Stories by Usman Qureshi

No iPhone 5 For T-Mobile In 2011, Says Company’s Chief Marketing Officer

A leaked confidential document obtained by Tmo News via T-Mobile’s OneVoice intranet reveals a claim by Cole Broadman, T-Mobile’s Chief Marketing Officer, that their carrier won't be getting an iPhone 5 in 2011 after all. The legitimacy of this document is however unknown, according to BGR. Though there are still speculations that the carrier might get an iPhone 4S variant...

iMessage Will Soon Go Multi-platform As Suggested By New Apple Trademarks

Just last week, we published a report suggesting iMessage integration into Mac OS X Lion’s iChat is already in the works as indicated by some unusual strings discovered in Lion’s iChat framework. Now, another report regarding iMessage support across all Apple operating systems comes from 9to5Mac (via Fusible) which uncovers a "set of three trademarks (1, 2 and 3)" all related to iMessage that have...

Redsn0w 0.9.9b1 Released, Allows Jailbreak Without Manual IPSW Selection

Couple of days back, @MuscleNerd of Dev-Team made an announcement on twitter regarding an upcoming major Redsn0w jailbreak tool overhaul. Today, that update has been released which brings tons of new features. Redsn0w 0.9.9b1 supports all current iOS devices except the iPad 2 and can jailbreak iOS 5, iOS 4.3.5 as well as iOS 4.3.3 among...

Samsung Ready To Attack iPhone 5 At Launch With Patent Lawsuits

iPhone 5 is due to be launched in less than a month according to majority of rumors and it appears that Samsung is already prepping up to attack it with a handful of patent lawsuits. The only thing stopping them from pulling the trigger right now is the lack of official details regarding the upcoming iPhone...

Wanna Join A Leading Team Of iOS Jailbreakers? Chronic-Dev LLC Is Now Hiring

Just minutes ago, @posixninja of the Chronic-Dev Team has tweeted that people interested in working for them can submit their CVs to admin@chronic-dev.com. To refresh your memory, Chronic-Dev Team is a group of iOS hackers/enthusiasts from all over the world. The team was established in 2009 and over time they have produced many jailbreak tools including the...

After Hiring Comex, Is Apple Looking To Appoint MuscleNerd Next?

We all know master iOS jailbreaker Nicholas Allegra a.k.a @Comex was hired by Apple as an intern a few weeks ago. But looking at a picture (shown below) tweeted by Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd, it seems as if Apple is trying to grab another iPhone hacking genius ahead of the iOS 5 / iPhone 5 launch. He tweeted this photo during his recent trip...

Now Park Your Car Using An iPhone With ‘Park4U’ App [VIDEO]

Auto-part supplier Valeo has demoed their assisted vehile-parking system called Park4U at the International Motor Show in Germany, driving the vehicle with an iPhone application. The company plans to release the Park4U app in the app store pretty soon which will allow you to park your car (with Park4U system installed( even without you sitting inside it, using an...

Cydia For Mac Will Be Released As Soon As I Get It Working, Says Saurik

The creator of Cydia Jay Freeman a.k.a. @Saurik, explained during his speech at the world’s first jailbreak convention MyGreatFest in London why Cydia for Mac OS X Lion has not yet been released even though he had announced creating a new version of MobileSubstrate called “CydiaSubstrate” compatible with both iOS as well as Mac OS. According to FSM, Freeman said that: People can...

MuscleNerd Announces A Major Redsn0w Jailbreak Update, Here Are The Details

Dev-Team member @MuscleNerd tweeted earlier today announcing a huge update to their Redsn0w jailbreak tool for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The main highlight of this upcoming Redsn0w version is the ability to jailbreak iOS devices without even having to manually point at their corresponding .IPSW files which is quite a hassle especially for untethered jailbreaks...