Apple has began to develop the new 11.6-inch MacBook Air and the next generation iPod Touch. The new Macbook is expected to have an even slimmer design with a 11.6 inch-display and will contain features such as an Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor. Although they are anticipated to do well in the market, Apple is only expected to release 400,000 units of the MacBook Air sometime in the second half of 2010. The next generation iPod Touch will contain have a 3-megapixel camera, which will be capable of both photo and video recordings. There may also be other newer features, including a “non-phone” version of Apple’s FaceTime. The iPod touch is expected to be released sometime in August or September and Apple is expected to produce 17-18 million units of the new device. [DigiTimes]
Extract the redsn0w app from the RedSn0w zip file by double clicking it. Step Two Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down
Option and click theRestore button. Restore is preferred as it won’t create any wasted space on your iPhone.
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the firmware ipsw. Click the
Choose button to continue. Step Three Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier. Step Four Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button Step Five Select the 4.0 (NOT 4.0.1) firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open. Step Six Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue. Step Seven RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data Step Eight From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
Verbose boot displays detailed information on boot of your device and is generally only needed by developers and advanced users.
Make sure
Cydia is selected. For this tutorial we will also select Custom boot logo andCustom recovery logo.
When you click to select each custom logo option a dialog window will appear asking you to select the image. Locate the image you would like to use then press the
Open button.
*Remember the rules for boot logos are: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension below 320×480.
Notice that RedSn0w has already selected to Enable multitasking, Enable homescreen wallpaper, and Enable battery percentage. If you do not need multitasking we would recommend deselecting it as it makes your iPhone 3G run very slow.
Click the
Next button to continue Step Nine Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Nextbutton Step Ten RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU modehere
Hold down both the
Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
Release the
Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device. Step Eleven Your iPhone will now reboot Step Twelve RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel. Step Thirteen Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
You can now continue to unlock your device using UltraSn0w with
Extract the redsn0w executable from the RedSn0w zip file into the same folder. Step Two Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes.
Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Now hold down
Option and click theRestore button. Restore is preferred as it won’t create any wasted space on your iPhone.
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop and select the firmware ipsw. Click the
Choose button to continue. Step Three Once iTunes has finished updating your iPhone to the desired firmware open the Pwnage folder on your desktop and launch the redsn0w application from the redsn0w folder we extracted earlier. Step Four Once RedSn0w opens click the Browse button Step Five Select the 4.0 (NOT 4.0.1) firmware ipsw we placed in the Pwnage folder on our desktop then click Open. Step Six Once the firmware has been verified click the Next button to continue. Step Seven RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data
Step Eight From this window you can select the jailbreak options you would like.
Verbose boot displays detailed information on boot of your device and is generally only needed by developers and advanced users.
Make sure
Cydia is selected. For this tutorial we will also select Custom boot logo andCustom recovery logo.
When you click to select each custom logo option a dialog window will appear asking you to select the image. Locate the image you would like to use then press the
Open button.
*Remember the rules for boot logos are: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension below 320×480.
Notice that RedSn0w has already selected to Enable multitasking, Enable homescreen wallpaper, and Enable battery percentage. If you do not need multitasking we would recommend deselecting it as it makes your iPhone 3G run very slow.
Click the
Next button to continue Step Nine Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Nextbutton Step Ten RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU modehere
Hold down both the
Home button and the Power button for 10 seconds.
Release the
Power button and continue holding the Home button until RedSn0w detects the device. Step Eleven Your iPhone will now reboot Step Twelve RedSn0w will then begin uploading the new RAM Disk and Kernel. Step Thirteen Once this is complete you will be notified that RedSn0w is done. Click the Finish button. When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard.
You can now unlock your device using UltraSn0w by following
If you liked our coverage of Air Display but it left yourself cursing your lack of a Mac, fear not. MaxiVista has arrived for iPad and will transform your device into an external display for your PC.
For $9.99, MaxiVista can wirelessly add an additional screen to your setup by connecting to your PC via the app and is compatible with XP, Vista and Windows 7. And this is no fly-by-night developer either. MaxiVista has existed in the Windows world since 2003 and now brings its experience to iPad users, with a Mac version also on the cards for the cross-platform iPad owners out there.
Offering a frame rate that comes close, via wireless, to the same quality found with traditional wired displays, MaxiVista looks to be great solution for Windows users who work with multiple windows, palettes or apps.
Even the app is wondering why you aren’t using Safari.
Every once in a while I run into a website, or a function within a website, that doesn’t work right in Safari. Yes, I’m a Mac user that doesn’t use Safari. Because of this, it occurred to me that having Firefox on my phone might be a great idea, and maybe I would enjoy the web experience a bit more. I’ve never had any real issues with iOS Safari, but it never hurts to try something new.
So I downloaded Firefox Home and found that I had to also download the Firefox extension, Firefox Sync, which was a simple task. After setting up my Firefox “server”, I was brought to the “browser” screen. I put quotes around browser, because it is definitely not a full browser. Instead of giving you great internet tools, like a place to type a URL, it actively syncs your Firefox desktops tabs, bookmarks, and history to your phone… and that’s it.
Fortunately from that point you can view the website, albeit with slower than Safari load times, but again, you can’t type in another site to view, it must either be viewed as a link from the site you are on or from your history, tabs, or bookmarks. Using the internet in this fashion is really a pain, especially when a perfectly good browser is build into the phone. Even if you were a mega Firefox power user you could sync your bookmarks to Safari fairly quickly for iOS use, preventing the need to go back and forth from Firefox Home to Safari to browse the internet.
This strange app makes me beg the question, just because a company can make an app, should they? Is anyone really going to use Firefox Home? Is Firefox Home the most difficult web browsing experience since Noby Noby Boy?
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