Archive for 2010

Geohot has recently announced he updated his BlackRa1n jailbreak and now it supports the iPad. There is still no information about the release date, but his images above show that BlackRa1n and Cydia have been installed successfully and that the iPad can be booted in a verbose mode.

Twitter-user named @cdevwill claims multi-tasking can be enabled on the iPhone 3G (and that means it can be used for every device with iPhone OS 3) just by setting a TRUE-flag in the capabilities list.

Some people are not surprised of this, because obviously Apple turned this function off to increase the battery line. But the way of turning multi-tasking on looks way too simple, don't you think?

Now developers can download the beta version of iPhone OS 4.0 from the Apple Developer Connection. Both the SDK and firmware for every version of iPod Touch and iPhone are available.

Note: it is rumored that the iPhone OS 4.0 cannot be installed on iPod Touch 3G 32 GB version. Developers that tried to load the OS after its installing complain they got an error message:

"The iPod could not be restored. This device isn't eligible for the requested build".

Somebody named EthanIn1970 released a video of how multi-tasking works in iPhone OS 4.0. It looks the same way as was showed on today's event, so the material must be trustworthy. As we see, the special multi-tasking dock can be opened with a double-tap on Home button.

Apple's iPhone OS 4 event ended just few hours ago and now we finally have fresh information about the upcoming operational system.

So the main idea claimed by Jobs was that it has seven tent poles. Here they are:

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Apple has released a new iPhone ad called "Shopper". The ad features only one actual app from the App Store, RedLaser ($1.99, iTunes link):

Would you like to have Apple iPad in a car dashboard? Here's a quick video demo how to do it:

Apple today posted a new iPhone ad called concert:

Here are free apps presented in this video:

- Shazam (Free)
- Local Concerts (Free)

Senior editor of PCWorld Tim Moynihan decided to test the iPad's durability. The results are not so good - the device can be heavily damaged with a few drops on the floor, also it is not water-resistible. If compared to the iPad the iPhone looks more durable. Let's watch the video for details:

Apple has created a special version of the App Store for the iPad. Now you can choose what App Store you prefer by switching the toggle at the top of the page, so there is no problem with iPad and iPhone apps distinguishing anymore.

The iPad is finally released and every known web-resource writes about how cool it is. But Tom Dickinson can prove it's not. His work is to check will his BlendTec device blend the iPad into dust or not. Let's watch:

To tak a look at other Will It Blend videos click here.

Yesterday Apple announced it will introduce iPhone OS 4.0 at 10 a.m. on April, 8. The company had already sent invitations for the event, which will be held at the Cupertino campus.

The new verison of OS is rumored to have full multitasking support. Current 3.1.3 version allows only Apple-developed applications running in the background. Some sources have additional information about better app management, landscape mode and a new home screen.

Released on April, 3 the iPad runs an iPhone OS 3.2, which is only compatible with the new device.

That didn't take long. In less than 24 hours hackers managed to jailbreak Apple iPad, to get a root access to a file system. The first video of a jailbreaked iPad was recently published by Musclenerd, famous hacker from DevTeam. This was a team work of Musclenerd, chronicdevteam, comex and chpwn.

Watch the video:

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BoyGeniusReport reports some interesting information about future Apple devices. The following references were found while digging inside the iPad's file system:

These are the references to new iPhones (iPhone3,1 iPhone3,2 and iPhone3,3), new iPod (iPod4,1) and the next iPad (iProd2,1). New iPhone is expected to be released this summer, probably in June-July. The other devices' release date is unknown.

Apple has released the final version of iPhone SDK 3.2 for developers. It can be downloaded here. However this is for iPad only. iPhone OS 3.2 will not work with iPhone or iPod Touch right now. Here is an official note from Apple:

Hopefully Apple will release the new SDK and firmware for iPhone and iPod Touch soon.