The device itself has a cable attached to it and has a 3.5mm jack that can plug into your iDevice. Combined with the various XWave applications (that can be downloaded from iTunes), you can do a number of different things, such as exercising your brain,  playing games, relaxing, and much more. What’s even more cool is that developers can take advantage of the SDK program.

The XWave costs $99.99, and will be available sometime in October of 2010. You can also pre-order the XWave today from www.plxwave.com.

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LauncherPro

LauncherPro is a fantastic home screen replacement app. I’ve been using it since the day I bought my Captivate, and it is brilliant. The app is updated constantly, and if you buy the Pro Plus version you get some nifty widgets. My favorite part has to be the scrollable dock option. I personally have 3 docks Here’s a shot of 2 of their widgets and the dock I adore oh-so-much.

Multicon

Multicon is a nifty widget that enables you to put multiple icons in a space meant for 1 icon. It’s free, and just as easy as it sounds. Without further ado, I give you *drumroll* a screenshot!

Please note that none of these apps require root .

Now, if Saurik is being serious here, and a jailbreak is designed for the Nano, what use would it have? Sure, the Nano maybe given the ability to have (low-quality) video with a jailbreak, but there is no Wi-Fi on the Nano, and this basically renders a jailbreak useless. Even if there was Cydia on the Nano, and there was a way to SSH over applications to the Nano, what would you send over? Winterboard maybe, to enable a theme, but this would probably force the iPod to crash. Games maybe, but have fun playing anything on a 1.54 inch display with three buttons. Maybe there would be the ability for different codecs to be run on the Nano, or a tweak to allow unsupported accessories to work. But the truth is, it wouldn’t be worth the hassle for any of this. It can even be concluded that Apple has finally been able to create a “iOS’ device that will not be jailbroken. It seems that just time will tell.

The 5 writers have already been notified, and they are: Shahm, Heather, Ryan, Jason, and Ben. Congratulations! We are all looking forward to the new content that you have to offer. Below is a little bit of information about each of them. It’s also available on our new Staff page.

Ben

As a recent convert from PC to Mac, I wanted to take advantage of my new computer.  I had a YouTube account,  so I started subscribing to tech reviewers.  I actually stumbled upon the Gumball Tech YouTube channel, which was one of the first subscriptions I had.  I wanted to try my hand at tech videos, so I started my own channel.  This led to me to getting into Twitter, and also getting interested in posting on a website.  Toady, I’m happy to have my own website, as well as being a writer for Gumball Tech.  I hope some of this takes me somewhere in the future. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @aelandT3.

Ryan

Hi! I’m Ryan. I’m a 16 year old high school junior, where I am also taking some undergrad courses at George Mason University. I’m a big Apple fan, as well as a technology lover as a whole. You can follow me on Twitter @ryanseitz.

Heather

Hi there, I’m Heather! I’m a 22 year old female with a passion for all things tech. I switched from PC to Mac in 2008, and adore the Android mobile OS (currently on a Captivate). I’m a born and raised Texan. Currently I am a tech/secretary at a software development company, and I am obsessed with staying on top of my RSS feeds. In my spare time I enjoy ripping apart iPods, blogging, making jewelry, and spending time with family. Feel free to follow me onTwitter @ZylearCreations.

Shahm

Hey all. I’m Shahm aka rayyes, recent Civil Engineering graduate who loves everything tech. To fill my time, I work while studying for my masters, and now I start writing for Gumball Tech . Hopefully, you’ll see a lot of posts by me about iphone/ipod mods, themes and how-to’s.

Jason

Hello everyone, my name is Jason Braning, I am 18 and I live in Denver, Colorado. I work a lot on computers (mostly Apple but a lot of PC’s too). I do a lot of work for different types of websites and saw an opening for Gumball Tech and was interested in a writing position. So here i am!!

Anthony

Hi, my name is Anthony, I live in San Deigo, California. I’m 15 and currently a sophomore in high school. I have an intense passion for the iPhone and anything tech. I love to program (X-code, Java, Python, etc) and have a love for making videos (YouTube). I dont watch much T.V, as online media is vastly more intriguing to me but in my spare time I watch NCIS. I have a Twitter and tweet very often so make sure to follow me.

Brandon

Hey my name is Brandon, I am a 21 yr old Mechanical Engineering Student at Northeastern University. I was born and raised in Boston, MA (but i am no Masshole). I currently work as an Engineering Technician with the US Army. I have an undeniable love for all things tech and hope to bring you the best of whats out there. I have been a Mac for about a year, I run a jailbroken iPhone 4 and hopefully will have an Android phone soon just to see what all of the fuss is about… you can reach me on Twitter @deltaco347.

Expect a lot of new content from here on out!

DEACTIVATING iTUNES PING

If you’re ready to close your iTunes Ping account for good, simply follow the below steps.

1) First, click on “iTunes Store” in the left sidebar, and click on “Account” in the right sidebar.

2) Next, click on the “Turn Off” button under the iTunes Ping section.

3) You’ll then get a confirmation popup. Click on “Turn Off”.

That’s it! iTunes Ping is now officially off, and all of your Ping remnants will be permanently deleted in about 7 days.

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If you’d still like to access our files, click here for a listing of what we have. To download the .DEB file, click here, for which you can install manually onto your device.

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DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT A JAILBREAK OR AN UNLOCK!

YOU DO NOT NEED A DEV ACCOUNT TO INSTALL THIS!

YOU DO NOT NEED ITUNES 10 TO INSTALL THIS! ITUNES 9.x.x IS FINE!

NOTE: If you wish to redistribute these links on your own website, please link to this original blog posting by using THIS link.

iPhone 3G, iOS 4.1 – 308.17MB (IPSW)

1. Multiupload (direct) – Link
2. Rapidshare – Link
3. Megaupload – Link
4. Deposit Files – Link
5. Hotfile – Link
6. Zshare – Link
7. Uploading – Link

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4.1 – 382.02MB (IPSW)

1. Multiupload (direct) – Link
2. Rapidshare – Link
3. Megaupload – Link
4. Deposit Files – Link
5. Hotfile – Link
6. Zshare – Link
7. Uploading – Link

iPhone 4, iOS 4.1 – 589.85MB (IPSW)

1. Multiupload (direct) – Link
2. Megaupload – Link
3. Deposit Files – Link

iPod Touch 2G, iOS 4.1 – 331.9MB (IPSW)

1. Multiupload (direct) – Link
2. Rapidshare – Link
3. Megaupload – Link
4. Deposit Files – Link
5. Hotfile – Link
6. Zshare – Link
7. Uploading – Link

iPod Touch 3G, iOS 4.1 – 370.27MB (IPSW)

1. Multiupload (direct) – Link
2. Rapidshare – Link
3. Megaupload – Link
4. Deposit Files – Link
5. Hotfile – Link
6. Zshare – Link
7. Uploading – Link

You may be asking, “how does one install this?”. It’s quite simple. Either ALT/Option+Click (Mac) or Shift+Click (Windows) on “Update”, or “Restore”, depending on what you’d like to do. Update will simply update whatever version of iOS you’re on to this 4.1. Restoring will remove everything that’s on it and install a clean copy of iOS 4.1.

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If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you know that I fix people’s mistakes when they say “your” instead of “you’re”, or something like that.

YOUR

Think of “your” referring to somebody’s possession, so for example:

How was your day?

Can I come to your house later today?

It’s very simple. Most people know this one, but not the next one…

YOU’RE

Simply put, “you’re” is “you are”. Some examples:

Young man, you’re going to have to move your car.

You’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen .

A lot of people say “your” when they’re supposed to be saying “you’re”. Here are some examples:

Your lame.

Your seriously the coolest person I’ve ever met.

Those are big no-no’s, so don’t do that.

Hopefully this post has taught you the correct way to use these 2 words.

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We here at Gumball Tech are now looking for new writers. We’d like to add more content to the site, and to do that, we need more people to help write blog posts.

So, that’s where you come in! We’re looking for individuals who can write interesting posts that would be of some value to GBTech’s readers. While we primarily don’t do news, but if you’d like, you can posts news posts (if that’s what you’re best at). We’re also looking for people to write tutorials, information on various hacks or mods, product reviews, and more. Regarding product reviews! If you write for us, you can try and get products from companies to be sent to you in exchange for a written review on this website.

Interested? Simply fill out THIS form. Please tell us as much about you as you can, including some sample writing. We’re looking for 5 new writers who can write at least 1 or 2 posts per week. The more posts we have, the more popular we’ll be. The more popular we are, the more people who will want to read what you have to say.

This isn’t a paid job. Instead, you’ll be allowed to advertise your Twitter account, personal website, etc, within your posts. The more views we get, the more revenue that we’ll generate. Once that happens, we’ll distribute funds accordingly.

Good luck!

We’ll be declining submissions starting this Friday, the 3rd of September. Submissions will be reviewed, and those who will be chosen will be notified.

When I got my iPhone 3GS I desperately wanted to jailbreak it. I loved the concepts of a customized lockscreen and themes, and that is just the beginning. I want side-loaded apps, a break from Apple’s confusing , and sometimes ridiculous, rules. Apple has not taken a very aggressive approach, but nonetheless one of my main reasons for not jailbreaking is their policy.  The two things stopping me were the loss of warranty associated with jailbreaking and the occasional sluggishness of having a jailbroken device.

Enter the iPhone 4.

Lockinfo working it's magic

The Experience…

Summary

Here’s what we typed:

The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human

Here’s the video:

Will it be a real world record? I’m not sure yet, but that’d be cool if it does!

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More specifically, the patent describes the identification of “hacking, jailbreaking, unlocking, or removal of SIM card”. Should this happen to a device, sensitive information that is stored on the hacked device will be uploaded to Apple’s “secure” server, and then the hacked device can be remotely erased. This is somewhat of a major security and privacy breach. Also included in the patent is some information regarding the camera, where it can take a picture, have it geotagged, have it uploaded to Apple’s servers, and then have it erased.

Apple’s move here is rather immature. As said in the past, this is our device, therefore we should do what we please with it. Apple apparently wants to protect their device so that people are restricted to only using what Apple allows them to use.

“An activity that can detect an unauthorized user can be any action that may indicate the electronic device is being tampered with by being, for example, hacked, jailbroken, or unlocked. For example, a sudden increase in memory usage of the electronic device can indicate that a hacking program is being run and that an unauthorized user may be using the electronic device.”

Lets think about that last paragraph for a second. How often are iDevice stolen? Probably quite a bit. How often are they hacked so that they can steal information that’s already most likely encrypted by the respective application? Pretty unlikely.

This raises a lot of red flags to people who are concerned over their security, as a simple 3D game can “sudden[ly] increase memory usage”, thus sending Apple the magic signal. Now, Apple has probably already thought about that as a potential problem, and will find a way to work around legitimate memory increases.

Keep in mind that this patent may be denied, as jailbreaking (and general hacking) for “educational purposes” has been deemed as legal by the US Government.

What say you? Go ahead and leave a comment down below for this blog post so we can see what you think about what Apple plans on doing.

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[Source: USPTO, Patently Apple]

Packaging

As with all Macally products, the packaging is simple, with a clear plastic outside. All you get in the package is the case, a fake iPhone 4 that folds out and reveals some of Macally’s other products, and a little instructional sheet that tells you how to use the integrated “Sticky Swipe”, which is this little pad that stick to the back of the case that lets you clean your iPhone wherever and whenever you want.

Installation

Since this is a silicone case, you can install it however you’d like. You may need to “massage” the case a little bit so that it properly fits your phone.

Port/Button coverage

On the top of the case is a covered power button, and a nice cutout for the 3.5mm headphone jack and noise cancellation microphone. On the left side is a big cutout for the silent switch and the 2 volume buttons. The bottom of the case is completely exposed for the microphone, 30-pin dock connector, and speaker. The back of the case has a nice cutout for the camera and flash, that I call the “peanut” cutout.

Design/Material

The case is an all-black silicone case. The back has a nice texture to it, which results in a good amount of grip. The overal design is quite basic. There is slight frontal coverate, as a part of the case covers a little bit of the front. There’s a nice lay-on-the-table design with this case.

Protection

You get a great amount of protection with the MSUITP4. Everything you can ask for is covered in some way. Since this is a silicone case, you’ll get a good amount of shock protection (should you drop the case).

Pros

• Integrated screen cleaner on the back of the case
• Good shock protection
• Nice sized cutouts
• Decent design

Cons

• Price

Final thoughts

Compared to the other 2 iPhone 4 cases by Macally that I’ve reviewed, this one is by-far the best case. There aren’t any problems with the power button being held down, and you get a great amount of protection. It has a good grip in the hand, and overall, is a great case. The price could come down a little bit, but the quality of the case is good enough to where $30 is reasonable.

Rating: 4/5

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Packaging

As with all Macally products, the packaging is simple, with a clear plastic outside. All you get in the package is the case, a fake iPhone 4 that folds out and reveals some of Macally’s other products, and a “Sticky Swipe”, which lets you clean your iPhone 4.

Installation

TPU cases, for the most part, have a somewhat “average” installation. Take the bottom of your iPhone 4 and slide it into the bottom of the case. Push the top of your iPhone 4 into the top of the case, and you’re done. You may need to “massage” the case so that it fits perfectly on your iPhone 4.

Port/Button coverage

The top of the case has a cutout for the 3.5mm headphone jack as well as the noise cancelation microphone. The power button is covered. HERE’S WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES INTO PLAY. The power button cover is constantly pushing down on the power button. With that being said, this case is unusable. After you put the case on your iPhone 4, your phone will want you to turn itself off because the power button is being held down. This is a big no-no. Moving on, the silent switch has a nice cutout. The volume up and down buttons are both covered up. The bottom has one large cutout for the microphone, 30-pin dock connector, and speaker. The back of the case has a nice cutout for the camera and the flash. This case does not have any flash problems.

Design/Material

The case is made of a clear TPU material with some pieces of mirrored sheets on the back to give it a nice mirrored finish.You get a small lay-on-the-table design.

Protection

Your get moderate protection with this case. The back is completely covered. You get protection of all of the edges of your phone.

Pros

• Nice clear TPU case with the mirrored finish on the back
• Nice sized cutouts
• Decent design

Cons

• Power button constantly being pushed down
• Price

Final thoughts

With there being only 2 cons, this case isn’t half bad. It has a good design as well as a good amount of protection. If it wasn’t for the first con, this case would easily get a 4/5.

Rating: 2/5

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Packaging

On the front is the type of case that this is – Snap-on protective case. Included in the package is the case, and a fake iPhone 4 that folds out that reveals a number of Macally’s other products. In my opinion, advertising of their other products within another isn’t a good idea. As mentioned earlier, you do not get a screen protector. You only get the case for that $30 price tag.

Installation

Installation is quite easy. Put your iPhone 4 into the case button-side first, and then snap the other side down into the case. That’s all there is to it. Removal is a little tricky, as you have to get your nail in-between the case and your phone and sort of pry your phone out of the case at the same time.

Port/Button coverage

The top of the case is completely exposed. If you happen to drop your case and it lands on the top, be prepared to have a chip in your phone, or possibly a shattered screen. The same goes for the bottom of the case. The left side has a large cutout for the silent switch and the volume up/down buttons. The back of the case has a large cutout for the camera and flash. I haven’t noticed any problems with the flash washing back into the camera when taking pictures. There’s also some holes on the back of the case for a lanyard. It would’ve been great if this case included one.

Design/Material

The case is made of basic black plastic. The overal design is quite simple and minimalistic. ’nuff said?

Protection

The back of your iPhone 4 will have a great amount of protection. The front? Not so much. Below is an image of what happened to my iPhone 4 after [accidentally] dropping it on the ground. This case was on the phone at the time, but was taken off when the picture was taken. This case should’ve had a little plastic bar on the top and bottom of the phone (like 95% of other iPhone cases) to protect the top and bottom edges.

Pros

• Minimalistic design
• Lanyward hole on the back

Cons

• No front protection
• No top protection
• No bottom protection
• Too large of a cutout for the silent switch/volume button area
• Price

Final thoughts

This case is a horrible buy. It only protects the back of your phone while leaving everything else exposed. The price is also too high – $30 for a plastic back cover? No thank you!

Rating: 2/5

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Prizes

1. One (1) Macally METROBP4 “black snap-on protective case with screen cleaning sticky swipe”, MSRP: $29.99.
2. One (1) Macally METROIMDP4 “mirrored [TPU] case with rubber grip (screen cleaning sticky swipe included), MSRP: $29.99.
3. One (1) Macally MSUITP4 “black silicon[e] protective case with screen cleaning sticky swipe”, $29.99.

Extra prize

In addition, the grand prize winner will also receive a Cases.com “LifeGrip” case for the iPhone 4 (in black).

Requirements

1. You must be a legal resident of the United States of America.
2. There is no rule number 2 .

How to enter

It’s quite simple. There are 2 ways you can enter. You can choose one, the other, or both (for 2 entries):

1. Leave a comment down below for this blog post (make sure it doesn’t look like spam, because our new spam filter may filter it out!), and/or:
2. Re-tweet the following tweet onto Twitter (you must be following @besweeet):

RT & follow @besweeet for a chance to win 3 Macally iPhone 4 cases ($89.97 value)! Full details here: http://bit.ly/aGtlJ8

If you choose to enter using both methods, make sure your nickname for your blog post comment is the same as your Twitter handle.

Again, I’ll be choosing the winner Friday morning and will be shipping these that same day. I will be doing a review of each case tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Thanks, and good luck!

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List of Android 2.2 Ringtones

1. Backroad.m4r
2. Beat Plucker.m4r
3. Bell Phone.m4r
4. Bentley Dubs.m4r
5. Big Easy.m4r
6. Bird Loop.m4r
7. Bollywood.m4r
8. Bus’ a Move.m4r
9. Cairo.m4r
10. Calypso Steel.m4r
11. Champagne Edition.m4r
12. Chimey Phone.m4r
13. Club Cubano.m4r
14. Crayon Rock.m4r
15. Curve Ball Blend.m4r
16. Dancin’ Fool.m4r
17. Digital Phone.m4r
18. Ding.m4r
19. Don’ Mess Wiv It.m4r
20. Droid Invasion.m4r
21. Droid.m4r
22. Eastern Sky.m4r
23. Enter the Nexus.m4r
24. Ether Shake.m4r
25. Flutey Phone.m4r
26. Free Flight.m4r
27. Funk Y’all.m4r
28. Gimme Mo’ Town.m4r
29. Glacial Groove.m4r
30. Growl.m4r
31. Halfway Home.m4r
32. Loopy Lounge.m4r
33. Los Angeles, 2019.m4r
34. Love Flute.m4r
35. Medieval Jaunt.m4r
36. Mildly Alarming.m4r
37. Nairobi.m4r
38. Nassau.m4r
39. New Player.m4r
40. No Limits.m4r
41. Noisey One.m4r
42. Organ Dub.m4r
43. Paradise Island.m4r
44. Playa.m4r
45. Radiation by Spagnola.m4r
46. Road Trip.m4r
47. Safari.m4r
48. Savannah.m4r
49. Seville.m4r
50. She’s All That.m4r
51. Silky Way.m4r
52. Steppin’ Out.m4r
53. Terminated.m4r
54. Terrible Twos.m4r
55. Third Eye.m4r
56. Thriller Three.m4r
57. Thunderfoot.m4r
58. Twirl Away.m4r
59. World.m4r

Everything else

1. Apocalypse Zombie Fish.m4r
2. Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare.m4r
3. Boogity.m4r
4. Filet-O-Fish.m4r
5. Giggity 1.m4r
6. Giggity 2.m4r
7. Giggity 3.m4r
8. GTA 4 Ringtone.m4r
9. My Dick.m4r
10. Scream.m4r

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Homescreen

First, the homescreen. There’s nothing much to it. It’s just using the below wallpaper. The custom AT&T carrier logo is “AT&T Carrier Logo iPhone 4″ (free) in Cydia.

Lockscreen

Time to get down to business. The primary “thing” here is called “LockInfo”. It lets you view a bunch of different thing from right on your lockscreen. You can get a free 2-week trial in Cydia, but after that, it’s $4.99. LockInfo is well worth that price. I also using the HTC Weather widget (free) from Cydia. The “Tap to Unlock” button is an unreleased package by Lynden Dunn. It’s just a modified version of the “A Better Tap To Unlock” package from Cydia, but modified so that’s it’s nice and clear for the iPhone 4. It should be available in Cydia sometime next week. That’s basically all there is to my lockscreen. Oh, the wallpaper! You can find it below. It’s called “Leaves at Lynn Canyon Park“. I found it on Interfacelift.com, the best website for awesome wallpapers. You can find just the wallpaper below.

SBSettings

I have one more thing to show you, and it’s about the SBSettings theme that I’m using. If you’re unfamiliar with SBSettings, it’s a free and must-have mod from Cydia. After sliding left-right/right-left on the status bar, down comes a nice panel of different toggles to play around with. Not only that, but SBSettings can do a lot of other things, such as respring your device, go into Safe Mode, and a lot more. The theme that I’m using is called “Mac OS X SBS HD”. You can get it for free in Cydia. This is by-far the best looking theme for SBSettings that I’ve seen ever since SBSettings was released over a year ago. It’s really beautiful.

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Packaging

The packaging for the Bumper is quite simple, as with most Apple products. The only thing you get is the case. On the back of the packaging, you just get a little diagram on how to install the case. Overall, there isn’t anything very fancy. No screen shield, no microfiber. Then again, it’s Apple, so you shouldn’t expect any of that.

Installation

Installation is a breeze. Simply put one end of your iPhone 4 in the case, and then wrap the rest of the case around all of the corners. If you’re using a front and/or rear screen protector, you should have no problems. I’m using the BodyGuardz full protection kit on my iPhone 4 (front and rear screen protectors, side strips) and it has no problems with the Bumper.The fit is perfect.

Port/Button coverage

On the top of the case, you have a little metal button that sits on top of the original metal power button. The click is nice and clicky. There’s a generous cutout for the 3.5mm headphone jack. There’s a small hole right next to that, which is for the noise cancelation microphone. On the left side, you have a great cutout for the silent switch. You can easily get in there with either your nail or your finger. As with the power button, the volume up and volume down buttons are both covered with a little metal button. The click is also nice and clicky. On the bottom of the case, you have individual cutouts for everything – microphone, 30-pin dock connector, speaker. There is a problem with the 30-pin dock connector: you can only use your iPhone 4′s original USB cable with the Bumper. The cutout is specifically made for the original USB cable. Third-party cables will most likely not fit properly.

Design/Material

The overal design is quite simple. It’s just a frame for your iPhone 4, so there’s no front protection or rear protection. There’s a small lay-on-the-table design, so you can lay it on a table and have the screen lifted up off of the table. The material is more along the lines of plastic along with some rubber. This gives you good shock protection and comfort. Apple’s choice of colors are quite good.

Pros

• Looks nice
• Works with front/back screen protectors
• Nice silent switch cutout
• Nice metal cover for the power, volume up, and volume down buttons
• Perfectly aligned cutouts

Cons

• Must use the original iPhone 4 USB cable
• Headset cutout could be a little bigger
• Price

Final thoughts

Overall, the iPhone 4 Bumper by Apple is a decent little case. It has good protection and looks great. If it weren’t for the high price tag and weird cutout for the 30-pin dock connector, I would give this case a high rating, BUT, I still recommend this.

Rating: 3.5/5

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Your iPhone 4 first needs to be jailbroken. It can be on either 4.0 or 4.0.1. To jailbreak, simply go to http://jailbreakme.com using MobileSafari on the actual device. After that, go ahead and download the DEBIAN package for Frash here. Download this to the desktop on your computer. Then, using a program like DiskAid or iPhoneBrowser, transfer the .deb file to your device (/var/mobile/). Finally, use iFile (available in Cydia) to install the .deb. Just navigate to /var/mobile/ with iFile, tap on the .deb file, and tap on “Installer”. Alternately, you can transfer the .deb file to /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall/, and restart your phone twice.

Congrats! Flash is now on your iPhone 4. You can now navigate to a webpage with Flash content, and tap on “Flash” to actually get that content going.

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Step-by-step instructions:

1. Jailbreak your iPhone by going to http://jailbreakme.com on your device’s copy of MobileSafari.
2. Once jailbroken, open up Cydia.
3. Go to Manage>Sources>Edit>Add. Add http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com.
4. Search for “ultrasn0w”.
5. Install ultrasn0w.

After it’s installed, you can immediately enter your new microSIM card and begin using that network.

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Here you go!

I didn’t know I was covering up the lens until 10 seconds into the ride, but everything after that was pretty good. Everything seemed fine via 3G.

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• iPhone 4 (4.0, 4.01)
• iPhone 3GS (3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.0.1)
• iPhone 3G (3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2)
• iPhone 2G (3.1.2, 3.1.3)
• iPod Touch 3G (3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0)
• iPod Touch 2G (3.1.2, 3.1.3, 4.0)
• iPod Touch 1G (3.1.2, 3.1.3)
• iPad (Wifi/Wifi+3G, 3.2, 3.2.1)

Jailbreak

It’s SUPER easy, takes a few minutes, and can be done on EDGE, 3G, or Wifi (I did this on 3G with no problems). No computer (or even a reboot) is required. It’s also untethered for all devices! Steps:

1. On your device, go to MobileSafari.
2. Go to the following URL: http://jailbreakme.com
3. Slide the slider at the bottom that says “Slide to Jailbreak”.
4. Your device will now download Cydia, and will jailbreak itself.

That’s it! Enjoy!

Unlock

If you’d like to unlock your iPhone 4, 3GS, or 3G running one of the above firmwares, you can easily unlock it (for use on another SIM-based carrier) with ultrasn0w. For the iPhone 2G, you’ll need to use BootNeuter. Google it . Steps:

1. Open Cydia, and go to the Manage tab at the bottom.
2. Tap on Sources, then Edit>Add.
3. Enter the following: repo666.ultrasn0w.com
4. After it’s finished adding the source, go back to Sources, and then tap on the ultrasn0w repo.
5. Tap on ultrasn0w, and then tap on the install button. This will install ultrasn0w. Please respring after installing.

You can now insert your new SIM card and use your iPhone on your carrier of choice.

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The Jelfin Gel Covered Mouse (yellow) retails for $29.99. You can receive more information here.

This will be a Twitter-based contest. There are a few small things that you need to do (besides have an account on Twitter). There are 2 simple things that you need to do to get entered:

1. Follow @besweeet on Twitter.
2. Tweet the following:

RT & follow @besweeet for a chance to win a Jelfin Gel Covered Mouse (yellow)! Full details: http://bit.ly/dxXXd9

*SORRY, BUT YOU MUST BE IN THE UNITED STATES!*

That’s it! You can enter (retweet) as many times as you like. The winner will be picked sometime Thursday and will be announced on @besweeet‘s Twitter account.

We have another giveaway planned for later in the week, so good luck!

So basically:

Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.

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This will probably bring in a new bunch of jailbreakers, as this story is making its way around the web. If you’re on iOS 4/4.0.1, it will be best to wait for @comex’s new jailbreak to make things easier and less confusing.

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The Case-Mate Gelli Checkmate iPad Case (green) retails for $39.99. You can receive more information here.

This will be a Twitter-based contest. There are a few small things that you need to do (besides have an account on Twitter). There are 2 simple things that you need to do to get entered:

1. Follow @besweeet on Twitter.
2. Tweet the following:

RT & follow @besweeet for a chance to win a Case-Mate Gelli (green) iPad case! Full details: http://bit.ly/b15PJZ

*SORRY, BUT YOU MUST BE IN THE UNITED STATES!*

That’s it! You can enter (retweet) as many times as you like. The winner will be picked sometime Tuesday and will be announced on @besweeet‘s Twitter account.

We have another giveaway planned for later in the week, so good luck!

Amazingly however still many companies feel technology is a necessary evil, an objective to be overcome, not the powerful instrument it is and unfortunately because they have this misconception about technology they don’t receive the benefits that technology has to offer and ultimately they fall behind their competitors. In a recent study conducted by Comptia it was reported that nearly one half of law firms in the United States plans to increase spending on information technology in 2010. (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100622005364&newsLang=en) I feel sorry for the other half that has decided to do the same old.

With so much competition today each firm is looking for a leg up on its competitors. Whereas in the old days competency and word of mouth were the separators between a successful company and a bankrupted one; just to name a few objectives in today’s markets you need to be able to express yourself in a unique way, maximize your efficiently, capitalize on your exposure, and make yourself available to your clients 24-7 for the lowest cost available, and the only way to achieve these vital goals is to embrace and utilize technology. This doesn’t mean getting the fastest computer on the line or upgrading your entire infrastructure annually. However this does mean examining your current business structure and seeing how technology can improve your weaknesses. For example, if your website generates a lot of traffic however your sales team hasn’t been able to produce the results desired you may want to consider adding some sales features to your existing website. Ultimately technology should very fluently blend into your environment, maximizing your strengths and minimizing your weaknesses.

Our last poll has been up since June 7, and has had a lot of votes. You can view the results here: Poll Archive

Our new poll is simple: Which mobile OS do you prefer? Vote in the sidebar or in this post.

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Here’s @comex‘s tweet:

I’m not waiting for 4.1 so I hope everyone has SHSH blobs saved. :p

This will be an updated version of Spirit, which allows for an untethered iOS 4.0 jailbreak for all devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad << 3.2). It’s just a 1-click and fast solution for jailbreaking.

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*CATCH UP ON THE LIVE EVENT HERE*

So basically, Apple knows that there was a problem, and would have done this within the first few days, but they wanted all of the data.

What’re they going to do about the reception issue? They’re going to give people free Bumpers starting late next week via Apple’s website through September 30th, where they will stop the program, and think about continuing it later on. They probably won’t have enough Bumpers to go around, so they’ll have their own selection of cases to choose from.

People who’ve already purchased Bumpers will be able to get a refund. Information on this is currently unavailable, so we’ll have to wait for Apple to open up their free Bumper website.

I have reason to believe that Apple will start selling the white iPhone 4 next week at the same time. They might as well do it all at once, right?

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The live stream will be below. Again, we’ll be pulling in the information from several websites immediately (ex. Engadget). Enjoy!

UPDATE: It’s over! Thanks to the 175 people who came and stopped by! You can view a replay of the event above.

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Changes for 4.0.1 (iPhone 3G/3GS/4 only):

• Improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display

Changes for 3.2.1 (iPad only):

• Improved Wi-Fi connectivity
• Fixed an issue that could prevent copy and paste of single-page PDF attachments in Mail
• Addressed an issue that could cause video playback to freeze
• Improved reliability of video-out when using iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter
• Added Bing as an option for Safari’s search field

Downloads links:

• iPhone 3G (4.0.1)
• iPhone 3GS (4.0.1)
• iPhone 4 (4.0.1)
• iPad (3.2.1)

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It’s not 100% sure what Apple will be talking about, but it will most likely be about the proximity sensor, cell reception, and the white iPhone 4.

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The iPhone Dev Team is working on their own method of unlocking the iPhone 4, and then the one to use will be decided in the end.

It sounds as if there’s still a ways to go until the unlock is released, but an unlock WILL be available (eventually).

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First, the jailbreak. This is the userland jaiblreak by @comex. Here’s the original tweet from @musclenerd that got it all started:

Congrats to @comex for another userland JB http://is.gd/d5N6I <– hi-res Cydia via @planetbeing & @chpwn iPhone4s

The above is a screenshot taken from an iPhone 4 at full resolution.

What you see above is a “obligatory full root shell screenshot on iPhone4″. This isn’t very important to us end-users, but to hackers, this is golden. Here’s the original tweet from @musclenerd:

Obligatory full root shell screenshot on iPhone4: http://is.gd/d60iY Thanks to new @comex userland JB

With all of this jailbreak news, it should be release anytime between now and the middle of August.

Now onto the unlock. The above image is of @planetbeing‘s iPhone 4 running on Canada’s Bell network. As with the other images, here’s the tweet:

My soft-unlocked iPhone 4 (in Canada). I’ll have video in a couple of hours once I can top-up the SIM.http://twitpic.com/24ycdv

Here’s another tweet of his showing Cydia on his iPhone 4:

Doh, Cydia was on the first page of apps! Here’s another shot with it open. http://twitpic.com/24yhf7

So, with all of this jailbreak and unlocking news going on, it sounds like @geohot is quitting the scene, according to his abnormal barrage of tweets last night: It turns out he removed his account, so we can’t post his tweets. He ended up closing his blog to the public, where only certain people can be invited to it. Maybe he has something big planned? Maybe he really is quitting? Who knows, but it seems like the iPhone Dev team, along with @comex, @planetbeing, and @chpwn are getting it done.

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The objective of this game is to slice as many fruits as possible before you slice one of the many bombs that show up on screen. The addictiveness comes with the addition of openfeint, so you can have local and global leaderboards as well as a slew of achievements for you gamerscore hungry gamers. in addition to all of that awesomeness, there’s is another game mode called “Zen Mode” that will have you slicing and dicing fruit for 90 seconds without any bombs to worry about, the goal of Zen Mode is to see how many fruits you can massacre in that allotted amount of time. with a price tag of $0.99 (less than a cup of coffee) It is an overall very fun game with a few small downfalls (crashing, glitches, unfair bomb placement, etc) but for $0.99 it’s all around great and I recommend getting it.

Click here to buy this app!

Here’s @MuscleNerd‘s tweet:

@xfsasx jailbreak for all devices at 4.0 is already handled by upcoming @comex release so, good time for iphone4 unlock stuff

It will be another userland jailbreak, so it will probably be an updated version of Spirit, a one-click jailbreaking tool that works for every iDevice on 3.1.3 and is untethered. Unlocking of the iPhone 4 will probably happen soon after.

The upcoming jailbreak will also work on ANY iDevice running iOS 4 (iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 2G) and should be untethered, so that you won’t have to rejailbreak your device after turning it completely off.

We’ll keep you posted. Follow me on Twitter @besweeet, or subscribe to our RSS feed.

The strange thing is that all these companies are not English companies and apps, they are all Russian, Asian, or European and all of their apps happen to be version 1.0 which means they are the first release. They must have planned this on the eve of Independence Day because they must have known that Apple would be celebrating and not working so they wouldn’t expect a cyber attack. Proof: several comments have been posted on some of these apps saying that their accounts have been hacked and hundreds of dollars on their accounts were spent on those apps. Other comments posted by other hacked accounts say things like “very interesting” and “the story good” which are basic phrases and not in good English which means the foreign developers must have hacked the accounts and written these comments but there language skills left a trial. The only source we have on the companies are their websites www.praisemorgan.com, www.appexplorer.com, www.mobido.ru, and www.home.com. Expect these apps to go down before the end of the day because the developers will remove so Apple can’t catch them and they will just wait for Apple to send the payment out. Sources say that the UK app store was unaffected, we figured this since the UK is closer to Asia where they can possibly be caught. The possible the reason they hacked the US app store is that where we expect they live is outside of US jurisdiction. We recommend, if you have been hacked, to call your credit card company or anti-theft insurance company and have them help along with trying to login to the app store and if you get in changing your password. If you aren’t sure if you have been hacked check your recent purchases and change your password. Remember this is not Apple’s fault and they probably have someone on it now.

Someone out there is hacking into people’s itunes accounts. This just happened to me last night. Luckily, my bank is right on top of things like this and did not authorize release of the funds and closed the account. Keep a watchful eye and change your account information…often!

Other people weren’t as fortunate:

Some unknown person has hacked into my account and purchased almost $200 of these Conan and Vien Ngoc Rong apps. I managed to stop the downloads before any of them were even started. I have my bank and itunes investigating this, and if there is anyway on refunding my money that would be great since I was just laid off and that was my last paycheck.

-Graham

Design

Fundamentally, the Bumper Case is a band that goes around the iPhone. This band covers the stainless steel, but preserves all of the glass that wraps around the phone. At first glimpse, however, you will notice that the bumper has buttons that match your shiny new iPhone. These buttons are the shining star in the bumper case, providing seamless access to the volume buttons and the sleep/hold button. The sides of the bumper are made of a beautiful high-gloss plastic stripe surrounded by rubber edges. Surrounding the headphone jack is more rubber, which can be stretched to get the bumper on the phone. Once on the phone, the bumper provides a gap between the surface you place it on and either side of the phone. I did notice, however, that the bumper made my iPhone look and feel like a 3G/3GS, and took away, in my opinion, the finest part of the phone, the stainless steel band.

Portability

Like silicon cases, the bumper makes my iPhone very hard to get out of my pocket and unfortunately, the ring/silent switch is inaccessible. The gap left for the switch is just too small for my thumbs, the new switch is not like the one on the 3GS, and I am not able to see if my iPhone is in ring or silent.  For me, this is a deal-breaker, but for those that don’t use silent mode, it obviously won’t be much of an issue.

Summary

The Bumper case is a beautifully minimal case that preserves most of the elegance of the iPhone 4. I think that with this iPhone I will shy away from cases, because the phone is such a nice piece of industrial design. Admittedly, if I hadn’t gotten an accidental damage plan, I would probably keep the phone help up in Ft. Knox. If you are the kind of person that cannot wait to get your iPhone protected, this is the case for you.

ih8sn0w has released sn0wbreeze 1.6.1 for Windows (PwnageTool for 4.0, sn0wbreeze’s Mac OS X equivalent, is available here). You can jailbreak the iPhone 3GS (old bootrom, not jailbroken with Spirit), iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 2G (non-MC model). It creates a custom already jailbroken IPSW that you can restore to from within iTunes. Instructions and download links after the jump.

Basically, you give sn0wbreeze the OFFICIAL IPSW file for iOS 4 (NOT the GM), set some options, and let it create a custom, pre-jailbroken IPSW file for you. Then, you restore to that IPSW file in iTunes. Your 3GS must already be jailbroken and not already on iOS 4.

If you don’t know whether your iPhone 3GS is on the new bootrom or not, run f0recast. If you’re on an iPhone 3G or an iPod Touch 2G (without the MC at the beginning of your model number), then you’re good to go with sn0wbreeze or redsn0w.

You can also use redsn0w (iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 2G) for Mac & Windows, and it doesn’t require a restore. If you’re on Mac OS X, you can also use PwnageTool.

Download Links (16.24MB, sn0wbreeze-V1.6.1.exe)

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. RapidShare
3. MegaUpload
4. DepositFiles
5. Hotfile
6. Uploading
7. Mediafire

Since you can’t permanently screw up your device, we recommend playing with sn0wbreeze by customizing its options to your liking.

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Basically, you give PwnageTool the OFFICIAL IPSW file for iOS 4 (NOT the GM), set some options, and let it create a custom, pre-jailbroken IPSW file for you. Then, you restore to that IPSW file in iTunes.

If you don’t know whether your iPhone 3GS is on the new bootrom or not, run f0recast. If you’re on an iPhone 3G or an iPod Touch 2G (without the MC at the beginning of your model number), then you’re good to go with PwnageTool or redsn0w.

Also, PwnageTool is Mac only (hence the .dmg and .app). PwnageTool’s equivalent, sn0wbreeze, is currently not compatible with iOS 4. It will be eventually. You can also use redsn0w (iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 2G) for Mac & Windows, and it doesn’t require a restore.

OFFICIAL IPHONE-DEV TEAM PRESS RELEASE

Download Links (14.6MB, PwnageTool_4.0.dmg)

1. Torrent
2. MultiUpload (direct)
3. RapidShare
4. MegaUpload
5. DepositFiles
6. Hotfile
7. zShare
8. Uploading
9. SharingMatrix

Since you can’t permanently screw up your device, we recommend playing with PwnageTool by customizing its options to your liking.

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The below was done on a jailbroken iPhone 3G running the iOS 4 GM candidate. The home screen wallpaper is enabled, as well as multitasking. The overall phone is somewhat slow, but it has always been slow.

You’ll need a jailbroken iOS 4 device as well as a video-out cable. I used Apple’s composite video cable.

So if you’re running a jailbroken iOS 4 device, you can go ahead and install iFile from Cydia (or, if you know how to [easily] edit a .plist file, do it your way). Go and open /Applications/iPodOut.app/Info.plist. Find where you see the “hidden” string for “SBAppTags” key. I completely removed (cut) everything from <key>SBAppTags</key> to the associated </array> after the “hidden” string. You can paste this information into, for example, notes, for safe keeping. Save the file, and do a respring (SysInfoPlus or SBSettings), or do a simple reboot.

Now, run the blank iPodOut app that’s now on your SpringBoard. You can now plug your video cable into your TV, and view iPodOut. You can’t actually do anything with it. It’s basically a little novelty until we start to see some sort of accessory that takes advantage of iPodOut. If you want to view the Now Playing screen, switch to the iPod app, kill iPodOut, choose your media, then open iPodOut again. You should be able to see a “Now Playing” option. After about 10 seconds, iPodOut will automatically switch to the actual Now Playing screen.

Below is a little gallery of images.

Well, there you go. It’s another little thing to play around with.

- Enjoy!

Mac OS X | Windows | Windows (x64)

One noticeable change is that the picture of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, now has a screenshot of the homescreen. It’s not your actual homescreen, but more of the default.

- Enjoy

The Ivolution has a back piece that covers and protects the back of the iPad and comes up to the iPad’s bezel. Then there is the front piece which attaches onto the front of the iPad to protect the iPad’s screen while it is not in use. The front piece is also embellished with Vaja’s silver logo, which adds a nice sleek look that  catches the eye.

The Ivolution is great and seems flawless, but not quite.  The only minor flaw found in the Ivolution is that from being handmade, so it has a snug fit, which can cause some trouble when taking it in and off. Other than when the case is being applied, the Ivolution is the best case imaginable for its job.

Vaja demonstrates true dedication by using only the best leather made by real craftspeople. They have great service and make high quality cases.  But all this takes time, so you must wait 45 days for the made-to-order handicraft process to take place. The wait is well worth it though. And sure, it is expensive, but the leather serves as a luxurious cushion for the more expensive iPad. If you really have the money to spend and want an individual accessory to personalize and protect your iPad, Vaja even offers customization, which allows you to select a color(s), pick a style, add an image, and have your name stitched onto the case.

The Ivolution crushes competition with its hand-crafted fine leather and protective fit. But with its snug fit, this case may not be for all people though. It may be for more dedicated users who carry their iPad around –  to, from, and at the office or the classroom –  or even for somebody who loves to spend their time reading e-books at the beach or at home.

Rating: 5/5

On June 9th, Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola’s consumer business and mobile devices division, made a speech at the Executives Club of Chicago regarding a new 2GHz smartphone being introduced by the end of the year.The new Motorola phone will be Android based, and is Motorola’s direct answer for Apple’s newly announced iPhone 4. It will support video, contain a gyroscope, and have a decent camera (at least five megapixels). Motorola doesn’t want to stop there, it wants a game changer, so they are giving this phone a whooping 2GHz processor, along with a Nvidia Tegra graphics processor, Flash 10.1 and HD video output.

Times are going by fast, and technology is going even faster. People started using laptops instead of desktops, and recently are shifting to netbooks instead of laptops. Now it seems that smartphones are on their way to being the top computing device. And for them to compete with laptops and netbooks, they must have similar specs, or even better. We haven’t seen any sign of smarphones replacing computing devices, because simply they aren’t powerful enough, yet. Motorola is trying to make the smartphone field even better, they are increasing the processing power of smartphones. This doesn’t mean we will see any smartphones replacing laptops and netbooks anytime soon, but we are getting there, slowly.

I consider Motorola’s move quite interesting. It wants to compete with smartphone giant, the iPhone, and is trying to change the world of computing by making smarphones with similar specs found on computing devices. It won’t be anytime soon, but I can honestly say I am waiting for it to happen. This move by Motorola will only intensify the competition between smartphone manufacturers, which is good, because it will only increase the competition, and it will end up with some high class smartphones.

Below are several different mirrors. 2shared will probably be the fastest, and there’s no wait time. Thank Apple for the wallpapers, and don’t forget to pick up an iPhone 4!

If you are jailbroken and want to put these wallpapers into your stock wallpaper roll, transfer all of the wallpapers to /var/stash/Wallpapers using your favorite file transfer app (SSH, DiskAid, iPhoneBrowser, iFile, etc).

Downloads – 7.67MB

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. RapidShare
3. MegaUpload
4. Depositfiles
5. Hotfile
6. Zshare
7. Badongo
8. Uploading
9. 2shared

Enjoy!

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To actually use these, you have to use one of the following: redsn0w, PwnageTool, sn0wbreeze. These are all tools that are used to jailbreak iDevices, and they all support flashing new boot and recovery logos. redsn0w doesn’t require a completely new restore of the firmware, but PwnageTool and sn0wbreeze do, as they both create their own custom/jailbroken IPSW files that are used to restore to a device with iTunes.

Here they are!

Enjoy.

COMEX HAS [FINALLY] RELEASED THE RENEWED VERSION OF JAILBREAKME.COM. IT JAILBREAKS ALL DEVICES RUNNING 3.1.2/3.1.3 (EXCEPT THE IPHONE 2G), 3.2/3.2.1, AND 4.0/4.0.1. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!!!!! EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS POST IS OBSOLETE.

*UPDATE 6-24-2010*

ih8sn0w has released sn0wbreeze 1.6.1 for Windows, which is equivalent to PwnageTool for Mac OS X. Click here if you’d like to try that out. Also works for the 3GS.

*UPDATE 6-22-2010*

The iPhone-Dev Team has just release PwnageTool 4.0 for Mac OS X. If you’re familiar with it or want to know more about it, click here. Also works for the 3GS.

*UPDATE 6-21-2010*

Apple has just released iOS 4 to the public. If you’ve downloaded the public release (via iTunes), you can still jailbreak it with redsn0w, but you’ll need to give redsn0w the GM IPSW (can be found here).

You can easily jailbreak your iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2G running the 4.0 GM, so that you can do things like enable native multitasking and add a home screen wallpaper. It’s very easy to do! It’s very simple. Download redsn0w, run it, choose the same IPSW file that you used to install the iOS 4 GM onto your device, and continue on with the jailbreak. More details after the jump.

Download redsn0w 0.9.5b5-4 (Mac only)

Download redsn0w 0.9.5b5-4 (Windows only)

*This DOES NOT work with the MC-model 8GB iPod Touch 2G! Don’t ask when it’ll be out.*

*FOR THE IPHONE 3GS: Windows | Mac OS X

It’s very simple. Download redsn0w, run it, choose the same IPSW file that you used to install the iOS 4 GM onto your device, and continue on with the jailbreak. That’s it! You’re jailbroken on the final version of iOS 4. You can also enable options like home screen wallpaper and multitasking from within redsn0w (if you wish).

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Multitasking, home screen wallpaper, and battery percentage are all features in iOS 4 that won’t be on the iPhone 3G, and the iPod Touch 2G. BUT, a simple tweak will allow all of these to run on said devices. Instructions after the jump.

First, you need to be jailbroken. Follow our guide here on jailbreaking a iPhone 3G (4.0 GM) or an iPod Touch 2G (4.0 GM).

With the latest version of redsn0w that was updated on 6-10-2010, you can easily add multitasking and home screen wallpaper during the jailbreaking process by using redsn0w. If you’re already jailbroken, open up redsn0w and check the option that says “already pwned”, and choose the other options that you want.

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Enjoy!

Apple just released the public version of iOS 4. It’s the SAME build as the GM, which can be found below. If Apple’s downloads are slow for you, try one of our mirrors.

Download iOS4/iPhone OS 4.0 GM (final) after the jump. You can download the IPSW for all devices from several different mirrors. We also have links for iTunes 9.2. Please read the ENTIRE post (TWICE) before attempting anything. Enjoy!

*Note*

If you plan on taking these links and using them on your own site (or something), then please link to us as a source. Use this link: http://bit.ly/9iaZOa

*How To Install*

It’s quite simple. Once you’ve downloaded and installed iTunes 9.2 as well as downloading your firmware for your device, simply ALT+Click (that’s for Mac, use Shift+click for Windows) on either the “Check for Updates” button or the “Restore” button. Check for Updates will update your device to the 4.0 GM without losing a thing, while restore erases everything first. The installation process will take between 10-15 minutes.

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iTunes 9.2 Official Release

1. Mac OS X
2. Windows
3. Windows (x64)

iTunes 9.2 Beta, 69.62MB (NOW OBSOLETE)

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. RapidShare
3. Megaupload
4. Depositfiles
5. Hotfile
6. Zshare
7. Badongo
8. Uploading
9. 2shared

iOS 4 – iPhone 3GS, 377.81MB

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. MegaUpload
3. Depositfiles
4. Hotfile
5. Zshare
6. Badongo
7. Uploading

iOS 4 – iPhone 3G, 292.3MB

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. MegaUpload
3. Hotfile
4. Zshare
5. Badongo
6. Uploading

iOS 4 – iPod Touch 3G, 356.53MB

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. MegaUpload
3. Depositfiles
4. Hotfile
5. Zshare
6. Badongo
7. Uploading

iOS 4 – iPod Touch 2G, 308.74MB

1. MultiUpload (direct)
2. MegaUpload
3. Depositfiles
4. Hotfile
5. Zshare
6. Badongo
7. Upoading

Enjoying iOS 4? Follow me on Twitter and add me on Game Center (besweeet). Also, don’t forget to buy the iPhone 4 when it comes out on the 24th!

Hosting your own hacked servers is quite easy. Just follow the rest of the instructions and you’ll be set.

Worried about getting banned? I wouldn’t. Fewer people are being banned. It seems that IW doesn’t exactly care about hackers, as more and more people are doing it everyday.

Downloads

• MultiUpload (Direct)
• RapidShare
• Megaupload
• Deposit Files
• Hotfile
• zSHARE
• Badongo
• Uploading
• 2shared

Instructions

1. Extract the downloaded files.
2. Run LoaderX.exe.
3. Click on Auto Inject.
4. Run VAC_Chaos.exe.
5. Click on Load Game.
6. Wait for Modern Warfare 2 to load.
7. Make your game windowed (ALT+Enter).
8. Press F2 to bring up the console.
9. Play around with the commands in the Console Commands.txt file in the Shortcuts + Commands folder.
10. Enjoy.

You can also use littleservertool.exe to do some other cool things while playing and hosting, such as changing a user’s name, teleporting players, flying, and so on.

A command that I forgot to list in the commands text file is “kick”. You can kick everyone at once with “kick all”, or kick a single player with “kick PLAYERNAME REASON”.

Enjoy!

Fashion is revolutionizing phone cases as we know it. The latest in fashion and style of all iPhone cases must be the Speck Fitted Case. It is simple to put on with it’s snap on bezel and back cover.

Also the Fitted is a quite light case. The Fitted is made of light plastic and fabric. The back of your iPhone has a nice smooth fabric that has a design on it. The Fitted Case is also very protective and it’s fabric gives it a nice grip. The case allows complete accessibility to all buttons, ports, and switches on the iPhone due to it’s sleek button cut outs.The Speck Fitted Case is light, fashionable, and durable. This case has a terrific combination of attributes never seen before in a case similar. This case is seemingly flawless and sets standards for what a case should be like. Buy it now for the inexpensive price of $29.95 USD.

Pros:

• Inexpensive
• Light
• Fashionable
• Durable
• Protective
• Fabric Designs
• Button Cut Outs
• Stylish

Cons:

• None

Rating: ***** Five Stars

After reading this blog post on ModMyI about Netflix, an iPad-only app, running on an iPhone, I set out to see what else works.

Follow me on Twitter if you like what you see: @besweeet

It is just way too easy to get iPad apps working on some other device. This was done on an iPhone 3G running 3.1.3 (jailbroken with redsn0w 0.9.4).

Disclaimer

* I accept no responsibility if your device starts to show images of Hitler dancing naked in front of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino. In other words, I don’t accept any responsibility should your iPhone or iPod Touch acts weird. *

Prerequisites

1. A jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch
2. iFile (HIGHLY recommended for changing permissions)
3. DiskAid, or some other form of computer->iDevice file transfer (SSH is okay)

Let’s get to it!

1. Download an iPad app from iTunes.
2. Right-click on it>Show In Finder/Explorer.
3. Copy this file to your desktop.
4. Change the extension to .zip.
5. Drag /Payload/_APPNAME_.app to your desktop.
6. With your file transfer program, transfer that to /Applications on your iDevice.
7. When it’s done, run iFile on your iDevice.
8. Go to /Applications. Tap on the blue arrow next to the app you want to run.
9. Change the permissions to root/wheel, RWX/RX/RX.
10. Go into the .app folder, and also change the apps’ executable to root/wheel, RWX/RX/RX.
11. Respring.
12. Try running the app.

Compatibility List

1. Alpine Crawler HD – Goes to the main menu, but doesn’t do much after that. Audio works (went from the language selection screen to the main menu – stays there). The little animation in the lower-right is smooth.
2. Netflix -  Opens, and goes to the login screen. As I don’t have a Netflix account, I cannot go any further.
3. iBooks – Right after the splash screen shows up (takes about 1 second before it shows up on the screen), my iPhone instantly restarted itself.
4. Tap Tap Radiation – Seems to work quite well, until you choose a song. Once you do that, the app will crash.
5. ABC Player – Crashes right upon startup. Nothing seems to make it work.
6. The Weather Channel Max for iPad – Crashes right upon startup. Nothing seems to make it work.
7. Racecar – Crashes right upon startup. Nothing seems to make it work.
8. The Solitaire – Crashes right upon startup. Nothing seems to make it work.
9. Labyrinth 2 HD Lite – Crashes right upon startup. Nothing seems to make it work.

I’ll be testing more apps. Want to request an app to test? Send me a tweet on Twitter (@besweeet), or leave a comment to this post. Also, keep it free, unless you want to gift an app to me.

Again, this is for use with Noltari’s unofficial 0.2b build of Android 1.6 for the iPhone 3G. Just transfer the system.img from the tarball to /var on your iPhone 3G (via SSH, iFile, DiskAid, Total Commander, iPhoneBrowser, iPhone Explorer, etc), and then boot with OpeniBoot.

DOWNLOAD MIRRORS

• MultiUpload (Direct)
• RapidShare
• Megaupload
• Hotfile
• Zshare
• Badongo
• Uploading
• 2shared

Enjoy.

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iPhone has seen many updates over these past 5 years, but the core operating system has stayed the same. With competing operating systems, such as Android, webOS, and the upcoming BlackBerry 6.0, Apple needs to change their game to keep up with the much more advanced OS’s out there. And with that, here’s my list of 5 things that need to happen to the iPhone OS.

1. A redesigned SpringBoard
Apple has set the standard back when the iPhone came out in 2007 with the way we interacted with touch-screen devices, and with the advent of new and better home screens/menus, I think it’s only appropriate for Apple to raise the bar yet again.

2. More access to iPhone services
Although iPhone OS 4.0 has access to more of the iPhones’ stock features, Apple still restricts developers with the services they’re allowed to take advantage of, with Android being so open source and has all of its services available for said developers. Apple should really consider that fact.

3. Better app review system
As I stated before, competing smartphone company Google and their Android devices have absolutely no app review system (which almost persuaded me to get one of those phones). But the same can’t be said for iPhone app developers. The app review system is broken and needs to be fixed or taken out completely just like Android, because one of the appeals of jailbreaking is getting apps not usually on the app store such as an emulator (going back to Android, their store does have emulators@). If Apple allowed things like that, they would stop alot of people from hacking their devices.

4. Flash!
Now this is a controversial subject that Apple will probably never add, but it’s worth a shot… Apple and their push to switching to HTML5 is a nice try, but they wouldn’t need to do that if they added Flash compatibility to their handheld devices. Only 40% of video on the web is on YouTube so you are missing out on the other 60% that is using Flash players. It’s already on jailbroken phones so Apple can’t say it is impossible to do.

5. A physical keyboard
I know this is a dumb one, but it affects a lot of us iPhone and iPod Touch users whether you know it or not. The inclusion of a keyboard would stp al teh speling mistkes that are made using the on-screen keyboard. Most other touch-screen phones have them so it’s time to get on the bandwagon Apple!

Before you comment saying that this list is BS, this is my personal list so I’m not forcing you to agree 100% with me.

If you would like, leave me your list in the comments below.

iPad apps, iPhone apps, and soon to come, apps made for the (assumed much faster) iPhone 4G. It’s getting out little of hand. What was once  an easy device to make apps for has, in turn, become hell for app developers.  It was okay when Apple only had 3 devices out with similar capabilities. But now, we have 3 separate devices that need to have apps that must to be optimized for its respective processing power and screen size.

Now, unlike other portable game consoles, the reason Apple devices are not seen in the same light as, for example, PSP’s and DS’s, is because developers must make different versions of apps which leads to apps that are poorly optimized and don’t work in 2x mode properly on the iPad. Hopefully, the push that Apple is putting on iPad applications means that more developers will put in the time to make universal apps for the iPhone and iPad, but one can only hope. While the iPhone may have over 185,000 third-party apps in the app store (and the DS and the PSP combined don’t even get close to that), most games on the app store are horrible (eg. bad, unresponsive controls, bad graphics , etc). That makes Apple’s devices seem to just be a phone as opposed to a gaming device.

In my opinion, for Apple to become a leader in the portable gaming market is to make a gaming-only device that has more RAM and higher processing speed so that these unoptimized apps will run good. Until then, the market is too segmented to be a viable gaming option.

Now that Steam is officially available for Mac OS X, people are flocking to give Portal a try. But here’s the thing: PERFORMANCE BLOWS. It doesn’t take a  genius to figure that one out. But why? What makes it so bad?

Keep in mind that this is more specifically geared towards Mac OS X-only users. You can always install Windows on your Mac via Bootcamp and game that way (like the way it’s meant to be).

Quite simply, Mac OS X’s GPU drivers are HORRIBLE. If Apple would just let Nvidia take control over the graphics drivers as well as releasing periodic updates for their drivers (just like on Windows and Linux), performance would be through the roof (as with Windows). Knowing the way Apple is, this will never happen. Below is a copy of my specs:

• Intel Core 2 Duo (2.66GHz)
• 4GB DDR3 RAM
• 500GB 7200RPM HDD
• 1440×900 screen resolution
• 9400M (Mac OS X) + 9600M GT (256MB, Mac OS X & Windows (& Linux))
• Mac OS X 10.6.3 (non-64-bit native)
• Windows 7 Professional x64 (with the latest 197.16 drivers straight from Nvidia)
• Ubuntu 10.04 x64

All you have to do is install the Windows version of Portal on your Mac (through Bootcamp), and then install the Mac OS X/Linux version of Portal in Mac OS X. Set both games to the same exact settings, and play. There’s a HUGE difference in the frame rate. The Mac OS X version is VERY stuttery compared to playing it on Windows. I was able to hit 90FPS in Windows, while Mac OS X was probably getting around 25FPS (and this WAS WHILE USING THE 9600M GT, NOT THE 9400M). What’s sort of funny is that a straight-up Cider port will provide better performance than the Steam version.

Speaking of Steam… It’s just the Windows version that is written to run properly on Mac OS X. Want to see something sort of funny? Add any application to your game’s library and try and change the icon for it. It will ask for a .EXE file (strike 1). Next, try setting the in-game overlay shortcut. Press the Command key. Steam will think that it’s the Winkey (strike 2). Finally, just browse the files for Steam for Mac. You’ll notice a BUNCH of files that you’d think would be specifically for Windows. But, as just mentioned, this is just the Windows version of Steam running in Mac OS X. It’s not 100% native.

I’d hate to hate on Mac OS X, but when it comes to gaming, it loses (quite horribly) in a bunch of different ways. The bottom line is that, if you’re planning on gaming on your Mac, it’s best to just dual (or triple) boot with Windows [7].

Hacking in a multiplayer first person shooter is a very controversial subject. Hell, hacking in any game is pretty debatable. But, to me, who really cares? They’re just video games, and more and more people are hacking in video games, more specifically, Modern Warfare 2 for PC.

This post will quickly tell you how to use a free and safe aimbot + ESP + wallhack hack that works on the latest version of the game (1.0.195). Thousands upon thousands of players use this, and so far, it is safe (nobody has been banned from this). IF YOU GET BANNED, DO NOT BLAME ME. Just for the curious, the only known way of getting banned from this game is to use the rank hack to change your level, prestige, and stats. Full post after the jump.

Below is basically a “how-to” video on how to use the hack. It’s totally safe, and contains no virus/spyware/trojan/etc. Although your antivirus may pick it up as something bad (people seriously use antivirus?), it’s just because it has to inject unverified code into a program.

** INSTRUCTIONS **
1) Go here: http://bit.ly/4B0Iu7
2) Choose a mirror.
3) Download to your desktop.
4) Open the file.
5) Extract the .exe & .dll wherever you want.
6) Delete the .zip (optional).
7) Run ‘RenameMe.exe’.
Run the game (multiplayer).

** ONCE IN-GAME **
1) Press the right-arrow (or Insert) key to bring up the settings for the hack.
2) Only change ‘Activation’ and ‘Bone’.
3) Just highlight what you want and it’s activated.
4) Use the left-arrow key to go back a menu.

It’s that simple. Refer to that video’s description if you need more help.

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If you’re into the whole Twitter thing, then you’ve probably heard of the term “Follow Friday”. It’s a weekly tradition that most tweeps take part in, where you make a tweet of people’s usernames who you think others should follow and are interesting. This can take some time, but that’s where Follow Friday generator comes in.

This application is very simple and sort of fun to use. The interface is quite beautiful and straightfoward. When you open the app for the first time, you’ll be taken to the main menu. From there, you can login to your Twitter account, or compose your new Follow Friday tweet.

Once you’re logged in, you can then compose your Follow Friday tweet. It will automatically generate the tweet based off of who you’ve been replying to. You can remove people if you’d like, or you can add other people whom you are following. It doesn’t stop there – you can also search from other people’s Follow Friday tweets to see if who else you’d like to add from those tweets.

Follow Friday Generator also supports lists. As I don’t personally use lists or care about them, I wasn’t able to test out this feature.

That’s all there really is to it! It’s a very simple yet powerful iPhone application for you to simply make a Follow Friday tweet. It’s only $0.99, which is perfectly reasonable for an app this simple and fun. It’s definitely worth the buy!

PROMO CODE: NTFLTTXHTW4Y  (The code has been redeemed)

@comex finally released his Spirit jailbreak. It’s basically an untethered jailbreak, meaning you don’t have to rejailbreak your device every time you turn it completely off. It also works on both models of the iPad. It can jailbreak 3.1.2, 3.1.3, AND 3.2 (iPad).

• Spirit is an untethered jailbreak for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch on the latest firmwares.

• Spirit is not a carrier unlock.

• If you currently are using a tethered jailbreak, you have to restore to use Spirit. Do not upgrade if you use an unlock on an iPhone 3G or 3GS. (You can, however, restore to 3.1.2 if you have SHSH blobs for that version.)

There is a small note if you’re jailbreaking an iPad:

Note: On iPad, all this is still sort of beta. Some packages in Cydia, not designed for iPad, might screw up your system and require you to restore. Be careful. (And no, Cydia’s appearance is not final.)

The jailbreak program is rather small, just like blackra1n. It also jailbreaks just like blackra1n (1-click, and you’re done).

So, without further ado, here are the download links (direct):

WINDOWS

MAC OS X

Comex’s “Spirit” jailbreak will probably (and we say probably, as there can always be last-minute problems that can keep their release from being released) be released this Friday, the same day the iPad with 3G becomes available. The following devices are (supposedly) supported:

• iPhone/iPhone3G/iPhone 3GS/iPod Touch 1G/2G (non-MC) running 3.1.3 (iPhone/iPhone 3G can already be jailbroken with redsn0w 0.9.4).
• iPhone 3GS containing the latest bootrom.
• iPad running the 3.2 firmware.
• iPod Touch 2G/3G with the MC-model number.

So pretty much every device will be covered with this jailbreak, on the latest firmware, and on the latest bootrom.

We’ll just have to wait and see! Below is a video demo of the jailbreak. It was recorded by posixninja about a month ago.

It’s very easy to conquer. Download iRecovery (Windows |  Mac). If you’re on Windows, you’ll need to install libusb.

*** IF YOU’RE ON WINDOWS VISTA/7 ***

You MUST run the libusb installer with Windows XP (Service Pack 2) compatibility mode (as well as running it as Administrator), or, upon restart, everything will just stop working on you.

*** IF YOU’RE ON WINDOWS VISTA/7 ***

After you’ve tried restoring and have gotten an error at the end of the restore process in iTunes, open up Terminal/Command Prompt and run iRecovery with -s (if you’re on Windows, you can also run iRecovery from the run box (Winkey+R), drag the file into the box, and add -s to the end). Next, run the following commands:

setenv auto-boot true

saveenv

/exit

Do a hard reboot of your device (power+home for ~10 seconds), and it should boot into 3.1.2 or 3.1.3.

Use these with redsn0w, PwnageTool, or sn0wbreeze (redsn0w is recommended).

iPhone 3G with Home Screen Wallpaper

The jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 2 has just been released!

It currently only works for the iPhone 3G (for now), and Mac OS X (for now). This is meant just for jailbroken developers to make their jailbroken mods and apps work properly on 4.0 before the final version is released to the general public.

It’s simple. Just download redsn0w 0.9.5 beta 2 here, choose the stock iPhone1,2_4.0_8A230m_Restore.ipsw file, and follow the rest of the prompts. For more information, visit this wiki page.

WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS TO OUR IPHONE 3G. STAY CLOSE FOR UPDATES, OR FOLLOW @BESWEEET ON TWITTER.

UPDATE1: Cellular data is broke via both EDGE and 3G. Wifi works fine.

UPDATE2: MMS is also broken.

UPDATE3: SBSettings makes the SpingBoard jump into Safe Mode (see below screenshot). Also causes a 5 minute long reboot/respring.

UPDATE4: Cellular data/MMS is fixed with redsn0w 0.9.5 beta 2.

It’s called OS4Activation. It’s a simple website where, for a small fee, you can get your UDID activate with an approved iPhone Developer so that you can try all of the iPhone OS 4.0 beta’s on your device. Please click the big link below to go to the website and to view more information.

OS4ACTIVATION

So, for $7, you can quickly and easily get your UDID activated so that you can install iPhone OS 4.0 onto your device. Customers will also gain access to the GM/final build of OS 4.0 days (or perhaps weeks) before it is released to the general public.

Fourth update: This works fine on the latest Xcode for iPhone OS 4.0 beta (3.2.3 pre-release) – see notes on the bottom!

Want to develop and test applications ON your actual device, rather than testing it in the simulator without paying a dime? If so, you’re in the right place!

The process is EXTREMELY easy, and takes less than a minute! This has been working on all versions of Xcode 3.1.4, 3.2.2, and the latest 3.2.3 beta (for iPhone OS 4.0).

You must first make a ‘pwned provisioning profile’, which only needs to be done once. Make sure Xcode isn’t open. To do this:

1. Open up Keychain Access in Applications>Utilities.
2. Go to Keychain Access>Certificate Assistant>Create a Certificate.
3. For ‘Name’, type: iPhone Pwned Developer
4. For ‘Identity Type’, leave it as ‘Self Signed Root’.
5. For ‘Certificate Type’, choose ‘Code Signing’.
6. Check the box for ‘Let me override defaults’.
7. Click on Continue, and in the popup box that comes up.
8. Type in any number under ‘Serial Number’.
9. Leave ‘Validity Period (days)’ alone.
10. Click on Continue.
11. Fill in the details with whatever you want (not really necessary).
12. Click on Continue.
13. Click on Continue for the rest of the dialog boxes.

If successfully created, the last screen that shows up should say ‘Your certificate has ben successfully created.”. Click on the Done button, and close out of Keychain Access.

Now comes the next step, which is to edit the Info.plist for the iPhoneOS.platform container:

1. Open /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Info.plist with Property List Editor.
2. Look for all ‘XCiPhoneOSCodeSignContext’ VALUES. Replace that with ‘XCCodeSignContext’. There should be two or three to replace.
3. Save the file.
4. Restart Xcode, and build your app for a device.

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UPDATE!

Open up your project settings in Xcode (Project>Edit Project Settings), go to the Build tab, and under ‘Code Signing’, extend ‘Code Signing Identity’, and choose ‘iPhone Pwned Developer’, which should be the name of the certificate you just made above.

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UPDATE2!

You must have the installd patch installed through Cydia on your jailbroken device. You can add the cydia.hackulo.us repo (Manage>Sources>Edit>Add), and install AppSync 3.1.

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UPDATE3!

This guide works on the latest Xcode 3.2.2 (pre-release) beta for iPhone OS 3.2.

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UPDATE4! 4-14-2010

This guide works on the latest Xcode 3.2.3 (pre-release) beta for iPhone OS 4.0. BUT, don’t update your device to 4.0. It has to be jailbroken if you want to transfer your apps and whatnot (see update2).

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You should now be running your app on your device, and, oh yeah, you didn’t pay $pple their $99!

For the timing, we used http://stopwatch.onlineclock.net/. 10 sites were tested on all 3 different network scenarios: EDGE, 3G, Wifi.

Here were the tested websites:

1. Google.com
2. Bing.com
3. Yahoo.com
4. YouTube.com
5. GumballTech.com
6. Twitter.com
7. Wikipedia.org
8. Amazon.com
9. Engadget.com
10. BoyGeniusReport.com

All websites were viewed as their mobile versions, except for YouTube when on Opera Mini, as well as Wikipedia on both Safari and Opera Mini.

The world has known that Opera Mini for the iPhone was going to be a lot faster than MobileSafari.

Click here to download the original Excel spreadsheet.

And here are the results:

Opera Mini was faster on every single test when compared to Safari. While pages aren’t going to be rendered correctly, you will still get a fairly enjoyable web viewing experience with Opera Mini. Speed is always important .

Get Opera Mini for FREE in the app store today!

First, you’ll need a copy of VFDECRYPT: Windows |  Mac OS X |  Linux

Next, you’ll need the decryption keys.

iPhone 3G

0da2d3316d5ee7cd1858e4035e451387cd8156e97535fb09028859e68e5b7b39a6649552

iPhone 3GS

62ea9bf9971e6c410231646f916f80330f9cbc1d1c585f0c03dab6b6f7158dc0a9c5efaf

iPod Touch 2G

d88fa434f6a8c50fd49cd0923879da5c3079c59c0e534cff521a9cecbcad48d84b4daef0

iPod Touch 3G

382dee11b9d80387b16ac2030ee1e903b78d9743a31a18bcafc922b7921eca85ab0aebf7

Next, you’ll need to run the following command if you’re on Mac OS X or Linux:

./vfdecrypt -i <dmg> -o decrypted_fs.dmg -k <key>

If you’re on Windows, run this:

vfdecrypt.exe -i <dmg> -o decrypted_fs.dmg -k <key>

Replace <dmg> with the big extracted DMG from the IPSW. Replace <key> with the appropriate decryption key.

Running that command will spit out the decrypted DMG, which you can then mount and browse.

A lot of people have been wondering how to re-encrypt/re-compile the DMG file to put it back inside of the IPSW file. Well, you can’t easily do it. There are a lot of checks that iTunes have to conduct beforehand. The only tools that are able to modify and recompile the DMG/IPSW is PwnageTool and sn0wbreeze. Unless you know how those 2 tools work, you won’t be able to manually do this yourself. Also, those tools don’t support 4.0 beta, so don’t even bother.

A lot of people are having problems restoring to iPhone OS 4.0. They seem to be getting “error 13″. Continue reading to find out why this is happening.

There are 3 reasons why I think this may be happening. The first problem is probably the won everybody’s having.

1. You’re on Windows. Think about it. This DEVELOPER PREVIEW is meant ONLY for developers. And since these are iPhone developers, they’re restricted to using Mac OS X to develop with. So, you’re going to need Mac OS X. Either find someone with a Mac that you can restore to, or install Snow Leopard on your PC in a virtual machine. The second method isn’t as hard as many may think, and the performance is quite good. All you need is a $30 copy of Snow Leopard and VMware Workstation or VMware Player.
2. Your UDID isn’t registered yet. Visit OS4Activation.com if you need yours registered.
3. You’re trying to update, when you should be restoring. iPhone OS 4.0 only comes with restoring capabilities, not update.

Again, the first one is probably the primary reason that people are getting error 13. The solution is quite easy. Why don’t you give it a try? You’ll probably find other uses for it too.

Home Screen

The above screenshot is of the “new” home screen. Currently, if you’re on a device other than the iPhone 3GS or the 32GB/64GB iPod Touch 3G, you won’t be able to change the wallpaper (sadly). Here’s some things to notice:

• Some of the icons seemed to have been redesigned (Messages is a little more glossy, Photos looks a little different, Calculator is obviously different, and some others).
• Old dock has been replaced by the iPad/Mac OS X dock.
• Dock reflections!

Here’s the second page (only Game Center is there):

Settings, and More

The above screenshot is of Settings>General>About. As you can see, the build number for beta 1 of 4.0 is 8A230m. AT&T’s carrier profile has been updated from 5.6 to 6.0. Also, sadly, the baseband has been updated from 05.12.01 to 05.13.03, which is horrible news for potential unlockers. Below are a few more screenshots. Keep in mind that this is the first of possibly several beta’s of 4.0:

Photos

The Photos app has been updated to incorporate Events and Faces.

Digital Zoom (Works on the 3GS, -AND- 3G!)

iPhone OS 4.0 now offers digital zoom (up to 5x) for BOTh the iPhone 3GS, and the 3G (actually a surprise!). You just tap on the screen, and a little zoom scrubber will come up. Here’s what a 5x zoomed screenshot looks like:

New Lock Screen Wallpaper

The above screenshot is what the new default wallpaper will be. It will be that for the lock screen and home screen.

Messages (Character Counter, Searches)

iPhone OS 4.0 will allow you to implement a character counter when composing a message. You can also search through multiple messages.

Folders

Finally (for now), Folders! You can now add multiple applications into a single folder. You basically drag an icon into any other icon on your SpringBoard, and a category will automatically be created. Sort of nifty, but can take a while to get organized.

So that’s about it for now. Stay tuned for more posts and updates on iPhone OS 4.0!

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