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Amazing Typing Speed of 83WPM on iPhone [Video]

An iPhone typist types at an amazing rate of 83 WPM (Words per minute) on the iPhone. In this test, he used an app named iTextSpeed to count test his typing speed.
With such insane speed on iPhone, this guy got to be one of the fastest iPhone typists in the world. He has submitted [...]

Springboard Rotator: Rotates Springboard icons [Video]

Here comes another jailbroken iPhone tweak called Springboard Rotator. The Springboard Rotator enables your iPhone/iPod touch icons to rotate around. You can see the SpringBoard with icons in LandScape and Portrait view, depending on the orientation of your device!

Infiniboard 1.1.2 for iPhone, iPod Touch Adds Overboard support

Infiniboard, vertical icon scrolling tweak for iPhone by chpwn has been updated to version 1.1.2 and now supports Overboard (Springboard Expose).
Infiniboard let you vertically scroll your home screen pages. Using Infiniboard you can add as many icons as you want on each page, and access them through a flick up and down.

50,000 iPad Orders Placed in First Two Hours?

Now that Apple has started accepting iPad Pre-orders a few hours ago, analysts are watching closely for any sign of iPad Sales graph. Engadget came to a report which suggests that Apple is receiving iPad orders at a rate of somewhere near 20,000 orders per hour. The source estimated this sales figure by placing two [...]

Pre-order Your iPad Now!

Finally, the iPad pre-orders are live. Yes! it’s the day to pre-order an iPad but you won’t be taking home an iPad today.
Apple has started accepting iPad Pre-orders in the U.S. Apple Store. U.S. customers can pre-order any of Apple’s six iPad models (3 Wi-Fi and 3 Wi-Fi + 3G) beginning today. WiFi only models [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Coming to iPhone and iPod Touch

EA Mobile has announced 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa for the iPhone and iPod Touch. FIFA World Cup 2010 game will hit the appstore next month, According to PocketGamer.
The guy at pocket gamer got a chance of a thorough hands-on with the game during an event at GDC showcasing the upcoming EA Sports line [...]

f0recast Jailbreak Info Tool For iPhone/iPod Touch Goes 1.1

F0recast, a jailbreak assisting tool has been updated to v1.1.
f0recast is a little tool that not only gives you the connected iPhone/iPod Touch info but also suggest you the right jailbreak tool like RedSn0w, PwnageTool, Sn0wBreeze, BlackRa1n etc for your iPhone/iPod Touch.

iPad Preorders Begin March 12th, 5:30am PST

Apple will start iPad preorders from Friday, March 12th, at 5:30am PST (8:30am EST). TUAW received this iPad Preorders info from an Apple rep:
Customers can pre-order online at apple.com at 5:30am Pacific time on Friday, March 12.

Multitasking Coming to iPhone in iPhone OS 4.0?

Developers kept on digging into latest iPhone SDk 3.2 for iPad and have found new references to multitasking.
Al named guy found the following mention of a “multitasking dialog box” in the latest SDK:

New iPad SDK Removes Video Chat References

With the release of the new iPad SDK 3.2 Beta 4, many developer has started digging into it to find out what’s new in it.
9to5mac reports that the video chat references found in the previous SDK release are no more there in the latest iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4. With the references found in the [...]

Two New Gestures Coming to iPhone/iPad: Triple Tap and Long Press?

While digging deep into the latest iPad SDK 3.2 beta 4, 9to5mac found two new touch commands for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. These new commands in the gestures folder of the iPhone 3.2 Beta 4 SDK.
In the gestures folder, you’ll see two new types of commands (3Tap.plist and LongPress.plist) that are certainly not implemented in [...]

iDongle: Standalone Tethered Boot for Jailbroken iDevice

If you have an iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G or 2G and have jailbroken it on OS 3.1.2 then you would be familiar with the term tethered jailbreak.
In case you don’t know, tethered jailbreak means whenever you reboot a tethered jailbroken device it asks for a restore and stucks at connect to iTunes screen. The [...]

Verizon Wants to Sell MiFi Data Plans to the iPad Owners

Verizon wants you to buy WiFi only iPad because they plans to sell you MiFi Data plans for internet access on the go against AT&T’s 3G service on iPad 3G+WiFi.
You’ll surely save $130 when you go for iPad WiFi only as compared to iPad WiFi+3G, sounds good.. but would you be convinced with a 5GB [...]

Street Fighter IV for iPhone Hits the AppStore

Capcom has released their eagerly anticipated Street Fighter IV for iPhone into the AppStore. A few days ago Capcom has released the first trailer of Street Fighter 4.
Street Fighter IV features 8 warriors and 7 different environments. Street Fighter 4 for iPhone/iPod Touch also supports Muliplayer so you can enjoy head-to-head arcade play over Bluetooth.
Street [...]

The Secrets of The First iPad Ad [Video]

Watched the apple iPad ad aired during the oscars? Everything was so fast that you couldn’t even tell if the machine in the video was an iPad or a black photoframe. Someone at NeilCurtis.com has taken the iPad commercial aired during Oscars and clarified it.
The iPad Ad is slowed down to 15% speed to give [...]

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