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Q: Is it mine or is the calculator missing on my iPad? A: Unlike, iPod Touch and iPhone; iPad 1 or 2 does not come with a built in calculator app. If you want a calculator, there are plenty of such apps in the App Store.

OnLive is well known for their “cloud gaming” service which is available for Mac and iOS. OnLive lets users play console on their mobile devices via the cloud. This takes away the need for high-end graphics cards and processors which are usually required to play full featured video games. OnLive has recently launched an iPad [...]

Microsoft Office for Mac has been the premier office suite for professionals and students since its initial launch in mid-1989. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is expensive, bulky and has an aging interface. What if there was a free alternative that was backwards compatible with Microsoft Office files? Fortunately, there is.  OpenOffice by Oracle is an open [...]

Several users have reported that their iPad / iPhone home button suddenly stopped working and became unresponsive. Here are some tips to troubleshoot this problem; try each step until you solve this issue: Restart your device by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red “slide to power off” slider [...]

Several users have reported an issue that the Safari app on iPhone keeps resetting preferences to “Never Accept Cookies” by itself after restarting the iPhone . Possible fixes: Make sure there are no restrictions on cookie permissions, if you are a part of an Exhange account. It has been reported that turning off iCloud Bookmarks [...]

Several users have reported problems when trying to make a call. The reported problems include, but are not limited to, call failing and no sound. Fix There has been similar Siri related problems with outgoing calls where there is no sound while a connection is established. It has been reported that updating to the latest [...]

You may wonder sometimes what was taking up all the space on your iPhone. Since you have a very limited space on your device, you may want to know how much space exactly an app is using so that you can manage them more efficiently, especially if you have a lot of apps. Here is [...]

Some users have reported that they could not successfully sync all of their files resulting in this error: “(x) item(s) could not be synced. See iTunes for more information”. Fix Photos may cause this problem. When you sync photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod; iTunes creates a small version of each photo and stores [...]

Several users have reported that they encounter Wi-Fi connection issues with their iPhones. There may be several possible reasons for these problems. We compiled a list of two common problems and some troubleshooting tips. You may try our solution steps for each one until you resolve your issue. Symptom 1: I am unable to turn [...]

Several users have reported that after upgrading their device to iOS 5, some or all artwork has disappeared on their iPod Touch /iPad/iPhone. Fix Connect your iPod to the computer. Select your device, then the ‘music‘ tab uncheck ‘Sync Music’ Sync your device recheck ‘Sync Music’ Re-sync your device. Please note that this process may [...]