Enterprise solutions company Good Technology recently released a report showing that the iPhone 4S took the top spot in the fourth quarter of 2011 for enterprise activation, followed by the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2, which took third in the ranking. While Android-based devices made their appearance in the top-ten on a consistent basis, Good’s report reflects the sentiment that enterprise users continue to prefer Apple.
When news of a second generation of Apple TV (ATV2) made its debut, tech blogs were alive with the potential for what the set-top box could do. After only a few months, when Apple released the 4.1 software update, the tiny device really started to shine.
Now, users could stream videos, music and photos from their computer or iOS device using AirPlay. Then, Apple upped the ante with update 4.4, which allowed for AirPlay mirroring, which basically turned ATV2 into a gaming console. Now that official sales figures are in, it is no wonder Apple’s “hobby” sold 2.8 million units in 2011. But is that enough to push the company into the television industry?
Smart television was all the rage at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Google has paired with LG to release its own TV with more than 1,200 apps. Samsung added voice and motion control and facial recognition technology to its high end Smart TVs. But what about Apple’s rumored iTV? John Sculley spoke to the BBC at CES and touched on that subject.
Having caught up with Sculley at the CES, a writer for the BBC asked him about his relationship with Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s biography and his newest investment in Audax Health and other tech companies.
While the vast majority of iPhone apps work just fine on the iPad, Apple never offered a way to run iPad apps on the iPhone.
If you happen to own a jailbroken iPhone, running an iPad app on the device is now possible, thanks to a Mac app called iTelePad2Pod. The app, built by the iSmooth Project team, will apply all the necessary patches to your iPad apps, to allow them to run on the iPhone without major hiccups.
Note that while porting iPad apps to the iPhone works, it is not for the faint of heart.
One of the main selling points of the iPad 2 is the ability to automatically push the contents on the device’s screen to a TV, via Apple’s Digital AV cable, or Apple’s VGA cable.
However, the feature is reserved to the iPad 2, and doesn’t work on first generation iPads, even if updated to the latest version of iOS. While the iOS community was led to believe that this was due to a hardware limitation, it turns out that the limitation comes from iOS itself, and the feature can be enabled in a matter of minutes.
Besides major new features such as multitasking and folders, the iOS 4.2.1 update also brought to the iPad and iPhone a flurry of less known – albeit great – improvements. Mobile Safari is one of the apps benefiting from these enhancements, as the user is now allowed to search for keywords within a web page, a simple feature that was missing from iOS so far.
To find a specific keyword, simply tap on the Google search bar at the top of Mobile Safari. From there, type the word you are looking for, and right below the Google suggestions offered by the browser, a new section will appear, called “On This Page”. The number of occurrences of the word you are looking for is displayed, and if you tap on your query, Safari will take you to the first instance of the word on the page you are currently browsing.
Keep your iPad from Crashing: The iPad doesn’t have multitasking yet so memory management shouldn’t be a problem, right? You would think so but users can still run into situations where your iPad refuses to launch an app and pops up a message saying “Your memory is low.” So what causes this and what can you do?
Well, the iPad already supports multitasking but it’s limited to only a few Apple specific apps like the iPod, Mail and Safari. For example, on the iPad you can start playing music in the iPod app, return to the main screen, tap on the Mail app and then check your mail all without missing a beat in the music. This basic multitasking can sometimes have an impact on your memory and apps.
If you use apps that support File Sharing such as Pages, GoodReader, or even VLC, you must have noticed that using iTunes is the easiest and simplest way to side-load files to your iPad, in order to make them available to these apps.
If you have not tried the File Sharing feature just yet, the function cannot be more simple: say you want to add a video to the VLC app installed on your iPad, simply launch iTunes, select your iPad, click on the VLC app, select File Sharing, and add the videos you want to transfer to your iPad.
Side-loading files may be easy, but surprisingly, erasing old/unused files eating up your iPad’s memory is not obvious, as iTunes does not provide a “delete” button within the File Sharing area, and right-clicking the files does not provide any option to delete them either.
The answer is actually extremely simple, even if not very intuitive: in the documents list, simply click on the the files you want to remove, and press the delete/backspace key on your keyboard. iTunes will ask you to confirm the deletion, and that’s it!
Thanks to Rick Broida from PC World for the tip.
Save Your PDF Files: Need to save your PDF documents or books to your iPad? Unless you already own a handy paid app such as GoodReader, there is no straightforward way of importing PDF files to your device.
However, an unexpected app is here to the rescue: Apple’s iBooks. Besides EPUB books, iBooks is also able to store and open PDF files.
To import a file, simply follow these steps:
- Install iBooks, if not already done (the app is free)
- With a Mac or a PC, email the PDF file to yourself, and open the email via the iPad mail app
- Tap on the file to open it
- A new “Open In…” tab should appear on the top right corner of your screen. Select “iBooks”.
The PDF file is now stored on your iPad, within the iBooks app. To open the file, simply launch iBooks, select the “PDFs” tab, and tap on the file.
Tired of waiting for your Hulu Plus invite? With a little work, you can get Hulu to work on your iPad today, without having to use the Hulu Plus app.
To get Hulu to work, the trick is to use PlayOn, a piece of software designed to allow you to stream Hulu, Netflix, CBS.com and others’ content to your devices at home.
Since PlayOn does not officially support the iPad app yet, you will need to make the PlayOn server believe you are actually using an iPhone. Simply follow these 4 steps:
Best of all, the trick costs a lot less than Hulu Plus, as PlayOn only charges $79.99 for a lifetime license, or $39.99 for the first year and $19.99 per year thereafter – in comparison, Hulu Plus costs $120 per year. You can also use PlayOn with many other devices like the iPhone, the Wii, the PS3 of the Xbox, and the developer offers a free 14-day trial.
Thanks to Jared Newman from Technologizer for the tip
Save Your Web Images : Have you ever been out surfing the web on your iPad and come across an image that you really liked and wanted to share with a friend? Well, with this handy tip you’ll be able to save web images in no time.
Open up Safari on your iPad and surf on over to a web page that has a cool image. Tap and hold your finger down on the image for about two seconds and you’ll see a dialog box pop-up with options to Open, Save or Copy an image. If you want to save an image, simply select save and the web image will be saved to your iPad’s photo library.
If you want to e-mail a cool image to a friend, simply select Copy from the menu, launch the iPad’s Mail app and paste the image directly into the body of your e-mail message.
You can also save cool images on the web and turn them into a Wallpaper for your iPad. Find the image you like and save it to your Photo library. To set this as your new Wallpaper, tap the Settings icon on your Home Screen and then choose Wallpaper from the list. Now simply select the image you just found and whether you would like to use it for the Lock Screen, Home Screen or both. Voila, you now have a cool new Wallpaper for your iPad.
Now that people are getting their iPads, we’ve started our iPad Quick Tips series to help you get the most out of your new gadget. We’ll post our tips on a regular basis so keep coming back to find out the latest tricks and tips.
After installing dozens of apps that made their iPads unstable or unresponsive, some of our readers asked us tips on what to do to fix their iPads. Depending on the severity of the issue, several tricks can be used, from a simple system reboot, to a complete format.
iPad reboot
The first thing to try is a reboot: simply hold both Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for a while, until the Apple logo shows up. After less than a minute, your iPad should come back to life and should be usable.
Reset your settings
After restarting your iPad, if something still seems off and you just cannot find out what is causing the issue, you may want to reset your settings to their default values (without erasing your calendars, files, and contacts). Simply go to the iPad Settings, then General, Reset, and select “Reset All Settings”.
Last resort: Format or Restore via iTunes
If you still run into issues and want to completely wipe out your iPad, simply go to the iPad Settings, then General, Reset, and select “Erase All Content And Settings”. If your iPad is so fubared that you cannot even launch the Settings app, plug it to your Mac/PC, launch iTunes, and restore it from there.
Now that people are getting their iPads, we’ve started our iPad Quick Tips series to help you get the most out of your new gadget. We’ll post our tips on a regular basis so keep coming back to find out the latest tricks and tips.
If you are a webmaster like me, and always wondered how to check the source of your web pages via your iPad, search no more: the folks at RavelRumba put together a nice “bookmarklet” that will allow you to have access to the source of the page you are looking at, simply by using a bookmark.
To get it to work, simply follow these steps:
And voila, your iPad will now display the source of the page you are looking at, every time you use the “Check Source” bookmark. Kudos to RavelRumba for this simple yet extremely useful feature.
Now that people are getting their iPads, we’ve started our iPad Quick Tips series to help you get the most out of your new gadget. We’ll post our tips on a regular basis so keep coming back to find out the latest tricks and tips.
Replace Typos: The iPad has an improved word suggestion engine to help automatically catch and correct any possible mistakes that you might make while typing. This is great when typing an e-mail or taking notes but sometimes you still might catch a typo that the word suggestion feature didn’t catch.
If you run across a typo, you can take advantage of the iPad’s new “Replace Text ” feature. Simply tap on the problem word and you’ll see a pop-menu appear with the options to “Cut, Copy, Paste and Replace.” Select the “Replace” option and the iPad will present you with a set of possible replacement options. Tap the new word you want to use and your text is automatically updated with the corrected word.
Want to type in different languages? Besides the default language keyboard on your iPad, you can also add additional international keyboards. This will allow you to type text in different foreign languages.
To add a new international keyboard, tap the “Settings” icon from your iPad home screen. Then, tap the “General” option and select “Keyboard>International Keyboards>Add New Keyboard”. Now, simply select your language preference.
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