Corona has offered the untethered function to tethered jailbreaks for a short while now and is being updated rather frequently because it can be used as a simple fix in the future to turn a tethered jailbreak untethered. Cydia’s Jay Freeman (Saurik) announced the update of Corona to version 1.0-5 after it had been updated [...]
A MacRumors tipster pointed them to a Korean forum that after registration led them to images claimed to be of the iPad 3 display. There is little information leading us to believe it is actually the iPad 3 display, but cable connections on the display vary from those on the iPad 2 display as pictured [...]
There has been much talk about @pod2g and his untethered jailbreak expedition for iOS 5.0.1 and when an iPhone 4S jailbreak will become available. As of today, @pod2g has released an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 that works for non-A5 devices. A list of compatible devices plus instructions can be found below: The untether is [...]
Lava is as much mesmerizing as the engineering of the iPad 2, but when the natural and man-made marvels collide there is destruction, destruction of the iPad 2 that is. Watch as Tim Angel of ZooGue dips his iPad 2 in lava and brings fire to Apple’s best-selling tablet yet.
It seems that Apple Inc. know how the rumour mill operates. Recently, iOS 5.1 beta 1 was released to Developers for testing, and several bloggers discovered that it contained hidden references to as-yet-unreleased Apple products. Within the past 24-hours, iOS 5.1. beta 2 has been released to Developers, and Apple Inc., knowing how the rumour [...]
According to famed iOS hacker “pod2g” it is now safe to update iOS on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to 5.0.1, as his unreleased untethered exploit remains in the updated OS. According to his tweet, pod2g was successfully able to apply the jailbreak untethered to an iPhone 4 running iOS 5.0.1, iPhone users who [...]
Almost making it through the day, iTether caught a stroke of bad luck and was taken down by Apple. iTether remained up for about 24 hours, a short-lived existence compared to standard applications, but its life was long when measured against similar apps that made their way into the App Store in the past. If [...]
Apple is very strict with app approval for their App Store, recently halting approval of the all-famous fart replicant applications. They have tracked down apps that perform a tethering function and have removed them if ever approved, the main reason being Apple’s tie with carriers. AT&T has even found out a way to charge users [...]
In 1990, HP acquired the patent for a 3-ring tablet styled portable computing device that had means for transport of the device in a 3-ring binder to optimize portability and security. The patented device was,”especially designed for the scientist, educator or business person who requires a computer which is extremely easy to transport in a safe and [...]
In the first beta of iOS 5 there was an Android-style text correction and recommendation tool, which was, later, removed from future betas. We thought it was removed, but was it really? 9to5Mac correspondent Sonny Dickson discovered that the function is still included in iOS 5 and can be enabled with the following steps: Download [...]
The iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch are all able to download apps from the Apple App Store but unless jailbroken no other sources are allowed for application download. The reason for this is because applications from other sources can have malicious contents such as Trojan Horse viruses which are a huge threat to devices running [...]
We don’t hear of it often, though Apple is very involved in many lawsuits mainly with Samsung, but Apple is still mortal and they have been defeated in a lawsuit at the sword of Spanish firm Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá. The lawsuit was concerning the company’s NT-K Android tablet which was planned to hit Spanish markets [...]
Apple’s iPhone 4S has experienced the worst effects of an iOS 5 battery bug, one that has driven away some, but not many potential buyers. The update also includes support for multitasking gestures on the original iPad, something that was unexpectedly withdrawn from the iOS 5 launch in previous weeks. A full list of changes in iOS [...]
Readers of 9to5Mac have recently found one of the biggest and perhaps most dangerous bugs in iOS 5 yet- a security hole that involves your iPad 2 and a Smart Cover. The hole allows anyone with a Smart Cover to access information in your password-protected iPad 2, which basically defeats the purpose of having a [...]