Saturday, December 31, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Fake Siri App Fools Android Users

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:49 AM PST

An app called “Siri for Android” sneaked into the Android Market this week, drawing attention to the downsides of Google’s strategy in running the Android Market. App publisher “Official App” released “Siri for Android” on earlier in the week, and … Continue reading


Apple TV Hacked to Run iOS Apps

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:59 PM PST

It has been disappointing to see that Apple has still not launched an App Store for the second generation Apple TV. While hackers had figured out a way to get a weather app to run successfully on a jailbroken Apple … Continue reading


Does This Samsung Galaxy Tab Ad Feel Like an Apple iPad Ad?

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:55 PM PST

There are a lot of examples where Samsung’s devices bear a resemblance to Apple’s iPhone and iPad. You can now add television commercials to that list as MacRumors has discovered a new Korean TV commercial of Samsung Galaxy Tab that mimics Apple’s iPad … Continue reading


Photo of iPad 3 Retina Display Leaked?

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:46 PM PST

MacRumors has the scoop on a picture that may be the iPad 3 display panel. Check out the pic after the break. MacRumors was tipped off about an image in a Korean forum post. While information on the image was … Continue reading


Best Buy Deal Alert: Buy iPhone 4 32GB And Get One Free Today & Tomorrow

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:42 AM PST

It looks like Best Buy didn’t clear its stock of 32GB iPhone 4 last weekend as the buy one 32 GB iPhone 4 and get one free offer is back. Best Buy is giving away a free 32 GB iPhone 4 if … Continue reading


Seas0nPass: Untethered Jailbreak For Apple TV 4.4.4 Released

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 10:57 AM PST

FireCore has released an updated version of their jailbreaking tool – Seas0nPass to support untethered jailbreak for Apple TV 4.4.4 software update for second generation Apple TV. Seas0nPass makes use of pod2G’s untethered jailbreak, which was also used by iPhone Dev team to … Continue reading


Apple Wanted to Make The iPhone Back in 1983

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 08:58 AM PST

This is really surprising: it seems Apple’s ambitions of entering the phone market dated back to the early days of Apple. Hartmut Esslinger, founder of design firm frog design, designed a touchscreen phone prototype for Apple while he was under … Continue reading


Lock Screen Weather: App Brings Weather Forecasts to Your iPhone’s Lock Screen Without Jailbreaking

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST

Until now if you wanted to see weather forecast on your iPhone’s lock screen you had to jailbreak your iPhone. However, Pavel Kozarek has managed to get his weather app aptly called Lock Screen Weather approved by Apple, which brings the … Continue reading