Want to check the download speed of something you’re getting from iTunes or the App Store? No sweat, from the sidebar click on Store > Downloads. Here you’ll see the whatever items are currently downloading, and all you need to do is click on the progress bar to show the transfer rate. This works for the Mac App Store as well. 
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Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire, the companies first true entry into the tablet market, and what is seen by many as the first real iPad competitor. Backed by Amazon’s massive content library of movies, TV, songs, magazines, books, and apps, the Kindle fire is priced at $ 199 and is set to be released to US markets on November 15, 2011. Orders are said to be shipping out [Read More...]
It seems that Apple has added a number of new entries for revised iPhone 4 and iPod Touch models to its internal inventory database. According to the folks over at 9to5Mac, three new iPod Touch models have appeared under the codename N81A, which is presumably the new white iPod Touch in three different storage capacities. The current black iPod Touch is expected to continue being offered under its existing code name of N81. The information seems to [Read More...]
For those of you rueing the fact that your iPad’s Smart Cover doesn’t protect your sleek baby’s bum, here’re two new options from Belkin — one of which practically gives your iPad a whole matching ensemble. The Emerge 024 (above) is a $ 40 kit that contains a perforated backing that snaps onto the back of the iPad 2 and four colored inserts that match Apple’s Smart Cover colors. For Londoners, [Read More...]
A new app aims to help teen bullying victims by allowing parents to filter out profanity, vulgar or threatening language and telegraphic nastiness sent to their kids via text message. 
Currently available for Android smartphones and coming soon to the iPhone, Word Bully can filter out 3,600 words, acronyms, “bulli-cons” and hate phrases. Devised for parents or guardians, you can [Read More...]
Over a year ago, when Skype’s iOS app was finally upgraded with the ability to work as a backgrounded app, it was a big step in the direction of untethering voice communications from the telcoms. Today marks the next big step in that direction, as both Skype’s iPhone and iPad app add Bluetooth support. This new feature is convenient for the iPhone, but huge for the iPad and iPod Touch, [Read More...]
On October 7th, Sprint has a Strategy Update event scheduled that will probably be filled with talk about the next iPhone, which is rumored to be coming next month to Sprint’s network. Expect another revelation, though: insiders are now tipping that Sprint will also announce their own LTE 4G network next year, signaling the obsolescence of their existing WiMax infrastructure… and paving the way for playing host to an LTE-equipped iPhone [Read More...]
Through the course of the iOS 5 beta being available to the public, the jailbreak community has seen a lot of efforts put into creating useful widgets for the newly acclaimed Notification Center. Widgets have varied from uses (music, google search, respring, etc.), however the most common one to tackle is the SBSettings alternative for the Notification Center. Many have already implemented tweaks of this nature, such as the creators of UISettings and PowerCenter. One that [Read More...]
An iPhone app wants to answer the question: Does NY ? You Back? City denizens around the world could probably complain interchangeably about urban annoyances – slow, unreliable public transportation. Obnoxious people. Bad weather.
But New Yorkers don’t even complain about the Big Apple like most people of other cities – where iPhone apps have been launched to report potholes and [Read More...]
Lately, a popular topic for recently released jailbreak tweaks and applications is the use of gestures. Whether on the lock screen or within an application of some sort, a fascination for custom gestures has truly taken off lately in regards to what developers are creating. One that is extremely unique and stepped away from the traditional method of gesturing, Gesturizer by Conrad Kramer (@conradev), offers a unique way of utilizing gestures to perform specific actions. Gesturizer’s slogan [Read More...]
