Despite the ongoing legal battles going on around the world between Apple and Samsung, it seems that the firm from Cupertino has decided to stick with the Korean electronics giant for the production of its upcoming A6 chip.
According to Korea Times' informers, the chip will be manufactured in Samsung's plant in Texas...
Something really unexpected happened yesterday. I was doing a Google search on my new iPhone 4S when a popup appeared asking me if I'd like to change my search engine to Yahoo!
Needless to say, I was really confused. Is Google telling me that it's too good for me and I should switch to Yahoo? Or is Apple trying to tell me something?
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You know it was coming, so let's not beat around the bush any longer.
Is this ridiculous? Yes. Is this completely stupid? Absolutely. Is this a waste of money? Totally. Will it blend? You already know the answer...
Twelve hours and countless reboots and resets later, I'm glad to announce that Siri is finally working again for me. Since last night, all Siri was able to tell me was "Sorry, I'm having trouble connecting to the network," or "Sorry, I'm not able to connect to the network right now." Quite disappointing for a $400 piece of hardware.
At first, I thought it was a server issue, which I hoped would be fixed by the time I got up today. But when I realized that other users were able to access Siri just fine, it was clear that the problem came from my device. Here is what I did to fix it...
With the release of iOS 5, we've been asked by a bunch of Gevey unlockers if it was safe or not to update to the latest operating system.
Truth be told, I do not use the Gevey SIM unlock, so I wasn't really able to help until a user pointed out the obvious to me: it works as long as you preserve your baseband...
One of the cool new features of iOS 5 is that it allows you to bring up the Camera app directly from the lock screen. No need to unlock the phone, look for the Camera app and launch it, as you can now do that right from the lock screen now. This simple feature can save time if you want to take a picture right away.
I've been asked a few times today how to activate this feature, and even though most of you out there probably know how to use it, I figured it might be helpful for new iOS users...
Speaking of unlocking the iPhone, MuscleNerd just confirmed that an iOS 5 compatibility update to the unlock tool will be released tomorrow, after the planned MobileSubstrate update.
Of course, UltraSn0w will only work for 01.59.00, 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01, 05.13.04, and 06.15.00 basebands. If your baseband is different from these, you will not be able to use UltraSn0w to unlock until the Team figures out a new exploit, which may take a while...
It looks like the iPhone 4 debacle is getting one step closer to its end, as Brian Hogan, the man who found the iPhone 4 prototype last year, and Sage Wallower, the man who helped Hogan pitch the sale of the device to tech blogs, have been sentenced by the court.
The two were sentenced to one year of probation, 40 hours of public service, and a requirement to pay $250 each in restitution to Apple...
If you've been trying to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the newly released iOS 5, you might have encountered the error message saying that you're device could not be restored because an "internal error occurred." In most cases, you'll get the "3004" error message, too.
If that's the case, do not freak out. Breath and relax. Apple's servers are getting slammed with thousands of people trying to do the exact same thing as you...
Unless you jailbroke your iPhone, one downside of iOS was that you were not able to extra text message and alert tones. You were limited to the tones in the Settings app.
This is now a thing of the past, as Apple has updated the iTunes app for iOS with a new section to purchase alert tones...
Last week we broke the news that jailbreak hacker iH8sn0w was actively working on bringing Siri to iDevices like the 4G iPod touch and iPhone 4. This got a lot of people excited at the possibility of getting access to Siri's artificial intelligence without having to upgrade to the iPhone 4S.
This morning, the Dev Team's MuscleNerd sent out a tweet saying that porting Siri to the iPhone 4 or any other iDevice would most likely require piracy, something that the Dev Team has always refused to do...