iPhone/iPod/iPad News

The new iPhone dev team "evad3rs" who consist of @pimskeks, @planetbeing, @pod2g and @MuscleNerd have coded a release date/time of February 4, 2013 12:00 noon EST into their website, http://evasi0n.com. Although most people speculated of a Sunday release (including us), it was all coded on the page the whole time! It only took a few prying eyes to discover it and figure it out. ...

Today Apple announced the long anticipated iPhone 5! It will start taking pre-orders on September 14th and will begin shipping and offering in-store purchases on September 21st. The biggest noticeable feature is that the screen is now a larger 4" diagonal display compared with the 3.5" screen of all other iPhones. ...

With the iPhone 5 announcement just days away, Aatma Studio has found a way (conceptually) to integrate the ...

It looks like someone from a factory in China was able to smuggle out a completely finished iPhone 5. Watch the video above and you'll see a comparison to the iPhone 4S as well as see the phone boot up. At this stage of the game, it's probably pretty safe to say that we've seen the new iPhone and probably won't have many surprises come September 12th. ...

The Chronic Dev Team has released a new tool called CDevReporter. It is designed to help find vulnerabilities in the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad in order to create an untethered jailbreak of the iOS5 firmware. The tool works by sending crash reports to a Chronic Dev Team server where they are analyzed by the team to pinpoint usable vulnerabilities. This is similar to how Apple uses the reports to find exploits to close. ...

Popular iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd announced, via his twitter, that a "very promising" unlock is in the works for the iPhone 4S. It looks like the Dev Team used the extra time off over the Thanksgiving weekend to continue working on the jailbreak and unlock fronts. This should make many iPhone 4S users happy but at the same time it will leave iPhone 4 users very unhappy since there hasn't been a new unlock for that device in over a year and since the baseband 01.59. ...

Siri has been ported to the iPod Touch 4G by @chpwn and @stroughtonsmith. Chpwn announced it today on his Twitter account and posted the attached YouTube video showing Siri in action. He also states that there will not be a public release anytime soon, so please don't ask. ...

MuscleNerd, of the iPhone Dev Team, has announced a preliminary jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. According to MuscleNerd, it is a userland exploit that occurs after iBoot. Although the jailbreak has been successfully performed, he warns that it's too early to give an ETA for when it'll be ready for the public. ...

Apple has opened it's iCloud service to the public with the release of iOS 5. You can sign up for the service with your Apple ID or you can migrate a MobileMe account to iCloud. At icloud.com you'll be able to access your @me.com mail, contacts, calendar, Find My iPhone and iWork. ...

The iPhone Dev Team has released a Mac-only tethered version of redsn0w. They are in testing for the Windows version in order to give it PwnageTool-like capabilites like custom ipsw's. After upgrading to iOS 5 and jailbreaking with redsn0w, if you need to power down your device, you'll need to be near a computer to reboot it with redsn0w. ...

After many betas and a GM, Apple has officially released the new iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The latest iOS 5 boasts over 200 new features over iOS 4. Now, it will be possible to activate the device right out of the box without connecting it to the computer. It will also be possible to get updates in the same manner, over the air. ...

As iPhone 4S's begin to arrive in various geographical locations, here is one of the first reviews by someone who has received theirs already. I pre-ordered last Friday and according to the UPS tracking, my iPhone 4S arrived in Kentucky this morning. Maybe I'll get it before Friday. We'll see. ...

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Today Apple stunned all the tech blogs, forums and all iPhone enthusiasts alike. Apple announced the new iPhone 4S! The design of the latest iPhone is the same design as the iPhone 4 but with new and improved internals. ...

After all the guessing and speculation, it's finally official. Apple is holding their iPhone 5 event at the Apple HQ on October 4th, 2011. With a clever invitation that said "Let's talk iPhone" Apple announced the event. ...

According to CultofMac, iPatch will release an iPhone 4 mod that causes the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone to light up when the screen lights up. Reportedly they will release details of the mod on their Twitter account @iPatch_iPods. ...

Apple released iOS 5 beta 7 to Developers. The latest beta has numerous bug fixes and improvements. As with the other most recent beta releases, it can be downloaded and installed over the air or the traditional way using iTunes. ...

Apple has released the previously announced iTunes Match in beta form today. The service is now available to registered Apple Developers. The iTunes Match service stores your music library in iCloud and allows you to enjoy your music anywhere with your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or your computer. ...

The hacker behind JailbreakMe.com, Comex, is going to work for Apple. Yesterday on Twitter he announce his intentions. Comex says that although hacking the iPhone has been fun, he was actually starting to get bored with it. MuscleNerd, also of iPhone hacking fame, was one of the first to congratulate him. ...