Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1

tad001 writes "CNET is reporting 'Discovered last night within a freshly jailbroken iPad: a set of buttons and code references for "radio," a feature found in iTunes on Macs and PCs, but not on the iPad or iPhone.' ... 'The buttons hint at Apple's much-rumored radio service, a product that will let people stream music much like they do on the popular Pandora service, but with deep ties to Apple's iTunes library.' ... 'The discovery follows a high-profile jailbreak of iOS 6.1, the updated system software Apple released just last week. A team of developers came up with a tool that gives users deep system-level access to do things like install applications from third-party app stores, change the look and feel of iOS, and add new software features.'"

Comments

I predict the imminent retun of Slashdot Radio.

[lxs]

Because there are clearly radio buttons on the Slasdot poll.

Re:I predict the imminent retun of Slashdot Radio.

[PopeRatzo]

That's because you don't get karma for funny posts.

Maybe YOU don't...

Re:I predict the imminent retun of Slashdot Radio.

[Vintermann]

It's a thing on slashdot now, some newbies rate insightful instead of funny because they've heard that funny doesn't give karma.

I infer that they are newbies from the fact that they want to give karma to me. It's really, really not hard to max out on karma on slashdot.

Re:Another revenue stream for Apple's iAd Network?

[Internal Modem]

Here's a story from 2008 where Steve Jobs once again repeated the claim that Apple didn't expect to make a lot of money through iTunes selling phone Apps. However, the author disagrees and compares iTunes to other e-commerce businesses like Amazon and eBay.

In 2008, iTunes had "margins that are better than the best e-commerce companies around; no marketing costs and a built in audience; Sales of nearly $3 billion a year in its existing business; and a new $1 billion business on the way."

In 2013, we now know the sales projections were conservative, and with a need to show revenue growth to investors, I'm sure Tim Cook would not announce that Apple would begin quarterly reports of software revenue (e.g. iTunes) without being certain he can produce big numbers.

Blame Canada!

[Chibi Merrow]

It's not Pandora's fault. It's Canada's fault. Stop being a worthless internet crybaby and go get your local laws fixed so that Pandora can offer you service, and not be locked out by the local copyright monopolies.

Re:Radio buttons, for that vintage look

[Custard Horse]

Apple will claim that they are squares with the corners filed off...

Re:This is ludicrous!

[sootman]

> why someone would buy an iPhone in the first place with the
> intent on jailbreaking it is a mystery to me - surely thats an
> admission that the phone doesnt check all your boxes

I can't believe you got a +5 for that. You're not very imaginative, are you? Here's a possibility: maybe NO phone "checks all your boxes" but the iPhone comes closest? Maybe you like a competing phone a lot, but a jailbroken iPhone is even better?!? Maybe you like iPhones just fine, and jailbreaking them makes them even more fantastic?

Have you ever in your life bought something and then changed it to make it suit you more? OH MY GOD!