Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster is a well-known Apple analyst, one of those that usually predict great numbers and results from Apple. This time around, though, when talking to Business Insider’s Henry Lodget he had to say that Android tablets will eventually have more market share than Apple’s iPad, and Android is going to be the most important mobile platform of the next decade. Read more
Gene Munster, Well-Known Apple Analyst, Claims Android Tablets Will Beat The iPad
Retinasizer Forces iPhone Games To Render in Retina Graphics
It sucks when you buy a $4.99 (or even more) game for your iPhone and you find out that the game doesn’t support the Retina Display. How is that even possible, 5 months after the release of the iPhone 4? I don’t know, but we might have a solution here: Retinasizer, a free tweak available in Cydia, can force games to run natively with high-resolution graphics on the Retina Display. Read more
Geohot Working on Limesn0w iPhone Unlock?
After the release of limera1n, the universal tool to jailbreak iOS 4.1, it looks like Geohot may be coming back with his own unlock tool. As a matter of fact, limera1n breaks the baseband unlock on iPhones where users installed Ultrasn0w on, and it’d make sense for Geohot to come up with his own solution.
You can check out the picture and video that are floating around today after the break. They show a “sn0w” unlock tool available in the limera1n app, thus the unofficial name “limesn0w”. It could be a very well-realized fake, but like I said - it makes sense. Take a look at the video below, and let us know what you think in the comments. Read more
My 20 Must-Have Cydia Apps & Tweaks for iPhone
Until 2 days ago I was running iOS 4.2 beta on my iPhone 4. Then limera1n came out, and considering that 4.2 beta wasn’t’t exactly running “smoothly” on my iPhone, and furthermore considering the lack of breakthrough features of 4.2 for the iPhone, I decided to go back to 4.1 and jailbreak once again. You can read everything about iOS 4.1 and the compatible Cydia apps here.
I missed jailbreak. I missed the tweaks and the customization, the possibility to FaceTime on 3G and the unlimited apps in folders. I missed just about everything of what the jailbreak community offers, and that’s what you get by living on the edge of software. When I went back to 4.1 and started pulling apps from Cydia again, I realized there’s this list of apps and tweaks I install every time a new jailbreak is out. Every single time.
Just like I did for the iPad and Mac OS X, here’s my list of 20 must-have apps from Cydia. Jailbreakers, this one’s for you. Read more
“There’s An App For That” Now An Apple Trademark
Perhaps you’ve heard of this one before: “there’s an app for that” is the tagline Apple and basically everyone on the internet have been using since the App Store’s launch in 2008 to describe the app-focused nature of the iPhone. Lost in the traffic? There’s an app for that. Gotta upload an image to show off to your friends on Twitter? There’s an app for that. And so on.
Now the tagline is Apple’s trademark, website Trademarkia reports. Filed by Apple in December 2009, the trademark covers “Retail store services featuring computer software provided via the Internet and other computer and electronic communication networks; retail store services featuring computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics” and is filed under the Advertising category.
In case you need a quick reminder about the meme, we’re just gonna leave you with an old iPhone 3G commercial after the break. [via TUAW] Read more
FaceBreak Update Brings FaceTime on 3G Back to iOS 4.1 | Cydia Store
FaceBreak is a tweak available in Cydia (which just went back up, although some “connection timeout” issues are still there) at $1.49 that allows you to have FaceTime calls on 3G. It’s very simple and focused on FaceTime, unlike other apps such as My3G or 3G Unrestrictor that let you modify other settings and options for other 3rd party apps installed on your device.
The latest 1.1.5 update brings iOS 4.1 support, bug fixes, better battery handling. Available through BigBoss’ repo at $1.49. Also, check out our continually updating list of Cydia apps working on iOS 4.1 here.
Q4 Predictions: 4 Million Macs Sold?
Apple’s Q4 earnings call is scheduled for next Monday, and analysts contacted by Fortune already predicted 6 million iPads sold, blockbuster sales of 13 million units for the iPhone 4.
Now on to the Macs: according to the majority of analysts polled by Fortune, Apple sold more than 3.8 million Macs in Q4, thanks to the Back to School program, weak PC sales and new desktop models released in July.
The Importance of a Well-Designed iPhone App Icon→
The Importance of a Well-Designed iPhone App Icon
When browsing the App Store, all you really have to guide you is the name of the app and the icon. Based on those two pieces of information you have to decide if the app seems interesting enough to read more about and possibly download.
And so many developers still don’t get this.
Jailbreak iPhone on iOS 4.1, Install Your First Cydia Apps [with Compatibility List]
Geohot’s limera1n jailbreak came out two days ago with a huge drama over Twitter: the guy announced his “retirement” months ago, he didn’t tell anyone about his exploit and jailbreak tool, he released it a day earlier than expected leaving the Chronic Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team wondering what they should do with GreenPo1son, their own (and much anticipated) jailbreak tool based on the SHAtter exploit.
The Dev Team decided to save SHAtter for a future release of iOS, a not-so-popular but smart move looking forward. In this post we’ll show you how you can easily jailbreak your iPhone (or iPod Touch) running iOS 4.1 using limera1n and install your first Cydia apps on it. We’ll also take a look at the apps that are already working on 4.1, and which ones need an update. So wait no more, jump after the break! Read more