It appears that iOS 4.3.3 could be dropping in the next few weeks. In Apple's recent response to the iPhone's location-tracking database, the company mentions that an update to iOS is coming, "sometime in the next few weeks."
Due to a bug in the iPhone's location database, Apple plans pushing an incremental update to iOS very soon. There's no word on an official release date, but we should be seeing iOS 4.3.3 before the end of next month.
Thanks to a new hack for running iPad apps on the iPhone, someone has been able to successfully run GarageBand on the iPhone 4. GarageBand is a relatively new addition to iOS that was introduced alongside the iPad 2.
Although the App Store's GarageBand is specifically designed for the iPad, it can also be hacked to run on a jailbroken iPhone.
The app seems to function pretty well once ported. The guy says he used OpenSSH to change the app's underlying metadata so that it would run on the iPhone.
There are some obvious scaling and interface issues, but this is still a cool experiment to check out. You can do this yourself through the magic of OpenSSH on a jailbroken iDevice, you just need the right information.
Apple will probably make GarageBand a universal app in the future. It's going to be really interesting to see how the iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) work on the iPhone through this method.
What do you think of GarageBand running on the iPhone 4? Pretty cool, huh?
[9to5Mac]
First there was Angry Birds, then Tiny Wings, and now a new bird-related game has joined the App Store's flock. Air Penguin is a relatively new phenomenon that now sits comfortably in the top ten list of paid apps in the App Store.
What makes Air Penguin so great? Nothing really sets the game apart from the other feather-filled apps that came before it, but Air Penguin is a great example one thing: a really fun game.
Apple has decided to officially respond to the iPhone's location database issue that has been undergoing intense scrutiny by the media and industry experts. In a Q&A response, Apple has addressed why the iPhone logs your location, and what Apple does with that information.
An alleged email from Steve Jobs answered this issue already with a simple response: "We don't track anyone." That's the message that Apple is confirming with this Q&A response...
Would you complete a "special offer" to legally download a paid app for free? The folks at OfferedApp think so, and they've created an advertiser-supported service for delivering paid apps for free.
OfferedApp is almost like Woot.com, except only for apps. The service gives you an app originally priced anywhere from $1-$10 and offers to for a free download. The only catch is that you must first complete anything from an online survey to sitting through a video advertisement.
Sound interesting? Let's take a closer look...
It's finally coming! Apple has officially confirmed the long-awaited white iPhone 4. The mythical device will be available, April 28, on both AT&T and Verzion and in 28 countries.
Pricing is exactly the same as the black iPhone 4 with a two year contract. The device will be available in a 16GB and 32GB model.
Press release after the break!
A couple days ago we told you about a nifty little tool for the Mac called ipswDownloader. The app allows you to manually download just about any iOS firmware version for your iDevice.
The only negative thing about ipswDownloader was that it was only available on the Mac. Luckily, someone has ported ipswDownloader for Windows! Now Windows users can download firmware with these easy tool...
The popular Twitter client for the iPhone, Tweetdeck, has significantly upgraded to version 2.0. As one of the original third party Twitter apps, Tweetdeck has been a fan favorite client in the App Store for a long time.
The develepors behind Tweetdeck have completely redesigned the iPhone app from the ground up. Tweetdeck 2.0 offers a whole new set of features and looks quite different from its previous version.
More info after the break...
When Star Wars and Apple collide, you know you've got an awesome product on your hands. If you recall The Empire Strikes Back, you'll remember Han Solo frozen inside a carbonite slab.
The Steve Jobs in Carbonite iPhone case by Society6 replaces Han Solo with Apple's very own Steve Jobs. With this iPhone case, you can have Mr. Jobs with you at all times on the back of your iPhone 4. Just be sure to not let Lord Vader know you've stolen his prisoner...
Did you know that you can run iPad apps on the iPhone? If your iPhone is jailbroken, there's a new way to run iPad-specific apps on the iPhone and iPod touch.
It's been technically possible to port iPad apps to the iPhone for quite some time, but not until now has it become a relatively straightforward process.
If you've been keeping up with the latest iPhone news, you've most likely heard about the infamous location database. At first, everyone thought that Apple was stalking your every move through a saved database of your GPS coordinates, but then some experts weighed in and said that simply wasn't the case.
The iPhone's GPS is operated through a system called Location Services. There was reason to believe that turning off Location Services would disable Apple's location database form storing your information, but that turns out to not be true.
Apple is going to collect your location data whether you like it or not, and your location gets sent to Apple at least twice a day...
Are you still a little paranoid about the iPhone location-tracking file? Are you afraid that Apple or your carrier is tracking your every move?
Lucky for you, there's a new jailbreak tweak called Auto Location that automatically toggles your iPhone's Location Services on and off. When you're not using an app that requires GPS, Auto Location will turn the iPhone's Location Services off. When you open an app that requires Location Services, Auto Location turns it back on...