Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


AT&T’s CEO Says T-Mobile Deal Will Help In Improving Service For iPhone Customers

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:58 PM PDT

AT&T's Randall Stephenson said that acquiring T-Mobile will boost network capacity and improve service for devices such as iPhone. When AT&T announced that it will be acquiring T-Mobile USA, we had also mentioned that the acquisition should help in AT&T and T-Mobile to improve the voice quality thanks to the increased cell tower density and [...]


Microsoft Exec: Tablets Like Apple’s iPad May Be Just A Fad

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:13 PM PDT

Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie recently said at a lunch held in Sydney by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) that he did not know whether tablets like the iPad would “remain with us or not”. He sees the smartphones as the successor to the PC rather than tablets like [...]


Miniot’s iPad 2 Cover Merges Apple’s Smart Cover Design With Wood

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:54 AM PDT

The coolest thing that Apple unveiled at the 'Come See What 2011 Will Be Year Of' event was the iPad Smart Cover and not the iPad 2 as we more or less expected the new features and improvements based on the rumors and speculations. Apple say that it's not just smart, it's genius and we completely [...]


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


iPad 2 Jailbreak Vulnerability Fixed In iOS 4.3.1

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:11 PM PDT

We had heard rumors that one of the reasons Apple was planning to release iOS 4.3.1 was to fix the iPad 2 jailbreak vulnerability in iOS 4.3. It looks like the rumors were accurate as Comex has revealed that Apple has patched the vulnerability in iPad 2 in iOS 4.3.1 released few days back. Comex [...]


Siri’s Artificial Intelligence and Assistance Technology Could Be Deeply Integrated Into iOS 5

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT

We were quite excited when Apple acquired Siri last year. Siri was a young startup that had launched a personal assistant app, which was quite popular on the App Store. TechCrunch reports that according to their sources Siri's artificial intelligence and assistance technology has been "deeply integrated" into iOS 5, which will be unveiled at WWDC [...]


Amazon Launches Cloud-Based Storage And Music Player But Doesn’t Work On iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:09 PM PDT

We had heard some rumors that Amazon was planning to release its own digital locker but it surprised us by launching cloud-based services and probably shocked competitors like Apple and Google, who are also rumored to be working on launching similar cloud-based services. Amazon Cloud Drive will allows users to store music and other digital [...]


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Untethered Jailbreak For iOS 4.3.1 In Beta

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Stefan Esser, iPhone hacking expert has published a YouTube video, which shows an untethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak running on his iPod Touch 4G. He had also posted a video to show an untethered iOS 4.3 jailbreak running on his iPad couple of weeks back. Sn0wbreeze for Windows and PwnageTool for Mac with custom bundles can [...]


Sn0wbreeze 2.4 Beta 1: Tethered Jailbreak For iOS 4.3.1 For iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Released

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:14 PM PDT

iH8sn0w has released Sn0wbreeze 2.4 beta 1 for Windows, which allows users who want to jailbreak and also unlock their iPhone to update their iPhone with a pre-jailbroken iOS 4.3.1 firmware while preserving the baseband from getting upgraded so that it can be unlocked using Ultrasn0w. Sn0wbreeze is considered as the unofficial PwnageTool for Windows. [...]


Apple May Not Unveil iPhone 5 At WWDC 2011?

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Apple announced that it will unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS X at the WorldWide Developer Conference 2011 to be held from June 6th to June 10th. However, since it did not mention anything about the next generation iPhone, it is being widely speculated that Apple may not launch iPhone 5 this summer. [...]


Apple To Unveil iOS 5 On June 6th At WWDC 2011

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Apple has announced that the WorldWide Developer Conference 2011 will be held from June 6th to June 10th at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco. As rumored, Apple has revealed that it will unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS X at the event. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide [...]


Monday, March 28, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


iPhone 5 Rumors Roundup – What To Expect? [Infographic]

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:11 PM PDT

We've already heard several rumors and speculations about Apple's fifth generation iPhone – iPhone 5, which is expected to be launched this summer. Folks at French blog – NoWhereElse have created a neat infographic of all the iPhone 5 rumors and speculations. The infographic also includes the likelihood (in percentage) of these features actually making [...]


Gevey SIM Unlocks iPhone 4 Including iOS 4.3.1, iOS 4.3 Baseband 04.10.01 But It’s Illegal

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:32 AM PDT

If you've been eagerly waiting for iPhone Dev Team to release a software solution to unlock your iPhone then may have also heard about a SIM card hack called Gevey SIM. Gevey SIM Interproser doesn’t need users to jailbreak their iPhone but works by forcing the activation of the baseband using the emergency dialer. It [...]


Sunday, March 27, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


iOS 5 Launch May Be Delayed: Will Be Previewed At WWDC, Released This Fall?

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:33 AM PDT

We were expecting Apple to unveil its next generation iOS – iOS 5 at a special event early next month, followed by the public release in June. However, TechCrunch reports that according to "two solid sources", iOS 5 will be unveiled at the WorldWide Developer Conference 2011 in June and released only in fall. MG [...]


TinyUmbrella Updated To Support iOS 4.3.1

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PDT

A new version of TinyUmbrella, the tool that allows you to take backups of SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) has just been released to support iOS 4.3.1. TinyUmbrella also protects iPhone 4 from baseband updates. Apple released iOS 4.3.1 yesterday, which includes improvements and bug fixes. The backed up SHSH blobs (ECID SHSH) are required if you want [...]


iPad 2 Launch In London Greeted With Very Long Lines

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:22 PM PDT

There were long lines outside Apple stores when iPad 2 was launched in the US, especially outside Apple's flagship Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, but we've never seen a line as long as the one seen outside Apple's Regent Street store in London for the iPad 2 launch yesterday. Fortune reports that [...]


Cydia 1.1 Released: Slimmer, Faster And More Stable

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 07:29 AM PDT

Jay Freeman aka Saurik, developer of Cydia – – the unofficial App Store for jailbreak apps has just released Cydia 1.1, which is faster, slimmer and more stable. It also includes improved search algorithm and will allow users to resume from where they left off. Saurik had recently improved the performance of Cydia by switching [...]


Apple Airs Two New ‘If You Don’t Have An iPhone’ TV Ads

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:44 AM PDT

Apple has started airing two new "if you don't have an iPhone" iPhone TV ads. The ads highlight what users are missing "if they don't have an iPhone" such as the gorgeous Retina Display and Game Center. Last week, Apple had started airing ads to highlight the App Store, iBooks and iTunes. All the ads end [...]