Tag Archives: ios

ChatOn, the IM service provided on Samsung phones, has managed to double its user base in the last four months, hitting the 100 million user milestone. The cross platform messaging service is available on: IOS, Android, Blackberry and Samsung's own mobile OS ‘Bada'. Samsung pre-installs this app on its android …

Vodafone has announced its pricing plans for Apple's upcoming iPhone 5s smartphone ahead of its release in just three days time, along with potential upgrade options for those that haven't quite reached the end of their contract yet and still want to get in on the latest fruity fashion item. …

Whatsapp, one of the world's most popular communication platform – the owners even claim it has more messages and regular users than Twitter – has announced it is finally going free on iOS – at least for the first year. After that, you'll need to cough up the princely sum …

You might think that considering they individually own the rights to the two most competing smartphone operating systems in the world, Google and Apple would be at each other's throats and never likely to do business. In reality however that's far from the case. Back in 2009, Google paid $82 …

First released on a key chain back in 1996, the Tamagotchi quickly became a sensation with kids around the world. You could pet it, clean up its poop, feed it… and that's about it. But it was awesome, for 1996. Now Bandai, the company behind the original creation, is re-releasing …

It seems we can't go a day without Steam or Valve being in the news – and unfortunately it's never about Half Life 3 – but we're at it once again today, since the Steam app is now available for the iPad. If you want to pick up the Steam …

Microsoft Office for mobile devices other than its own has long been rumoured and The Verge has now heard from sources that it will be making its way to iOS and Android in early 2013. “Office Mobile” as it is being touted will allow iOS and Android users to view …

In the second bird related story of the day, a brand new app has been launched which lets smartphone users send data to each other via a ‘digital birdsong'.  At present it's only available to iOS users but an Android version should be available sometime in the future. The app …

As we briefly mentioned in our iOS 6 launch article, some older Apple devices will be missing out on some of the 200 new features in the latest iteration of Apple's mobile operating system. We already know that the iPhone 4 will not get turn-by-turn navigation and some of the …

KitGuru is in love with the Japanese idea of maximum efficiency with minimum effort. It's something that permeates not only the universe as a whole, but the world if technology in particular. One of the first things that any computer science student learns is that, in life, remove repeating groups. …

It's all well and good giving a shout out to a new software update that will touch the lives of millions, but how certain can we be that our lives will actually improve after the time-consuming effort of updating an iPad or sumsuch?  KitGuru optimistically plugs an iPad 3 into …

If you're eagerly awaiting the arrival of a jailbreak for your iOS 5.1-running A5+ powered device including the iPad 3 you could still be waiting a fair while, as indicated by French hacker Joshua Hill, otherwise going by the name of Pod2g as per his Twitter handle. It would seem …

Rumours, and I stress rumours are saying that future iOS devices, including the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch models, could be getting a smaller, redesigned dock connector. The sources state that while this smaller dock will not be in the iPad 3 it will likely be included in the iPhone …

There's a security flaw to be aware of with iOS 5.0.1 which allows someone to bypass the lock screen on GSM-based iPhones and have unauthorized access to contacts as well as the phone's calling features. The method used is admittedly fairly complicated and involves inserting and ejecting the phone's SIM …

Whispers are growing louder on the rumored mini iPad we've been hearing more of lately. The latest from analysts shows increasing confidence that Apple will be introducing a smaller and cheaper iPad to market sometime later this year (after the iPad 3's hit the market in volume). Several analysts are …

Remember back to the days when you couldn't survive without WinZip on your PC? Ever since the early nineties this has been the file compression software of choice for the majority of folks, at least until those pesky registration popups pushed many across to alternative nag-free solutions as they came …

If you mistakenly think that feature phones will somehow surge back into dominance, I feel sorry for you. Smartphones are the way of the future. People these days have a very strong desire to check their email or something on the web while on the go and this requires something at least …

Following an announcement just last week from Valve announcing a closed beta of its new Steam app for iOs and Android devices, the app has now become widely available to all and sundry and has been reported to work faultlessly even on some of the oldest Android phones. The Steam …

A report published by ChangeWave Research shows that the iPhone is the top choice among people who are looking to buy a new smartphone. While the poll is limited to people in North America, over 4,163 people were asked which phone they would opt for, if they were buying one …

Symantec have published their latest findings after putting both Google Android and Apple iOS through a series of security tests. According to their claims, iOS is more resilient against three out of five types of threat, which include data loss and malware. The security firm also claim that social engineering …

Microsoft haven't had the best launch for their latest Windows Phone 7 operating system, but they might take some comfort that the latest IDC WorldWide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report indicates that they could surpass Apple's iOS platform by 2015. IDC are making predictions that Android will have 43.8 percent …

Executives from both Dell and Hewlett Packard have spoken out against Apple this week, with the Dell executive saying that the iPad will fail. The Hewlett Packard executive claims that Apple have less than ideal relationships with their partners. Andy Lark, Dell's global head of marketing spoke to Lisa Banks …

Google really do have Android sorted. Their latest Android browser has been shown to render websites faster than even the iPhone browser, up to 52 percent faster according to research and testing. This study has been carried out by Blaze.io, which measured performance across 45,000 tests on pages from websites …

Apple announced that they have sold over 160 million devices, powered by the iOS mobile operating system. Many critics are asking why they aren't dropping the price of the iPhone, with average prices now set at $625 per unit. Apple held a conference call yesterday and KitGuru was there to …

A few days ago, KitGuru published a story about new MMORPG title 帝國 Online. The report was based around some users saying that the game had charged their account with unauthorised in app purchases. Alwin Wong, from Lakoo, developer of the game emailed us to issue the following statement (unedited): …

Apple are investigating claims from customers that a new iOS MMORPG has charged them with unauthorised in app purchases. The game called 帝國 Online is so far only available as a Chinese language version with the English translation still in beta format. All customer reviews so far have stated that …

Apple fans are going to love this news post, because reports from TUAW have indicated that iOS has more games than 25 years of gaming combined on all the major platforms. While this is a rather dramatic statement to be making, the author, Richard Gaywood admits that he is counting …

Apple owners rejoice because Napster have finally released an application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Historians among us will remember that Best Buy bought Napster for $121 million which has helped its survival in this tough climate. The NAPSTER application allows the end user to list to over …