Jailbreaking may have gone completely legal in the United States but that doesn’t stop Steve Jobs and Co. in their fight against unofficial / unauthorized use of iOS based devices. Apple today has applied for a new patent which will allow the Cupertino based company to remotely disable any iOS based device (iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) against any unauthorized usage which is not supported by the company, such as “jailbreaking” and “unlocking”.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that a new software update for iOS 4.x will be rolled out soon to fix performance woes on iPhone 3G, running iOS 4.x. He confirmed this in a reply to an email, sent to him by a user who expressed his frustration over the performance of his iPhone 3G on iOS 4, calling it '”dog slow”.
As promised, Facebook 3.2 for iPhone is now available on the iTunes App Store. The most significant change in this new update is support for Facebook’s new service called “Places”. Apart from this, this new version also finally brings new “Pull-to-refresh” feature like Twitter app, and uploading of photos and videos in the background (iOS 4 multitasking). Full change log is as follows.
One thing which Apple never fails to do is to impress us all with awesome new ads for their products. And so going by the trend, Apple today has released a brand new ad for iPad which is dubbed as “iPad is Delicious”. What is so delicious about it? Well you can check out the video after the break to see it for yourself.
Just found this out and thought it was pretty neat and worth a share. This new wallpaper is fully optimized for iPhone 4’s Retina Display (960 x 640), and it shows off the internal circuit board of iPhone 4 in great detail. It is fresh, new and unique, and really shines on iPhone 4’s display as can be seen in the image below.
Lady Gaga was spotted at Apple’s 1-Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, CA where she was photographed outside the main building with Apple employees. But what could be the reason behind her visit? Your guess is as good as ours.
The guy behind The MacBook Air Project site has managed to fit a fully working Mac (MacBook Air to be more precise) under a combination of Apple Wireless Keyboard and the newly released Magic Trackpad. It is one single piece which you can connect to any monitor to enjoy full Mac OS X experience. Amazing isn't it? It features: 1.6 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM, and 80GB of HDD. He did this because he believed that it “will be used much beyond internet / email….maybe as an Apple TV replacement”.
Boy Genius Report is reporting about a block of low level operating system code found in iOS 4 which reveals codenames for CDMA iPhone 4 and the next-gen iPad. Their sources at Apple has confirmed that the queries you see in the screenshot below refers to CDMA iPhone (on Verizon) and iPad 2 and that they are about to hit the field testing stage. Also these new devices are said to auto-activate, bypassing iTunes for activation. Apple probably has done it so that carriers may not be able to find anything in the activation logs.
Remember T-1000 Skynet robot which was made from Liquid Metal in Terminator 2? Well it looks like Steve Jobs and Co are in full mood to build their next-gen hardware using Liquidmetal Technologies, a California based company from which they recently acquired exclusive rights to build products made of Liquid Metal alloy.
There are tons of accessories out there for iPhone 4, some of these add extra functionality, others make them look cooler! Most of you might have already seen the popular Xtand accessory for iPhone 3GS, 3G and iPod touches. Well if you haven't: it actually allows you to turn your iPhone into “world’s most smallest desktop computer”. It is fully compatible to work with iPhone 4, yes, you can now turn your beloved iPhone 4 into a “mini” iMac to give it a whole new and look and feel. Don’t believe us? Check out the images, followed by a video to see it for yourself.
