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4 Ways To Improve iOS

Mr. Review — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:44:10 +0000

Though Apple first introduced the iPhone (and iOS, née iPhone OS) just a scant four years ago, the multitouch operating system already feels impressively mature. That maturity doesn’t mean iOS is flawless; there’s certainly room for improvement.

Apple says it will reveal some of the details of iOS’s next iteration during the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. I’m optimistic that many long-awaited, high profile features will get announced at that time—the kind of features Macworld has devoted a lot of virtual ink to, like an overhaul for push notifications, cloud-based storage, wireless iTunes syncing, and such. But I’d find a few other, more subtle features just as exciting, and equally capable of improving the overall iOS experience.

You Can’t Upgrade The Main Hard Drive On Your New iMac

Mr. Review — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:07:12 +0000

Sandy Bridge Core processors which makes them, well, pretty awesome. What’s not awesome? Apple has made upgrading the hard drive on the new iMacs damn near impossible.

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New iMacs Get Reviewed

Mr. Review — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:26:03 +0000

Each new standard-configuration iMac features a Core i5 quad-core processor. Based on Intel’s Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, the processors integrate the CPU, cache, and memory controller on one chip, allowing for fast data access over fewer buses. Each iMac has 6MB of shared L3 cache and support for Intel’s Turbo Boost 2.0, which allows the processor to automatically speed up cores when needed.

Eye-Fi Connects To iPhone

Mr. Review — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:24:49 +0000

I tested this feature out last weekend at one of my daughter’s softball games. I turned on my Canon T2i DSLR camera, launched the Eye-Fi app, and then stuck my iPhone in my pocket and started to take pictures with my camera. When I was done, a full-resolution copy of all those photos from my T2i were on my iPhone, ready to be e-mailed, posted to Facebook and Flickr, and even run through Instagram.

Stop Holding Your Breath

Mr. Review — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:47:17 +0000

If you’re one of the remaining few still holding out hope for a new iPhone next month, you may want to sit down for this — an AT&T representative claims that Apple has informed the carrier there will be no new iPhone in the traditional June or July timeframe.

Old vs New: A Tale Of Two iMacs

Mr. Review — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:46:41 +0000

There are still two basic models: 21.5″ and 27″. Each starts with two configurations, beginning with the processor. As of January 2010, the 21.5″ model sold with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 or a 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3, while the 27″ model featured either a 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 or a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5.

Today, the 21.5″ machine offers either a 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 or a 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, while the 27″ iMac features a 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 or a 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5. That’s the first time quad-core has been available across the entire iMac line. (The previous 27″ model had an i7 build-to-order option, but that processor wasn’t the current Sandy Bridge variety.)

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10 iPhone Apps That Need iPad Updates

Mr. Review — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:45:23 +0000

If you’re sitting there waiting for your favorite iPhone app to get a universal update (or even a separate “HD” version for the iPad), you’re probably not alone — here’s a lineup of 10 apps guilty of depriving us of some big-screen iPad love.

Call us spoiled, but we get positively giddy when a developer makes their iOS app universal right out the gate. Not only does it spare us the heartache of having to potentially buy it again in an “HD” iPad-only version later on, but it cuts down on the amount of clutter in our iTunes Apps window — not to mention making it much easier for us to figure out which app belongs on which device.

Apple Buys iCloud Domain?

Mr. Review — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:40:48 +0000

Rumours are suggesting that Apple may have purchased a new domain name for the tune of $4.5 million for their new Cloud services. The domain icloud.com until recently was owned by Swedish based company Xcerion for a Cloud storage service but has recently been rebranded to the new domain cloudme.com

Apple Rumors

Mr. Review — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:27:56 +0000

Apple has finally made their September event official, and it’s coming sooner than many expected—the “special event” will be held September 1 in San Francisco, and from the look of things it’s going to involve music.

Some possible announcements?

• New, Facetime-ready iPod Touches?

• The long awaited cloud-enhanced iTunes?

• A 1.7″ touch screen iPod Shuffle?

• The long-rumored $99 Apple TV?

• 99 cent TV show rentals through Apple TV?

The Apple-sound-hole-guitar suggests that Apple’s music making products might get updates—perhaps new versions of Logic and Garage Band? I certainly wouldn’t mind if they were overhauled to take advantage of the Magic Trackpad’s multitouch goodness. Or how about Garage Band for the iPad? Hell, I’d just take some news on the iPad’s jump to iOS 4.whatever.

And perhaps at this event we’ll finally find out the answer to the mystifying question: Why on Earth did Lady Gaga visit the Apple offices? If Gaga and Steve Jobs appeared on stage together, the combined reality distortion would be so great that I’m not sure our planet would ever recover.

We’ll see soon—very soon—enough. [Market Watch and Engadget]

Send an email to Kyle VanHemert, the author of this post, at kvanhemert@gizmodo.com.

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iPhone Users Have More Sex

Mr. Review — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:18:30 +0000

The type of car you drive and the kind clothes you wear may not be the only contributing factors to how you often you get lucky, a new study says; the kind of smartphone you wield could play a role as well. According to statistics by an online dating website published this week, iPhone users have more sex on average than BlackBerry and Android owners.

OkCupid, one of the nation’s largest free online dating services, has released statistics gathered from users, which showed that by the age 30 female iPhone owners had had twice as many sexual partners as Android users and a 25 percent more than BlackBerry users. Male iPhone users were also shown to have had more sexual partners at 30 than BlackBerry or Android-owning members, though the margins were slightly narrower.

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The company also detailed the progression from ages 18 to 40, which illustrated the point further, showing a similar trend, with iPhone users having the highest number of partners throughout with BlackBerry users trailing fairly close behind, and Android users ranking last.

- OkCupid

Of course this isn’t indicative of all smartphone users, but rather an interesting study of roughly 10,000 anonymous members, and we’d advise anyone considering an impromptu trip to an Apple Store to pick up the newly uncovered key to sexual supremacy to think twice.

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