Ipod Touch

Apple appoints John Browett as Senior Vice President of Retail

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 a 9:04 am

Apple has appointed John Browett as their new Senior Vice President of Retail. Mr Browett will be leaving his position of CEO of Dixons Retail, Europe’s largest specialist electrical retailer.

How to take a screen recording on your iPhone or iPad [Jailbreak app for that]

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Jan 29, 2012 a 3:05 pm

How do you record the screen of your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad? That's the question several of our readers have asked this week. Sure, you can use a fancy HDMI-out dongle and a video capture card to mirror and record your display if you have the hardware and can get it working right. But if you're jailbroken there's an easier way to go about recording your iPhone or iPad display.

Yes, there's a jailbreak app for that!

Police officer uses his own iPhone to locate thief and retrieve a stolen iPhone

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 a 4:36 am

A Police officer in New York used his own iPhone to catch a thief and retrieve a victim’s iPhone after she was robbed in a handbag store on Thursday night. A man walked into the store brandishing a black handgun and took the woman’s iPhone.

Daily Tip: How to use AutoFill to automatically fill out web forms on iPhone and iPad

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 a 4:34 pm

Tired of filling out one tedious web form after another, and wondering how to get Safari on iPhone and iPad to automatically fill them out for you? Luckily, deep within the settings of Safari there is a way to setup AutoFill, something which allows you to automatically input your personal data on sites that permit its use.

Valve’s Steam Mobile hits the App Store, connect with your Steam Friends on the go

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Jan 26, 2012 a 3:44 pm

Valve has released Steam Mobile for iPhone, iPod touch into the App Store. Sort of. It is available to download and install on your iOS device, but unfortunately you need to be part of a limited beta to actually begin to use it. We are sure this will change fairly soon but it is very frustrating for those gamers that use Steam and want to use the app now.

Apple Q1 2012 results: $46.33 billion in revenue, 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, 15.4 million iPods

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 a 4:54 pm

Apple has just announced another record breaking quarter, coming off the holidays with $46.33 billion in revenue, $13.06 billion in net profit, and a whopping 37.04 million iPhones, 15.43 million iPads, and 15.4 million iPods sold.

What's AirPlay? [iOS A-Z]

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jan 23, 2012 a 6:16 pm

If you're new to iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and are wondering just what exactly AirPlay is, worry not -- you've come to the right place. AirPlay is Apple's term for their audio and video streaming technology. It's what lets your iOS 5 device, or iTunes on Mac or Windows, beam videos over Wi-Fi to your Apple TV so you can watch movies and play games on your big screen TV, or music to your AirPort Express router, so you can listen on your higher quality speakers.

Reckless Racing 2 set to arrive in the App Store on February 2nd

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Jan 23, 2012 a 10:15 am

Reckless Racing 2 is set to arrive in the App Store on February 2nd. The sequel to the hugely popular original game was previously slated for a December launch last year but has obviously suffered one or two delays.

Time Warner TWC TV app now available for iPhone and iPod touch, no longer iPad only

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Jan 20, 2012 a 2:36 am

Time Warner has just updated its TWC TV app and it is now fully compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch. Since its launch back in March 2011, it has been an iPad only app, but not any longer.

Daily Tip: How to setup a keyboard shortcut for a username, email address or well used phrase

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 a 1:47 am

Wondering how to save time and effort entering common information like your name, email address, or phone number? The good news is iOS 5 has a special feature called “Shortcuts” that lets you define a word or phrase to a key combination. Follow along and we will show you how easy it is to setup and how it can save you a lot of time too:-