iPhone Tip Of The Day! Safari Edition.

Got iOS 7? Yeah? Want to know a Safari feature not many people  know about? Yeah? Yeah?

Here you go: In Safari on iOS 7 devices you have the option to search within a page for a specific word!

Start typing the word you’re looking for into the URL bar at the top of the page. The results will show you the google search results first but if you scroll down it will show you “On This Page” and let you jump through the mentions of that page.

Sweet!

Images courtesy of Quickmeme & Troll.me

iPhone Tip Of The Day! How to lock your screen orientation!

Sometimes, we wanna look at the world like this:

Horizontally! ( Cos it’s like the horizon, see?)

Sometimes, we wanna look at the world like this:

Vertically! (Coz, it’s, like, vertical)

Your iDevice does both! Magic! Your device should switch from vertical to horizontal orientation depending on at what angle you’re holding the device, and it should choose the view based on what is best for you at that point in time.

But.

It does get it wrong, sometimes. Sometimes you’re lying in bed and reading and it decides that BAM NOW YOU SEE THINGS THE OTHER WAY.

Except sometimes looking at life from a different perspective is just realllllly annoying, stupid orientation moving the wrong way.

So here’s what you do! In iOS 7- simply drag the control centre from the bottom of the screen. Three quarters along to the right you’ll see a lock symbol. Like this:

Angle your iDevice so it’s vertical/horizontal- however you want it to be for task you’re doing (playing mushroom wars does SO count as a task). Press the lock and it will say Orientation Lock on. Press it again and it will say Orientation off.

In iOS 6, press the home button twice. This will bring up the dash, which, if you swipe to the right you’ll see the same lock as pictured above. Press it on and off to turn the orientation on and off.

CAKE!

mmmm cake…

Images courtesy of  Gizmodo.com.au, imore, findyourmiddleground.com, osxdaily.com & Solofoods.com

iPhone Tip Of The Day!

iOS 7 Users!

Want to block that pesky ex girlfriend/boyfriend/odd person who you used to say hello to in gym class and now calls you just to say ‘uh, so whatsup best friend forever?’

Yes siree you do!

Here’s what you do.

Settings > Phone > Blocked. Add their phone number to the list.

No more of this!  ( On the phone at least).

Your welcome.

Image courtesy of Memestache

iPhone Tip Of The Day

In iOS 7, swiping right to left will get rid of a notification without opening it!

Image courtesy of Quickmeme

iOS 7 is the besterest

iOS 7 is getting kudos and awesomeness from all kinds of places! Heck yes!

The guys over at Pfeiffer Consulting have released the results from their yearly Mobile OS User Experience Benchmarks (which smartphone is the besterest to use).

And guess what? Oh… yeah, it’s in the title.

iOS 7 was found to be the best user experience, scoring a total of just over 73%, with the closest competitor being iOS 6 on 60% and 57.25% for Android.

When conducting the study the company looks at the following:

*Cognitive Load

*Efficiency

*Customization

*User experience Friction

See all the scores below! Also, check out the full report here.

What do you guys think?

For realz, this is gotta make Apple feel like this…

Images courtesy of  9to5mac, cbc.ca & sfgate.com

Apple crediting iWork & iLife purchases!

Did you purchase a new iOS device after September 1st, but just before Tim Cook announced that all new iOS devices purchased would come with iWork and iLife apps for free?

Did you buy apps from iLife or iWork and then kicked an Apple voodoo doll cos you felt ripped off?

Were you perhaps confused about it all and bought the apps anyway not thinking they were actually going to be given out for free?

GOOD NEWS!

Apple have begun to send out emails to eligible users that did any of the above letting them know not to worry kiddies, their iTunes accounts will be credited for the money they spent on the apps that were supposed to be free!

If you think that you should have received an email and you haven’t yet, you get right on that phone and call Apple! 800-275-2273

Here’s the official email from  Apple.

Dear iTunes Customer,

On September 10, 2013, Apple announced that iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers iOS apps are now available as a free download on the App Store for qualifying iOS 7 compatible devices activated on or after September 1, 2013.

Our records indicate that you purchased one or more of these apps on or after September 1, 2013 so we have provided you with the iTunes code below in the amount of $5.34.

This credit can be used towards the purchase of any content on the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store. Detailed instructions for redeeming the code can be found at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1574.

Code: [redacted]

Thank you and we hope you enjoy using this credit towards your next purchase on iTunes.

Regards, iTunes Customer Support

For full iTunes Terms and Conditions click here:http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/

Apple courtesy of Macrumors. Image courtesy of Appleinsider.

How many people have upgraded to iOS 7?

iOS 7 has been out for just over two weeks and although there have been some bugs surrounding the software upgrade (hi iMessages and Mail), and despite some of the media beating up on it, the general consensus is that iOS 7 is a good thing.

With the help of the guys over at Mixpanel, we can track the the number of people who have upgraded their devices to iOS 7.

The number is currently sitting at just over 65% and is still rising, which is much greater than the uptake of iOS 6. Maybe those media beater upperers had a plan…

Anyway, Apple is fixing the bugs that came along with the release and millions of people using it, and a new version of iOS 7.0.3 is due next week.

Have you upgraded? Check out this link to see the status of how many people have upgraded their devices ( it’s updated by the hour).

https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/ios_7

Image courtesy of Cult Of Mac.

Wait, how many new iPhones have been sold?!

Do you guys know how many polar bears there are in the world? C’mon we’re going somewhere with this, we promise.

It’s around 25 thousand. What about Penguins? You guys know much about penguins?

Well we got a few more of those cute bastards running around. Around 2 million.  Annnnd… how many pet birds in the United States?

That’s sitting at about 6 Million-ish.

Put all of that together, and now you have the number of iPhones Apple sold in the first three days of their release.

Yup, that’s NINE MILLION IPHONES.

That’s right, Kanye. NINE MILLION Sheesh.

That’s like almost half of all Australians bought an iPhone. OR like, everyone in Slovenia bought 4 and  a bit. Last year in the same 3 day period, the iPhone 5 only ( ha, ‘only’) sold 5 million units.

iOS 7 has also been updated by 200 million users- doubling the rate that iOS 7 was adopted.

Here we have Tim Cook:

“This is our best iPhone launch yet — more than 9 million new iPhones sold — a new record for first weekend sales. The demand for the new iPhones has been incredible. And while we’ve sold out of our initial supply of iPhone 5S’s, stores continue to receive new iPhone shipments regularly. We appreciate everyone’s patience and are working hard to build enough new iPhones for everyone.”

He later went back on Twitter to say:  “Thanks to all our amazing customers for the fantastic weekend!”

Not surprisingly, Apple stock has jumped back up around $490.

Although Apple has not broken down the sales between the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, the general consensus is that the iPhone 5S has far outsold the iPhone 5C worldwide – but that the cheaper model will start to catch up in time.

SO, Yay apple! You guys did good.

p.s. it was depressingly hard to find enough cool animals to compare to the sale of the new iPhones in 3 days. Sorry to sad out on you guys, but like, give a lion a dollar or something next time you see one.

Images courtesy of imore.com, themetapicture.com, imfunny.net, cafemom.com

Guys! iOS 7 makes your phone waterproof!

NO. NO IT DOESN’T

But some people said it did, because some people are big jerks. Like the guys behind this fake out video.

It is possible to waterproof your iPhone, but not by updating the software. Apparently, some people believed the big jerks. If anyone knows these kids, pass them our number yeah? iPhone Antidote.

Our first hand impressions of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C

It’s almost September 20th, which as we all know is the date that Apple releases the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C.  That makes us feel like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbvFckptY

So… guess what we went and did?

We kinda went to Australia for you guys. Why would we go to Australia and why should you care? BECAUSE IT’S ALREADY FRIDAY THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER HERE GUYS. IT’S THE FUTURE. WE’RE IN THE FUTURE.

It’s pretty cool. Seen a couple of these guys around.

But more importantly, we’ve also seen these guys –

and these guys –

We’ll be doing a proper rundown and how to on these babies soon, but we wanted to give you our first hand impressions on their aesthetics and how they feel in the hand.

If you’re sitting outside an Apple store somewhere right now, you should congratulate yourself. These are worth lining up for. But you should also beware- stock for the iPhone 5S has been really low over here – so much so that it is reported that some stores have no stock of the Gold iPhone 5S. At all. Some stores are advising customers that they won’t have any for three weeks.

While the U.S., having a population slightly larger than Australia (Sarcasm…), and being the home of Apple, should have more stock, especially in bigger metro areas, but this is something you might have to be prepared for.

In other countries, online stock for the iPhone 5s is also drying up. In countries such as Germany, France and the U.K, shipping times have slipped to 7-10 days.

So here’s what we think.

The iPhone 5C

It feels really nice. It has a curved, light, slippery feel. We were expecting the color to be more obvious from the front of the phone, but it’s actually quite subtle. It looks like a really nice, colorful, iPhone 5. From the back and sides, it looks like it feels magnetic. Does that makes sense?  You’re drawn to the bright and poppy color.

Our personal favorite is blue, and our least favorite is the salmony red. Sorry Apple, but something that makes us think of fish flesh is not something we’re gonna want to use erryday.

The 5C is slightly heavier, but not as much as you would expect. It feels good and substantial in the hand. The polycarbonate is smooth and shiny and looks anything but cheap – the shell is finished to a level of craft that amazes when you try to find a seam or a join line.

The iPhone 5S

Although carrying pretty significant changes under the hood, the iPhone 5S looks very similar to the iPhone 5, with the same aluminum body, same dimensions, and same weight in the hand.

Physically new to the iPhone 5S are the new colors, the fingerprint sensor, the duel – LED flash on the rear, and the word iPhone on the back is in slightly lighter font to match iOS 7. And the colors.

The colors, Space Gray and White are nice, really, but we can’t take our eyes off the Gold color to look at the other options for long. It’s so subtle in its gleam, it’s like it adds this beautiful character to the phone, but is too humble to talk too much about it. Not like those brash 5C’s.

The fingerprint sensor feels nice to touch, and it works. That’s it, it just works. We tried it with multiple people and it worked no matter how hard we tried to trick it. And we’re pretty smart kids. It took less than a minute for the phone to learn each person’s fingerprint, and once that had been done, reading them took only a couple of seconds.

Outside of the physical, the phone is super fast and the camera is really improved beautifully. The slo-mo is hella fun.

So.

We’ve been playing with iOS 7 on our stinky old iPhone all day, and we really like it, but now we can see how much better suited it is for playing on a shiny new iPhone 5S, or a bright poppy iPhone 5C.

We’ve decided, by the way. Gold iPhone 5s. Possibly a blue iPhone 5C for like… just in case.

Now we go play with Kangaroos. P.S. Seeing a baby Kangaroo hop back into it’s mother’s pouch is pretty much one of the most unexpectedly gross things we have ever seen. It sounds kinda… slurpy.

Images courtesy of iPhoneantidote.