Last week, Apple announced iOS 8 at its opening keynote for WWDC 2014. That comes as no real surprise as WWDC is where we typically meet the early incarnations of Apple’s newest software versions.For the last several years, though, we’ve closed out of our WWDC keynote livesream and liveblog tabs with a subtle bitter taste in our mouths. Let’s be honest, iOS 4, iOS 5, iOS 6 and iOS 7 were all pretty boring.Sure, iOS 7 was a whole lot better to look at than previous versions, but useful features in the update were few and far between. We got Control Center, a better ...
On Monday, Apple started its annual WWDC conference with a bang. It unveiled the newest Mac OS update, Yosemite, and an update to its mobile OS, iOS 8.Like many had predicted, Apple has once again brought the two platforms closer together through what the company calls Continuity. In the future, those with more than one Apple device will be able to start messages on one device and finish on another, start browsing a Safari Web page on the iPad and pick up later on the iPhone.However, this is only beta 1 and not everything is working ...
Each year around the same time, we look to Apple to bring some new features to its mobile platform. Each year, our anticipation for more useful, innovative features on iOS grows immensely.Maybe we’re just demanding and ungrateful. Or maybe it’s because, even for some strong Apple proponents, the software is beginning to feel a little stale. Last year’s face-lift brought very few helpful changes to the platform; among the most notable were Control Center, folders with no app limitation on the Home screen, and AirDrop. But the brunt of the changes were dramatic visual ...
Yesterday, Apple kick-started its annual developer conference, WWDC 2014, with a bang.To no surprise at all, it announced a newer version of OS X, Yosemite, alongside the anticipated update to its mobile platform, iOS 8.And like I so wittingly predicted, Apple has continued its slow marriage of the two contrasting operating systems. Many of the new features for both platforms allow users to start a task on one device and finish on the other, what Apple calls Continuity. For instance, you can start ...
The wait is over, Japanese readers! Apple has announced that the new iPad lineup (iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display) will soon be available in the country for NTT DOCOMO customers. The carrier will offer the products on its LTE network, just as it has been doing for Apple’s iPhone products. The devices ...
Did you drop $1500 on Google Glass earlier this week? Or did you just register for your chance at snagging one of those $900 Google I/O tickets? Maybe you’re just looking to put away a little nest egg for summer; whatever the reason, if you’re interested in saving a buck or two, we’ve got a couple offers you might want to check out, hitting deals on both the Android and iOS sides of the mobile platform fence. Last year’s iPad mini with the Retina display is a stunning tablet, feels great to use, and ...
With all the rumors tilted towards the next-generation iPhone, we’ve been wondering exactly what will Apple bring to the table for its iPad line-up? Apple has historically launched new iPad models during springtime, but it seems that it won’t be the case this year. The iPad Air is barely in its first generation, so it would be safe to judge that Apple will retain a lot of the design elements of this device going forward, and improve on some software or hardware capabilities. Reports from credible sources claim that Apple will retain the design of the current-generation iPad Air ...
Microsoft gets itself a striking new digital assistant, Nokia prepares sharp new smartphone hardware, Samsung and HTC kick off a new round of rasslin’, and Pocketnow team members start an informal book club! It might be a scatterbrained itinerary, but at least it’s action-packed – and that’s just scratching the surface of this week’s epic two-hour mobile technology podcast. Join us as we debate the merits of Windows Phone 8.1 Cortana, the forthcoming Nokia Cyan update, and the Samsung ATIV SE before moving on to non-Build topics ranging from BoomSound to ...
Yesterday, I explored the concept of working entirely from a tablet – an iPad mini with Retina display, to be exact. On Thursday last week, I attempted to go tablet-only for the entire day, only to confirm what most already knew. While I could easily do 90 percent of the writing, editing, and publishing I do – including photo editing, spreadsheets, and fact checking – it wasn’t ideal to try to do everything from an iPad. No surprise there. I’ve known this for some time. I’ve tried ...
What if you woke up and your laptop wasn’t working? Work or that term paper isn’t going to wait. You’ve got to get work done, no excuses. You reach for your tablet, then pause. Can you actually get work done with that ol’ thing? Most use tablets for leisurely things, such as playing casual games, reading, or even chatting with friends and family. Sure, some people use their Android tablets or iPads to get real work done. And those sticklers with their Windows and Windows RT ...
Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5s came along with a lot of criticism from industry experts, mainly because of the A7 64-bit processor. There’s no denying that this is a 64-bit chip, but until this day, we haven’t seen any dramatic improvements in using an iPhone 5s when compared to an iPhone 5 from last year. Many of us felt that the chip was a marketing stunt, but a recent study from AnandTech wants to prove otherwise. The study, as with everything that comes from AnandTech is extremely detailed, but explains the substantial differences between Apple’s old A6 chip, ...
One of the most interesting drama stories of this decade when it comes to tech is how Apple and Samsung can hurt each-other in the courts, and be partners at the same time. We know that Samsung is in-charge of building a lot of the silicone chips we see on most of Apple’s mobile devices, and even some of Apple’s laptop computers. Reports have it that Samsung is now going to begin production on more Apple components, and this time away from silicone. At the moment Apple uses AUO to build the displays of Apple’s non-retina iPad mini, and then LG and Sharp for its Retina ...
Apple, whether it admits the iPad is a tablet or not, is the tablet market share leader by a rather wide margin. Samsung currently holds about half the market share Apple does, and it’s slowly gaining ground. Its tablets continually get better with each generation, to boot. At CES in January, Samsung announced its latest tablet lineup, the Galaxy Tab Pro line. The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is a direct competitor to Apple’s latest miniature tablet, the
One of the biggest selling points for the iPad ever since the launch of Apple’s first-generation tablet was its battery life. This is one of those few products that is rated for 10 hours of battery life, but that has gone for one or two hours more in every test that analysts have thrown at it. After four years of iPad, and lots of competing tablets from Android and Windows, you’d think that the iPad met its match, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. New tests conducted by Which.co.uk show that the iPad continues to reign supreme in battery life when compared to every ...
At Pocketnow we’ve developed a certain level of fame for our Durability Report series. We test a smartphone or tablet beyond its review period and tell you what things you should care for most if you want it to last your two-year contract. We do avoid intentional drop-tests, but that doesn’t mean that insurance companies do, and you’d be surprised at the results of one company’s tests. European insurer SquareTrade recently decided to test the most breakable gadgets in the mobile industry. Its tests ...
