iPhone 3G S purplera1n jailbreak released and available for download
Great news for all those who have an iPhone 3G S and want to jailbreak it: a jailbreak for the brand new smartphone has just been released today by an independent developer named George Hotz.
Dubbed purplera1n, the iPhone 3G S jailbreak can be downloaded from this address.
Note that you’ll need a Windows PC (Windows 7 [...]
Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is almost completed
The folks over at Facebook have recently announced that Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is close to being completed and thus it will be soon released and available for download (probably via the App Store).
The new version of Facebook for iPhone will obviously bring many improvements and additions. These include: new homescreen, News Feed, Notes, Pages, [...]
iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications
Now that with 3.0 OS iPhone has basically caught up with the traditional smartphones in functionality, it may be time to look how Apple can make the next generation devices even smarter.
We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent [...]
Telus to launch the iPhone 3G S in Canada?
As crazy as it may sound, Canada’s Telus might release Apple’s brand new iPhone 3G S sometime in October this year.
Yes, we know, Telus is a CDMA carrier and the iPhone 3G S is a GSM/HSPA phone, so this doesn’t make sense, right? Well, wrong, because Telus is getting ready to roll-out a HSPA network [...]
Google intros AdSense for Mobile Applications (iPhone and Android)
Google has announced the beta release of AdSense for Mobile Applications, available at the moment only for iPhone and Android smartphones.
Leveraging on the fact that people use more and more smartphones, which come with a continuously increased number of applications, Google wants to make things easier for developers, publishers and end users.
More exactly, thanks to [...]
AT&T Navigator now available through Apple’s App Store
Today, AT&T announced that AT&T Navigator, its own turn-by-turn GPS navigation service, is available for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S users, via Apple’s App Store.
Created for iPhone OS 3.0, the AT&T Navigator app provides “full audible and visual turn-by-turn navigation service” via the carrier’s network.
The Navigator app further provides features like: 3D maps, map [...]
Apple Offering $30 iTunes Credit for Flubbed iPhone Activations
Did you get the iPhone 3G-S this weekend only to be greeted by a failed activation and an expectation of waiting 2 days before it could be activated? Apple wants to say sorry by offering you a $30 credit to iTunes.
While nobody will take the blame, it seems as though Apple is pointing the finger [...]
New iPhone3GS Feature: Dog Whistle
We all know the new functionality that comes with the new iPhone 3G-S: faster processor, more storage capacity, compass, video recording, and dog whistle. Wait, what?
Reports all over the web have come out this weekend that the iPhone 3G-S is emitting a strange buzzing sound immediately after system sounds (unlock, SMS notifications, etc) at around [...]
iPhone 3G S may hit China in Q4 2009 as China Unicom and Apple sign 2-year deal
It looks like China Unicom and Apple are finally ready to release the iPhone in China.
According to Reuters, which quotes analyst Cynthia Meng, the second largest Chinese mobile carrier has “most likely” signed a deal with Apple.
Reportedly, the deal is for at least two years, and China Unicom will be ready to launch iPhone products [...]
iPhone 3G S unboxed and disassembled
As expected, Apple’s brand new iPhone 3G S is now available for purchase in several European markets, and it should also be available in the US and Canada in a matter of hours.
Now, you’re probably curious about what the iPhone 3G S looks like after being unboxed and disassembled.
Well, the folks over at RapidRepair have [...]