An Update or Two

I apologize that I haven't posted in a week, school has been taking over and it sucks. Putting that aside, some interesting Apple news & rumors have been come up. In the future, I will try a weekly post schedule where I post my opinion on Apple News & Rumors since news coverage would be pointless with great blogs such as AppAdvice that can do way better than me.

iOS 4.3 Now in Developer Hands

An iOS 4.3 beta has been given to developers today bringing many improvements, including Wifi hotspots, but AT&T is 'evaluating' the proposition. Other features for iPhone/iPod touch include AirPlay for third-party apps, auto-renewing subscriptions, new FaceTime icon for iPod touch 4th gen, and Alert tones settings. iPad users get an option on whether they want the switch on the side of the iPad an orientation lock or mute switch and new multitouch gestures. Unfortunately, this update will not be for the iPod touch 2nd gen or iPhone 3G.

Verizon iPhone Announced

The longest iPhone rumor has now ended with the announcement of an iPhone 4 on Verizon, bringing a tweaked antenna (requiring a new bumper), and a Wifi Hotspot feature that allows tethering without jailbreaking or an outrageous price. This is rumored to be added to all iPhones in iOS 4.3, which devs just got a copy of recently.

Verizon iPhone Finally

Verizon, the largest mobile carrier in the United States has been sending out invitations to the press for an event being held on Tuesday, January 11th. The Wall Street Journal has predicted it will be iPhone-related then confirmed it.

Mac App Store Live!

The Mac App Store announced on October 20th at Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event launched yesterday featuring over 1,000 apps. You use your iTunes account for billing and buying apps is a familiar experience to iOS users. Apple has reported that they sold over 1,000,000 apps in the first day!

10 Great Free iPod touch Apps

This post is for my friend who will be buying my iPod touch 2G so I am making him a list of 20 helpful and awesome apps.

1. Meebo - An IM application that supports many networks and syncs with the desktop service.

2. Facebook - The official Facebook app for iOS

3. Twitter - The official Twitter app for iPhone and the best one in my experience.

4. Textfree with Voice - An app that allows you to text or make voice calls with your own number and everything.

5. Remote - One of Apple's apps that allows you to control iTunes or an Apple TV with your device

6. Pandora Radio - Listen to music based off of stuff you like.

7. Pulse News Mini - A nice newsreader allowing you to visually look at your news and it also supports Google Reader.

8. Eliminate Pro - A fun online First-Person Shooter

9. Amazon Mobile/eBay Mobile - These are two apps but helpful ones. They are fast ways to browse eBay or Amazon on your device.

10. Office Heroes/We Rule/We Farm/We City - All 4 of these apps are much like games such as Farmville except with office, kingdom, farm, and city settings, respectively.

I hope this helps anyone that is a beginner with iDevices.

Happy 2011

Well happy 2011 everyone! Hope you all had fun over this holiday season. So let's hope for the best for 2011!