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...or not. I'm calling this a brilliant fake, similar to the giant iPhone table from a while back. "The way it works is pretty simple: plug in my transmitter into the headphone minijack of an iphone 4 and play back any video clip. you can play it through the ipod feature or through the camera...

Earlier this year, Apple was rumored to include NFC (Near Field Communication) hardware in the next generation iPad and iPhone, the iPad 2 and iPhone 5. Such technology would enable users to use their iPhone to make purchases at retail stores. With the launch of the iPad 2, NFC was not included in the new...

After numerous delays and production problems with the white iPhone 4, a spring 2011 date was finally locked down earlier this year. However even then, some users had their doubts that Apple could deliver on the mystical device. One of the main reasons people doubt the release of the white iPhone 4 this spring 2011...

We've received numerous reports this weekend that after updating their iDevices to iOS 4.3, some users have experienced scroll bar glitches in mobile Safari. In specific, when users are flicking through websites in Safari, the scroll bar is temporarily visible near the center of the display, instead of at the bottom or side where it...

Reports this morning point to some iPhone users experiencing problems with Daylight Saving Time. So far, the problems have been USA-based, where users report that the time is not changing properly. Daylight saving time hits tonight/tomorrow morning, which means we all lose an hour of sleep —unless you have a Verizon iPhone, in which case...

In response to Bell and Telus, Rogers is now the next wireless carrier to extended their activation fee waiver promotion and are waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. Eligibility & Restrictions The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans:...

Yesterday we saw the video of an untethered iOS 4.3 jailbreak by German security expert, Stefan Esser (@i0n1c). The exploit he used is a "buffer overflow in the kernel heap" (someone translate this for me), and has not been discovered yet by Apple. @i0n1c Says an Early iOS 4.3 Jailbreak Release Will Burn Exploit With...

The iPhone was hacked last year at the 2010 CanSecWest conference held in Vancouver. This is where the Pwn2Own contest takes place, and at this year's conference, the iPhone 4 was exploited easily once again. Charlie Miller teamed up with his colleague Dion Blazakis on the winning exploit. Miller has won the event three years...

Some new images have surfaced that are apparently mold engineering drawings for the upcoming iPhone 5. According to MacRumors, these images leaked by iDealsChina would be used by case designers to create cases that require exact specifications. We just got what appears to be mold engineering drawings for iPhone 5. These would be used by...

With iOS 4.3, Apple improved Mobile Safari via the implementation of the Nitro JavaScript engine, which is supposed to more than double the performance of JavaScript. Just how much are these improvements compared to Mobile Safari on iOS 4.2.1? German blog macnews.de posted results of tests using Geekbench 2, Guage Mathematical Tool, Google's V8 benchmark...

Have you ever had little ones play with your iPhone, only to cause an in-app purchase? Well, Apple today has changed the way in-app purchases are made, to prevent incidents like $1400 in charges via Smurfs' Village (shame on them for having $99 in-app purchases for "snowflakes" and "Smurfberries"). According to the Washington Post, iOS...

If you've been patiently waiting for the iPhone 4 unlock for Basebands other than 01.59.00, the Dev Team has some bad news. According to a recent tweet from Dev Team member MuscleNerd, it is taking longer than expected to get the unlock: Sorry, there's no news on the i4 unlock for those who lost 01.59...