Category: IOS

With the release of iOS 5 this week by Apple, most of the iPhone users in the world were faced with the possibility of getting the update fairly immediately.  Unfortunately, my iPad 2 did not see the update until yesterday.   With a bit of trepidation, I went ahead and took the plunge.  Yes, both feet in and updated. While my iPhone 3gS had updated to iOS 5 smoothly, the download for the iPad 2 seemed to drag on forever in…

Well, we finally broke down and upgraded our iPhone 3gS and there are many impressive things about iOS 5 on the iPhone 3gS.  Yet, there is something missing.  We couldn’t quite place our hand on it but we figured we would break it down piece by piece. While the introduction to iCloud was nice and simple, allowing us at the end to simply not use it if we so desired, it was sort of, shall we say, commanding in the…

The iOS 5 Update for the iPhone and iPad has finally been released and the only thing we could say here was WOW!  It is massive and the difference between iOS 4 and 5 is like comparing Apples and oranges.  The update ran and re-booted nicely and we were back and running with our 3gS as we await the 4S.  Included in the update is the following items: •    Notifications ◦    Swipe from the top of any screen to view…

It appears that the iPhone update server is now down in preparation for the iOS 5 release.  The iOS 5 release which is expected here just two days prior to the release of Apple, Inc.’s release of their latest iPhone, the iPhone 4S, integrates all of the features of iCloud another new release product being touted by Apple. We will keep everyone posted about the servers and let you know when they come back online. UPDATE:  Servers are back up…

This week is scheduled to be one of the biggest update weeks in the history of Apple, Inc. with a slew of program and product updates coming.   On the agenda are: Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 iTunes 10.5 iOS 5 iCloud iPhone 4S (HD Video, 8MP Camera, 64GB) iPod Touch (Pricing Change, new white edition) iPod Nano (Pricing change,  new built in sensors) With all of the updates happening at once, it is easy for some of the items to…

Apple, Inc. this week took measures to curb the bruhaha caused by the iPhone tracking peoples locations with a new release of IOS.  Version 4.3.3 reduces the size of the tracking  cache, as well as totally eliminating the cache when tracking is turned off.   The cache also is no longer backed up to iTunes, thus eliminating the possibility of the iPhone tracking movements unless done so through the user controlled settings. For more information about the update, you can check…