Archives for September 2010

New Jailbreak Exploit Working for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch 4G

Dev-Team Yesterday, @MuscledNerd (a Dev-Team member) tweeted that @pod2G had found a jailbreak exploit. Today MuscleNerd went on to say “tweet” that the exploit works on iOS 4.1. He also mentioned that the exploit not only works on the iPhone 4 but also the iPad and the iPod touch 4. So… hopefully we are getting closer to a jailbreak! @pod2g tweeted that there will be a demo available soon (which I was trying to hold out for) but I haven’t seen it yet. They did however post a wiki page for “SHAtter” – which I’m assuming is the name of the jailbreak. [Read more…]

iPad Commercial – iPad is Musical

Apple Apple has released a new iPad ad. The commercial is titled ‘iPad is Musical’. It highlights nine aspects of the iPad giving each a title; medical, live, musical, work, play, memories, social, magazines, and historic. Check it out below.
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iFixit’s iPod Touch 4th Generation Teardown (No Vibrate Motor)

iFixit Today iFixit released a teardown guide for the 4th Generation iPod touch. Yesterday in episode 18 of i101 we had mentioned that, according to Apple’s website, the 4th gen iPod touch was going to have a vibrate alert. Today that information is no longer on Apple’s website. It seems that Apple made a slight mistake saying that the 4th gen iPod touch would have a vibrate feature. This was further confirmed by iFixit’s teardown of the device in which they did not find a vibrate motor. Bummer Apple. You can view iFixit’s complete teardown guide HERE.
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LinkShrink – Quickly Shorten URLs

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

LinkShrink LinkShrink is an application that allows you to quickly shorten URLs. The app gives you the option to use one of four services to shorten your URL; TinyURL, is.gd, tr.im or rfly.me. Using the app is quick and easy… copy the URL you would like to shorten, open LinkShrink, paste your URL, choose your shortening service and click ‘Shorten URL.’ You are then able to copy the new shortened URL. The copied URL is put into your device’s clipboard and is ready to be pasted wherever you need it.
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iOS 4.1 Breaks Jailbreak and Unlock – via Dev-Team

Dev-Team Like most firmware updates… iOS 4.1 breaks the current jailbreak and unlock. This is especially true for unlockers due to the fact there there is no way to revert your baseband. I’m sure the guys over at the Dev-Team are working on updating the jailbreak. We will keep you informed on how they are doing. Below is what the Dev-Team has to say about upgrading to iOS 4.1.
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iOS 4.1 Now Available

iOS 4.1 It seems that iOS 4.1 has indeed been released today as speculated. Below is the change log for the new iOS. Some of the major features of the firmware include; Game Center, HDR Photography, iTunes TV show rentals and a bug fix for the iPhone 4 proximity sensor (which we know many will appreciate… including Doug’s grandpa!).
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i101 – Episode 18

Show Notes

Nike+ GPS – Now available without hardware for shoes, $1.99, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nike-gps/id387771637?mt=8
Xwave – Control your iPhone with your mind, $99.99 – http://www.plxwave.com/info.html
iPhone case tape cassette, $20 (available for the iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4) – http://www.worldwidefred.com/tunedup.htm
iOS 4.1 – http://www.apple.com/iphone/software-update/
iPod touch vibrate – http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features/accessibility.html
Mxtube – Download YouTube videos
Photo transfer app – added autodetect, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-transfer-app/id365152940?mt=8
Iconclasim – More rows and columns on your iPad

Brooke: QuickLock 2 – tap icon to lock device. Check out the written review HERE.

New Poll – Will you upgrade to the 4.1 firmware?

iOS 4.1 As we mention in episode 18 of i101… it is rumored that iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch is scheduled to be released tomorrow. What will you do?

Will you upgrade to iOS 4.1 when it's released?

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QuickLock 2: One-Tap Lock Mode

Available In: Cydia       Price: Free  

QuickLock 2 QuickLock 2 is a basically the original QuickLock mod updated for the iOS 4 firmware. Like the original, this mod allows you to quickly lock your device with one tap on your SpringBoard. Once the app is installed, it adds an icon to the SpringBoard. Just tap the icon and your device will go into lock mode. It’s quick and simple!
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Click That Blog Button!!

AIS Just in case some of you have missed it… we are now doing podcasts (I think that is what we are calling them!). Anyway, those of you from back-in-the-day probably remember iPhone 101 well, it has been renamed to i101 (I know, we are totally copying Apple), shortened and done more often. They will be similar to iPhone 101 in that we will do product reviews, app reviews, talk about app updates, stay up-to-date on jailbreak and unlock news, talk about general news… etc. Only, this time it will include the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad… hence i101. The episodes show up on the left side of the home page on under the ‘Featured Video’ section and in the blog… so, click that Blog button! We were out ‘n about over the Holiday week-end but, we are starting back up tonight! See you then!

PS. It also goes out on our facebook page.

~ Brooke

i101 – Episode 17

Two notes: One, our youngest is only 6 weeks and not 6 months. Also, not sure why we’re getting the buzzing sound when transitioning since we never got it before. We’ll work on that.

Show Notes

Simplenote – review, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplenote/id289429962?mt=8
Weather.com – contact list, hurricane, post to Facebook, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-weather-channel/id295646461?mt=8
Livecams – retina, pinch zoom, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/live-cams/id301058477?mt=8
Shazam – huge update, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shazam/id284993459?mt=8
QuadCamera – update: front facing camera, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quadcamera-multishot/id300911252?mt=8
Angry Birds – 15 new levels, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds/id343200656?mt=8

i101 – Episode 16

Show Notes

Twitter for iPad – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8
iSkin case iPhone 4 – http://www.iskin.com/iphone4/solo/
iSkin case iPad – http://www.iskin.com/ipad/duo/
Clean camera lens – Blurry photos? Clean your lens with your tshirt! Yay!

i101 – Episode 15

Apple iPhone SchoolHere’s the show notes from Episode 15. If you’d like to watch video of the entire announcement from Apple, here’s the link: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2010/

Show Notes

iOS 4.1
– proximity, faster 3G
HDR photos
– takes 3 pictures
Upload HD Video
TV show rentals
Game Center
– multiplayer games
iOS 4.1 Out Next week for iPhone and iPod touch next week [Read more…]

iPhone 101 Returns as i101

Apple iPhone SchoolSome of you may remember that we used to do a video podcast back in the day. Well we’ve decided to bring it back but renamed it i101! We’re planning on making it shorter and doing it more often. Here’s the latest episodes:

Episode 13

Episode 14