RUMOR: Apple WWDC 2011 Scheduled for June 5th-9th
There is speculation that Apple will be holding their Worldwide Developers Conference from June 5th to June 9th 2011. The rumor started from the Moscone Center’s event calendar, which has a…
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iFixit Teardown of Verizon iPhone Finds Dual-Band Chip Inside
iFixit has done a complete teardown of the Verizon iPhone 4. One interesting thing they confirmed is that the phone has a Qualcomm MDM6600 chip, which supports both GSM and CDMA. Of course…
WIN: PC World: ‘Get a Mac’ = Best Upgrade
What’s the best upgrade for your buck? According to this issue of PC World, it looks like OS X. Great magazine placement! Thanks James for the…
Voice Notifications Come to the iPhone
Voice Notifications is a pretty cool tweak for jailbroken iPhones. It allows your iPhone to give you a voice alert of who is calling or texting you. Voice Notifications is available in…
Wi-Fi Sync 2.0 Beta Now Available for iPhone
Wi-Fi Sync allows you to sync your jailbroken iPhone over a Wi-Fi network without connecting to iTunes with a USB cable. A public beta of Wi-Fi Sync 2.0 was released for those who have…
MyWi Brings Intelligent Hotspot Feature to iPhone with ‘OnDemand’
MyWi is a popular Cydia app that allows jailbreakers to create a mobile hotspot using their iPhone’s 3G connection. Intelliborn, the company who created MyWi, recently added a new feature…
Greenpois0n Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 Available for Mac and Windows
The Chronic Dev Team have released Greenpois0n RC 5, which will jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 fully untethered. Mac and Windows versions are available at www.greenpois0n.com, and a linux version is…
iPhone is Fastest Selling Launch in Verizon History
Verizon announced today that yesterday’s launch of the iPhone was the fastest-selling phone in the carrier’s history. Pre-orders for the iPhone sold out at 8:10PM EST, just over 17 hours…
Verizon iPhone Pre-Orders Now Live
The Verizon iPhone is now available for pre-order for existing customers from Apple’s Online Store and www.verizonwireless.com/iphone. All orders are fulfilled on a first come, first served…
iOS Bringing Ability to Cancel App Downloads
There is a new feature in iOS 4.3 beta 3 that gives users the ability to cancel an app from downloading and installing. As of right now, you can only delete an app from your iPhone’s home…
Gruber Reviews Verizon iPhone: Verizon Has Better Voice, AT&T Faster Data
John Gruber of Daring FireBall has been using the Verizon iPhone 4 since Friday. He says it’s basically the same phone, just on a different network….and Verizon’s network is better. Gruber…
Verizon iPhone Coming to Best Buy on February 10
Best Buy announced today that they will be carrying the Verizon iPhone on launch day February 10. Press Release: Best Buy today announced that the iPhone 4 from Apple on the Verizon…
Verizon iPhone 4 Available for Pre-Order Tomorrow from Apple Online Store
Existing Verizon customers will be able to pre-order the iPhone 4 starting 3AM EST from the Apple Online Store and at www.verizonwireless.com/iphone. Press Release: CUPERTINO,…
The Daily is Now Available in the App Store
The Daily, the much hyped iPad exclusive digital newspaper from News Corp., is now available in the App Store. The app is available for free, but requires a monthly subscription of $0.99…
Apple Releases Beta 3 of iOS 4.3
Apple has just released iOS 4.3 beta 3 [build 8F5166b] for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV to developers.…
iFusion for iPhone is an All-In-One Landline Dock, Speaker and Charger
iFusion for iPhone is a cool dock for your iPhone. It lets you use your iPhone as a desk phone, speakerphone and charger. The device will ship in April for $149. You can pre-order iFusion…
Awesome 80s Style iPhone Case
This is probably the coolest iPhone case I’ve seen so far. I’m sure Zack Morris will be the first to buy it. Source: The Mobile Phone…
Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million on the Mac App Store
I love Photoshop, but Pixelmator is an awesome alternative for a fraction of the cost. It has support for RAW files and many other great features a photographer needs. Pixelmator has a…
Glasses Free 3D Effect for iPhone SpringBoard (Video)
This is a demo of a tweak that gives a glasses free 3D effect to the iPhone home screen. It will be available soon in Cydia for jailbroken…
Awesome PowerMac G4 Wall Clock
Last week we saw someone turn a PowerMac G4 into a mailbox, and this week Justin Tyler Moore posted a PowerMac G4 clock mod. Check out all the pictures of the making of the clock…
Apple Updates Website Design with Darker Navigation Bar
Apple has made a small design change to their website. It has a new dark navigation bar, as well as spring loaded slide-in animations for products. The Apple Online Store was down for a few…
Apple Opens App Store Twitter Account
Apple has launched an official Twitter account for the App Store. The first tweet said “Welcome to App Store on Twitter! Follow us to discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with…
Review: Verbs IM App for iPhone has a Simple yet Beautiful Interface
Verbs is an awesome new instant messaging client for iPhone and iPod touch. It doesn’t support a lot of different IM services, but it does support the only two that I think really…