The loyal and devoted jailbreak community has become used to being involved in numerous roller coaster rides when it comes to new devices and software being released and the pursuit of a jailbreak, after all, isn't the chase all part of the fun and the thrill of the ride? I came pretty quickly to the realization in my life that everything worth doing or achieving is worth waiting and working for. A victory which is handed to you without any fight or passion expended cannot be classed as a victory at all, in my opinion.
The nine day wait which Apple imposed upon us at the media event in San Francisco is finally over, with buyers all over the world taking deliveries of their iPad pre-orders, as well as Apple Stores serving customer after customer as the new iPad flies off the shelves. We will need to wait a while until the sales numbers are released so we can see just how successful the new iPad is in the early stages of availability, but all experts predict that the third-generation iPad will break all records.
On a day that will undoubtedly be dominated by those keenest of early-adopters, the iPhone Dev-Team has assessed the jailbreaking prospects of the third-gen iPad, and concluded that the mountain may not be that steep to scale.
It is becoming increasingly common that iPhone and iPad owners who use the App Store on a regular basis may have more than one Apple iTunes account through which they purchase and download apps. This could be for a number of reasons including holding separate accounts after emigrating to a new country, holding different IDs for the purchase of different accounts or merely just because it's a free world and people can do whatever they wish.
For those among us who are Mac OS X users, you will no doubt be familiar with the Growl notification service. Growl is described as the ultimate notification service for OS X and is by far one of the easiest methods available for keeping in touch with installed applications, and any messages or alerts that they may give. Different users appreciate the simplicity of Growl for a number of reasons, with one of the main ones being that it works right out of the box and doesn't have any complicated setup procedures. Applications that are Growl compatible will simply just work with the system without any fuss.
The army of Cydia devotees had to wait quite a while for iOS 5 to be jailbroken. Thanks to a collaborative effort from some of the most talented developers in the game, the A4 jailbreak in December was closely followed a couple of weeks later by the Absinthe, A5 jailbreak for the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S.
Seven days after the special press event in San Francisco where the iPad 3 was unveiled, the reviews have began pouring in. With the embargo lifted, various top tech and general news sites have unleashed their hands-on opinions on the device, and we have a roundup of the top reviews from the tech pundits we know and love right here.
I wouldn't like to think how many presses, taps and clicks the 'track shipment' option on Apple's website and official app have notched up in the last few days from users who are desperate to find out where their new iPad is. The fact that Apple decided to allow customers to put through pre-orders for this new product launch means that email inboxes lit up all over the world at the beginning of the week with order progress updates advising that the order has been shipped by the company. Unfortunately for excited consumers, it seems that Apple had advised the delivery companies to hold onto the shipments and try their very hardest to make sure they were delivered on the official launch date this Friday.
As well as the obvious introduction of the new iPad, Apple also made what many deemed as a statement of intent towards eventual connected TV by introducing an updated Apple TV device.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week, you'll certainly have heard that Apple has showcased the latest addition to its iPad family - set to release at 8AM this Friday.
