Cases for iPhone 5 widely available in China

Cases for the upcoming iPhone 5 can be easily found on markets in China right now according to the reports coming from China. It seems that Chinese case manufacturers have somehow gotten the specifics on the iPhone 5 dimensions in anticipation of the release of iPhone 5 which should happen in September. It seems that the price for these cases are really affordable as the cost is only about $0.30 per case, but the downside is that you need to purchase them in large quantities, which means at least a couple of hundreds of them.

iPhone 4 NFC DIY hack

Do desperately need to have NFC available with your iPhone 4? If your answer is yes, here is how to get it but keep in mind it is not for everybody. NFC stands for Near Field Communication and it’s main purpose is processing financial transactions by moving your iPhone near an NFC payment terminal. With this technology you wont need to bother yourself with pin numbers and other trivialities, just move your iPhone close to the terminal and your payment will be processed in a second without you needing to do anything else. NFC will most probably be a standard part of the next iPhone model, the iPhone 5.

Justin Bieber tweets via jailbroken iPhone

iPhone users enjoy jailbreaking their devices because afterwards they are free to adjust, personalize and boost the overall performances of their iPhones or iPads the way Apple doesn’t want them to have. It seems that one of the big iconic celebrities of our times, teenage superstar Justin Bieber is using a jailbroken iPhone. The conclusion comes from the fact that he has sent out a Twitter message with a jailbreak tweak.

Crowdsourcing app for iPhone: TaskRabbit

Crowdsourcing is one are which seems to steadily grow in last couple of years. According to Wikipedia: crowdsourcing means outsourcing tasks, which earlier were done by employees to an group of people or community. Many big companies are already emplying this concept and now we have the same idea applied to individuals life. With TaskRabbit you will be able to outsource tasks which you can’t do for yourself due to your schedule or any other issue encountered. The tasks can be as small as walking your dog, delivering groceries, doing your laundry or anything similar. For a small fee you will be able to finish all this and more while focusing your attention to your own priorities.

Apple number one Smartphone producer in US, Android best smartphone OS

An recently published study of the American smartphone market by Nielsen Media, Apple is the best manufacturer in US but Android made by Google is the top smartphone OS way ahead of iOS.

The research claims that Apple commands 28 percent of the US market and the second manufacturer behind Apple is Taiwanese HTC which has control of 14 percent’s with their Android powered devices and 6 percent with their Windows Phone 7 powered smartphones. Motorola and Samsung are behind with 11 and 8 percent’s respectively.

Cheap iPhone image leaked?

There were quite many rumors appearing in various Apple related blogs about the alleged cheaper iPhone version nicknamed iPhone Nano, and this time we have a photo of what looks to be just that.

The image you saw above is according to the sources a working prototype of a budget iPhone 4. By itself the picture alone isn’t too much convincing and it simply looks like a white iPhone 4. But according to the source which leaked the image of this iPhone model, it works faster, it’s somewhat lighter than its regular counterpart and uses plastic covers instead of usual ones. The rumor goes on and predicts that Apple will introduce two new models in September. One will be the iPhone 5 and the other model will be this cheap iPhone 4 version.

iPad storms PC markets

iPad is steadily cutting a larger piece of what once was purely PC dominated market. And as interesting things are, they will become even more so in the upcoming future. While there are many reasons why iPad really is an game changer we can only see the start of the change Apple is forcing on the world.

Interestingly enough Mac computers are also affected by the growth of iPad sales according to Tim Cook COO of Apple, although this trend is relatively small when compared with how things are going in the PC market.

Tiny Umbrella upgraded an now supports latest iOS 4.3.5

@Notcom has updated his excellent iOS tool TinyUmbrella in order to make it compatible with latest Apple iOS release which is the iOS 4.3.5. This version of the tool can also upgrade iPhone 4 baseband version. The numerical designation of this release of TinyUmbrella is 5.00.07 and it offers you to choose whether you need to upgrade your iPhone’s baseband or not.

Please note before you start using TinyUmbrella:

1. If you check the appropriate checkbox it WILL update your devices baseband version.

Gevey sim card unlocks iOS 4.3.5 iPhones!

If you own an iPhone 4 and if you upgraded to iOS 4.3.5 which you shouldn’t have done by the way, you still have a chance to unlock your iPhone 4 for use on unofficial netwrok carrier. Your only remaining chance is the famous Gevey sim unlock solution. What is an Gevey Sim Card?

Apple developing a new type of keyboard

Apple has submitted a new patent claim which seems as an interesting development in human computer interaction space which is perhaps the area where Apple is at its best. The device is an piezo-acoustic system which has also the capacitive touch detection. The device basically looks like a glass keyboard. Such a device could have its “keys” painted on, or perhaps even represented as a graphic image on a display which lays bellow the glass protection layer. Tactile feedback for fingers should be enabled by vibrations or perhaps through a motion of the key which is pressed.