Check out what we may be in for with Ive’s iOS 7
One of the biggest anticipations for Apple's next product unveiling event is iOS itself – it is the part I'm most looking forward to. With Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Jony Ive, taking over the design aspects of iOS, iOS 7 is expected to take on a whole new, fresh look. Head inside to find out what all we're hearing.
New Best Buy Promotion Cuts $50 Off iPhone
For those of you who’ve been on the fence about upgrading to a new iPhone, now may be the time to make a decision. AllThingsD is reporting that electronics giant Best Buy will be launching a four-week promotion, slashing prices on all iPhone models by $50.
iPhones, HSPA , and LTE said to be coming to AT&T’s GoPhone plans today
According to MacRumors, AT&T has made plans to beef up their prepaid service, GoPhone. Word has it that the carrier will be adding cellular data to the plans, in the form of HSPA+ and LTE. Better yet, AT&T will be bringing the iPhone to its prepaid plans, which are said to be launching today.
Smule Guitar!: Social/Ranked Guitar Hero-esque iOS Game
Smule (I found out today) is a popular social music app creator for iOS, with multiple applications and thousands of users worldwide. Another one of their success stories, Smule Sing! came out not too long ago, Smule Guitar! released recently actually pairs some of the highest scoring members of Sing! and lets you play along with real vocals from other Smule app users.
iLEX RAT Allows Users to Backup, Restore, “Factory Reset,” and Much More
Semi Restore is getting a lot of press lately, but their has been a long running utility called iLEX RAT that allows you to make iOS backups, restores, and much more. iLEX RAT is a command line based tool (similar to Clockwork Mod Recovery of Android) that requires the MobileTerminal tweak, found within Cydia, to run. For a quick and dirty tutorial read on.
New iOS 7 Safari Mockup
Well it has been a few days now so, as per protocol, somebody has made an iOS 7 concept video. This time it's all about the improvements that could be made to the iOS native browser Safari. There are die-hard fans of Safari out there, though I use Google's Chrome browser for most everything, even I open the app from time to time. The video shows an improved gesture based approach, similar to that of Google's Chrome browser for iOS.
Google Glass Tweaked to Receive iOS Push Notifications
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iOS developer Adam Bell is a Google Glass owner, and he has already configured them to accept iOS push notifications thanks to Google's Mirror API. Pretty cool that he's already coming out with tweaks for something that really won't be available for a while yet. Adam said he will be uploading it to his GitHub soon, and after a while it will be available on Cydia.
Otterbox Buys Lifeproof
Two popular "ruggedized" case makers have joined forces. I'm very excited about this merger, both Otterbox and Lifeproof are at the top of their game in producing high end rugged cases. Though San Diego based Lifeproof is the company being absorbed, the name Lifeproof will remain in use for specific models from the rugged case industry leader Otterbox.
