Browsers these days are blessed with the ability to have many webpages open across a number of tabs and mobile devices are no different. However, in the case of iOS devices you’re not going to be able to open perhaps the twenty or thirty tabs you might do on your desktop or laptop computer. Furthermore, …
Tag: iOS
Dec 28 2011
Undock and Split the iPad Soft Keyboard
- By Boydo in Apple, iOS, iPad, Operating Systems, Technology
As veratile as the iPad can be it can often be a right pain trying to type on it particularly when holding it in both hands when it is in landscape mode as the centre keys are often too far away from each thumb. It can also be a problem using the keyboard when in …
Dec 03 2011
Demo Windows Phone on Your iPhone or Android Device
- By Boydo in Android, iOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows Phone 7
It’s almost a two horse race these days for mobile phones for consumers and the enterprise between the iPhone and Android handsets but don’t let that stop you from getting a squizz at Windows Phone. If you want to give the Windows Phone interface a go on your phone just browse to http://aka.ms/wpdemo and tap the screen …
Nov 14 2011
How to Guide – Performing an Over the Air Update of iOS & Multitasking Gestures
Given that the first update to iOS 5 came out and one of its much touted features was the ability to update the device without tethering it to iTunes on a computer I thought I would make a video showing you the execution of this process. I did cut quite a bit out of it …
- Apple, gestures, Google, iOS, iOS 5, ipad, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, multitasking, update, YouTube
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Nov 11 2011
Enable Multitasking Gestures on the Original Apple iPad
- By Boydo in Apple, iOS, iPad, Operating Systems, Technology
Just a heads up for those who were using developer versions of iOS 5 on the original iPad and had grown to like the multitasking gestures until they were disabled in the final build. The iOS 5.0.1 update re-enables these gestures for the original iPad. The missing gestures allowed your to do a four fingered …
Oct 26 2011
Recover Speed on Slow iOS Devices
- By Boydo in Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, Operating Systems, Technology
It seems that with each iOS update older devices can get a bit slower in having to support new features on existing hardware. Unfortunately, you just can’t crack open your device and add more memory or swap out the CPU for something more powerful. That said, there can be other causes of poor performance on …
Oct 13 2011
Fix iOS 5 Upgrade and Error 1303 (Error -1303)
- By Boydo in Apple, iOS, iPad, Operating Systems, Technology
Well, I decided to upgrade my original iPad to iOS 5 this evening and received “Error -1303” (or “Error 1303” to help the search engines find it more easily) three times. I was offered the option to proceed without backing up my device but I didn’t think that was a good option. I ran another …
Oct 12 2011
The Samsung Popup Shop – Feisty or Foolish?
- By Boydo in Amazon, Android, Apple, Content & Search, Google, iOS, iPhone, Music, Operating Systems, Technology
Yesterday, I wrote about the Samsung Music Hub which could be checked out at a popup shop in George Street in Sydney. Today, the general media have covered the fact that this popup shop was also offering ten Samasung Galaxy S II handsets per day until the end of the week for two dollars each. …
Sep 29 2011
Why I Reckon There Will Never Be a Facebook Phone
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Facebook, Instant Messaging, iTunes, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Plus, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, Windows Phone 7
I have been sitting on this one for a while to allow appropriate time for stewing but I think it’s about time for it to come out out of the oven. I don’t think we’ll ever see a Facebook phone. There has been recurring speculation in the media about a Facebook phone and while Mark …
Aug 15 2011
Unified Inbox Done Right on Windows Phone 7
- By Boydo in Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows Phone 7
Leading on from yesterday’s post about my first impressions of Mango Beta 2 for Windows Phone 7 I thought I’d share another notable feature, s”pecifically regarding the new “linked inbox” functionality which is Microsoft’s take on the unified inboxes you may find on other devices. So let’s do a comparison against one of the juggernauts …
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