With the release of iOS 5 in October, iMessage enabled all iOS devices to communicate with each other. Moreover, it allowed all users on iOS 5 to send texts and pictures to each other for free (data required). I can't emphasize how incredible iMessage is when you're traveling outside of Canada. Sending messages back home...
According to Japanese blog Macotakara (via AppleInsider), Apple is planning to add Bluetooth 4.0 support to its AirPlay protocol. During a recent MFi Conference (MFi = Made for iPod / iPhone / iPad) which was held in China last week, Apple revealed that they were going to provide a new certification chip for iOS-accessories, which will allow them access to iOS devices via...
Update 1: Here are a couple tweets later from @pod2g--iOS 5.0.1 will be supported, and we will find out about the iPhone 4S/iPad 2 once he gets his hands on one: It seems like a great day for the jailbreak community. Earlier today, Dev-Team's @MuscleNerd told us that the next RedSn0w update will support iOS 5.x...
When you take photos on an iOS device, your new photos are automatically uploaded to iCloud and pushed to all your other devices including your Mac's iPhoto, thanks to Photo Stream, a feature introduced by Apple with launch of iOS 5. However, Apple forgot to add support for editing these photos in iPhoto's Photo Stream folder...
Apple has issued a statement over Carrier IQ, and in a note to AllThingsD, they mentioned Carrier IQ was removed from iOS 5: “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any diagnostic data sent to Apple, customers must...
TUAW is reporting that developer John Heaton has discovered some code in the latest iOS release that suggests OS X's iChat functionality could soon be coming to the mobile platform. The code reflects popular chat services like Jabber and AIM though there is no particular mention of iChat. However, the source claims that these strings aren't yet included in any...
Our friends over at FSM have posted a nice little tutorial on how you can enable FaceTime over 3G natively in iOS 5 on your jailbroken device. You must be already aware that FaceTime calls require both the caller and the recipient to be connected to a WiFi network. Even though 3G connections are found to...
A handy find by folks at Cult of Mac that can give you a good idea of all that is running on your iPhone in the background is an app called Activity Monitor Touch which is basically a tiny port of the Mac version. The app displays tables and graphs for your device’s performance stats such as...
Apple has reached out to The Loop to inform users it continues to investigate some issues of battery life in iOS 5: “The recent iOS software update addressed many of the battery issues that some customers experienced on their iOS 5 devices,” an Apple spokesperson told The Loop. “We continue to investigate a few remaining...
Earlier today we learned how to enable the hidden panorama feature in the Camera app within iOS 5, and now a further hidden tweak has been discovered by 9to5Mac. This feature within iOS 5 is an auto-correct bar, that resembles something from Android smartphones. This tweak was a discovery by Australia's @sonnydickson, and can be...
Recently it has been discovered that iOS 5 has a hidden built in panorama mode for the native Camera app. Enabling the option allows users to tap and move the camera from left to right along a blue line after hitting the shutter button to capture a panoramic image. Even though @chpwn has released a Cydia package installing which...
It appears iOS 5 has a built in panorama mode for the Camera app, as discovered by @conradev (via @chpwn). iPhone developer Conrad Kramer discovered this within iOS 5.0 beta 7: So, I found out how to enable Panorama is the iOS Camera app. Set the key 'EnableFirebreak' to YES in com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist Chpwn notes the...
