The new updated version 1.1 of Apple Store app for iOS brings a new feature which allows you to reserve products for pickup at an Apple Retail Store. Surprisingly, this also brings the ability to reserve a white iPhone 4 in both 16 and 32GB flavors.
We all have different reasons for hiding something. When it comes to hiding digital secrets, we use software called “folder lockers” / “encryption software” which password-protect (+encrypt) the “secrets” so that you, and only you can access them after entering the password. A good example of such kind of software is “Folder Lock” (Windows) and for iOS: Private Area.
Folks at MacRumors Forums have found a major security flaw in iOS 4.1 which allows you to make phone calls even when phone is locked.
VideoLAN’s VLC Media Player is the media player for the desktop. It plays virtually any file format you throw at it and does so with splendid ease. That very same kind of ease came to iOS first in the form Applidium’s VLC Media Player for iPad and the app has now (finally) landed on iPod touch and iPhone.
Both the iPhone and Chronic Dev Teams have confirmed that their respective jailbreaking tools, Redsn0w and GreenPois0n are going open source, which means that the entire source code of the mentioned tools will be available to public for free. You can then use the source code to modify the tool to your own liking, or even improve it for the betterment of the jailbreaking community.
iGotYa is a new app available on Cydia which allows you to find out who was last trying to use your iPhone when you were away, or sleeping. Here is how it works.
After releasing PwnageTool 4.1.1 yesterday, the iPhone Dev Team today has silently updated PwnageTool to 4.1.2 to fix jailbreaking issues for OS X 1.5.x Leopard users. Again, as far as the jailbreak, compatibility and the exploit is concerned, this release offers nothing new except for this bug fix.
The first third party app for Apple TV 2G, NitoTV is now available for download. It currently offers Weather and RSS functionality but the developers have promised more features in the next version.
Firmware Changer Can Change Your Firmware Version to iOS 4.1 Without Updating on iPhone / iPod touch
If, for whatever purpose, you want to make your iOS device look like it’s on iOS 4.1 (or another version) when, in fact, it’s on an older version, then you can use Firmware Changer to do just that without digging into complicated .plist files.
This is our 2nd Obama-related post of the day, but hey: it’s not everyday you see the American president sign an iPad, right? Sylvester Cann (the dude holding the iPad) writes the following.
