Apple announced iOS 6 during the company’s annual WWDC conference, and showcased some of the main features of the new update including a revamped Maps application and Siri improvements. The Cupertino company released an initial beta to developers directly after the conference, allowing developers to test the new features on the their devices and then released iOS 6 beta 2 … Read More
iOS 6 to Bring National Emergency Alerts to iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Apple’s popular iPhone has been on the market since 2007 and has picked up a number of new features since then, including video chat capabilities, and even Siri, a voice controlled personal assistant. However, even with a variety of innovative technology, the iPhone always fell short when it came to emergency notifications or access. As a result, Apple is now … Read More
iOS 6 Banners Go Up Confirms Preview During WWDC 2012 Keynote Event
Apple’s WWDC keynote event is only a few hours away, where Apple is expected to introduce new MacBook models as well the next version of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS 6. On Friday, a number of images of iOS 6 banners were posted by CNet, all of which were being set up in Moscone West, the building where Apple’s … Read More
Apple to Bring Siri to the New iPad 3 with iOS 6?
The next version of Apple’s iOS operating system, iOS 6, is expected to be released during the company’s WWDC 2012 conference starting on July 11. Various reports in the recent past have mentioned that the next software update will bring a number of features, including major updates to Siri, Apple’s personal assistant software. Now that Siri is running on the … Read More
Apple Airs New iPhone 4S TV Ads Starring Jon Malkovich
Apple for the first time ever began to use celebrities in its iPhone TV ads only about a month ago. The first ads to use celebrities were for the company’s popular personal assistant Siri, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel. After receiving very positive feedback of the work done by the Chiat/Day ad agency, Apple is continuing to use … Read More
Wake Smarter: Brings Full Control, Including Voice Control, to Your Alarms
Wake Smarter Review Wake Smarter puts that fancy bedside alarm clock to shame. It has an amazing variety of choices on how you would like your alarm to behave. There are options for the usual alarm sounds, repeats, snooze-ability, and custom labels. But Wake Smarter goes WAY beyond that. As an alarm clock it has a daytime display with gorgeous … Read More
Apple Airs iPhone 4S TV Ads Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Zooey Deschanel
Apple is not known for use of celebrities to endorse their products. Of course, there were a few promotions a number years back, with The Black Eyed Peas and popular band U2 promoting iTunes and the iPod. However, Apple has never done a celebrity advertisement that showed faces and instead focused mostly on silhouettes. Apple recently released two advertisements with … Read More
Live Coverage iPad 3 Keynote Event
Apple’s iPad 3 keynote event will kick off today with a live presentation by Apple CEO Tim Cook. Touch Reviews will be bringing you the All-in-One live coverage of the iPad 3 keynote event so you can sit back and know what’s the latest without refreshing this page. Apple will not be providing live video stream of the keynote event … Read More
iOS 5.1 Testing Complete, to be Released During iPad 3 Launch Event?
According to a report from Chronic Wire, Apple’s developer seed of iOS 5.1 has passed quality assurance tests conducted by the company. The company issued a number of seeds to developer for iOS 5.1 to ensure that the final public release would be as stable as possible, especially after a number of users complained of battery life issues on iPhone … Read More
iOS 5.1 ‘Pre-GM’ Seed Leak Reveals New Camera Button and Support for Japanese Siri
Apple has been busy getting iOS 5.1 software update ready for release as the company has been seeding beta to developers since November. As new beta updates were released details about future products, features and changes were revealed. iOS 5.1 beta code had references to an unreleased iPad 2 model and then another beta release revealed that Apple will finally … Read More
Apple Releases New iPhone 4S TV Ads ‘Rock God’ and ‘Road Trip’
Apple has been experiencing heavy sales with the iPhone 4S, the company sold more than 4 million devices during the launch weekend. With the success of the iPhone 4S, Apple has been consistently releasing TV ads to get the word out about Siri personal assistant and other features. On Thursday to follow up a number of other successful ads, Apple … Read More
iPhone 4S Siri accounts for 25 percent of Wolphram Alpha Searches
Apple introduced Siri with the iPhone 4S, a virtual personal assistant on a mobile phone, and providing users access to voice activated commands. Wolphram Alpha is integrated with Siri on iPhone 4S running iOS 5. The service is a collection of information and can provide anything from flight info, to searches of people, and even math problems. Since its introduction … Read More
Apple’s Next Gen iPod nano to have a 1.3MP camera?
Last year in April according to the rumor mill Apple was planning to release a new iPod Nano with a 1.3 MP camera, however, this rumor failed to come to fruition after Apple released the same 6th generation design in September 2011, updating the software and lowering the pricing on the 8 GB and 16 GB models. On Wednesday, new … Read More
iPhone 5 Completely Redesigned Hardware Launch in Fall 2012?
On Tuesday, a report from BGR suggested that Apple is planning to launch a completely redesigned iPhone 5 in the fall of next year. With Apple’s trend of releasing iPhones dubbed with ‘S’ followed by a redesign, it is very likely that Apple will redesign the back of the iPhone 5 with an all aluminum back, getting rid of Apple’s … Read More
Apple Air New iPhone 4S TV Ad, Santa
On Sunday, Apple aired a new iPhone 4S TV ad, dubbed Santa. The ad aired on nation wide television networks, only a week away from Christmas. The ad shows Santa Claus, delivering presents to children, with the assistance of Siri on iPhone 4S. Santa asks Siri for directions to different houses and searches for weather in cities around the world. … Read More