Rumor control: Seems Siri will NOT make it to older iphones in the future.. or will they? Nuts. Well it seems the rumor of Apple working on a version of Siri for older devices was just that. A rumor. According to a reply from devbugs@apple.com via VentureBeat; provided by Michael Steeber ; Apple has basically put the breaks on any hints that they are working supporting Siri on older iOS devices. I’m… Read More
Looks like Siri will run on any device with iOS5. Now we play the waiting game Just like the news where Steven Troughton-Smith said he got Siri running on iphone4 but odds are we will never see it in the wild, we now have a report that Jackoplane has it working for any device with iOS5 on it. And without jailbreaking. Cool. But the real question is; when can “I” see… Read More
Funny iphone4s Siri replies. Proof enough there are a few Easter Eggs in Siri. I’m sure this list will grow, but I came across these reading Ultrasnow. I think my favorite Siri reply so far has to be the first one. “I need to hide a body”, ‘what kind of place are you looking for? and its lists reservoirs, metal foundries, mines, dumps, swamps. This HAS to be… Read More
Jailbreaking the new iphone4S, perhaps, iOS5, yes, already with Ultrasn0w and Redsn0w As expected, there is a jailbreak (beta) already out there for iphone iOS5. Also, no surprise, there is not baseband support yet, I expect this will be a bit more complicated given the new way iphone4S is using antennas, but still doable. Now we have be clear about something. The iPhone4s is running the new… Read More
Get 50 gigs of free space from Box.net on your iOS device Wow, talk about the power and reach of iOS. Box.net is giving away 50 gigs of storage for iOS users. The promotion starts 12:01 AM PST on Friday Oct 14 and runs for 50 days. And its not limited to your iOS device wither, you can use it on your desktop as well. I tried… Read More
Its True. Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple It was only a matter of time, and I guess the time is now. Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of APPle. So what does that mean? In the short term, not a lot. The stock market has not responded much in after hour trading, but we will see tomorrow. This has been long in… Read More
Create an iphone ipad app in a weekend at iOSDevCamp Its iOSDevCamp time again. If you do not know what it is, #iOSDevCamp is a weekend event where iOS devs from all over the country ( and some from outside the US ) come to meet up and try to build an iphone / ipad application in a weekend. This may sound impossible, but after… Read More
3D Video within Live Video. Kinect my augmented reality to an iPad 2 Here is a pretty cool demonstration done by Laan Labs that takes the video and depth mapping information from a Microsoft Kinect and uses that data to create a 3D model for an augmented reality mobile application seen through the iPad 2. Basically how this works is you shoot something, like yourself, in front of… Read More
Serious challenge to Jailbreakers in iOS 5. Dont upgrade yet iOS 5 is still not official, but you may want to hold off even when it launches. Seems that there have been some major changes to iOS5 that will make jailbreaking much harder. Currently, when you jailbreak you phone, you are basically overriding the OS to allow access to certain API calls that are not… Read More
Tip#61 Clean your Apple keyboard in the dishwater Ok, I would not have believed this if I did not see it myself. We have an older apple keyboard that was just disgusting. Instead of trying to clean it by hand, someone recommended putting it in the dishwater. What?? Ok, so my friend gave it a shot and low and behold… it works!! Not… Read More
Apple in-app subscriptions rules have been eased Read this in VB then macRumors. Seems Apple has changed it in-app subscriptions rules such that a subscription does not have to be the “same price or less than it is offered outside the app”. In fact, there are no rules for price period. Apple also removed the requirement that external subscriptions must be also… Read More
Chat on iOS 5 Jailbreak with Cydia creator Saurik I have put forth many times that Apple could kill off or make life REALLY hard for jailbreakers if they wanted to, but they don’t. In this street interview by Haroon, Cydia Creator Jay Freeman talked a bit about how the new features in iOS 5 will not make jailbreak irrelevant nor are they trying… Read More
Jailbreak apps that are now part of iOS I have said this many times before, if Apple REALLY wanted to stop jailbreaking they could. They dont because this is great R/D and well as Marketing data that they get for free. Heck, then even hire jailbreak programmers. So lets have a look at yet more cool iOS features that us jailbreakers have had… Read More
Twitter to be included in the native iOS build. And what that could mean Well, what could that mean from a few points of view. First the user. I think BusinessInsider did a pretty good job with their mockup showing what it could mean to have fully integrated twitter support in iOS. From a design point of view, it will be pretty minimal, an extra button on a menu… Read More
Apple to tighten IAP rules to allow only one in app purchace just read this on http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/App+Store/news.asp?c=30179. Have not confirmed. Continuing a pattern triggered by consumer criticism over ‘accidental purchases’ of virtual goods in games such as Capcom’s Smurfs’ Village in late 2010, Apple is set to tighten its in-app purchase policy again. According to developer sources, new apps being submitted to the App Store will limit… Read More
iTunes Appstore reviews disappearing and reappearing? May not be your imagination Read this on one of the boards I follow. Seems over the past week comments on some apps would disappear and later reappear. This has been going on over the past week, and a bug has been reported so odds are Apple will fix this soon. So if your wonder what the heck happened to… Read More
Narrative Technology, an ebook by Al Gore and 3 Dreams of Black I had to share these 2 items that leverage innovative tools and technologies to tell better stories. First is Our Choice, an interactive e-book by Al Gore. Our Choice is an interactive 400-page book with videos, photos, and info-graphic content that illustrates how powerful interactive story telling can be. It was developed in collaboration with… Read More
How to keep iTunes from opening when you connect you iphone ipad I really hate that itunes launches every-time I connect my iphone or ipad. At first I thought it would be an easy fix, simply uncheck iTunes Summary “Automatically sync [this device] when connected”. Right? #FAIL Yes the iphone will not autosync, but iTunes will still launch! What is the fix? Turn on the setting ‘Allowing… Read More
iOS Programming Class for beginners in the Northern California area A friend of mine in the California Bay Area is putting on a iOS programming class for beginners and intermediate. Check it out! <updated> 5/28 Sat Intermediate http://iossdkinterm2011may.eventbrite.com/ 6/4 Sat Introduction http://iosclass2011jun4.eventbrite.com/ Course Details… Read More
Dont put an ‘upgrade’ button in your iOS app or you will get sued Yes, this is so messed up that it has to go into the WTF? file and be added to the Rant list. What a clue that the current patent system is woefully behind the times and relies on an approval system designed by 5th graders? Have a look at this story from PCMag.com. Seems that… Read More