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Apple Looking For An iPad Fixer-Upper?

Feb 08, 2010 - 10:55 PM - by Messany

The first generation iPad isn't even in the hands of consumers yet and already there's speculation about what Apple may be planning for future iPads. Where did the speculation come from? Well, Apple itself is to blame for this one. The company has posted a job opening for a "Performance QA Engineer, iPad Media" with a job description that includes the following:

Quote:

The Media Systems team is looking for a software quality engineer with a strong technical background to test still, video and audio capture and playback frameworks.

Deduced from such... [Read More]

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Looks Can Be Deceiving for 4th Gen iPhone

Feb 08, 2010 - 10:03 PM - by Messany

Parts for the 4th gen iPhone have surfaced. And some iPhone obsessed Apple fanatics are peeved that no major design changes appear to be in store for the iPhone's big upgrade, likely planned for early this summer. The "outrage" was sparked by photos freshly posted by iResQ, which claims that their photos reveal a 4th gen iPhone that is almost impossible to distinguish from the present model.

As soon as I began reading about this alleged photo leak, I had a flashback to what my mother always told me - beauty is in the eye of the beholder because it's what's on the inside that counts.

Ah, yes - what's on the inside. These photos, if legit, only communicate to us that the 4th gen iPhone will look and feel a lot like the iPhones of the past. But is that really a bad thing? What these photos can't convey are the things that will make the next iPhone an A+ according to Steve Jobs. The photos tell us nothing... [Read More]

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MacWorld 2010 Begins This Week. Anyone Care?

Feb 08, 2010 - 2:57 PM - by Messany

Talk about the power of Apple.

The MacWorld Expo 2010 will get underway this week in beautiful San Francisco, California where the iPad was recently unveiled to great fanfare. But when it comes to great fanfare, don't expect much from MacWorld this year. It's just not gonna happen. The excitement surrounding the annual event has literally been sucked out of the occasion in light of Apple pulling the plug on its involvement.

Apple said its reason for leaving MacWorld was based on the reduced value of working trade shows given the decimated potential they offer for connecting with fans and consumers in a meaningful way. While our eyes and ears will be peeled both inside and out of MacWorld this year, we're just not hearing much reason for enthusiasm. Realizing that this would be a likely issue, the MacWorld event received its first ever February scheduling to dance around scheduling conflicts with the Consumer Electronics Show.

... [Read More]

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Prices or Impatience? To Which Are iPad Sales Most Sensitive?

Feb 08, 2010 - 1:17 PM - by Messany

Now that the iPad has been unveiled, the next step is getting it into the hands of consumers. The price, however, required to make the iPad a ubiquitous presence has become a hot topic of debate. Just how much is too much for the iPad? And, conversely, how much is too little?

Reports have begun indicating that major questions about fair and proper pricing for the iPad have been raised inside the walls of Apple. And while there's no clear indication of how rapidly the introductory prices will fall (and how fast), consumers have grown savvy and rather wary of price bottoms following a major product release from Apple.

All signs indicate that a relatively robust reworking of prices could follow the initial public and response and first wave of sales. Remember the "outrage" directed toward Apple when a mega price-cut was bestowed upon the iPhone shortly after its release? Could a similar pattern now similarly befall the iPad? If you want... [Read More]

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Liquid Scale "Smart Resizes" Your Pics

Feb 08, 2010 - 11:24 AM - by pauldanielash

It's hard to get a picture just right, especially when using your iPhone to take snapshots. People move around, you sometimes have to deal with distracting stuff in the background, and there's always the chance that some stranger just walks past at just the time when you're tapping the shutter button. Fortunately, a German startup has come up with an app that can move individual elements of a picture around, resize them, or remove them entirely.

Liquid Scale does an analysis of the image on your phone, and detects the subject (or subjects) as opposed to the background. It then allows you to manipulate the subject and background separately. Those inconvenient pictures of you with an ex? Totally sanitized with this app. Seriously, I tried to use the "content aware image resizing" function of the app: edge detection can be sketchy unless there's sharp contrast between foreground and background, but... [Read More]

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iPad: TV Anywhere?

Feb 08, 2010 - 9:52 AM - by pauldanielash

Okay, so ever since the iPad was announced, people have been scratching their heads - as they've done about tablets for years - to try and figure out what the thing is for. Steve Jobs himself famously asked why someone would want a device to surf the Web in the bathroom. Hospitals, one of the main vertical markets for tablets, have already indicated interest in the iPad, and Jobs highlighted the device's e-reader capabilities. But other than traditional tablet markets, what would be a "killer app" that would make Apple's unfortunately-named device a top seller? Industry analysts are increasingly coming to the conclusion that it might be television.

The Tech Trader Daily blog at Barron's fronts a note by Bernstein Research analyst... [Read More]

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Weekly Jailbreak Update : February 8th, 2010

Feb 08, 2010 - 3:17 AM - by nickhesson

In continuation of last weeks update, here's what's new this week. Besides all the chatter about the new iPhone OS 3.1.3., there have been some great new additions to the repos over the week.

What's New:

ActionMenu TinyURL - For those of you using ActionMenu, this is a great addition for shrinking those long URLS using TinyURL.

SprintBoard - This tweak allows you to quickly scroll through your pages. There was an app called SmoothBoard that did something like this, except there were not many options. SprintBoard is a more practical solution if your looking for a way to quickly scroll through pages.

... [Read More]

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Dev-Team Releases PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X

Feb 07, 2010 - 3:19 PM - by nickhesson

Be Smart. If you make a mistake, you may lose your unlocking ability, possibly forever. There are NO new features in 3.1.3. Chances are, if you update, you will loose unlock. There is NO Installation of Rock with PwnageTool . More than likely there will NOT be any further development on iPhone 3GS Jailbreaking for 3.1.3 until iPhone OS 4.0 or something of value is released. If you own a 3G or a 2G, you may use RedSn0w, however, there is no auto installation of Rock.

No matter what tool comes out right now for iPhone OS 3.1.3, 3GS users need to stay away regardless of wether you unlock unless you have your “SHSH hashes” saved via Cydia.

This article is for informational purposes only! Share your thoughts and comments as usual.

If you use blacksn0w on baseband 05.11.07, you need to stay at 3.1.2.

As a pre-game SuperBowl gift, the Dev Team has released PwnageTool 3.1.5, *compatible with OS 3.1.3. Which again, like we've said many times, is a useless update. There is no need to update unless you absolutely have... [Read More]

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Restore iPhone 3GS to 3.1.2 Using SHSHs on File with Cydia | Windows

Feb 07, 2010 - 2:00 PM - by ModMyi Guides

This Windows guide will teach you how to restore your iPhone 3GS to 3.1.2 instead of 3.1.3 using the SHSH details stored on Cydia for your 3GS.

This method also works to restore iPhone 3GS devices to 3.1.2 instead of 3.1.3 for many that have encountered an error with sn0wbreeze.

If you have already restored on stock Apple firmware 3.1.3 via iTunes this guide may leave your phone unable to connect to the network (the 3.1.3 baseband and 3.1.2 firmware may not work well together).

The first requirement is that Cydia has your SHSH details stored for 3.1.2. If you have opened Cydia and seen green text at the top "This device has SHSHs on file for iPhone OS: 3.1.2" then you can restore to 3.1.2.

You need to edit your host file to connect to Saurik's server instead of Apples to sign the 3.1.2 firmware when you restore.

Download ... [Read More]

Restore iPhone 3GS to 3.1.2 Using SHSHs on File with Cydia | OS X

Feb 07, 2010 - 1:20 PM - by ModMyi Guides

This OS X guide will teach you how to restore your iPhone 3GS to 3.1.2 instead of 3.1.3 using the SHSH details stored on Cydia for your 3GS.

This method also works to restore iPhone 3GS devices to 3.1.2 instead of 3.1.3 that have encountered an error with sn0wbreeze.

If you have already restored on stock Apple firmware 3.1.3 via iTunes this guide may leave your phone unable to connect to the network (the 3.1.3 baseband and 3.1.2 firmware may not work well together).

The first requirement is that Cydia has your SHSH details stored for 3.1.2. If you have opened Cydia and seen green text at the top "This device has SHSHs on file for iPhone OS: 3.1.2" then you can restore to 3.1.2.

You need to edit your host file to connect to Saurik's server instead of Apples to sign the 3.1.2 firmware when you restore.

To do this first download and install Smultron.
... [Read More]

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