Thursday, September 30, 2010

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iOS 4.2 Beta 2 Reveals More Changes And Improvements

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Apple released the second beta version of iOS 4.2 yesterday for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to developers of its iOS Developer program. Not surprisingly, the developer community have already put it under the scanner and have discovered some changes and improvements in the latest beta version of iOS 4.2....


New Apple TV Teardown Reveals 8GB Storage, 256MB RAM, A4 Processor & More

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:27 PM PDT

Folks at iFixit have got their hands on the new Apple TV and have performed a thorough teardown of the device. Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, sent us an email to provide us details about the internals of the second generation Apple TV such as the RAM, storage and the...


New Apple TV Software Ported To iPod Touch

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 11:23 AM PDT

Erica Sadun of TUAW who downloaded and unpacked the iOS 4.1 Apple TV firmware has discovered the Lowtide application, which appears to be Apple TV's interface application. She has also discovered settings which indicates that the application is compatible with iPad, which has led to speculations that users will be...


Official Google Voice App Reportedly Approved By Apple; Mozilla Has No Plans To Build Full Firefox Browser For iPhone

Posted: 29 Sep 2010 10:27 AM PDT

The past few weeks have been extremely eventful as far as the App Store is concerned. Apple's decision to ease its app review guidelines has brought back several apps that were on the banned list until now. You may be aware that apps such as MePing that were left unapproved...


Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Beta 2 And iTunes 10.1 Beta To Developers [Updated]

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Apple has released the second beta version of iOS 4.2 (build 8C5101c) and iOS SDK 4.2 to developers of iOS Dev Center. iOS 4.2 Beta 2 is available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Apple has also released iTunes 10.1 Beta and Mac OS X 10.6.5 Delta update as they...


iOS 4.1 For Apple TV Reveals New iPhones, Unknown Device; References To FaceTime, DVD, Bluetooth Support For Apple TV?

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT

It has been less than 24 hours since Apple released iOS 4.1 firmware for the new Apple TV and we've already received a flood of interesting information. iPhone hackers who have got their hands on the new Apple TV firmware are reporting that they've discovered references, which indicate that Apple...


iPhone Users In New Zealand Affected By Daylight Saving Bug; Chinese iPhone 4 Comes With Censored Maps

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:00 PM PDT

iPhone users in New Zealand have been reporting a strange bug with the latest version of iOS that appears to be causing the in-built Clock app to malfunction. Users are reporting that their iPhone alarms are going off an hour early ever since the country switched to Daylight Savings Time...


Apple Releases Remote 2.0; Optimized For iPhone 4 Retina Display, Adds Support For iPad And Compatibility With New Apple TV

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Apple has just released the new version of Remote (v2.0) – an app that allows you to control iTunes and Apple TV using your iPhone or iPod Touch over your Wi-Fi network. The new version of one of our favorite apps brings support for iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G's...


Apple Releases iOS 4.1 For Apple TV; Firmware Already Jailbroken Using SHAtter

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Apple has released the firmware (Build 8M89) for the second generation Apple TV that it has started shipping. Based on the name of the firmware file (AppleTV2,1_4.1_8M89_Restore.ipsw), it appears to be a version of iOS 4.1 that Apple had released few weeks back for iPhone and iPod Touch. It finally...


Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Apple Starts Shipping New Apple TV

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:42 PM PDT

Few days back we had reported that several customers had observed charges made to their credit cards, which suggested that Apple was preparing to ship the first batch of the new Apple TVs. We're now hearing reports from some customers who have received shipment notifications and FedEx tracking numbers that...


RIM Unveils BlackBerry Playbook Tablet - Will It Be An iPad Killer?

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 02:42 PM PDT

Research in Motion co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis has just unveiled the BlackBerry Playbook tablet to compete with Apple's iPad. Lazaridis described the Playbook as "the first professional tablet". It is expected to be launched in the US in early 2011 and in international markets in the second quarter. Take a look...


Dev Team Jailbreak iOS 4.1 On iPod Touch 4G Using SHAtter

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 11:33 AM PDT

iPhone Dev Team have announced that they have managed to successfully jailbreak iOS 4.1 on the new iPod Touch 4G using the SHAtter exploit. SHAtter is the new bootrom exploit discovered by pod2g of the Chronic Dev Team that allows the use of unsigned code execution. It is being used...


Apple Patent Describes New Camera Flash Redirector System For iPhone

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:39 AM PDT

Apple's patent applications are always a great source of information on new technologies that the company could be working on. In a patent application that was made public recently, Apple has described an extremely innovative camera flash system that could be incorporated in future models of the iPhone. The application...


Monday, September 27, 2010

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iPhone 4 Launches In UAE And Qatar But Without FaceTime

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:47 AM PDT

China was not the only country to get Apple's new iPhone this weekend. Apple launched its latest iPhone in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this weekend. But customers discovered that FaceTime – Apple's video calling feature was missing from their shiny new iPhone 4s. We had speculated earlier in...


iPhone 4 Launches In China; Greeted With Long Lines

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:12 AM PDT

Apple launched iPhone 4 in China yesterday - the world's largest mobile phone market with nearly 800 million subscribers. Computerworld reports that over 1,000 customers lined up outside Xidan Joy City shopping mall to get their hands on the latest iPhone and one customer was waiting in the line for...


Sunday, September 26, 2010

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Apple Patents Reveal Next Gen iPad Could Come With Dual Dock Connectors, Front-Facing Camera, Smart Bezel More

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:37 AM PDT

Patently Apple has discovered new Apple patent applications in China that provides some interesting details of the design changes that we can probably expect in the next generation iPad. According to one of the patents, future iPads will also be able to dock in landscape in addition to the portrait...


How To Jailbreak iOS 4.1 Using Redsn0w For iPhone 3G Users [Mac]

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Redsn0w is a popular jailbreaking tool developed by the iPhone Dev Team. iPhone Dev team had released RedSn0w 0.9.6b1 earlier in the week, which allows iPhone 3G users to jailbreak iOS 4.1. In this guide, we will take you through the step by step procedure to jailbreak iOS 4.1 for...


Apple Releases iTunes 10.0.1; Adds Ping Sidebar And Fixes Bugs

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Apple has just released iTunes 10.0.1, which according to the release notes includes a number of bug fixes and also adds a new sidebar for Ping – its social music network that it introduced in iTunes 10. It is available via Apple Software update and is 86.4MB in size. According...


Sn0wbreeze 2.0.2 Released To Fix Error 17, 40 And Hacktivation Problems

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 05:09 AM PDT

iH8sn0w had released Sn0wbreeze, which is the Windows version of the PwnageTool for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch users to update and jailbreak iOS 4.1. But some users had encountered problems while hacktivating or while restoring custom iPhone firmware in iTunes. iH8sn0w has just released Sn0wbreeze 2.0.2 to...


Saturday, September 25, 2010

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Hack Enables HDR Photography & Game Center On iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:17 AM PDT

If you are an iPhone 4 user they you may have already tried out the new features in iOS 4.1. However, some of these nifty functionalities are disabled on the older iPhone models. For instance, Game Center - Apple's new online social gaming network is not available on iPhone 3G...


How To Create A Cool HTML Email Signature For Your iPhone

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:55 AM PDT

Are you bored of the default "sent from my iPhone" email signature? Want to replace it with something cool rather than a line of text? Then you should checkout the iPhone Signature Creator by Cool Geex. iPhone Signature creator allows you to create a HTML-based signature with colored text for...


Apple TV To Start Shipping Soon; More Evidence Of Apple TV Apps

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT

It has been over three weeks since the new Apple TV was unveiled during the September 1 media event. If you are one of those who had placed an early pre-order, chances are that your Apple TV may be shipping soon. Several customers have noted charges made to their credit...