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Entries from January 2008

iPhone 1.1.3 Jailbreak

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

In a surely controversial move, Nate True has released a splinter iPhone hack-dev group’s iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak to enable unauthorized third-party applications. He has since been banished from the group by releasing what the main group deemed premature for release. It is not clear if this is due to technical, copyright or imminent official SDK [...]

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Tags: Technical

iPhone 1.1.3 Ready for Official SDK Applications

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Original iPhone hackster extraordinaire Nate True has used some undisclosed means to peek into firmware 1.1.3 and discovered essential file system structural changes that will allow Official SDK based third-party applications to run and install easily. Notably…

SpringBoard appears to display whatever is in the /Applications directory. Earlier firmwares used a .plist XML configuration file. Then, [...]

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Tags: Technical

Macworld 2008

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Macworld 2008: Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary
Despite furious speculation, Jobs releases incremental product improvements, rather than fundamental game-changing gear

Apple announced four new products today in San Francisco:

Time Capsule, wireless base station and network storage device
iPhone and iPod Touch firmware updates
Apple TV 2.0 and iTunes Video Rentals
MacBook Air ultra-thin notebook
One more thing… There is NO “one more thing!”

Interestingly, [...]

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Tags: Gadget Review