Apple passes on new CTIA and ESRB mobile app ratings

The CTIA has released a new five-point mobile app rating system and charitable program functioned by the ESRB who have been swiping identical “everybody” and “adult only” ratings on video games since from the 90s. As per expectation, the biggest and second biggest players in the mobile app space, Apple and Google are not supportive the program. Bloomberg reports:

“The app program is targeted at helping parents monitor children’s accumulative use of wireless technology, a concern drawing lawmakers’ attention this year… Apple, maker of the iPhone and iPad, and Google, whose Android software is the most widely used mobile operating software in the U.S., are not taking part in the program and have their own ratings systems”.

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Finally a Native Gmail App for iPhone

Gmail is the popular one in mailing services, ever the original iPhone has released in 2007 there is a lack of this app. There was a talk that Apple wasn’t going to allow another mail app to their device and then it was a anxious association between Google and Apple. Later, still, other Google iPhone apps had come but not the official Gmail app.

Google is on the edge of launching their native Gmail app but in fact it has already submitted the review and waiting for its approval. Once it get approved it will be out soon. It is the great news to have it on our iPhone for couple of reason one will be that Gmail is awesome as it is popular and comfortable to use and the other is those who had already seen the app tells its cool implausible.

Google has a nice mobile web version of Gmail optimized for iPhone only for some time. Here, the bug is finally it is pushing all notifications. Conceivably the biggest issue with using it through the iPhone’s native mail client is that Gmail is not Push-enabled. Fair enough, you can hack it to work through exchange but here you may lose other functionality such as ability to star messages via flags.

The native Gmail app will probably to bring other functionality as well priority inbox and one-click starring messages. Here, the other possibilities include some of following stuff that Google is about to roll out for Gmail proper such as contact icons, deep searching functionalities and better threading. We may see even Google+ integration also. But the strange thing is Google doesn’t have the great track record with iOS apps, there will be often full of bugs again they have indicated this as good one.

The native Gmail app although appeared stunning in design, it lacked basic elements like push notifications and users faced errors while logging into their accounts, it crashed often and users reported numerous bugs. So Gmail app has removed from iTunes for now because there is a bug in the app which broke all notifications. Let’s hope that Google gets the bugs fixed in the Gmail app and returns to the Appstore soon, hope we don’t want wait for long time before it released again.

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Apple Not Planning To Bring Siri To Older Versions.

Apple made a recent declaration stating that as of now, it has no plans to put the latest intelligent feature, SIRI, to any of its old devices. As per an email received by Apple insider, that responded about the bug report, Apple clearly mentioned that, they are going to keep SIRI exclusively for iPhone 4S as of now. SIRI works wonders with the all new iPhone 4S and doesn’t seem to be a match with the older versions.

SIRI was launched last month with the release of iPhone 4S and since then has been in news for its outstanding voice recognition system and for delivering the best of the search responses. Apple also reminded that this unique feature is still in its beta stage following the widespread concerns about the new phone.

Experts believe SIRI to be one of the finest features that has led to the ultimate sale of the iPhone 4S. But this announcement has not discouraged the jailbreak hackers from bringing a successful version of the app to the older devices like iPhone 4 and fourth generation iPod touch. 

SIRI has also been considered a definite threat to the extreme search engine, the Google. As per Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman, SIRI could pose a threat to Google with its advanced and quick response methodologies.

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Apple’s SIRI to compete with Google

The all new SIRI app from the latest iphone 4S is considered to be the smartest and the most intelligent apps of all times. The app had proved itself in delivering all sorts of required information about anything and everything and that too without displaying any sort of advertising or taking too much of time. This has created a clean completion among this app and the other search engines online, especially Google which is considered to be the best available search engines. Unlike the search engines, SIRI won’t annoy you with the advertisements that keep popping up all the time and will get you the exact information without having to search for the exact response.

If users get accustomed to the use of SIRI, just verbal communication would mean a lot rather than going for the Google website, typing the query and waiting for the response that might definitely take a little bit of time. This is no doubt going to keep the competition high as more and more people would prefer an iPhone rather than Google. Moreover whenever you clicked on a Google ad, it would have made money and would have given you a huge list of search topics which again you need to filter out to get the exact result.

SIRI on the other hand, would completely relieve you from the ad phenomenon and would give you only precise and required information. So SIRI is certainly treated as a better option over Google and other search engines. As per a small study conducted among the iphone4S users, most of them admitted to the fact that SIRI had an upper hand over Google search engine. There were people who hadn’t been face to face with the search giant since the day they got their iPhone 4S. The striking thing is that SIRI even gets you the Google website if asked to do so. 

Technology always keeps growing and it’s always about the survival of the fittest. Till yesterday Google was a stiff competitor for all the other search engines but now SIRI has spelled its magic and created a new era of verbal response system.

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