When Siri was launched back in October along with iOS 5, many iDevice users - myself included - were a tad bemused that Apple had decided to make its exciting new voice assistant a feature exclusive to the then brand-new iPhone 4S. The Cupertino claims of older devices being unable to facilitate the eloquent (albeit often mishearing) voice-activated sidekick were questioned by many, but with the iPhone 4S frenzy having died down, we all expected March to bring a new iPad inclusive of Siri.
The Redsn0w jailbreak tool is what the jailbreak community considers to be the "Old Faithful". Sure, plenty of other groups get in on the act with their various jailbreak utilities, but it seems as though no matter what firmware version is released, the iPhone Dev Team always comes though with alterations to its iconic tool in order to help iOS users liberate their otherwise heavily-restricted devices.
If you happen to be like me and are one of the millions who are walking around with a white iPhone 4S then be prepared to shed some tears as you are no longer the owner of the most popular smartphone on the market, in the UK at least. uSwitch are reporting that after battling past all of the competition, the beautiful white 4S eventually managed to claw its way into the number one position last month only to be toppled by Samsung's Galaxy S III.
Weather apps are not usually that interesting, and we're usually no more interested than the majority of you guys, but this particular weather app piqued our interest, if only because it uses fancy-looking radar images. We're suckers for the shiny, you know!
With the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITBSecConf) behind us and the developer community looking forward to the announcements which Apple have to make at their Worldwide Developers Conference next week, it seems that the iPhone Dev Team have come to the conclusion that the time is right to give the jailbreak community a little pre-WWDC gift. Historically speaking, MuscleNerd and his compatriots are a team that just keep on giving, with this instance being no different, after taking to Twitter to announce that all of their software packages have been updated with the latest Rocky Racoon jailbreak 5.1.1 untether.
We have seen in the past that developers who push their packages to Cydia seem to go through trends relating to the parts of iOS that they enhance with their creations. We have seen this with Notification Center and Siri based tweaks, with the trend seem to be erring towards the iOS device lock screen in recent weeks, with developers launching tweaks such as Unfold, Unlockize and PaperLock.
With the Chronic Dev Team, in conjunction with other members of The Jailbreak Dream Team, pushing out Absinthe 2.0 at the Hack In The Box Security Conference last week, there is undoubtedly going to be a lot more jailbroken iPads kicking around. Those owners of Apple tablets who couldn't jailbreak due to firmware restrictions have now been set free and are able to roam through the wilderness that is the Cydia store. Cydia already contains a large number of tweaks designed for the iPad, but the TenIconSwitcher for iPad adds to that list.
The run up to any Apple hardware or software release just wouldn't be the same without the influx of rumors and insane speculation that gets thrown around the world wide web, often quoted as gospel. As you can imagine, with an initial look at iOS 6 set to come sometime during the worldwide Developers Conference and the sixth-generation iPhone expected later on this year, the conjecture train is stopping at every station with sources coming out of every corner to throw their opinions on board.
With all the note-taking and thought-jotting apps available for mobile devices, you could be forgiven for thinking that there wasn't really any room to innovate. Having gotten through quite a few myself, I was beginning to think this particular category of productivity was becoming an "if you tried one, you've tried them all" rigmarole.
It may not be the of our hopes and dreams rolled into one, but Android-owning golf fanatics have a new little release to play with as the mobile division of Electronic Arts have pushes out Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 for Android. One of the video gaming industry’s biggest franchises is certainly set to make an impact on Android owners with its crisp, sharp graphics and adrenaline-filled swinging action.
