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  • Ed
    No sooner than Apple makes the firmware restore for Apple TV's iOS 4.1 available, developers have already managed to jailbreak it.
     
    Using the in-development iOS 4.1 exploit, SHAtter, hackers have been able to unlock the new iOS before the new Apple TVs have even been delivered to their buyers.
     
    The iPhone Dev-Team have reported on their blog that, "Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys!"
  • Ed
    No sooner than Apple makes the firmware restore for Apple TV's iOS 4.1 available, developers have already managed to jailbreak it.
     
    Using the in-development iOS 4.1 exploit, SHAtter, hackers have been to unlock the new iOS before Apple TV's have even been delivered to their buyers.
     
    The iPhone Dev-Team have reported on their blog that, "Even though the new AppleTV isn’t yet in people’s homes, the firmware is available on Apple’s normal public distribution servers and SHAtter has been used to decrypt its keys!"
  • Ed

    Cydia acquires Rock Your Phone

    By Ed, in OSx86,

    The two largest jailbreak app stores have officially announced they are to merge, with Cydia confirming that they have acquired Rock Your Phone and are currently working on porting all Rock apps to its own Cydia app store.
     
    The move appears to have come as a result of the Rock founder's decision to move back into app development instead of competing with Jay Freeman's continued development of the jailbroken app store platform.
     
    Rock reports some interesting stats on its website, including a reported $3.3M in revenue during its 18 months of independent trading, and a team of nine staff.
     
    Freeman of Cydia states within his FAQ around the acquisition of Rock that improvements are coming to Cydia in order to match Rock's featureset, such as ratings and backups. Users familiar with Rock will miss its speed, but Freeman states that this speed was as a result of "a few incorrect/dangerous shortcuts" and indicates that an inevitable update would have reduced Rock's speed to that of Cydia.
     
    Either way, this sounds like it may be good news for the jailbreak community and the future of Cydia.
  • Ed

    Re-designed Apple TV announced

    By Ed, in OSx86,

    Apple today announced an all-new Apple TV to replace the previous hard drive-based models, with a cloud-centric approach to consuming video and music.
     
    No more sync'ing: the new Apple TV now streams all content from either a Mac or PC with an iTunes library, an iOS device such as an iPad or iPhone (running the yet-to-be-released iOS 4.2), or from the Internet via YouTube or (if in the US or Canada) Netflix.
     
    The Apple TV also has other neat touches such as the ability to be controlled from an iOS device via Apple's Remote app. The unit itself has shed some weight, clocking it just a quarter the size of the outgoing Apple TV model, and featuring a built-in power supply, and just the bare minimum output ports: HDMI, optical digital audio out, and 10/100BASE-T Ethernet. It does of course also feature 802.11n Wi-Fi for wireless streaming, and also the current aluminium Apple Remote, all for just $99.
  • blkhockeypro19
    The new iPod Nano, announced earlier today, features a multi-touch, iOS4 styled interface. Access music, radio, and, pictures.
    For those who who like the click wheel or the video camera and video playback, you'll have to look elsewhere.
    Check out more information about it here: http://gizmodo.com/5627044/the-new-multitouch-ipod-nano
  • blkhockeypro19
    The new iPod Nano, announced earlier today, features a multi-touch, iOS4 styled interface. Access music, radio, and, pictures.
    For those who who like the click wheel or the video camera and video playback, you'll have to look elsewhere.
    Check out more information about it here: http://gizmodo.com/5627044/the-new-multitouch-ipod-nano
  • blkhockeypro19
    The new iPod Nano, announced earlier today, features a multi-touch, iOS4 styled interface. Access music, radio, and, pictures.
    For those who who like the click wheel or the video camera and video playback, you'll have to look elsewhere.
    Check out more information about it here: http://gizmodo.com/5627044/the-new-multitouch-ipod-nano
  • Ed

    Apple iTV rumors heat up

    By Ed, in OSx86,

    Apple's rumored successor to its Apple TV, the Apple iTV, has been causing a stir thanks to the recent comments from Digg founder, Kevin Rose, on his blog seemingly speculating about the yet-to-be-released Apple product's features.
     
    Rose predicts that the new device from Apple will be priced at just $99 and will run iOS (as on the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch). Through iOS users will be able  to browse the App store and load games, TV apps, video sharing/streaming/recording apps, etc. This seems like a logical evolution of the Apple TV, and brings it inline with the established iOS platform.
     
    Controversially, it's expected that content producers will be able to use iAds to directly monetize their content, potentially cutting out cable and satellite companies as the content will be distributed over an Internet connection.
     
    Also predicted is the use of the iPad as a remote control, which is not far from the reality of today with existing Apps able to turn the iPad into a home cinema remote. Again, this would seem to be a logical decision for Apple to make, and we'd hope it'd extend remote functionality to the iPhone/iPod Touch too.
     
    The anticipated launch for the iTV is this September, which is also when new iPod Touch models are expected to be announced.
  • TH3L4UGH1NGM4N
    Jailbroken iOS users should be on the look out for a potential patent that could have the authority to perform a kill on an application. This "Kill Switch" is assumed to be directed at unauthorized users of iOS devices who gain unauthorized access to their device. The above diagram depicts how this process would take place where suspected activities are identified as unauthorized on the users behalf where it is then remotely terminated. This is not remotely done from your handy T.V. remote but rather from an Apple branded server should this patent go through.

    It is also mentioned that there could be possible carrier involvement where the carrier on which you reside on can cripple its network on your behalf for having running on an unauthorized firmware. Device lock down seems to be the new priority for those turtlenecks over at Cupertino but all is not lost just yet.

    Insanelymac first impression?

    Just give me back my damn rights to "owning" a device. I say "owning" because Apple apparently wants to play Big Brother on our devices regardless of what laws may assert. In America I believe this would conflict with the 1st Amendment. I'm just saying...
    Source: AppleInsider

    Let us know what your take is.
  • TH3L4UGH1NGM4N
    John Gruber is known for his before hand predictions of new Apple releases like how he projected the useful camera that we found on the latest gen iPod nano.  This time however Gruber made quite the verbose post about the long since whispers about a CDMA chip finding it’s way into an iPhone near you.  He says that this rendition of the iPhone has found its way into the engineering verification test (EVT) stage



    Gruber claims that this is the phase prior to the design verification test (DVT). If Gruber’s allegation is true in conjunction with the rumored CDMA chip order request from purported rumors, the turtleneks in One Infinite loop might have something quite “magical” in the ranks of the consumers once more.



    This is exciting news for all Mac fans. Whether you have an I phone 4 or an earlier model, the innovative people at Apple are bound to create a new and improved version to impress you with before too long. They rarely disappoint. Gruber is often a great source for the latest news in Apple's product development.



    InsanelyMac first impression?



    Well I for one think that if our “Turtleneck” savior were to create a new radio in iPhone within a 365 day interval then, they should secretly throw in a “magical” LTE chip in there and create a hybrid 3G/4G similar to that of the EVO 4G from HTC.  If LTE does begin to pick up momentous speed then this could could just leave us marooned by these speculations. But a prominent Gruber speculation and a mass CDMA chip order possibly for the Cupertinians (I think i’ve created a dictionary worth of names for Apple by now) only makes your imagination burn a little bit now doesn’t it? Well keep it burning the new year always yields supernatural things from Infinite Loop.



    Source: Engadget
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