Tag Archives: iPhone News

Apple Releases iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 5 for iPad

Apple has released iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 5 for iPad via the Phone Dev Center. This time Apple didn’t follow their bi-weekly revisions habit and released the 5th beta of iPad SDK 3.2 8 days after the previous release.

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:

Saurik Updates Cydia: Speed Increase and Error Handling

Saurik has updated the Cydia with a new version of APT which has an optimized cache generator, improves Cydia performance and has become more error tolerant in repository parsing.

All WiFi Detecting Apps Pulled from App Store

Apple has reportedly removed all the nearby WiFi networks detecting apps for iPhone and iPod Touch from the App Store. The WiFi detecting apps include WiFiTrack, WiFiFoFum, yFy Network Finder, WiFi Get, WiFi-Where, eWifi, and WiFi Analyzer.

Apple Discovers Child Labor In iPhone/iPod Manufacturing

iPhone is really a revolutionary device and new iPhone users are often told that it’s simple enough for a child to use. Apple’s annual supplier report reveals that iPhone/iPod is also easy to build for a child as Apple found about 11 minors working in factories that manufacture their products.

Steve Jobs Still Using iPhone OS 3.1.2?

After the strong recommendation from the Dev-Team, here’s another reason not to update to OS 3.1.3; The header of an email sent to Macsoda by Steve Jobs shows that Steve is still using iPhone OS 3.1.2.
Macsoda sent an email concerning the future of Final Cut Pro because Apple recently fired 40 employees from the Final [...]

Scribd Goes Mobile, Sharing Feature for iPhone

Scribd, a very popular document-sharing social network, has introduced a “send-to-device” feature which will enable users to send documents to their iPhone or e-readers when away from home or otherwise on the go.
If you do not know, Scribd is a very popular document-sharing social network that connects about ten million documents with a large [...]

GeoHot Has an Exploit to Unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01

A few days earlier, we reported that Shref_Hashim found an exploit to unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 and handed it over to the Dev-Team. Later Musclenerd confirmed it as a promising exploit.
Here’s an exiting news for all those who lost their unlock due to updating their iPhone firmware to OS 3.1.3. GeoHot, the first unlocker of [...]

Google Acquires reMail iPhone App

Google has acquired the reMail iPhone app and the developer is joining the Google after discontinuing the iPhone app.
“I’m thrilled to announce that Google has acquired reMail! I will be joining Google in Mountain View as a Product Manager on the Gmail team.”
reMail is an application on your phone. reMail downloads email directly from your [...]

Infiniboard: Vertical Icons Scrolling Tweak for iPhone and iPod Touch

The developer of the popular iPhone tweaks like Proswitcher and Infinidock for jailbreak community has come up with another sweet tweak for jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch. This new (still unnamed) tweak will enable vertical icons scrolling on iPhone and iPod Touch.
The vertical icon scrolling tweak is in private beta testing now. More open beta [...]

iPhone OS 3.1.3 Update Now Free for iPod Touch Users?

It’s a good news for iPod Touch users that Apple has eliminated the price tag and has started offering iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware update to older iPod Touch users for FREE!
Tracy Erickson of PocketGamer reports:
“Syncing a second generation iPod touch today with an older version of the software prompted me to accept the free upgrade. [...]

Exploit to Unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01 Found (Not by GeoHot)

Just a week after the release of iPhone OS 3.1.3, an Exploit has been found to unlock iPhone Baseband 05.12.01. The exploit is neither found by GeoHot nor the Dev-Team but sherif_hashim.
iPhone firmware 3.1.3 resulted in upgrading iPhone 3GS and 3G baseband to 05.12.01 which is not unlockable at the moment hence a lot of [...]

iTunes Preview Let You Preview iPhone Apps In Your Browser

Now you can preview iPhone/iPod Touch applications, thanks to the iTunes Preview feature.
Apple launched the iTunes Preview feature in November 2009 which let you see what music is available on iTunes from your Web browser without installing desktop application. This morning, Apple activated the iTunes Preview feature for iPhone / iPod Touch applications in addition.

ATTENTION: Apple Stopped Signing iPhone Firmware 3.1.2

Apple has stopped signing iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware from today. So, from today, all those iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G users who did not store their TSS for OS 3.1.2 via Cydia cannot restore OS 3.1.2 or older firmware. From now on, all these users will be forced to restore to latest OS 3.1.3.
If [...]

GeoHot: No Solution For Firmware 3.1.3 On Newer Devices Or Baseband 05.12.01

This is what GeoHot has tweeted after the release of new iPhone OS 3.1.3:
“There is no solution for 3.1.3 on newer devices or 05.12.01 There is no untethered jailbreak. I don’t know if/when these things will exist.”
Means GeoHot is not working on firmware 3.1.3 jailbreak/unlock. Indeed a sad news for all those who rushed to [...]

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