Browsing articles from "October, 2011"
Oct 15, 2011
Rodney Potter

iPhone 4S disassembly

dissasmebly iPhone 4S

 

For those brave souls and makers, if they ever decide they need to find out what is hidden inside their brand new iPhone 4S do not worry: somebody has already done it! Prepare your tools and your workbench. The crew of iFixYourI have done exactly this and presented it so you can see how it is done. They have even a video showing you the complete process. This video features everything: from unboxing the new iPhone 4S to spreading the hardware guts of the device in front of you. Most of the parts seemingly are same for both the GSM iPhone and CDMA including their connectors, screens, cover glass and the vibrator. This should make it easier if you ever need to have some more serious repair work done on your new iPhone 4S. It also means that repair personnel will have easier time if they are already skilled in iPhone 4 repairs as most of the hardware is almost the same. This is a good news for all iPhone users out there.

Oct 15, 2011
Rodney Potter

Steve Wozniak on Apple’s future

Jobs and Wozniak

Steve Wozniak, one of the original founders of Apple, the other being late Steve Jobs, shared a bit about his worries on the future of Apple Inc. On the other side he said that it could go positive after all. But he has primarily aired his concerns about the way Apple has presented the iPhone 4S. According to him this was the first time the company talked about processors and technical details, which wasn’t something Steve Jobs would talk about.

Oct 15, 2011
Rodney Potter

New iTunes version 10.5 for Mac and Windows available for download

iTunes 10.5

Apple has released the latest version of their superb iTunes software, which is a requisite for all iPhone and iPad users which want to upgrade to iOS 5. Since all elements of Apple’s diverse ecosystem are tightly connected iOS 5, iTunes 10.5 and the latest iPhone 4S model have been pushed out almost at the same time. Another hallmark of this upgrade for Apple is off course the long awaited iCloud service. iCloud enables users to store their data and content and access all of it on any iOS device. It remains to be seen how will iPhone and iPad users react to this new concept. If success of Google documents, Gmail and other cloud services indicates anything, iCloud could be a full scale success for Apple, especially given their traditional strive for absolute quality and constant innovation in all areas. Another great option is the ability to upgrade and sync your device with a wireless connection.

Oct 14, 2011
Rodney Potter

iCloud now live and available for download

iCloud

Cupertino, California company has now officially launched their brand new cloud computing system, also known as the iCloud into the world. With iCloud you can sync your data between your iOS devices. From now on you can use it to access your Contacts, Mail, iWork and other services from any connected iOS device including iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. For users both experienced and novice iPhone users this means a whole new world which needs to be explored. And it seems that it will benefit iPhone and iPad users in a real way.

Oct 14, 2011
Rodney Potter

IOS 5 available for all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users with supported devices.

iOS 5

Apple has seeded it’s latest iOS 5 for all iOS devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It was released on October 12.From now on every new Apple iOS device will be shipped with iOS 5 exclusively. Users with older but supported devices can download the update to upgrade their devices through iTunes. So if you choose to upgrade your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you need to plug your device into your Windows PC or Mac and simply follow given instructions. When the upgrade is finished, you wont need to use your computer anymore. iOS 5 is made to be computer independent system.

Oct 11, 2011
Rodney Potter

Steve Jobs, how he stopped informations leaks at Apple

Steve Jobs presenting iPhone

Here is an interesting story about Steve Jobs, a genius who has influenced millions of lives with his grand product ideas and designs like iPod, iPhone and iPad. The story comes from an former Apple employee, John Lilly. The story dates from his return to Apple after many years outside the company he created. He was highly determined to achieve much with Apple, but his team was probably not so enthusiastic as they have been under large pressure during those days.

Oct 11, 2011
Rodney Potter

Facebook releases their official iPad app!

Facebook launches iPad app

 

After many rumors, preparations and lot of tweaking Facebook has finally released their official iPad app. It looks to us that this it will retain the look and feel of the iPhone app. But what is most interesting is that the app is highly customized for tablets large touchscreen and that it offers chat and Facebook games on the iPad for the first time. It took Mark Zuckerberg and his team of engineers and designers almost a year to release their iPad app. So why did they need a full year to develop an app? Is there something more to this story, something which Facebook doesn’t want to reveal right now?

Oct 11, 2011
Rodney Potter

iOSgames: High Flyer Death Defyer

iPhone and iPad games: High Flyer Death Defyer

Here is another great iOS game for your iPhone or iPad: High Flyer Death Defyer. This game which comes with a such distinctive name: High Flyer Death Defyer is made by Game Mechanic Studios and offers an interesting new type of play. It is fun to play and at the first glance it looks really great. Basically it is one of those games where your character is flying around with a help of some kind of a jetpac. He has an interesting to jump from strange places and dive into the deep canyons while trying to gather as many points as possible by hitting some score rings.

Oct 10, 2011
Rodney Potter

JailbreakMe safe again!

If you are following latest news in the jailbreak world you will known that lately there were some issues related to the JailbreakMe.com website. It domain name was sold to an untrustworthy company and jailbreak community has issued warnings about possible malware threats coming from the website. Now the domain name was retaken by the jailbreak community. Moreover the domain is now under control of Jay Freeman aka @Saurik, the founder of Cydia app store and one of the most prominent members of the jailbreak community. So if you need to jailbreak your device and your iPhone or iPad runs on iOS 4.3.3 you can go to JailbreakMe and jailbreak your device without worries about potential threats.

Oct 10, 2011
Rodney Potter

Jailbreak apps: SBSettings upgraded to support iOS 5 beta

SBSettings is being upgraded and will offer many new interesting options to jailbreak users. iPhone owners which have already jumped to iOS 5 beta will be able to test the beta version of SBSettings.

Here are some of interesting new features coming with new version of SBSettings:

  • Notification center customization
  • Customize toggles in notification or windows sections
  • Currently available toggles and themes in SBSettings are supported.
  • User defined notification center options: with or without button rows, extra text, dock, toggles or any other combination of these options. Notification screen is small and SBSettings allows you to choose which elements are best and most needed.
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