Apple keeps improving the camera in the iPhone on a roughly yearly schedule, but given some comments from Steve Jobs on revolutionizing photography, there have been rumors of… something more. Nikon has just explored one avenue of more-ness, namely slapping Android on a point and shoot to see if it would stick. And it doesn’t, [...]
With the iPad mini still set for unveiling this month, part leaks are likely to happen. Apple seems better able to guard against new products slipping out than updates, but the supply chain is big and long and there’s just too many companies and people involved to keep everything behind locked vaults anymore. All that [...]
Despite Steve Jobs teasing Bill Gates about the benefits of software lovers wanting to make their own hardware, and Gates rage-laughingly retorting with PC market share numbers, Microsoft has often flirted with the integrated device model. From Xbox to Zune, Kin to Surface, they’ve done their fair share of melding atoms to bits. And according [...]
iOS 6 was the first full iOS update offered over-the-air (OTA) using Apple’s bit-differential, update-in-place iCloud system. That should make for faster, more convenient updates for current devices, and easier migrations to new devices. But the thing is, when pushing around billions of bits, things can and will go wrong. Storage has errors, power and [...]
Samsung today has filed suit against Apple and the iPhone 5. Not, it’s because Samsung is worried they won’t be able to copy “aluminium” fast enough, it’s because they feel Apple is violating their (presumably LTE-) patents. Sakthi Prasad et al. from Reteurs have what little word there is at this point: Samsung filed a [...]
Everything you need to know about setting up and using Lock screen, Notification Center, and banner or popup alerts, including the new Do Not Disturb mode Notification Center is Apple’s attempt to bring order and sanity to the myriad alarms, alerts, messages, calls, announcements, and challenges that flood our iPhones, iPods, and iPads every day. [...]
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, has reportedly sent out a memo thanking employees for their hard work and extending their Thanksgiving vacations so they can spend an entire week relaxing and recharging with their families. 9to5Mac’s ace reporter, Mark Gurman, scored a copy of the memo, which includes in part: In a little over six months [...]
Rene talks with MG Siegler of parislemon and TechCrunch about iOS 6 maps, Apple and Google, how they handle media and public perception, and their relationship past, present, and future. This is an iMore show special edition! Subscribe via iTunes: Audio | Video Subscribe via RSS: Audio | Video Download directly: Audio | Video Show [...]
It’s either our birthdays come early or a glitch that will lead to a lot of disappointment, but a ton of people over the last 24 hours are seeing their iCloud storage listed at a complementary 25GB, valid until 2050. What makes this sudden swelling especially curious is the time — it’s happening just as [...]
Apple has update the terms and conditions of iTunes and the App Store tonight, and it seems to have caused a recursive bug for some users — the TOC pops up again and again, in an infinite loop, and you just can’t get past it. I haven’t had the new TOC pop up for me [...]
Our special edition Sunday night podcast returns tonight with special guest, MG Siegler of parislemon and TechCrunch fame. We’ll be talking about the fallout surrounding iOS 6 Maps, Apple’s handling of it, Google’s next steps, their relationship with each other, and with the media. Join us LIVE at 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST. Set [...]
Apple has replaced the iOS 6 Maps marketing copy on Apple.com with something less filled with bravado, and more focused on a technical improvement. As noted by iDaily.de, gone is the original (emphasis mine.): Designed by Apple from the ground up, Maps gives you turn-by-turn spoken directions, interactive 3D views, and the stunning Flyover feature.1 [...]
Album art has never been perfectly centered on the iPhone or iPod touch Lock screens. It’s been placed immediately on top of the slide-to-unlock bar. Because of the 3:2 aspect ratio of previous iPhone and iPod touch devices, however, and because the top of the album art and the reflection beneath it peak through the [...]
Apple has released the taller, thinner, faster, lighter, brighter iPhone 5 — and we’ve got your definitive iPhone 5 review right here — and now Samsung is bringing their next-generation giant, the Galaxy Note 2 to market. As much as Samsung has been labeled a “copyist” over the course of the last couple years, the [...]
If you just got a new iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad then you’ve also got Notification Center. It’s Apple’s attempt to bring order and sanity to the myriad alarms, alerts, messages, calls, announcements, and game challenges that flood our daily lives. But first you may need to bring order and sanity to Notification Center. How [...]
Dave Wiskus and Lex Friedman were kind and foolish enough to invite me to join them on their Mule Radio podcast, Unprofessional. We were bound by law not to discuss iPhones or iPads, which meant we kept trying to discuss iPhone and iPads using thinly veiled analogies to martial arts, movies, TV shows, and comic [...]
Rene reviews the iPhone 5, from the 4-inch screen to the Apple A6 processor to LTE to iOS 6 on the tall screen. It’s everything you need to know about the iPhone 5 in one hour! This is the iMore show! Subscribe via iTunes: Audio | Video Subscribe via RSS: Audio | Video Download directly: [...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has posted an open letter to customers on Apple.com concerning iOS 6 Maps. To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely [...]
Apple today launched the new iPhone 5 in 22 additional countries, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. That brings the total to 30 + Hong Kong, and represents one of Apple most aggressive launch schedules [...]
I joked today that Passbook was this year’s Newsstand. I meant that on several levels. First, it’s an app that people seem to be struggling to use. Second, it’s an app that depends on being fed content that’s out of Apple’s control. Third, it’s an app that could have done a lot better out of [...]
Netflix has updated with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support, so now you can enjoy your 16:9 content on a fully 16:9 screen as nature and Hollywood intended. There’s also a new interface that lets browse titles, tap for information, and double tap to play. It’s a good use of the taller/wider screen space, and [...]
The definitive guide to Apple’s taller, thinner, lighter, brighter iPhone 5 The iPhone 5 was, is, and remains inevitable. An iPhone, new to be certain, but still an iPhone. Some say this is a sign Apple has lost their drive for innovation. Others, a sign Apple has kept their sense of focus. Both are facets [...]
The iMore show returns tonight for the world premiere of our iPhone 5 review! That’s right, we’ve finally done it and we’ve done it in exhaustive iMore style. Come join us as we talk it all over. (Brings snacks.) Got a question- Leave it in the comments below, send it to podcast@imore.com, or tweet it [...]
Apple has a year left on their most recent Google Maps agreement, apparently, and didn’t expect Apple to remove them from iOS 6 and launch a new app anywhere near this soon. Meaning, Google was caught flat-footed and won’t be ready to ship a standalone Google Maps app for the App Store for several more [...]
The new iPhone 5 has an aluminum chassis that covers the sides and back, and in the case of the black and slate model, it’s anodized to be black on black. As anyone who has ever owned an aluminum-backed iPod knows, they’re scratch and scruff magnets. With the iPhone, however, the combination of the polished [...]
Since the iPhone body has already been torn down, what’s left to do but tear down it’s brain — the all new, all custom Apple A6 system-on-a-chip (SoC). And that’s just exactly what iFixt and Chipworks have just done. During the iPhone 5 teardown, we referenced the B8164B3PM label we found on the A6 processor, [...]
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour is the next big entry in the acclaimed first-person-shooter (FPS) series from Gameloft, and it got shown off the other day at the Tokyo Game Show. Given how great Modern Combat 3 turned out, and Gameloft’s habit of pushing the envelop, we’re expecting a lot from Zero Hour — including [...]
If you still haven’t managed to secure an iPhone 5 for yourself or someone close to you, the online orders feel like they’ll take forever, and the lineups are completely unappealing, good news — it sounds like US Apple Retail Stores are preparing to start offering personal pickup. 9to5Mac’s Dan DeSliva has the story: We [...]
Apple has just announced their sales figures for the iPhone 5 and once again they don’t fail to impress — 5 million in the 3 days since September 21. Apple also announced that 100 million iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads have updated to iOS 6 since it was released on September 19. “Demand for iPhone [...]
The utterly awesome Logitech Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard, Cover & Stand for iPad 2 & 3 w/ Metallic Frame & Instant On/Off is on sale RIGHT NOW for only $39.99! That’s over $100 off the regular price. If you want one, stop reading now and go buy, buy, buy! There’s less than 3 hours left on [...]
The bad news is, no iMore show Sunday edition podcast tonight. I have to finish our iPhone 5 review, and it’s crunch time. The good news is, we’re upgrading the iMore Forums! Forums, Mark IV The Mobile Nations Network gave the Android Central Forums a huge makeover a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s [...]
If you don’t have time to read our definitive iOS 6 review but you still want to see all the highlights — Maps, Siri extensions, Passbook, Guided Access, Shared Photo Streams, and more — iMore has you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about iOS 6 in just 6 minutes. ios 6 Siri Maps [...]
Professional photographer and videographer, and Instagram legend Martin Reisch — *safe solvent™ — talks about the iPhone 5 camera, how he decides between shooting with the iPhone vs. the Canon 5D Mark III and the RED Scarlet, and tips for aspiring iPhoneographers. Safesolvent Instagram photography Iphone 5 Featured Video Editorial … Continue Reading Here Martin [...]
The iPhone 5 boasts Apple’s most advanced cellular radio yet, able to do super-fast LTE on multiple carriers around the world, speedy DC-HSPA+ and HSPA+ on AT&T and GSM carriers, and slow EVDO rev. A on Sprint and Verizon. But how fast is fast- We need your help to find out! Download the free SpeedTest.net [...]
The iPhone 5 Apple’s 6th version, and 4th major design revision, of the iPhone. It might well have been inevitable, and still be working its way towards Jonathan Ive’s Platonic ideal, but it’s also a fascinating visual evolution of case shrinking, screen lengthening, and materials improving over generations. Here’s the Darwinian march of iPhone designs [...]
Getting up close and extremely personal with the new iPhone 5 iSight and FaceTime camera, in-cell display, non-SIM card, and Lightning connector We’ve already shown you just how stunning the new design looks in our iPhone 5 gallery but we also want to go in for a much closer look at all the little details. [...]
No unboxed iPhone 5 exits. Or is it, if an iPhone 5 is released and no body unboxes, does it really make a dent in the universe- Whatever. New iPhone. Gadget porn. Deal with wit it. If you want to see absolutely everything included in the new iPhone 5 box, including the old AC adapter, [...]
I’m at the Fairview Apple Store in Montreal waiting in line for the iPhone 5. There’s about 100 people here right now — it’s the suburbs! — but Apple is serving coffee and Starbucks muffins. We’re tired but we’re wired! I’ll add video and pictures here as I get them! Line on! Iphone 5 iphone [...]
Rene and Seth review iOS 6 maps, Siri extensions, Passbook, and Guided Access, and go over the iPhone 5 buyers guide, including color, capacity, carrier, and more. This is the iMore show! Subscribe via iTunes: Audio | Video Subscribe via RSS: Audio | Video Download directly: Audio | Video Hosts Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) Seth Clifford [...]
At some point today, many of us will be tearing open our just-arrived Fedex or UPS packages, or rushing out of the Apple Store or other retailer, unboxing our brand new iPhones — the iPhone 5 — restoring them from iCloud, and launching our favorite App Store apps and games… only to see some with [...]
If you just got your new iPhone 5, tore it out of its box, turned it on, and… are wondering just what to do next, don’t worry — iMore’s here to help. Thanks to the introduction of iCloud whether this is your first iPhone ever, or just the latest in a long line, it’s easier [...]
Here it is. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. We’re announcing the winner of the FREE iPhone 5 from iMore… And we’re giving everyone else a 2nd chance to win! Are you ready- Are you set- Find out who won, and how YOU can still win… after the break! Timberwolf Congratulations Timberwolf! [...]
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