Pod2g Gives iOS 5.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak To Chronic Dev Team For Release, Focuses On iPad 2 / iPhone 4S Jailbreak

Hey, jailbreaks, look at what news we’re bringing today! The iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak is almost here and guess what? GreenPois0n jailbreak tool will be back bringing iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for all A4 devices. Pod2g has recently updated his blog with a post informing users about the latest decision he made regarding his untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.0.1.

Pod2g says that he handed over the keys of his untethered jailbreak (which will untether iOS 5 and iOS 5.0.1) to the Chronic Dev Team so that they can test it, finish it and release the jailbreak as soon as possible.

I gave all the details to the chronic dev team so that they can finish, test, integrate and release the A4 jb ASAP.

Moreover, pod2g mentioned that he’ll now focus on jailbreaking A5 devices as the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. He hopes that he find a path quickly.

I need to focus on A5 and hope I can find a path quick, and I have the feeling that chronic-dev could help me.

Well, in my opinion, I see this is good news for both iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S users since the iPhone 4 users will get the jailbreak very soon (I mean it) and iPhone 4S users will see some good progress in the next few days.

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iPad 3 Release Date Set For Steve Jobs’ Birthday On February 24 (REPORT)

This new rumor says it all; Apple will release the iPad 3 on February 24, 2012 in honor of Steve Jobs’ birthday. According to Focus Taiwan, Apple’s iPad 3 release date is on Steve Jobs’ birthday anniversary.

The newspaper gets its sources close to Taiwanese makers in Apple’s supply chain:

After the iPhone 4S successfully took the tech market by storm, the iPad3 is widely expected to be Apple’s first hit product to be released next year. Industry sources said the first shipment of the iPad3 could exceed 4 million units. Because it is a new gadget, it is taking time for makers in the supply chain to raise their yield rates. The sources said all OEM and ODM makers have exercised great caution in ensuring the smooth operations of their production lines.

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iOS Multitasking Gestures With Less Fingers (VIDEO)

Apple came out to be considerate about two biggest flaws of the operating system that includes dependence on notifications and dependence on a computer, via release of iOS 5. Some provisionary steps have also been taken in order to improve its multi tasking capabilities. This includes addition of four and five-finger multi tasking gestures to the iPad 2. This has made easy for users to switch between apps and get to the Home screen of the device.

Since Apple first introduced multi tasking gestures on first generation iPad, I’ve been using them as developer beta in iOS 4.3. Apple initially took this feature away from iOS however now it has come back publically available and is the first update to iOS and thus I rushed to update my iPad too.

It makes sense to use four or five fingers to get to the Home screen or to bring multitasking bar, or sidebars to switch between apps on the iPad’s large screen. However if compared to iPhone, it doesn’t sounds that practical and may end up as trouble.

For this conundrum that utilizes an edge-based gesture, UI designer Max Rudberg has come up with a solution. The video below shows the application of bringing up the multitasking bar with a single finger. It tends to be simple and makes complete sense for Apple too to add it to their OS.

Moving ahead, it would be awesome application addition in order to move from one application to another you can swipe in from the left to right edge, just like you do horizontal swipe with four finger gesture on the iPad. Now u need to put less effort in switching between your browser or text editor, notes, email clients etc.

It’s not the first time when apple has re fixed existing gestures to make them functional using smaller surfaces or few fingers, if this addition comes in and is applied. To make them work with the Magic Mouse, company later reduced the four finger multi tasking gesture to one-and-two finger gesture.

Third party apps which already use edge-based gestures from their features will have a clash with this new gesture like the multitasking gesture on the iPad. In our opinion, it would be wise enough to pay a tiny price to have to use other ways to access those features on affected apps because the overall benefit to the system seem to be so significant.

To me it doesn’t apply much using all of the Home buttons features. It’s less likely that I’ll double-press Home button to bring up media controls when the device is locked etc.

Rudberg also seems to point out the same aspect that is the Home Button on iOS devices is over burdened with functions and thus becomes less responsive within the passage of time due to reasons such as wear and tear because of constant use! These gestures will not completely eliminate but will reduce one’s use of that button.

It is also suggested by Rudberg that the features could be optional, provided with a preference for users to either turn them on or off in the Settings app such as the present multitasking gesture on the iPad. He’s filed the request for this feature at Apple and hopefully it would be added in the future iOS version as a option.

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Why Android’s UI Isn’t As “Smooth” As iOS

A few Google+ posts by a Google Engineer and by a former Google intern and soon-to-be Microsoft intern correct poor "facts" and shed some light on why Android's user interface isn't as smooth as iOS's. The reason may not be what you think it is.

Dianne Hackborn, an engineer at Google, hopped on Google Plus to set straight some of the misinformation that's been floating around about Android.

She says that some form of hardware acceleration has always been utilized by Android, since Android 1.0. This includes window compositing, menu transitions and pop-ups, the notification bar's animation, and some others.

However, prior to Android 3.0 - "Honeycomb," the tablet-targeted OS - drawing inside of a window was usually software based, and hardware acceleration wasn't needed to get 60fps frame rates. Honeycomb changed things to add more prevalent hardware acceleration options to developers. Android's newest version, 4.0 or "Ice Cream Sandwich," hasn't made drastic changes except that hardware acceleration is on by default now.

A key fact of the debate of Android performance has been the use of hardware acceleration. Hackborn describes why using it isn't really as ideal as people think it is:

Hardware accelerated drawing is not all full of win. For example on the PVR drivers of devices like the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, simply starting to use OpenGL in a process eats about 8MB of RAM. Given that our process overhead is about 2MB, this is pretty huge. That RAM takes away from other things, such as the number of background processes that can be kept running, potentially slowing down things like app switching.

Overall, Hackborn sets quite a few facts straight in her long post. Be sure to check it out.

Andrew Munn, a former Google intern and soon-to-be Microsoft intern, took Hackborn's facts and aimed to explain why Android doesn't provide as smooth of a user interface as iOS, WebOS, or even Windows Phone 7.

RedmondPie summarizes Munn pretty well:

UI rendering processes in iOS occur with dedicated threads with real-time priority whereas on Android, UI rendering processes occur along with the main thread with normal priority. Whenever an iOS devices detects touch, it stops other processes and focuses all attention to rendering the UI. Android devices don’t do this, instead general processing and UI rendering occurs concurrently which results in choppy UI.

Munn states in his disclaimer that he has tried to do as much research as he can, but he did not work on the Android framework, nor has he gone through Android's rendering source code.

If you're more interested, be sure to check out the original posts linked below. They contain quite a bit of valuable information, especially considering that Android's lack of smoothness is one of its biggest criticisms.

[via Dianne Hackborn on G+, Andrew Munn on G+, Phandroid, RedmondPie]

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Sprint To Start Locking iPhone 4S SIMs From Today, November 11th

We knew this was coming, and today Sprint confirmed that it would start SIM locking the iPhone 4S. The news comes from an internal memo obtained by SprintFeed and a press release obtained by Engadget.

The press release said:

Sprint's policy is to have the iPhone 4S SIM locked to our network domestically and internationally. Beginning on November 11, the International SIM will be locked for devices provisioned on the Sprint network. Customers in good standing for at least 90 days can request to have their SIM unlocked for international use by calling Customer Care at 888-211-4727.

The leaked memo provides additional details about the locking process. Key points being:

A Sprint iPhone 4S bought (activated) before 11/11/11 would remain unlocked.The locking occurs during the activation process and is invisible to the customer (no extra action is needed by customer).

As iDB points out, a software restore of your Sprint iPhone 4S may lock your device's unlocked SIM slot. This is because after every software restore, iPhones have to be activated, and as the memo mentions, the "locking" happens during this process.

Although the iPhone 4S is a World Phone, you would need to go through Sprint's customer care to get your iPhone SIM unlocked. Sprint is also marketing its own international roaming plans along with the announcement.

The other CDMA network in the U.S., Verizon, had from day one sold the iPhone 4S SIM locked.

For the full text of the press release head over to the Engadget source link below.

[via Engadget, SprintFeed]

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Unlocked iPhone 4S Now Available In U.S.

Apple's new iPhone 4S went on sale last month, however the fine print on Apple's US website revealed that the unlocked iPhone 4S will be available only in the November.

So as promised Apple has started offering unlocked iPhone 4S in the US starting today. 

As we had noted earlier, the unlocked iPhone 4S will be compatible with only GSM Networks. Apple is selling the unlocked iPhone 4S for $649/$749/$849 for the 16/32/64 GB models respectively with estimated shipping of 1-2 weeks.

Apple has this to say about the unlocked iPhone 4S:

The unlocked iPhone includes all the features of iPhone but without a contract commitment. You can activate and use it on the supported GSM wireless network of your choice, such as AT&T in the United States.* The unlocked iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S will not work with CDMA-based carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint. If you don’t want a multiyear service contract or if you prefer to use a local carrier when traveling abroad, the unlocked iPhone is the best choice. It arrives without a micro-SIM card, so you’ll need an active micro-SIM card from any supported GSM carrier worldwide. To start using it, simply insert the micro-SIM card into the slot on your iPhone and turn it on by pressing and holding the On/Off button for a few seconds. Then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your iPhone.

Incidentally, the contract-free GSM iPhone 4S that Apple has been selling since the launch were already unlocked and not locked to AT&T's network.

Despite the high price, factory unlocked iPhones are popular among international travelers who may need to frequently switch SIM cards to avoid the exorbitant international roaming charges.

Are you planning to buy an unlocked iPhone 4S? Do you think it is worth the premium? Let us know in the comments below.

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Google Search iOS App Updated For iPhone And iPad

Google has just come up with an update to the Google Search iOS app which brings a brand new design for iPad and full-screen mode for search results and pages on an iPhone . The new interface on the iPad is inspired by the design recently showed across the majority of Google’s web services.


Now there are 4 grey icons on the main search page as History, Voice Search, Applications and Goggles. Also included in the update is a full-screen browsing mode and a visual UI for history allowing you to thumb through search results as pages.

The side-by-side view allows you to browse through web pages and search results simultaneously. Google Instant and Instant previews are also included in the iPad version. As for the iPhone, the update only lists minor bug fixes along with a full-screen mode provided. Updated Google Search app can be downloaded via iTunes.

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iOS 5 Causing Some Users To Lose WiFi Connectivity

Since iOS 5 was released, users have been struggling its frustrating bugs and issues, the most prominent of which is the quick battery drainage. Though the iPhone 4S is packed with a lot of impressive features, users fail to enjoy them because of the battery issue which renders their iPhones unreliable.


In an attempt by Apple to fix the battery issue, iOS 5.0.1 was released promising better performance. However the problem still lingers and users have to wait still for a fix.
In addition to the memory leak problem which delayed the release of iOS 5.0.2 which was expected to launch couple of days ago, the current iOS 5 devices are apparently struggling with another issue which is connecting to Wi-Fi netwroks. Even if an iOS 5 device manages to connect to a Wi-Fi network, users still report sluggish weak connection signal which soon drops completely.
Looks like iOS 5 is backed with flaws that Apple has to address before it has too many bemused users on its hands.

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Siri Finally Gets Cracked! Can Now Be Ported To Android, Mac, iPhone 4, iPad 2!

You read it right, folks! You’ll be able to soon to run Siri on any device you just wish. Applidium, a French engineering firm, has managed to crack Siri’s security protocol that made Siri limited to the iPhone 4S. In other words, you’ll be able to run Siri on any device including Android, Mac and Windows.


This also includes any model of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Siri is now not limited to the iPhone 4S, it can run on any iOS device and even on non-iOS devices.
What’s more amazing? Well, the awesome thing about this is that developers can now integrate Siri inside their apps too.

The iPhone 4S really sends raw audio data. It’s compressed using the Speex audio codec, which makes sense as it’s a codec specifically tailored for VoIP.The iPhone 4S sends identifiers everywhere. So if you want to use Siri on another device, you still need the identfier of at least one iPhone 4S. Of course we’re not publishing ours, but it’s very easy to retrieve one using the tools we’ve written. Of course Apple could blacklist an identifier, but as long as you’re keeping it for personal use, that should be alright!

The developers also found that Apple uses a lot of information when it communicates with its servers when it comes to Siri:

The protocol is actually very, very chatty. Your iPhone sends a tons of things to Apple’s servers. And those servers reply an incredible amount of informations. For example, when you’re using text-to-speech, Apple’s server even reply a confidence score and the timestamp of each word.

There’s only one bad thing; you’ll need a UDID of an iPhone 4S to get this cracking working on your device so at any time Apple could block the UDID you used. This means tat Apple could push a fix once it’s released, another cat and mouse game!
Siri was successfully ported to the iPhone 4 and iPod touch couple of weeks back. It has been also connected to Apple’s servers successfully.
Can’t wait to see this!

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The Facebook Phone Is Here, Named “Buffy” And Will Run Google’s Android OS (REPORT)

Well, it’s here! AllThingsD reports that the much rumored Facebook Phone is going to be real. The technology website reports that the social-networking company, Facebook, is currently working with a cell phone manufacturer to build its own phone.


The phone will be called Buffy and it’s expected to be launched in the next 12-18 months. According to the report, the phone is “planned to run on a modified version of Android that Facebook has tweaked heavily to deeply integrate its services, as well as to support HTML5 as a platform for applications, according to sources familiar with the project.”
AllThingsD:

After years of considering how to best get into the phone business, Facebook has tapped Taiwanese cellphone maker HTC to build a smartphone that has the social network integrated at the core of its being.

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How To Enable Hidden iTunes ”Now Playing” Notification On Mac OS X

Hidden deep in the new Lion OS X, turns out that a new iTunes Dock setting. Once you have activated it, a pop up notification of which iTunes track is currently playing will appear. You may prefer the native one found in Lion rather than programming Growl to show similar notifications.


Those running the latest Lion OS X 10.7 are going to have this feature available. You just need to activate it. After a few simple steps explained below, a window will pop up above the iTunes icon on the Dock each time a new track starts displaying the song title and the artist. The notification window is going to close automatically after a couple of seconds.
STEP 1: Before anything, you’ll need to close iTunes.
STEP 2: Open the Terminal (Applications > Utilities)
STEP 3: Enter the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock itunes-notifications -bool TRUE;killall Dock

STEP 4: You have the option to customize it by adding the iTunes icon in the pop up along with the track info with the following command:

defaults write com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image -bool TRUE;killall Dock

Now launch iTunes and get ready to try it!
Some of you might find it distracting but for others it may turn out to be pretty cool . Nevertheless here are the steps to deactivate it just in case.
You can disable the “Now Playing” notification in Mac OS X by writing the below commands in the terminal:

defaults delete com.apple.dock itunes-notifications
defaults delete com.apple.dock notification-always-show-image;killall Dock

Keir Thomas came up with this tweak and shared it on Mac OS X hints. He mentioned that it came with bundled options which allowed for the change in width and height of the notification window. Apple may be working on a new notification system which is compatible with OS X applications but may not be ready to make it official.

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iOS 5.0.2 Delayed

Last week, a report from a popular German website spread on the web reporting that iOS 5.0.2 would had been released during last week’s weekend. The week is now over and we didn’t seee iOS 5.0.2 so we’re seeing reports about delays.


AppleInsider today reported that iOS 5.0.2 has memory leak issues that Apple needs to fix before the release so it might have been delayed.
The report says that iOS 5.0.2 new date is not set yet and it will finally fix battery woes for iPhone 4S users:

The rumored iOS 5.0.2 update is said to provide iPhone 4S users with 10 hours of active use. Apple’s official technical specifications advertise 200 hours of standby time, up to 8 hours of 3G talk time, 6 hours of 3G Internet use, 10 hours of video playback, or 40 hours of audio playback.

However, if you are looking forward to an untethered jailbreak for your device, we recommend that you stay on iOS 5 since there’s a bug allowing finding more exploits easily.

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Apple Might Be Working On NFC-Based Mobile Payment System

With Google already embraced NFC for mobile payments, Apple fans were expecting an NFC enabled iPhone which certainly didn’t happen as iPhone 4S has got no such hardware to support it. Though Apple is behind its competitors’ to launch an NFC enabled iPhone, they are certainly not sitting around!


According to PatentlyApple, the US Patent and Trademark office published 31 newly granted patents for Apple and NFC is one of them. Which means Apple is leading the market from behind, letting Google do all the work, and that is really very clever of them! Besides, as you all are aware of that Apple has recently introduced self-checkout in store, which is might be the first step to bring NFC technology in their next iOS devices.
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How To Get The New YouTube Homepage Right Now Before Everyone Else

That’s a cool one! YouTube is currently testing a new homepage design for its users. Since YouTube is currently testing this new design, not everyone can get. However, we’ve good news for you, you can get the new homepage design right now before everyone else thanks to the powers of the internet.


The guys over at GHacks found a very simple trick that allows you to try the new YouTube homepage before everyone. I will guide you below to easily do it:
STEP 1: Open YouTube from your browser (Firefox or Google Chrome).
STEP 2: Now open the web console:
In Chrome, press Ctrl-Shift-j to open the Developer Tools then Console tab.In Firefox, press Ctrl-Shift-k to open the Web Console. 
STEP 3: Now add the following:document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU";
STEP 4: Finally reload the YouTube page and have fun!
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iPad 3 Displays Shipments Ramping Up For Assembly In January 2012 (REPORT)

DigiTimes reporting that display panel suppliers, Samsung, LG, and Sharp, shipping a total of 3 millions units by the end of this month to Apple for the next-generation iPad which is rumored to be on track for March 2012 launch.

Display panel suppliers mentioned above have reportedly shipped 1 million display units to Apple and will send another 2 millions units by the end of November. The high-resolution display units seem to be dedicated for Apple’s 2012 iPad 3.

TPK Holding and Wintek are getting ready to ship near a million touch modules for the iPad 3 per month starting from some time between now and December, most probably November 2011.

The Korea Times also reported that LG is in talks with Apple to produce a smaller iPad, 7.35-inch, next year. Today’s DigiTimes report confirms this by saying Apple is “reportedly developing a new panel in 7.85-inch size”.

Yesterday, iLounge reported that the iPhone 5 will have aluminum body with 4-inch display, iPad 3 will be slightly thicker than the iPad 2 and the 2012's MacBook Pro will be thinner. Read the full report here.

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New To Jailbreaking? “iAm Jailbroken” Shows You Everything About Jailbreak

In case you’re new to the jailbreaking world, you might want to know what’s the use of jailbreaking and what can you do with it. A new has been released named iAm Jailbroken shows you jailbreaking basics through some video tutorials, jailbreaking news, and visual representations of what you can do with your device and how to do it.

iAm Jailbroken contains a main page with so many links guiding you to the right way and giving you information about jailbreaking. It’s mainly developed for newbies who are new in the jailbreak community.

The app’s main page (screenshot here) starts by showing you what are the jailbreak tools currently released and which firmwares they do jailbreak. Jailbreak tweaks like Redsn0w, Limera1n, GreenPois0n, Sn0wbreeze and more are included with links and text-guides.

Also included in the main page, a full list of jailbreak terms so that you can understand everything without any problems. The pros/cons of jailbreaking sections teaches you why jailbreaking is good and why it’s bad.

The app contains a section for the must-have jailbreak tweaks for both iPad and iPhone. It also includes a section for games uploaded by developers. Another interesting thing is the themes & music section that shows all kinds of ringtones, media, and themes for your iOS device that wasn’t available to you before installing Cydia.

SSH and SBSettings section where you can learn what’s SSH and what can be done while your device in SSH. Also SBSettings tweak and how it can be used included.

That’s the main page. However, the app includes a tab for video guides for all kind of things that you can with jailbreak. You must watch some videos, really useful!

Another tab at the bottom of the apps is the Repo. This tab teaches you how to add a repo to your Cydia sources.

The developer included a tab for his own blog which covers all kind of jailbreak news and Apple news. You can keep in touch with his blog with iAm Jailbroken.

You can get iAm Jailbroken app from Cydia store. There are two versions of the app, a universal one for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch which costs $1.50. The other one is a regular version for iPhone and iPod touch only costing $1.00.

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Hidden Code In iOS 5 Contains Interesting iPad 3 References (REPORT)

Some interesting information hidden deep within the code of iOS 5 has been uncovered by the folks over at 9to5mac. By code-digging over the last few months – including Siri, several secret features in the new software have been exposed by the site.

The recent find concerns on an unreleased Apple product, codenamed J2. The site considers that this could be the next version of the iPad. Apart from that, the folks also think that this could be the eagerly awaited Retina display-equipped tablet that everyone has been talking about.

The J2 codename matches up with a report from Digitimes which also named a J2 device as Apple’s next tablet. The report mentioned that Apple is currently giving two tablet PC projects to its upstream partners for development codenamed J1 and J2. The major differences according to the sources between the new tablet PCs compared to the previous models will be their size, specifications and technologies.

According to 9to5Mac, J1 and J2 are similar tablets, with J2 being the 3G model. Apple might also be testing the device as referenced in iOS 5 in early betas.

Rumors have been heard that Apple was working on an iPad with a Retina-like screen before, but such evidence have been seen for the first time. But still it seems like Apple and its supply partners are facing problems in producing high resolution displays.

Due to manufacturing limitations, Apple may have to decide between a thinner tablet with a lower screen resolution or an iPad with a Retina display which is slightly thicker.

Which one would be a better choice? Share your thoughts below.

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Galaxy Nexus Outshines iPhone 4S In Most Benchmark Tests (REPORT)

Samsung Galaxy Nexus – the first device to feature Andrioid 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) – can already be found in the UK market despite having not being launched Stateside. The comparisons between it and others on the market have already started.

AnandTech has started off with a few benchmark tests, which scrutinize devices in key areas, scoring points depending on its capabilities, and then compared with competitors on the market. With that being said , Apple’s treasured iPhone 4S and iOS 5 do lack in some areas despite great early sales figures.

Galaxy Nexus has taken the #1 spot after quite a few tests that is highly attributable to Ice Cream Sandwich as opposed to the device itself, which is nothing astronomical despite being competitive in processor speed/GPU.

You can see from the graph the tested browsing speeds of Samsung’s latest offering. Even though the difference might be minor, such everyday tasks must be fluent and easily executed as possible. And from what you see, it out passes the Galaxy S II by a double, which is not certainly a slow device.

However, Galaxy Nexus doesn’t have everything its own way despite dominating on most fronts. iPhone 4S, with its dual-core A5 chip, outshines the Samsung rival in the GPU loading stakes which is very important for smooth game play.

Although the Galaxy Nexus dominates on most fronts, it doesn’t have everything its own way. The iPhone 4S, with its dual-core A5 chip, outdoes its Samsung rival in the GPU loading stakes – pretty important to ensure smooth game play.

But surely, the speed of emails and aforementioned browsing and other essentials should be held highly in regard than potential for gaming. Despite this claim, with smartphones becoming the new hand held console, gaming potential in a smartphone must be just as important as anything else very soon.

The American following would be more eager to get their hands on the device after hearing this news which is running the latest mobile OS from the Big G. Let’s hope the wait isn’t much longer.

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WinOnX Allows You To Run Windows Apps On OS X – Here’s How To Do It!

Everyone knows that the Apple’s Mac PC is much faster than the Windows PC but there’s one thing which gives a +1 for the Windows PC; Almost all apps can run on Windows and there’s many apps that can run on Windows and can’t on OS X. Apple computer users have been using virtual machines programs like Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion to run Windows on their machines. This process is complicated and many users don’t like it.

That’s why WinOnX is here! As a Mac users, you shouldn’t worry anymore about running Windows apps on your OS X. In the Mac App Store, you can download an application called WinOnX right now for just $4.99 letting you run Windows apps on your Mac PC. All you need is to have a Mac OS 10.6 or higher to install this program.

STEP 1: Download WinOnX from the Mac App Store.

STEP 2: Download the .exe program that you wish to run, for example, Mozilla Firefox for Windows.

STEP 3: Once downloaded, double click on the .exe and WinOnX will install it and will run it like the same on Windows. Here’s how it looks:

Very simple, isn’t it?

A video demonstration for the above guide:

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Bugs Continue To Haunt iOS 5.0.1 Users

iOS 5.0.1 was released to solve the battery issues that iPhone 4S owners were experiencing. But Apple released a statement which said that there are still investigating a few remaining issues with the new version. Now many users are discovering a new host of bugs on iOS 5.01.

According to GigoOm, apart from poor battery issues that the users are experiencing on iOS 5.0.1, users are also experiencing WiFi drop-outs, microphone problems and a weird bug in contact recognition on the Verizon iPhone 4S.

There are numerous pages of bug complaints about bugs in iOS 5.0.1, with iOS 5.0.1 not solving most of the problems. Apple didn’t clearly mention that which issues are still not resolved after releasing the new version so one can’t expect the bugs and glitches to be fixed any time sooner.

On the Verizon iPhone 4S , TheStartupFoundry discovered a new bug in which performing an OTA update to iOS 5.0.1 makes the phone’s contacts to become unrecognized. Apart from that users won’t be able to downgrade from iOS 5 versions. So those on 5.0.1 are now trapped.

If you’ve updated to iOS 5.0.1, have you found any bugs? How is the battery life of your iPhone? We would like to hear your comments below.

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How To Use Siri For Voice Dictation On Mac And PC

Majority of the public have welcomed Siri despite the mixed reviews. Many are hoping for the feature to be ported to the iPhone 4 and other non-approved devices. Even Mac OS X users are hoping to get the digital assistant.

While this might take some time to happen, this workaround might fill in the gap. The method mentioned below allows desktop users (PC or Mac) to dictate their text using Siri. It’s really easy to do and doesn’t cost anything.

TUAW has passed along the obvious tip, which indicates that iPhone 4S users dictate the text on their desktops with a remote application. Apps like Mobile Mouse can connect the iPhone 4S to a desktop client over Wi-Fi, allowing to remotely type on the computer using iPhone 4S’ Siri.

The theory has been tested on an iPhone 4S and Macbook. This involved installation of Mobile Mouse’s desktop client and that was it.After launching the app, the tester was dictating the text to the Max seconds. The process was found to be both speedy and accurate.

There are many similar dictation softwares available, but the price tag reaches above $50. You can download Mobile Mouse Lite from App Store for free. Even the pro version, which comes with more features, costs around $2.00.

Features:

Mouse based on the Accelerometer technology (translates your hand motions into mouse movements)Vertical and horizontal use of the track padFile browserMulti – touch gestures ( Supports Scrolling and right click )Media Keys (Shortcuts to control media applications)Numeric keyboardHot-keys to run different applicationsWorks with multiple displaysBuilt for both MAC and WindowsIf you found this post useful, hopefully hit the +1 (recommend) button ?

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Download iTunes 10.5.1 Final With iTunes Match For Windows And Mac OS X

iTunes 10.5.1 final version download available right now for both Windows and Mac OS X users. iTunes 10.5.1 finally brings iTunes match to the public. In case you’re wondering what’s iTunes Match and what does it do, we’ll answer everything.

iTunes match is a new music service integrated with iTunes in the iCloud which let users able to “scan & match” their local music libraries and save their songs on iCloud. iTunes match has an automatic renewal subscription of $24.99 per year which can be canceled anytime from account settings. The subscription can only be done via PC or Mac and can’t be done via iOS devices. The music can be accessed via iOS 5.x on you iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and your PC or Mac OS X running iTunes 10.5.1. iTunes Match can be used on 10 computers and iOS devices including 5 of which can be computers authorized with your Apple ID.

iTunes Match is currently available for U.S users till now but it may be available in other countries soon.

What’s new in iTunes 10.5.1

Introducing iTunes Match. Store your entire music library in iCloud, including music you’ve imported from CDs, and enjoy your collection anywhere, anytime, on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, computer, or Apple TV.

iTunes 10.5 also included:

• iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere, any time, at no additional cost.

• Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or computer and automatically download a copy to your PC and iOS devices.

• Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV, app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes Store.

• Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.

• Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes any time they’re both on the same Wi-Fi network.

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Music Controls Pro Is The Ultimate Tweak For Music Lovers (Jailbreak)

Those who have been in search of an app that helps them to control their music collection easily can now stop searching because a new app is here to fulfill their needs. “Music Controls Pro” is a new version of the tweak and allows to control up to 46 music programs including Spotify, Grooveshark, Pandora as well as the standard iPod app.

The best thing about this app is that the songs you are listening won’t stop playing by pressing the Home button or interacting with other apps. The reason is that the app runs in the background and it allows the users to control music collection in a number of ways such as by bluetooth, headset or directly through the lock screen.

It includes dock metadata for car stereos, SBSetting toggle options and remote server support. The remote server gives the option of controlling the music that is being played between on your iPhone from another iPhone through WiFi. Currently priced at $5.99 , it is also available for free trial of 5 days. The app is available in the Cydia store but it is recommended to explore the app through the trial first as their are reports that the tweak is crashing or not functioning properly.

For installation, you will need a jailbroken iOS device. You can follow our instructions to jailbreak iOS 5 tethered, semi-tetheredor iOS 5.0.1 jailbreak. Once jailbroken, head to Cydia and search for ‘Music Controls Pro’.

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Apple Is Working On Crack-Resistant Glass For Future Devices (PATENT)

The iPhone, since its launch back in 2007, has received a lot of praise thanks to its software, high-resolution camera, display screens, ease of use and more but there has been one thing that disturbs iPhone users, the fast damage of its front and back glass panels. Apple actually is working on solving this problem.

According to PatentlyApple, it has been revealed that Apple is currently working on developing crack-resistant glass for future devices. The patent describes the method of developing crack resistant glass solutions for iPhone, there are many ways to do thing but only a couple work.

iDownloadBlog gives a quick description:

The first one involves disposing a tunable shock mount between the cover glass and the main body. This would dampen the blow of a drop because it isolates the glass from the rest of the device. It would also help protect against water damage.

The second method is more complex, and pertains to a retractable glass cover that can sense when the device has been dropped. Using an actuator, control module, and sensors, the cover glass would be able to retract itself in the event that it detected a drop.

Hope this comes to the iPhone 5.

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BlurriedNCBackground Makes Your iOS 5 Notification Center Background Transparent (Jailbreak)

Almost everyday, a new jailbreak tweak is released to bring something new to your iOS device. Some tweaks are really useful and others are just for better interface and design. Our today’s tweak is the type of one that customizes your iOS 5 notification center to give it a touch of high class.

Named BlurriedNCBackground in Cydia, a new tweak that will make your iOS 5 notification center background transparent. You can control the opacity of your notification center background by changing the settings of the tweak.

We’ve previously shown you how to change the background of the notification center with your own (using jailbreak). So now you have two choices; either change the background or make it transparent.

In order to get this tweak, you’ll need to get Cydia by jailbreaking your device running iOS 5 by following our guide posted here or iOS 5.0.1 guide posted here.

Once jailbroken, head to Cydia and search for ‘BlurriedNCBackground’ then install it for free. You can change the tweak’s options from the Settings app on your device.

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RadioShack Receiving Sprint iPhone 4S This Weekend

Now getting your hands on the Sprint iPhone 4S is a little easier as you have now got another outlet to go to. According to the internal documents obtained by 9to5mac, RadioShack will be introducing Apple’s latest handset to their Sprint lineup this weekend. Some stores are already filled with the stock now and many others will be getting the awaited iPhone 4S very soon.

But there is one thing that would disappoint you, according to the documents they have received, there is no indication that 32 or 64 GB models will be available at Radio Shack at this time.

Nevertheless the 16 GB model will be available in both the traditional colors (black and white) in all the stores currently carry the iPhone. Stores that don’t have the iPhone should be able to order it. RadioShack has been carrying the iPhone 4 on Sprint since they were selling the 4S on Verizon and AT&T last month with a note that the Sprint 4S would be a little late due to inventory issues.

Go to your local RadioShack this weekend to grab Apple’s latest smartphone.

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Unlock iPhone 4 And iPhone 3GS On Any Baseband Without Jailbreak

A successful unlock to T-Mobile in US and other nation’s networks have been reported using the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. The method could be a bug and may be fixed with the next update of iOS.

First you need to know that this will only work until TMSI is refreshed, meaning that the unlock won’t stay for a long time. We have already posted the how-to guide to unlock the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (follow the guide posted here). A little elbow grease may be required as swapping SIM cards is an integral part of the process and they need to have approximately the same size.

In the U.S., if you choose T-mobile for the iPhone carrier, you need to cut the standard iPhone SIM card to fit into the T-Mobile Micro-SIM slot. The best thing is this isn’t going to impact it’s functionality. You can use Google to find out the best way to do SIM card resizing if you can’t figure it out yourself.

When T-Mobile were left out from recieving an iPhone device, Sprint was the only new U.S carrier left for an iPhone device. When acquisition from AT&T happened, T-Mobile customer’s saw their wait come to an end. Before that, it would have been impossible for unlocking or using an iPhone 4 without a jailbreak.

If you have unlocked your iPhone successfully, don’t update your device when Apple releases iOS 5.0.2. This might  be an unexpected bug in the Apple iOS update. iOS 5.0.2 software update is expected to bring a remedy and an end to the simple unlocking process.

If you have been successful in unlocking your phone using this strategy, we would like to hear from you below.

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Apple Fails To Silence The Voice Of Siri

It is a known fact that Apple tends to keep its technology and future developments a secret from the outside world until they decide themselves that the people should know about them. Mr. Jon Briggs reportedly got a call from Apple’s public relations representative who warned him against talking about Apple products in public, saying that Apple employees are not allowed to do so.

Mr. Jon Briggs replied that he was not under any contract with Apple and that the voice overs that he did and that are being used in Siri were done with another company by the name of Scansoft. He did the voice overs about six to five years ago.

He further said that he came to know that Apple was using his voice when he first saw a demonstration of Siri on the television. Though he was not told beforehand about his voice beings used, he is nevertheless a fan of Apple products and is happy that the work he has done can live forever.

(Source: WSJ)

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How To Quickly Open Apps With Siri (Simple Trick)

Yes, you read it right, folks! That’s awesome; using a simple trick on your iPhone 4S, you’ll be able to quickly launch apps with Siri. Apple didn’t bring the ability to open apps using Siri but thanks to some tricks, you can actually do this on your style. Below we’re showing you how to open apps using voice commands from Siri.

The trick is based on launching apps via the URL scheme in Safari. For those who don’t know, you can launch any app and take some actions via Safari browser URLs. Developers has been working on finding some URL schemes which enables some hidden features on iOS too.

You can launch apps as Twitter, Facebook, App Store and more using URL schemes. Here’s some examples:

itms-apps:// – Open the App Storemaps:// – Open the Maps appsms:// – Open the compose window of the Messages appmusic:// – Go to the currently playing song in the Music appyoutube:// – Open the YouTube appitms-books:// – Open the iBooks app

Moreover, you can add commands to your apps too. If you want to launch Twitter and open the compose windows, you can simply do this by typing twitter://post?message into Safari.

Okay, now let’s get back to Siri:

For Siri, you’ll use the same option that Apple allows you to launch apps. Luckily, you can add URL schemes into a contact. So by creating a new contact and adding the URL scheme for the app you want to launch or the command you want to add, you’ll be able to call it via Siri.

We’ll take Facebook as an example, let’s add some popular schemes from the below ones to a contact named “Facebook”:

fb://profile – Open Facebook app to the user’s profilefb://friends – Open Facebook app to the friends listfb://notifications – Open Facebook app to the notifications listfb://feed – Open Facebook app to the News Feedfb://events – Open Facebook app to the Events pagefb://requests – Open Facebook app to the Requests listfb://notes – Open Facebook app to the Notes pagefb://albums – Open Facebook app to Photo Albums list

Create a new contact and then scroll down till you get to the URLs section at the bottom. Add some of those above and save contact as shown below:

What now? Just tell Siri “Facebook” and it will show you your contact with your commands. If you only added one URL scheme, it’ll do it immediately.

You can find all URL schemes here.

Below is a video showing in action:

Awesome, isn’t it?

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Enable Panorama Camera Mode In iOS 5 With Firebreak (Jailbreak)

As promised, the popular iPhone developer chpwn released a tweak named Firebreak to enable panorama camera mode in iOS 5 camera app. The hack based on editing some files inside the System folders to get panorama features in iOS 5. Firebreak makes the process much easier for normal users.

You’ll surely need to jailbreak your device so follow our guide posted here for tethered jailbreak and here for semi tethered then open Cydia and let it update. Once done, search for “Firebreak” then download and install it.

Once installed you’ll be able to use the feature directly from your camera iOS app. Just as below and seen before:

What are you waiting for? Firebreak is available for free under BigBoss repository in Cydia.

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Adobe Discontinues Development Of Flash Player For iOS And Mobile Phones, Shifts Focus Towards HTML5

On Tuesday Adobe had made an announcement to its partners that it will not be continuing further development of flash player for mobile phones and now the news has been confirmed and made public.

This news is said to be in contrast with the fact that Steve Jobs had expressed his thoughts about Flash in an open letter which also explained why Apple would not support flash for its mobile devices.

So instead of working on Flash for mobile phones, Adobe has planned to continue developing tools to produce applications that work on mobile app stores, including Apple’s App Store.

Furthermore Adobe’s vice president of Flash Client Platform has expressed his views about the new HTML5 which is now available across major mobile devices. The company is said to contribute “more aggressively” to HTML5.

However with the discontinued Flash player, Adobe has till promised to provide with “critical bug fixes and security updates” for the existing devices.

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Apple Releases Java Updates For OS X Lion And Snow Leopard

It’s a new day with a new update. As of Tuesday, Apple has released Java Updates for the Mac OS X Lion and Snow Leopard users.

Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1, updates the software to version 1.6.0_29 which offers the Mac OS X Lion users better dependability, protection and compatibility.

Users who the earlier version of Mac OS X installed i.e. Snow Leopard (10.6.8) should look for the Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6. It will also provide you with the similar improvements as of the Mac OS X Lion updates.

The Java update fixes some bug issues related to the security issue. The previous version of Java used to execute codes outside of the Java Sandbox. For further information and details on the update you can visit the Sun’s Website and look for security content.

The software can update can be downloaded via you Software Update installed on both of the Mac operating systems or alternatively you can visit Apple’s Support Downloads website.

(Via MacWorld)

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