iOS UZER #30: NFC: Will it Dominate?

This week on iOS UZER we discuss a top 12 list of the best user interfaces this year and the list includes some of our favorite apps from the iOS ecosystem. The iPhone 5 rumors just won’t stop these days and there’s more chatter this week about the potential NFC capabilities of the next iPhone. Google appears to be having a change of heart on how open it really is with the newest releases of Android. We talk about the evolving looks of Reggie Fils-Aime the President of Nintendo of America. Does Nintendo have the mojo to compete with the iPhone in the mobile gaming arena?

Our Apps this week are GV Mobile+ (again), and Time Warners latest cable app.

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iOS UZER #29: Free Rumors!

This week Reece and Mike discuss some iOS 5 and iPhone 5 rumors that keep pouring in every week. iPhone 5 to have a bigger screen? No NFC technology? Mike also gives his impressions of Garageband for iPad now that it’s out. iPad 2 smokes the graphics benchmarks on anandtech.com. Microsoft stops making the Zune and nobody will miss it. Windows Phone OS updates don’t seem to be going smoothly at all. We discuss how to get mulitouch gestures on your iPad with Xcode. Is hot spot tethering plans on your iPhone worth it? We discuss the pros and cons. Twitter decides it wants to be more like Apple with it’s new developer rules. We also discuss some rumors about Motorola Xoom sales in Verizon sales. iOS data sharing is discussed as a frustration to iOS users.

Updated iOS apps we talk about this week include: Infinity Blade, Real Racing 2 HD, Flipboard, The Daily, & Instapaper.

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