Dev-Team releases Pwnage Tool for 3.1.3
Feb 7th
We’re taking a break from the big game to bring you the news that will make a few stuck Jailbreakers happy. The iPhone Dev-Team released the latest version of their Pwnage Tool application (3.1.5) that will allow you to jailbreak the 3.1.3 firmware.
They are advising anyone unlocked or jailbroken who doesn’t NEED to update to the latest firmware to just let it pass you by. There are really very few “necessary” fixes in the update. There are a couple security updates and a fix to make 3GS battery reporting more accurate. Not all 3GS devices have issues with the battery percentages… ours have been just fine.
The typical caveats apply to this update. If you’re unlocked and jailbroken, you can update with Pwnage Tool so it keeps you at the older modem firmware but installs the new software… it basically patches the older modem firmware into the new software bundle Apple put out on Tuesday. If you unlocked modem firmware 05.11.07 with Blacksn0w previously, you can update with Pwnage Tool and then just re-install the unlock from Geohot. If you’re on an older firmware and unlocked with Ultrasn0w, run Pwnage Tool and re-install Ultrasn0w.
We’d like to agree with the Dev-Team here: if you don’t NEED to update… don’t. Read more on this at the Dev-Team blog via the source link below.
Paper iPad, because you can’t wait
Feb 7th
A graphic designer from the iPhone development firm behind Boxee Remote, and many other apps, has given us a cut-out template that makes our paper iPads look a little more convincing.
We’ve been hearing about people creating mockups to fool their friends but this is one step beyond far. The design was initially created to help the Revolutionary Concepts development team visualize exactly what their products will look like on a 9.7 inch LCD at 1024 by 768. It’s a really cool concept and you could pretty much throw whatever picture on the screen you’d like… or just use the default image and get yourself a paper iPad!
If you’d like to grab the images to create one, we have the front and the back images to get you started. It’s not complicated… if you can cut paper and use a glue stick, you can have a fake iPad for real.
Apple applies for new location patents… mentions video calling
Feb 7th
Apple recently told developers that they were not allowed to use location information to serve up related ads… but Apple still wants to track your location. Yes, there’s more to it than that: they actually want to enable location sharing with the person on the other end of the call. One device would ask for the location of the other and — depending on your settings — would automatically show that info on your screen. We’re guessing that it’s an optional service but it’s still kinda creepy.
Practical use? We’re having a hard time thinking of one… still thinking… umm… maybe you’re at Disney World and you want to grab your friends coordinates to you can calculate the quickest route to them. Yeah, that’s still pretty lame.
It’s something that Apple mentioned in passing about video calling. The patent clarifies what type of call would use this location technology:
“Note that the reference to ‘voice call’ here is not limited to a conventional, sound-only conversation. It may also include video of the two users, synchronized with their audio.”
It’s a very small reference and we’re pretty sure that Apple is just covering their bases for the future. If they want to patent the technology, it only makes sense to include video calling as well… Marty McFly says we’ll be there by 2015. This location patent was actually filed in 2008, so this isn’t breaking news but it’s definitely something that we’d love to see added to the iPhone. Now we need to come up with a purpose for it.
Sn0wbreeze: Windows only, failure only
Feb 6th
We’re not quite sure what the problems are… but after spending a half hour reading through some of the issues on the Sn0wbreeze forums, we can safely say that you should avoid it for now. We even came across a tweet from @MuscleNerd that said to stay away because the iH8sn0w team didn’t put out a good product.
Some common problems include: white screen after running sn0wbreeze, no carrier signal, freezing at a snowflake and some reports that Cydia doesn’t work. To be fair some of those issues aren’t just related to iPhone OS 3.1.3, they’ve been around for a while. If anything, this software should still be considered “beta” and no where near release ready.
Take a look at their twitter account, it’s not very encouraging. The admins repeatedly say “You seem to be the only one” to those who are experiencing issues… how many time does one need to say that before they’re no longer the only one?
Anyways, Sn0wbreeze = fail… at least for now. And what’s with the lack of Mac options? Double fail. We highly recommend waiting for a thoroughly tested Jailbreak from the likes of the actual iPhone Dev-Team.
App Store previews in a browser near you
Feb 5th
Not too long ago, Apple introduced web-based browsing for songs and albums found in the iTunes Store… then they added 30 second streaming previews to that same interface. One could easily begin to wonder why we’d need the store integrated into the Application if Apple keeps this up — yes, they kept it up. A few days ago, people started noticing their App Store links directing to a web-based app preview before sending them to iTunes. By copying the link to an app (or album, video, etc.), you can send people directly to iTunes if you use HTML. Most developers use the copied links for their “Available on the App Store” button, and we use them for all of our app reviews.
Confused? There’s more: all of those links will now do two things… open a preview of the linked item in your web-browers and open it in iTunes. Seems a little glitchy to us. The old App Store linking capabilities appear to have disappeared. If you simply copy the link from the iTunes Store and paste it into your web-browser, it works just fine. The most common form — embedded in text or image HTML code — is where things get crazy. We don’t need it to automatically launch iTunes… at all. Couldn’t we just view it in the browser? Then we wouldn’t have to warn you that your computer will do weird things by clicking a link. We don’t really have to warn you, we’re just being nice.
One of our favorite iPhone app available on the App Store is Guitar Toolkit. Click the link; it’ll send you to the preview page — and then open iTunes. Yay! We can look at it twice! It does the same thing with music too. Unfortunately for us and developers who link to their App Store content, it looks stupid. Hopefully we’ll see this fixed soon.
Speculation is running rampant with these new additions to Apple’s website. Web-based iTunes store rumors have been around for quite some time, but Apple’s recent purchase of LaLa could mean a browser-based iTunes platform that allows you to play purchased music anywhere on any machine by logging in. Think of it as iTunes meets Pandora.
As a side note, all of the links on “apple.com/itunes” still take you to the application itself. Odd.
Location-aware ads… Apple says, no way
Feb 5th
Apple sent an article to the developers currently using the iPhone OS about the “proper” use of GPS location in apps. Developers can use the GPS coordinates of your iPhone for pertinent information related to the application itself… geo-tagging pictures, local services available (Yelp, Urbanspoon, Now Playing), and other location-aware features.
Apple specifically told developers this:
“If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location, your app will be returned to you by the App Store Review Team for modification before it can be posted to the App Store.”
Apple recently purchased a mobile advertising company called Quattro Wireless. It is widely assumed that Apple will use this ad firm to bring developers an easier way to incorporate ads into their apps using a custom-developed ad structure. Others have suggested that Apple will restrict location-aware ads to their own network. We disagree with that possibility as it would lock down more iPhone capabilities to those following “Apple rules.” If that suggestion becomes reality, you can bet (heavily) on a lawsuit slapping Apple across the face: that’s why we don’t think it will ever happen.
Are location-aware ads reasonable for the iPhone OS? That really depends on who you ask. We have several friends who think it can’t get here quickly enough. We’re not so sure… if anything, it should be something that you can disable from the iPhone settings. Ads completely? No, just the ads that target your current location. Give us an option to use generic ads if we don’t want companies knowing our every move… yeah, that’d be nice.
Apple working to further iPad reading, eBooks to get more expensive
Feb 5th
Many sources are reporting that Apple (Steve Jobs, himself) has wined and dined with the biggest publishers of books, magazines and newspapers since the iPad announcement on the 27th of January. That’s great for us in a few ways… but there’s one big glaring issue with these conversations. Price.
Apple seems to be encouraging — some say offering flexibility — book publishers to increase their eBook prices. Publishers have been dreaming of better pricing for quite some time as Amazon’s $9.99 was actually costing Amazon money… and in return, it sold a lot of Kindles. Amazon has been pushing publishers into the $9.99 figure in order to make their Kindle more appealing to the consumer. As it turns out, that $9.99 price won’t be hanging around.
Three of the publishers currently partnered with Apple have told Amazon that they’re hiking prices or they’re leaving. This doesn’t come to us as a shocking revelation; you could even see Steve Jobs dancing around the issue with Walt Mossberg in a post-announcement interview. He specifically said that “the prices will be the same,” without giving any more information on the matter. Apple is not a company that will sell at a loss. They make very little off of their current digital download offerings, but there’s always something heading to their bank.
The fact that Steve has been spotted conversing with magazines and newspapers is great for us as avid readers. In an “off the record” meeting with The New York Times, Steve said that books were his first priority… but he’s working on additional reading content in the time between announcement and product launch. At this point, we’re hearing about discussions with The Wallstreet Journal, The New York Times, textbook publishers and even Time Magazine. Some critics scoffed and wondered, “Where’s my iMag Store?” Well, it looks like you’re going to get it.
Guess what? The iPad is pretty cheap to build
Feb 5th
According to recent analysis of the parts Apple’s using in the iPad… it could cost them as little as $270 to build the base model of the iPad. There are also manufacturing costs and warranty costs estimated at $10 and $20 respectively. That’s still pretty darn good. They’ll make a lot of profit off of me when I buy the 64GB version. 
In fact, each level you go up, Apple’s making exponentially more profit. There’s a cost difference of $75 between the 16GB and 64GB Flash chips, but Apple’s making an additional $125 from us making that jump. They make even more money if I opt for the 3G version: the 3G addition costs Apple $16, but we’re passed a heavy markup in the company’s extra charge of $130. Apple typically sets the price increments as $100 each level, but this is just asking us to question the price of the device itself.
Think of it this way… if I buy the default 16GB iPad WiFi, Apple’s profit is $200. If I go for the fully-loaded 64GB iPad 3G, Apple actually profits $440.
Wall street will love this device. Apple’s stock price has been slowly but surely increasing since this information was released. If this device takes off, we expect to see ridiculous amounts of profit from Apple. Ridiculous.
Please pardon our dust… Updated!
Feb 4th
The forum installation is causing more issues than we would like… so please pardon our dust as we make changes to the site. It could be temporarily down, but most likely, you’ll probably just see weird design changes as we work. Sorry for any inconvenience!
We’re trying to build a better Apple community that will bring some of our RSS subscribers into the site. Not that there’s anything wrong with RSS, it’s just nice to see your bright smiling faces in the comments every now and then 
The forums will be a great place for you to choose the topics and ask questions of your CTA staff and fellow readers.
**Update**
The forums are in place. We’re still working on the look and feel of them, but you should be able to sign in with your normal CTA account or even your Facebook account in order to join the discussion. We’ll be adding more discussions in the next day or so, but it you don’t see something you’d like… let us know.
Apple patent could add Multi-Touch to the bezel of the iPad
Feb 3rd
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“It’s so big!” “I don’t know if I really want something that big.” “Did it need to be that large?” “Woah.” Those are all very common reactions to the size of my… iPad bezel. Here, let us explain why it’s so big (wait for it):
- We want some place to touch on the front that’s not going to cause everything to open.
- No seriously, I’ve called way too many people on accident… some heard things they really shouldn’t hear.
- Believe it or not, it’s also added protection against damage. Having that extra space around the edge has saved several MacBook LCDs from complete torment. The glass still breaks, but the LCDs are usually fine.
- There’s no way to avoid something that large if you’re going to make it so thin at the edge.
That’s what she saidl! All jokes aside, let’s get to the patent…
It’s nothing new (circa 2006), but it’s something that has gained popularity due to the announcement of the iPad. To us, it actually seems a little Microsoft, not Apple. Basically, a menu bubble would show you where to touch the bezel for certain tasks. We imagine that this technology will never arrive in its initial specifications, but we could easily see it used for additional game controls, exposé for possible multitasking or just better use of the real estate without sacrificing visuals. We really don’t see Apple putting an overlay of buttons at this point, but no one can resist some that cool, that big.
Right? Guys? Come on! … Guys?
CTA Forums: construction is underway, available soon
Feb 3rd
In order to better serve our readers, we’re responding to your requests to add forums to the site. We’re currently in process of building the forums so please bear with us if it’s not available quite yet. We’ll write another post about them once we’re all finished. To see the work in progress, just hit the Forums button in the menu bar. This is not replacing the current comment system, it’s just an additional feature that will allow you to post questions and discuss Apple news in more detail… Please feel free to just comment if you have something to say, the forums are great for new questions and even suggestions for the site. If there is something you’d like to see in the forums, please leave a comment here and we’ll try to incorporate your ideas.
iPod touch plus super mushroom equals iPad
Feb 3rd
We seriously couldn’t resist this one. It’s really disconcerting that so many people feel the iPad is just a “Super” iPod touch… there are so many ways to refute that theory, but we’ll spare you.
It’s a good, heavily misguided joke.
iPad’s camera pulled in the eleventh hour?
Feb 3rd
A new set of photos appeared this week that showed a camera mold within a currently shipping iPad bezel. We’re not quite sure what to think here… it makes sense that Apple could have pulled the camera last minute due to a consistent issue in testing. We’re surprised that repair companies are purchasing legitimate parts for this device already. It is not typical for knock-offs to be ready before a device actually debuts, and it’s very unusual for someone to spend enough time with a part that they could duplicate it to exact specifications.
It’s possible that Mission:Repair knows people very deeply rooted in Apple engineering or parts supply… more power to them. Parts aside, it doesn’t surprise us at all that Apple would need to pull the camera at the last minute. Our resident technician, Josh, knows that the MacBook camera design (nearly identical to the supposed iPad camera) has never been great at staying in place with a lot of movement. The iPad will be moved, a lot. We’re guessing that Apple pulled the plug on the camera because it kept getting dislodged in the “street” tests. They could just need to re-examine the way the camera sits in the machine. It could also have something to do with the iPad 3G: the top of the iPad’s rear panel is completely devoted to the 3G signal. We don’t know what the complications could be, but the antennas would be right next to the camera in that version.
We would have preferred to see the iPad delayed another month or so if it was really going to have a camera. It’s not hurting Apple to put it off for a month — at least in our minds. That camera would have made the iPad infinitely more appealing to many people but we, like most people, are looking forward to the 2nd revision.
Textbooks are definitely coming to the iPad
Feb 3rd
In fact, they’ve broken through the flood barrier. According to the Wall Street Journal, McGraw-Hill Education, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education, and Kaplan have all reached iBook deals with Apple this week. Some are also in negotiations with ScrollMotion to develop their interactive textbooks. We predicted that the introduction of the iPad could change how we see digital textbooks and the education industry as a whole. We also think that education has the most potential for this product.
If you think about it, the average college student spends $400+ on textbooks every semester. Going digital would help save money across the board and make the hippies a little happier, too. No, really, the environmental effects could be masterful, and depending on what kind of deals we’re looking at here, college students might actually have a little more money for beer. Just imagine the headlines: “Apple’s iPad allows students to remain drunk longer,” “The iPad is why I flunked out freshman year,” “I don’t need a girlfriend; I have my iPad!” Hopefully that last one is a little extreme… hopefully.
High school, junior high, elementary school (maybe): a one-time $499 investment for each child is less than what a school would typically spend each year in textbooks and supplemental materials. Obviously, we have to factor in the cost of the digital textbooks, but each device could theoretically be re-used the next year with a different set of students… that would leave only the cost of digital textbooks. You always have to allow for maintenance and upkeep, but wrap that up with some sort of local insurance plan and you’re set to go. I’m sure local repair shops would be happy to replace the glass for a school if a student happened to drop it. Think of how many jobs that would create. All in all, we find the iPad a wonderful concept for education — we can also guarantee that the government won’t get it. Our education system is so messed up and underfunded that buying a piece-of-crap Dell laptop scares them. Did you detect the irony in that statement? That’s a topic for a different blog…
iPhone prototypes and new model numbers
Feb 2nd
Several sources are now claiming reference to new iPhone model numbers in the 3.2 SDK (and some in today’s 3.1.3). Appleinsider also checked with their sources on a picture submitted to Engadget about the iPhone shown in pre-iPad release photos. Rumors say that the already-lucky Engadget got even luckier without realizing it. The iPhone in the picture is indeed the next generation device that will most likely launch this summer. It’s unusual for pictures to be leaked, and it means even less for the model numbers that were referenced this afternoon.
Model numbers aren’t exactly surprising info: Apple has been known to include references to new generations within their software… that’s how the software can run on the prototype devices. There’s really nothing in either report that would cause us to speculate. This picture of the “prototype” iPhone is so blurry that you can’t even begin to make assumptions about its appearance. Mac Rumors is hoping for a front-facing camera because of a tiny white spec in the picture… but we’re not counting on that.
Let’s recap:
A new iPhone will most likely appear this summer, that iPhone is already in development, someone with a camera took a picture of that iPhone, and we have new model numbers referencing a new iPhone in the current SDKs. Considering the fact that Apple has revised the iPhone each year in June, we’d say that this was pretty much a given.
Editor’s Note: While we still feel it’s our responsibility to bring you the latest iPhone, iPad and iPod touch news… this was a bit of a stretch, even for us. Thanks for playing “Making Unimportant News Important” with our guests, Engadget, Mac Rumors and AppleInsider. See you next time.
iPhone firmware updated to 3.1.3
Feb 2nd
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Apple let loose the 3.1.3 firmware update this morning. Here’s what it includes:
- Improved accuracy of reported battery levels on the iPhone 3GS.
- Fixed an issue with some third-party applications that wouldn’t launch.
- Fixed a bug that caused some applications to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard.
If you are running Apple’s unmodified iPhone OS, then feel free to press the update button.
The iPhone Dev-Team is strongly encouraging people who are Jailbroken and Unlocked to stay away from this update until they have had time to work with it. So far, some anxious Dev-Team followers are reporting that redsn0w 0.9.2 still works by using the 3.1.2 firmware with the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and the iPod touch 1G. If you have an iPhone 3GS or a 2nd generation iPod touch… don’t mess with this; it will only cause you pain and frustration.
A general rule of thumb for the Jailbreakers in the audience: always check with CTA or the Dev-Team before updating your firmware. At this point, the Dev-Team is unsure of what this means for the Unlockers out there. New firmware typically means modem updates, thus more work for the Dev-Team (or in some instances Geohot) and the unlocking software available.
Please wait; do nothing; do not hit update.
We don’t see anything entirely “must have” with this firmware update, so CTA’s Jailbroken/Unlocked iPhone will stay at 3.1.2 — we’ll be updating our Apple-original iPhone 3GS tonight and report back with anything worth saying. This seems like a fairly insignificant “dot” update to the iPhone OS… so don’t let your trigger finger get itchy. If you squeeze it, at least tell us your results in the comments.
We’re actually hoping this gives them a little insight into later software revisions (3.2 or even 4.0) so they can be a little more prepared for the cool stuff. Every update we see patches the previous holes our hacker friends used in order to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhones. That means they have to re-examine the firmware with every update and find new mistakes so we can inject their custom code into our iPhones. It would be nearly impossible for Apple to get the firmware error free, but it could happen. Each update typically adds more features with near-perfect code… but it’s never been perfect. We’ve been lucky to have such amazing people working on this project so far. Cocoa Touch Apps would like to express a heartfelt thank you to the people working for the rest of us. Hit up their blog and thank them yourselves.
As for us, this unfortunately means that we’ll be putting off our 2010 Ultimate Guide to Jailbreak for a little while. There’s no reason to talk about old techniques. When we hear of new options, we’ll get it going.
Logitech introduces Touch Mouse for iPhone and iPod touch
Feb 1st
What exclamation of excitement is powerful enough for this app? “Are you f***ing serious? S**t, that’s awesome!” We’re trying to take deep breaths over here but we — honest to goodness — just packed away our home theater keyboard and mouse. 5 minutes had us controlling all 5 computers in the house with this. We’re actually typing this post from an iPhone… and now we’re done with that.
Clicking the picture to the right will take you to the App Store.
Here’s why we’re so excited: it’s made by Logitech, it’s free and it lets us use our iPhone as an input device for any computer in the house. We’ve been really impressed with the quality of Logitech products for years… the Logitech diNovo Media Desktop has been our HID (Human Interface Device) for the last four years on the PC side of life. We always knew we would replace it with another Logitech device, but we had no idea it would be an iPhone app.
Download the app to your iPhone or iPod touch (we can imagine this will be awesome with the iPad). While that’s installing, head to your Mac or PC and download the Touch Mouse Server application. This application is compatible with Mac OS 10.4 or later and Windows XP, Vista or 7. The iPhone or iPod touch you’re using must be on the same network as the computers you’d like to control. With the software installed and running on the computer(s), open the Touch Mouse app and select a computer (server) from the list. That’s it. You’re now controlling your box with Touch Mouse.
The mouse defaults to showing the button names and two finger options just like a Mac trackpad. You can configure a lot of options just by clicking the settings icon in the bottom right corner. We had to adjust the tracking speed on the PC, but the Mac side was perfect (there’s a big difference in screen resolution). The feel is so close to Apple’s Multi-Touch trackpad that we’re surprised there aren’t legal issues here. Actually, the app doesn’t include Multi-Touch gesturing… just the usual two-finger scroll and secondary click, probably to prevent recourse from Apple. Who knows? Maybe we’ll see more in the next version of the App. It is already very well polished, and it’s something we’d recommend for anyone looking to remove a little clutter from the living room.
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Ripdev closes its doors
Feb 1st
Something we missed while we were on hiatus:
Ripdev, the team behind the very first Installer.app has closed its doors… back in October 2009. Anyone new to the jailbreak community may not be that familiar with this development team, but they were the first people to put native apps on the iPhone that weren’t approved by Apple. With their help, pioneers like Saurik, Geohot and even the folks at Rock Your Phone have been able to do what they do. We can’t say that everything goes back to them; there are many other people in the Jailbreak community that have contributed just as much, if not more.
Ripdev explains that they’ll keep their app repositories alive as long as possible, but we could see them close sometime this year. Installer is no more, folks. The new addition of the ICY installer is also done. They’ve released the source code for ICY, but we haven’t heard any news of continued development. Any apps that you have from Ripdev will continue to function on their original firmware, but there’s no promise of updates if they break in later iPhone OS releases. Please read their full statement below:
GOOD BYE
It’s been a great two years, but unfortunately, the time has come for Ripdev to close its doors. There are many reasons for this, most of which we probably will never disclose (unless we are forced to). The important thing is that due to circumstances we will likely be unable to support the titles we have created over the years further. They will operate perfectly on the firmware versions they were created for, and you will be able to download and use them — but they will no longer be supported and updated (except for i2Reader Pro that is not being developed by us and that will be kept in sync with its App Store version). We will, of course, transfer the licenses to the new devices — just email us. Our Cydia repository will be operational until at least next year, so be assured that the products you liked and paid for will be available for you to (re)install.
Icy, our lightweight DPKG installer, is now available in source form under MIT license. You’re free to do whatever you want with it. It would be nice if someone picks up the project…
It was an honor to be in the iPhone jailbreak community, and we are proud that we have certainly made a ripple or two. Farewell!
iPad Analysis Part Three: The Conclusion
Feb 1st
We hope that you’ve read both part one and part two so you understand the current software and hardware that will be available in the iPad. In this final installment of the iPad trilogy, we’ll take everything we’ve learned from those articles and define how revolutionary the iPad will truly be.
We learned about some pretty incredible revisions of software for the iPad as Steve made the announcement. The fact that Apple finally put iWork (Keynote, Pages and Numbers) on the Cocoa Touch platform is great for people looking to use the device for business. The iBooks application will definitely begin to dominate the eReader market. Mobile Safari will truly take over as iPad users’ browser of choice. The Calendar and Address Book apps are beautiful: it looks like Apple invested a lot of time into their development. We also can’t forget that we’ll have the advantage of the App Store with the iPad, while other devices have little to no software expandability.
Even though the iPad software is somewhat expandable (it’s still limited by the app approval process), it doesn’t have a whole lot to offer in hardware features. We’re seeing too many accessories to even take them seriously: the fact that Apple has more than 5 accessories tells you that something is a little off. Using the dock connector as the sole connection is very limiting… I would have loved to use video out and plug in an external device like a camera or USB jump drive at the same time. Currently, it appears that — even with the USB port accessory — we won’t be able to use external USB devices, with the exception of cameras. The video out only converts to component, composite or VGA: aren’t we living in the digital age? Couldn’t we have DVI, HDMI or even MiniDisplay Port? Okay fine, the port situation is bad; what about the rest of the hardware? We don’t know as much information as we’d like because there aren’t many iPads in the wild just yet… but we know that it has “custom-built” SOC that uses a Cortex-A9 MPCore processor and a Mali GPU. We also know that it will only have 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities: will still find this strange due to the new chip capabilities Toshiba announced in early December.
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CTA Presents: The State of the Jailbreak Address
Feb 1st
We follow the Jailbreak/Unlock scene very closely here at CTA… not because our iPhones are necessarily running on T-Mobile (we want 3G not EDGE) but because we don’t want to be restricted in the Applications we install on our Apple mobile devices. Unfortunately for us and for you, there hasn’t been any new iPhone unlocking news for nearly three months. This is partially due to the fact that Apple hasn’t released new firmware in that amount of time… one of the longest periods we’ve seen so far. In the remainder of this post, we’ll cover the Cydia Store, the Rock Your Phone app store, the Dev-Team, Geohot, the redsn0w 0.9.2 released just hours ago, and how Jailbreaking could affect the iPad. Check back soon for The Ultimate 2010 Jailbreak Guide brought to you by Cocoa Touch Apps.
Saurik (Jay Freeman) has been doing everything possible to make time for his Cydia Store in order to keep it attractive to the Jailbreakers out there. We’re seeing things from Cydia that we never expected and have to give him a tremendous amount of thanks. He’s also devoting some of his efforts to the WebOS (Palm) and Android (Google). For those who don’t know, Cydia is an installer app — predating the App Store — that allows you to put “unauthorized” software onto your Apple mobile devices. While Jailbreak software was once a wide range of applications, most of the current software focuses on the features that Apple has “left out” of the iPhone OS. For instance, you can purchase apps that will let you instantly share your iPhone’s data connection with your laptop… at least for those of us who still don’t have tethering on our service providers.
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