Oliver Haslam

30% of iPhone Users Likely to Plump for iTunes Match, 76% for iCloud

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Apple's iTunes Match service could be a hit after one analyst claimed the service could be utilized by around 30% of iPhone users.

The study carried out by RBC Capital Markets' Mike Abramsky asked iPhone users how likely they were to fork out the $24.99 subscription required to use Apple's iTunes Match service. The results point to 10% 'very likely' to sign up with a further 20% 'somewhat likely'.

Things get interesting when Abramsky points out that 30% of all iOS devices sold could bring in an estimated $1.5 billion of extra revenue for Apple...

New York Post’s Website Blocking Mobile Safari, iPad App the Winner

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

If you're a New York Post reader and like to read your news via NYPost.com on an iPad, then you could find the process a little more complicated than it used to be. The newspaper has blocked access to its website from Apple's Mobile Safari browser.

In a clear attempt to push users away from the NYPost website and towards the iPad app. The New York Post's homepage now suggests users tootle off to the App Store if they want to get their news fix on Apple's super-successful tablet...

JOYSTICK-IT: A Hardware Joystick For Your iPad

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

We love the iPad as a gaming device as much as the next person, but we just can't help but feel hampered by the lack of buttons. Granted that the large, 9.7" touch-enabled display does have its advantages when it comes to changing the way we think about games, but there are some times when a pair of good ol' fashioned joysticks would come in handy.

Apparently we aren't alone in thinking such thoughts, with the JOYSTICK-IT proving that sometimes prodding things with your finger isn't always the best way to go.

With iPad gaming, at least...

3 People Sent to Jail Over Chinese iPad 2 Leak

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 15, 2011

If you think back to just before the iPad 2 was officially announced, you'll probably also remember the unusual way in which the new hardware was being leaked left and right; specifically, leaks that came out of Chinese supply sites.

Recently, the Chinese police became involved and as a result, three people have been arrested in relation to the leaking of iPad 2 information after a three month investigation, according to The Wall Street Journal....

The Steve Jobs Comic Book – Coming To A Store Near You This August

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

It seems we just can't get enough of Apple CEO and co-founder, Steve Jobs. With an authorized biography - titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs - due for release early next year, it seems one comic book company thought the book might not have enough pictures in it, so they're making their own.

'Steve Jobs: Co-founder of Apple' will chronicle the life and business dealings of the world's most iconic CEO in comic book form, with the book being the latest in a series which covered the likes of Sarah Palin and Mark Zuckerberg....

iCloud Going to Get Its Own Web Apps After All?

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 2, 2018

Since Apple announced iCloud, the much-needed replacement for its ailing MobileMe service, at WWDC last week, there has been much debate as to whether the latter's impressive web-apps would make the transition to the new platform. Apple's Steve Jobs made no mention of the web interface for iCloud, with MobileMe sporting HTML versions of OS X's Mail, Calendar and Address Book apps. Were they being dumped?

Former Engadget front-man and all-round tech celebrity, Joshua Topolsky, reported that the web interface was indeed being scrapped, citing Apple's PR as the source of the information....

3D Screen Crammed Into an iPad?

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 14, 2011

3D is one of those technologies that really seems to polarise people. Some people swear by the latest technology and point to the huge success seen at the box office with Avatar and say that it's finally come of age. Others will say that 3D is just another gimmick thought up by hardware manufacturers to sell TVs now that everyone has bought a HD set.

3D is proving to be the big new thing in mobile devices whether we want it to or not, with various Android tablets and smartphone devices sporting 3D capability. Even Nintendo is in on the action with its 3DS handheld gaming device, but as yet Apple isn't in the 3D market.

Of course, that hasn't stopped anyone else from taking Apple's hardware and shoehorning 3D technology into it...

50% of iPhones Don’t Currently Get Backed Up – iOS 5 to the Rescue

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Sometimes it's easy to forget that we in the geek world aren't like normal people. We spend our lives connected, and backing up our data is just one of those things we do as a matter of course. Until iOS 5 arrives in the coming months, the only way to back up an iOS iDevice is to plug it into iTunes and let it sync. But does anyone actually do it?

According to a little birdie, only 50% of the customers who take iDevices into Apple Stores for repair have their apps, settings, contacts and the like, backed up.

That's right - around half of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches don't find themselves plugged into iTunes after that initial set up - a set up that won't even need to be done after iOS 5 lands...

PhoneItiPad Turns Your 3G-Equipped iPad into a Smartphone

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 12, 2011

There's always been an argument that the 3G-equipped iPads are just 9.7" iPhones without a calling plan. While VoIP apps, such as Skype, can indeed turn iPads into a phone of sorts, there's never been a way to make proper cellular calls using Apple's tablets. Until now.

Enter a new jailbreak app courtesy of iPhoneIslam, the same guys who brought us FaceIt3GS - an app that allows iPhone 3GS users to get in on the FaceTime bandwagon.

Called PhoneItiPad, this jailbreak tweak allows owners of the iPad 3G to make telephone calls using their cellular connection just like an iPhone, making the iPad the world's largest phone...

Apple’s iCloud Music Service Not Likely Available Internationally Until 2012

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 11, 2011

One of Apple's big announcements at WWDC 2011's keynote was the iCloud music service. Offering cross-device syncing as well as iTunes Match for checking your non-iTunes bought music and adding it to the cloud, iTunes in the Cloud is just one aspect of the very exciting iCloud. While users in the United States can expect the service to go live in the Fall when iOS 5 ships, those living outside the US could be waiting until at least early 2012, according to business insiders.

A spokesman for the Performing Right Society, a group responsible for ensuring musicians and other creative types of the music world get paid, told The Telegraph that negotiations with Apple over the situation are at a very early stage on the international level...

Wi-Fi Sync App Once Rejected by Apple is Now Part of iOS 5

Oliver Haslam ∙ June 10, 2011

When Apple announced its iOS software update at its WWDC keynote on Monday, one much-vaunted feature caught the eye of a university student in Birmingham, England. Greg Hughes apparently looked on in surprise as Apple announced iOS 5's PC-Free credentials including Wi-Fi iTunes syncing. Surprise came from the fact that Hughes had submitted an app to Apple's App Store that did the exact same thing, an app that was rejected by the Cupertino outfit.

Named 'Wi-Fi Sync', the app was originally rejected by Apple way back in May 2010 according to The Register, with Hughes even receiving a personal call from an Apple representative to commend him on his efforts.

Little did he know that Apple would later use the same name and even logo in iOS 5...