Native Google Voice iOS app may be on the way

Yesterday, Apple posted official App Store review guidelines, which finally give developers a clearer understanding of what will and won't jive in the App Store. Some speculate that Apple did this to avoid a possible FCC probe after the Google Voice rejection fiasco last year. The good news is, there's really nothing in the guidelines that prohibits something like a Google Voice app, and according to Sean Kovacs, Apple has told him that he can resubmit his GV Mobile app and it will likely be approved. If you're a Google Voice user on an iOS device, you should be jumping up and down right now. We sure are. As of right now, there's no word from Google on an official Google Voice app.

iOS 4.1 is live

Announced at Apple's event last week, iOS 4.1 is now ready for you to download and consume. It's got a few goodies, including Game Center, iPhone 3G performance fixes, a proximity sensor fix for the iPhone 4, TV show rentals in iTunes, HDR photos, and the ability to upload HD videos to YouTube over Wi-Fi, along with some bug fixes. So go ahead and plug in your iOS device, it'll thank you for it.

Apple patent shows Mac OS X and iOS living in harmony

It's been rumored for a while that Apple would ditch OS X for their full-fledged computers and go with a version of iOS instead. According to this Apple patent though, Apple could be going with both systems, and the idea in the patent looks pretty good to us.

It would work like this, you'd have an iMac that works like normal. The trick is the iMac has an accelerometer that switches it into iOS mode when you tilt the screen back far enough.

This patent seems to solve the problem of making iOS work on the desktop. For your regular work; word processing, graphic design, etc., you'd us the iMac in OS X mode. Then for games, reading, and widgets, you'd tilt it back to go into iOS mode. 

The patent also details how it would work on a Macbook, instead of tilting the screen, it would lie flat with the screen facing up, similar to convertible tablets out there already.

Seems like a pretty good idea to us. Personally I'd love to play some Angry Birds on a giant iMac screen.

[Patently Apple]

5 reasons why iOS is better than Android

Here in the tech community, we love a good rivalry. From Facebook vs. Myspace to Mac vs. PC, there's nothing that divides and unites like a good rivalry. A new one has emerged in recent years that has stirred the passions of geeks most everywhere, and that is iOS vs. Android. Hearing debates on this topic bring to mind the heated debates of Mac vs. PC, and people on both sides are just as passionate. This is the first of a two-part series on why one is better than the other, with iOS going first.

5 reasons why Android is better than iOS

Be sure to check out the first post in the series: 5 reasons why iOS is better than Android


The great debate rages on. The iPhone and it's iOS have become the grizzled veterans of the touchscreen smartphone market, but Android is an up-and-coming youngblood with a lot of tricks up it's sleeve. Android's fans have become just as passionate about their OS as iOS fans, and their numbers are quickly growing. Here are five reasons why the Android fanboys are right, and iOS is for losers.

5 features the next iPhone should have

It's been almost a month since the iPhone 4 was released to much fanfare, and even more sales. With each new iPhone, Apple keeps whittling down the list of missing features users have been complaining about since the original model, but there's always room for improvement; these are a few features Apple could add to make their next iPhone better.