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How To: Jailbreak Any iPhone/iPad Using Spirit

Spirit by comex allows you to jailbreak your device, to get complete control over it (see why you should jailbreak here). Currently, spirit allows you to jailbreak any device that has already been upgraded to firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or even an iPad on version 3.2. However, it will NOT unlock the device, enabling it to [...:]

"Spirit" iPad And iPhone Jailbreak Available For Download

The "Spirit" iPad/iPhone jailbreak is available for download from the Dev Team. You can download Spirit here.
The free, untethered jailbreak is available for Mac and Windows, and works with any iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch on firmware 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2. It's a quick, easy, one-click process, according to QuickPwn, although the Cydia app is [...:]

Surfing on The iPad: Flash Crisis? What Flash Crisis?

I just noticed something about surfing the web on an iPad. Here's a hint: look at the red circle in the New York Times screenshot above.
It was hard to spot because it's actually noticing something that's not there: the blue Legos where the Flash plugin should be.
In January, when Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, he wasn't [...:]

The Macintosh Speaks For Itself (Literally)…

In Part 11 of Macworld founder David Bunnell's memoirs, Steve Jobs triumphantly introduces the Mac to the world. "It sang to us. It performed mathematical calculations with the blinding speed of a Cray mainframe. It drew beautiful pictures. It communicated with other computers. It bounced rays off satellites and sent a subversive message to the Soviet [...:]

Screenshots Showing iPad Video Quality Over Wi-Fi and 3G

Here's a couple of screenshots from the iPad's YouTube app showing the dramatic difference in quality between Wi-Fi and 3G.
The screenshot above is from video streaming over WiFi. And below is the same YouTube video playing over 3G.
I paused the video before taking the screenshots and tried to take them at about the same point.
The difference is clear. [...:]

Five Fun Games: Busting Ghosts, Raising Atlantis, Getting Richer and More

Happy Friday! Here's this week's selection by Mac Games and More featuring fun casual games you can play into the weekend. The games include addictive jewel swapping, tracking down a rare pink diamond, romping in the Fun House and more.




I Spy Fun House – The I Spy installments for small kids keep coming down the [...:]

Video Sucks On iPad 3G

The honeymoon is over. I've discovered my first major disappointment with the iPad 3G, and I've only just started playing with it. Video over 3G on the iPad totally and utterly sucks.
The picture is noticeably downgraded on a 3G connection. The built-in YouTube app delivers video that's very low-res compared to the video it delivers on a Wi-Fi connection. [...:]

The iPad 3G Is Here: First Impressions And Notes

The iPad 3G is the iPad everyone's been waiting for. Let's face it: the 3G data connection and GPS makes this the iPad you don't want to to leave at home.

There's almost no physical difference between the iPad 3G and the Wi-Fi only iPad, except for the strip of black plastic on the back covering [...:]

iPad 3G Jailbroken Within Hours of Launch

As expected, the iPad 3G has already been jailbroken — only a few hours after its launch.
MuscleNerd of iPhone Dev Team posted pictures and a video to YouTube showing a jailbroken iPad 3G running Cydia.
MuscleNerd used the "Spirit" jailbreak, an software tool that promises untethered unlocking of Apple's recent devices (iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch [...:]

HootSuite's iPhone App Souped-Up With A Translator, Bump-To-Follow, More

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG-uYQxTpbA
When HootSuite's iPhone app landed late last year, it had already set itself apart with a unique stat-tracking feature.
Now, it's leapt even further away from the pack with a slew of new tricks, including the ability to translate tweets from 50 different languages and a supercool feature that lets users bump the iPhone of users [...:]