Everyone has their list of must have features for the iPhone 5, but a lot of them are of the obvious variety. Things like more storage space, a better camera, and more RAM. Boring!
Apple has always been a company that pushes the envelope, so it makes sense that the iPhone 5 could be a device that Apple is willing to take a gamble on. If you don't adapt well to change, you just might want to take a deep breath before reading this...
I've always loved the way text messaging worked on the iPhone, and that love was increased with the advent of the jailbreak app BiteSMS. That app added just enough customization to the mix to make SMS messaging a truly enjoyable experience on the iPhone.
Of course, there are also plenty of tweaks available for SMS messaging as well, some better than others. MarkThatMessage is one such tweak that falls into the others category. Is it really necessary to know the exact time that I sent every single SMS message?
Kids these days. Back in my day, we were fortunate if we got one hot meal a day. Back in my day we had to walk 12 miles to school, in the snow, with no shoes! Back in my day we had to wait a whole month for an iPhone 4!
Well, well, well, what do we have here? It only took a hair over 5 months, but the iPhone 4 has now officially caught up with demand. In fact, if you wanted one today, Apple says they can have one shipped out to you within 24 hours. Now fess up. Who here still hasn't ordered their iPhone 4?
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...
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...
We heard this might happen, but seeing is believing. Apple has totally removed any trace of the white iPhone 4 from the online store. No more "coming soon," it's just gone.
There are now just three flavors of iPhone's advertised on the Apple store, the Black 8GB 3GS, the Black 16GB iPhone 4, and the 32GB Black iPhone 4. Of course, this will inevitably change with the next iteration of the device -- the iPhone 5. Hmm, Verizon anyone?
I can't say that I use Gmail in mobile Safari too often, considering that the native Mail App has great support for Gmail, but there must be some of you crazy folks out there that still do.
Fret not, Google has heard your cries for an improved mobile Safari experience, they've seen your tears, and they've felt your pain. As a result, an updated version of Gmail for mobile Safari is now live at last.
What new features can you expect to see? Well, too be honest, they're more on the aesthetics side of the house, meaning they don't add much in the way new functionality. Check inside for the details on not one, but two new improvements for Gmail on mobile Safari...
If you could only have one jailbreak app, which one would it be? I had to think long and hard about this, because there are so many great jailbreak apps that make the iPhone such a delightful device to use.
Ultimately, though, I was able to decide on one app in particular that I just can’t live without. Can you guess what it is?
Could this be a sign of the impending release of the white iPhone 4? In the latest update to Apple's Store App for the iPhone, which features new concierge integration among other things, the white iPhone 4 is indeed available for reservation.
Whether or not this means that the issues surrounding the product's production have been completely ironed out, and a release is right around the corner, is of course anyone's guess. You have to admit, though, it's certainly an encouraging sign for those who are still holding out...
Every so often, a tweak comes around that simply makes the iPhone better to use. Fast Copy is the type of tweak that falls perfectly into that category, taking basic iPhone functionality and improving it.
I must admit, I was a bit skeptical at first, because I thought that the iPhone's copy and paste abilities were fairly competent already. After using Fast Copy, though, I can safely say that the room for improvement has always existed, whether I perceived it, or not.
"A nice lightweight, quick little WebKit browser..." -- that's how the developer of the recently released SkyF1re Browser describes their iPhone browser for jailbroken iPhones. And while that's certainly an apt description, the browser is so incredibly lightweight, that it might just float away into utter obscurity.
Although one must keep in mind that this is version 1.0 of the app, I couldn't even get the address bar working on my iPhone. No working address functionality on a browser? That's not a good thing.