Showing posts with label IPHONE. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
iPhone tip: Remove MyWi 4.0 by using iFile
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Some friends of mine ask me how to remove MyWi app from their iPhone. Because many people has problems with Cydia after install MyWi 4.0 on iPhone iOS 5, iOS6.. Today I will share the way how to remove MyWi 4.0 from your iPhone easily.
You need to download and install iFile. Search it from Cydia and install.
The Search box of iFile
Choose Tab Hierarchy (right). Then type"mywi"
The list of files and folders which related to MyWi App on your iPhone will be displayed
Delete all that files and folders
Done! Now you can see MyWi was deleted!
Have a nice time with your iPhone. I am Zen Nguyen from Tech News Daily Info.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Apple Lets Buyers on China Web Pay in 2-Year Installments
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) introduced installment payment plans for buyers of iPhones and MacBook laptops in China as it struggles to compete with low-cost devices in the world’s largest computer and mobile-phone market.
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Apple will let buyers
split payments into 3, 6, 12, 18 or 24 installments, according to its
website. Through Jan. 23, choosing 12 or fewer installments carries no
interest. An interest of 6.5 percent will be charged for 18
installments, and 8.5 percent for 24 installments.
Payments on purchases costing from 300 yuan
($48) to 30,000 yuan made via the company’s Chinese website can be
spread over as long as two years, according to the site. The plan, which
requires a China Merchants Bank Co. (600036) credit card, has fees ranging from zero to 8.5 percent.
Apple,
based in Cupertino, California, is trying to make its products more
affordable in China after being surpassed by local suppliers such as ZTE Corp. (000063) and Lenovo Group Ltd. (992)
in the smartphone market. The iPhone 5, released in China last month,
is priced at 5,288 yuan on Apple’s local site, equal to about six weeks’
pay for the average urban worker.
“There is an enormous
mid-range consumer market that they are not tapping into,” said Mark
Natkin, managing director of Marbridge Consulting Ltd., a Beijing-based
market research firm. “They’re trying to figure out how to make products
more accessible to that market segment. This is a good step in that
direction.”
Monthly Payments
Online customers in China will be able to split payments into three, six, 12, 18 or 24 installments, according to Apple’s website.
Through Jan. 23, choosing 12 or fewer installments carries no fee. A
fee of 6.5 percent of the selling price will be charged for 18
installments, and 8.5 percent for 24 installments.
Carolyn Wu, a
Beijing-based Apple spokeswoman, declined to say how or if those fees
are divided between the company and the bank.
Apple dropped to
sixth in China’s smartphone market in the third quarter, from fourth in
the prior three-month period, as local producers lured buyers with
smartphones costing less than 1,000 yuan each, according to researcher
IDC.
The phone-maker is also opening new stores in China and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook
has visited twice in the past 10 months as the company tries to boost
sales. The country will eventually overtake the U.S. to become Apple’s
largest market, Cook said last week.
Urban workers in China had average monthly pay of about 3,585 yuan in the first nine months of last year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Apple
“has likely approached maximum penetration in China’s higher economic
stratas, and now needs to be able to appeal to students, workers and
rural residents to sustain robust growth,” said David Wolf, China
managing director for market consultant Allison+Partners in Beijing.
“Financing
is traditionally the best route to make expensive luxury items
affordable to those unable to save the cash for them, and if Apple pulls
it off it will be a pioneer in consumer credit in China,” Wolf said.
U.S., Brazil
Apple has used financing plans in other markets, including the U.S., Brazil and Singapore, according to its local sites for those countries.
In the U.S., a limited time offer allows new Visa card members with Barclays Bank Delaware to get no-interest financing for as long as 18 months. Users of the company’s online store in Brazil
can pay in 12 installments without interest when placing an order with
American Express, MasterCard or Visa, according to the local site. In
Singapore, the company offers a 12-month interest-free installment plan on purchases of at least S$668 ($545) with a Citibank credit card.
In
China, Apple recorded $5.7 billion of sales during the quarter ended
September. The company has 11 retail outlets in the country, including Hong Kong.
The phone-maker distributes iPhones in China through China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762) and China Telecom Corp. (728),
the nation’s second- and third-largest carriers. Both companies offer
subsidies on the handset that can reduce the cost to consumers.
Apple has yet to reach agreement to offer the devices through China Mobile Ltd. (941), whose customers make up 64 percent of the nation’s 1.1 billion mobile users.
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Edmond Lococo in Beijing at elococo@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Tighe at mtighe4@bloomberg.net
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Apple IPhone Suppliers Decline on Report Orders Cut by 50%
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Sharp Corp. (6753) and other Apple (AAPL) Inc. suppliers
declined in Asia trading after the Nikkei newswire said orders for
iPhone 5 parts had been cut about 50 percent following
lower-than-expected sales.
Sharp, which makes display panels for the iPhone 5, fell 2.7 percent to close at 321 yen in Tokyo. Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), which supplies Apple and makes its own competing phones, declined 2.6 percent in Seoul. Speaker-maker AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. (2018) dropped 2.8 percent in Hong Kong.
Apple hit an 11-month low in New York
yesterday after the Nikkei report underscored concerns about iPhone 5
sales and the wider smartphone market. Ex-Chief Executive Officer John
Sculley also said today the Cupertino, California-based company needs to
develop cheaper phones to boost sales in emerging markets.
Slower iPhone demand “will inevitably have a negative impact on component suppliers,” said Park Hyun, an analyst at Tong Yang Securities Inc. in Seoul. “The center of growth in the market is moving toward the mid-end segment.”
Apple
intended to order parts for about 65 million iPhone 5s this quarter,
Nikkei said, citing unidentified executives at parts suppliers. Steve
Dowling, a spokesman for Apple, declined to comment.
IPhone Sales
The
suppliers’ declines today were limited by earlier reports the iPhone 5
was trailing sales targets and that Apple was cutting production, said
Keita Wakabayashi, an analyst at Mito Securities Co. in Tokyo. The phone maker cut production about 30 percent last month, USB AG analyst Steven Milunovich wrote in a note yesterday.
“This is not entirely a new story,” Tokyo-based Wakabayashi said. “That’s why stocks aren’t plunging dramatically.”
Apple
may have pared iPhone production to rebalance inventory or because of
lower consumer demand, according to Milunovich. Order cuts may also be
due to suppliers becoming more adept at assembling the latest iPhone,
reducing the need for excess inventory, he said.
Milunovich’s
projection for 25 million iPhone 5 units to be sold in the quarters
ending in December and in March will still be exceeded under the
scenario Nikkei reported, he said.
Exaggerated Reports
BOCI
Research Ltd. analyst Tony Yang in Hong Kong said checks with Apple
suppliers failed to produce any signs of “a huge iPhone 5 shipment
drop.” Barclays Plc analyst Jones Ku also said there were no indications
of a large order cut for speakers made by Shenzhen, China-based AAC.
“The
actual order cut for iPhone 5s in the first quarter is exaggerated,” Ku
said in Hong Kong. “The large cut for displays is mainly due to the
over-purchase of displays in the fourth quarter.”
AAC spokesman Louis So declined to comment.
LG Display Co. (034220) fell 3.5 percent in Seoul. In Taiwan, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317), which assembles iPhones, dropped 3.4 percent and circuit-board maker Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd. (4958) declined 3 percent.
Sharp is cutting production at a plant making iPhone panels in Kameyama, Japan, to about 40 percent of capacity from close to 100 percent in the previous three months, the Nikkei said. The company
gets 3.4 percent of sales from Apple, its biggest customer, according
to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sharp last year said there was “material
doubt” about its ability to survive because of tumbling TV sales.
Miyuki
Nakayama, a spokeswoman for the Osaka-based company, declined to
comment yesterday, citing Sharp’s policy of not commenting on customers.
Nam Ki Yung, a spokesman for Samsung Electronics, and Claire Ohm, a
spokeswoman for LG Display, declined to comment.
Low-Cost Phones?
Sculley
said in an interview with Bloomberg TV the phone- maker needs to
overhaul its supply chain to meet demand for lower-cost smartphones in emerging markets. The U.S. and European markets offer little room for growth because they are saturated, he said.
“Apple
needs to adapt to a very different world,” he said. “As we go from $500
smartphones to even as low, for some companies, as $100 for a
smartphone, you’ve got to dramatically rethink the supply chain and how
you can make these products and do it profitably.”
To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Edmond Lococo in Beijing at elococo@bloomberg.net; Mariko Yasu in Tokyo at myasu@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Tighe at mtighe4@bloomberg.net
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Chinese news site reports 4.8-inch 'iPhone Math'
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(Credit: Aloysius Low/CNET Asia)
Another day, another iPhone rumor, except this one's a tad strange. The China Times states
that Apple will be launching a new 4.8-inch handset called the "iPhone
Math". This strange name is printed in English on the Mandarin news
site, so it's unlikely to be a translation error.
The iPhone Math will supposedly launch in June at the same time as a new, updated iPhone 5, and will sport an 8-megapixel camera. The updated iPhone 5 will come packing a 12-megapixel sensor.
The June launch date seems puzzling, as Apple has not had a June
launch date for its mobile phones in the last two years. The iPhone
launches have been in Q3 the last two times, and we don't see the
company moving back to a June date again. There have also been other
recent reports that Apple is working on a more affordable device that will use a plastic body, though there was no mention of size.
Via China Times
Monday, January 7, 2013
Would Apple really make an iPhone mini?
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For the last couple of years, analysts have waxed poetic about an iPhone mini. The logic is that Android's dominance of budget and emerging markets will "force" Apple to release the mythical budget iPhone. Is there anything to this, or is it just a bunch of hot air?
Past as prologue?
On the surface, an iPhone mini looks like a no-brainer. The iPod mini, Mac mini, and iPad mini were all cheaper – and successful – versions of iconic Apple products.
From a business perspective, each of these minis lowered the entry fee for its product line. But from a consumer perspective, they each added something else:
The iPod mini (and, later, the iPod nano) added greater portability. Gym rats, commuters, and children loved its smaller form factor, and it went on to outsell the classic iPod.
The Mac mini adds flexibility, as the only consumer Mac that isn't an all-in-one. It smooths the transition for Windows converts who already own a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
The iPad mini adds portability and comfort. It's much lighter and easier to hold than the 9.7-inch iPad, which it is likely outselling (possibly by a large margin).
Added value
Unless Apple radically changes its values, an iPhone mini would need to add something other than a cheap price tag. But what?
Making it lighter and thinner could add value. But that's already one of the iPhone 5’s killer features. Wouldn't it need something different?
A smaller screen? iPhone customers have already spent five years using 3.5-inch displays, and anything smaller would cramp and cripple iOS.
It could add the flexibility of buying off-contract for pre-paid service. But isn't that the same as saying it's cheap?
Hints
We can also look to Apple's branding for clues. Seven months before Apple announced the iPad mini, the company dropped numbering from the iPad line. What everyone expected to be the "iPad 3" was just "iPad." This paved a road of simplicity: iPad and iPad mini.
The iPhone, though, still has a numeric suffix. If Apple was already moving forward with an iPhone mini, wouldn't the iPhone 5 simply be called "iPhone?"
Last year's model
Let's not forget that Apple already has a budget iPhone strategy: selling the previous two years' models in decreasing US$100 increments.
If Apple wants a bigger presence in the budget/prepaid market, it could reach back one more generation. Sell the model from three years prior for, say, $150-300 off-contract.
Wouldn't that be simpler than – and perhaps just as effective as – producing an iPhone mini?
Who knows?
Will Apple eventually make an iPhone mini? Unless you're a high-ranking Apple employee, you're left to guess.
One thing we won't see, though, is an iPhone whose sole purpose is to be smaller and cheaper. Apple could still make a new iPhone that costs less. But something about it would also have to be better. Right now, it's hard to imagine what that something would be.
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Will is thrilled to join Gizmag, where he brings his expertise in phones, tablets, PCs and other fun gadgets. He previously wrote for Geek (where many of his posts were cross-featured on PC Mag), Gotta Be Mobile, Android Police, and Android Central. He is also an occasional tech blogger for The Huffington Post.
Will holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Irvine, and a Bachelors from West Virginia University. He lives in New Mexico with his wonderful wife, Jess. All articles by Will Shanklin
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Apple iPhone Mini: Price from $200 to $250?
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Apple iPhone Mini Rumors: Smartphone Price Ranges from $200 to $250?
Price speculations are currently surrounding the innovative Apple iPhone mini. According to Peter Misek, a Jefferies analyst, the iPhone mini may have an early launch this summer at a price ranging from $200 to $250.
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Apple's iPhone mini will have lower financial arrangements comparable with the iPad and iPad mini. Analysts are also claiming that the idea of Apple releasing a low-priced iPhone mini is to defeat its competitor, Samsung.
According to Neil Mawtson of Strategy Analytics, the technology giant Apple could be competing against Samsung's Galaxy S3 Mini. However, Mawtson thinks an iPhone mini release this year is a move too quick for the company.
"We believe Apple will have to launch an 'iPhone Mini' at some point over the next three years to address the hundreds of millions of prepaid users worldwide that cannot afford the current iPhone. The iPhone 5 is growing fast and profitably right now, so there is limited incentive for Apple to launch a profit-squeezing 'iPhone Mini' this year," analyst Neil Mawtson said to CNET.
"We expect the 'iPhone Mini' to be more likely next year, in 2014, when Apple's penetration of the global postpaid smart phone market will be nearing saturation and Apple will be forced to discover fresh growth streams elsewhere," Mawtson further added.
Meanwhile, other exciting rumors continue to surface with Apple's upcoming devices. According to The Inquisitr, a next generation iPhone is slated to include more highly developed features of an iOS and Mac OS X together with pico projectors that produce virtual keyboards and full-screen desktop display.
This year, Apple is also forecasted to venture into the smart watch market with its iWatch gadget. An iWatch would reportedly enable users to monitor and organize their iPhone and iPad.
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2014: Apple goes iPhone Mini, Samsung to grow
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Samsung's global smartphone sales are set to climb 35 percent in 2013, according to Strategy Analytics, and Apple's response will be the long-rumored iPhone mini. Samsung is expected to hold 33 percent of the world's smartphone market this year, compared to Apple's 21 percent and a less expensive iPhone model could help Apple keep that gap from growing wider.
Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston told Reuters, "We expect Samsung to slightly extend its lead over Apple this year because of its larger multitier product portfolios."
Apple's answer to Samsung's multitier product lineup, Mr. Mawston expects, will be to release a lower cost and smaller version of the iPhone. He said that if Apple ships an iPhone mini, the company could keep Samsung from gaining more smartphone marketshare.
That said, Mr. Mawston isn't expecting Apple to ship the fabled iPhone mini any time this year.
"The iPhone 5 is growing fast and profitably right now, so there is little incentive for Apple to launch an iPhone mini this year," he said. "We expect the iPhone Mini to be more likely next year, in 2014 when...Apple will be forced to discover fresh growth streams."
He also predicted Apple will ship its next iPhone model in May or June, and that the company will add more screen sizes to its lineup. The iPhone 5 offers a 4-inch display, while the iPhone 4 and 4S ship with a 3.5-inch display.
The older iPhones in Apple's lineup are available at substantially lower prices than the iPhone 5, as well. The iPhone 4S starts at US$99 with a new contract, while the iPhone 4 can be picked up for free on contract. Mr. Mawston sees the iPhone mini filling a different low-cost market: pre-paid subscribers.
"We think Apple will have to launch an iPhone mini at some point over the next three years to address the hundreds of millions of prepaid users worldwide that cannot afford the current iPhone," he said.
Smartphone competition between Apple and Samsung has been fierce and has even spilled over into the courtroom as the two companies accuse each other of using their mobile device patents without proper licensing. Apple has also distanced itself from Samsung by cutting back on the chips it buys from the company and moving its custom chip fabrication to other manufacturers.
For now Apple seems content with its iPhone model lineup and hasn't offered up any hints that a mini model is on the way despite Strategy Analytics' belief that it is coming.
From macobserver.com
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Apple sells 2M iPhone 5s in China in first 3 days
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Apple said Monday that it sold more than 2 million iPhone 5s in China in their first three days of availability, setting a record for that market.
IPhone 5, which launched in China on Friday, will be available in more than 100 countries by the end of December.
The phone first went on sale on Sept. 21 in the U.S., Germany, France, Japan and five other countries, with more than 5 million of the phones sold in the first three days.
That sales tally also set a record, but only beat last year's iPhone 4S launch by a small margin, falling short of some analysts' expectations. Apple shares hit an all-time high of $705.07 that day, but in the months since the stock has plunged about 26 percent.
Also on Sunday, Citi analyst Glen Yeung cut his rating for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company to "Neutral" from "Buy," questioning the strength of iPhone 5 demand and saying that it's unlikely Apple shares will rally any time soon.
Apple Inc. shares rose $9.04, or 1.8 percent, to close at $518.83 Monday.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Actual photos for the iPhone 5S?
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Less than three months after the iPhone 5 launch, the network has begun to appear the actual image on the back of Apple's next iPhone model tentatively called the iPhone 5S.
Rumors Apple start producing iPhone 5S from next month
These reality posted on page ETradeSupple shows, iPhone 5S is not much different, even identical in design and size than the current model iPhone 5. The back cover on the back still use aluminum material comes the black plastic strip located at both ends.
Image has not been confirmed is a sure way of iPhone 5S, but more to show that this is not the iPhone 5 back cover that is of a different product. As the screw to get the circuit board inside the back cover of the iPhone 5S with the iPhone 5. On the back of the machine with information about Part Number X has more character, this is more often seen on the leak test device before Apple, from the iPhone 4 to the iPad Mini battery.
This picture is supposed about the iPhone 5S, the next iPhone iPhone 5.
The details on the inside back cover slightly different design of the iPhone 5.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Unlocked iPhone 5 in the U.S.
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Besides the conventional 2-year agreement choice, The apple company now offers the iPhone 5 contract-free.
Both the white-colored and the blacj iPhone 5 are available, with costs being $649 for the 16GB edition, $749 for the 32GB one and $849 for the edition with 64GB of storage space.
Purchases are restricted at two per client, and the delivery time is approximated at one weeks time.
Apple notices that the unlocked iPhone 5s are GSM only significance they assistance AT&T and T-Mobile in the US, but will not perform on CDMA groups.
Additionally, 9to5Mac’s resources claim The apple company will also begin promoting the unlocked iPhone 5 at its suppliers, perhaps as beginning as Friday.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
iOS 6.1 could be released in next year?
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BGR recently quoted a source from Apple, said the company is starting to give the home network in the U.S. version of iOS 6.0.1 for testing.
Apple will releases the iOS 6.1 in next year?
In this update, Apple is expected to correct some popular errors as:
Status horizontal stripes on the screen when users activate the virtual keyboard, or open a certain application.
Error LED flash can not be turned off.
Error related to the WiFi connection, mobile data can not be used in some cases.
Error allow access to password screen Passbook from lockscreen.
Finally fix for the Calendar application.
Also, iOS 6.0.1 can also add custom buttons open off the 3G to iTunes Match - in fact this is a move to fix automatically synchronizes audio and video data over 3G (although custom just via WiFi before) from Apple, this is the reason why many customers complained about their phone bills dramatically increased since using iOS 6.
Besides information on iOS 6.0.1, the website also said that Apple seems to have planned to release a major upgrade iOS 6.1 next year, the fact that sooner or later it depends very much on team development engineers. From iOS 5.0 to 5.0.1, Apple takes about one month and from 5.0.1 to 5.1 5 months, so if this is the updated schedule, we will have iOS 6.0.1 at the end of October this year, and iOS 6.1 in late March / 2013.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Download 15 water drop Wallpapers for iPhone 5 (MF)
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If you already own the iPhone 5, which is 15 wallpaper water of AppLife's selection for you. All wallpapers have a resolution of 640 × 1136.
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For iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S you can download but it will take the upper or lower depending on your adjustment.
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Foxconn: iPhone 5 - the most complex devices we have ever assembled
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The Group specializes in the assembly of the iPhone, Foxconn of Taiwan said the complexity of the assembly with the strict requirements from Apple is the cause of the shortage in supply of the iPhone 5 smartphone.
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This director is confirmed, the assembly of iPhone 5 completely different compared to all models of the iPhone that the company had made when Apple's new smartphone using the new metallic material that the machine is not only lightweight, but also very thin . To accommodate this change, workers need time to give birth to the most perfect product.
In addition, the iPhone 5 is also covered with a new paint makes the machine very easily scratched when rubbed impact small to ensure quality. Not only have problems in the assembly process, the transport of the iPhone 5 to the market is also very difficult to solve.
"It is very difficult to meet both the needs of the Apple aesthetic and practical needs of customers," the director said when the pressure increased with Foxconn to supply iPhone 5 on a large deficiency .
Not only difficulty in assembly, Foxconn also disturbing problems in human resource management. Recently at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou Province, central China happened brawl between two groups of workers assembled parts with quality control makes production here must be interrupted for a period of time.
"The new assembly plant in Zhengzhou was established in 2011 to manage human resources in the process of completion, and the incident was unforeseen situations. Everyone was Foxconn solve problems peacefully" Foxconn said.
The iPhone which was assembled by Foxconn mainly in two Chinese factories in the province Zhengzhou, central China and Guan Lan Province, southern China.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hurricane-tracking apps for iOS
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With Hurricane Irene making landfall in North Carolina, you're going to want up-to-the-minute information on the storm, especially if you live in the area or have relatives and friends who might be affected. Fortunately you can get an app for your iOS device that will give you all the latest information.
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There are several apps for iOS that let you track hurricanes around the globe. But the best hurricane-tracking apps give you up-to-the minute storm information, include radar and satellite images, and offer detailed push alerts for warnings and storm intensity changes. We found some very feature-rich apps for both iPhone and iPad and narrowed it down to one great app for each device.
Obviously, for mobility purposes, the iPhone will probably be your best choice for the latest updates and hurricane information right in your pocket. On the iPad, the added screen real estate means you'll be able to easily view weather maps and watch radar animations on the larger screen. Whichever you choose, you'll be able to use the information from your app combined with local news sources to try to stay safe during Hurricane Irene and the rest of this year's hurricane season.
This week's collection of iOS apps are all about tracking hurricanes. The first is for iPhone and offers tons of features for tracking weather news, maps, and animated radar images. The second is perfect for iPad users, taking full advantage of the larger screen. It also comes with tons of storm information to explore.
Hurricane ($2.99) for iPhone shows you detailed hurricane information and is set up to get you the latest weather changes quickly. Immediately upon launch, the app displays storms that are currently being tracked, but also gives older hurricane information if you scroll down. Across the top of the interface, you have tabs to narrow your storm search to Atlantic Ocean, East Pacific, and World weather alerts. Across the bottom of the interface, you can browse through 2011 storms; get info on storms from past years; look through Data Feeds that include satellite images, weather outlooks, and sea temperatures; check out the latest news and video; and get up-to-the minute updates with the app's integrated Twitter feed and push notifications.
Use the Tracking Map to see where a hurricane currently is, then use the arrows to see its predicted path incrementally. (Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
Hurricane for iPhone is an excellent way to stay on top of the latest weather, but also offers tons of detailed information for those who really want to learn about hurricanes. After touching a current storm's name, you're presented with a list of options to learn more. The Tracking Map shows the hurricane from high above, letting you touch arrows to show incremental steps of the hurricane's predicted path. Touch the Satellite button to see animated satellite images of approaching hurricanes. The Forecast button shows several images of probable paths and wind speeds and also predicts intensity at different points on the hurricane's path. Hit the Radar button to check the current intensity in different areas. You also have a Bulletin button to see where the latest hurricane warnings are along the path of the storm.
Hurricane for iPhone has all the features you need for checking conditions on the go. Clearly, you should not rely completely on any app when lives may be in danger, but with this app and knowledge of the latest warnings from local newscasts, you'll be better prepared with all the info right in your pocket.
Hurricane Tracker HD ($2.99) is an excellent severe weather-tracking app for iPad that takes advantage of the added screen real estate to show detailed weather maps and info. The interface consists of a list of buttons down the left side of the screen for navigation, with content for each item in a large window on the right. The app loads up with the overview screen that shows you the latest major storm, its projected path, a list of all the storms that are currently being tracked, quick links to the biggest hurricanes, and more. But Hurricane Tracker HD doesn't stop there.
Touch the Satellites button to see different views of the current hurricane on your iPad screen. (Credit: Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET)
Along with the detailed overview of a storm, you can listen to audio or watch video updates created by people associated with the Hurricane Tracker app, or you can explore tons of other content to get more info. A real-time Updates button brings you to the app's Twitter feed where you can get the latest information about the current storm. A Satellites button shows several satellite shots of the affected area and is extremely easy to read on the iPad's larger screen. You also can view the latest warnings and discussions from major weather centers; discuss a coming storm with others in the Talkin' Tropics forums using the integrated Web browser; and view more general information about hurricanes, like how they are rated and storm-naming standards for the current hurricane season. All the options are very easy to navigate and understand, though we did experience some lag issues while waiting for some of the more complicated animations to load.
Hurricane Tracker HD offers an enormous amount of hurricane information and all the maps and media you could ever want. The audio and video updates by the app creators sound professional and informed, the satellite images are crisp, and we only experienced minor lag issues when loading some of the more detailed animations. If you like tracking weather systems or want a way to stay informed about a big storm in your area, Hurricane Tracker HD offers an easy-to-navigate interface and a wealth of hurricane information.
Do you have a better hurricane-tracking app you want to tell us about? Let us know in the comments!
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