iPhone 5 rumors

Since the iPad 3 has been launched recently, and Apple fans love to read about new Apple products and services, we think it would be interesting to dive into new rumors about upcoming products by the Cupertino company. Many critics have dismissed iPhone 4S because of the smaller screen size, but according to a new rumor, Apple plans to change this with their next iPhone model.

Tim Cook: iPad 3 sold in record numbers

Apple has the best product on the market since 2010 when the first iPad tablet was launched. Now Tim Cook the CEO of Apple has revealed that Apple is making a new record when it comes to new product sales. iPad was at it beginnings dismissed by many sceptics as only an large, clumsy iPhone, but the time has showed that iPad was destined for much more. Its specific niche is now almost a sign of new times, the end of dominance of PC and a dawn of the new, touch enabled, mobile computing. Mobile computing is perhaps the sole area where Apple has indeed made a significant change, with both iPad and MacBook Air.

Jailbreakers working on jailbreak for iOS 5.1

We are quite happy to to inform you, that @pod2G, one of the best jailbreak developers out there, is actively searching for a reliable solution for jailbreaking iOS 5.1. Keep in mind: this isn’t a rumor only, but a fact @pod2G personally confirmed on social networks.

When users asked @pod2g when exactly will the jailbreak become available, he has declined to give any promises. Still, in his own words, he is working actively on a number of potential vulnerabilities in iOS 5.1. As soon as we have any new update regarding the jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 with iOS 5.1, we will immediately inform our readers. Meanwhile, you can follow us while we write more about new stuff in the world of iPhones and iOS jailbreaking. Stay tuned for latest news, reviews and other interesting stuff!

Unlock iPhone 4S available

Good news for the people with a iPhone 4 who have been waiting for an unlock solution!

Gevey has announced a new hardware unlock solution for the iPhone 4 in the form of a Gevey Ultra S sim imposer. This new unlock is fully plug & play and does not require any jailbreak or dailing 112 to activate the unlock.

The Gevey ultra S is not on the market yet, release date will be the 5th of march, and we have not been able to test the unlock yet. However several videos on youtube show that the Gevey sim works. Gevey claims the unlock will work on all iPhone 4S models with iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 installed.

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.