iOS

Tonight Apple released a revised version of iOS 5.1.1 for only the iPhone 4. The original build of iOS 5.1.1 is labeled 9B206, while the new build is labeled 9B208. As indicated by the build number, the iOS release is two builds newer and most likely has a small fix. At this time the revised...

Today IDC (International Data Corporation) published a report revealing that iOS and Android dominate the smartphone market. According to data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, iOS and Android hold shares of 59 percent and 23 percent respectively of the over 152 million smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012. This represents...

Today Business Insider published a story about a report from Morgan Stanley's Adam Parker on "The Elephant In The Room". The elephant in this case is Apple and the report is about Apple's stock and some of its historical movements and milestones. The report further sheds light on how investors should deal with Apple stock....

Google's annual Mobile Planet smartphone research report has now included Canada for the first time. The research was commissioned by Ipsos MediaCT along with the Mobile Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The interactive report provides data for 40 countries (Canada was among the 26 new countries now part of the report) with a...

We've got another update on pod2g's upcoming jailbreak. Earlier this morning pod2g posted on Twitter that he has confirmed his jailbreak to be working on the iPhone 4S, on iOS 5.1.1. We can expect more and more updates, as they test all devices that run iOS 5.1.1. Earlier, we told you about pod2g's blog update...

A quick update for you jailbreakers out there. Pod2g just posted on Twitter that he has his iPad3,1 (The New iPad) jailbroken, untethered, on iOS 5.1. Victory! The famous iOS hacker is still working on the jailbreak, saying he has to stabalize the payload. He will also be testing his jailbreak on iOS 5.1.1. It...

In a recent Tweet, Musclenerd, of The iPhone Dev Team, announced that an upcoming version of Redsn0w will allow iOS users to downgrade their firmware, with saved SHSH blobs. This includes iPad 2, The New iPad, and iPhone 4S. This is pretty big news for jailbreakers. Previously, there was no way to downgrade to an...

  TwitPic has released their very own app, in the App Store. It is a simple, free app, for taking photos and video and posting them to the popular micro blogging website Twitter. The first thing you do, after installing the app, is log in to your twitter account. If you are on iOS 5 or...

For May's Time Waster of the month I'm going back in time - back to December of 2008. That's when Mobigame released Edge, a 3D puzzle game for your iOS devices. There's nothing super fancy about this game. You take control of a cube and try to navigate it around various worlds. The object is...

In a recent poll, pod2g asked the public whether he should save his latest jailbreak for iOS 6, or burn the 5 exploits he has right now on an iOS 5.1 jailbreak. Overwhelmingly, the vote seems to be, burn 'em all and release now! Pod2g has not commented on the results of the poll, but...

It looks like the new software unlock for the iPhone, SAM, has been blocked by Apple's server. The folks over a iDB are reporting that they have been trying the unlock today, and it is just not working anymore. The SAM unlock was only available for jailbroken iPhones, but there are millions of iPhone users...

When a big name video game title is ported over to iOS, it is rarely amazing, and often disappointing. Yesterday, Marvel vs Capcom 2 was released for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad in the App Store, for $2.99. A full-featured port of one of the best fighting games of all-time Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has previously...