Chris Herbert

77 posts on MacStories since September 2010

Vector & pixel trafficker for Seymour Midwest LLC, regular MacStories contributor, Hip-Hop junkie all day long; Apple addict circa 1976.
herbert@macstories.net

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Tapbots Release First Ever #TweetbotSale

Tapbots, creators of awesome iPhone apps such as Calcbot, Weightbot, Pastebot, and Convertbot have decided to promote their fantastic twitter client by having a limited time sale of Tweetbot. Normally $2.99, Tweetbot has a sale price of just $.99. This #TweetbotSale comes after the official Twitter client for the iPhone was updated yesterday. Version 4.0 of Twitter has received much discussion on the internet in the last 24 hours. Cody did an excellent review yesterday that everyone should read regardless of your thoughts about version 4.0 of the official client.

Tapbots is hoping to gain even more users after many may be shopping for a new iPhone client. We at MacStories think that Tweetbot is one of the best Twitter clients available for the iPhone and if you haven’t had the chance to pick up the app, you get it now on the App Store for $.99.

Apple Releases iOS 5.0.1 Beta 2

Just 2 days after seeding iOS 5.0.1 beta 1 to developers, beta 2 of 5.0.1 is now available in Apple’s Dev Center. The build number is 9A404 and is available over-the-air (800MB for iPhone 4S, 45MB for iPad 2) for users with the previous iOS 5.0.1 beta 1 installed. To download updates OTA, open the Settings.app > General > Software Update. The original beta build apparently suffered from some bugs related to failed activations. Beyond these bug fixes, it doesn’t appear that iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 contains anything more.

iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 is available now in the iOS Dev Center.

UPDATE: It looks like the iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 OTA update for the iPhone 4S is not a delta update, 800MB is too large.

 

iOS 5: Tips, Tricks & Hidden Features

As exciting as every new major iOS release is, there’s just as much if not more excitement in finding the little things that no one knows about. Apple spends a lot of time creating major additions and changes for their releases, and then lets the users try to figure out all the small stuff. Well, not everyone has time to figure them out or doesn’t want to go through the effort to do so. This is where MacStories comes in. We know our readers are all about the details, so we went on to scan, search and pry our way through iOS 5 to find many of the hidden treasures that will make your iOS experience even better.

More iOS 5 coverage here.

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