Browsing articles from "March, 2011"
Mar 8, 2011
Rodney Potter

Cydia apps of choice: OS Faker2

Here is another supper funny Cydia app which you could never find in your usual iTunes app store.
It is called OS FAker 2 and what it does is not that it somehow installs Android or Windows 7 on your beloved iPhone, but instead it just well, fakes, the other OS.

This app will work on your iPhone as any other regular app, the only difference is that it runs in a full screen and that it gives imporession that you are actually runing Android or Windows on your iPhone.

Mar 8, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone jailbreak apps review: Wi-Fi Sync

Connecting your iPhone in order to sync your data is one of those boring tasks which I always wanted to postpone and avoid if possible. I mean it takes time to plug in the iphone, find your USB cable etc. If this is similarly annoying to you, here is an briliant app which can help you make things easier and faster for you. With this app you will be able to sync your iPhone to your computer without any cables, as you will use the WiFi connection to do it instead.

Mar 7, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPad 2 ordering?

Many people haven’t been so excited for a long time, like they are now waiting for the release of the Apple iPad 2 tablet. Differently than in previous similar occasions, Apple fans wont be able to pre order their devices until the date the iPad gets to the stores on 11th March.

We are not sure why this is so but one explanation could be that Apple is not sure about the level of demand and will they be able to satisfy it initially. On the other hand perhaps this is just a tactical decision to avoid shipment issues with some customers getting their devices too early and others getting it too late.

Mar 7, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPad 2 for businesses

Forebs magazine reports that a mayor retail company Best Buy wants to equip their entire store workforce with iPad tablets. This move should promote the company slogan on Connected World among its employees and customers..

Tech analysts report that Best Buy as a big chain supplying consumer electronics and with more than 1000 nation wide located stores is well suit for the move. This company has a work force consisting of more than 180,000 employees in many countries around the world, but the iPad is planned to be available only to sales personal in U.S. based stores. Still, this means that Best Buys will get many thousands of iPads, which will be a great deal for Apple.

Mar 7, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone 5 rumours

Fresh rumours on the Internet indicate that the future iPhone 5 model will not be like the current iPhone 4 with glass back, as it has some evident design problems. Designers and engineers at Apple want to go back to an aluminium made case for the future iPhone 5.

The problems with the glass made back are the scratch damages, the increased weight of the iPhone and the manufacturing related problems with the white iPhone model.

Mar 6, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPad 2 features

Apple is promoting the idea that iPad is not just refreshed upgraded version of the original iPad, they say it is a completely new device.

Most important are the hardware related changes. Ipad 2 has new Samsung A 5 processor. This processor should be more than 9 times faster than its predecessor in the iPad. Also the graphic is improved with a new graphic processor which is expected to be double the speed than on the original iPad.

Mar 6, 2011
Rodney Potter

Verizon wont offer unlimited data plan for iPhone anymore

Verizon will soon stop selling unlimited data plans for their version of iPhone said a representative of the company, Farn Shammo.

Verizon started offering the iPhone to their users recently is offering and unlimited data plan for as low as $30 but now they confirm that this is not a viable strategy for the company.

Verizon has ended the dominance of AT&T on iPhone market with their new iPhone 4 model which Apple has modified to work on their UMTS network technology. Market analysts are estimating that Verizon has already sold more than two million iPhones since they recently offered the smartphone to the public.

Mar 6, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone jailbreak for 4.3 ready?

Almost immediately after the release of the iPad 2 which is powered by the new iOS version 4.3 one of the main developers in the Chronic Dev Team nicknamed p0sixninja is working on a new hack which will use a new bootroom exploit in order to jailbreak the new firmware version 4.3.

The original iPad was already jailbroken since the 4.1 and 4.2.1 firmware with some of the best jailbreak software tools out there: Pwnage tools, RedSn0w or Greenpois0n.

Mar 5, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone lockscreen customization app

What we like most about the iPhone technology is that it is so unique and a increasingly a standard piece of equipment for most of us, yet it can be so nicely customised to reflect your personality and needs. This time we will point you to an interesting app that plays with the Lock Screen feature of your iPhone.

Did you ever thought about modifying your Lock Screen so it can show you some useful data while the iPhone is locked? Well you can do this now with the new app called Smart Lock Screen Creator.

Mar 5, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone 3G tip: increase its speed

iphone 3g

Many users of iPhone 3GS have upgraded as soon as Apple provided the iOS 4 upgrade. And many of them are indeed quite happy with the new update. Multitasking, spell checker and other new features have made it worthwhile. But at the same time things turned out differently for those having older models of iPhone 3G. Many users reported that it takes more than few seconds to fire up a simple app. Some apps run so slow that they are almost useless.