It's been a great 24 hours for the guys behind MyGreatFest, the first ever iOS community convention after they announced an event will be taking place in the United States next year, as well as a new attendee for the UK event in September.
With Google's release of its Music Beta today, iOS users were once again left out in the cold when the search giant said the service was Android only. Thankfully though, as with all things geeky, some clever people on the web discovered a way to get the Music Beta goodness on their iOS device.
It may be nearly two years old, but there's life in the old iPhone 3GS yet and, as reported by AppleInsider, the veteran handset is still outselling some newer Android handsets.
We've all been there. Apple releases a new version of iOS, you wait for the jailbreak to become available and you update. The problem now though is you're left facing the long and tedious task of getting your iPhone back to just the way you like it. After a good while becoming intimately acquainted with Cydia and a lot of restarts later you're done. But chances are you've forgotten something and you'll be doing the Cydia shuffle again.
Chinese statistics company UMeng recently published a report on iOS usage in the country, and the standout stat is that fully 34.6% of iPhones are jailbroken.
The reason behind the delay of Apple's white iPhone 4 was always thought to be related to an issue making the white coloring work with a couple of key parts of the handset - particularly the proximity sensor. In a post on the NYTimes website, Nick Bilton has gotten hold of a first-run white handset and compared it with the new production models we can buy today.
Hot on the heals of the iPhone location fiasco (or 'locationgate' for those with a flair for the overly-dramatic) comes Footprints, an application for tracking iOS devices, but in a good way.
Part of the world's love of music is sharing new tracks and albums with friends, bringing new musical discoveries along with it. With our always-connected lives and always-on devices sharing musical tastes is easier than ever, and with a new jailbreak tweak you can let your Facebook friends in on your latest favorite track.
Cydia, the jailbreak App Store of choice is home to thousands of apps, tweaks and themes for jailbroken iOS devices, but it can be a little too busy, making discovery nigh-on impossible. If you know what you're looking for though, you're golden. If you're thumbing through the categories though, wouldn't it be easier if you could do it from the comfort of your desk on a nice large screen? Enter Cydia Search, from Planet-iPhones.
The iPhone Dev Team released Redsn0w 0.9.6rc15 to support untether jailbreak for all devices (except iPad 2) on iOS 4.3.3 firmware.
