The iPhone 4 has arrived at Walmart, with its fancy new packaging and everything. Engadget has got the first picture, check it out after the break.
iPhone 4 In The Wild [First Picture]
Steam User? You Shouldn’t Upgrade to 10.6.4
It seems like Steam for Mac doesn’t play well with Mac OS X 10.6.4. Valve itself has issued a warning to users who logged in during the weekend on Steam:
“The recent 10.6.4 update from Apple has noticeable performance issues for NVidia graphic chip owners running high performance games. If you wish to avoid this, you should consider waiting to install the 10.6.4 update until Apple has had the opportunity to address this issue. Full details of what is contained in the 10.6.4 update can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4150. If you have already installed this update and believe your graphic performance is affected, please contact Apple support (http://www.apple.com/support/) for details on what to do.”
If you’re a Steam user and care about your game performances, perhaps you should wait for Apple to fix these problems. Should happen soon.
Cydia and MobileSubstrate Updated with iOS 4 Compatibility
Earlier today Saurik pushed an update for both Cydia and MobileSubstrate, which should now be iOS 4-compatible. To install the updates, just fire up Cydia and do a complete (recommended) upgrade.
WordPress App Updated to Support Fast App Switching on iOS 4
Apple has just approved a new version of the official WordPress application (2.5) which, like many other apps this week, adds support for iOS 4.
This update is more important than other apps though, considering that WordPress is the world leading blogging platform and that the iPhone / iPad app has been flawed by terrible bugs and UI inconsistencies for months.
Apple Customers can Opt-Out of iAd Data Collection
Concerned with your mobile privacy as iAds are delivered to your iOS 4 applications? Fear not, for Apple’s new terms and conditions allow you to disable the intrusive tracking on your mobile device.
New York Times Interviews Foxconn Employee
What’s it like to work at Foxconn’s hellish factories? The New York Times interviewed 24 Yuan Yandong, whom describes his technical ten hour nightshift as an assembler of hard drives.
“His task is to help complete 1,600 hard drives — his workshop’s daily quota — and to make sure every one is perfect. Seated in the middle of the assembly line in his black Foxconn sports shirt, cotton slacks and company-mandated white plastic slippers, he waits for the conveyor belt to deliver a partly assembled rectangular hard drive to his station. He places two plastic chips inside the drive’s casing, inserts a device that redirects light in the drive and then fastens four screws with an electric screwdriver before sending the drive down the line. He has exactly one minute to complete the multistep task.”
Apple Releases iBooks for iPhone
Apple has updated iBooks and made it a universal application for iPad and iPhone. The update comes together with the release of iOS 4 earlier today, which lists iBooks support as one of the most important features.
Go download iBooks for iPhone here.
Geohot Already Working on iPhone 4 Exploit
George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot) confirmed during the “nuit du hack” meeting in Paris that he’s already working on an exploit for the iPhone 4. He said that he posted pictures of his jailbroken iPad way before Spirit released its tool, and now he’s working hard to release its exploit once the new iPhone is released.
How he believes the exploit is gonna work we don’t know, but in the meantime check out the (blurry) video of the meeting after the break.
iOS 4 Now Available For Download [UPDATE: Direct Links and Readme File]
Apple has finally released iOS 4, which is available as a software update in iTunes. The update is free for iPod Touch and iPhone users, but the compatible models are: iPhone 3G (no multitasking), iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 2nd / 3rd generation iPod Touches.