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The iMore show 300

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 a 8:40 am

Rene, Georgia, and Seth briefly look back at 300 episodes of Phone different, iPhone Live, TiPb Live, iPad Live, TiPb TV, and iPhone & iPad Live, then discuss the past and future of iOS, and how iOS 6 stacks up to the competition. This is the iMore show!

How to manually update to iOS 6 beta 2 over-the-air (OTA)

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 25, 2012 a 3:42 pm

Apple has just released iOS 6 beta 2 to developers and it's now available as both a download from Apple's developer portal, and an over-the-air (OTA) update directly on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad devices.

Apple releases iOS 6 beta 2 to developers

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 25, 2012 a 2:09 pm

Two weeks after making iOS 6 beta 1 available to developers, Apple has released iOS 6 beta 2 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The two week pattern is nothing new for Apple, with previous iOS x.0 releases sticking fairly close to it for the most part.

iOS 6 beta 2 is available as an over-the-air (OTA) update for those running iOS 6 beta 1, or as a download and iTunes/Xcode install from Apple's developer site for those who require or simply prefer a hardline.

No word yet on what, if anything, has changed between iOS 6 beta 1 and iOS 6 beta 2, and since pre-prelase Apple software is subject to a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) we won't be hearing anything official from Apple.

iOS 6 Maps to support Yelp check-ins

By Simon Sage, Monday, Jun 25, 2012 a 10:23 am

FaceTime over cellular is possible under iOS 6, but will your carrier allow it?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 a 12:26 am

At WWDC 2012, Apple SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall, announced one of the major new features of iOS 6 would be FaceTime over cellular. Introduced in iOS 4, FaceTime has been Wi-Fi only up until now, despite the widespread availability of 3G and 4G networks, and despite rival products like Skype having access to video of cellular for a long time now.

So the question becomes, will carriers allow it now?

David Barnard of App Cubby talks Retina Macs, iOS 6, and more at WWDC 2012

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 a 12:39 pm

We grabbed App Cubby honcho and Gas Cubby, Launch Center, and Timers visionary, David Barnard right after the WWDC keynote to get his thoughts on Retina MacBook Pros and iOS 6... then we grabbed him the next day to reshoot the whole thing with better audio. (He's a champ like that.) David did an excellent job intuiting Apple's path to Retina, and he elaborates on that here. Also, David dives into iOS 6 -- what it tells us about Apple, and what it means for developers.

iOS 6 and the curious choice of the colorful new status bar

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 18, 2012 a 6:05 pm

Ahead of WWDC 2012 rumor had it Apple was considering a fresh coat of paint for the default iPhone interface elements (UIWebKit). Now that iOS 6 has been introduced, instead of a new, unifying silver, like Snow Leopard did for OS X, we've gotten several new looks, and a newly tinted status bar to go along with them.

iOS 6 and why we got Passbook instead of Files.app

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 18, 2012 a 11:13 am

At WWDC 2012, Apple Senior Vice President of iOS, Scott Forstall, did NOT announce the following:

Next up is a brand new app we're calling Files

Now Files is:

The simplest way to get all of your documents in one place

Editor's Desk: WWDC 2012 aftermath

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jun 17, 2012 a 10:32 pm

WWDC, Apple's once-yearly platform keynote, and the biggest gathering of Mac and iOS developers on the planet, is over. Tim Cook has welcomed us and bid us adieu. Phil Schiller has shown us the most advanced laptops in the world. Again. Craig Federighi gave us a first and final tour of OS X Mountain Lion, and Scott Forstall pulled the curtain back on iOS 6. A lot of numbers got thrown around, and that was for the sessions even began.

But let's tackle things in order...

Podcast app, Power Nap, and how the future of iOS will be automated

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Jun 17, 2012 a 12:04 pm

One of the more intriguing aspects of both iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion is the way in which Apple is further enabling intelligent background activity when iPhones, iPads, and Macs are otherwise "asleep".