Siri now ported on iPhone 4, how to video available

Ever since Apple released Siri for the first time, many users and developers lounged to see Siri on other platforms. Apple was decidedly against this kind of development for their own reasons, but iOS developers were not completely satisfied with such approach. So after some hard work, a group of developers had finally succeeded in porting Siri voice assistant over to iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G.

Siri0us app which emulated Siri on iOS devices removed from Cydia app store

We have recently seen many interesting Siri based apps which have a great potential for revolutionizing iOS and mobile computing. One of them called Siri0us was released only a couple of days ago, but it seems that it wasn’t meant to last. Siri0us was about enabling Siri dictation on iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, and while not as great as Siri itself it was an interesting addition especially as it helped with voice based Search and Note apps. Since it didn’t had access to official Siri servers, it had to relay completely on Nuance API. The problem was that Nuance didn’t authorize the use of their software for these purposes. And to avoid further confrontation and possible lawsuits, Eric Dean, the developer of Siri0us has decided to pull out this app from Cydia altogether.

iPhone 4 gets on fire during a flight

A passengers iPhone 4 started glowing and smoking during a airplane flight in Australian. According to a press release made by the regional airline, the iPhone started emitting smoke after the plane landed. The smoke was quite dense and it was caused by a red glow inside the device. A crew member immediately intervened and extinguished the fire before any harm happened to passengers. Luckily no one was injured during this incident, and no serious damage to the airplane has occurred. The device was iPhone 4, which means it wasn’t the latest Apple’s model iPhone 4S. The device itself has been taken to federal Transport Safety Bureau for further investigation.

Apple porting Siri voice assistant to iPhone 4?

We have heard recently some rumors and reports about Apple’s intentions to add Siri to iPhone 4. Since Apple is recently busilly working on iOS 5.0.1 to solve battery life issues they apparently also want to include in this upgrade Siri to become comaptible with iPhone 4. A source close to Cupertino Company revealed that Apple’s engineers are testing Siri in their other iPhone models. Model which will most probably receive Siri upgrade will be iPhone 4 which has enough hardware capacities for supporting Siri. But we wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out that Apple is also testing other iPhone models. Could this mean that Apple is working on another iOS upgrade?

iPhone 4 NFC DIY hack

Do desperately need to have NFC available with your iPhone 4? If your answer is yes, here is how to get it but keep in mind it is not for everybody. NFC stands for Near Field Communication and it’s main purpose is processing financial transactions by moving your iPhone near an NFC payment terminal. With this technology you wont need to bother yourself with pin numbers and other trivialities, just move your iPhone close to the terminal and your payment will be processed in a second without you needing to do anything else. NFC will most probably be a standard part of the next iPhone model, the iPhone 5.

Cheap iPhone image leaked?

There were quite many rumors appearing in various Apple related blogs about the alleged cheaper iPhone version nicknamed iPhone Nano, and this time we have a photo of what looks to be just that.

The image you saw above is according to the sources a working prototype of a budget iPhone 4. By itself the picture alone isn’t too much convincing and it simply looks like a white iPhone 4. But according to the source which leaked the image of this iPhone model, it works faster, it’s somewhat lighter than its regular counterpart and uses plastic covers instead of usual ones. The rumor goes on and predicts that Apple will introduce two new models in September. One will be the iPhone 5 and the other model will be this cheap iPhone 4 version.

iPhone as an microscope: CellScope project

After measuring your blood pressure, checking out your eyes for glaucoma and other medical purposes it seems that your iPhone has another medical use. Scientists and engineers at UC Berkeley have constructed a project which will enable capturing microscopic images with your smartphone. Previously the device supported other smartphone devices but now we have the attachment for iPhone 4 available too. In medicine, microscopes are essential for diagnostic purposes and for treatments too. For almost any diagnostic process your doctor will want to check your blood samples, but this isn’t really available in most parts of the world. Because of this, Cellscope project has been developed to assist medical doctors and patients in the third world with world class equipment for analyzing microscopic data.

Gevey sim unlocks iPhone 4 upgraded to iOS 4.3.4

If you are an iPhone 4 owner and you desperately need to use your iPhone out of the country you will be happy to hear that Gevey Sim card supports iPhone 4 iOS 4.3.4 unlock. This was announced immediately after Apple has successfully blocked exploit used by Comex for his jailbreakme jailbreak solution which has jailbroken more than a million of iOS devices including a number of iPad 2 tablets running 4.3.3.

It seems that this time Apple’s engineers didn’t patch the vulnerabilities used by Gevey sim card probably due to relatively low number of iPhone 4 unlocked by this method. Curiously, they haven’t even upgraded the baseband version. This in itself has made this unlock possible.

iPhone comes to China Telecom in November?

A recent report by Reuters claims that China Telecom and Apple have reached an agreement on providing their users with Apple’s iPhone devices and that iPhones should become available as a choice to China Telecom users in November of this year. Until now Chinese mobile users have being offered iPhone only if they were users of another network, the China Unicom carrier which is a smaller network if compared with China Telecom. China Telecom is a state owned corporation and currently has the highest number of users in the country with more than 890 millions of mobile phone subscribers. The company employs more than 300,000 thousand people and serves as much as 110 million mobile phone users.

Apple closes the Gevey Sim hack

If you are an iPhone 4 user you are probably aware that most iPhone 4 devices with upgraded baseband version cant be unlocked with any software tool so far. The only solution for unlocking was the Gevey Sim card interposer. But not any more. As we wrote previously, Apple has just released the iOS 5 beta version 2 which according to iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd has patched the exploit used by Gevey. It isn’t Apple’s usual practice top patch such exploits while still in early beta phase of iOS release so it is quite possible that Apple was under strong pressure by official iPhone carriers.