Comex of Spirit and JailbreakMe fame has confirmed that a more efficient userland-based untethered jailbreak method for iOS 4.2.1 will be released before Christmas 2010. This confirmation in fact came before MuscleNerd got a backup method to make jailbreak untethered on iOS 4.2.1.
MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team has confirmed that he has got untethered jailbreak working on the latest iOS 4.2.1 firmware. He further explains that this a “backup” plan to Comex’s upcoming userland method and that it is generalizable.
The Official Google eBookstore went live a few hours back. And now the official Google Books app for Apple iOS and Android devices are already available for download.
Google today has announced the successor to Nexus One! Its called the Nexus S and its coming to US on December 16th, and to UK on December 20th. Designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S will be the first phone powered by the just released Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect hacks have been plentiful, but here is a very original one that is almost guaranteed to impress. A Japanese coder by the name of Takayuki Fukatsu posted a video showing Kinect's "optical camouflage" effect that he created with openFrameworks. He didn't explain how it works but it appears to be a filter that removes his body from the frame in real time and replacing it with the image behind, which would have been taken beforehand. The mismatch of the images near his outlines are a good indication its a before image being replaced over the top of the current one.
Graviboard Makes Your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Homescreen Icons Lose Their Gravity [Jailbreak Tweak]
Graviboard is a cool new Cydia tweak developed by Conradev. Once activated, it will make the your homescreen icons loose gravity. There are a few different settings of gravity to choose from such as Earth, Moon, and Zero Gravity.
Facebook today has announced a new and improved profile design which they will be rolling out starting from tomorrow. Facebook plans to complete the rollout for everyone by early next year.
The illusive white iPhone 4 was first delayed back on the launch day when it was pushed to July, the second one was in July when it was delayed till “until later this year”. And then recently, Apple delayed it again until spring 2011 before removing it altogether from their online Apple Store site.
Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect sales has surprised the world of gaming, with the latest figures suggesting the sales rates of the Kinect have now surpassed that of the Apple iPad and Nintendo Wii console. Microsoft’s goal for the end of the year is 5 million units, after selling 2.5 million units in 25 days we would say they are well on there way.
In a bid to create awareness on a larger scale, Radio Shack is offering great deal of discounts on the Apple iPhone 4. We have come across numerous sources that Radio Shack is offering upto $50 off any iPhone model for all those Apple lovers out there.

