Articles about Apple’s mobile hardware (phones, tablets, pads, etc)
Wi-Fi Assist switched on by default One of the nicer features in iOS 9 is the ability to automatically switch to using cellular data if your Wi-Fi is a little sketchy. The not-so-nice thing is the fact that this feature it is switched to ‘On’ automatically […]
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Apple released its first major update to its watch OS on September 21st, watchOS 2. This is five days later than its original launch date but was delayed due to bug fixing taking longer than expected. While five days isn’t a long time, it seemed that
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The Apple community has long bragged about how it is seemingly immune to hackers. Not so anymore. Hundreds of apps are plagued with a serious security flaw. The hackers duped Chinese developers into using a counterfeit version of Xcode, Apple’s official development tool. WeChat, a
Apple held their Special Event on Wednesday, September 9th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook, promising “monster announcements across several product lines”, called on Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, Jeff Williams, to announce changes in the Apple Watch world.
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Apple updated its iPod touch line on July 15th. It has been about three years since the last update. The only iPod that runs iOS, it sports the same 4-inch Retina display as the iPhone 5 and 5s. Features of the newest iPod touch include:
Getting notifications on your Apple Watch is a great feature. I am no longer tethered to my iPhone to check email and text messages, among other things. Although, I’m still somewhat reliant on it since my iPhone 6 has to be in somewhat close proximity of
If you are a Verizon customer and currently qualify to upgrade your cell phone, you may want to do so NOW if you are considering the Verizon Edge program. This is Verizon’s program that let’s you forgo the cash outlay upfront and, instead, let’s you
I find texting with my Apple Watch to be pretty handy. You can either reply with one of the default or contextual replies or dictate your reply. Dictating is not always practical and I find some of the default replies not particularly useful. The default text
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Apple rolled out the first OS update for Apple Watch. Watch OS 1.0.1 has performance improvements and bug fixes for accessibility, calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts, measuring distance and pace during outdoor run and walk workouts, measuring stand activity, Siri and third
Oh, No! I Just Got My Apple Watch and it Won’t Charge!! If you just got an Apple Watch and are having problems with it charging, you aren’t alone. My Apple Watch was delivered late in the afternoon of May 8th. I chose the 38mm
When I visited our local Apple Store for my Apple Watch ‘try on’ appointment a few weeks ago, I tried on the watch I ordered as well as a few other bands. I ordered the Apple Watch Sport 38mm space grey aluminum case with
Apple started to take orders for Apple Watch at 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Friday, April 10th. Since I live on the east coast, that’s 3:01 AM for me. I usually wake up around 2:30 or 3:00 AM so I didn’t set an
So what’s going on with iOS? I long for the good old days when it was a no-brainer to download the latest version because it may fix a problem or two and would also provide some new features. The last few iOS releases have seen
Are there just some callers that you don’t want to bother with? Unsolicited sales calls, drama queens, ex-significant others? Blocking these calls on your iPhone is very easy. Once blocked, you will not receive phone calls, messages or FaceTime from the blocked number. There are
