iPhone Jailbreak tweaks: Infinifolders updated to suport iOS 5

@Chpwn has just upgraded his jailbreak tweak Infinifolders in order to make it fully compatible with the latest firmware version, iOS 5. Infinifolders version 1.4.0 now fixes bugs and gets small improvements.

For those of you who didn’t know, Infinifolders enable jailbreak users to enjoy unlimited number of icons on their devices. Here are the most interesting features of this fabulous jailbreak tweak.

Add as many icons as you need.
Browse your additional icons by swiping up or down.
Circumvent Apple’s limitation to 12 apps only.
Numerous customization options
And much more.

Apple releases second version of iOS 5.0.1 beta

Cupertino has just seeded the second beta version of the iOS 5.0.1 b2 to all Apple developers. The main reason for this update has been the battery life issue which became apparent almost immediately after the launch of iOS 5. Apple’s engineering task force has obviously found some clues about the problem and they are actively testing the solution for this bug.

Here are some of the improvements this iOS upgrade offers:

Solution for the battery life bug.
Introduction of Multitasking gestures on iPad 1.
Solution for the iCloud based Documents bug.
Better voice recognition for Australian iPhone users.
Various security related updates.

US Cellular a small US based network carrier refuses Apple’s iPhone because of terms

Sprint gave everything within its power only to get Apple’s iPhone for their users and committed themselves to a paid more than $20 billion for the contract with Apple. But now we hear about some smaller regional network carriers refusing to do the same thing for iPhone. After Sprint introduced iPhone they have experienced highest sales levels in their corporate history. Despite this some companies have obviously for a good reason decided against Apple.

Hotmail benefits largely from iOS 5

It seems that iOS 5 upgrade has benefited Microsoft on a large scale. It remains to be seen is this just a side effect of improving user experience, or is it a part of Apple’s plan for cutting into Google’s market. We really think that Apple isn’t particularly happy with Google and their adventures with Android OS, and if you are a frequent reader on our blog, you will remember Apple’s late founder Steve Jobs was enraged with Android OS claiming that it is only a copy of iOS. Apple has made an additional effort, making it easier for iPhone users to create and use Hotmail email accounts. It comes as a surprise that Microsoft, as the Richmond company said earlier, sees more than 100k new users daily. Most of new Hotmail users are actually iOS users running the new iOS 5 and interestingly most of them are iPhone users.

Sn0wbreze updated to jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 beta

Creator of Sn0wBreeze, iH8Sn0w has again updated his superb jailbreaking solution in order for it to work with the new iOS 5.0.1 beta. This upgrade to the jailbreak will also solve the iBooks bug as well as the iPhone 3GS bug for Location Services.

This version will also do something else important if you are not a developer. It will block the timer and UDID check process which Apple uses to block unauthorized uses of beta iOS versions. This is especially useful if you do not have the Apple developer certification and you want to kep using your iPhone without Apple banning you from doing so. If you are an iPhone jailbreak newcomer, Sn0wBreeze is an iOS jailbreaking software for Windows PC and is a alternative for Mac only PwnageTools and RedSn0w.

Apple’s latest wonder Siri suffers from outages

iPhone 4S, the latest iPhone model launched recently features Siri, which could be the biggest thing in tech world this year. Siri is an voice assistance app which proved as a great tool for iPhone 4S owners in many different and unsuspected areas. But it seems that now Apple has encountered some kind of problems, as the app suffers from long outages. How is this issue manifesting itself? Simply: if you ask Siri some question and receive the vague answer to try to reconnect to the network, you’ll know something is wrong. First reports came in from users on Thursday and the outage still continues at the time we wrote this.

iOS 5 beta released to fix for battery lifetime for iPhone 4S

Apple has publicly acknowledged the battery issue which appeared on many new iPhone 4S devices. They have also said that a task force of engineers is working on a permanent solution for this problem. According to their statement they have found a possible bug in IOS 5 which can shorten the battery lifetime and a solution for this will be available in the next iOS update which should be available to iOS 5 users in next couple of weeks.

Apple to launch two new tablets in 2012?

New rumors are spreading about Apple’s plans for their tablet devices in 2012. According to some unnamed sources in consumer electronics supply chain, Apple plans to launch two versions of the iPad tablet.

This reminds us somewhat on the strategy Apple took with iPhone. First there was iPhone 4 and then it was followed with iPhone 4S. Now according to aforementioned rumors Apple will first launch iPad 2S. iPad 2S should be an updated version of the currently available iPad 2 tablet. It should feature slightly better hardware including faster processors and better batteries. This device should be available in March of 2012.

iCloud introduces “Drop Box” like syncing for Mac users

It seems that iCloud will enable “Drop Box” like document sharing for Mobile Documents. Short exploration of / Library directory reveals that it contains a Mobile Documents folder . This folder will be probably used for syncing your documents created with iWork. Another great news is that this wont be restricted to iWorks docs anymore, especially if you need to access files only across your Mac computers.

How to protect your SMS messages privacy

These days privacy protection becomes more and more important as our work and private life gets ever more connected and online. If you receive a text message everyone in your vicinity will know it instantly and this tends to cause unwanted curiosity. Luckily time after time jailbreak community finds out ways to help iPhone users in various ways.