Jailbreak tweaks: Zeppelin

We have seen many cool tweaks for jailbroken iPhones so far, including those which can choose the text with the name of your network carrier into anything you choose. This is already a quite usual thing among users with jailbroken iOS devices. But now there is even a more interesting option available on the market. Zeppelin jailbreak tweak will easily change even the logo of your carrier network. When you download and install this nice little tweak, you will see a whole new panel with a couple of new options in your Settings app. You will be able to chose among any of available logos. We’ll mention just a couple of them just to let you feel how it would look like on your iPhone.

New iPad 3 leaks, images of Retina Display appear online

We have just seen some images claiming to represent the iPad 3 Retina Display for Apple’s next tablet. This images have been posted on some South Korean Apple related forums. The upper part of the photo shows a iPad 2 display, while the lower part shows a photo of the supposed next Retina Display for iPad 3. As suggested by some analysts, this image shows among other things three cables which are probably data cables. Apple’s next iPad model will probably have a superb 2048×1536 resolution, which is four time better than what is now available with iPad 2, which explains easily why so many data cables are needed.

Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4 running on iOS 5.0.1

@Pod2g, the famous iPhone jailbreak developer, has demoed the status of his working jailbreak for iPhone 4 with iOS 5.0.1. He has filmed a video as a proof of his advanced work on this jailbreak tool. The whole point of this video is probably to convince jailbreak users, that the jailbreak should be available soon. This video is also important as it proves that the jailbreak is indeed working on iPhone 4, instead of it working only on some old iPod models, as some critics claimed. According to Pod2g the final release of the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is almost finished.

Next version of RedSn0w will use SHSH blobs for firmware downgrading

Only a couple of days ago, iH8sn0w has released his upgraded iFaith tool. iFaith has enabled iPhone users to save SHSH blobs on their devices, and now the iPhone Dev Team is working on the next instalment of RedSnow which will be able to achieve the same thing.

One of the prominent members of the Dev Team, Musclenerd has announced on his Twitter stream about the RedSn0w upgrade, which will make use of SHSH blobs saved with Cydia or TinyUmbrella on devices runing iOS 5. As you probably know if you are a frequent visitor on this blog, SHSH blobs are of essential importance if you need to downgrade your device for any reason. Downgrading firmware is often useful when it comes to iPhone jailbreaking and unlocking.

Samsung ad makes fun out of Apple fan culture

South Korean electronics giant takes another jab at Apple, this time aiming at the famous Apple fan culture. Their goal is probably to undermine mystic of Apple products by representing Apple fans as lemmings waiting for a new iPhone while a better device by Samsung is available to everyone, without long waiting lines. The ad itself does not specifically name iPhone 4S as it’s target, instead it features long line of Apple fans waiting for many hours even before the store opens. You can even hear someone mentioning the battery life issue on iPhone 4S.

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.

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.

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 now live and available for download

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.

Apple to unveil Assistant within iOS 5?

Rumors about the big release event for Apple’s new iPhone have never been so interesting and at the same time contradicting as we all expect to see what exactly will Apple release this time. Most users expect to see a new iPhone model, but could it be that a new iPhone model could be only a small issue if compared with something else Apple wants to show us? Apparently a new voice control system should be a part of iOS 5. This new feature, named by some Apple fans as Assistant could introduce a whole new level to what Apple and iPhone is about. It has the potential of changing the way we interact with our iOS devices. First there was a multitouch screen and now there is Assistant, a voice interaction system which could change the world of computing as much as touchscreens did.