Field test mode, missing from iOS 4.0, makes its triumphant return in iOS 4.1. If you're not familiar with it, field test mode is a diagnostic mode that shows cell reception as actual, meaningful numbers as opposed to nebulous Apple and carrier rendered bars. To enter field test mode, dial 3001#12345# To exit field test mode, click the home button If you're playing around with it,...
Apple's latest iPad ad keeps going with the apps and the verbiage, this time rounding off medical, live, musical, work, play, memories, social, magazines, and historic. Not magical though, at least not like last time. Numbers is just one of the apps highlighted. Can you name them all? Video after the break!
If you're trying to keep track of all the newly updated, Game Center enabled games for iOS 4.1, look no further than the App Store where Apple has gone and created a special page just to list them for your viewing -- and buying -- pleasure. There's about a dozen and half games now but we're guessing it will fill out quickly now that iOS 4.1 is live. If you've tried some out, let us...
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Ms. Pac Man from Namco is first out the gate with iOS 4.1 Game Center support, but there are plenty more to come. We'll update this post -- and we'll keep updating our new Game Center games tracker in the iPhone Forums -- as new ones arrive, but here's a first look at Leaderboards and Achievements... after the break! For more new features, see our iOS 4.1 walkthrough. [Ms. Pac Man on...
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With iOS 4.1 going live, Game Center has gone live with it... well, except for the games part. Those will come any time now as developers and servers come online. While you wait, let us know your Game Center ID in the comments below. You know, so you can challenge Jeremy to a Zombie shootout, or Chad to platform fun. Here're mine and I'll add the rest of the writers and mods as they...
iOS 4.1 is live, get to iTunes and hit the update button. If you're already on the GM, you'll likely need to hit restore instead of update. If you're jailbroken, you might want to stay clear or you'll lose your Jailbreak. It's reading as 589.9MB for iPhone 4. For more, check out our complete iOS 4.1 walkthrough, and iOS 4.1 in 10 minutes quick start video (below). Let us know if you'...
Apple didn't list IPS (inter plane switching) as part of the iPod touch 4 specs for a reason -- the iPod touch 4 screen, while LED and "Retina Display" 960x640 resolution lacks the IPS technology of the iPhone 4 display. IPS, which Apple has rolled out for everything from iMac to iPad to iPhone 4 provides a much greater viewing range than a standard display. So the still camera isn't...
Both iTunes Store music and iOS App Store apps are being downloaded at an increasing rate. Apps are just increasing faster. As can be seen, the App store has reached the same total downloads in 2.2 years as the iTMS reached after five years. The two curves are likely to be the same height (around 13 billion each) before the year is over. I'm downloading far more apps than music,...
The iOS Dev-Team, the folks behind a lot of the Jailbreak technology, have issued an Admiral Ackbar-style warning to Jailbreakers and unlockers about the impending iOS 4.1 update -- stay away for now: This time of year there are lots of new iPhone owners, and not everybody knows that accepting new iOS updates is the surest way to lose your jailbreak and/or unlock. While those of...
The new iPod touch should be hitting US stores tomorrow and that means some early reviews are hitting the web tonight. What's the bottom line? Follow on after the break for the first batch and we'll add more as they go live. Donald Bell of CNET says: "The Apple iPod Touch is arguably the last shot fired in the war of portable media players. There's simply no catching up to it in...