iPhone OS 3.1.3 was the last iOS software update for iPhone 2G (the original iPhone ), iPod touch 1st generation and iOS 4.2.1 was the last software update for
, iPod touch 2nd generation users.
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If you’re feeling left out then check out whited00r. The whited00r community has recently released whited00r 5.1, which is a heavily customised version of iOS 3.1.3 that brings some of the major iOS 4 and iOS 5 features such as such as multitasking, (more…)

 has been finally released biteSMS 6.0 (now biteSMS 6.1) for iOS 5 with new features and enhancements, after 5 months of
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 is one of the popular alternatives for the Messages app as it includes number of features like smileys, Quick Reply, Quick Compose, scheduled SMS, delivery reports, signatures etc. that are not available in the native iOS app.
biteSMS 6.x includes the following new features and improvements:
iOS 5 compatibility, works (more…)

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For any iPad owner who’s seen those spiffy-looking magazines and newspapers on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet and thought, “Hey, why don’t my magazines and newspapers look this spiffy?”, here’s good news: Amazon just rolled out a Kindle app update that adds rich magazine and newspaper viewing to the iPad, among other things.

Kindle 2.9 for iOS offers several appreciable changes, and not just for the (more…)

commercial ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Apple ‘s new TV ad features Santa Claus using Siri. It comes with the following note from Apple :
“Siri can help anyone get through a busy day… Or night.”
The ad shows Santa using Siri to find directions to Charlie Grants house … Siri responds with “Here are directions to Charlie Grants house” and launches the Maps application with the directions. He then asks Siri if its cold in Cleveland tonight (more…)

What I’m about to attempt–comparing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Apple iOS 5–is a little like tiptoeing through a minefield. Most of you won’t be happy and somebody could get hurt. (Read: me.)

Yet, this comparison must be done. For one thing, Google and Apple have both recently unveiled huge changes that respectively make their mobile operating systems far more powerful, and in some ways more similar to (more…)

MacRumors commissioned this mock-up based on alleged iPhone 5 case schematics.

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Editors’ note: Updated on October 13, 2011.

OK, so this column may seem like a bit of deja vu, but that’s what happens when instead of introducing a fifth-generation iPhone called the iPhone 5, Apple goes ahead and releases the iPhone 4S.

Now that everybody’s (more…)

Safari in iOS 5 brings an entirely new experience for those who spend much of their time browsing the Web on their iPhone , iPad, or iPod Touch. The new OS introduces tools for better news reading, Twitter integration, and a new private browsing option.

Useful Safari features in iOS 5

Use Reader and Reading List to keep up with news

Of the new features, Reader and Reading List take center stage, (more…)

 tomorrow, 
, which includes more than 200 new features for iPhone , iPad and iPod touch.
We have compiled a list of our top 25 features in iOS 5, including some of the hidden features.
We’ll try to keep this list of features as brief as possible and provide a link wherever possible for more details about the feature.
Revamped Notification system with Notification Center, Lock screen display and lots more – more details
iOS 5 includes two (more…)

The Next Web has just revealed some new information about Apple ‘s new iPhone .
They claim based on information they’ve received from “sources familiar” with the situation, Apple ‘s new iPhone will come with “more definitive GPS features” thanks to Apple ‘s faster dual A5 processor that is expected to power the fifth generation iPhone .
Sources familiar with Apple ’s plans have revealed to us that Apple will indeed debut the new iPhone 4S today, (more…)

is Siri – the intelligent personal assistant feature.
Using Siri, you can use voice commands to compose and dictate emails, schedule meetings, place phone calls, it can also find answers for you from the web through sources like Wikipedia, Yelp and WolframAlpha and do lots more.
Erica Sadun of TUAW has just published an exhaustive list of phrases that the new Siri voice assistant is capable of understanding, which she has broken down into various (more…)