Category Archives: iphone OS

iOS in the Car- Apple’s Trojan Horse?

Apple’s recent WWDC Conference Keynote has dominated the news for the last ten days. Much of that is because of Jony Ive’s redesign of iOS. This complete rethink of the UX of the OS was much anticipated and thus has been greatly debated. But one small announcement from that conference has gone almost completely unnoticed. …

June 18, 2013 – 11:23 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, iphone OS, Location Services, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Search | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

iOS7 and other Apple WWDC announcements: Very early thoughts

This week, Apple kicked off its annual WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple uses the keynote for WWDC to announce its annual updates to iOS and MacOSX. This year, on June 10th, Apple kicked off the conference with something rare for it in the recent years, expectation. Apple tends to be the market leader and its …

June 11, 2013 – 12:16 am | By prabhu | Posted in Cloud computing, Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Tablets | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

HTC One- Review

HTC is making its biggest bet for survival this year with the new HTC One that started shipping last week (in the US). I finally got my hands on the HTC One a few days ago. This is my comprehensive review of the device after 2 days of use. Background In light of rapidly eroding …

April 25, 2013 – 11:32 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Appaholics Anonymous – The Twelve Step Program

Let us start this post with a tacit understanding. We are addicted to the our apps- be it on our phones or our tablets. And the problem is only going to get worse- the Mac ecosystem is slowly getting appized as is the Windows 8 eco-system. We are now expecting to see an app for …

March 22, 2013 – 8:49 pm | By rangaprabhu | Posted in Android, Blackberry OS, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets, Tools, Web Application Development, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Using NFC Tags to simplify your digital life

Near Field Communications(NFC) has been one of those technologies that hasnt quite caught on in the US. Google has tried its best to make the tech mainstream via payments (Google Wallet) and Android Beam but it hasnt quite taken off. It is almost as if the entire industry is waiting for Apple to show the …

December 6, 2012 – 11:02 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, iphone OS, microsoft mobile platform, NFC, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The iPad Mini and the (new) new iPad

Apple announced a bunch of product refreshes today and one completely new product at a special event at the California Theatre in San Jose, CA. Coming very shortly in the heels of the annual September event where they announced the new iPhone 5, updates to iPod Touch and iPod Nano, this event was expected to be all …

October 23, 2012 – 11:43 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, Education, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

iOS6 Maps Saga

Last evening, iOS6 started rolling out to Apple iPhone and iPad users across the country. The latest version of Apple’s software for iOS devices debuted to good reviews (note that the post is all about iOS6 and not iPhone 5 which debuted to stellar reviews). And then something else happened. Users started using Apple’s own …

September 20, 2012 – 11:11 pm | By prabhu | Posted in iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

iPhone 5

After a year, Apple announced the next iPhone to a receptive audience in the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco today. The new iPhone, known as iPhone 5 is a major upgrade to the 4S. I had speculated about the features of the new iPhone a few weeks ago and am happy to report that quite …

September 12, 2012 – 12:35 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Nokia’s Last Stand

Nokia officially announced its long rumored and recently outed Windows Phone 8 devices with Lumia 920 (Phi) and Lumia 820 (Arrow). Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia announced these devices earlier today in New York. The premium 920 boasts specs and features on par with the best the smartphone industry has to offer while the mid-end Lumia …

September 5, 2012 – 11:54 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, Design, iphone OS, microsoft mobile platform, Mobile OS, Product Development, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Apple vs. Samsung: It affects you.

Like many of you, I have been following the Apple vs. Samsung case with great interest. As a mobile technologist, it affects every aspect of the business I am in and beyond that, this is one of if not the largest technology patent litigation, in, ever. On Friday evening, Judge Lucy Koh’s jury in San …

August 25, 2012 – 4:03 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, Design, iphone OS, microsoft mobile platform, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)