by Simon Ng on January 12, 2010
With the release of blackra1n by GeoHot, it seems like we do not expect any new update of jailbreak tools until the debut of iPhone OS 4.0. However, that is not really true.
Some iPhone developers are still working on it. Do you still remember Sn0wbreeze that we have covered several months ago? The team, [...]
by Simon Ng on January 4, 2010
Dropbox is an application that allows you to save photos, documents, movies, etc to the cloud and access those files from your iPhone. It is similar to the MobileMe functionality that Apple offers. However, Dropbox is free and actually offers a great file sharing functionality for the PC/Mac – iPhone user.
If you are a MobileMe [...]
by Simon Ng on November 27, 2009
Today, what so called the “Black Friday” in U.S., is a special day for Apple’s online store. Apple is holding a special one-day-only shopping event. You’ll find lots of discounted products including iMac, Macbook Pro, iPhone accessories, iPod, Apple TV, Time Capsule, etc on its online Store.
For Australia and New Zealand customers, you are the [...]
by Simon Ng on October 10, 2009
Few days ago, you’ve watched the proof-of-concept video about Expose on iPhone. Steven Toughton-Smith, an iPhone developer, has brought another Mac feature to iPhone – The Dashboard.
For those not coming from Mac world, Dashboard is an application in Mac OS X that hosts mini-applications called Widgets. Normally, the dashboard is invisible and invoked by [...]
by Simon Ng on October 7, 2009
Swedish design firm, Ocean Observation, has created an interesting mock-up that brings Mac’s Expose feature to iPhone.
As you’ll see in the video, tapping the home button brings up the thumbnails of springboard pages that give you an overview of the iPhone apps in each page. You can then tap on the desired page and [...]
by Simon Ng on September 4, 2009
On Wednesday, five masked men smashed through a window of an Apple store in New Jersey and took away 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones, and 9 iPods in half a minute.
As reported by CourierPostOnline, the incident occurred on Sep 3 at around 2am, at the Sagemore New Jersey Apple Store. Even though the security guard [...]
by Simon Ng on June 16, 2009
The lab department of DreamField has hacked the iPhone OS and makes it run on a Mac Pro and 24-inch multi-touch monitor.
As you’ll see from the video, the monitor is tweaked to support multi-touch and both portrait & landscape orientation. You can simply use your finger to flick through the contact list or photos [...]
by Simon Ng on May 29, 2009
Apple has announced the “Back To School” promotion. Like last year, if you’re college student or teacher or staff member at any grade level, you’re entitled to get a free 8G iPod Touch (or other iPod under US$229) with purchase of any Macbook, Macbook Pro, iMac or Mac Pro. And, on top of that, you [...]
by Simon Ng on May 5, 2009
Probably you have heard about the rumors that Apple will soon debut a Mac Tablet.
I’m not sure if it’s going to come true. But Mac Format has recently published a mockup of the Tablet. I can say it’s by far the best looking prototype and it just looks like an enlarged version of iPhone.