A judge in California this morning decided to hold off on a ruling related to Apple's case against Samsung, meaning Cupertino won't be able to impose a sales ban on Galaxy Tab tablet sales in the United States. Apple's also been dealt another blow in Germany as a court said it's unlikely to grant them the same victory against Motorola's tablet as it'd done with last year's sales ban of the Galaxy 10.1 tablet...
Liquidmetal Technologies CEO Tom Steipp has officially confirmed that Apple has licensed the metallic glass substance for use in products, going out on a limb to say that Liquidmetal Technologies is supplying the alloy to Cupertino...
The usually well-informed Wall Street Journal is throwing its weight behind rumors that Apple with iOS 6 will ditch a Google Maps backend and instead pursue own in-house mapping solution. Sources tell the paper that although Apple could, and probably will, show off the enhanced Maps app at WWDC next Monday, the feature won't launch until later this year.
This should give developers a much-needed head start to incorporate Apple's mapping technology into their apps and take advantage of the reportedly unique features. The story offers other interesting tidbits, including the new calendar-integrated mapping system...
I don't know if it's because I recently had a baby, or maybe because I'm just looking for an excuse to spend even more time on my iPhone, but I've recently found a new interest in iPhoneography.
Up to a few months ago, I wouldn't think twice about snapping a picture with my iPhone. I would pull it out of my pocket, launch the camera app, and take a picture. The result would usually be decent enough, but nothing amazing.
Then I came across Justin Balog's blog which was like an eye opener about what you can really do with your iPhone. I devoured his short tutorial, and decided to get in touch with him to see if we could meet, since he appeared to be traveling to San Diego from time to time. When we finally met a few months ago, we talked about the iPhone, photography, and how we could work together to bring some awesome iPhoneography tips to iDB readers.
That's why we decided to launch this mini series focused on iPhone Photography. To start, we'll just test the water and see how you react to it, if you like it or not, and if you ask for more. This will be a good way to gauge the interest iDB readers have in iPhone photography. My feeling is that you will love it!
So, what is the goal of this series?
If you're like me, you don't know jack about photography in general. Aperture, focal length, ISO speed might not mean anything to you, although they are some of the basic terms and principles of photography.
That's why we thought it would be a good idea to start with the basics of photography applied to the iPhone and go from there, so that whether you're a beginner or an expert, we can all learn together at the same pace.
Let me hand you over to Justin for a minute so he can tell you more about our photo series...
My name is Justin Balog, author of the critically acclaimed iBook 'Big World Little Lens - The Complete Guide to iPhone Photography'.
I'd like to start off by thanking Sebastien for inviting me to join the iDB team.
In this series, we will not only be exploring the world of iPhone Photography together, we will unearth the creativity in all of us. My goal for this series is simple: to teach you how to make a great photograph with your iPhone that you are excited to share with your friends and family... heck, maybe the world. The series will include app tutorials, technique tips, as well as general principles of photography. All of which are intended to increase the awesomeness of your iPhone photos. Now grab your iPhone and let's get started!
As you may be able to tell, Justin is pretty excited about our iPhone photography series too!
If you haven't yet, I highly suggest you download Justin's iBook called Big World Little Lens - The Complete Guide to iPhone Photography. It's available in the iBook Store for $4.99 and is a goldmine of information for iPhoneography beginners. When I first got my hands on Justin's iBooks, I thought that the content would be too "light" for me as I already knew the very basics of iPhone photography. After reading a few pages, I found out that although I did know a lot about what he was touching on, there were still a bunch of tips and tricks I learned from it. As I said to Justin after reading his iBook, I believe Big World Little Lens is a must-have for every beginner out there. Of course, if you already are an experienced iPhone photographer, your mileage may vary.
Watch for our very first iPhoneography post sometimes this week. In the meantime, if you have any question or request, please leave a comment below.
And don't forget to follow me and Justin on Twitter and Instagram. We are @JustinBalog and @SebastienPage. If you're already out shooting and sharing awesome pictures, make sure to use the #iDownloadBlog tag so we can find them.
The latest version of RedSn0w now includes a new option nestled under the extras menu for restoring SAM unlock activation tickets. The iPhone Dev Team relates in the release notes that "you can now include your SAM tickets as part of your initial ramdisk jailbreak of iPhone 4 or earlier, or alternatively you can upload your SAM tickets to any device after its been jailbroken."
Previously, we posted a manual method to go about restoring your activation tickets, but this newer method is preferable due to its simplicity.
Since the SAM ticket upload feature works universally with A5 and A4 devices, we suggest sticking with this method when it comes to restoring your unlock activation tickets. We've also posted a full video walkthrough; be sure to take a look inside...
With iOS 5.1.1, there's no shortage of tools available to perform an untethered jailbreak. In fact, there's so much saturation from a tool perspective, that it can be a little difficult to discern which tool to use.
Inside, we'll briefly cover some of the tools available, and some of the popular scenarios where certain tools fare better than others.
In what seems to be the norm lately, another popular iPhone app has expanded to Android, Marco Arment's Instapaper. This awesome and elegant tool to save web pages for reading later can now be used on Android devices natively.
While it lacks the polish and elegance of the iOS version, Instapaper for Android comes with one major advantage...
Whoa, Google is buying popular instant messaging startup Meebo for an undisclosed sum.
Meebo, which has an iPhone app, provides a cloud-centric solution that brings disparate instant messaging services under one fold.
Nowadays, Meebo is billed as a social platform for connecting users. They command an army of 190 million unique users globally and its service is used to send over 90 million messages daily...
Electronic Entertainment Expo, the industry's biggest interactive entertainment show, is underway in Los Angeles, California and Microsoft juts announced an interesting software solution for wireless media streaming to the Xbox 360 console from devices powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating system.
Called SmartGlass, the app lets you beam video from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Android device to Xbox Live and Windows 8. Another cool feature: with SmartGlass installed, your mobile device becomes a complementary display in games and apps that support this functionality...
Apple's initiative to bring several highly notable iOS features "back to the Mac" is one of the hallmarks of its upcoming release of OS X Mountain Lion. One of the most touted iOS features to make its way to Mountain Lion is Notification Center. Notification Center on the Mac works similar to the way it does on iOS, with a few noted differences.
One of the main differences is the location of Notification Center — on the Mac it is docked and hidden on the right-hand side of the screen. Wouldn't such change be welcomed to Notification Center on the iPad? I say this, because in its current form, it's placed square in the middle of the screen no matter the orientation. In fact, it's sort of like an afterthought.
MountainLionCenter is the upcoming jailbreak tweak that plans to change this, placing it more in line with the way Notification Center works on OS X Mountain Lion. For more details, watch our full video walkthrough inside.
Corning Inc. is one of rare United States-based suppliers providing domestically manufactured components for Apple's devices.
The New York-based company behind the display glass component on your iPhone made a name for itself when Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs pressed their CEO Wendell Weeks not to be afraid of high-volume manufacturing.
Today, the company launched a brand new product, an ultra-slim, flexible glass component dubbed Willow Glass and we have a nice intro video right below...
As promised, here is the follow up tutorial for performing an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1.1 using the traditional DFU method. This tutorial is for the latest version of RedSn0w 0.9.12b1, and only works with A4 devices and below (A5 devices are not compatible with this method). If you want to use your A5 device — iPad 2, the new iPad, or the iPhone 4S — then see our previous Non-DFU mode tutorial for RedSn0w.
In most cases you should use the Non-DFU method for jailbreaking your devices, even if it's an A4 device. The exception comes if you have a lot of media stored on your A4 device or below. If you have a lot of media on your device, the iPhone Dev Team advises that this traditional method for jailbreaking may be a best practice due to iCloud syncing issues.
Take a look inside for the full walkthrough...