Apple released the Smart Cover with the iPad 2 early last year and since then the cover has become a model for numerous third party accessory makers who have developed their own versions. However, according to a patent application put out by the United States Patent & Trademark Office, it appears that Apple is looking to take the technology in … Read More
Apple Airs New iPhone 4S TV Ad Featuring Martin Scorsese
Since the introduction of Apple’s popular iPhone 4S last October, the company has gone ahead to air a number of ads for the smartphone’s groundbreaking personal assistant, Siri. Late Monday, Apple began to air a new commercial for Siri, this time using a different celebrity, director and producer Martin Scorsese. Scorsese is best known for his work in popular and … 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
Omnifocus for iPad Review
Omnifocus for iPad Review: The End All Be All of Time Management Apps Omnifocus is a great Task Management app for iPad that helps you get everything you have going on organized and put together in a manageable fashion. Omnifocus couldn’t have come along at a better time for me as my wife is due to have our first child … Read More
Apple’s ‘Red Friday’ one day sale in Asia to celebrate The Year of the Dragon
Apple has planned to launch a major sale across Asia in celebration of The Year of the Dragon, something that is rarely seen and not done regularly by Apple. The sale will begin on January 6, but will last only for the day in Apple Stores in China, Japan, and numerous other Asian countries. Apple is not currently disclosing details … Read More
Flava for iPhone: The Promise of Everything in One Place
[rating: 3/5] Flava Review: The app is a combination of scrapbook, journal, and calendar all in one. It gives you a place for everything and keeps everything in one place. Consider this app an Internet-connected, multimedia diary and you’ve got the general idea. You can write notes, take pictures, mark locations, tag books and music, and link to websites all … Read More
Calendars Review: iCal for Google Calendar on the iPhone
Calendars [rating: 3.5/5] The best way to describe Calendars for iPhone and iPod Touch is that is it iCal for Google services. Aesthetically it is less garish than iCal. Which is a good thing. The colors used for the GUI tend to be less bright, and more pastel in shade. Functionality is almost the same as iCal. And graphically there is … Read More