tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61925384489374789052024-09-13T09:08:58.900-04:00The Blog for iPad Jedi's.Randy Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208605804799768475noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192538448937478905.post-37858456028579249502011-10-06T06:15:00.000-04:002011-10-06T06:15:06.361-04:00

Yes, the news is true. Yesterday, October the 5th, 2011, the world lost one of it's most innovative members. Steve Jobs has passed away after a 9 year battle with cancer. He is said to have passed peacefully at his home on Wednesday. Steve was one of the greatest minds of our time. He was a great leader and an innovator of unmatched degree. As the driving force behind Apple, he set out

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Hello my iPadawans, I am sure most of you figured I had abandoned this site, but that is not true. The last three months have been very hectic for me. I quit my job as an IT Consultant and focused on finishing up some projects and finding a new job for myself. During that time, I chose to step away from all of my online duties, so I could better focus on my future. Well, I can now say I have

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That's right folks! The iPad 2 has finally been jail broken. Http://www.jailbreakme.com has released their 3.0 of their popular online jail break and this one will work on the iPad 2 4.33, as well as iPad 1: 4.3 through 4.3.3 iPhone 3GS: 4.3 through 4.3.3 iPhone 4: 4.3 through 4.3.3 iPhone 4-CDMA: 4.2.6 through 4.2.8 iPod Touch 3g: 4.3, 4.3.2, 4.3.3 iPod Touch 4g: 4.3 through 4.3.3 All you do

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That's right kiddos! The first Beta for iOS5 is out. With quite literally tons of new features! Which I will update you all on very soon! Unfortunately for most, iOS5 Beta like most other Apple Betas are only available to Apple Developers. Randy

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Obama carries his iPad to the limo. Source whitehouse Yes, this is Steve Job's dream come true! The US Government has long had a strict Blackberry rule. If you used an Email enabled phone, it was a Blackberry. Why would the United States Government limit it's employee's to just one smartphone? Because of their Secure Messaging System. Blackberry promises some of the most secure mobile Email

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You may have noticed that I added a new feature to the right side of the blog. The Quixey App Search box. What is it? Well that is easy, Quixey is a new service to help find the Apps you want and weed out all the junk you do not want. How do they do that?They let you search by "Conversational" terms. What that means is, instead of searching for say... "Office App" and getting results for all

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First of all, As you guys know I do not usually cut, copy and paste and article from another source into my blog. However, today's piece is an exception. It is so well written and informative that I just cannot help but paste it word for word and link for link... So I have quoted the original article from InfoWorld and Galen Gruman below. I hate to kick someone when they're down, but since the

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Forbes is reporting that Apple will NOT be releasing an iPhone 5 in September. Instead, it will be the iPhone 4S. And with it's roll out, Sprint, T-Mobile and China Mobile will likely be getting the iPhone 4S. Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek has been quoted as saying, “According to our industry checks, the device should be called iPhone 4S and include minor cosmetic changes, better

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So like many of you, I have been patiently and anxiously awaiting the Jailbreak for the iPad 2. All the iPhones have new Jailbreaks, even the original iPad does. So why doesn't the iPad 2? Well quite simply put... It is danged hard to do! That is why. The Dev Team have been struggling with the new iDevice since it's launch. It turns out that Apple has a few tricks up it's sleeve with the A5 chip

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Digitimes reports that three employees from the Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics plants in Shenzhen China, have been charged with leaking iPad 2's design to outside accessory companies in China. This is according to a Chinese report on sznews.com They are suspected of leaking the design of the iPad 2 to the public, therefor allowing some online retailers to design and

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As I am sure you have noticed, I have not been posting very much lately. There is a very very good reason for that. I have been extremely busy interviewing for a new job. So as of May the 9th, I will no longer be an IT Consultant. Instead I will be the IT Manager for a Manufacturer of Heavy Machinery!!! I will get back on track with the news and updated very soon!!

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The Apple Adobe war looks like it is finally coming to an end and Adobe is the one who caved. Since the beginning, Apple has been adamant about not allowing Flash onto the iOS devices. Why? Well because Flash Is a memory hog! Steve Jobs has been very vocal in the past as to the fact that Flash uses too much memory and is detrimental to battery life. Steve even went so far

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Today Apple has released the latest in it's incremental updated for the 4th Generation iOS platform. According to Apple, this patch offers some minor bugs fixes and security patches. However, it looks like the majority of the reason for the patch, may very well have been to patch up the most recently released security hole that was allowing the untethered Jail Break. Right

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That's right! Joshua Hill from the DevTeam Also known as @p0sixninja on Twitter has said that "Since 4.3.1 has already been exploited by @ion1c, we're working on finishing the iPad 2 Jailbreak now" That's right folks! It is just a matter of time and the jailbreak for the iPad 2 will be released. Most likely as an update to Greenpois0n. So for all those who have been waiting, the wait is almost

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Not too long ago, an acquaintance of mine mentioned that he had just released his first iPhone app. So obviously I just HAD to check it out! And for $.99 I can certainly say I got my monies worth! When I got to the app store and realized it was a Tic Tac Toe clone, I will admit, I was a little less than enthused. However, once I downloaded it, all of that changed! The game is called Tic Tac

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Oh NO!!!!! It happens every single day. Someone goes to answer their iPhone while in the bathroom and losses their grip... *SPLOSH* the iPhone lands in some very dirty water. This very scenario just happened to one of my clients. It always is a gut wrenching feeling, watching your shiny new iPhone quickly sink to the bottom of the porcelain bowl, as it still rings, low muffled tones from beneath

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That's right! You heard it here first! Reports are coming in that there will be no iPhone 5 until early in 2012. Why is that you ask? And where do these rumors come from? Well they are based on several pieces on information that have bed coming down the pipe the last couple of days. Apple will be holding the World Wide Developers Conference from June 6th til the 10th. However, they have

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While the SmartCover is a really neat and minimalistic approach to protecting the iPad 2, it leaves the back completely vulnerable to scratches and dings. I was looking for something to protect the iPad 2 from daily use. I carry mine around everywhere I go. As such, I often set it down on various surfaces and one thing I learned from my Original iPad, is they scratch fairly easy. I wanted

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Apple has been paying extra close attention to any iPad 2's that happen to get returned. What are they looking for? Well, they are checking for any possible manufacturing issues that may or may not exist. For example, the light leakage that some users are experiencing. This way Apple can address these issues as/if they are discovered.There is a rumor of an event at Apple, that is really just too

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So you bought the new iPad 2, but now you are not sure what to do with your Original iPad? Well, there happens to be a GREAT Cause that can use your old iPads. The HollyRod foundation is accepting donations of iPads, to give out to Families in need, with Autistic children. This is a wonderful program, with the ability to affect so many lives in a positive manner. I do not generally promote

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In what can only be seen as 100% proof that the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2 are nothing short of amazing... Robert Stephens, who happens to be the Co-founder of Geek Squad, saw a massive fireball on his way to work. Robert, being a quick thinker and a lover of his iDevices, whipped out his iPhone 4 and began to record the fireball as he drover closer to the site, to see if anyone had called 911.

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If you are like me, then you have a Gmail account. Heck, if you are REALLY like me, then you have several! I use Gmail and Google apps, for several of my email accounts and domains. I have the more important of these on my iPad and my iPhone. It has often been annoying to me that I could not set my Gmail accounts to push. Instead the best I could do was to have it check every 15 minutes.

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This most recent series of disasters in Japan has all of us reeling, wondering what will happen next. First the country of Japan is rocked by a Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake. The Earthquake was so massive that it literally moved the coastline of Japan some 8 feet! Some of the out laying islands have been moved as much as 60 feet! All of this resulted in the Earth tilting 4 more inches on her axis. As

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That right folks!!! We knew this would happen, but never expected it so soon! Comex tweeted just an hour ago this picture, of Cydia running on an nice new white iPad 2!! The jail break has not been packaged for the public yet. It also still has to be tested out. But you can expect it VERY soon!!!! It will be nice to have all my lovely little Cydia tweaks back in place!

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So I have had the opportunity to spend a little time with the new iPad 2 and these are my thoughts on Apple's newest incarnation of the market dominating, iPad.First of all, the device itself. The new iPad 2, as you likely know is thinner and lighter. The shape of it now, is more akin to a MacBook Air. It's edges are smooth and curved like the Air, not Flat sided or capsule shaped like the

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