It is always very exciting when there is new firmware available for the iPhone, especially when the release brings many new features and enhancements. The current iPhone firmware is 3.1.3, having just recently been updated, and users are now feverishly waiting for a 4.0 release.

As many may be aware, the Apple iPad, scheduled to be released near the end of April 2010, also runs iPhone OS, however the … Read More

With the recently updated iPhone SDK beta 4, developers have been feverishly digging deep through the updated software to find any type of hidden files regarding new features. Well, their effort has been well rewarded!

Looking at the image below, developers have found new references to multitasking throughout the SDK, such as the mention of a “multitasking dialog box”. As many know, while the iPhone can multitask (the iPod app can run in the background … Read More

Yesterday Apple released beta 4 of the iPhone 3.2 SDK. Initially nothing seemed very different from the previous beta, until today when users located new gesture references.

Deep within the gestures folder of the new SDK, two new types of gesture commands have been found. The gestures are not currently present in the iPhone 3.1 SDK and are labeled 3Tap.plist and LongPress.plist.

In short, 3Tap.plist means a new 3 tap gesture and … Read More

Are you an iPhone app developer? If you are, then this is one contest you’re going to want to enter. Canpages is Canada’s fastest growing local search firm and they just launched their API contest for iPhone, Blackberry, and Android.

The Canpages API has access to over one million business listings across Canada. Developers will have a chance to win the following:

1. $5000 Grand Prize
2. 3 x $1000 Runner Up Prizes

Considering … Read More

According to Redmond Pie, iPhone OS 4.0 may be demoed on March 14, 2010. This would mark a major update to the iPhone/iPod Touch platform.

There is no real evidence that the date is true, especially considering that March 14 is a Sunday. However anything could happen!

iPhone 4.0 is highly anticipated to bring the ability to run multiple third party apps at the same time. Some of the rumored features that … Read More

iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G owners that are or have interest in Jailbreaking their device, listen up!

Today, Apple stopped signing iPhone firmware 3.1.2. What this means is that those owners of an iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch 3G who had updated to firmware 3.1.3 and who did not use Cydia to store their TSS will not be able to restore to anything but firmware 3.1.3.

With the recent firmware 3.1.3 … Read More

Every time Apple releases an update to their iPhone SDK, code hunters go straight to work. With some thorough digging, it’s possible to “predict” what could be coming next from Apple.

According to some tipsters over at Engadget, a recent discovery had resulted in the codename of the next iPhone. A set of folders were found deep within the SDK for specific models, such as the iPhone 3GS and … Read More

Earlier today Apple released iPhone firmware 3.1.3 and as usual, jailbreakers beware. At the same time, the iPhone Dev Team issued warnings to avoid the update if you want to have the ability to jailbreak and/or unlock your iPhone/iPod Touch.

A few hours later, the iPhone Dev Team announced some fantastic news. The iPhone 2G, 3G, and iPod Touch 1G can be jailbroken on firmware 3.1.3 using redsn0w 0.9!

Check … Read More

Apple has released firmware update 3.1.3 (7E18) for iPhone/iPod Touch.

This is a minor update to firmware 3.1.2, released on October 8 2009, and supports all iPod Touch versions (first, second, third generation) and all iPhone versions (2G, 3G, 3GS).

Firmware 3.1.3 addresses various bugs and issues with applications and also improves the accuracy of the reported battery level on the iPhone 3GS (battery icon/percentage indicator). Firmware 3.1.3 has also … Read More

It looks like the good ‘ol iPhone Dev Team is back at work. They have just released the final build of redsn0w 0.9 and it’s ready for download. We covered the previous release of redsn0w 0.9 beta 3 by MuscleNerd. With some feedback from the community they have now released the final build of redsn0w 0.9.

Here is some info about redsn0w 0.9 final from the … Read More