Apple released a minor update to iOS for iPads, iPhones, and iPod touches. ArsTechnica says that this update mostly fixes issues regarding taking HDR photos from the lock screen camera shortcut, occasional issues with streaming video over AirPlay, “Unable to Purchase” alerts, and more. But if you are running a jailbroken phone, you’ll definitely want to hold off, since this will ruin your jailbreak:
This 54.4 MB update includes: improved reliability for the HDR option when accessing the camera app from the lock screen and a number of other fixes for bugs affecting AirPlay video playback; the ability to switch between 2G and 3G networks on third-gen iPad; and, an “Unable to purchase” alert.
Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut.
Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and 3G networks.
Fixes bugs that affected AirPlay video playback in some circumstances.
Improved reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and Reading List.
Fixes an issue where ‘Unable to purchase’ alert could be displayed after successful purchase.
Nielsen’s latest survey that showed over 90% of United States smartphone buyers are choosing iOS or Android, research firm comScore today released its data of the top smartphone platforms and OEMs in the U.S. The survey included more than 30,000 people over a three-month period ending February 2012.
The research found Android was up 17% points from a year ago with 50.1% of the U.S. smartphone market. In comparison, Apple’s 30.2% accounted for an increase of 5% points from the same period a year ago.
Google passed the 50% milestone for the first time during February 2012. The numbers represent a 3.2% point increase over previous three-month period for Google, and a 1.5% point increase for Apple. ComScore goes on to present the follow statistics:
When it comes to the top mobile phone manufacturers (including non-smartphones) in the U.S., Samsung takes the top spot with 25.6-percent of the market for the three-month period ending February 2012. LG was close behind with 19.4-percent, followed by Apple with 13.5-percent, Motorola at 12.8-percent, and HTC at 6.3-percent
This $2 iOS game is Free for a while. Grab it, heres the App Store link. Hungribles are tiny creatures with MASSIVE appetites. Their hunger cravings are so powerful they can pull food through the air and into their waiting mouths.
The aim of the game is to feed the Hungribles and make them happy. You do this by launching tasty orbs from a strange glowing mushroom slingshot thingy, obviously!
Each Hungrible’s appetite affects the path of the tasty orb as it flies across the screen. Earn SCORE BONUSES by bouncing orbs off walls, curving them around Hungribles or hitting the gold. Can you get a three star rating on every level?
This would come as a surprise to many that popular words like iPod, iPhone and iMac were surely coined by Apple, but 2 very popular words iPhone and iOS were originally thought by another huge computer company name Cisco. Cisco had actually owned the ‘iPhone’ and ‘iOS’ trademarks, long before Apple intended to use them.
According to Adam Lashinsky, the author of the new book “Inside Apple”, Jobs approached former Cisco executive Charles Giancarlo for the ownership of both names. The Silicon Valley-based Cisco and Cupertino-based Apple were never in the same market – while Apple has targeted single consumers, Cisco has always been into networking and enterprise. Therefore, Apple had no idea Cisco would have the name (“iPhone”) trademarked.
Let me tell you that this crazy tweak is still in its early stages. In order to accomplish the task of running iOS applications on the Apple TV, the software that powers the app launcher, the iOS Springboard, had to be rewritten, by developer Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip. 9to5Mac covered this concept a while back. Heres the initial concept:
Using @TheMudkip’s MobileX window manager for iOS, and @chpwn’s MobileLaunchpad launcher to go with it, we now have multiple iOS apps running natively on AppleTV, without AirPlay
Quick Update: I guess two weeks back Google had launched their Gmail iOS app to the App Store. But due its notification bug, it was immediately pulled by Google. This app has resurfaced, V.1.01 brings the bug free Gmail to your iOS device. Note – If you already have the Gmail app 1.0.1 released on 2 Nov, you will need to uninstall or log out of the old app prior to installing the new app
Get the official Gmail experience for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
With the Gmail app, you can:
- Receive notification badges for new messages
- Read your mail with threaded conversations
- Organize your mail by archiving, labeling, starring, deleting, and reporting spam
- Keep track of important messages with priority inbox
- Auto-complete contact names as you type
- Send and receive attachments
- Search through all your mail
Apple discussion forum thread has been updated with replies after users updated their iOS 5 to 5.0.1 few hours back. Looks the battery life problem is persisting. Here is that thread link - Many users are still complaining, seeing battery life on their 4S’s dropping just as quickly as before:
Updated about 1.5 hours ago, battery has drained 20% since then with no usage! This is awful!
Upgraded to 5.0.1 this morning. Still draining at the exact same rate. Unplugged with a full charge 2 1/2 hours ago, and already down to 80% with light usage. Just lost 2% during a 15 minute shower. I see no difference at all.
New update is no help at all. I opened the safari and lost 2 % just by opening the safari browser…This really *****
No Change here either after 5.0.1. I just did a phone reset and charged it up to 100% again. Did 1 18 minute call, thats it battery is not 85%.
It’s dramatic. Using Safari a bit with my just updated 4S and 15% gone. Trying to get BACK to 5.0 tomorrow, since that one was even better.
Lets hope that Apple gets to the root of this issue and gets it sorted out soon.
I just did it. Its cool and easy and I love this. I dont need any cord to connect to my Mac to do an iOS update any more. Apple is going to provide over-the-air (OTA) feature to the current 5.0.1 iOS update and all future updates as well from now on. Initiating an OTA update for iOS is really easy. Go to the Settings app > General > Software Update and look for new updates. If there is a new update, Just hit Download and Install. Thats it:
iOS 5 update OTA gets updates in place using bit-differential (delta) files, so you should get a faster, much more efficient process. Theres no need to restore from backup afterwards or re-download your stuff. Awesome stuff. I love it!!!
According to the latest data from comScore, iOS now represents 27% of the US mobile operating system market. iOS move up by 1% and Android gained 5% during the same period. Apple ate up market share of Research in Motion, Microsoft, and Symbian.
Google’s Android now retains a 41.8 percent market share with Microsoft (5.7 percent) and Symbian (1.9 percent) finishing at the opposite end of the spectrum.
82.2 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in July 2011, up 10 percent from the preceding three month period.
Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 41.8 percent market share, up 5.4 percentage points. Apple strengthened its #2 position with 27.0 percent of the smartphone market, up 1.0 percentage points from the prior reporting period. RIM ranked third with 21.7 percent share, followed by Microsoft (5.7 percent) and Symbian (1.9 percent).
ChangeWave Research shared some very interesting information about iOS and Android this time as well, a poll conducted of 4,163 consumers in June focused primarily on the smartphone market in North America, with 89% of respondents being from the U.S. and 11 percent outside of America.
The survey found that 46 % of consumers who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days prefer a device running Apple’s iOS, which powers the iPhone. In second place in the latest survey was Google Android, which 32% of planned smartphone buyers said they will choose.
AppleInsider goes on to say that, the gains of Apple and Google came at the expense of rivals, as Research in Motion’s BlackBerry line lost one point since March. The BlackBerry’s 4 percent share is the lowest level ever seen in a ChangeWave survey, and is far away from its high of 32 percent in September of 2008.
The data showing consumer preferences for the iPhone aligns with previous polls that have told a similar story. Last November, ChangeWave reported that 34 percent of non-AT&T smartphone buyers said they wished they could buy Apple’s iPhone. At the time, the iPhone was exclusive to AT&T
Computerworld’s Elgan starts of with this statement – when the first iOS gadget shipped in 2007, The New York Times‘ David Pogue published a list of questions about the new iPhone. The last question on the list was: “Who on earth would buy this thing?”. And Apple today says the iOS is currently installed on more than 200 million devices.
Another small thing happened in 2007 that has become a big thing: Apple filed a patent request for the capacitive touch screen used by the iPhone,iPad and, in fact, by nearly all of Apple’s competitors in the market. That patent was granted just this week.
The iOS is already successful beyond all the predictions. But what’s really fascinating is that the platform is just barely getting started. The iOS is increasingly dominating mobile computing, just as mobile computing is taking over mainstream computing. Since its 2007 launch, there has always been a lot of hype around the iPhone far beyond actual market share. The many brands that run the Android OS collectively own more market share both globally and in the U.S. than the iPhone. And internationally, handsets from giants like Nokia have maintained more sales than those from Apple.
Another possible trend is the decline and fall of Nokia. That company’s smartphone handset market share dropped from 24% to 16% in one year. Apple remained at 17% share while the overall pie grew significantly. When the iPhone shipped in 2007, nobody predicted that Apple would sell more handsets worldwide than Nokia within four years.
Will the iOS conquer the world? I believe, do you???
The verdict is out. According to comScore, Apples iOS still dominates worldwide – around 37.9 million iOS users (including iPod Touch and iPad) and 23.8 million Android users. Some quick subtraction tallies up 14.1 million (59%) fewer Android users than iOS users.
comScore’s analysis of the unduplicated audience reach of the Apple iOS platform across iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches revealed a combined iOS installed base of 37.9 million users. The installed base of iPhones slightly exceeded that of iPod Touches, both of which were approximately twice as high as the number of iPads. Interestingly, among the 37.9 million consumers with access to the Apple iOS, only 4 million (10.5 percent) accessed the platform via more than one device. The combined 37.9 million iOS users is 59 percent greater than the 23.8 million combined Android OS installed base, which includes users of both Android phones and connected media devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Techcrunch covered this report as well and goes on to say – Apple is not only a strong contender the smartphone race (in a dead heat with Google) but is also dominating the tablet space with the iPad. The fact is that there hasn’t been an Android tablet that has been able to gain the same sort of traction that the iPad as seen.
