Archives For iPad

The first shown above is called Together and the second one below, called Alive. Both ads features the iPad and the iPad mini and some Apple and popular 3rd party apps.

At the same time, there’s an outdoor billboard campaign ad running as well featuring the more than 300,000 apps available for the iPad. The creative for these billboard ads are similar to the TVCs above, with a keyword framing the apps that are being showcased.

Billboard ad campaign - via AppleInsider

Billboard ad campaign – via AppleInsider

(via AppleInsider)

iOS 6.1 Upgrade Apple released iOS 6.1 to the masses just two days after releasing the beta 5 to developers.

The update includes the following:

  • LTE support for more carriers (complete list of supported carriers at http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/)
  • Purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri (USA only)
  • iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud
  • New button to reset the Advertising Identifier
  • The list of bug fixes are available here
  • This update is available for iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad (third and fourth generation), iPad mini, iPad 2 and iPod touch (fourth and fifth generation)

This update will increase LTE support worldwide with additional 32 iPhone carriers and 23 iPad carriers.

The update can be done straight from your iOS device: click Settings -> General -> Software Update and always remember to backup your devices via iTunes or iCloud before you apply the update.

Direct links to download the iOS 6.1 update:

designboom got to speak with Hartmut Esslinger about the launch of his new book Design Forward. Hartmut, a German designer whose design company, Frog Design, had a hand in early product designs with Apple in the early 80s.

In the article, designboom also put up some photos of early prototypes for Apple which didn’t see the light of day. Here are some of them.

See more at designboom

A new ad by Apple for the iPad and iPad mini showing a girl playing the song I’ll be home for Christmas via FaceTime on her iPad mini to her granddad on the iPad.

Loves the simplicity of the ad.

Have a good holiday everyone.

iOS 6.0.2 released

December 19, 2012 — Leave a comment

Apple just released iOS 6.0.2 to fix a “WiFi” issue. Just plug your iOS device to a power supply and update straight from your device.