Covert Video of Apple IPad 2 Just Released

An anonymous reader writes "This video has just been snuck out of the CES show in Las Vegas last week. Apparently this prototype iPad 2 was given to a Chinese iPad accessory manufacturer, presumably in order to help with their case designs for the launch of the iPad 2, rumored to be February 2011."

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Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/m5UFCCtZF1I/story01.htm

App of the Day: Burn the Rope for iPhone [Video]

#apps Some contend that the best games are the simplest ones, and Burn the Rope is nothing if not simple. But it proves that with the right incentive—fire!—anyone will end up spinning their iPhone around like a madman. More »#apps Some contend that the best games are the simplest ones, and Burn the Rope is nothing if not simple. But it proves that with the right incentive—fire!—anyone will end up spinning their iPhone around like a madman. More »

Original Link: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rvfPZV0hQ8E/app-of-the-day-burn-the-rope-for-iphone

TUAW's Daily App: Foodspotting

We've been covering a lot of games lately (since those have been the main focus of the holiday season), so here's a non-gaming app that comes straight from Apple's best of 2010 lists. Foodspotting, free on the App Store now, actually reminds me a lot of Corkbin, except that instead of wines, you're finding and sharing information about food at restaurants near you. You can browse pictures of various foods near your location, and then from one of those, follow the user who took the picture, find out about the restaurant it was taken at, or look for other examples of the same dish from other restaurants. The interface is fast and slick, and especially if you're in a place where there are plenty of restaurants to try (I'm right in the middle of Los Angeles), odds are that you'll find something good to go taste.

Unfortunately, that's the only issue with this one -- just like Corkbin, the app needs to be populated, and if no one else around you has taken any pictures, you can't really use the app for discovery. But even if there's nothing else nearby, you can at least use it as a visual record of places you've eaten out, and maybe you can find a favorite dish to save for later. Foodspotting's best of 2010 spotlight is well deserved -- bring it along the next time you try a new dish at the restaurant around the block.

TUAW's Daily App: Foodspotting originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Source | Permalink | Email this | CommentsWe've been covering a lot of games lately (since those have been the main focus of the holiday season), so here's a non-gaming app that comes straight from Apple's best of 2010 lists. Foodspotting, free on the App Store now, actually reminds me a lot of Corkbin, except that instead of wines, you're finding and sharing information about food at restaurants near you. You can browse pictures of various foods near your location, and then from one of those, follow the user who took the picture, find out about the restaurant it was taken at, or look for other examples of the same dish from other restaurants. The interface is fast and slick, and especially if you're in a place where there are plenty of restaurants to try (I'm right in the middle of Los Angeles), odds are that you'll find something good to go taste.

Unfortunately, that's the only issue with this one -- just like Corkbin, the app needs to be populated, and if no one else around you has taken any pictures, you can't really use the app for discovery. But even if there's nothing else nearby, you can at least use it as a visual record of places you've eaten out, and maybe you can find a favorite dish to save for later. Foodspotting's best of 2010 spotlight is well deserved -- bring it along the next time you try a new dish at the restaurant around the block.

TUAW's Daily App: Foodspotting originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original Link: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/29/tuaws-daily-app-foodspotting/

Rubyra1n: The Next Jailbreak By GeoHot for iPhone, iPad, iPod on Latest iOS [Rumror]

A rumor is circulating around the internet town that Rubyra1n may be the name of next jailbreak tool for idevices on iOS 4.2.1. It started when a user discovered that the domain “Rubyra1n.com” was registered by the iPhone hacker named George Hotz, who also discovered Limera1n exploit used in Limera1n Jailbreak tool that works up to iOS 4.1 and beyond.

Besides the whois record of Rubyra1n.com, no other supporting material is found in the favour of this new rumor.

However some active iPhone users who have keen interest in “Jailbreak and Unlock” indicate that it might be the name of jailbreak for iPhone 5 and/or iOS 5.

So far we have found four domains which are registered to Geohot, namely Blackra1n.com, Limera1n.com, Rubyra1n.com and Limesn0w.com. Interestingly the whois records for both Blackra1na and Rubyra1n are similar while the whois records for both Limera1n and Limesn0w match each other.

Whois Record for Blackra1n:

Whois Record for Rubyra1n:

Whois Record for Limera1n:

Whois Record for Limesn0w:

We already know that Blackra1na and Limera1na are two jailbreak tools available for idevices. Limesnow was rumored to be unlock tool for iOS 4.1 back in October 2010 but it never came out.

Lets see what happens with Rubyra1n. Stay tuned to this site for more updates on this topic. We will share the latest information about Rubyra1n as we get it from any trusted source.

Related posts:
* Limesn0w to Unlock iOS 4.1 on latest Baseband is Coming!
* Greenpoison Download Available to Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod 3G/4G and iPad
* Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS, iPad and iPod Touch using Redsn0w 0.9.6b4A rumor is circulating around the internet town that Rubyra1n may be the name of next jailbreak tool for idevices on iOS 4.2.1. It started when a user discovered that the domain “Rubyra1n.com” was registered by the iPhone hacker named George Hotz, who also discovered Limera1n exploit used in Limera1n Jailbreak tool that works up to iOS 4.1 and beyond.

Besides the whois record of Rubyra1n.com, no other supporting material is found in the favour of this new rumor.

However some active iPhone users who have keen interest in “Jailbreak and Unlock” indicate that it might be the name of jailbreak for iPhone 5 and/or iOS 5.

So far we have found four domains which are registered to Geohot, namely Blackra1n.com, Limera1n.com, Rubyra1n.com and Limesn0w.com. Interestingly the whois records for both Blackra1na and Rubyra1n are similar while the whois records for both Limera1n and Limesn0w match each other.

Whois Record for Blackra1n:

Whois Record for Rubyra1n:

Whois Record for Limera1n:

Whois Record for Limesn0w:

We already know that Blackra1na and Limera1na are two jailbreak tools available for idevices. Limesnow was rumored to be unlock tool for iOS 4.1 back in October 2010 but it never came out.

Lets see what happens with Rubyra1n. Stay tuned to this site for more updates on this topic. We will share the latest information about Rubyra1n as we get it from any trusted source.

Related posts:
* Limesn0w to Unlock iOS 4.1 on latest Baseband is Coming!
* Greenpoison Download Available to Jailbreak iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod 3G/4G and iPad
* Jailbreak iOS 4.2.1 on iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS, iPad and iPod Touch using Redsn0w 0.9.6b4

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shoutpedia/~3/NlL2_yaiYnw/

Skype leaks news of Verizon iPhone

News has come out that Skype will launch a video chat for the iPhone that will compete with Apple’s FaceTime. Under the FAQ section the question, “How do I make video call with Skype for iPhone?” was posted with an obvious Verizon logo next to the Skype logo. Oops! 9to5mac.com saw this and immediately posted [...]

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iphonealley/sitewide/~3/m2l-kp-uZM4/skype-leaks-news-of-verizon-iphone

Jailbreak-Free SkyWire iPhone/iPad Serial Cable Released

Getting serial commands to and from iPhones iPads and other IOS devices is not very new. The problem is that most existing solutions require users to jailbreak the device. But a company called Redpark Product Development has just plans to serial cables compatible with the iPhone, “Made for iPhone” certification, and all manufacturing announced. “We completed

Original Link: http://techpinger.com/2010/12/jailbreak-free-skywire-iphoneipad-serial-cable-released/

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Media iPad Apps

I know that year-end “best of” lists are everywhere this week and the next, but since I’ve been downloading and trying out almost every media-related iPad app I can get my hands on since the tablet was first released, I thought the end of 2010 would be a good time to put down in writing some of the ones that have most impressed me, as well as some that I think still need work. As far as the criticisms go, I hope showcasing what some are doing well can help the weakest learn how to adapt and make better use of this new platform.

The Not So Good:

* The New York Times: Since it is a leader online, it would be nice if the Times was a leader in iPad apps as well, but it just isn’t. The app more or less looks like the newspaper’s website, although it is a little less cluttered looking. But there is very little that’s exciting about it. You get the news stories, and occasionally some video (although that is reserved mostly for the ads). It also crashes — a lot.
* Wired: The tech magazine was a leader in the sense that it was one of the first to release an iPad app, but it probably should have waited — or at least thought about it a bit more. The issues are huge (500 megabytes average) and take a long time to download, and there isn’t really a lot there other than the magazine, and the occasional creative use of video or some low-level interactivity. It’s nice to look at, but that’s it.
* The New Yorker: Like Wired and some other magazine apps, this one pretty much just gives you the magazine in a different format, much like the old CD-ROM days. The developers seem to have spent most of their time making sure that the ads look nice, since there are a lot of them. The rest of the content is hard to find and sometimes difficult to navigate. Interestingly, you can post to Twitter and Facebook from inside some ads, but not from inside the articles.

 

Better, But Still Need Work:

* Slate: This online magazine gets a bit of a break because it is a small publication (although it is owned by the Washington Post Co.), but its design and content are pretty ho-hum. Articles and photos appear in the grid-style view that has become commonplace online and on the iPad, and there is some good use of videos, but it’s mostly the standard headline and web-page style view. Ads are prominent.
* Life: This magazine’s app is a nice try, in that it is designed around imagery, which is something the iPad is particularly well-suited for, but it falls short of some better ones. The map of the world with pins for photo galleries is an interesting interface, but many of the galleries are old and frankly not that great. The editor’s picks are better, but some are still fairly lame, like the photo gallery of “Kids on the Phone With Santa.”

* Washington Post: The Post gets a lot of credit for trying to do something that hardly any other app does, which is to bring in outside content in its “live topics” section, including pulling in Twitter discussion and Facebook comments on the news. But the amount of screen real estate given to these features makes it difficult to use them effectively. And the whole thing seems cluttered, although it does have a “read later” function for offline reading, which is nice.

The Best of the Best:

* The Big Picture: This app is all about images, just like the Boston.com feature of the same name that it is based on — but the app is even better than the paper version because there are more photos than will usually fit into a single edition on the Boston.com website. Each one comes with a short description, but the real power is just the photos themselves. One of the best apps out there.

* Huffington Post: The new app from the web-based publication — which it calls “NewsGlide” — is really well done. It is very much like CNN’s app, in that it has a lot of visuals and not much text on the front page. It also makes good use of the grid-style view, which allows readers to swipe each individual strip of articles right to left. It looks a little jumbled sometimes, but overall is well designed. Sharing and commenting are also prominent, unlike many other apps.
* Gourmet Live: This app is mostly magazine content, much like Wired or Esquire or the New Yorker, but what makes it different is that it has added an element of interaction and game-playing that involves allowing the reader to “unlock” new articles, recipes etc. by reading (at which point a somewhat annoying little bell rings). It may not work for everyone, but at least the magazine is trying something different.

Interestingly enough, my favorite media-related apps of all aren’t even on this list, because they aren’t really apps from a specific media entity. The ones that I like to browse through the most when I am looking for things to read are the Twitter iPad app, since the people I follow share some of the most interesting links out there (and they appear inside the media pane of the Twitter app), and “aggregation”-style apps such as Flipboard and a newer Twitter-based app called Tweetmag, both of which are designed to pull in content and display it like an interactive magazine.

All of the apps and publishers on the lists here should probably be thinking about that (if they aren’t already) and figuring out how to deal with it.

Related GigaOM Pro content (sub req’d):

* Why Google Should Fear the Social Web
* Lessons From Twitter: How to Play Nice With Ecosystem Partners
* What We Can Learn From the Guardian’s Open Platform

Post and thumbnail photo courtesy of Flickr user Rego Korosi

-------------------------I know that year-end “best of” lists are everywhere this week and the next, but since I’ve been downloading and trying out almost every media-related iPad app I can get my hands on since the tablet was first released, I thought the end of 2010 would be a good time to put down in writing some of the ones that have most impressed me, as well as some that I think still need work. As far as the criticisms go, I hope showcasing what some are doing well can help the weakest learn how to adapt and make better use of this new platform.

The Not So Good:

* The New York Times: Since it is a leader online, it would be nice if the Times was a leader in iPad apps as well, but it just isn’t. The app more or less looks like the newspaper’s website, although it is a little less cluttered looking. But there is very little that’s exciting about it. You get the news stories, and occasionally some video (although that is reserved mostly for the ads). It also crashes — a lot.
* Wired: The tech magazine was a leader in the sense that it was one of the first to release an iPad app, but it probably should have waited — or at least thought about it a bit more. The issues are huge (500 megabytes average) and take a long time to download, and there isn’t really a lot there other than the magazine, and the occasional creative use of video or some low-level interactivity. It’s nice to look at, but that’s it.
* The New Yorker: Like Wired and some other magazine apps, this one pretty much just gives you the magazine in a different format, much like the old CD-ROM days. The developers seem to have spent most of their time making sure that the ads look nice, since there are a lot of them. The rest of the content is hard to find and sometimes difficult to navigate. Interestingly, you can post to Twitter and Facebook from inside some ads, but not from inside the articles.

 

Better, But Still Need Work:

* Slate: This online magazine gets a bit of a break because it is a small publication (although it is owned by the Washington Post Co.), but its design and content are pretty ho-hum. Articles and photos appear in the grid-style view that has become commonplace online and on the iPad, and there is some good use of videos, but it’s mostly the standard headline and web-page style view. Ads are prominent.
* Life: This magazine’s app is a nice try, in that it is designed around imagery, which is something the iPad is particularly well-suited for, but it falls short of some better ones. The map of the world with pins for photo galleries is an interesting interface, but many of the galleries are old and frankly not that great. The editor’s picks are better, but some are still fairly lame, like the photo gallery of “Kids on the Phone With Santa.”

* Washington Post: The Post gets a lot of credit for trying to do something that hardly any other app does, which is to bring in outside content in its “live topics” section, including pulling in Twitter discussion and Facebook comments on the news. But the amount of screen real estate given to these features makes it difficult to use them effectively. And the whole thing seems cluttered, although it does have a “read later” function for offline reading, which is nice.

The Best of the Best:

* The Big Picture: This app is all about images, just like the Boston.com feature of the same name that it is based on — but the app is even better than the paper version because there are more photos than will usually fit into a single edition on the Boston.com website. Each one comes with a short description, but the real power is just the photos themselves. One of the best apps out there.

* Huffington Post: The new app from the web-based publication — which it calls “NewsGlide” — is really well done. It is very much like CNN’s app, in that it has a lot of visuals and not much text on the front page. It also makes good use of the grid-style view, which allows readers to swipe each individual strip of articles right to left. It looks a little jumbled sometimes, but overall is well designed. Sharing and commenting are also prominent, unlike many other apps.
* Gourmet Live: This app is mostly magazine content, much like Wired or Esquire or the New Yorker, but what makes it different is that it has added an element of interaction and game-playing that involves allowing the reader to “unlock” new articles, recipes etc. by reading (at which point a somewhat annoying little bell rings). It may not work for everyone, but at least the magazine is trying something different.

Interestingly enough, my favorite media-related apps of all aren’t even on this list, because they aren’t really apps from a specific media entity. The ones that I like to browse through the most when I am looking for things to read are the Twitter iPad app, since the people I follow share some of the most interesting links out there (and they appear inside the media pane of the Twitter app), and “aggregation”-style apps such as Flipboard and a newer Twitter-based app called Tweetmag, both of which are designed to pull in content and display it like an interactive magazine.

All of the apps and publishers on the lists here should probably be thinking about that (if they aren’t already) and figuring out how to deal with it.

Related GigaOM Pro content (sub req’d):

* Why Google Should Fear the Social Web
* Lessons From Twitter: How to Play Nice With Ecosystem Partners
* What We Can Learn From the Guardian’s Open Platform

Post and thumbnail photo courtesy of Flickr user Rego Korosi

Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/OxBxRZ5dRJA/

Untethered Jailbreak 4.2.1 iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (Mac)

Inside you will find the guide to jailbreak the iOS 4.2.1 firmware. This is not an easy process and you will lose a lot of functionality from your device. Please watch the video and read everything. I DO NOT recommend doing this jailbreak, it is in beta and has lots of issues.

I found this guide on iclarified, all credit to this guide is to them.

These are instructions on how to untether your jailbreak of iOS 4.2.1 using the iPhone Dev-Team’s ‘backup plan’ method on Mac OS X.

Currently this very first beta1 is limited to iPhone4, iPad, and iPod touch 4G. Bluetooth functionality is disabled for the time being until some issues are resolved.

Requirements:
You will need to have access to the iOS 4.2b3 ipsw and your iOS 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved. You also already need to be jailbroken on iOS 4.2.1. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS AS IT IS A BETA!

Step One
Create a folder called Pwnage on your desktop and in it place:
- Xcode (also found on your Mac OS X Install DVD)
- MacPorts
- Usbmuxd
- RedSn0w 0.9.7b1
- iOS 4.2.1 (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch)
- iOS 4.2b3 *Only iPhone developers have legit access to this firmware

Step Two
Double click the Xcode dmg to mount it then double click the pkg to install the application.

Step Three
Double click the MacPorts dmg to mount it then double click the pkg to install the application.

Step Four
Open Terminal from Applications:Utilities then input the following. If asked for a password then enter your administrator password.

sudo port install libusb

Once libusb has installed then input the following command: sudo port install cmake

Once cmake has finished installing input the following command: sudo port install pkgconfig

Step Five
Double click the downloaded usbmuxd archive to extract it.

Return to the Terminal window and input the following commands to install usbmuxd: cd ~/Desktop/Pwnage/usbmuxd-1.0.6

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ..

make

sudo make install

Step Six
Disconnect and then reconnect your jailbroken iPhone to the computer via USB. Make sure OpenSSH is installed through Cydia then input the following into the Terminal window:

cd ~/Desktop/Pwnage/usbmuxd-1.0.6/python-client/

chmod +x tcprelay.py

./tcprelay.py -t 22:2222

*Make sure to leave this running as you continue the tutorial…

Step Seven
Double click the RedSn0w archive to extract it. Then launch RedSn0w from the extracted folder.

Click the Browse button

Select the iOS 4.2.1 ipsw from the Pwnage folder on your Desktop and click Open.

Click the Next button to continue.

RedSn0w will now prepare the jailbreak data.

You will now be presented with a list of checkboxes.

Select Jailbreak Monte (untether) from the list of checkboxes. You will be asked to select the iOS 4.2b3 ipsw from the Pwnage folder on your desktop then click Open. Click Next to continue.

Please plug your iPhone into the computer and make sure its OFF then click the Next button

RedSn0w will now guide you through the steps to get into DFU mode. You can find more help with DFU mode here

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.

RedSn0w will prepare Jailbreak Monte files, exploit with Limera1n, Upload RAM Disk and Kernel, and Send Jailbreak Monte files.

Notice that during this time usbmuxd will facilitate the connection to your device.

RedSn0w will inform you when it has completed successfully.Inside you will find the guide to jailbreak the iOS 4.2.1 firmware. This is not an easy process and you will lose a lot of functionality from your device. Please watch the video and read everything. I DO NOT recommend doing this jailbreak, it is in beta and has lots of issues.

I found this guide on iclarified, all credit to this guide is to them.

These are instructions on how to untether your jailbreak of iOS 4.2.1 using the iPhone Dev-Team’s ‘backup plan’ method on Mac OS X.

Currently this very first beta1 is limited to iPhone4, iPad, and iPod touch 4G. Bluetooth functionality is disabled for the time being until some issues are resolved.

Requirements:
You will need to have access to the iOS 4.2b3 ipsw and your iOS 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved. You also already need to be jailbroken on iOS 4.2.1. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS AS IT IS A BETA!

Step One
Create a folder called Pwnage on your desktop and in it place:
Xcode (also found on your Mac OS X Install DVD)
MacPorts
Usbmuxd
RedSn0w 0.9.7b1
- iOS 4.2.1 (iPhoneiPadiPod touch

Original Link: http://tysiphonehelp.com/untethered-jailbreak-4-2-1-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-mac/