Month: June 2009

Dev Team Says: Beware of the Fakes

Sébastien Page ∙ June 7, 2009

The Dev Team just posted some type of warning on their blog to alert you of phony websites pretending to help you jailbreak or unlock your iPhone. Besides messing up your iPhone, you might also be at risk of infecting your computer with viruses.

One very recent example is a certain yellowsn0w221 page on wordpress.com. Do not download anything from that page if you’re on a PC, else you’ll be infected with a virus. The page talks and talks about a supposed Firmware 2.2.1 yellowsn0w exploit, but it’s all a ruse to get you to download and infect your PC.

We’re used to (though still aren’t happy about) less predatory websites, like quickpwn.com. That site (1) is not us. We don’t consult with them in any way (2) makes money from their Google hits (they’re usually near the top) (3) sometimes gives very very bad advice (like tweeting yellowsn0w users to use QuickPwn on 3.0 betas. Bad suggestion). (4) also owns yellowsn0w.net, another money making website.

One way of avoiding any problem is to look out for sites and blogs that give "Dev Team-related" news that you don't see on their blog or on iPhone Download Blog first. If you have any interest in this matter, I suggest you read the full post over at the Dev Team blog.

Space Shuttle On Your iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Laminar Research (developers of the popular X-Plane series for iPhone) has released another realistic iPhone app: Space Shuttle. Space Shuttle is all about... you guessed it, the space shuttle.

Apple Gets PWNed By Advertising

Sébastien Page ∙ June 6, 2009

This has to be one of the smartest/boldest ad placement ever! DoubleTwist, a software developed by DVD Jon that lets users access their iTunes library on any device, managed to get an ad right on the window next to the entrance of the Apple Store in San Francisco.

The ad invites passersby to try “The Cure for iPhone Envy”, which they can use to access their “iTunes Library on any device. In Seconds”. It’s clearly a message that Apple doesn’t want anything to do with. We’re hearing that Apple employees are currently scratching their heads as to how this appeared.

The window on which the ad is placed actually belongs to BART (San Francisco subway system) and DVD Jon managed to rent this space directly from BART. It's totally legal and there is not much Apple can do against that. I bet the marketing department in Cupertino is not happy about that right now...

New iPhone Video to Be On Sale On Monday

Sébastien Page ∙ June 5, 2009

Among all the new iPhone rumors, this one has to be the craziest but also the loveliest one. Ok, sit down and imagine for a minute... What would be better for this Monday's WWDC than having Steve Jobs himself coming back and unveil the new "iPhone Video" and actually announce it's going to be on sale the very same day?

How does that sound? Believe it or not, that's the rumor started by GearLive today and although I'm a little skeptical, I really hope these guys have good sources.

Talking to a few sources, it seems that the stars are in alignment for iPhone Video to launch this Monday. My understanding is that availability will be limited, because the plan was to launch in July. This means that Apple doesn’t have all the phones available now that they would have had in July for a launch - but you can expect regular replenishments of product.

I don't know about you guys but at 10 am on Monday, I will be at my local Apple Store here in San Diego, following the WWDC from my iPhone and making sure I'm going to be one of the first to get my hands on the new iPhone if indeed it comes out that day...

Steve Jobs Ready to Return to Apple

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

The word on the street is that Steve Jobs might be returning to Apple after taking a few months off for health reasons.

I guess the question on everyone's lips now is: will Steve be at the WWDC next week to unveil the new iPhone? I say yes! Steve will be there.

Who's with me?

New iPhone Name: iPhone V3 or iPhone Video?

Sébastien Page ∙ June 4, 2009

I wrote about possible names for the new iPhone yesterday and it seems we have more info coming up about that.

Carphone Warehouse added four placeholders (see image above) to their inventory list for new iPhone models earlier today:

iPhone 16GB V3 Black iPhone 16GB V3 White iPhone 32GB V3 Black iPhone 32GB V3White

TUAW also has received an anonymous tip stating that AT&T's support website will be updated with "iPhone Video" (see image below) as one of the model choices when choosing Apple as the phone manufacturer.

These are just inventory references and I still believe the new iPhone will simply called "iPhone". I guess time will tell...

New iPhone Pictures Leaked

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

These pictures were supposedly taken by an Apple employee. If that's the case, I guess they are pictures of the dev website which will go live once the new iPhone is announced next week at the WWDC. The pictures were posted on iSpazio, where it says you can see a front camera and the speaker moved upward. I personally don't see anything! (click on each picture for a wider image)

What bugs me with these pictures is that there is no carrier logo on the iPhone. Apple has always shown the carrier logo on it's ads or website...

What do you think? Info or intox?

First Apple WWDC Banner Shows Up

Sébastien Page ∙ June 3, 2009

This banner was spotted in Moscone West, 5 days before the start of Apple's WWDC. As you can see, the focus of the event seems to be the App Store with this banner reading "One year later. Light-years ahead".

That makes me wonder what Apple might announce about the App Store, besides the in-app purchase already announced a few months ago.

You can see more of these pictures on Adam Jackson's Flickr stream.

Exclusive: The Name of the New iPhone Will Be…

Sébastien Page ∙ June 3, 2009

We're just days away of finally finding out about the new iPhone. Will all these rumors be confirmed at the WWDC? We'll figure it out soon enough. Something that no one has speculated on is the name of this new iPhone.

A little before the iPhone 3G was revealed last year, we all called it the "3G iPhone". I guess we were close enough. Given everything we know about this new iPhone coming up, medias have started calling it the "iPhone 3G 2009" or the "iPhone HD".

Let's try to be creative for a minute and come up with a few possible names:

iPhone III - I kinda like that one but I think it could be easily confused with iPhone 3G iPhone 3.0 - could be, but how will they call it when firmware 3.1 comes out in a few months? iPhone 3G Pro - no, too long, and too elitist. To me, "pro" means business iPhone 3G 2009 - if you want my opinion, that's gay (no offense)! No way Apple would pick such an unoriginal name iPhone 3G 2nd Generation - blahhh, this long name just made me puke in my mouth iPhone 4G - no, it would require a 4G network, which we don't have yet iPhone HD - nahhh. HD what? iPhone Video - could be, but video is just one feature among many others. Why not call it "iPhone Copy/Paste" while you're at it? iPhone Pre - no comment!

Alright, if I had to take one wild bet, I think the new iPhone is actually going to be called the "iPhone that finally has a decent camera, copy/paste, video recording, and MMS 3G" ;)

More seriously, I think Apple will simply call it "iPhone" to avoid alienating users who have the previous models.

What do you think the new iPhone will be called?

How To Install An iNav Theme On Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ June 2, 2009

If you're iPhone is jailbroken and that you look at Cydia apps and mods from time to time, you most likely came across the iNav themes. iNav themes are a little more complex than your usual theme and simply activating the theme in WinterBoard won't be enough. You will need to prep your iPhone and that's exactly what I'm going to show you today.

Installing an iNav theme is not hard at all but it will take a few minutes of your time.

All The New iPhone Rumors In One Image

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

With the announcement of a new third generation iPhone next week at the WWDC, rumors are flying around like crazy. The Green Room put together this graphical representation of all the rumors that are circulating around (click the image for a larger view).

More details and sources of the rumours can be found over at The Green Room.

iTunes 8.2 Is Out – Jailbreakers Do Not Update

Sébastien Page ∙ June 2, 2009

iTunes 8.2 is available since yesterday. According to the update notes, "iTunes 8.2 now supports iPhone or iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. iTunes 8.2 also includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes."

As always when an update comes out, I highly suggest jailbreakers and unlockers do not update iTunes yet. According to the Dev Team:

This update is one of those that incidentally breaks QuickPwn and PwnageTool. It doesn’t seem like an anti-jailbreak. But nonetheless, it will break your ability to re-run QuickPwn or PwnageTool’s dfu-entry.

Because this update isn’t a deliberate anti-jailbreak measure, it’s easily fixed in our tools. But we really don’t want to update our tools until 3.0 is out, so please don’t update to 8.2 if you think you’ll need to rejailbreak your device. :)

iPhone Download Blog reader VistaUser also warned me that iPhoneBrowser doesn't work anymore after updating iTunes to 8.2.