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How's your battery life on iOS 6.1? [Poll]

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Feb 11, 2013 a 11:40 pm

iOS 6.1 has been out for a while now -- and iOS 6.1.1 just hit for the iPhone 4S -- so we're wondering how your battery life is doing? It seems every time Apple pushed out an update, some people get better battery life, others get worse battery life, and many just stay the same.

Part of this good be fresh starts with fresh versions cleaning out cruft that has built up for a while, or it could be bit-rot from old installs backed up and restored far too often. If your battery life is horrible, we have a bunch of really useful iOS 6 battery life fixes for you to try out. Either way, we want to know what you're experiencing!

Let us know how your battery life is doing, whether you set up as a new iPhone or iPad, whether you're jailbroken, and whether or not you have tons of push notifications going off all the time, or if you're running with almost none.

Apple sales in India estimated to be up 400% in 3 months

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 8, 2013 a 9:17 am

Apple's sales in India are reportedly up 400% in 3 months according to IDC estimates. India is one of those emerging markets, alongside Russia and Brazil, that Apple is keeping a very close eye on. While China has been grabbing a lot of the headlines, conference call time, iOS 6 feature list, and even a new operating segment of late, India may not be that far behind. Akanksha Prasad & Indu Nandakumar, writing for The Times of India report:

iPad accounted for 1 in 6 PC shipments in Q4 2012

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 a 5:29 pm

One in six personal computers (PCs) shipped in Q4 of 2012 was an iPad. That's according to Canalys, who also reported that worldwide PC shipments were up 12% over the same quarter in 2011, with 134 million PCs sold. Canalys counts tablets in the PC category, and those devices made up one third of all PC sales in Q4. In total, Apple shipped 27 million units, with HP in second at 15 million PCs shipped. Canalys attributes Apple’s tablet growth to strong demand for the iPad mini:

Apple announces 128GB iPad 4, available Feb. 5 starting at $799

By Phil Nickinson, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 a 8:51 am

Apple this morning announced new versions of the fourth-generation iPad, bringing the maximum storage level to 128 gigabytes. Same 9.7-inch retina display, same internals. Just more GBs. The upgraded storage applies to the Wi-Fi-only and Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of the iPad and doubles the previous max.

Apple reportedly readying 128GB "Ultimate" iPad 4 for launch

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jan 28, 2013 a 7:40 am

No sooner was support for 128GB NAND flash storage capacities found in iOS 6 beta 5, than reports pop up saying Apple is readying 128GB "ultimate" versions of the iPad 4 for launch. The news come by way of Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac, who typically has excellent sources on imminent product releases.

Apple releases iOS 6.1 beta 5 for iPhone and iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 a 8:07 pm

Apple has released iOS 6.1 beta 5 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. This comes just a day before beta 4 was set to expire, and represents one of the longest gaps between beta releases in iOS' history. Furthermore, beta 5 still hasn't shown up over-the-air (OTA), so rather than the faster, more convenient delta-update-in-place, if you want beta 5 now, now, now, you'll have to download it from developer.apple.com and do a complete update via iTunes or Xcode.

As always, this beta is intended for registered developers so they can try out new application program interfaces (API) and make sure their apps are compatible before iOS 6.1 goes into general availability (GA), presumably sometime in the next couple of months.

(If anyone gets the OTA, let us know. It's spoiled us and made us lazy!)

iMore editors' Choice: Scribblenauts, Ghostbusters, Trapit, Traal, and more!

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 a 6:32 pm

Every week, the editors and writers at iMore carefully select some of our favorite, most useful, most extraordinary apps, accessories, gadgets, and websites. This week's selections include a ton of games, a smart news aggregator, and... did we say a ton of games?

Save $40 on AnoStyle anodized color treatments for iPhone 5 and iPad mini

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jan 25, 2013 a 4:54 pm

Been lusting after an AnoStyle anodized color treatment for your iPhone 5 or iPad mini? Well, you're in luck. Our own Ally Kazmucha, one of the awesome folks behind the awesome AnoStyle process, has whipped up a special promo code just for our equally awesome iMore readers.

Hurry on over and save $40 now on either an iPhone 5 or iPad mini AnoStyle with coupon code IMORENINJAS125.

Cygnett Cases for iPad hands-on

By Georgia, Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 a 9:31 pm

Cygnett makes a wide variety of cases for the iPad, and I recently had a chance to look at and try out a bunch of them.

Tim Cook says Apple still doesn't care if they cannibalize their own products

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 23, 2013 a 7:28 pm

In response to a question asked during Apple's Q1 2013 conference call, Tim Cook once again re-iterated Apple's long-held belief that they'd rather cannibalize their own existing product lines with new product lines than risk a competitor eating into their business. The only twist to the repartee this time was the iPad mini, and what if any affect it might have had on full-sized iPad sales.