January 2011 | Seav Eng2 iCenter

Cydia Theme Center for iPhone Coming Soon

Saurik has released a revamped Theme Center for Cydia in coordination with MacCiti and implemented using the new Cydia 'whole package index'.
As I am not in charge of updating this area of Cydia (MacCiti/ModMyi are), users can actually expect to see new content on a biweekly (every two weeks, not twice a week) schedule. ;P
Right now, you will find a selection of themes from the top selling vendors in Cydia, as well as themes selected by the employees of MacCiti and ModMyi.
Currently, all nominations for additional Feature Themes, regardless of the repository they are hosted in, must be sent to either MacCiti or ModMyi.
However, Cydia 1.1, whose release is imminent, provides the additional platform hooks required to allow nominations directly from users to us.
We'll let you know when the new version is available.Before that, guys can have PandaHome for iPhone to have colorful themes for free!

Forget the White iPhone 4, How About a Clear One?

Check out the image above and the images below. One very crafty iPhone fan meticulously ripped his or her iPhone apart, and built a very custom transparent case to house it all. Very cool.

While I don’t advise anyone to attempt anything like this on their own (I’d destroy the device, for sure!), you have to give a *tip of the cap* and maybe even a *firm handshake* to the creator here. That’s some fine work. Very cool, indeed.

iPhone 5 Set to Launch on the Next Summer

Want to get iPhone 5? According to DigiTimes, the Chinese Economic Daily News is reporting that iPhone 5 will be launched by the next summer 2011. Moreover, the reports notes that Apple has added Foxconn Electronics, Foxlink, Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) and Epistar as compnent suppliers

Foxconn will become the iPhone 5's new earphone supplier. Japan's Foster was the previous supplier, but a strengthening yen has spurred Apple to look for more cost-effective sources, the report said, noting that related orders are estimated at NT$5 billion (US$171.7 million). Foxlink will produce earphone jack sockets for the iPhone 5.

So far, it's not accurate ETA (estimate to arrival) for the new generation of iPhone, anyway I will update you once more information comes-in.

Could Ra1nb0wra1n be the iOS 4.3 Jailbreak?

Could Ra1nb0wra1n be the iOS 4.3 jailbreak? We are going to be following the story as it develops.
UPDATE: Appears to be fake and redirecting to a Chinese site. So what will the iOS 4.3 jailbreak be? Jadera1n? Chocolatera1n?

Facetime, Camera and Photoboth Icons Emerges in iOS 4.3 Beta 2 for iPad !

Earlier today, Apple has dropped iOS 4.3 beta 2 for developers. The new beta shows more and more evidence that the iPad 2 will get 2 cameras including the FaceTime one.

As you notice in the screenshot below found in this beta shows a preview of your wallpaper sections in iOS 4.2. The image includes FaceTime, Camera and Photo Booth apps.

And as MacRumors notes, Apple is expected to launch the iPad 2 in the first quarter of 2011. Stay tuned for more evidences and updates !

Apple Testing Multitouch Gestures for iPhone 4?

According to BGR source inside Apple, apparently Apple is internally testing iOS 4.3 multitouch gestures on iPhone 4 as well as iPad. The below screenshots, it looks like 4 or 5 fingers gestures are the same as the iPad in the first beta of iOS 4.3.

This is not shocking as Apple's will remove home button from next generation devices (iPhone 5 and iPad 2). Engadget thinks that the iPhone 4 could have a bigger screen or it could just be placeholder text from iPad and less fingers will be required if it goes primetime.

As most of you know, Apple won't make this multitouch gestures available in the public release of iOS 4.3. So, why are those gestures? Well well well, may be iOS 5?

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 Supports Native 3D Maps!

A new enhancement has been appeared on the newly released iOS 4.3 beta 2, one of iPhoneItalia readers has noticed that the new firmware supports 3D maps on its native maps application.

As you see in the above screenshots which show the new awesome 3D feature on the new version of Maps application. Good job Apple.

Mac OS X 10.6.7 Now Available Developers

Apple has just seeded the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.7 to developers. Build number is 10J842.

We still haven't heard a word about any changes yet but surely will update as soon as we know something. Mac OS X 10.6.6 was released just two weeks ago along with the Mac App Store.

iPad 2 To launch On 9 February?

This one could be real. As most of you know, the original iPad had a 27 on the calendar app because it was launched on January 27th. Now the new one has 9 on the calendar app so Apple may announce the iPad 2 on Wednesday, February 9th?

Notice that screenshot in Apple's store showing icon at 27 (left one) and notice the right image found in pre-installed iOS 4.3.

Missed it: iPhone 4 Unlock to for 2.10.04 / 3.10.01 After iOS 4.2.5 / 4.3 Official Release [Confirmed]

Unlock iPhone 4 news, after some drama between hackers, MuscleNerd has just confirmed on his twitter that the dev-team will hold iPhone 4 (higher basebands) unlock until iOS 4.2.5 or iOS 4.3 official release which last.

Official iPhone unlock statement: no unlock will be released until after 4.2.5 or official 4.3 (whichever is last) is out

I know well that this news may be frustrating for most of you who are waiting eagrly for the unlock, but to be fair enough, it makes sense that they hold it as the release of iOS 4.3 for public looks imminent. Stay tuned !

White iPhone 4 in Best Buy And Available from 27 Febraruy?

It was just yesterday when white iPhone 4 showed up in the inventory system of Vodafone Germany. Today MacRumors has received information today from a source sharing them a screenshot claimed to be from a Best Buy inventory database which shows white iPhone 4 with both 16 GB and 32 GB models listed with expected in-stock dates of February 27th.

Click here for high resolution screenshot

We've received information today from a source sharing the above screenshot claimed to be from a Best Buy inventory database showing both 16 GB and 32 GB white iPhone 4 models listed with expected in-stock dates of February 27th. The SKU and model numbers associated with the entries are identical to those previously used by Best Buy when it was taking pre-orders for the white iPhone 4 prior to last summer's launch, pre-orders that were canceled when Apple delayed availability of the white versions.

Whatever was that, it claims the near arrival of the much waited white iPhone 4 to the world. May be in Apple's conference which was announced few moments ago in their press release?

The next Android version might flaunt some sort of Google Music sync

Now here’s an intriguing Android screenshot. You notice that Sync Music option down there? Yep, I thought so too.
Obviously Google is hard at work on some sort of cloud-based music-syncing service. My guess is it’s primarily for Chrome OS but it will obviously find place on all Android handsets out there. Or at least the ones with the proper Android version, right?
main The next Android version might flaunt some sort of Google Music sync

main The next Android version might flaunt some sort of Google Music sync

Unfortunately, so far we don’t know which OS version would that be. Since Android 2.3 Gingerbread is already out there, we’re guessing 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich or whatever comes next. It could even be the tablet-oriented Honeycomb.
Either way, Google has already hinted the company is working on a cloud-based music service at last year’s Google I/O conference, so it’s only a matter of time until we see it up and running.

Nokia kills Ovi Music Unlimited, says DRM is the reason

Nokia has just announced that it's pulling the plug on its Ovi Music Unlimited service in most of the markets where it was available. China, India and Indonesia along with Brazil, Turkey and South Africa are the only exceptions, though they will probably follow suit sooner or later.

Apparently the Ovi Music Unlimited service never managed to live up to the expectations Nokia had for it. And that is, despite the fact that music giants like Universal Music, EMI, Warner Music Group and Sony were all a part of the project.

Nokia quotes the DRM-restricted nature of the music downloads and the lack of carrier support, as the main reasons for the fiasco. A Nokia spokesman was quoted by Reuters saying that "The markets clearly want a DRM-free music service."

Still if you have a running subscription to Ovi Music Unlimited, rest assured - you will be able to use the service for the full period of your subscription.

Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave of Absence

According to release issued by Apple today, CEO Steve Jobs has just announced that he is taking a medical leave of absence, here's Steve's email memo which sent to Apple employees today.

Team,

At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple’s day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011.

I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.

Steve

We will update you once more information comes-in, stay tuned.

iPad 2 and iPhone 5 to Sport a Dual-Core GPU?

We all knew the rumors of a 2048x1536 high resolution screen of the upcoming iPad 2 which floated on the web the last few days, now, it makes sense to ask a question, what graphics processing unit (GPU) can adequately power iPad 2?, according to AppleInsider sources that iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will use a dual-core SGX543 GPU from "Imagination Technologies"

We all knew the rumors of a 2048x1536 high resoultion screen of the iPad which floated on the web the last few days, now, it makes sense to ask a question, what graphics processing unit (GPU) can adequately power iPad 2?, according to AppleInsider sources that iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will use a dual-core SGX543 GPU from "Imagination Technologies"

In other words, the SGX543 can have any number of cores from two to sixteen with no change in the driver software or the application. All that complex data/pipeline/thread management is done in hardware. No muss, no fuss.

iPad 2 May Come With 2048×1536 Screen Resolution

We’ve heard several rumors and speculations about Retina Display coming to the second generation iPad that is expected to be launched towards the end of March or April.

MacRumors have found new graphics in iBooks application with higher resolution labelled “iPadx2”, which indicates that iPad 2 may come with a display that has twice the resolution in both directions (2048x1536) of the current iPad (1024x768). This means that iPad 2 may come with a 2048x1536 screen resolution at 260 DPI compared to current iPad’s 1024x768 screen resolution at 132 DPI.

MacRumors speculates:

Based on Apple's marketing efforts for the original "Retina" display, it would suggest a DPI (dots per inch) greater than 300 to exceed the abilities of the human eye. A more practical approach would simply be doubling the resolution of the current iPad (1024x768) to 2048x1536 at a 260 DPI. While not quite a "Retina" display, it would follow with Apple's efforts to avoid fragmenting their product line. From a developer's perspective, the doubling of an existing resolution is much easier to support. Apple similarly doubled the iPhone's resolution from 480x320 to 960x640 when they introduced the iPhone 4. Like on the iPhone 4, older apps can will simply run pixel-doubled while native apps will take advantage of the full resolution of the new screens.

MacRumors goes on to add:

The "Retina" definition is based on a specific distance the device is being held from your eye. Since an iPad display would likely be held farther from your face, it would require a lower DPI to achieve the same effect.

This probably also explains why Apple is planning to use the next generation GPU in future iOS devices and a Cortex A9-based multicore processor (to be dubbed the Apple A5) instead of the current Apple A4 processor, which is a single-core Cortex A8 processor..

iPad 2 and iPhone 5, Everything You Need to Know

Here's a very interesting report posted last night by Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of Engadget, reveals new details about Apple's next products scheduled for 2011. Talking about iPad 2, iPhone 5 and the next generation Apple TV. Engadget has a pretty solid track record with their Apple scoops and the details will surprise you.

The sources claims that iPad 2 will feature a higher resolution screen with Retina Display, the same as iPhone 4’s one. Couple of days back, Kevin Rose of Digg has revealed some information including that it will feature higher resolution screen without being Retina Display.

Engadget also reports that the iPad 2 will get a SD card slot, yeah, that big hole we’ve already seen in leaked cases. The iPad 2 is set to come out in April, won’t feature a USB port and will be “lighter”.

About iPhone 5! Engadget reports that the iPhone 5 will be a “completely re-designed handset,” and will feature Apple’s new CPU, A5. The iPhone 5 is on track for a summer launch and it’s being tested discreetly by senior staff at Apple. Both iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will feature a Qualcomm chipset that does triple duty as the CDMA / GSM / UMTS baseband processor.

Last and not least, Apple is working on the next generation of Apple TV, which will include the speedy A5 chip from the iPhone 5 and that the chip is powerful enough to bring 1080P video to Apple’s TV.

iPhone 4 Unlock to Release After iOS 4.2.5 / 4.3 Which Last [Confirmed]

Official iPhone unlock statement: no unlock will be released until after 4.2.5 or official 4.3 (whichever is last) is out

iOS 4.3 Change Log [Full Details]

Wanna know iOS 4.3 full change log? I think this is worthy to read, here's the full change log for the newly released iOS 4.3 beta 1, the change log contained the known issues and the fixed issues on iOS 4.3, check out them after the jump.

Known issues:

Telephony

MMS pictures are rotated 90 degrees
Delay in activating FaceTIme after SIM swap
Delay when zooming in and out in Safari
FTP tool sometimes errors out

WiFi

If SIM card is removed with personal hotspot is enabled, iPhone panics

Bluetooth

D2D apps are not opening

Other

Sound remains on even though the device is muted

Issues Fixed Since iOS 4.3 8F5132f

Accessibility

Fixed issue that prevented controls from being dismissed in some cases
Addressed issue where the keyboard could not be brought back when highlighting and swiping through search results
Voice over now reads the entire chart in stocks app while in landscape mode

AirPlay

Fixed slideshow stop after 15 image when using AirPlay

Baseband& Telephony

iPhone -> 04.08.00
Enabled Traffic Volume Indicator IE in CELL UPDATE
Fixed issue with integrity protection failing after SRNS relocation
Fixed issue of iPhone units deactivating and not activating after baseband logging is enabled
iPad -> 07.11.00
Fixed issue of Physical channel reconfiguration failure during a reselection procedure
Fixed issue of the UE missing a page because it is decoding and responding to RRC Setup messages meant for other UEs

Bluetooth

Fixed incorrect auto routing with LG HBM-210 on FaceTime calls

CalDAV

Fixed canceled recurring calendar events still shows on the event list

Calendar

Fixed deleting a recurring events make the alarm go away
Fixed all-day alarm fired an hour early

Exchange

Fixed exchange calendar event duplicating when passing Israeli daylight savings time

Fonts

Letter ł is now visible in notes

Keyboard

Fixed missing accented letters in European keyboard popups
Increase font size for China and Pinyin inputs
Fixed auto-correction issue when switch back from Emoji to English keyboard
Added inline space with Pingyin inputs
Corrected “Undo” translation in Simplified Chinese to “撤销”

Localization

Updated inconsistent translation in Chinese, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese,
Fixed missing Chinese characters in Pinyin
Improved common phrases used in Chinese
Improved common phrased used in Japanese
劲歌金曲 is no longer missing
Fixed issue that produced unexpected output when trying to type 从前门进入果
一点儿 now ranked higher than 一点二
Word completion candidates capability now available for Chinese language
Added additional common phrases for character 耍
Fixed issue that caused the wrong candidates to be displayed (J: “間スコット”) when “ますこっと” is input
“軽さ(かるさ)” now in the candidate

Mail

Fixed orientation of mail application not following device orientation under specific conditions
Fixed popover when drilling into a thread while the empty search field is focused
Fixed mail message view and orientation when quickly selecting a message and hitting edit mode

Messaging

Fixed MMS messages with vCards scrolling up

Phone

Fixed screen not drawing properly when Nike+ is in the background

Status bar

Added new icon for wifi tethering for personal hotspot on status bar

Web

Fixed issue that caused Safari and other apps to crash after loading certain heavy Websites

WiFi

Fixed Personal Hotspot password failure with 22+ characters

VoiceOver

Added support to for “find” in Safari
Fixed wallpaper titles for VoiceOver

FakeClockUp Speed Up Your iPhone and iPod Touch [Jailbreak Tweak]

FakeClockUp is a new amazing Cydia tweak to speed up your iPhone or iPod touch animations. FakeClockUp will allow you to accelerate your device animation up to 10 times. The tweak is available for free. Check how to install it and see it in action on the below embedded video.

Install the FakeClockUp tweak

Add this to your Cydia sources: http://hitoriblog.com/apt/
Install the package named FakeClockUp.

Still waiting? go now and give it a try. Enjoy

Gigabyte to roll out the GSmart G1310 dual-SIM Froyo phone

It’s been a month since Gigabyte announced their GSmart Rola phone and now the company is getting ready to launch the GSmart G1310 dual-SIM device running Android 2.2 Froyo for a decent price.

The GSmart G1310 features a 3.2” capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 320x480 pixels and a 5 MP camera with autofocus. It all sounds great, until we get to the processor. The G1310 features the same Qualcomm MSM7225 CPU clocked at 528Mhz, 512 MB ROM and 256 RAM that are found in the GSmart Rola.

As connectivity goes, the G1310 is well covered with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and GPS (with aGPS support and digital compass). Two color variations will be available – champagne gold and pearl white.

The GSmart G1310 will launch in Eastern Europe in Q1 this year with an expected price of €199.

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