Revenge: iPhone 5 release date has AT&T, Verizon, Sprint serve it cold

Revenge is a dish best served cold. And so as the four major carriers look to serve up the iPhone 5 as a treat to those who’ve been patiently waiting for its release date, they’re each preparing to take out the legs of their own customer base in their own special way. There’s Verizon, who’s prepared to tell you how often you can use your iPhone for basic tasks. Rival AT&T wants to do the same, but it’ll put your life into slow motion instead of charging you extra. T-Mobile is busy pulling off the double-dish stunner of folding itself into the kind of carrier most of its customers were specifically trying to avoid while still... leaving them in iPhone limbo. And Sprint, well, there’s no telling what the nation’s soon to be smallest carrier will serve up with regards to the iPhone, if at all. Welcome to a universe in which the iPhone 5 (here’s more on the iPhone 5 release date) is the steak dinner you want to dine on, and the U.S. carriers are the only four restaurants in town with it on the menu.

Verizon is busy building what will be the nation’s fastest 4G network by far. And surveys show its network quality to already be ahead of that of AT&T. So go ahead and order your iPhone 5 steak dinner at Le chez de Verizon. Just don’t expect healthy portions. Even as the carrier plans to make its network faster, it’ll tell new customers that they can only use it for a certain amount of bandwidth each month or face stunning overage charges on a per-megabyte basis. So even as your email is flying into your inbox, be careful of large attachments. And forget about downloading movies from iTunes or streaming music music from Spotify. And this is after Verizon made its customers wait four years for their iPhone entree to arrive…


Then there’s AT&T, which many longtime iPhone users have stuck with despite the presence of Verizon iPhone 4 this year for one simple reason: the unlimited data plans which they’ve been grandfathered into. Good thing, too, because Verizon just cut off unlimited data plans for new iPhone customers. So staying put at el AT&T ristorante paid off, right? Wrong. Shortly after Verizon slammed the unlimited iPhone data door, AT&T conveniently let it be known that as of the iPhone 5 era it’ll be throttling data speeds for those who go through a healthy amount of email and internet usage each month. That’s right: you’ll be paying for unlimited, and you’ll get it, but at slower speeds as the month goes on. That makes AT&T the all-you-can-eat steak buffet which forces you to start eating really slowly if you go back for seconds or thirds…


T-Mobile customers, on the other hand, can’t win. They spent all these years using the smaller, friendlier carrier in order to avoid the likes of big bad AT&T, even though it meant not having access to the iPhone. But now T-Mobile is about to merge into AT&T, meaning its customers will be folded into the carrier they were trying to avoid all these years. And because the merger is expected to take a year or more to finalize, the AT&T iPhone 5 won’t automatically become a T-Mobile iPhone 5 unless Apple and T-Mobile make special accommodations in the mean time. That makes T-Mobile the mom and pop restaurant that you drive past the big chain restaurant to get to, and then once you get there you find out they’ve been bought out by the big chain you drove past and they’re serving the same watered down steak. And then they tell you that your steak won’t be ready until the merger goes through.

Poor Sprint. All it would need to do is cut a deal with Apple and it would have the iPhone , and yet it just never happens with each passing iPhone generation. Now Sprint is about to become the smallest major carrier and the only carrier without the iPhone 5, two things which weren’t true until T-Mobile went and got bought out, and now it’s vulnerable. Sprint could end up being the white knight for iPhone users if it lands the iPhone 5 and offers it with friendly plans and terms. Or Sprint could get bought out by Verizon in response to the AT&T – T-Mobile merger. That makes Sprint the comfy-looking restaurant with the mystery meat, at least for now. Here’s more on the iPhone 5.

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iPhone 5 imitator 'hiPhone 5' emerges in China

A fake iPhone 5, based on leaked images of the next-generation iPhone and called the hiPhone 5, has been spotted for sale in China.

Reuters reports that the items are for sale on e-commerce platform Taobao for as little at 200 yuan (around £19 or $31).

However, the quality of the hiPhone 5s varies, and to get a top-of-the-range fake you'll need to part with 800 yuan (£76) or more. According to the Shanghai-based daily newspaper Metro Express the hiPhone 5 is thinner than the iPhone 4 with less rounded edges.

It's based on images that have supposedly leaked from supply chain sources and is said to be extremely lightweight, feeling almost like a plastic toy, the reports state.

Fake Apple products are hardly new in the far east, though more recently entirely fake Apple Stores have been springing up, as Macworld reported last month.

Meanwhile, more iPhone 5 fakery has been exposed this week when a video purporting to show the next-generation iPhone was found to be a hoax.

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Google rushing out Android 4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" to counter iPhone 5

Google is reportedly scrambling to deliver the next version of Android for both smartphones and tablets to ensure that iPhone 5 doesn't appear on the market first and without a competitive response from its licensees.

Google shipped Android 2.2 Froyo to its smartphone licensees last year just prior to iOS 4, following up with a 2.3 Gingerbread release in December that incorporated support for NFC tags, improved copy and paste, and the company's WebM video codec.

However, the main thrust for Android in 2011 has been Android 3.0 Honeycomb, which took aim at the success of Apple's iPad. Google rushed Honeycomb to market on the Motorola Xoom shortly before the release of iPad 2, resulting in bad press for the ambitious but not quite finished release.

With Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google hopes to fold Honeycomb's "holographic 3D" tablet interface elements into its Gingerbread smartphone release, creating a unified version of Android's APIs that works the same across all devices designed for the new OS version.

Android Head of Engineering Mike Claren referred to the upcoming release as the company’s “most ambitious release to date."

While aimed at a release date at the end of the year, BGR reported today that "it’s looking like the first Ice Cream Sandwich devices could start hitting the ground in as early as October," noting that "we have been told that Google is looking to push up the release of Ice Cream Sandwich devices as Apple’s iPhone 5 is expected in September or October, and the Mountain View-based company doesn’t want potential customers coming out of contracts (especially original DROID owners) and 'drooling over the iPhone 5.'

A wait but no rush for iPhone 5

Apple's iPhone 5, scheduled to appear in the fall (likely late September or early October) alongside the release of iOS 5, is making its appearance later than the historical summer debut of previous iPhone and iOS releases.

That delay hasn't appeared to hurt Apple's smartphone sales, despite the fact that the company's iPhone 4 was first released just over a year ago (making it virtually ancient in the fast moving mobile industry). In part, that's because Apple has increased the number of new carriers selling iPhone 4, including Verizon Wireless in the US in February, greatly broadening the number of users capable of buying the phone.

Apple also released a white model of the iPhone 4 that appears to have attracted upgrades, resulting in a new record of 20.34 million iPhones in its fiscal Q3 2011 quarterly sales.

Still, there appears to be a significant backlog of buyers holding off for Apple's next iPhone release. According to one small survey by Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray, 64 percent of Verizon users plan to buy an iPhone for their next mobile, and 74 percent of those said they are waiting for iPhone 5. Just over half of AT&T users who plan to buy a new iPhone are also waiting for iPhone 5.

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Install Cracked Apps On iPhone & iPad Without Jailbreak Possible Now

Ever wondered of installing and running cracked apps on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad , and iPad 2 without Jailbreaking your iDevice ? Well now you can do that. Devs over iModZone have developed a new application “iReSign” which can install cracked .ipa bundles into your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad without needing jailbreak.

Working of this application is much simpler than IPA GOD. What iReSign basically do is it signs or resigns .ipa files with Apple’s digital certificate to run them on your iDevice. iReSign works for both iOS 4 and iOS 5 which is still in beta phase.
You’d be needing Mac OS X 10.6 or above, iReSign which you can download from via iMZDL, most importantly Apple’s Provisioning Profile and digital certificate with a registered UDID device. UDID is basically your iDevice’s unique identification number, you can view it in iTunes by double clicking your serial number, if you’re an iOS developer you can register your device’s UDID from iOS developers portal and if you’re not a Registered Apple iOS Developer you can get your device registered with Apple’s Provisioning Profile and digital certificate from here for $15.

Download your desired application’s cracked .ipa files from web and save them preferably on Desktop. Run iReSign and browse downloaded cracked .ipa file which you want to sign or resign. In the second field you’ll put Keychain Access for certificate For Example: iPhone Developer: Mike Fletcher (I7U4261P80). Click “Resign” button, now the app will start signing or resigning your .ipa file. After the completion of process your .ips file would be ready, simply drag and drop it in iTunes and sync your device with iTunes, if everything goes well you’ll have your App on your iDevice’s homescreen.

Here’s a video of this whole process for your better understanding:


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iPhone jailbreak 4.2.1 – Everything You need To Know Explained

Both the tethered and untethered iPhone jailbreak 4.2.1 applications are considered safe and very effective. Still there are some steps that you have to strictly follow, to ensure the successful jailbreaking of your iPhone. The good thing about this process is that you can easily revert to the original iOS of your iPhone using iTunes if your attempt fails. Here are the two ways to have your iPhone jailbreak 4.2.1

Tethered iPhone Jailbreak 4.2.1

* Before attempting to jailbreak your iPhone, you need to be sure that everything you need is in place. This includes an iOS 4.2.1 ipsw file which you will need in order to update and restore your device. You will also need to download and install an application called RedSnow 0.9.6b4, which will jumpstart the jailbreak process

* If you are running on an older iOS, you need to update your current firmware to 4.2.1 using the IPSW file you obtained earlier. Updating firmwares are done though iTunes (perfectly works on iTunes version 10.1). If your device is carrier locked, do not proceed with the update as iOS 4.2.1 automatically updates iPhone’s baseband.

* To commence with the jailbreaking process, start the RedSnow application you just downloaded. On RedSnow’s display, select the option “Install Cydia”. You can also select the other options indicated there if you prefer. Once you are done, click next.

* This is the part where you need to put your iPhone into DFU mode or Device Firmware Update mode. If you have jailbroken your device on a previous iOS, this should be easy. But if it’s the first time you encountered the DFU mode, don’t panic. Instructions are indicated on RedSnow’s interface. Basically, you just have to turn off your iPhone and make sure that it is plugged in to the computer. When you click on the “Next” button, Redsnow will then prompt you to press and hold both the “Power/Sleep” and “Home” buttons at the same time. After 10 seconds, release the “Power/Sleep” button but keep holding the “Home” button for another 15 seconds. By this time, the installation process would have started.

* As the installation progresses, there’s nothing much you can do but wait. Don’t do anything. At some point you might see some “Matrix-like” codes running on your iPhone’s screen – this is pretty normal. When the process is finished, your iPhone will automatically restart to a tethered iPhone Jailbreak 4.2.1

* Because this is a tethered jailbreak, the last step would be to ensure that you run your device on its jailbroken state every time the device reboots. You can do this by opening RedSnow and tick the option “Just boot tethered right now”.

Untethered iPhone Jailbreak 4.2.1

* For this method, you will need to download and install the iPhone jailbreak 4.2.1 application.

* Connect your iPhone to your computer. Make sure that you turn it off before starting the jailbreak process. Open the jailbreak application.

* Enter DFU mode in almost the same way you did as with the tethered jailbreak. If you successfully entered the DFU mode, the untethered jailbreak process will start.

* Wait for it to finish and the iPhone to reboot. It’s now time to click on the “Loader” icon in your iPhone’s homescreen to install Cydia.

If you have successfully attempted a tethered jailbreak on your iPhone and wanted to switch to an untethered jailbreak, you may do so by running GreenPoison using the steps indicated above.

Taking the Easier Jailbreaking Path

Updating your firmware to 4.2.1 is not advisable if your device is carrier locked. But if you want to jailbreak and unlock your iPhone at the same time, You can either opt for a tethered jailbreak using an unlocking freeware or an untethered jailbreak using a very effective iPhone jailbreak 4.2.1 application.

Why don’t you take a look at this software? Visit: iPhone Jailbreak 4.2.1 Software

This software is compatible with the 4.2.1 iOS, including the baseband that comes with it. So when you purchase this unlocking software, you are actually getting two solutions – jailbreaking and unlocking – for just the price of one.

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iPhone 5 could still be coming end of June

Now that we’re all resigned to not seeing a new iPhone until the fall, one analyst is speaking out, giving us hope where there was none. One Andy Zaky of Seeking Alpha believes that a new iPhone 5 (or 4S?) will be released at the end of June, early July, as per usual.

Can you feel it? Is that a fresh wind of optimism and anticipation stirring up inside you? That would be just like Apple, to let everyone think that the iPhone 5 is delayed, only to come out with a new model, JUST LIKE USUAL. Boom, indeed.

What does Zaky base his assertion on? The earnings report. In the second quarter conference call, Apple’s CFO Peter Oppenheimer, put in this very subtle statement, speaking about the next quarter: “We expect OpEx [operating expenses] to be about $2.5 billion, including about $255 million related to stock-based compensation expense.” OK, so what?

Zaky points out that the $2.5 billion in operating expenses is an increase over the previous two quarters. “The only time we see Apple do this is when it expects heavy traffic to its retail segment or ahead of a big product launch like the iPhone…. Apple almost always guides for an aggressive OpEx number ahead of the holiday shopping season. The only other time Apple puts forth such aggressive OpEx guidance is ahead of a major product launch like the iPhone,” wrote Zaky. “In what is generally considered one of Apple’s seasonally slowest quarters of the year, Apple’s management just offered the most aggressive OpEx guidance in the company’s history.”

Zaky also makes the point that if the consensus is that the iPhone 5 or 4S (would somebody please decide what it’s called soon? thanks) will only be an incremental upgrade, why does it have to be delayed? “While Apple may or may not decide to release a revolutionary new design for the iPhone this year, common sense dictates that there’s very little chance that Apple will both delay the release of the device and make only minor changes. It’s either one or the other. If Apple is going to be releasing an iPhone 4S with merely evolutionary changes this year, it’s coming out in June,” Zaky wrote.

He makes some good points. Firstly, Apple has got the most demanding and perfectionistic leader in Steve Jobs, and if the iPhone 5/4S is just an incremental upgrade, it’s coming out on time. Secondly, since Apple is feeling the embarrassment of the lost and found iPhone 4 prototype, it may well have clamped down on security so tight that Steve will be able to pull out a rare “one more thing” at WWDC. A true surprise.

While I tend to agree with Zaky’s arguments, I’m not so bold as to make predictions based on a single figure from the conference call. We won’t have long to see whether Zaky is right, and the general consensus missed the mark on this one.

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HTC CEO says Windows Mango phones in development

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC plans to bring out phones based on Microsoft's new Mango Windows phone software, which was launched on Tuesday, HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou said on Wednesday.

Microsoft hopes a host of new features on Mango, a stepping stone to a full Windows phone software update due next year, will help it close the gap on smartphones leaders Google and Apple.

"We have some Windows Mango phones," Chou told Reuters in an interview on the fringes of an Internet conference hosted by President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. "We are very committed to Windows phone products."

Chou, who is known for killing off products he is not satisfied with at a late stage of development, declined to say when the first HTC Mango phones might appear.

Taiwan-based HTC has seen runaway success with smartphones based on Google's Android operating system, a rival to Microsoft's Windows phone. But it also has a long-standing partnership with Microsoft, which Chou said would not change.

Last month, HTC said it expected its revenue to double in the current quarter.

Chou said on Wednesday: "Q2 looks pretty good."

IT research firm Gartner expects the smartphone market to grow 58 percent in 2011 and 35 percent in 2012.

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HTC Flyer Review: Solid, but pricey

The HTC Flyer, aka, the tablet with a pen, is a surprisingly fun and easy-to-use tablet. While the word “stylus” may conjure images of brick-sized PDAs, the Flyer’s stylus gives the device a little oomph that distinguishes it from the never-ending parade of Android tablets flooding the market.
And, to be fair, HTC doesn’t call it a stylus — it’s a “magic pen.”

Price: $499.99, without the HTC Scribe stylus. The stylus itself is $80. For what you’re getting, this is kind of a high price to pay. The tablet without the pen is the same price as the 16 GBWiFi-only iPad 2, and with the pen it’s closer to the price of a Honeycomb tablet like the Motorola Xoom. And it costs far more than its biggest 7-inch competitor, the Galaxy Tab.

It’s worth noting that Sprint will also have a version of the Flyer branded as the HTC EVO View on its WiMax network, for which it is already accepting pre-orders.

Specs: The HTC Flyer has a 7-inch screen, 1.5 GHz single-core processor, 16GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, dual cameras and a headphone jack at the top near the power button. The optional pen runs on one AAAA battery. It also has a micro-USB port, though it’s a little oddly shaped to fit with the Flyer’s power cord. You can charge with either the proprietary cord or a standard micro-USB.

It’s worth noting that the Flyer isn’t exactly the prettiest tablet out there. It has an oddly thick bezel, and thick, white plastic endplates that don’t jive with the aluminum body. And the color makes it a magnet for dirt and smudges — particularly if you, like I did, store it in the same place as your newspaper. The endplates on the loaner I got from HTC’s PR team are now more smudgy gray than pristine white.

On the other hand, those plastic bumpers and its Gorilla Glass screen make it sturdy. After a weekend in my purse with my keys and other assorted mish-mash, the tablet is still scuff-free.

The battery life on the Flyer I got from HTC was middle-of-the road, though other reviewers such as Chris Burns at SlashGear, have found it to be exceptional. With moderate use, the Flyer I used could go for a day or so without being plugged in; heavy use had me reaching for the charger before the day was done.

Speed: The Flyer isn’t slow, exactly, but it’s easy to tell you’re working with a single-core tablet instead of a dual-core tablet. Head-to-head with a dual-core tablet in a speed test, the Flyer would be no competition.

That said, even running several apps at once, it showed little lag. Essentially, it’s “quick enough” for basic tablet functions such as checking your e-mail, surfing the Web and watching YouTube videos. Video — even Flash — runs smoothly on the Flyer with little to no noticeable skips.

Only streaming video with multiple apps in the background caused enough lag to really annoy me.

Ease of Use: This tablet is ridiculously easy to use. Anyone comfortable using a smartphone will be just fine with the Flyer. The tablet has three main navigation buttons — a home button, options button and back button — that move with you when you switch from portrait to landscape.

Sadly, the tablet’s not running Honeycomb — the tablet-optimized version of Android — but rather a version of Android 2.2 Gingerbread with an HTC Sense overlay. It will receive a Honeycomb update sometime in the future.

For navigation, the Flyer has several template home screens that are fully customizable. If you hold the device in landscape, you can see multiple screens at once in a carousel. Pinch the screen, and you can see all of them laid out at once.

You can also set two sets of shortcuts:one from the home screen and one from the lock screen. You can even go straight to a shortcut app when you wake up the tablet by dragging its icon into the middle of a ring on the lock screen.

As for it’s size, the tablet initially feels a little hefty at just under a pound. But the more you use it, the less the weight becomes an issue-- when reading it has a pleasing, almost reassuring weight to it. The 7-inch size is, in my opinion, just about perfect for on-the-go tasks. It fits into medium-sized purses and even roomier coat pockets with ease, and was no problem for me to hold in one hand on the train or bus.

Versatility: The Flyer doesn’t quite hack it in the audio-visual quality department. The cameras are serviceable but not fantastic, with some fuzzy edges. The speakers, too, are so-so but get the job done. Don’t depend on the Flyer for multimedia masterpieces, but it’ll get the job done for video chat and updates to the grandparents.

Gaming on the Flyer also is much more disappointing than expected. At launch, HTC said the device would be partnered with the gaming service OnLive, but when I asked about that I was told OnLive “does not play a part in the US HTC Flyer.”

As I said above, it’s running Gingerbread, so the apps for the tablet are more optimized for phones. That means some apps look stretched out or way too small on the 7-inch screen — it’s a shot in the dark whether you’ll get an app that looks really good on Flyer or not.

In addition to the Android Market, the tablet comes pre-loaded with 32 fairly useful apps that look great on its screen. These include: the mail app, which lets you log into multiple accounts at once; the Kobo-based reader app; Weather and Friend Stream, which unifies your social media accounts in one stream.

The best of these default apps, however is Notes, which syncs to the popular note-taking application Evernote. In Notes you can take audio notes or photos,or write/type notes, tag them and save them to Evernote with almost no effort at all.

The pen: Which brings us to the pen. You could use this tablet without the pen, but why would you? It’s the feature, albeit a pricey one, that sets this tablet apart.

The pen is touch-sensitive — the harder you push, the thicker the line. The tablet gives you a choice of six pens and eight colors, plus an eraser. You can customize the nib by tapping on the green pen icon in the menu bar. Tap the screen with the pen outside of the Notes or Reader apps, and it will take a screenshot of whatever you’re looking at. You can then annotate and share using the HTC Scribe “Scribbles” feature. The pen itself has two buttons — a top one for erasing and a bottom one for either highlighting text or hiding your Scribbles.

It shines in Notes, where you can add diagrams or doodles to your text notes. Evernote’s handwriting recognition software even makes your handwritten scribbles searchable, even if it isn’t always 100 percent accurate. There is some lag when writing at normal speed, but it isn’t that distracting.

(Bonus: A left-handed friend even said it passed the southpaw test.) The pen is also decent for quick sketches, since you have plenty of digital utensils and pressure gradations with which to create your masterpiece.

It does, however, have its drawbacks. Apart from the cost, the most infuriating thing about the Flyer is that the pen only works for certain applications. Most of the controls call for your finger, so in a situation that came up surprisingly often, I would try to select something (e.g., an app, or an alert) with the stylus and accidentally take a screenshot. I got used to it, but this is definitely something HTC should look at fixing in the future.

Botton Line: The Flyer offers all the basics beautifully and distinguishes itself from the pack by offering pen functions that other tablets just don’t have. But the price is an obstacle — a big one.

So while the Flyer is cool, it’s hard to justify paying that much for a single-core, Gingerbread tablet that more or less requires a pricey accessory. Unless you’re an avid notetaker or sketch artist with a little extra cash to burn, it probably isn’t for you.

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Apple iPhone 5 To Use Curved Glass Display Says Mobile Casino

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is scheduled for June 6 – 10 and the rumors about iPhone 5 are gaining momentum.

The latest gossip suggests that the much anticipated Apple device will be either called iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S. The 4S surprised us as well, so after a bit of detective work, we’ve discovered that Mr. Jobs is still in mourning over the death of his pet alligator, Sal. People in the know are uncertain, yet are willing to bet on it at any iPhone or mobile iPad casinos.

iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S, whichever it may be, will prominently display the recently invented curved glass. This rumor is largely supported by reports of Apple investing in around 300 glass-cutting machines with a 6.4 degree curve on the blade. This news caused a mixed reaction from the camp of iPhone casino fans, but a nearby professional glass-blower suffered a mild heart attack after overhearing this amazing piece of news.

Some say it will affect mobile casino games for the better with refracted waves of light enhancing the saturation of colors. Others disagree and fear that Apple iPhone 5 curved glass will reduce the crisp hues of the iPhone blackjack mobile casino game when the smartphone is struck by the rays of the rising sun.

The curved glass has already been incorporated into the Samsung Nexus S smartphone. Despite multiple reports about the curved glass of the Samsung Android-powered device having absolutely no effect what so ever on all mobile casino games, iPhone users dismiss these claims as Android propaganda.

Regardless of the glass used on the new iPhone, it remains one of the most discussed and awaited smartphones on the market. Much uncertainty surrounds its expected features and price. In accordance with long-standing Apple tradition the first person to use this mobile will be fed to Sal the alligator, unless rumors of his untimely death are proven correct. There is no official word about the release date, price or any features.

Technophiles frequently meet at mobile casinos but rarely speak about waiting for this year’s WWDC in San Francisco where iPhone 5 or 4S (RIP Sal) is expected to be unveiled. Although they often debate about the merits and shortcomings of the glue brand used during iPhone 5 manufacturing process.

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Firefox 5 Beta 2 Lands, Opera Mini 6 Released for iPhone, iPad

There's major browser releases both on the mobile and on the personal computer front

These days the Mozilla Foundation is feeling the heat. Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has delivered a surprisingly sporty and compatible Internet Explorer 9. And Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Chrome browser is becoming the first new browser in some time to gobble up a significant market share.

I. Firefox 5 Blazes Ahead on Schedule

But nothing lays concerns to rest better than adopting an aggressive schedule and sticking to it. That's exactly what Mozilla did, with the release of Firefox 5's second beta.

Delivered right on schedule, the new build features speed improvements and a number of new features, including:

* Added support for CSS animations
* Added support for switching Firefox development channels
* The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability
* Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance
* Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas
* Improved spell checking for some locales
* Improved desktop environment integration for Linux users

The inclusion of CSS animations support was particularly important, as the Webkit source (which Chrome and Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) Safari browser are based on) already supports it. Mozilla and its collaborators also made some tweaks to the GUI art, which they say are subtle, but will be noticed if you return to FF4.

Aside from new functionality and speed-ups, the beta also resolves many stability issues and other bugs that cropped up in Firefox 4. A full log of these changes is found here. Full release notes can be found here. And last, but not least, the download can be found here.

Firefox 5 is scheduled to release June 21 -- less than a month from now. It will contend with Internet Explorer 10, which is currently being previewed, and Chrome 12, which is currently being beta tested.

II. Opera Mini 6 Hits the iPad, iPhone

Yesterday also saw the release of Opera Mini 6 for the iPad and iPhone. The first major release for the iOS platform since its launch title -- Opera Mini 5 -- Norwegian software company Opera Software ASA (OPERA) is hoping to replicate its previous success. Opera saw 1 million downloads of Mini 5 for the iPhone/iPad in a mere 24 hours after its release.

Available on the iTunes store now for free, the new browser features:

* Much faster and smoother panning and zooming
* Share buttons which are compatible with My Opera, Facebook, Twitter or vKontakte
* A new" jazzed-up" skin
* Redesigned Opera menus

It also reportedly gives the browser a healthy injection of speed.

Opera’s, CEO Lars Boilesen compared the release to a rock concert, stating, "I would compare it to walking onto the stage and hearing the roar of the crowd. We have put in a lot of rehearsal and clever thought behind the new experience. The Opera Mini browser has always kicked up the tempo when downloading pages; now the browsing flows along to a smooth, easy beat."

While Opera is seeing a bit more competition these days -- namely from the Firefox Mobile browser for Android -- it's still makes the most used mobile browsing pair in the world, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. These mobile browsers are unique in that they leverage heavy server-side compression, something the competition still hasn't embraced. The net effect for users is that in areas with poor signal or low data speeds pages load much faster in Opera Mini/Mobile than in their competitors.

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Jailbreaking iOS To Install Jailbreak Apps Attracts Kids As Well

Jailbreaking iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV) has now become a fun for kids as well. 11 Year old kid named Angus Gawdat jailbroke his iPod Touch to try and play games, only to find it has now been locked up for 40 years. He  bought a new iPod as his previous device was permanently frozen after installing a jailbreak application. If you are unaware, jailbreaking is a process for installing non Apple Apps.
Jail Breaking, the process of installing apps which Apple do not allow has now become a trend and a practice of geeks. But now children with almost no technical knowledge are trying it. Those who really do not like to jailbreak for some reasons says that the device becomes open to iOS viruses, unstable and sometimes completely frozen.

Eleven-year-old Angus Gawdat jailbroke his iPod Touch to try and play games, only to find it has now been locked up for 40 years.
“The device shut down and said that it could only be restored in a squillion hours – I had to get Dad to get the calculator out to figure out it was 40 years,” Angus said.
Dad Rick Gawdat said he called Apple to try to find a solution – but was told it couldn’t help.
“They basically just said to us, ‘You shouldn’t be using applications not from iTunes’ and recommended that we buy a new iPod,” he said.
In Sydney’s Chinatown there are a number of shops offering both jailbreaking and jailbreaking repair services.
One shop ownersaid he would reinstall Apple’s operating system on jailbroken devices for $60.
“Sometimes a third-party piece of software freezes the iPod or the phone,” he said. “We just flash Apple’s software back on to the device.” via

As you know, jailbreaking iOS devices is legal according to the US court. Apple can only forbid its users from installing un-authorized apps by telling them that their warranties are void once they operate it with some jailbreak tool.
What is iOS Jailbreaking?
iOS Jailbreaking is a process of installing additional applications, tweaks, extensions etc. which are not available in the official Apple App Store. Apple itself follows a standard and normally do not accept every sort of apps. All these applications finds their way to Cydia where you can download them and can do a lot of cool stuff.

What is Cydia?

Cydia ia a software application for Apple iOS devices that helps you to find and download applications, themes etc for your jailbroken iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Most of the applications in Cydia are free to use.

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Greenpois0n RC6.2 For iOS 4.3.x Jailbreak On iPhone iPad & iTouch Soon

Greenpois0n RC6.2 for iPhone iPad and iPod Touch Jailbreak is on its way. It will be compatible with iOS 4.3.1 /  iOS 4.3.2 and the latest iOS 4.3.3 firmware. Remember we already have iOS 4.3.x untethered jailbreak using Redsn0w 0.9.6 RC16, PwnageTool 4.33.1 and Sn0wbreeze 2.7.3. The upcoming Greenpois0n RC6.2 will also do the same thing but it will be a lot easier that the present tools.
Greenpois0n website has been updated with the following text:
In the past I have also said that 4.3.x support was on hold for greenpois0n to focus on iPad 2 jailbreak exclusively, our course has slightly changed (primary focus has never shifted from iPad 2 since it was released) it has now become possible to easily update and execute a workflow to enable RC6.2 (tentatively speaking… mmm #dirt) to be released “soon”…

As we said that this is not going to be a new jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3. Greenpois0n RC 6.2 will be a simpler one to use comparatively. You can jailbreak iOS 4.3.x with the already present tools which you can find below.

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 Untethered with Redsn0w 0.9.6 RC15

• Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 Untethered iPhone 4 3GS iPad iPod Touch 3G 4G with Redsn0w 0.9.6 RC 15

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 Untethered with Pwnagetool 4.3.3 for Mac

• Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 untethered iPhone 4 3GS iPad iPod Touch 3G 4G with PwnageTool 4.3.3

Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on Windows iPhone iPad & iPod touch with Sn0wbreeze 2.7

• Jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 on Windows iPhone 4 3GS iPad & iPod touch 3G 4G with Sn0wbreeze 2.7

We cover all jailbreak and unlock news. Proof is our homepage VeryRite.com. Make sure you follow us.
Stay tuned to VeryRite.com. We will update you as soon as they release Greenpois0n RC6.2.

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Apple delays both the iPhone 5/4s & iPad 2 stocks

Looks like Apple’s luck ran out once again. There was an explosion at the Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China, killing two workers and injured another sixteen. The company is taking the case very seriously and will continue to investigate the causes.

Things appear to be doing better at Foxconn as the production queue was stopped and all the power cut off. Both the iPhone 5/4s and the iPad 2 got to suffer from this tragedy and the full extent of the damage is yet unknown. It is estimated that the parts lost in the fire could lead to a deficit of a few million units as the factory produces parts for Nokia as well.

In the statement Foxconn sent to CNET it becomes clear that the damage is of both physical and psychological nature:

“We can confirm that at approximately 7 p.m. on May 20, there was an explosion at our Chengdu campus. At this point, we can also confirm that there were two fatalities with injuries to 16 other employees. We are working with medical officials to provide treatment to the injured employees and we are working with government and law enforcement officials to contact the families of all employees affected by this tragedy.”

Apple also sympathises with the tragic loss of the two workers and the others who got injured. The company didn’t respond to CNET’s call but managed to release a statement for AllThingsD’s: “We are deeply saddened by the tragedy at Foxconn's plant in Chengdu, and our hearts go out to the victims and their families. We are working closely with Foxconn to understand what caused this terrible event.”

The event was covered by Chinese news crews and the deflagration itself was revealed as “caused by a super-light dust explosion”. Rumors suggest that there was a lightning storm at the time the explosion happened or that the factory got engulfed in fire due to technical malfunctions at the inside ventilation system.

BBC reports revealed that the clouds coming from the factory were toxic and highly dangerous. The building itself got weakened by the fire and then by the water coming from the fire teams. More details will be revealed after a detailed inquiry of the eye witnesses.

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Apple Can Blunt Google Android with Cloud iOS, Sprint Deal, iPhone 5

Apple can possibly blunt Google Android's momentum with a few strategies, including cheaper iPhones, cloud services for iOS, IP lawsuits and signing Sprint.

Google Android seized some 36 percent of the worldwide smartphone market in the first quarter, according to new numbers from research firm Gartner. That was enough to topple Nokia’s Symbian from its perch as the world’s leading smartphone system.

But Symbian’s a dead operating system walking, anyway, thanks to Nokia’s abandoning it in favor of Windows Phone. Meanwhile, Research In Motion saw its share dip to 13 percent, continuing the slide of the once-ubiquitous BlackBerry franchise; and Microsoft, with 3.6 percent of the market, is still fighting for an increased presence among consumers and businesses.

That leaves Apple’s iOS and Android as the heavyweight smartphone operating systems of the moment—and consumer and business ardor for smartphones show no signs of slacking, at least according to Gartner’s numbers.

“Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year,” Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner, wrote in the May 19 research note. “This share could have been higher, but manufacturers announced a number of high-profile devices during the first quarter of 2011 that would not ship until the second quarter of 2011.”

The current advantage lies with smartphones that offer a broad apps ecosystem. “Every time a user downloads a native app to their smartphone or puts their data into a platform’s cloud service, they are committing to a particular ecosystem and reducing the chances of switching to a new platform,” she added. “This is a clear advantage for the current stronger ecosystem partners Apple and Google.”

Certainly Apple finds itself locked in a hard battle with Google. In turn, that begs the question of what steps Cupertino could take with its upcoming releases to ensure its iOS devices don’t end up totally swamped by the Android Army. Here are five suggestions:

A Cheaper iPhone

Apple has a habit of offering the previous version of the iPhone at a cheaper price. That attracts consumers interested in, say, the $49 iPhone 3GS over the iPhone 4 at $199 and $299. However, the cheaper device also represents previous-generation technology.

Should Apple introduce a “mini iPhone,” invested with the latest technology, and offered at a price point lower than their premium or flagship iPhone, it could help drive consumer adoption in ways that, while perhaps not fully capable of overcoming Android’s sizable activations per day, would certainly make it more of an even game. Rumors of just such a cheaper, smaller iPhone have been circulating for months—but Apple being Apple, the company would likely need to convince itself that such a device meets both its high quality standards and need for high margins on every unit sold.

Cloud Services for iOS

According to Bloomberg, Apple has signed deals with Sony, EMI Group and Warner Music Group “to let users of its new music service access their song collections from handheld devices via the Internet.” Users could access their music via Apple’s servers instead of storing it on a hard drive. Universal Music Group is also apparently in talks.

At the same time, the blog Apple Insider reports that Apple is exploring means of faster music streaming, by having its devices locally store a tiny portion of each song. That would songs to begin playing without a “buffering” pause, not to mention freeing up storage space.

More to the point, an iOS with robust cloud-media features is an iOS that could attract more consumers who plan on using their smartphone as a multimedia hub—especially if some of those features surpass what’s available on Android.

Sign Sprint

Why not? Although Sprint has put on a brave face in recent months about pushing their own line of Android-based devices, the chance to carry a bestselling device like the iPhone is a no-brainer business decision—especially if T-Mobile is absorbed into AT&T, which would leave Sprint the only U.S. carrier without Apple’s smartphone in its stable.

Keep Filing Those Lawsuits

In April, Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the U.S. District Court of Northern California. That suit alleged that the look, packaging and user interface of Samsung’s smartphones and tablets closely copies that of the Apple iPhone and iPad. Apple also has patent-infringement suits filed against Nokia, HTC, and Motorola.

Clearly, Apple isn’t a company shy about aiming as many lawyers as possible at its rivals. Intellectual-property lawsuits might not affect consumer adoption of Android, but they could create speed-bumps in the creation of still more Android devices to flood the market. At least, Apple likely hopes so.

Microsoft Is Your Friend

Apple and Microsoft might be rivals in many ways, but they have a common enemy: Google. The more Microsoft invests in its Windows Phone, and encourages developers to build apps for that platform over Android, the more Apple could benefit. Stronger rivals won’t necessarily blunt Android’s competitive momentum, but they could help slow it down. The enemy of one’s enemy is one’s friend, after all.

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Justin Beiber, The iPhone 5, Zombies, and Collusion in Silicon Valley

A collection of big companies in Silicon Valley colluded, twice, to screw employees. Color me disgusted.

Justin Beiber. The iPhone 5. Zombies. You only have to mention any of those pop icons and it's a news free-for-all. But try substantive news about how big tech companies misbehave badly. You'll get hardly anything.


Consider, for example, the recent revelations that a handful of major Silicon Valley firms -- Adobe, Apple, Disney Pixar, Google, Intel, Intuit, Genentech, and Lucasfilm -- conspired to limit the salaries of their top employees.

No, not the salaries of the top executives ... d'oh, that'll never happen. No, I mean the salaries of senior technical people; the people creating core systems and software. In this case the in-depth press coverage has been limited to the trades and a few quickly forgotten mentions in the mainstream press.

Now, it's not as if this kind of collusion is something new. Oh no, these guys had been caught doing this kind of stuff before. In 2010 the Department of Justice settled with Apple Google, Adobe, Pixar, Intel, and Intuit over a deal that essentially added up to a "no poaching" agreement. The companies had agreed to not cold call each other's staff with employment offers. And that agreement went back at least as far as 2005!

According to the DoJ "senior executives at the companies actively managed the deals" but, according to Google "it made the agreements not to cold call employees at Apple, Intel and Intuit in order to maintain a good relationship with the companies."

So, let's be clear; one of the most powerful companies in the world, to wit, Google, was afraid of antagonizing smaller companies. Really? What kind of wimpy buffoons run Google?! What would Apple have done to Google? Stolen their lunch money? Beat them up behind the bike shed after school? What a load of crap.

Part of the problem was that a number of people sit on two or more boards of the companies involved. Cnet reports: "Google CEO Eric Schmidt sat on Apple's board, and former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson sat on the boards of both companies. Bill Campbell is currently a director on both Intuit and Apple's boards and played an instrumental role in helping Google get off the ground. Paul Otellini, Intel's CEO, currently sits on Google's board of directors. And, of course, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs also founded Pixar, and sat on its board of directors until selling the company to Disney in 2006."

So, in September last year, the result of the DoJ investigation was that the various companies involved agreed to stop behaving badly and to stop not cold calling prospective employees working for each other ... all without admitting any wrongdoing! This is like young Master Washington saying "yes, I cut down the cherry tree but you can't punish me because I 'fessed up." Baloney! You cut down the damn tree! You are grounded mister!

Alas, such justice doesn't apply to corporations such as Google, Apple, Pixar, et al. Nope, they're pretty much saying the same thing: "Yep, we did it but we're so big, you can't do much about it." And they're adding silently, "neener, neener, neener."

In fact, these companies were so unshaken by their "punishment" that they were caught out doing something along the same lines this year!

The charges in the new class action suit are similar to the previous suit and just as tacky.

And if and when the new suit is settled how much compensation will all of those employees shortchanged by the collusion get? My bet is none or damn close to none.

But how can we tell these icons of popular culture that we are disgusted by their behavior? We can't! Can you stop using Google Search? Google Maps? Adobe Photoshop? Intuit Quickbooks? Watching Pixar movies? Of course not!

Just like Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, the iPhone 5 and zombies, these companies and their products are here to stay and this bad behavior, this flouting of ethics, isn't going away. Indeed, it's always been there. Get used to it.

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Foxconn Factory Explosion Unlikely to Affect iPad 2 Production

Apple iPad 2 production is unlikely to be affected long-term by the explosion at a Foxconn production facility that killed three workers, according to an analyst.

An explosion at Foxconn’s production plant May 20 killed three workers and raised questions over whether production of the iPad 2 and other Apple products will be affected.

Early reports cited combustible dust in the plant’s polishing workshop as the cause of the explosion, which also injured 15 workers. Foxconn manufactures iPads and iPhones for Apple, among other products. Its production plant is based in Chengdu, a city in southern China.

“Our current view is that this tragedy is likely to have some impact on iPad 2 production; however, we believe Hon Hal has the flexibility to shift manufacturing back to the Shenzhen facility if necessary,” Brian White, an analyst with Ticonderoga Securities, wrote in a May 23 research note sent to media. “As such, we currently don’t expect a material impact to Apple’s iPad 2 shipments.”

Apple has faced its share of Foxconn-related issues in the past. In 2010, it launched a high-level investigation into 12 suicide attempts that look place at the Foxconn facility throughout the first half of 2010, complete with Apple COO Tim Cook visiting in June 2010. Apple also claimed it commissioned an independent team of suicide-prevention experts to survey Foxconn workers about their quality of life.

Throughout 2010, Apple completed first-time audits of 97 suppliers and repeat audits of another 30, for an apparent total of 288 supplier facilities audited since 2007. Much of the company’s probing seems focused on weeding out underage workers, protecting the rights of migrant workers, and mapping the use of potential conflict minerals such as tantalum and tungsten; however, it also cites improperly maintained machines and violated engineering controls.

“Foxconn is not a sweatshop,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in June 2010. “You go in this place and it’s a factory but, my gosh, they’ve got restaurants and movie theaters and hospitals and swimming pools. For a factory, it’s pretty nice.”

Apple’s mobile devices helped buoy the company’s revenues to $24.67 billion for the fiscal 2011 second quarter, with a net profit of $5.99 billion. Apple sold 4.7 million iPads during the quarter, which saw the release of the iPad 2. Though Apple commands the lion’s share of the tablet market and continues to maintain a healthy presence in smartphones, it finds itself increasingly challenged by a variety of manufacturers pushing devices loaded with Google Android.

Apple is expected to issue a new iPhone and iOS later in the year, along with Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion,” the next version of its operating system for Macs.

“Demand on iPad 2 has been staggering,” Cook told analysts and media during an April 20 earnings call. Despite that demand, however, he expressed confidence that “we can produce a very large number of iPads for the coming quarter.”

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Jailbreak Apple TV 4.2.2 (iOS 4.3) With Sn0wBreeze And PwnageTool

We announced the release of the software update of the Apple TV 2G by Apple.The release fixed the existing issues with numerous bugs on the previous release along with improvements. You can view these changes from our posts here. However the release has been jailbroken already.

The release of the PwnageTool bundle by the iPhone Dev Team can be used with the recently discussed release of the PwnageTool Bundles to untether jailbreak the Apple TV 2G on the iOS 4.2.2 firmware. We will discuss this method over the weekend. However for Windows users, iH8sn0w, the iPhone developer released the updated version of Sn0wbreeze that will help untether jailbreak on the latest firmware of the Apple TV 2G.

Users can download the latest release of the Sn0wbreeze 2.7.2 from the links posted below. Once downloaded they can follow our instructions for the untether jailbreak and apply the same for the Apple TV for the untether jailbreak. You must remember to select the right option for the Apple TV 2G.

Just a note, the latest release of the Sn0wbreeze fixes minor issues and can be downloaded from: Sn0wbreeze 2.7.2

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Use Your iPhone To Unlock Your Door

We have seen some pretty unique and innovative devices in our time such as the speakers in your sneakers and the no strings strumming with the Hyper Touch Guitar being just a few. Now we have something else to tell you about that we feel might get a bit of a mixed reception.

It’s the Lockitron where you can use your iPhone or any other phone for that matter to unlock your door. It sounds crazy doesn’t it, but this sort of device on your door is aiming to replace your keys with a simple text message. You can see some of the benefits of it such as if you aren’t in and one of your friends needs to pick up some stuff or something along those lines but you have to wonder just how secure it is.

Not only that but there’s an NFC option too as well as accepting the all important back up of a physical key! We first learned of this device through techcrunch.com where Alexia Tsotsis has added an article informing us of the ins and outs of it along with the other crucial piece of information… How much it will cost you.

The Lockitron has a price tag starting at $295 from their official website so if you are looking to pimp your door then you will need to cough up quite a lot of cash to do it. You can watch a video of it in action showing the texting method and also the NFC at the bottom of the article. 



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HTC Sensation US Arrival 12th June ? Equal To Galaxy S II

During the month of April, the new HTC Sensation formerly known as the Pyramid was announced at the official HTC event in London. At that time, we gave you news of the specs and more recently, comparisons, its graphics, news of the battery issue being resolved, price and so on. Today the news if true, will no doubt get many of you chomping on the bit.

According to James Cushing over at thegadgets.net, a rumor has suggested that the new Sensation will be available on June 12th at US retailer Target. The news comes as leaked marketing material has been spotted from Android Central, which is indicating that the handset will indeed be launched at this time.

We have to emphasize that until its made official, this is still only rumor. It was just 2 or so weeks ago that we here at OSM, reported that an announcement page had been set up, allowing customers to get updated news and information about the Sensation’s arrival, which as we were aware was June 8th.

Along with news of the US date, a price has also been obtained but this is only speculation. The phone running on T-Mobile is priced at $199.00 on a two year data plan or a stand alone price of $549.00.

If you need refreshing on the impressive specs, we can tell you that the Sensation will incorporate a 4.3-inch qHD display matching that of other phones such as the Droid Bionic (if it surfaces) and the Samsung Galaxy S2. Along with this it will run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, although at this time we do not know whether it will be the newer 2.3.4 update as oppose to 2.3.3, Sense 3.0, 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 8MP rear camera, again matching the Galaxy S2, 1080p and so on.

Tell us are you tempted by the HTC Sensation, or does the Galaxy S2 do it for you? Coincidentally earlier on today we gave you news that the Samsung was indeed priced and ready to go on AmazonUK.

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HTC Thunderbolt with inductive charging backplate arrives at the FCC

Oh, what kind of mysteries abound over at the FCC? Well, apart from newer devices that are about to hit the market (and hence need the help of our friends there to be federally approved for our safety and consumption), we now have word of an inductive-charging backplate that was specially manufactured for the HTC Thunderbolt. As you can tell from our review, the HTC Thunderbolt’s battery life just isn’t up to par for a modern smartphone, carrying what some call to be the curse of 4G/LTE due to its high power consumption. Nice to know that there is a new backplate that helps make it more convenient for your battery-sapping device to last longer whenever you are up and about away from your home.

Just to get a better idea on how it works, when snapped to your HTC Thunderbolt, you can just let the smartphone rest on a charging mat, but unfortunately while HTC Thunderbolt owners were looking forward to this peripheral that was rumored to be out last month, April came by and passed without nary a word from Verizon Wireless.

Briefly making at appearance at Verizon Wireless’s online shop for $39 a pop, it was pulled down shortly after that, and we are still holding out for an official word.

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Just Released Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 4 or 3Gs 4.3.3 on Web Browser

At last an iPhone 4/3G/3Gs Carrier unlock for firmware 4.3.3 is available on www.fastunlockiphone.com on web browser. Yes, finally you are able to unlock the iPhone 4/3G/3Gs 4.3.3 and use it on any compatible wireless network. It will work not only to unlock the iPhone 4 running the latest iOS version but it will work with any iPhone model and any firmware or baseband version.

Remember that unlock iphone 4/3G/3Gs 4.3.3 can only be done once you have jailbroken the device. With the all-in-one solution and you can jailbreak and unlock iphone 4/3g/3gs 4.3.3 and 4.3.2 in one basic process. You may use software or the latest browser based solution.

More and more iPhone owners are becoming aware of the benefits of jailbreaking and unlockinh iphone 4/3g/3gs and are lining up to try it out. This is providing a thriving market for third-party app developers. Unlocking is not the only benefit to jailbreaking your iPhone. Once you remove the locks that Apple installs you can enjoy the full features of you iPhone.

With the easiest and fastest jailbreak solution out that is browser based even those who may have hesitated in the past are flocking to sites to install the jailbreak and then take advantage of what the fought for. You will be able to install cydia on your iphone as well.
Cydia is the app store for third-party developers. Some of the apps you may find in iTunes but most you will not. There are over two hundred thousand apps. You may even find pirated apps.

Fast Unlock iPhone have been providing iPhone unlock solutions since the release of the iPhone 2G (June 2007). They have received over a total of 1 million downloads since the initial launch. This is unmatched within the industry.

The latest application allows the ability to jailbreak and unlock the latest ios 4.3.3 installed on the iPhone 3G, 3Gs and iPhone 4G.

Many new and exciting features that are limited on the standard factory iPhone are enabled by using the unlock software offered on fastunlockiphone.com. Just a few include the use of any service provider, free GPS navigation applications, the ability to enable video chat on both 3G and 3Gs iPhones, thousands of wallpapers along with many more. For more information visit www.fastunlockiphone.com
For more information, visit: http://www.fastunlockiphone.com

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Chronic Dev Team’s ‘p0sixninja’ Attending UK Jailbreak Event

Many iPhone owners jail break their devices so they can use the handset how they want to. This is all made possible by the clever people who come up with ways to do this. The first ever iOS community convention will be taken place in the US next year. Also the Chronic Dev Team’s ‘p0sixninja’ will be attending the UK jailbreak event.

Oliver Haslam from Redmond Pie is reporting that well known hacker MuscleNerd from the iPhone Dev-Team will be making a keynote presentation at the event in the US next year. It has also been announced that Joshua Hill otherwise known as ‘p0sixninja will be at an event in London in September.

This was made possible as money was raised by the MyGreatFest community to fund the visit. The community is the first iDevice jailbreak convention in the world and is set to take place on September 17th. It will have some of the biggest names in iOS jailbreaking which includes founder of Cydia, Jay Freeman

Tickets for the event have already been made available from the convention’s eStore costing £27 for adults, or £17 for children. There is also group discounts available.

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iPhone dev team releases untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.3

For those of you who don’t mind living on the edge, you can now do it a bit more sensibly with your iPhone.

Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, jailbreakers hesitant to update to iOS 4.3.3 can now do so without losing their ability to jailbreak. The iPhone dev team confirmed iOS 4.3.3 is still vulnerable to the untethered jailbreak exploit that @i0n1c created for 4.3.1. Released earlier this week, this version of iOS fixes the location bug that made headlines a few weeks ago.

Both the group’s PwnageTool and redsn0w have been updated and will jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 devices including the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (GSM), iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPad1 and AppleTV 2G (v4.3;8F202). Unfortunately, the iPad 2 is not yet supported and its jailbreak is still under development.

Head over to the dev team’s blog for more information about this untethered jailbreak. As with all jailbreak attempts, follow the directions carefully and proceed at your own risk…

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New iPhone Unlock & Jailbreak Available For Firmware Version 4.3.3

Once again, premier iPhone unlockers – www.Unlock-Apple-iPhone.com, have release an all new jailbreak and unlock thats compatible with the very latest firmware iOS 4.3.3 for both the iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 4.For close to three years now, the industries top iPhone Unlocking service providers have help more than 1,000,000 iPhone users unlock and jailbreak their iPhones, enabling them to be used to their full potential.For those iPhone users that are unfamiliar with the numerous benefits to be gained from jailbreaking and unlocking an iPhone, here are just a few examples:Jailbreak your iPhone enables you to do the following: 1) Install 3rd party applications via Cydia and Installer, such as…..
Cycorder / Video Recorder – Let you capture video on iPhone
NemusSync – Sync iPhone calendar with Google Calendar
MxTube – Download and save YouTube video on iPhone
Mame4iPhone – Play arcade games on iPhone for free 2) Changing iPhone Looks & Feel Are you bored with the standard icons that come with iPhone? Ever think of changing the look of iPhone? With jailbroken iPhone you can use Winterboard to apply themes to the iPhone and make it look even cooler. 3) Full control of your iPhone As you may or may not know, the inner part of iPhone is a trim-down version of Mac OS X, which is actually a Unix core. So, you may wonder whether you can install some Unix applications such as Apache web server, on the iPhone. The answer is yes. With a jailbroken iPhone, you can install a lightweight version of HTTP server and other similiar servers. And, one server that most Jailbreak iPhone users are using is a SSH daemon. With SSH, you can connect to iPhone remotely and transfer any file to/from it. 5) Unlock iPhone Lastly, the most common reason for jailbreaking iPhone is to continue on and unlock it. This is one of the mandatory steps you need to through before you can unlock iPhone. Unlocking means breaking free from your current carrier. The benefits of unlocking your Iphone are clear: you will be able to use cheap local (pay as you go) simcards in the phone, and make phone calls at cheaper local rates. You can use the iPhone on cheaper networks (especially as data rates are often very expensive on the standard iPhone carriers). You can use more then one phone number on the iPhone, and switch your simcard at any time you wish.
Of course you can always use the original AT&T ( or O2) simcard after unlocking. The unlock does not affect the way your iPhone works ( if you use a good unlocking service such as that offered by Unlock-Apple-iPhone.com) it enables the phone to accept ANY simcard.
Other benefits of unlocking your iPhone are the addition of Cydia and installer on the unlocked iPhone.
The benefits of unlocking your phone are numerous. Not only will you benefit from being able to use any SIM card on any network in your phone, but you will also be able to take advantage of roaming services offered by most major networks.
Unlocking your handset may also enable dual, tri or even quad band functionality, allowing you to use your phone in even more countries around the globe.Simply put, the iPhone in it’s standard form is heavily restricted and jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone enables it to be used to it’s full potential, so why wouldn’t you do so?For more details and to unlock and jailbreak your iPhone, visit www.Unlock-Apple-iPhone.com today!

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Crackers release iPhone 4.3.3 jailbreak/unlocking software

ust three days after Apple released iOS 4.3.3 the iPhone Dev-Team has developed a jailbreak and networking unlocking solution for the new iPhone and 3G-enabled iPad operating system.

The news comes as O2 - the iPhone's first operator in the UK - is now allowing handset owners to tether their iPhones free of charge via USB or Bluetooth, as well as offer complete in-contract unlocking, Infosecurity notes.

According the 9to5Mac newswire, the 4.3.3 jailbreak works on a Mac or a Windows computer and the jailbreak even adds a multitasking gesture facility not normally seen on the iPhone.

It's important to note that the ultrasn0w jailbreak only works with selected basebands on the iPhone, but this compatibility can be checked fairly easily.

"The iOS 4.3.3 untethered jailbreak is based on the exploit created by @i0nic for iOS 4.3.1", says the newswire.

As new jailbreaks for the iPhone are appearing very quickly after an iOS update, O2 seems to have woken up to the fact and is now offering contract users the ability to unlock their handsets from the O2 network by filling in an online form.

The process then takes 14 days and requires connection to iTunes, but it does allow users to legitimately unlatch their handsets from the O2 network.

In addition, in parallel with a revamping of O2's data bundles, the cellco is now offering `free' tethering via Bluetooth and USB connection, although Infosecurity notes that the data usage will come from users' data bundles, and does not work across WiFi connections.

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Image simulation iPhone 5 slim

According to information on Thisismynext, this product is part of the thin design and a little thicker at the top.

Backside metal machines like the iPod Touch Generation 4. Device in the picture size up to 3.7 inches, keep the resolution 960 x 640 pixels (still in the standard super-sharp screen Display Retina although the amount of pixels per inch has fallen to 326 ppi).

One big change is the iPhone's Home button 5 is larger and designed for use on the touchscreen. It can will support NFC technology and chips for Qualcomm's network to use both CDMA and GSM.

IPhone will be expected to occur in approximately 5 in September this year.

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White iPhone prototype chip run the A5 appearance

BRG photo sharing site on Apple's smartphone, called the N94, use of network carriers T-Mobile (USA) and A5 integrated dual-core chips in the computer which only has 2 table iPad.

Previously, in the U.S., the iPhone only be distributed exclusively by AT & T and Verzion recently. The picture above shows, the product can be sold with a contract with another carrier, T-Mobile.

The sample design of the front are a bit different than the current iPhone 4. Website 9to5mac asserted, the device is built-in microprocessor S5L8940 symbol, identical to the code chip A5 inherent in iPad tablet 2.

According to experts, this is the new generation iPhone sample is encased in the shells of four and sent to iPhone developers to help them have more time to prepare.

Presumably, the iPhone will be released on 5 September with dual-core processor, upgraded 8-megapixel camera, Full HD video recording and screen size to use than present.

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iPhone Dev Team releases PwnageTool 4.3.2

The iPhone Dev Team, as promised, has updated its PwnageTool app to version 4.3.2, which now includes the 4.3.2 untethered jailbreak that had been introduced to its other jailbreaking tool, redsn0w, a few days ago. The jailbreak is compatible with all iDevices that support iOS 4.3.2 except for the iPad 2, and the purpose of this PwnageTool release is mostly for unlockers who wish to update and jailbreak while preserving their baseband version in order to preserve their carrier unlock.

The iPhone Dev Team’s ultrasn0w unlocking tool has also been updated alongside PwnageTool to work with iOS 4.3.2, although no new baseband support has been added at this time. The Dev Team noted the following in.


Note that there’s a corresponding update to ultrasn0w, which has been bumped up to v1.2.2 to get along with iOS 4.3.2 (the ultrasn0w update does not include any new baseband support!). Please reboot your iPhone using the normal “slide to power off” swipe after installing ultrasn0w 1.2.2.

You can grab the official BitTorrent release of PwnageTool 4.3.2 from ThePirateBaty.org. The Dev Team has noted that it is best to ensure that the SHA1 sums always match for safety reasons, which for this release is as follows: SHA1 Sum = fdf9d7cba7872451bbca1ccae95a82cfefb352e7.

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Jailbreak App Stops iPhone Track-Tracking in its Tracks

Blogs were outraged Wednesday following the rediscovery that 3G-enabled iOS devices like the iPhone store a record of users’ GPS positions in a local file. Of course every person with an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch agreed to let Apple store and use this information, but it’s much more fun to get outraged than it is to read terms and conditions.

No matter — for those who don’t want their iPhones to remember that they were pillaging a Dunkin’ Donuts instead of working out at the gym, there is now a simple answer: untrackerd.

Jailbroken iDevice owners can now install a simple utility that will stop their devices from storing this information.

The app is free and is available in the BigBoss repository, but the app might just be a temporary solution — according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, the file that stores location history is actually a cache file that should be cleared out occasionally but isn’t due to a bug or an oversight.

Gruber thinks the bug will be fixed in the next iOS update, though no timeline is available at the moment.

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Tools wipe location data from (some) iPhones

Want to wipe location-tracking data that's being stored on your iPhone without your permission? There's an app for that, but you've got to jailbreak your iPhone first.

Several tools have cropped up as a fix for people riled up about the fact that iPhones (and iPads) are surreptitiously logging unencrypted location-related data on the device, including cell tower coordinates, time stamps, cell operator and Wi-Fi networks used, and longitude and latitude from GPS signals--basically a when-and-where of your phone's location going back at least a year.

Police have known about and been using this information, and cellular operators have access to it and can provide it when served with a court order. But anyone with physical access to the phone (and access to a desktop backup of the data) is now able to see an iPhone owner's whereabouts over time.

The fact that consumers don't realize that their phones are recording and storing this information in clear text has come as a big surprise to many people, including consumer advocates who say it's a big privacy violation.

You can hide the data that may be on your desktop by encrypting your iTunes backups. And you can turn off GPS to stop the logging of at least that information, but that doesn't clean up any data stored on the device, and it will severely limit use of the device for location-based services like mapping. There is no way to disable the tracking, because it's baked into the operating system.

The only option at this point is to use one of the programs written specifically to delete the data. But, as unapproved iPhone apps that reach into the iOS functions, they're not available through Apple's official App Store. They're unsanctioned apps that run only on iPhones that have been jailbroken--devices in which the operating system has been unlocked so owners can run any application they want.

Canadian programmer Ryan Petrich released a tool Wednesday called Untrackerd, which deletes the location-tracking information from the device. The app runs on iOS 4.0 and higher and installs a so-called "daemon" program that runs in the background, continuously cleaning up the data in the "consolidated.db" file where it is stored. "No new icons are added to your homescreen," according to the description on TheBigBoss.org. "There are no options to configure."

Untrackerd, which also is available from the Cydia third-party app store, deletes any data more than 30 minutes old from the consolidated.db file, checking every 5 minutes (except when the phone is in sleep mode) for changes to the file. The most recent data is left intact so the device can still pinpoint the phone's location for driving directions, for example, Petrich told CNET today.

The app does not zero out the deleted data multiple times, as is necessary to prevent bit-level analysis during forensics from unearthing data written to permanent storage. Meanwhile, whatever Untrackerd deletes on the device gets mirrored when the desktop sync is performed, he said.

"I did not make any attempt to make sure it is completely wiped from the disk or [to] wipe any other private data," said Petrich, an Edmonton-based software programmer for mobile ad company Medialets. "I try to maintain the functionality of consolidated.db...[which is used] to improve the performance of location services."

Asked why he wrote the tool, Petrich said: "I created it because I wasn't 100 percent comfortable with the entire history of my location being stored on a device that is very easy to lose."

Another tool, Location Blocker, goes further and wipes all historical data from the consolidated.db file and also blocks the device from storing any further cell and Wi-Fi location data. Step-by-step instructions for installing it are here.

Petrich said he didn't know of any other tools that would help iPhone users get rid of this data. He also said he didn't know why Apple was logging the data but said he doubts it is for malicious purposes because "it's not being transported anywhere."

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New iOS 5.0 Rumors Squashed, White iPhone 4 With Jailbreak

Earlier this week we showed you some videos that apparently unveiled the White iPhone 4, which had iOS 5 running, or that’s what it seemed to be. Now it looks like bloggers and iPhone users are squashing these new iOS 5.0 rumors.

You can see the two videos in this post here, which were made in Vietnam. One of the videos seems to show a new style of multitasking that is not standard for iOS 4, although we’ve received feedback from our readers that some features shown are possible on an iPhone 4 jailbreak.

One reader said that Multifl0w is used to multi-talk, and that was used in the video on an iPhone 4 with a white faceplate. The videos do look impressive, but we can confirm some of the features are possible on a jailbroken iPhone.

Some people thought this could be a White iPhone 5, although earlier Apple rumors point to the 5th generation iPhone not having the GB capacity on the back. We’re likely to never know how official many leaked videos are, with most being made by Apple fans, but with the recent news of a white iPhone 4 getting sold early in the UK, anything is possible.

If you have not seen the videos, check out the previous article and let us know if you agree that the device is just a jailbroken iPhone 4.

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