Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


iPad 2 Will Be Available Towards The End Of March?

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:12 PM PST

The New York Times and other publications are also reporting that 'people with knowledge of the matter' have told them Apple will unveil iPad 2 at a media event on March 2nd just as we had reported earlier today. 9 to 5 Mac reports that according to their source, Apple's second generation iPad will be [...]


How To Fix 1604, 1603, 1602, 1601, 1600 Error While Restoring Custom iOS 4.2.1 IPSW Firmware File Using iREB

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:45 PM PST

If you hit a 1604, 1603, 1602, 1601, 1600 error while trying to restore your iPhone with a custom iOS 4.2.1 firmware file created using Sn0wbreeze 2.2 for Windows or PwnageTool 4.2 for Mac then there is a way to bypass the error. iH8sn0w, developer of Sn0wbreeze has released a new version of iREB tool, [...]


Apple To Unveil iPad 2 On March 2nd?

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:56 AM PST

We had reported earlier today that UK carriers, T-Mobile and Orange have recently slashed prices of iPad 3G models, which indicated that iPad 2 launch was imminent. It looks like we were right as folks at All Things Digital have just reported that Apple may be planning to hold a media event on March 2nd [...]


Steve Jobs: New In-App Subscription Policy For Publishing Apps, Not SaaS Apps

Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:13 AM PST

Yesterday, we reported that Apple had rejected Readability's iOS application from the App Store as it did not offer in-app subscription option, which had raised concerns if this policy would be applicable to Software as a Service (SaaS) apps. Steve Jobs has apparently responded to a MacRumors reader to clarify that in-app subscriptions are only [...]


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


UK Carriers Slash iPad Prices; iPad 2 Launch Imminent?

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:45 PM PST

UK carriers, T-Mobile and Orange have recently slashed prices of iPad 3G models, which probably indicates that iPad 2 launch is imminent. Back in December 2010, UK carriers had started offering iPad 3G models at subsidized rates to customers willing to commit to a contract. The UK carriers are currently offering discounts to customers signing [...]


Apple Rejects Readability’s iOS App Due To Lack Of In-App Subscription Option

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 02:18 PM PST

Apple has just rejected Readability's iOS application from the App Store as it did not offer in-app subscription option. Readability is a service, which offers users a clutter and ad-free version of online content for easy reading for $5 per month. Readability in turn gives publishers in the user's reading list 70% of the membership [...]


iPad 2 Could Get Light Peak Port For High-Speed Media Transfers?

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:52 AM PST

Last week CNET reported that according to their source Apple is expected to introduce its Light Peak based connection technology soon. Light Peak is an optical cable interface devised by Apple and developed by Intel to connect devices, which is significantly faster than even USB 3.0. USB 3.0 which is 10 times faster than USB [...]


Monday, February 21, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Job Posting Sparks Speculation Of Apple Television

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST

According to a recent job listing for Apple, the company is looking for people to work on the next generation power supply technology. The job listing until a few hours ago read: "You will be part of pride developing innovative designs, which are implemented in products used by millions of people. The position primarily involves [...]


AT&T Enables Personal Mobile Hotspot Feature For iOS 4.3 Users

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 01:04 PM PST

When Verizon and Apple launched CDMA iPhone 4 – mobile hotspot feature, which allows users to use iPhone's data connection with up to 5 Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices was considered one of the major selling points. But iOS 4.3 beta 1 revealed that the personal mobile hotspot feature will be coming to GSM iPhone. Though [...]


Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Apple Patent Aims To Improve iPhone’s Battery Life

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST

Folks at AppleInsider have discovered an Apple patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this week, which reveals that Apple is working on ways to increase the capacity of rechargeable lithium batteries used in iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, MacBooks etc. The patent titled “Increasing Energy Density in Rechargeable Lithium Battery Cells” describes [...]


Sn0wbreeze 2.2: iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak Updated To Fix iBooks Issue Reported By Some Users

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 10:38 AM PST

iH8sn0w has released Sn0wbreeze 2.2r3 for Windows, which apparently uses a new method to fix the iBooks issue that we had reported earlier. iH8sn0w had released Sn0wbreeze 2.2 for Windows few days back, which allows users who want to jailbreak and also unlock their iPhone to update their iPhone with a pre-jailbroken iOS 4.2.1 firmware [...]


Saturday, February 19, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Apple Not Planning To Launch Smaller iPhone

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 01:32 PM PST

In the last few weeks, we've heard several rumors claiming that Apple is working on a smaller and cheaper iPhone model. In fact, Wall Street Journal who has a good track record when it comes to Apple related news had also confirmed that Apple is indeed working on a smaller and cheaper iPhone nano that [...]


Friday, February 18, 2011

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Latest from iPhoneHacks.com - The Ultimate iPhone Blog


Greenpois0n RC 6.1 Released To Fix iBooks Issue

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 12:35 AM PST

Chronic Dev Team has released an updated version of greenpois0n – greenpois0n RC6.1, which includes the fix for iBooks problem we reported few days back. Greenpois0n is an easy to use jailbreak tool that allows iPhone (including Verizon iPhone ), iPad and iPod Touch users to jailbreak iOS 4.2.1. The fix for iBooks was earlier [...]


Verizon iPhone Unlocked To Work On China Telecom’s CDMA Network

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 02:54 PM PST

Wall Street Journal reports that the CDMA iPhone, which Apple and Verizon started selling last week has been successfully unlocked to work on China Telecom's CDMA network. An employee of Guangdong branch of China Telecom claimed that "CDMA iPhone 4 has made its first call in China without a hitch" . WSJ reports: A post signed [...]


Apple Reveals More Differences Between GSM iPhone And CDMA iPhone

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 01:38 PM PST

I guess everyone knows by now that Verizon iPhone does not allow simultaneous voice and data transfer (over 3G). However, Apple has recently published the difference between AT&T's GSM iPhone 4 and Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 in a Knowledge Base article, which explains how some minor features such as call forwarding, call waiting, caller id, [...]