The “iPhone OS 4.0 For iPhone 2G” Project

Some hackers are trying to port iPhone OS 4.0 to the original iPhone “2G”, which was released back in 2007 and Apple decided to keep away from the OS 4.0 goodness.

“We are rewriting the 4.0 beta firmware released by Apple to create a custom firmware that can run on devices iPhone 2G which is no longer available. To do this we studied the architecture of the firmware previously released by Apple on the device trying to understand how is it different from the released versions on other devices, in particular that of the iPhone 3G device, which is what most resembles the smartphones.”

You can follow the development here or follow the project on Twitter as @RebuildingGroup.

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Estimate: Apple Will Make $40 Million A Year with iWork Apps for iPad

People want to be productive with their shiny new iPad, and so they spend on good productivity apps in the App Store. But if a developer has to deal with Apple’s revenue and such, what about Apple’s own paid apps - Pages, Keynote and Numbers?

According to the latest estimate reported by 9to5mac, Apple could make more than $40 million a year with the iWork apps for iPad.

“How did they work it out?

- They estimate the top paid iPad app does about 7,500 unit sales on a Saturday or Sunday, and about 2,500 unit sales on a weekday.

- All the iWork apps have been in the top ten since the iPad launched, with Pages at number one.

- They estimate: “7,500 downloads per app x 2 weekend days, and 2,500 downloads per app x 5 weekdays, = about 27,500 weekly unit downloads per app.”


They estimate Apple’s making $825,000 per week on these sales.”

Impressive, isn’t it?

How To Access iPad Photos and Documents From the Finder

We’ve seen a lot of tutorials on how to hack the iPad to do stuff like Magic Mouse support or playing a SNES game with a Wiimote. But what about something really useful like download photos from it, print documents and move files using nothing but the Mac OS’ Finder? Wouldn’t it be great to access the iPad directly from the Finder as if it was an external drive and thus performing actions that would require iTunes, iPhoto or 3rd party applications otherwise?

Just follow our simple tutorial and you’ll see how it is indeed possible to do a lot more stuff with a single Cydia tweak called Netatalk.

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Lady Gaga To Appear In The iPhone 4G Commercials?

9to5mac reports on a deal between Apple and the 24yo pop singer Lady Gaga about the commercials for the upcoming “iPhone 4G”. As 9to5mac suggests, Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour starts on June 28th, a few week after the WWDC.

When asked about this rumor, Lady Gaga’s label Polydor said “no comment”. If this will turn out to be true, I honestly don’t see a better way for Apple to push its new product among teens who’re still using a Blackberry. We’ll see.

New Macbook Air Coming Tomorrow?

Macworld.com.au suggests that a new product might be coming tomorrow, according to a “well-placed source familiar with Apple inventory levels and product refreshes”, the same source who predicted the new Macbook Pros one week before they actually arrived.

“The source says the number, MC516LL/A K87 BETTER BTR-USA, most likely points to a Mac product due to the ‘BETTER’ segment of the product code.

There is some potential it could refer to a 27in display, which has been rumoured to be coming to match the 27in iMacs. However, it looks like there are several thousand on their way to Australia this week, which suggests a major new product.

We’ve also heard whisperings that the current MacBook Air is difficult to come by, despite showing an estimated shipping time of 24 hours on the Apple Store.”

So there you have it. If something’s really coming, be sure to stay tuned tomorrow.