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Twitter launches photo filters for iOS and Android apps
An update to Twitter’s Android and iOS apps have added the ability to apply filters to uploaded photos. Coming shortly after Instagram stopped supporting Instagram photos in Twitter timelines, the micro-blogging service have added their own filters to their first party app.
Users have eight filters to play with and also get the usual features like zooming and cropping images.
iPad mini arrives before Fridays launch
This Friday Apple and third party retailers will begin selling the iPad mini. As with most products, at least one unit has slipped through the net and arrived at the doorstep before the November 2nd launch date.
A French customer that pre-ordered an iPad mini from Darty has taken delivery of Apple’s smaller tablet.
The lucky customer was generous enough to take a couple of unboxing pictures for the curious ones among us to view.
Apple looking to hit the $249 price point with the entry level iPad mini
When Apple do finally announce the iPad mini they may offer a smaller capacity than they have on any previous iPad.
To hit the $249 price point Apple will offer the iPad mini with 8GB of internal storage. The larger 9.7-inch iPad has always started at 16GB so it will be interesting to see how many people opt in and buy the 8GB mini opposed to larger storage option.
The iPad mini will directly compete with Google’s Nexus 7 in screen size and price point.
Apple are expect to unveil the iPad mini on October 23.
Via: AppleInsider
iOS 6 now rolling out
With all the iPhone 5 hype you could be forgiven for forgetting that iOS 6 is being released today.
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Don’t forget iOS 6
With everyone focused on Friday which should see Apple’s biggest phone launch many current iOS device owners are forgetting that iOS 6 will be out today.
iPhone 5 event video now online
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for last 24 hours, you probably know the Apple announced the iPhone 5 yesterday. If you’ve been following the coverage you’ll know the stand out features are the new 4-inch display and LTE.
As with all their big events, Apple recorded the unveiling of their newest phone and it is now on their website for you to watch.
Source: Apple
iPhone 5- Everything you need to know
- Officially called the iPhone 5
- 4-inch Retina display,1136 x 640, 326 ppi
- 7.6 mm thin
- LTE radio
- LTE on iPhone 5 will work on the EE network in the UK
- New A6 chip, twice as fast as A5
- Longer battery life than the 4S
- 8-megapixel camera
- Panorama mode
- Front-facing camera can record in 1080p
- FaceTime over 3G
- New dock connector called “Lightning”
- iPhone 5 supports HD voice
- iPhone 5 coming to EE
- iPhone 5 will come in black and white
- iPhone 5 16Gb $199, 32GB $299, 64GB $399
- Pre-order September 14th, on sale September 21st
- iOS 6 out on September 19th
Standalone YouTube app comes to the iPhone
After Apple said that they would be no longer be shipping the YouTube app with iOS, Google promised that they would be working on a their own version for the App Store. Today Google has pushed the resigned YouTube app for iOS to the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. For tablet users there is no new YouTube app for the iPad yet, but Google are working on a iPad optimized app that will be available in the coming months.
Source: YouTube Blog
iPhone 5 event taking place on September 12th (officially)
We’ve known for a while that Apple would be holding an event in September to announce the new iPhone but nothing was concrete until we heard from Apple.
Now the concrete has set and it’s official, Apple will be unveiling the iPhone 5 on September 12th in San Francisco.
