Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 15, 2010 ·
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Ever since the iPad was launched a couple of weeks ago – there’s been no shortage of fans who’ve fallen in ‘love at first sight’ with Apple’s latest gadget. The iPad has evoked mixed reactions from all over the world – if there are plenty of fans and admirers, there’s also no shortage of critics and people who’ve questioned iPad’s usability aspects.
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Posted by Martin Beauchamp on February 12, 2010 ·
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ustwo™, the infamous digital user experience (UX) design agency has released its latest iPhone app, which is set to revolutionise the process of app discovery and tracking.
With over 140,000 apps in the iTunes app store and 10,000 new apps submitted every week, it’s a vast and growing world of apps to navigate. Frustrated by the limited information and navigation of the iTunes [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
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Rumours on the internet suggest that the folks at Research in Motion (RIM) have been working overtime on preparing the Roadmap for the new version of BlackBerry OS – 6.0. A Boy Genius Report suggests that the Canadian Phone Maker has now started the development of BlackBerry OS 6.0 and it might be slated for a release in year 2011.
Blackberry has been in the [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 9, 2010 ·
The red carpet has been rolled out by Mplayit to announce the top mobile games in its collection. Mplayit is the maker of the immensely popular Mobile App Catalog that powers Facebook and lets users recommend and rate its games and apps through Twitter and Facebook.
Though an official report with the list of winners is expected later, the winners include Tetris, The Sims 3, Wheel of Fortune, Tap Tap [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on February 9, 2010 ·
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All companies want to keep your custom. Now, most companies try to win you over with brand loyalty, but the frustrating thing about tech companies is that they can use their technology to trap you. The very gadget or software that you’ve spent your hard earned money on, will make it as difficult as possible, for you to switch to an alternative.
The average iPhone [...]
Posted by Calvin Robinson on February 3, 2010 ·
If like us, you’re too impatient to wait for Google to roll-out the latest Nexus One patch to your phone, you can install the update manually. It’s quite a simple process (you don’t need to ‘root’ your phone), and all the instructions can be found below:
Download the official patch from google.
Rename the downloaded file to update.zip
Plug in phone via USB and Mount the [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 2, 2010 ·
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Apple and Google have made it a habit to cross each other’s roads – Be it over Eric Schmidt, Apple blocking Google Voice on iPhone or the recent showdown of iPhone vs. Nexus One. Now, with Google releasing details of its Chromium Tablet, the Apple Google rivalry seems to be entering a new dimension altogether.
Apple iPad is touted to be a game changer for the publishing [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 2, 2010 ·
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While Apple has been going gaga over the sleek design of iPad and how it will be a game changer for the publishing industry, one question has been haunting me since the launch of iPad – Where are the iPad Apps?
Apps played a key role in monumental success of iPhone and nobody knows it better than the folks at Apple. Unlike the iPhones, there are no iPads [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 1, 2010 ·
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Adobe and Apple are not known to be the best of friends and the recent launch of iPad without Flash support is likely to further deteriorate the relationship amongst these two technology heavyweights.
Adobe claims that Apple’s restrictions on iPad will severely affect both content publishers and consumers. With ‘No Flash’, iPad users will miss out on a wide range of [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 1, 2010 ·
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While all the media attention has been focused on the launch of Apple Tablet – The iPad, the company has silently chosen to remove the restriction of making Video VoIP calls over 3G networks on the iPhone. Apple has also changed the iPhone SDK to reflect that this restriction has been removed.
It’s surely a welcome move for iPhone users as well as the iPhone Developer [...]