Tag Archives : iPhone

iPhone Jailbreakme.com app is a boon to apple device users looking to break the shackles of Apple’s stringent sofware restrictions. Hacking a phone OS is usually done through  exploiting a weakness to get unsigned code onto a device. If  the good folks could open up our phones for us than any other hacker, with nefarious intentions , could use that same exploit to mess with your phone. Think [...]

iPad and iPhone Software and hacks to liberate your iPhone OS from Apple’s restrictive and monopolistic design is as old as the iPhone itself, with iPhone dev team  and other developers tirelessly working to open up your iPhone to a host of apps which Apple prohibited. Jailbreaking had got a boost last week when the U.S. government updated its regulations  legalise “jailbreaking,” though [...]

Facebook app Facebook users on Android platform may not have to  envy the much slicker and more friendly Facebook app for iPhone any longer. Facebook app for Android  got updated to version 1.3.0 yesterday and the latest Android version is absolutely improving and fast catching up with the Facebook version on iPhone. Version 1.3.0 adds some key new features like Events (like birthdays) , friend [...]

Smartphone Market share Q2 2010 Apple’s iPhone may be  hitting the headlines for right or wrong reasons and getting more than adequate  attention, but, that does not guarantee better market share, likewise, the erstwhile Finnish mobile czar Nokia may be not making as much noise (barring few digs at Apple) as it use to,nevertheless, that hasnt stopped it from retaining a substantial lead in [...]

Apple’s Magic Trackpad Apple has launched the software updates required to welcome Magic Trackpad with the  release of  new drivers for the Magic Trackpad, in both OS X and Windows versions. The initial reviews on the internet have been largely positive. The Magic Trackpad is larger, wireless, multi-touch, buttonless, and more stylish, with a familiar experience – It feels just like using [...]

Apple Apple said yesterday that the white version of iPhone 4 will not be available until later this year. During the iPhone 4 press conference last Friday, Steve Jobs said  that the white phone would be available by late July. Apple’s explanation for the new delay is devoid of  details. In a press release the company said: “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more [...]

Image source : Engadget During iPhone 4 press conference last week, Steve Jobs said that Apple would provide free cases to anyone who buys the iPhone 4 before September 30, the free case offer includes a choice of either Apple’s bumper or a third-party case. As part of that offer, Apple said it would offer refunds to iPhone 4 users who had already bought bumpers from Apple. True to its words, [...]

Skype Skype has launched a new version of its iPhone app,not surprisingly, the new features take advantage of Apple’s  iOS 4 capabilities.Skype for iPhone (now version 2.0.1) users no longer have to keep the software active to receive calls and IMs. Multitasking allows calls to be received even when other apps are running or the phone is locked. Users can even continue a call while switching [...]

Image by Sigalakos via Flickr Apple has announced profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 a share ( Nasdaq),  for the last quarter, thanks to runaway sales of iPhones and iPads — as well as a surprise surge of Macintosh computer sales — gave Apple record-breaking revenues for its third quarter.. In a quarter in which Apple introduced both the new iPhone 4 as well as the iPad, it notched a 61 [...]

SmartPhones Nokia was quick to rebuff Steve Jobs claim that even Nokia phones (among others) faced the ‘death grip’ issue. Nokia repeated its stance that the freedom to hold the phone naturally was important. Nokia claimed to test its phones for grip and to make sure that either hand wouldn’t block the cellular signal regardless of the position. “Nokia has invested thousands [...]