It's one thing to get to see the new iPhone 5 announced. But to get to see the new iPhone 5 announced and see Foo Fighters live? Man! Some people get to have all the fun.
It's not exactly "one more thing", but I suppose it's the next best thing.
As expected, iTunes has been completely overhauled, and the changes look to be significant.
Taking obvious cues from the mobile space, albums open on the same screen, similar to folders on iOS. Along with the obvious visual differences comes new inline searching, and a mini player, which is sure to enthuse minimalists.
Apple officially unveiled its new connector called Lightning today at their iPhone press conference, just as the rumors suggested they would.
The new connector can be plugged in either way for ease of use, it's 80% smaller, and all digital. It'll no doubt compliment the new smaller form factor of the iPhone 5.
Some impressive battery life statistics coming out of the iPhone 5 keynote right now. Battery life hasn't decreased with the addition of LTE, as some might image. In fact, it hasn't even stayed the same. No, Apple has exceeded the battery life levels present in the non-LTE enabled iPhone 4S.
With the iPhone 5, there's 8 hours of browsing or talk on either LTE or 3G, and 10 hours on WiFi browsing.
As expected, the iPhone 5 will be mated with a new A6 processor featuring 2X faster CPU and 2x graphics, when compared to the A5 processor featured in the iPhone 4S.
On top of the performance increases, the processor 22% smaller for more energy efficiency.
French website nowhereelse.fr appears to be at it again, this time leaking what is purportedly the final design for the iPhone 5.
The new updated design looks very similar to leaks we've seen in the past, except this version features a white band wrapping around the exterior of the device to fill in the gap between the screen, and the outer edges of the device's frame.
Enabling private browsing in Mobile Safari is a chore, because you have to exit the app, go to Settings, and enable it from there. There's actually no way to enable private browsing from inside the app itself, which is kind of lame.
Wouldn't it be better if you could enable private browsing quickly from the share menu in Safari? That's the exact premise behind Privata — a new jailbreak tweak that's available for free on Cydia's ModMyi repo.
MissionBoard Pro — like the original MissionBoard — is a jailbreak tweak that acts as an app switcher replacement for the iPhone.
In contrast with the basic version of MissionBoard, the pro version features elements like music controls and toggles to make it much more suitable as an outright app switcher replacement. But is it worth its steep $2.99 asking price?
Unfold — the popular jailbreak tweak that brings an accordion style unlocking animation to your iPhone — is being updated with new features, including a new vertical unlock animation.
Unfold 2.0, due soon on Cydia's BigBoss repo for free, is an update that brings new features to an already solid jailbreak tweak. Developer, Jonas Gessner, provided us with a preview copy of Unfold 2.0 to try for ourselves. Take a look inside for a video walkthrough showcasing what we found...
As 9to5Mac just pointed out, Apple has released OS X 10.8.2 build 12C50 to developers, and it packs quite a few useful features.
Most notably, in my opinion, is the new syncing ability between iMessages sent to a telephone number. Now, any iMessage can be sent and received from a Mac running OS X 10.8.2, regardless of whether or not it's a phone number or an email address.
I don't know about you, but this has always seemed like a glaring omission, and serves to make iMessage that much more of a relevant communication tool on the desktop.
Rejoice Macbook Pro with Retina Display users, another Twitter client, besides Tweetbot for Mac, now features Retina Display support!
Echofon for Mac version 1.6.1 was just pushed to my desktop a few minutes ago, and it finally brings support for the Retina Display, Notification Center, and more...
So, you want to upgrade your current phone to the iPhone 5? The first step you need to take, is to see whether or not you qualify for a fully subsidized upgrade with no penalty.
AT&T makes this process particularly easy, all you have to do is dial *NEW# (*639#), and you will receive a text message laying out your eligibility. For Verizon users, Big Red has provided a website that you can go to to verify your upgradability, or you can dial #874.
In the past, AT&T has let users who are only partially through an existing contract to upgrade without any penalties. Whether or not they plan on doing this with the iPhone 5 remains to be seen, but from what I've seen thus far, it's not looking entirely promising.