Year: 2012

Photos of purported 7-inch iPad surface

If this morning's prospects of getting a glimpse at iOS 6 and new Mac hardware aren't exciting enough for you, maybe this will pique your interest. We've come across some photos of what appears to be the rumored 7-inch iPad.

Rumors that Apple is working on an "iPad Mini" have really ramped up in the last 6 months, gaining support from credible news outlets and Apple insiders alike. But so far, we've yet to see any real evidence of the project...

Poll: which WWDC announcement are you most excited about?

Apple's boss Tim Cook is about to take the stage at San Francisco's Moscone West an hour from now to deliver Apple's mobile and desktop strategy for the next twelve months. You're probably on the edge of your seat as we are, wondering what will get announced and whether there will be an "one more thing" moment that will blow your pants off.

More importantly, all eyes are on Apple as the industry awaits to see how Cupertino responds to strong competition in the mobile space. So we just put together this little poll and are asking you, our readers, to pick one WWDC announcement that you're most excited for...

Apple to announce two new iOS apps today

According to Fox News’ Clayton Morris, Apple will unveil two new iOS apps today. We told you about one app already called Organize a virtual pocket of sorts.

According to sources, the Organize app is designed to hold your credit card information, coupons, travel information and other personal information. If the description is anything to go by, the Organize app should hopefully help create a rumored iWallet solution...

Apple Store goes down ahead of WWDC keynote

That's it folks, the Apple Store has just gone offline ahead of today's WWDC keynote, which begins in a little bit more than two hours. Are you feeling the excitement yet?

As the big event approaches, possible specs of Apple's new MacBooks have leaked, indicating that MacBook Airs will come with 4GB/8GB RAM flavors and a 512GB SSD option. SSD in these new Airs should use SATA3 and some of them are said to be based on Samsung’s crazy fast 830 series.

New MacBook Pro and Mac Pros are also in the cards and the AirPort Express base station is said to be due for an upgrade as well...

iOS 6 allows you to login to separate iTunes and iCloud accounts on the same device [updated]

One of the big problems with the introduction of iCloud, was the inability to properly segregate it from iTunes accounts on a single iOS device. With iOS 5, you had one iTunes ID, and that same ID was used for iCloud.

While in many circumstances this posed no issue, (ad there are a few inconvenient work-arounds) it did cause problems for those whose purchases were tied up to a particular iTunes ID. I'm happy to report that this is no longer a problem in iOS 6, as it now allows you to log in with separate iTunes and iCloud IDs upon first setup...

Deck HD is coming to a jailbroken iPad near you

When I took the original version of Deck for a spin, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Here was a tweak that sought to add quick access to your favorite apps, settings, and toggles, and had the nerve to look good while doing so.

Deck also proved to be fairly popular with our readers and viewers, as our original video demonstration gained well over 100,000 views on YouTube.

Since Deck is an iPhone/iPod touch only tweak, what about the iPad users that would love to give SBCoders' hotbar tweak a try? You won't have to feel left out much longer, because Deck HD is coming with full iPad compatibility in tow. Take a gander at our full walkthrough inside for the video proof...

iDB is ready for WWDC. Are you?

In case you haven't picked up on it yet, tomorrow's a huge day for the Apple community. Not only is it Day One of  WWDC, but we're also expecting the company to make a number of big announcements.

As presumed, there won't be a live video stream of tomorrow's media event. And a clip of the keynote won't likely be available until hours after it's over. But never fear, as usual, iDB has you covered...

MuscleNerd says “all pieces are there” for 06.15 baseband downgrade

Last year, the Dev Team announced that iPhone 3G/3GS owners unlocked on baseband 06.15.00 would likely be stuck there forever, leaving them to deal with GPS bugs and other issues.

But that may not be the case, as it appears that hackers have been working on a fix. Unlocking expert MuscleNerd has just announced that a baseband downgrade is on the horizon...

10 jailbreak tweaks we’d like Apple to implement in iOS 6

In less than 24 hours, Tim Cook and company are going to take the stage at WWDC to show off their latest mobile operating system: iOS 6. We know that Maps and other default applications are expected to get makeovers in the new software, but we haven't heard much about other changes.

It's no secret that iOS engineers have used the jailbreak community for "inspiration" in the past — we counted a number of instances of this in last year's iOS 5 update. So we started thinking, if it were up to us, what 10 jailbreak tweaks would we like to see them implement in iOS 6?

And this is what we came up with...