AppleInsider has a story today based on a report from Japan?s Nikkei Business which states that Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo is currently holding talks with Apple with a view to launching an LTE-capable iPad in mid 2012, to be followed by a 4G LTE iPhone in fall 2012. According to the unconfirmed report, NTT DoCoMo executives travelled to the US in November for talks with Apple CEO Tim Cook, which are said to have revolved around Apple?s forthcoming LTE-ready iPhones and iPads. However, AppleInsider points out that the accuracy of the report is called into question by a previous report earlier in the month in the Wall Street Journal, which said that Apple?s negotiations with NTT DoCoMo had stalled, with Apple allegedly refusing to grant the Japanese carrier permission to install its own proprietary software on the new iPhones and iPads. However, that doesn?t necessarily mean that the latest rumour from Nikkei Business is not true, of course, as its always possible that negotiations have resumed and the original stumbling block between the two parties has been resolved. As ever, we'll just have to wait and see!
News From Japan Says Apple Planning LTE 4G iPads and iPhones for 2012
Yet Another iOS 5 UNTETHERED Jailbreak Update From pod2g "Focused on A5"
In a blog post titled "Focused on A5" pod2g, the person responsible for the upcoming iOS 5 untethered Jailbreak, tells us the Jailbreak is almost complete... at least for non-A5 iDevices. pod2g has send all of the info and details to Chronic Dev who are going to put together the Jailbreak for public release. While they are working on that, pod2g will be focusing on getting a working untethered Jailbreak for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S. He hopes to find a "path quick" with a little help from Chronic Dev as well.
"I read the comments on the blog, and I know that a lot of people are waiting for the A5 jailbreak.
Also, I know there are tons of people out there with A4 or even earlier devices who wants the untether now and don't care about it could be interesting to wait A5 is finished to release or even 5.1, so that we don't waste an exploit that took me months to find and develop.
I need to focus on A5 and hope I can find a path quick, and I have the feeling that chronic-dev could help me.
So, here is what I did:
- I gave all the details to the chronic dev team so that they can finish, test, integrate and release the A4 jb ASAP.
- I'll put all my energy from now on on the A5
Hope I don't disappoint.
See you." However, in the post he does mention wanting to wait for iOS 5.1 to be released publicly by Apple so that he can see if his exploit was patched. This could possibly mean we might have to wait until January for the release of the untethered Jailbreak but no official word from pod2g, just a thought. If he were to release the Jailbreak for iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1 before the public release of 5.1, Apple could patch his exploit which "took months to find and develop". So if we wait for 5.1 to release we could possibly have the latest firmware untethered and Jailbroken. This of course means a longer wait, but a more recent Jailbreak.
What do you guys think?
Icon skins wallpaper suddenly doesnt fit!
Can anyone help me? I use an app called PIMP MY SCREEN, have downloaded many wallpapers and icon skin wallpapers ( the ones where there are designs that your home screen icons seem to fit in to). I have used them on my iPhone and my iPad without any hassles, and the looked really awesome. Yesterday I imported all my pics / wallpaper and icon skins into iPhoto and organized them into folders, I have done this before without any problems. But after I did it this time, a lot of my wallpapers seem to now be too big for the screen??
Icon skin wallpapers that used to fit perfectly, don't now (the little 'allocated' spaces for the home screen icons are too big and do not line up with the home screen icons anymore). Have tried 'move and scale' to make them smaller before setting as home screen background, but it doesn't work.
Has anybody had this problem before? Can anybody shed some light on this?
Thanks!
Apple Raises 2.6 Million For Charity
Apple?s new CEO Tim Cook introduced a corporate matching program aiming charitable donation to nonprofits. Apple took upon itself to raise as much as $10,000 per US employee per year. But the company outdone itself and ended up raising $2.6 million in just two months. This is a great start.
AppleInsider was the first to announce the scoop ? Apple employees have matched more than $1.3 million in donations so far and combined with the $1.3 million due to personal contributions initially donated by employees, it brings the total sum of the ?Apple Matching Gifts Program? to more than $2.6 million
"We are all really inspired by the generosity of our co-workers who give back to the community and this program is going to help that individual giving go even farther," Cook said.
What is Apple planning to do with the $1.3 million matched so far? Well the money is being used by the company to internally promote the program and solicit even more donations. When employees stumble upon an image praising the success of the program, they will be led to a page that provides a more detailed overview of the matching program.
Citing a source close to Apple corporate, AppleInsider also states that the company is trying to encourage the recruitment for its Silicon Engineering Group by offering a $5,000 referral bonus to current employees. The deadline for the referral is the 12th of November.
The program was started by Apple in September and is available only to US employees so far, though Apple is expected to roll it out in other countries as well, in the upcoming months.
Apple wallpapers (HD)
Hello,
I want share a website with you guys. You can download Apple wallpapers here (in HD...)
http://www.wallzone.org/search/label...max-results=10
Enjoy : )
Apple Releases Update 5.0.1 to Everyone - Includes Bug Fixes and Battery Improvements
Apple will be sending the the 5.0.1 iOS update OTA starting today to everyone. This is the same update we shared with you previously that was being seeded to testers and select folks with battery problems. The Apple support blog shares the following on the update: Fixes bugs affecting battery life Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation
Products compatible with this software update: iPhone 4S iPhone 4 iPhone 3GS iPad 2 iPad iPod touch (4th generation) iPod touch (3rd generation)To get the update you can either wait for it OTA on your iPhone, or you can log into iTunes and do it manually. Keep in mind that you don't want to get this update if you have a Jailbroken phone as it will erase your Jailbreak.
Evernote Launches Skitch for iPad
Evernote has just announced on its blog the launch of the iPad version of Skitch, its incredibly popular image editing and annotating app. Skitch enables you to annotate and draw on pretty much anything that you can display on your iPad screen, such as a photo, a webpage, a screenshot, or even a blank piece of paper. You can then easily share the results with anyone you like, such as friends, family or work colleagues, and you can also save it to Evernote.
The app features a comprehensive selection of drawing and annotating tools, including a finger tool, pencil, arrows, text boxes, shapes, and cropping tools. Evernote says that it also plans an iPhone version of Skitch, but that it decided to launch it on iPad first because ?it?s the ideal form factor for tactile annotation?. Just use it and you?ll be amazed by how much a few simple shapes and arrows can do.?
Already hugely popular on the Mac, this is going to take the iPad by storm!
Click here to download Skitch for iPad for free: Skitch for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store
How To UNTETHER JAILBREAK iOS 5.0.1 iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod Touch 4G, 3G, iPad 1
FINALLY RELEASED!!!!! iOS 5 UNTETHERED JAILBREAK!!!!! iPHONE, iPOD TOUCH, iPAD!!!!!!!
This Jailbreak Supports The Following Devices:
iPhone4 (GSM)
iPhone4 (CDMA)
iPhone3GS
iPod touch 3G
iPod touch 4G
iPad 1
Supports iOS 5.0.1
You will need:
Redsn0w 0.9.10b1
Redsn0w:
Dev-Team Blog - redsn0w iOS5beta
iOS Firmware Download:
iPhone, iPod, iPad and Firmware/Software Download
7.1 MEGAPIXEL iPad CAMERA With 4X Zoom, Flash, & 1.5" LCD!
The Sakar "AppClix" Disney iPad Camera is an external camera for the iPad 1 & 2. This camera has it's own built-in dock connector which will allow you to transfer your photos right on your iPad. You can download an app called Disney Pix which will act as a middle-man when you transfer photos to your Photos app. The camera itself has 7.1 MegaPixels, 4X Zoom, a rechargeable battery, built-in flash, and a 1.5 inch LCD screen. Now I must warn you, you will get to choose a Disney character design, which some people might not want, but that nothing a sticker can't fix! The Disney iPad Camera is available for $59.95 in the links below!
iPad Mini rumors are haunting everybody's dreams
Today we have more gossip. Taiwan?s United Daily News is reportedly claiming that Apple is looking at samples of 7.85-inch screens that sport a 1024x768 resolutions for the iPad. The report goes on to say that there are already companies negotiating production of displays like LG. What could this mean? Of course if this project comes to see the light of day, it won?t be just another iPad out there, we?re certainly going to be seeing the Mini iPad, and every website has been talking about. Although, Steve Jobs himself in one of his last conferences made it clear that he thought about the 10-inch screen as a minimum requirement for a decent iPad. So what?s it going to be then?
A tough problem in this quest would probably be designing a considerable smaller screen that would be able to use the same resolution as the current iPad. Why would they need to use the same resolution? Well for starters, apps could run natively on the iPad Mini without any extra interference. Shrinking down the elements of the interface might also bring problems, since it would automatically make the iPad not so easy to handle and use. People with big fingers would be really annoyed.
iPad Mini rumors are not fresh and ripe, but at least this time they seem to come from genuine supply chain leaks, whereas the other information came from market analysts. Analysts aren?t necessarily experts in Apple vision and are better at predicting numbers and figures. It doesn?t mean they couldn?t get lucky this time.
I mean, what better way to counter the Amazon?s latest bold moves and its extreme all time success, Kindle Fire? It?s impossible not to ask: could an iPad Mini be priced lower or approximately the same as a Kindle? That would certainly motivate costumers on the lookout for a good tablet, but on the budget. We probably shall know soon enough?
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