Copying? The Apple vs Samsung case

Its all pretty ok, if we steal off ideas and make it work for our personal benefit, but how would it look when some one finds that you stole it and files a lawsuit for it. It wouldn't put you in such a comfortable work place right?

I am sure you all would have heard about it. Apple had sued Samsung stating that most of its devices after the release of the iPhone have started looking like it, violating some of the patents. Apple fired at Samsung, Samsung did some stuff and finally the verdict was out. Apple had sued Samsung for around $1 billion!! Thats a pretty huge amount right? Now the question is , what will happen to the rest of the smartphones that had been inspired by the iPhone and not to mention the tablets. Will they all have their patents checked and rechecked in order to avoid any lawsuits? We will just have to wait and see where this goes!

Facebook App for iPhone.iPad gets updated

Yes, it is finally out, the Facebook app for the iPad is finally out, along with a heavily updated version of the iPhone app. This by far is the best looking social network app ever. The design looks soft and sexy, the new update includes a new sidebar that peeks out and shows the options that one would find in the left pane of the Facebook page. This looks nice despite the one that goes back and forth in the previous apps. Whats cool is that video is also now viewable on the iPhone/iPad. The sidebar also has options for apps, which might now be able work together with apps on the iOS device. This major upgrade has almost brought all the stuff that you could do on your computer to your mobile phone, I have my doubts whether I would be logging into my Facebook account from my laptop!

Apple iPhone Event - Lets talk iPhone - 2011

The apple's next most hyped event is just on going and I am here to bring you updates regarding some of the great announcements:
iOS 5 - The usual updates were told in brief about the new iOS. To know more about it click: iOS 5 .
Another announcement regarding the iOS 5 is that it will be available from October 12th.
iCloud - Apple's cloud backup service. Nothing new here other than iTunes match ( matching the library of your iTunes with the library on the iCloud ) and that it will also be available from October 12th.
iPhone 4S - The next new box of amazingness and awesomeness? Take a guess from the new features of this iPhone:
    -Nothing new design wise, both CDMA and GSM models are available
    -New A5 chip, which is the first dual core processor to come to the iPhone family, thus making this model 7 times faster than the iPhone 4
    -New and better graphics due to the enhanced speed, more visual candy in games.
    -Antena switching between receiving and transmitting antennas gives more speed, along with the new processor, the speed can reach the 4G speeds
    -New 8MP camera which can shoot 1080p video ( man , 32 GB model might not just be enough...!!!), also more sensors and stabilizer to give great videos and photos
    -New voice assistant named SIRI, which can do almost anything on the iPhone for you, including setting reminders, finding routes and sending texts.
    -Comes in black and white, and also in 16,32 and 64 GB models
    -Release date? Its oct 14th...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iPhone 4 has been reduced to $99 and iPhone 3GS has some free offers. That's it for the event updates. News courtesy of Gizmodo.com and Telegraph.co.uk

Apple's October 5 Event - Get ready

Hey guys, get ready for the next big hyped event which has all sorts of rumors going around, I will be monitoring almost all the information sources available on the net and updating this blog. The event starts at 10:30 PM IST. Keep your eyes open and check out blog for updates regarding the event.

iCloud - Think Cloud

WWDC 2011 is happening right as I blog and after talking about iOS 5, Steve gets on stage and gets his speech on iCloud stirring up people. The word iCloud might make your imagination think that it is something like MobileMe, but it is more than that. You can not restrict yourselves to just mail and contacts, you can take up documents, books and photo streams. The best part is that it is all free. You will have a free 5GB storage for everything except photo streams and books. What about them, photo streams and books are free. So now you can buy a song in you iTunes and you don't need to sync to get it on your iDevice. This is also a part of the iTunes matching service. And with that announcement, the keynote ends up. There wasn't any hard concentration on hardware I guess

Busting New Features of iOS 5 at WWDC 2011

The WWDC is happening at San Fransisco right now as I am blogging now, and I am here to tell you about the new features of the iOS 5 announced at the conference. According to the announcement, the new iOS will contain about more than 200 new features and they have discussed about 10 of them in detail, which include:

1. Notifications: The new iOS will contain a new notification system which will be less ineruptive than the previous notification system i.e. will show messages and other notifications in the top of the screen, not disturbing what you are doing.
2. News stand: You can consider this as the iBooks app for reading newspapers and magazines.
3. Twitter: Twitter on iPhone has made a major remodel for the new iOS, it will be integrated into the basic apps, such as camera, contacts etc.
4. Safari: Safari includes new features such as story mode and better tabbed browsing. Tabbed browsing also has quicker tab switching mechanism.
5. Reminders: You know what the name says, a reminder app, which is juiced up to remind you even if you leave a place by setting up a geographic wall, along with lots of other features.
6. Camera: This old time favorite baby now includes automatic enhancements and a load of smart features such as using the volume up button for taking a picture. You can also go the camera app quicker than ever directly from the lock screen.
7. Mail: Mail has recieved more features such as rich text formatting and MIME.
8. Game Center: More game center updates include better way of finding friends and downloading games directly from game center.
9. iMessage: Similar to iChat but far more better iPhone and iPad buddy connecting device.
10. PC-Free: This is one of the most awesome features. They claimed that PC is going out of existence and that people prefer only an iPhone or an iPad in their hand. So, the new iOS is bringing an PC free system. You have no need to setup your iPhone initially. It will be unlocked without even connecting to the PC.

Other new exciting features include a new and improved UI, Airplay mirroring and much awaited WIFI syncing. The iOS 5 will be available for iPhone 3gs and onwards. According to the announcement, it will be available this fall.

iTunes 10.2.2 - Jaibreak Safe

Apple had released iTunes version 10.2.2, with some of the minor improvements. For all the jailbreakers outside it is safe for you to upgrade to this version i.e. it is jailbreak safe. As for iPhone 4 users, who are waiting for the iOS 4.3.2 untethered jailbreak, redsn0w version 0.9.6 rc14 has been released, which fixes the problem of jailbreaking the iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3.2. Happy jailbreaking.