysts, Apple is expected to sell 30 million iPhones by the end of December.
Carriers like AT&T are also expected to see record-breaking smartphone sales this holiday season mainly due to continued consumer demand for the iPhone 4S.
Google has just released a new app called Currents. The app offers a magazine-like interface for reading the web, including Google Reader.
With Google announcing its new Currents app on both the iOS and Android platforms, the search giant is set to take on similar apps that offer a personalized reading experience on mobile devices.
Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City are two popular games for consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The two games have also been made available on the Mac and PC.
The Arkham series has made its way to the iOS platform. Batman Arkham City Lockdown is now available for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. In the game, you battle against Arkham City's most dangerous villains.
We've giving away 5 gift certificates for the GelaSkins online store. Each code is worth $25. GelaSkins offers a wide range of skins and cases for all of your gadgets, including the iPhone and iPad.
Not only can your browse the artwork of over 100 artists who have made GelaSkins, but you can even create your own. If you win $25 to spend in the GelaSkins store, you'll be able to choose or create an awesome case/skin for your favorite Apple device and have GelaSkins ship it to you.
We told you about the release of Flipboard's highly-anticpated iPhone app last night, and the release has been rocking the blogosphere this morning. Flipboard is such a big deal that even Apple's own Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, has endorsed the app on his public Twitter account.
Flipboard's success on the iPad is also phenomenal, as the app has already been download 4.5 million times and is currently installed on 1 in every 10 iPads.