Friday, September 2, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Apple Employee Loses Unreleased iPhone Prototype

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:34 AM PDT

CNET reported yesterday that an Apple employee has lost another iPhone prototype in late July in a bar called Cava 22, a Mexican restaurant and bar in San Francisco. You may remember that iPhone 4 prototype was also infamously lost in a bar last year, which ended up with Gizmodo, who published detailed pictures of [...]


New iPad 2 Ad: “iPad Is A Great New Way To Learn”

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Apple has released a new iPad 2 commercial on its website and YouTube channel. The commercial dubbed "Learn" highlights how the iPad can be used to learn new things like a new language, etc. The ad showcases iPad apps - TED, Chinagram, iBooks,  Skeleton Systems Pro II, Star Walk, a chess application (we couldn’t figure out which one), GarageBand, Math Board etc. The [...]


Apple Removes iCloud Music Streaming In iOS 5 Beta 7

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:34 AM PDT

Ever since Apple released iTunes Match beta to developers earlier in the week, there has been a lot of debate about whether iTunes in the Cloud supports music streaming as even though a video walkthrough of the feature suggested that it supported streaming, Apple insisted that iCloud does not stream music. According to Apple, what [...]


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog

Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


iOS 5 Beta 7 For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch Seeded To Developers

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:46 PM PDT

Apple has just released the seventh version of iOS 5 (build 9a5313e) to developers of iOS Developer program. iOS 5 beta 7 is available for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPod Touch 3rd generation, iPad and iPad 2. Apple unveiled iOS 5 at WWDC 2011 Keynote, which includes more than 200 features for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users such as revamped Notification system with Notification Center, iMessage, PC Free, [...]


Apple’s Photo Stream Feature Confirms Redesigned iPhone 5 With Larger Screen, Rectangular Home Button? [Updated]

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:06 PM PDT

9 to 5 Mac has discovered an icon in the new PhotoStream feature in iPhoto 9.2 beta, which appears to be an iPhone icon, but it doesn’t look like iPhone 4. Interestingly, it looks more like the rumored redesigned iPhone 5 with a larger screen and rectangular home button. We've heard conflicting reports about next generation [...]


U.S. Government Files Antitrust Complaint To Block AT&T From Acquiring T-Mobile USA

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Bloomberg has just reported that U.S government has filed an antitrust complaint to block AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile USA. AT&T – the largest carrier in the US had announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA – fourth largest carrier for a whopping $39 billion in stock and cash. Bloomberg reports: "AT&T's elimination of T-Mobile as an [...]


Purported iPhone 4S Casing Compared With GSM And CDMA iPhone 4

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:55 AM PDT

Last week, photos of the purported iPhone 4S casing suggested that the rumored iPhone 4S will come with some minor changes to the antenna system, but it was only partially visible. MacRumors reports that they’ve received photos from some of their readers (via Ideal-Case.com), which appears to be the casing of rumored iPhone 4S, which give [...]


Financial Times Apps Booted From The App Store For Non-Compliance With In-App Subscription Policy

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:31 AM PDT

While publications like WSJ and The New York Times have either complied to Apple’s In-App Subscription policies or devised clever workarounds, The Financial Times refused to take any of these measures, which is why Apple has removed the app from the App Store, two months after its 30th June deadline. All In-App Subscriptions going through [...]