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iOS 5 redsn0w Jailbreak released (but it’s probably not for you)

Chris Davies, Jun 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

The iPhone Dev Team has released its tethered jailbreak for devices running iOS 5, as demonstrated earlier this week. The hack - which allows unofficial software to be run on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch when running the new version of iOS - uses the original limera1n bootrom exploit; still, the Dev Team reckons this particular release really isn't for everyone. Read The Full Story

iOS 5 Won’t Work With iPhone 3GS?

Rue Liu, May 24th 2011 Discuss [7]

Apple's upcoming WWDC in June should reveal details on Apple's iCloud, OSX Lion, and the new iOS 5. And of course in the week or so preceding the event, we'll be hearing plenty of speculation on those details. Today an analyst and Mobile Review editor, Eldar Murtazin, claims that the iOS 5 will not be compatible with iPhone 3GS handsets. Read The Full Story

CollabraCam turns iPhone 4 into multi-cam mobile video studio [Video]

Chris Davies, May 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

It was only a matter of hours between the iPhone 4 hitting shelves last year and the first "feature film" being recorded using its 720p camcorder functionality. Now, budding cinematographers can turn a handful of handsets into a self-contained multi-camera recording and editing studio, using $6 iPhone app CollabraCam. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone Sales Help Apple Become Third-Largest Handset Brand In The U.S.

Rue Liu, Apr 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

According to market research firm NPD, thanks to the Verizon iPhone 4 launch, Apple has now become the third-largest mobile phone brand in the U.S. Sales for Apple's smartphones have reached 14 percent of the U.S. market, ranking them ahead of HTC, Motorola, and RIM. Only Samsung and LG come ahead with 23 percent and 18 percent, respectively. Read The Full Story

Logitech Squeezebox Controller for iOS turns iPad into remote

Chris Davies, Apr 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Logitech has followed the introduction of its Android Squeezebox controller app with a version for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. A free download, Squeezebox Controller for iOS [iTunes link] allows you to control single or multi-room playback from your Apple device, as well as control streaming radio and search. Read The Full Story

iPhone tracking: Not new, but already used by law enforcement

Chris Davies, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Fall-out from news earlier this week that the iPhone and 3G-enabled iPad maintain a comprehensive log of location data continues, with suggestions that not only are the revelations not as fresh as they're presented as, but arguments as to how dangerous the location collection actually is. Alex Levinson claims that the discovery of the "consolidated.db" database was in fact made several months ago, shortly after the release of the iPhone 4. The researcher also suggests that, contrary to much of the hype, the database itself is of relatively little importance, since Apple is not actually accessing it. Read The Full Story

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SlashGear 101: What is a Jailbreak?

Chris Davies, Apr 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Almost for as long as Apple has made the iPhone, owners of the handset have hoped to coax more features out of it than are officially supported. That desire spawned the jailbreak scene, hacking the iPhone – and, since then, the iPod touch, iPad and Apple TV – to bypass some of Apple’s limitations. So what’s a jailbreak, why should you do it, and will Apple confiscate your iPhone if you try? Read on as SlashGear 101 brings you up to speed.

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iPhone and iPad 3G caught keeping secret location tracking database [Video]

Chris Davies, Apr 20th 2011 Discuss [12]

Apple has tracked every iPhone and iPad 3G user's physical location since the release of iOS 4.0, security researchers have discovered, with a secret backup of positions and timestamps kept on any Mac or PC the devices are synchronized with. Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden found that, from iOS 4.0, an unencrypted and otherwise unprotected database of locations has been created for each user, and have even produced an app, iPhone Tracker, to demonstrate exactly how much data is being clandestinely collected. Read The Full Story

Untethered redsn0w jailbreak released (& partially pulled) for iOS 4.3.2

Chris Davies, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [3]

A new untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.2 has been released, but there have been a few hiccups along the way for the iPhone 4. The iPhone Dev Team updated their redsn0w tool to handle 4.3.2 on the iPhone 4 (GSM), 3GS, iPod touch 3G/4G and iPad 1, but issues with the iPhone 4 functionality has forced them to pull that specific version. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4, Apple TV and more get new PwnageTool jailbreak

Chris Davies, Apr 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

New versions of the iPhone Dev Team's PwnageTool and redsn0w iOS jailbreak tools havebeen released, to handle iOS 4.3.1. Offering a jailbreak option for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 (GSM version), along with the third- and fourth-gen iPod touch, first-gen iPad and second-gen Apple TV - but not the Verizon iPhone 4 or the iPad 2, yet - it's an untethered solution meaning you don't have to plug your device into a PC/Mac whenever you want to restart it. Read The Full Story

iOS 4.3.1 imminent with iPad 2 Jailbreak block?

Chris Davies, Mar 21st 2011 Discuss [4]

Apple is reportedly preparing iOS 4.3.1 for release within the next one to two weeks, less than a month since the company pushed out iOS 4.3. According to BGR's sources, the update will include various bug fixes but also address an iPad 2 jailbreak vulnerability and introduce new baseband for the iPhone 3GS and original iPad. Read The Full Story

Apple iOS 4.3 drops today at 10AM PT?

Chris Davies, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

Could iOS 4.3 be landing earlier than expected? Steve Jobs announced that the updated OS would arrive on Friday, March 11, alongside the new iPad 2, but a new rumor has pegged it for release today. BGR's source - who also had some interesting tidbits to share about the iPhone 4 mobile hotspot situation - claims iOS 4.3 will in fact be released at 10AM PT today. Read The Full Story