Author Archives: PatrickJ
Recommended: Video Demo of iOS Multitasking in Detail
We’ve known since the get-go that the Multitasking Bar on iOS devices is misnamed. It would be more accurately described as a Rapid App Switching Bar or Apple’s First Stab at App Switching Bar – as there is currently only very limited and closely controlled multitasking on iOS. So the …
Sweet Mac Apps Bundle – Parallels Desktop & 9 More Best Sellers for $49
Nova Development are offering a sweet Mac SuperBundle 2012 deal with 10 popular Mac apps going for just $49. That’s nearly 90% off for the bundle – which is available now and for the next ten days. The ten apps are valued at $470 if purchased individually, and include iStat …
My Absinthe Was Very Smooth on the iPhone 4S – How ‘Bout Yours?
It’s been a little while for me on the jailbreak front, but I have to say the Absinthe jailbreak on my iPhone 4S has been one of the smoothest I can remember. I did not do a restore or anything special prior to applying Absinthe (I had a relatively recent …
Siri Doesn’t Understand ‘Is Cydia Installed?’- But It Is
And that post title is my way of saying that my iPhone 4S has joined the ranks of jailbroken iOS devices. I was a little under the weather on Friday when the lovely new Absinthe untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 was released, but I got a chance …
Shiny New Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Out Now
Today should be a very happy day for iOS jailbreakers, thanks to those clever guys at Chronic Dev Team. They have released a new (and the first) untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. As a little icing on the jailbreak cake the new jailbreak has a …
Whited00r Brings New iOS Features to Legacy 2nd & 3rd Gen iOS Devices
How cool would it be to be able to enjoy some of the latest, greatest iOS features on older 2nd and 3rd gen iOS devices? Whited00r is a new custom (jailbreak) firmware that offers to help you do just that, to bring some of the latest iOS features to older …
Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S Coming Soon, Demoed on Video
Looks like an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S will be released very soon. Today an iOS hacker called pod2g released the YouTube video above – which offers a demo of this upcoming iPhone 4S jailbreak. It shows the iPhone 4S being rebooted and coming back up with Cydia still …
Recommended: Gruber Sums Up Android, Apple, Microsoft Negotiations with the Carriers
One of the things I most enjoy about John Gruber’s writing is his ability to be succinct and right on point. Today’s example is a classic, in a short post on the pressure carriers put on Android OEMs to put skins on their Android devices: Negotiations with the carriers: Android …
Five Years Ago Today …
Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone at Macworld – on January 9, 2007. I was very, very ill at the time, but I can still vividly remember how excited I was leading up to this event, and even more so once the iPhone was unveiled. Here are some of my recollections …
Cool Things: Hidden Radio & Bluetooth Speaker
I’ve seen a lot of good Kickstarter projects over recent months, but the Hidden Radio & Bluetooth Speaker may be the very best I’ve seen yet. This is a simple, elegant, and versatile wireless speaker that should be a hit with a lot of iDevice owners (and even those poor …
Cool Things: Happy Hogs Taunt Angry Birds
Ha! Now that’s an eye-catching ad for an iOS app. I have no idea whether Happy Hogs will be a good, bad, or mediocre game – but I like their style on this ad a lot. Piggybacking (oops, pun not initially intended) on the monster success of Angry Birds and …
