iOS 5 Beta 1 Tethered Jailbreak Now Available

by Alex Heath on Jun 10, 2011

RedSn0w, the popular jailbreak tool by the Dev Team, has been updated with support for a tethered jailbreak on the iOS 5 developer beta. It’s been less than a week since Apple got iOS 5 Beta 1 into the hands of developers at WWDC and across the world, and a tethered jailbreak is already available.

The news was announced by Dev Team frontman, MuscleNerd, and version 0.9.8.b1 of RedSn0w is now available to download for those with access to the iOS 5 beta. To get the iOS 5 beta legally, you must have a registered developer account with Apple. Read More

 

Apple Owes the Jailbreak Community an Apology

by Alex Heath on Jun 10, 2011

The relationship between Apple and the jailbreak community has always been an interesting one. Ever since the first, public iPhone jailbreak was displayed in 2007, Apple and jailbreakers have been fighting in a secret, underground war. Fast forward to 2011, and you can do a lot more with a jailbroken iPhone than just add custom ringtones.

On Monday, Apple unveiled iOS 5. Version 5 was called Apple’s most “revolutionary” iOS release to date. Oddly enough, many features that have been in the jailbreak community for years are now present in iOS 5. In fact, Apple has borrowed (some would say stolen) ideas from jailbreak developers for years, and iOS 5 is the most current, blatant example.

Apple, you owe the jailbreak community an apology. Read More

 

Nuance Voice Integration Not Currently in iOS 5, But There’s Still Hope

by Alex Heath on Jun 8, 2011

Apple unveiled a truckload of iOS 5 features at WWDC on Monday, but one major thing was missing: Nuance voice integration. There was a strong series of rumors leading right up to the keynote that claimed iOS 5 would boast huge improvements in voice integration.

Unfortunately, no voice-related features were previewed during Monday’s keynote, and the first iOS 5 developer beta has no voice additions to speak of.

Has Apple abandoned their partnership with Nuance in iOS? Or will we still see deeper voice integration in iOS 5 before it’s released to the public in the next few months? Read More

 

Apple Didn’t Tell Carriers About iMessage, Watch Out SMS?

by Alex Heath on Jun 8, 2011

Apple’s wireless carrier partners were apparently just as surprised as we were when Apple unveiled its new messaging client, iMessage, at yesterday’s WWDC keynote. Reportedly, Apple didn’t bother to give carriers a heads up that they were introducing a new, media-rich messaging client before the actual presentation to the public.

Wireless carriers are the ones that will actually be handling the transfer of messages/photos/videos in iMessage over 3G. Apple demonstrated its classic attitude by not even bothering to give carriers a heads up about iMessage. What Apple wants, Apple gets. Read More

 

iCloud Does Not Play Nicely With Verizon CDMA iPhone 4

by Guest Author on Jun 8, 2011

We’ve all gotten used to Verizon arriving late to the party, and despite finally handing over the iPhone in February, Apple is still finding ways in which it can keep Verizon’s customers waiting. Next up is iCloud, which doesn’t play nicely with the CDMA iPhone built for the Verizon network.

During his announcement at WWDC yesterday, Steve Jobs said that some iCloud features were now in beta, including the ability to sync content among your devices, and download previous purchases. However, in order to enjoy these features, you need iOS 4.3.3 – a release not currently available for the Verizon iPhone… Read More

 

WWDC 2011 Keynote in 2 Minutes

by Sebastien on Jun 8, 2011

Did you miss Monday’s keynote where Apple unveiled Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud? If you don’t have time to watch the 2 hour keynote, this short 2-minute video will go over all the major points.

Of course this clip can’t replicate the energy and excitement that go into the presentations and the demos… Read More

 

WWDC 2011 As a Musical

by Alex Heath on Jun 7, 2011

You can file this under the creative and ridiculous categories. Just in case you haven’t gotten enough of Apple’s WWDC keynote on Monday, you can now watch “WWDC 2011: The Musical.” We know, sounds like a dream come true.

It may sound like the worst 4 minutes of your life, but the guys that put this funny video together are actually quite entertaining. Check it out after the break… Read More

 

Mobile Safari Gets Private Browsing Mode in iOS 5

by Guest Author on Jun 7, 2011

Since Apple dropped the first beta release of iOS 5 yesterday, those of us with access to the firmware have been keen to play around with it and discover those “200 new features” that weren’t quite big enough to get a mention at the WWDC keynote yesterday.

In addition to customizable keyboard shortcuts, one feature you may not have noticed is the ‘Private Browsing’ mode within mobile Safari… Read More

 

iOS 5 & iCloud – A Summary of The New Hotness

by Oliver Haslam on Jun 7, 2011

It’s been a hectic day or so here at iDB towers and we’re sure we aren’t the only ones. Yesterda’s WWDC kickoff provided more than a few talking points, with iOS 5 and iCloud being two of the biggest. Granted OS X Lion is one fine looking piece of software, but for us it’s the mobile stuff that gets the pulse racing.

This post will be a little roundup of just a few of the most important new things we’ve learned today, with links to some more in-depth coverage inside the iDB content vaults. So, without further ado, let us begin… Read More

 

Breaking: More Mouth Watering Photos of iOS 5 Revealed

by Jeff Benjamin on Jun 6, 2011

As if you needed any more reason to anticipate the biggest upgrade to iOS ever! Yep, we have a few more savory pictures of iOS 5 in the flesh, and we want you to see them.

This next batch of photos show off three new features to iOS 5: Newsstand, Reminders, and Twitter integration.

It’s funny because prior to the show, Twitter integration was probably one of the most highly anticipated rumors. After the show, you almost forget that Apple even announced it, that’s how insanely deep iOS 5 is.

Check out a few more screenshots of iOS 5 inside… Read More

 
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