iPhone OS hacker GeoHot released Blackra1n RC2 today, an updated jailbreak utility for the Apple iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch. BlackRa1n GeoHot This version provides a tethering jailbreak for the new iPhone 3GS with the updated bootrom from Apple. According to GeoHot’s blog, these new features are included: Fixed 3G issues Tethered jailbreak for 3.1 …
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Apple has started to release new iPhone 3GS handsets with an updated bootrom and we reported that it rendered those iPhones jailbreak proof. However, this isn’t true, Eric McDonald, an iPhone Dev-Team member, said in a Wired interview released last week. MacDonald said, “It’s not going to be impossible to jailbreak even if the exploit we used is gone.” iBoot-359.3.2 …
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Halloween is just around the corner and Reko Rivera (left, below) and John Savio (right, below) are ready with the best Apple iPhone costumes we’ve seen. Rivera and Bobby Hartman spawned this idea in 2007 by creating a wearable iPhone costume using a real 37 inch LCD TV and an iPod. The iPod looped videos of recorded iPhone screens. Fast …
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Apple will be hosting free iPhone Tech Talks starting later this month and continuing through December. The talks will be hosted by Apple engineers and technology evangelists in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Apple representatives will discuss and provide guidance in user interface design, game design, code optimization, Core Data, video and audio development, App purchases, push notifications, and …
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Elgato’s EyeTV iPhone app isn’t supposed to allow you to stream video from a computer to your iPhone over a 3G connection, but a recently discovered backdoor exploit allows users of the app’s first version to do so anyway. Apple reacted to the news of the backdoor exploit by quickly pulling the app from the App Store on Saturday. Today, …
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I recently posted my experiences with a serious bug that I discovered on my iPhone 3GS after it lost the entire contents of two different e-mail messages. The bug appears to be caused by a problem with my e-mail accounts on MobileMe or Gmail and accessing them later on my iPhone. David Martin The steps that I have used to …
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Developers of iPhone and iPod Touch applications can now enable purchases from within their freely available App Store applications. Until now, Apple has permitted in-app sales of content, subscriptions, and digital services only for apps costing at least 99 cents. Apple on Thursday sent the following e-mail to developers: Apple Considering all the drama surrounding the App Store approval process, …
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Last month, Apple released iTunes 9.0.1, which addressed a number of iPhone syncing issues as well as making some performance and stability improvements. We covered some of these improvements and offered a tip on relieving some of the problems people encountered with Smart Playlist syncing. Today, Apple started offering their own tips on what to do when Smart Playlists are …
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