Archive for the ‘Rumors’ Category

More iPhone OS 4 Features Features Uncovered – File Sharing, Closing Applications

More and more new features are being discovered after the release of the  iPhone OS 4 beta 3. New iPod controls and a screen orientation lock available through the iPhone OS 4 multitasking interface were discovered yesterday. BGR installed new iPhone OS and found several new highlights for the updated operating system and reports that

AT&T Blocking some Video Streaming apps in iPad 3G

Update: An AT&T spokesperson has responded with the following, “It’s just a question for Apple.” Update 2: Business Insider’s Dan Frommer responded TechCrunch editor, MG Siegler via twitter: @parislemon ABC is wifi only on purpose. I believe rights play a role. (they’re different on wifi vs 3G) sounds dumb but true. According to iLounge report

Jailbreak for iPhone 3.1.3 and iPad with Spirit Untethered Release Imminent

I was going through recent tweets of Geohot and it looks like Geohot is no mood to release his jailbreaking tools for the iPhone and iPad anytime soon. As per his recent tweets, his tools are not ready for primetime use yet. This probably means he is not going to release blackra1n for untethered iPhone 3.1.3 jailbreak, iPhone OS 4

Facebook Videos Go HTML5 for iPad and iPhone

UPDATE: As ReadWriteWeb correctly points out, it was actually transcoding in MP4, not HTML5. In our tests this morning, it appears that Facebook isn’t actually using HTML5 to display the videos. Instead, what appears to be going on is that Facebook.com is detecting that you’ve arrived to the website via the Safari web browser on

Limera1n to Jailbreak iPhone 3.1.3 / 4.0 / iPad Untethered?

A few weeks after teasing us with a video showing an untethered jailbreak for all devices, an iPad jailbreak and an iPhone 4.0 jailbreak, GeoHot is now rumored to be releasing a new jailbreak called LimeRa1n in the next few days. The rumor started when iHackinTosh got tipped about a new website called LimeRa1n.com. After

iSuppli: Actual cost of iPad is $259.60

Analytics company iSuppli, has comeup with estimated bill of iPad components as low as $259.60 for the 16GB iPad, including $95 for screen and $26.80 for the A4 processor. That is approximately half the amount ($499) customers are paying to get a 16GB iPad. But this doesn’t mean Apple’s making a nearly 50 percent profit. There are

Cydia, Mario 64, running on the iPad

iPhone dev team hacker Will “Cdevwill” Strafach has posted up some pictures of his iPad running both Cydia and what appears to be a nintendo 64 emulator running Mario 64. Although there is still no mention of a release date, we can only imagine that the time is drawing ever nearer. One of Will’s more recent tweets

Will iPad be jailbroken at Launch? Geohot thinks so.

iPhone hacker George Hotz has announced the upcoming release of an entirely new untethered hack for the latest version of the iPhone/iPod, and according to Hotz, possibly the first of the iPad hacks. “It is completely untethered, works on all current tethered models (ipt2, 3gs, ipt3), and will probably work on iPad too,” Hotz said in his

GreenPois0n to Jailbreak iPad Untethered

Developer of GreenPois0n – p0sixninja has just posted a long detailed post, clearing out the confusions that many of you may be having regarding GreenPois0n, Chronic Dev Team and their authenticity. According to him, they have have found an exploit in the latest iPhone 3.1.3 firmware which will be able to unlock and jailbreak iPhone 3GS (new

GreenPois0n to Jailbreak iPad OS 3.2

UPDATE 1: P0sixninja has now posted a detailed post on the upcoming version of GreenPois0n, along with a new exploit that they have found for iPhone 3.1.3/3.2/4.0. More info here. UPDATE 2: Geohot has a working solution for iPhone 3.1.3 / 3.2 on the new baseband and bootrom. Here is a video of it in action. UPDATE