We knew Android was popular, but the latest statistics on UK smartphone ownership are still astounding: according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, almost one in four people in the UK now owns an Android smartphone. That’s right. A quarter.
October, 2011
New iPhone jailbreak workarounds are released as often as iOS updates, but Friday’s news that an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S had been achieved is unquestionably the most devastating blow to Scott Forstall’s mobile division since the humiliating jailbreakme.com arrived on the scene for iOS 4 devices last August.
In fact, in light of a coder getting Siri on an iPhone 4 connecting to Apple’s servers, it could be even worse. For the first time, your average user may have a real, compelling reason to jailbreak their iPhone 4 – and not buy another for years.
The changes at the top of HP have led to a wholesale reevaluation of what was initially set to be one of the biggest slash and burn approaches in tech history. New CEO Meg Whitman’s decision to stay in the PC business, with Windows 8 tablets brought to the fore, has been widely welcomed. But it’s the news that webOS is not going to be killed off, as had been previously mooted, that will really turn heads.
The company’s Todd Bradley said over the weekend that news of the OS’s demise was “unfounded rumour”. But in order to survive, webOS needs to find itself on the right devices at the right time. Not only does that mean licensing the software, but licensing it immediately.
Disappointed that Apple’s slimline redesign of the MacBook Pro didn’t materialise last week as part of the updates to its top-end laptop range? Well, fret not. Because new information has leaked out regarding a super slim 15-inch Apple laptop, that could well bring together the MacBook Pro’s grunt with the MacBook Air’s looks.
The iPhone 4S is seemingly struggling with some serious battery issues, with a string of users saying their brand new blower is losing power fast. Fortunately, though, the problem seems to have been pinned down, with that notorious battery batterer, location services, apparently the cause. Read on to find out how you can solve your iPhone 4S’s battery woes before Apple releases an appropriate iOS 5 fix.
Siri, Apple’s iPhone 4S-only voice assistant, has been hacked to work on other iDevices before. But until now, the workarounds have not been able to contact Apple’s servers, rendering the feature largely redundant. Now though, a new hack has been revealed, bringing complete Siri powers to both the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G. Read on for all the details.
Did somebody say iPhone jailbreak? iOS 5 iPhone jailbreak? Yes please. The ever enterprising iPhone Dev Team has just shown off its first untethered jailbreak for iOS 5, running on both an iPhone 4S and an iPad 2, meaning you may soon be able to run whatever apps you like on your iDevice, without the need for Cupertino’s app police approval.
Apple’s flatscreen TV has become the biggest rumour churning around the Cupertino-focused blogs. It all follows Steve Jobs’s assertion, published in Walter Isaacson’s new biography, that he’d “finally cracked” how to get make a proper Apple TV work. What makes this especially interesting is today’s New York Times report that Jobs was actually referring to using Siri to control an Apple TV.
There’s no denying this could make a revolutionary and futuristic device, that could lead the way in the same way the iPhone did for smartphones and the iPad is currently doing for tablets. But there’s a huge elephant in the room: content providers. Because without the backing of studios and networks, the Siri Apple TV could be a disaster.