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NEWS THE LATEST GOINGS-ON IN THE WORLD OF iOS
APPS MUSIC PLAYERS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN
FEATURES iPHONES ON TEST
HOW-TO BACK UP YOUR DATA
NEWS iPHONE SALES RECORD
iOS 7 ON TOP
POWERDOCK
PLUS iTUNES RADIO SUCCESS TIM COOK JOINS TWITTER / SWIPE TO TEXT iPHONE TEARDOWN / APPLECARE+ OTHER NEWS
RECORD BREAKERS
APPLE NOT DOOMED AFTER ALL, SHOCKER
D
espite suggestions to the contrary, Apple’s new iPhones didn’t fare too badly when they went on sale this month. In fact, the company broke all of its previous sales records, selling nine million units in the first three days. >
This equates to selling 34 iPhones every second – or 125,000 an hour. Which isn’t bad for phones that some companies openly mocked (we’re looking at you Microsoft and Nokia). These figures compare to sales of the iPhone 5, which took three days to shift 5 million. Admittedly, this is for two devices which are also on sale in two extra markets (Puerto Rico and China where it sold 2 million in the opening weekend), but once again Apple has defied its critics.
A river of music
Apple’s new streaming service, iTunes Radio, also got off to a promising start picking up 11 million people in the first five days. Of course, some of those >
listeners may try it and never come back, and the service is currently only available in the US, so time will tell if it’s a genuine success or not.
iTunes Radio already has 11 million listeners
APPS MUSIC APPS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN GROOVE / TRACK 8 / ECOUTE / IN:PLAY REVIEWED INFINITY BLADE III VERT / STRATA / REEDER 2 GO DANCE / PICLAB HD
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Infinity Blade III Heartbeats Chair Entertainment Group, LLC VERSION 1.0.1 PRICE $6.99 ÂŁ4.99 SIZE 111 MB
Is there enough on offer here to make you embark on a third quest?
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hen the original Infinity Blade appeared in 2010, it was as much a technical demo for the power of the iPhone 4 and the iPad as well as Epic
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Game’s Unreal Engine 3. The repeating hack ‘n’ slash duels felt something of an afterthought, but the kinetic, visceral action endeared it to many – the game grossed $1.6 million in just four days. The sequel added improved graphics, more variety with branching pathways and hidden secrets, plus a fleshed-out
Robocop takes on that bloke from Mad Max 2
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storyline. Reviews were hugely positive and it proved another huge success for developers Chair Interactive.
Third time lucky?
Sure enough, another iPhone update, another version of Infinity Blade. But the addition of a world hub, male/female protagonists, crafting of new items and potions, plus replayable areas does little to hide the familiar, repetitive structure. You move from area to area, defeating those who stand in your way using the same combat mechanism from previous games. To defeat an opponent you have to dodge, parry or block their blows (usually three or four times), causing them to stumble – at which point you >
FEATURES
New iPhones
iOS 7 on-test
Hands-on with the new iPhones
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e arrived at the Apple store, around 6:00 a.m. on a fresh September
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and within half an hour we’d been told that there were no Gold iPhone 5s models – those at the front of the queue have secured the handful our store had in stock. 20 minutes after that, we heard
We knew the Gold models would be popular (and were running out in other countries), but it seems Apple had asking suppliers to manufacture more. another 30 minutes or so before we’re four iPhones on our credit cards).
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Unboxing and setup
in a neat little case, plus the Lightning cable and wall socket adapter. You also get some documentation with Good things come in small packages
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iOS 7 – first impressions
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pple promised its users a mobile
new perspective” with iOS 7, but does it deliver the goods, or is the all-new put iOS 7 through its paces, discovering troubling issues, and also questioning some of Apple’s design decisions.
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THE GOOD Mail
The revamped Mail works well on several levels. It’s an app in which the iOS 7 design language works to communications. We also liked the
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Control Center provides rapid access to them via a swipe from the bottom screen edge. to Airplane mode, AirDrop, Wi-Fi and
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Camera than innovating, with optional square
the casual photographer.
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HOW-TO BACKUP YOUR iPHONE SAVE DATA
TOP 5 iOS 7 TIPS
Q & A YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
TOP 5 iOS 7 TIPS
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et to grips with iOS 7 with these top five tips and find out how to close apps, save battery and search in Safari. >
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Quit multitasking apps
THE NEW MULTITASKING view is a clear improvement but it’s not instantly obvious how to close the apps. To quit the app simply swipe up on the screenshot until it leaves the screen. You can even close more than one at a time by using multiple fingers and swiping up on more than one screenshot. >
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Search in Safari
SAFARI HAS HAD a major overhaul and the obvious search box has been removed. To now search you have to enter your query into the address bar at the top of the screen. You will then see the search heading with options below it. Tap on the one you want to search for. >
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