Category: Apple iOS

  • Apple Patent Shows iPhone Pairing as a Wireless Car Key

    Apple Patent Shows iPhone Pairing as a Wireless Car Key

    Apple has been granted a patent which could see your trusty iPhone become even more useful than before – by becoming your new smart car key. Ensuring you’d never have to worry about losing your keys again, the patent titled ‘Accessing a Vehicle using an iDevice’ details a wireless setup between multiple iPhones and vehicle […]

  • Pokémon GO Smartphone Game Seeks Field Testers

    Pokémon GO Smartphone Game Seeks Field Testers

    A new augmented reality smartphone game called Pokémon GO is prepping for a summer launch and to get a feel for how the game will work out in the wild its developers are welcoming players to join a field test. Pokémon GO will allow smartphone gamers on Android and iOS to search for colourful pocket […]

  • Star Wars BB-8 App-Enabled Droid Only £99.99 From Zavvi – Act Fast!

    Star Wars BB-8 App-Enabled Droid Only £99.99 From Zavvi – Act Fast!

    Zavvi.com has just dropped an absolute bargain for fans of Star Wars. The beloved BB-8 can be yours for just £99.99 – if you’re within the first 100 to order! Usually £129.99 at full price, the adorable android first seen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens can roll around, tilt his domed head and make […]

  • More iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Production Drawings Surface

    More iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Production Drawings Surface

    There are more teasing Apple iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus leaks today, with another set of production drawings out in the open and giving us our most detailed look at the handsets to date. The spoils come via Catcher Technology, a casing manufacturer for Apple, and they show off the suspected final design of […]

  • iPhone 7 Back Cover Appears in Leaked Photo

    iPhone 7 Back Cover Appears in Leaked Photo

    Another iPhone 7 leak has surfaced today, this one possibly giving off a very good look at the back casing of Apple’s next gen model. The photo seems to show a ‘dummy’ version of the iPhone 7 shell in a metallic-look silver finish and just like the CAD drawing which appeared earlier, goes to show […]

  • Apple iPhone 7 Size Revealed in Leaked CAD Drawing

    Apple iPhone 7 Size Revealed in Leaked CAD Drawing

    Apple’s iPhone 7 is being teased once again, this time in a leaked diagram which may have given away the dimensions of the next model which is predicted for launch this September. The drawing, which was outted by Twitter source @onleaks and appears to have been created in CAD, reveals a height of 138.3mm and […]

  • Lay the Smack Down on Your Goals with The Rock Clock App

    Lay the Smack Down on Your Goals with The Rock Clock App

    Wrestling hero turned Hollywood mega-star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson invited everybody to join his birthday celebrations yesterday by launching a new free app called The Rock Clock. Available for both iPhone and Android smartphones, The Rock Clock is an electrifying alternative to your regular reminders which allows users to set and name their very own […]

  • New iPhone SE Blends Old Style With New Specs

    New iPhone SE Blends Old Style With New Specs

    This week Apple revealed their latest iPhone at a large event which also saw a new iPad being revealed. This iPhone, however is a bit of a wild card. Known as the iPhone SE, this handset keeps some of the looks of the iPhone 5 series but packs a bigger punch. The 4 inch phone is […]

  • Tio – A Creative Kickstarter Project that Brings Toys to Life

    Tio – A Creative Kickstarter Project that Brings Toys to Life

    The Gadget Helpline was recently contacted about a charming little smart toy called Tio, a Kickstarter innovation which encourages invention and building and has no limit on what your imagination can create. Tio is basically a motorized, app-controlled box aimed at ages 5 and above which acts as a base for any and all types of robotic […]

  • Smartgolf – The first smart golfclub

    Smartgolf – The first smart golfclub

    Golf. A sport for many, a good walk wasted for others. Good news if you are in the former camp though, as, at long last, the first smart golf club has been invented and is soon to be sold to the masses. Now, unlike other swing trainers, the Smartgolf club has built in sensors which […]

  • Apple Stands up to U.S Government to Protect iPhone User’s Privacy

    Apple Stands up to U.S Government to Protect iPhone User’s Privacy

    Now I’m not an Apple product user myself, and honestly I’ve never bought into the hype. To each their own. That said, I, like many others this morning have been rather surprised/impressed by this honest statement to Apple customer’s by the company’s CEO Tim Cook which doubles as a ballsy comeback to the U.S Government […]

  • Nintendo Miitomo Pre-Registering Begins

    Nintendo Miitomo Pre-Registering Begins

    Nintendo has launched a website inviting gamers to pre-register for its new Miitomo mobile app. Miitomo.com is now live and offers free registration and some more information and images of the new ‘social go-between’ app which uses a player’s Mii avatar and an automated questions and answers system as a means of learning more about […]