Apple is rumored to be hosting a top secret iOS developer conference in California this week. The event is supposed to start on Tuesday and run through Thursday.
Could this meeting of the minds be Apple’s attempt to counteract the rise of Google’s Android platform in the smartphone market? There’s plenty to speculate about…
“Multifunktional für Frühstück, Abendbrot oder einfach zwischendurch.” Yep. That pretty much sums up this kitchen appliance.
The “myBrett” is an iPhone-shaped, laser engraved cutting board by Thorsten Schwarz and Sebastian Orlac. These Deutsch lads obviously love the iPhone…
This is a summary of the most popular articles published on the blog this past week:
I’ve run into a ton of good apps for the iPhone lately. Rather than picking some and reviewing them one by one, I figured I would just list them all in a roundup. So, here’s some interesting apps that I’ve found recently… Read More
According to Appleinsider, this week the U.S. Patent Office published information on an application submitted by Apple entitled “Nitriding Stainless Steel for Consumer Electronic Products.” It’s a cost effective process for placing a nitride coating on top of stainless steel to create more scratch resistant products for consumers.
According to Apple’s application, “In addition to providing a durable, hard surface that is both scratch and impact resistant, the nitride layer allows for the natural surface color and texture of the underlying stainless steel to remain visible to the user”. The application reads: “It is this natural surface color and texture of the stainless steel that adds to the aesthetically pleasing appearance of the consumer electronic product, thereby enhancing the user’s overall experience.”
A couple days ago, Sebastien reported on a hack called FaceTime Hacktivator, which is a tweak that allows you to use FaceTime in areas where it has been banned. There are reportedly a few places in the Middle East that have restricted Apple’s video calling feature, so this will prove most useful to those using iPhones in those areas.
MiddleWhat does the same thing as FaceTime Hacktivator, with one small difference. I guess you could say it takes the “middle man” out of the equation. That is, it’s featured on the stock Cydia repos, so there’s no need to add a separate repository just to get access to this hack. Although, if you were too lazy to add the repo reported in yesterday’s article, chances are you don’t care that much about FaceTime anyway.
Droplr. No, not Dropbox, but Droplr. Similar in function, similar in name, but quite different in a lot of interesting ways. Droplr is one of my favorite Mac apps, and for good reason. It allows you to quickly upload and share practically anything by simply dragging and dropping.
Just recently, the iPhone counterpart to Droplr appeared in the App Store. How does it work? If you already use DropBox, should you even consider it? And, most importantly, does it feature two way syncing between the desktop application and the iPhone app? We tackle all of that and more inside…
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After recently becoming the largest tech company in the world, Apple just passed RIM to become the 4th largest vendor of mobile devices in the world, just behind Nokia, Samsung, and LG Electronics (who the hell owns an LG phone?).
Apple shipped 14.1 million units within the last 3 months, while Nokia, Samsung, and LG respectively shipped 110.4 million, 71.4 million and 28.4 million units. RIM is just behind Apple with 12.4 million devices shipped.
Apple is still pretty far behind the first 3 but remember that the company got into the mobile space only 3 years ago. You can only imagine where it’s going to be in 3 more years…
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I never get tired of watching this series of banned promo video for the iPhone. After doing the banned iPhone 4 video and the banned iPhone 4 antenna video, the guys of jLe Productions are back with this video, taking a shot at the ridiculousness of the missing white iPhone 4.
Make sure to hit the jump and check the video below. You’re in for a 2 minute laugh… Read More
When Apple releases the final version of iOS 4.2 to the public next month, you shouldn’t have to wait long before a jailbreak is released. The jailbreak might even be released on the same day that Apple makes iOS 4.2 available to the masses.
A couple of days ago, iOS hacker iH8sn0w posted an image of an iPad, one obviously on firmware iOS 4.2, running the jailbreak only mobile terminal app. As we reported earlier, due to the nature of the jailbreak, the quick turnaround time should be something we should see going forward, because one of the exploits is a hardware exploit that, according to hackers, can’t be patched… Read More
