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iOS 5 Beta 1 Expires on August 4th

Jun 18, 2011 - 10 Comments
iOS 5 beta 1 expires on August 4, 2011

If you run iOS 5 beta 1 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you might be interested to know the beta includes an automatic expiration date of August 4th. For those with proper access to the newest beta releases from iOS Dev Center, this won’t be an issue as long as you upgrade to … Read More

No New Mac Hardware Until Lion Ships? New iPhones Waiting for iOS 5?

Jun 16, 2011 - 2 Comments
MacBook Air

Updated Mac hardware will not ship until Mac OS X Lion is publicly released or at least finalized sometime in July, this is to insure that new Macs will include Mac OS X Lion and iCloud preinstalled, according to a new report by AppleInsider. The decision is expected to impact the release dates of several … Read More

Unlocked iPhone 4 Now for Sale in USA

Jun 14, 2011 - 9 Comments
Unlocked iPhone 4 models for sale in USA

Apple is now selling carrier unlocked iPhone 4 GSM models in the USA, making it the first time the devices have been legitimately offered through the primary market in the country. An unlocked iPhone can be used on any other GSM network, in the USA or otherwise, assuming you have an active micro-SIM card for … Read More

Downgrade iOS 5 beta to iOS 4.3.3

Jun 13, 2011 - 82 Comments
Downgrade iOS 5 beta to iOS 4.3.3

Alright so you’ve had your fun playing around with the iOS 5 beta, but you’re tired of dealing with the quirkiness and bugs related to a beta OS. Now, contrary to popular belief, you can downgrade back to iOS 4.3.3 without much effort. Unlike downgrading from other iOS versions, Apple still signs iOS 4.3.3, so … Read More

The 10 Most Common iPhone Passwords

Jun 13, 2011 - 23 Comments
Most Common iPhone Passcodes

Think you have a secure iPhone password? Check this list, you might be using one of the freakishly common passcodes out there, and if so, it’s time to change it. These were compiled by an iOS developer who anonymously captured the passwords through his app: 1234 0000 2580 1111 5555 5683 0852 2222 1212 1998 … Read More

Custom Widgets in iOS 5 Possible?

Jun 10, 2011 - 12 Comments
Custom iOS 5 Widgets are Possible

It may be possible for developers to create custom widgets to contain within the iOS 5 notification center, assuming Apple allows it. This was demonstrated by a very simple proof of concept that is shown above. 9to5mac quotes @chronic, the jailbreak developer, describing how this is accomplished: all a developer needs to do is create … Read More

Find an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad UDID

Jun 10, 2011 - 10 Comments
iPhone UDID

All iOS devices come with a Unique Device Identifier number, known as a UDID. The UDID is kind of like a serial number for that device, except that it’s even longer at 40 characters. By far the most simple way to retrieve your iPhone, iPad, or iPod‘s identifier number is through iTunes itself.

Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 Download Released to Jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1

Jun 10, 2011 - 11 Comments
Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 jailbreak for iOS 5 beta 1

Redsn0w 0.9.8b1 was just released to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 1 on the following hardware: iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPad 1, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 GSM, iPhone 4 CDMA. This jailbreak is tethered, meaning you will need to connect it to your computer on each reboot. Important notes about this version of Redsn0w: … Read More

iOS 5 Brings 1080p HD Video Playback to iPad 2, Possibly iPhone & Apple TV 2

Jun 9, 2011 - 4 Comments
iOS 5 1080p HD video playback

Even more reason to get excited for iOS 5: 1080p HD video playback looks to be coming to iPad 2, iPhone 4, and quite likely Apple TV 2. Technically at least, any iOS hardware that is physically capable of playing the 1920×1080 movies could be getting 1080p playback support in the Fall. If you’re wondering … Read More

iOS 5 Includes Emoji Keyboard for Everyone

Jun 9, 2011 - 6 Comments
iOS 5 Beta includes an Emoji Keyboard

iOS 5 release includes a built-in Emoji keyboard that is accessible to anyone and is not region restricted. This is a change from past iOS releases where you would either need to jailbreak or install a 3rd party application in order to use Emoji from the iPhone, iPod touch, or iOS in general. Emoji is … Read More

Apple Design Award Winners for 2011

Jun 8, 2011 - 3 Comments
Apple Design Award for WWDC 2011

The annual Apple Design Award winners from WWDC 2011 have been announced. The awards go to apps and developers that “set the standard of excellence” and excel in design, innovation, and technical excellence. This is the full list of winning apps and their respective developers, links go to the App Store: Student Winners Grades 2 … Read More

8 Great Videos of iOS 5’s New Features

Jun 8, 2011 - 9 Comments
iOS 5 videos

Sometimes seeing is believing. I mentioned a fair share these iOS 5 features before but videos do some more justice than screenshots, so here’s a collection of eight great (see what I did there?) videos that show the best of iOS 5’s beta features. We’ll start it off with Apple’s official Intro to iOS 5 … Read More

iOS 5 Beta 1 is Available to Download

Jun 6, 2011 - 20 Comments
iOS 5 Beta 1 Download on Dev Center

Developers can now check out all the new fancy iOS 5 features first hand with the first pre-release version of iOS 5 beta 1. The download is accessible to all registered developers through the iOS Dev Center. iOS 5 Beta 1 comes as build 9A5220p and supports all iPad 2 models, iPad, iPhone 4 GSM … Read More

16 of the Coolest New Features in iOS 5

Jun 6, 2011 - 25 Comments
iOS 5 Notifications

You know that iOS 5 will be released in the Fall, but what are the latest and greatest features? Here are some of the most exciting features that were shown off by Apple at WWDC 2011:

iOS 5 Release Date: Now!

Jun 6, 2011 - 163 Comments
iOS 5 Release Date

Update: iOS 5 is out now! You can download iOS 5 here or through iTunes. Update 10/4/2011: Apple has announced that iOS 5 release date is October 12 as a free download, alongside iCloud. iOS 5 is jam packed with new and awesome features, so when can you get your hands on it? Developers will … Read More

The First Ever iPhone Commercial [Video]

Jun 5, 2011 - 10 Comments
First Apple iPhone

This is where it all started from, the classic “Hello” iPhone commercial for the very first iPhone. The TV ad was an almost instant classic that featured scene after scene of famous actors answering phones in famous movies. As you watch, you undoubtedly will recognize many of these from movies and moments in cinematic history. … Read More

Open, View, and Read DICOM .DCM Medical Images in Mac OS X & iOS with OsiriX

Jun 4, 2011 - 19 Comments
OsiriX DICOM MRI Imagery Viewer for Mac OS X

Files from medical imaging devices like MRI’s, ultrasound, PET, CT scans, etc come as a collection of .DCM files which will not open on their own through just any image or video application. No big deal, because I came across some pretty amazing software for Mac OS X and iOS that will render these DICOM … Read More

iTunes ‘Automatic Download’ Feature to Automatically Update Your iOS Apps

Jun 4, 2011 - 2 Comments
Automatic Download in iTunes leak

iOS 5 has been long rumored to include wireless syncing and over-the-air updates, and now at least part of this feature seems to be confirmed through a brief leak on iTunes. MacRumors reports that the iTunes update page briefly included the following phrase, discussing a feature called “Automatic Download” that currently does not exist: if … Read More

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