If you’re familiar with iOS and iOS devices, you’re likely looking forward to iOS 5, the upcoming release of Apple’s mobile operating system. Some users were so eager to try out the new operating system that they resorted to download the OS without Apple’s permission. The company’s response to those users is “we’re after you”.
With any modern version of iOS, in order to downgrade a device to a previous version of the system, users must have a backed up SHSH blob of the version they’re trying to upgrade/downgrade to, otherwise the process will just fail. This is done to protect devices from vulnerabilities present in earlier versions of iOS but it also stops jailbreakers from applying tweaks that might not be available on the current iOS.
Today, two well-known members of the jailbreak community won awards for very different kind of work. Comex, the developer of the well-known JailbreakMe 3.0, has earned an Pwnie Award for discovering such an exploitable vulnerability. George Hotz, the man who first unlocked the original iPhone back in 2007, won a very different kind of prize: read on!
If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’re probably aware of Skype for iPad which made its way to the App Store yesterday. While rather full-featured, many users might be wondering how to record calls using this service, since no specific tool for this purpose is currently available. It turns out it’s rather simple, even obvious. Curious? Read on.
Those with jailbroken iDevices far and wide rely on the innovative geniuses that make up the hacking community to grace them with the tweaks and apps to make the whole experience of owning one of Apple's portable creations a truly complete one. The devs have delivered the goods once again with a very useful tweak which allows users to upload files through Safari on their jailbroken iPhone, iPad, iPod touch devices.
Today, Skype released an iPad-optimized version of their app; Skype for iPad works over WiFi as well as 3G, has all the features that are on the latest iPhone app: Video chat, voice chat, plain old chatting with text only and the ability to use Skype credits for calling landlines and cellphones just to name the basics.
Most iPad users, even the most avid of fans, likely see the device as an entertainment and productive tool, not as something that can be worn, and especially not as headgear. This brave woman was spotted walking around the streets of New York City wearing four iPads around her head in order to promote a new iPad-only magazine.
Readers who gave iOS 5’s Beta versions a try on their iPad will know that it allows users to split their keyboard into two parts for more comfortable typing, yet, if you still have issues with that because of the larger screen, you can always use your iPhone as a keyboard. How so? With a new app called External Keyboard for iOS devices.
FaceTime, it's a wonderful technology, but it's oh-so-rarely used due to the hectic process of hunting down a particular individual from your contacts list and initiate a FaceTime call with them. When was the last time you declined to use it for that matter? Exactly.
iOS is loved by many for a whole slew of reasons, but there's one thing many users would like to have on their iOS device: Flash, something which Apple has refused to implement for years. While such a move has contributed to the transition to web standards away from proprietary plugins, many would still love to watch Flash video from within iOS. There's now yet another way to go about it through a a new app known as Skyfire VideoQ. Wondering how it works? Read on.
