Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Google Ready To Offer Navigation App For iPhone if Apple Agrees

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT

In the Motorola Droid ad campaign, Verizon claims that Droid does all that the iPhone doesn't. One such feature that the iPhone doesn't support was revealed by Google earlier this week. Available on Android OS 2.0 , the Google Maps Navigation is a real-time turn-by-turn GPS navigation system that is...


Apple Releases iTunes Version 9.0.2 - Disables Pre Syncing Once Again; Safe for Jailbreakers & Unlockers

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Mention 'cat and mouse' in the context of Apple and it is likely that you are reminded of the iPhone Dev Team and their effort to jailbreak the iPhone whenever Apple releases a new version of iPhone OS. However, there is one another cat and mouse game that you might...


Friday, October 30, 2009

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Verizon-Apple Partnership - Could End of Carrier Exclusivity Shoot iPhone Sale Price Up?

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT

In the past few days, we have written a lot about the Verizon-Apple relationship and whether or not the two companies will partner. Now in the scenario of the two companies actually partnering, what will become of the AT&T-Apple partnership? According to a note to investors from Broadpoint.Amtech's analyst Brian...


Lala Music Streaming iPhone App Launching Soon

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Music streaming service, Lala has been making news of late. Recently, the company partnered with Google in the latter's launch of a music service. TechCrunch is now reporting the impending release of Lala's app for the iPhone. Lala is a music service that lets users upload all their MP3 collection...


Google Releases Free Turn-by-Turn GPS App for Andriod; Working with Apple to Bring it to the iPhone

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 09:13 PM PDT

If you felt that the turn-by-turn navigation iPhone apps like TomTom are expensive then Google has just given a pleasant surprise. They have announced Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 and are working with Apple to bring the Navigation feature to iPhone's built-in Maps application. Here are some of the...


Syncing iPhone and iPod Touch With Linux Now Possible

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 12:52 PM PDT

If you are on Linux and have been wondering how to sync your non-jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch with your Linux computer, the solution is finally here. Hector Martin from the MarcanSoft blog recently announced an unofficial solution that could make life easy for the Linux users. The problem that...


Ripdev - Popular Jailbreak Software Developer Shuts Down

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 10:21 AM PDT

Ripdev, one of the earliest names in the iPhone jailbreaking community, the company that is associated with the development of Installer, which is arguably the first iPhone app store, much before Apple's official iPhone App Store came about and before Cydia took over as the leading jailbreak app store has...


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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To Partner Or Not To Partner - Verizon CEO Throws Ball Into Apple's Court

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 01:00 PM PDT

After rubbishing the iPhone in the "Droid Does" ad campaign and also taking a direct swipe at iPhone's carrier AT&T earlier, Verizon now seems all ready to work with Cupertino in the future. According to a statement by the CEO of Verizon Communications, Ivan Seidenberg, the ball is entirely in...


Motorola Droid Specs Revealed - Is This Actually An iPhone Killer?

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:59 AM PDT

Remember Verizon's 'Droid Does' ad campaign that called upon Motorola's new Droid phone as the iPhone killer? A preview of this phone by the folks at BoyGeniusReport throws some light on what we can expect from this new Android based smartphone. Weighing close to 170 grams, Droid is an Android...


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Geohot Releases New Version of Popular iPhone Jailbreaking Tool - Blackra1n RC2

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 01:16 PM PDT

iPhone hacking expert, Geohot has released a new version of blackra1n, his amazingly simple tool to jailbreak any iPhone running iPhone OS 3.1.2. Geohot has fixed some of the bugs from the first release in blackra1n RC2. According to Geohot, blackra1n RC2 fixes the following issues: Fixed 3G issues Tethered...


Is the Apple iTablet For Real? Rumors Say So

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Is Apple really working on the new iTablet or is this the SIM tray of Apple's fourth generation iPhone or is it just a hoax? While most of us still believe that there is something nice cooking up at Cupertino, today we get two tidbits of rumor that makes the...


Sunday, October 25, 2009

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How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS running iPhone OS 3.1.2 Using PwnageTool

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT

iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 3.1.4 for iPhone OS 3.1.2 couple of weeks back to allow users to jailbreak their iPhone and also preserve the baseband firmware so that they can unlock their iPhone. This step-by-step guide will show iPhone 3GS users how to use Dev Team's PwnageTool 3.1.4, which...


Saturday, October 24, 2009

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


App Store Crosses Milestone: More than 100,000 iPhone Apps Approved

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:58 AM PDT

It has just been over a year since the Apple app store was launched and it is just amazing how fast this has grown. Today, the App Store has crossed yet another milestone. According to AppShopper, over 100,000 iPhone apps have been approved till date. The number of apps available...


AT&T Contemplates Imposing Higher Charges to Counter Bandwidth Hogs

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:04 AM PDT

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has formally initiated a rule making process towards establishing net neutrality among the internet service providers. This proposed rule, which shall also apply to wireless broadband service providers like AT&T, has been a hot point of debate over several months now. If implemented, this would...


Nokia Files Lawsuit Against Apple; Alleges iPhone Infringing 10 Patents

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:54 AM PDT

The past two years have seen a sudden spurt in the growth of smartphones; something that has caught the global mobile phone leader Nokia off-guard. In trying to keep up with fresh competition from the likes of Apple and RIM, Nokia has seen its smartphone market share drop from 41%...


Friday, October 23, 2009

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Dev Team: New iPhone 3GS Units Not Jailbreak-Proof

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:37 PM PDT

Earlier this month, we had written about the new iPhone 3GS units shipped by Apple which came with an updated bootrom that made these new iPhone units jailbreak-proof. If that news made you lose sleep, here is something to cheer about. Now we hear from the iPhone Dev Team that...


Google to Launch Music Service to Compete With iTunes

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:20 PM PDT

Google seems to be Apple's worst nemesis. According to a series of reports on TechCrunch, Google could soon be launching a music service that could potentially compete with Apple's iTunes. This launch shall be in partnership with online music service providers Lala and iLike (recently acquired by MySpace). The official...


AT&T Piggybacks On The iPhone to Post Record Third Quarter Earnings But Hints Might Lose Exclusive iPhone Deal

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 06:07 PM PDT

Earlier this week, Apple posted its most profitable quarter ever. While we knew this would greatly impact AT&T's earnings as well, we did not expect their revenues to be so heavily reliant on just the iPhone. In the three months ending September, 4.3 million new connections were activated by AT&T....


Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Apple Approves Rebtel's iPhone App Nine Months After it was Submitted to the App Store

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:14 PM PDT

Nine months after it was submitted to the iPhone App Store, the iPhone app developed by Rebtel, a Stockholm based mobile VoIP service provider has finally been approved by Apple. Unlike Skype and most other VoIP applications, Rebtel is not a conventional 'VoIP over 3G' application. Instead, the application generates...


iDon't Run Widgets - Does Apple Need To Rethink on Implementing Widgets on iPhone?

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:33 PM PDT

One of the criticism hurled upon the iPhone in the recently launched DroidDoes ad campaign by Verizon is the lack of widgets on the iPhone. For a long time iPhone users have wondered about this themselves - How can Apple miss one of the features that is omnipresent among the...


After Verizon, Microsoft Now Makes Fun of Apple in New Humor Video

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:05 AM PDT

Perhaps the best indication of a company's success is the amount of ridicule it receives from its competitors. A day after Apple posted results from its most profitable quarter ever, the Microsoft mobile development team has released a humorous video poking fun at the Apple app store. The video posted...