Those who've spent some time on the Android platform are probably aware of Swype, a tweak that lets users type on their virtual keyboards without ever lifting their fingers, by simply quickly swiping their finger across the keyboard over any letter in order to form a word, and only then releasing it. Fans of this tool should now be happy to know that Swype has now been unofficially ported to iOS.
JailbreakMe 3.0 has now been used over 1 million times since it came out only 2 short days ago, according to Grant Paul (known as @chpwn on Twitter), one of the project's contributors. Since its inception back in 2007, JailbreakMe has allowed users to jailbreak their iOS devices by simply pointing Mobile Safari to a crafted web page.
Not quite sold on the iPad's on-screen keyboard yet? Wish you could use your iPad just like a plain old 10-inch netbook? Thanks to this very elaborate external Bluetooth keyboard, you'll now be able to.
If you've been keeping a close eye to the news over the last few days, you're probably aware of JailbreakMe 3.0, a simple untethered jailbreak that takes advantage of a PDF exploit in Mobile Safari. The wizards in the jailbreak community have engineered a fix that manages to preserve the jailbreak, at the same time as it stops unsuspecting users from launching a harmful PDF and having their devices taken over.
Microsoft’s beautiful native app for their Bing search engine on iPad has been updated featuring - besides the usual UI optimizations and bug fixes - a new Lasso tool. The app was launched back in April and received great reviews for its outstanding search experience that was built from the ground up to cater for the iPad.
According to a report, Apple has ordered 5 million touch sensors for iPad 2's, which suggests that 5 million iPad 2 devices will be shipped this month. This is yet another indicator that Apple's second-generation device is continuing its healthy adoption.
If you've been paying attention to the tech news over the weekend, you're probably aware that the first untethered jailbreak for the iPad 2, dubbed JailbreakMe 3.0, was leaked to the public. While at first we speculated that one of the testers had leaked it, it turned out that it was spotted by accident, before it was sent to tech sites all over the Internet. In an e-mail exchange between the leaker and Comex himself, the official version of JailbreakMe will be released either today or tomorrow.
Things are starting to get dramatic in the jailbreaking community. It started with yesterday’s JailbreakMe 3.0 Beta leak and the drama is reaching new heights as it appears that the domain “JailbreakMe.com” is up for auction.
While iOS 5 is quickly nearing completion, Apple might feel the need to issue one final update for iOS 4: iOS 4.3.4. According to people familiar to the matter in the jailbreaking scene, Apple might indeed be preparing a final update for iOS to render the recently-leaked JailbreakMe iPad 2 jailbreak useless.
A few weeks ago, we reported that Comex, author of JailbreakMe, was working on a fully untethered iPad 2 Jailbreak. After two weeks of radio silence from the developer, what seems to be JailbreakMe 3.0, with support for the iPad 2, was leaked by one of the private beta testers. Here's how to get it.
