Friday, January 18, 2013

Another iOS 7 Rumor...

One of the annoying quirks of iOS is there’s no way to quickly toggle battery-draining and data-thirsty features and services we like to use selectively. Of course, that’s without jailbreaking. Considering BossPrefs (the precursor to SBSettings) was released in 2007, it’s about time Apple caught up with the demand for an official quick toggle panel. But how would Apple approach the problem?
Jean-Marc Denis posted one possibility to Dribbble. It’s a concept called ‘Lock Screen Drawer’, which would allow users to access toggles by pulling on a tab under the lock screen clock. Pull the tab, and a small tray slides out. In the concept, the tray is equipped with toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, airplane mode, and hotspot. We’d like to see GPS on the list too, so hopefully there would be a way to customize the toggles…

One user on Dribbble commented that Lock Sceen Drawer is “similar to androids super useful notification dropdown“. Funny he should say that, as Denis was the designer behind Sparrow, an alternative mail client for Mac and iOS. Sparrow was bought up by Google last year, where the creator of this concept currently works as a product designer.
Denis’ connection to Google likely means this concept won’t show up in iOS any time soon, which is a shame. Out of all the toggle concepts I’ve seen so far, Lock Screen Drawer looks like it ‘belongs’ in iOS the most. It cohesively builds on what’s already in iOS and doesn’t get bogged down by too many bells and whistles.
I am still holding out hope that Lock Screen Drawer will make its way to jailbroken iPhones. It’s not impossible that we’ll see the concept reborn as a tweak, since Davis has been in contact with Sentry. A quick reminder: Sentry is the designer behind a concept that became Auxo.
Would you still use SBSettings, NCSettings, or any other toggle tweak if iOS came with Lock Screen Drawer by default?

Barrack Obama Inauguration 2013

I heard that his inaguration will be coming VERY VERY soon! So I might watch it live on TV. :) I THINK his inaguration will be either Jan. 20 or 21 of 2013 but will see. :) Will you be watching it on TV?

Saturday, January 12, 2013

iPad 5, iPad Mini 2 will probably be coming in March


From iDownloadBlog.com:
"Despite Apple’s absence from this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company has remained in the headlines. Yesterday, we reported that Apple is evaluating Retina screens for the next iPad mini, with Foxconn’s subsidiary Shenzhen Century Science & Technology allegedly having sent its high-resolution panels based on One Glass Solution to Apple for testing. This indicates that Apple is slowly but surely aligning its supply chain partners ahead of upcoming iPad refreshes. Today, one analyst notes that some evidence now points to the official launch for the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 in March…
MacRumors passes along a not Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White released to clients today, citing ”checks” that point to a March launch for both the fifth-generation iPad and the second-generation iPad mini.
Our checks at CES indicate Apple will release the iPad 5 and the second-generation iPad mini this March. The iPad 5 is expected to be lighter and thinner than the iPad 4 that was released in October, while the form factor of the iPad mini should be similar to the first generation iPad mini that debuted in October.
He isn’t saying whether the second-gen iPad mini’s display will be bumped up to Retina, but that’s certainly what other rumors from Apple’s supply chain suggest.
The iPad mini went on sale November 2, 2012 in nearly all of Apple’s markets following the October 23, 2012 introduction. The third-generation iPad was released in March, but was quickly replaced with the iPad 4 six months later.
Are you looking forward to new iPads?"

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

A collab channel

Ok so about two weeks ago, I joined a collab YouTube channel called AppleHelpingBoys. You should check it out if you want too. :)
Here is the link to the YouTube collab channel:
www.youtube.com/AppleHelpingBoys

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Happy Birthday Jahzara (Bea)

As you guys know, today is my sister's birthday! :D I made a vlog on my main YouTube channel which is ExoticEpicFilms, and an iPhone vlog on my iPhone YouTube channel which is JohnsiPhoneVlogs.

Here is the vlog I made on my ExoticEpicFilms YouTube channel:

Enjoy! :)

My Sister's Birthday! :D

Today is my sister's birthday so, Happy Birthday to my sister Bea :) I might make an iPhone vlog on my JohnsiPhoneVlogs channel about my sister's birthday and stuff. Ok :)

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Why Playing Outside Is Awesome

   Playing outside is awesome because you get to hang out with your friends. You can play games outside and do other sorts of things like, hang out. You can ride your bicycle and if you have a scooter...you  can have fun with that too. ;) (I have a Razer scooter and I also have a green bicycle! ^_^ And if you are in your backyard you can have a cook out! Cook outs are loads of fun because, you can eat different delicous food. Playing outside is a fun thing to do! :D

2013!

Wow! It is now 2013. Hope you guys had an awesome new year. :)