Apple has just released the Beta 2 version of iPhone OS 4 for developers, along with an updated version of SDK for iPhone and iPod touch. Only members enrolled in the iPhone Developer Standard or Enterprise Program can access these bits of iPhone OS 4 and SDK by signing into Apple Developer Connection.
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We all saw this coming didn't we? Apple apparently has sent an official letter to Gawker Media – the company which runs Gizmodo blog, requesting them to return their “secret” handset. The letter was signed by Bruce Sewell, the Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Apple Inc and can be seen as attached below.
The next-generation iPhone is expected to be unveiled in June at WWDC 2010 which will be held at Mascone Center in San Francisco. The real deal as we informed you earlier, has already been leaked in the wild.
It now seems like the new iPhone which Engadget got hold of from a bar in San Jose, California was indeed the real deal. Another gadget blog Gizmodo has now got their hands on the handset which they are said to have found from a bar in Redwood City. While we cant say for sure that this is the final design that Apple has zeroed upon, but the likelihood of this being the next-iPhone seems very high now as also confirmed by Apple critic John Gruber of Daring Fireball.
Earlier today, we informed you about a possible iPhone 4G/HD prototype which Engadget got hold of from the floor of a bar in San Jose, California. Later, MacRumors deemed them as fake, pointing towards a similar looking Japanese counterfeit product.
The hacker/dev behind Sn0wbreeze, F0recast and BlackBreeze has just published a new video which shows off an iPod touch 2G, jailbroken on the newly released iPhone OS 4 Beta. He is said to be working on a bundle for iPod touch 2G and iPhone 3GS, which can be used with PwnageTool to jailbreak the said iPhone and iPod touch on the latest firmware. Video after the jump.
MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev-Team has just posted about an update of Redsn0w which fixes SMS and data issues that some of you may be having with iPhone OS 4 jailbreak. Official change log of Redsn0w 0.9.5b2 is as follows.
Now that we have a jailbreak (developers only) for iPhone OS 4 Beta, and an upgraded version of Fuzzyband (Baseband downgrader). Technically, iPhone 3G can now be unlocked on the latest iPhone OS 4 Beta, provided that you have one of those rare iPhone 3G’s with 05.08 bootloader that is downgradable to 05.13.03 baseband of OS 4 to 04.26.08 so that ultrasn0w can unlock it.
Similar to the hack which enabled multitasking on iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G running iPhone OS 4 Beta, the following step by step instructions will help you enable Wallpapers support which like multitasking, was locked down by Apple for the mentioned devices. You will need to be jailbroken on iPhone OS 4.0 before you follow the steps below.
The iPhone Dev-Team is back! They have just released a test version of redsn0w 0.9.5 (Mac only for now) to jailbreak the latest iPhone OS 4 Beta. This release is targeted towards developers only to help them upgrade their existing app on Cydia for this upcoming latest firmware.
