How to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on your iPhone or iPad with RedSn0w

iOS 5.0.1 is the latest iOS upgrade released by Apple, and it can now be easily and safely jailbroken with RedSn0w jailbreak tool. We have tested this solution for ourself and we can vouch for it: it works and even more, it works magnificently! The only draw back is that at this point the jailbreak is untethered only, and you’ll know what it means if you are a frequent reader of this blog. Just in case you don’t recognize the term, it means that you need to use RedSn0w every time you restart your iPhone for any reason. Not really a big deal if you have your computer nearby. But rest assured: untethered or even semi tethered jailbreak is much better than no jailbreak! Just try it for yourself as there is nothing to loose really. If you for any reason decide you don’t really want or need the jailbreak, just restore the device and the jailbreak is gone without any trace!

Apple seeds iTunes 10.5.1 b3

Apple has just released the latest beta version of new iTunes software which is meant for developers only. This is another effort by Apple to solve all bugs and issues with their new service iTunes Match. This new version of iTunes offers a list of new security fixes and performance upgrades for iTunes Match, and is required upgrade for all developers which use iTunes Match. If you are an Apple developer you can download this version of iTunes directly from Apples web servers.

Battle of Giants continues

Surprise surprise, Google gets another slap in the face! This time Google is kind of embarrassed by Logitech, which has just decided to cut it ties with Gogle TV, announcing that the project become a full scale failure and that the company will stop making Google TV boxes. CEO of Logitech, Guerrino De Luca said that the dance with Google in this project bared significant costs on the company, and as soon as they sell out all devices in stock, they will stop investing resources into this failed project. Some estimations claim that Logitech invested more than $100 million on this device, a large sum which yielded poor results. There are still some other companies like Sony which still work on Google TV and Apple TV is as strong and stable as ever, although it still didn’t became as large as iPhone or iPad for example.

Apple store training video leaked to the public

Apple is indeed a great company with a lot of great products and services which make things better in this troubled world. Nevertheless Apple is still a company and therefore prone to failures from time to time. Here is an example of a slight but somewhat embarrassing training video for Apple store employees. We are somehow sure it wasn’t meant for the outside world but as things go, it has somehow surfaced and provided ammunition to many Apple haters out there. Here is the video so you can see for yourself.

Timeline for Facebook on iPhone: awesome!

Latest Facebook upgrade, the so called ‘timeline’ will soon come to iPhone and it will look fabulous according to latest reports, which appeared after a press conference yesterday.

Timeline on a touch screen device looks much better than on a desktop computer. In fact, some people said it looks so great you wont want to use it on your desktop computer, instead you’ll want to use only your iPhone Facebook app. Timeline is created specifically for touch screen devices like iPhone and iPad.

Battery problem still not solved

Although latest iOS firmware 5 offered many new improvements and cool features, it seems that it also introduced a number of problems for users. In fact the same new powerful features could be the cause for fast iPhone battery draining. Whenever your iPhone connects to the iCloud it will need to locate your position and use the data connection. This didn’t happen so quickly with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS on older iOS 4. In order to solve this problem Apple has pushed out the 5.0.1 upgrade. Unfortunately, it seems that the problem persist for many users despite upgrading their devices to the new firmware. Not suprisingly, many iPhone users are still complaining on Apple help forums about the battery drain still happening on their devices despite the 5.0.1 upgrade.

New version of Sn0wBreeze available now, jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 on Windows PC

@iH8Sn0w has just released latest version of Sn0wBreeze for jailbreaking iOS 5.0.1 which was released yesterday. Apple has launched iOS 5.0.1 to solve the battery life bug and fix some other smaller issues and bugs. Sn0wBreeze is a Windows PC only jailbreak solution.

Sn0wBreeze 2.8 beta version 11 now offers these features:

Support for jailbreaking iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1.
Sandbox crashing problems solved.
Location Services bug solved for iPhone 3GS which are using iPad baseband 06.15.00 because of the UltraSn0w unlock.
iPad baseband installation option added again to help iPhone 3GS owners unlock with the UltraSn0w unlock.
Tethered jailbreak using iBooty.

iOS 5.0.1 upgrade seeded

Apple has just released the next version of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch firmware which is now being upgraded to iOS 5.0.1. Major reason for this upgrade was the battery life issue reported by many users where iPhone’s were draining batteries very quickly, even if the devices were in stand by mode only. There were also other things Apple solved with this upgrade including some security risks, bug fixes, better voice recognition, re introduction of multi touch gestures for iPad and much more.

Here is the short list of most important features iOS 5.0.1 brings:

Amazon works on a Siri competitor

Amazon obviously sees Apple as a strong competitor, which isn’t that strange after all since we see Apple turning into a strong content provider with their App Store and iTunes. Amazon has obviously recognized the fact that Siri is a changing point, perhaps as much as touch screen was only a couple of years ago. And not surprisinlgy Google is also afraid of Siri, as its former CEO Eric Schmidt admits in a recent Senate hearing.

Adobe stops developing Flash for mobile devices

Adobe’s vice president Donny Winnokur confirmed many rumors when he stated that Adobe stops development of Flash for mobile platforms. He announced that Adobe’s efforts within the smartphone market will be from now on focused on enabling developers to implement Adobe AIR technology into their apps. Flash Player wont be upgraded any more to work with new mobile devices, OS and browsers. But current versions of Flash Player will still be supported with mayor updates and bug fixes for some time. Source code and licensing of Flash will be kept the same, meaning that Flash developers wont have any licensing related issues after this decision.