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08
Dec 11

iOS 5.1 In Beta

According to CNET developers are able to grab the beta of iOS 5.1 early. While it’s the first “major” update to iOS 5 which came out in October, it doesn’t seem like it really changes much of anything.

CNET reported the following:

The notes do not suggest any major new features in the build, despite anticipation otherwise. A report from German Mac site Macerkopf.de earlier this month suggested that 5.1 would bring extra features to Siri in the form of hardware controls, letting users adjust things like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios through the iPhone 4S voice assistant.

Macerkopf.de was claiming that iOS 5.0.2 would be released later this week, but since iOS 5.1 is official don’t expect to see any updates to come before it.

9To5Mac showed on Monday that one line of code possibly hints towards Sprint receiving its own version of the iPad 2. Now that Sprint has partnered with Apple, it’s likely that we’ll be seeing the iPad 2 released for use on Sprint’s network in the near future.

This post originally appeared on idevicenews.org, the latest news for all of your idevices.

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28
Oct 11

Yesterday’s iTunes Match Reset Likely Points to Official Launch in Near Future

Since Apple hasn’t announced iTunes Match’s official release date yet, we’re forced to speculate when the service will be available to the general population. When Apple launched it into beta late this past August, they warned early users that there may be period data resets. Yesterday, Apple (after having warned beta users to backup their iCloud information and turn iTunes Match on all of their devices) reset and removed all iTunes Match libraries. This got us thinking that the official release is imminent.

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15
Oct 11

iFixit Tears Down the iPhone 4S

Unless you’re willing to void your warranty and possibly render your brand new iPhone 4S useless, it’s unlikely that you would ever be able to see the innards of your glorious new mobile device. It’s insides would forever remain a mystery.

But thanks to everyone’s favorite breakdown team, especially when it comes to Apple products, iFixit is on the ball. The new iPhone has been available for a mere two days and iFixit already has a complete step by step, image by image, disassembling available for all to gaze at in awe. Check it out here.

This post originally appeared on idevicenews.org, the latest news for all of your idevices.

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14
Oct 11

Siri May Be Brought To iPhone 4, But Not By Apple

Siri, one of the newly available features included in iOS 5, was one of the more exciting things Apple brought to the table at it’s recent event. Apple had not given specific details as to its device requirements and left us hoping that it would be usable on the original iPhone 4. Now that iOS 5 is publicly available, we know that’s not the case. Siri is only officially available for the recently released iPhone 4S.

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14
Oct 11

iOS 5 On iPhone 4 Hands On Impressions

Well, I’ve had iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 for about 18 hours now. And in that 18 hours I’ve probably USED the phone a total of 2 hours or so (I was sleeping for 6 of those hours). Web browsing, text messaging, phone calling. And now I’m here to tell you about the experience.

Since I’ve only had a very limited time to use iOS 5, I will only be commenting on features that I’ve been able to properly evaluate as of writing this post. Also, I have not yet jailbroken iOS 5, so the following experiences are based on using the stock operating system.

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13
Oct 11

TwitterTask: Integrates Simple Tweeting Into iOS 5

Now that iOS 5 is available, it’s likely that Twitter use will increase since it the online social service has been integrated into the operating system. But it isn’t without its quirks. If you’ve updated to iOS 5 and have managed to jailbreak your iPhone, and if you’re a Twitter addict, it might be worthwhile to check out TwitterTask.

The Twitter integration in iOS 5 is convenient but in order to tweet it’s required that you send an attachment along with it. TwitterTask corrects that flaw by allowing you to send a simple tweet just by double clicking the home button. While this action still brings up the task switcher it also brings up a window to type a tweet, add a location and send it. Very simple and easy to use and since it is activated along with the task switcher it is truly usable at anytime.