August 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

It would appear as if there has been a recent surge in jailbreaking popularity. According to the most recent information from Pinch Media, 8.43% of Iphone users have jailbroken their phone. Of course, looking at the complete picture that is a small number of users, especially when you look at the percentage of non-jailbroken users — 91.57%.
But given that, those willing to jailbreak has risen from 8.0% up to the current 8.43% in just the previous week. Knowing that, one cannot help but wonder if the increase has had anything to do with the recent Google Voice controversy and the addition of GV Mobile in Cydia (the unofficial app store).
All in all this is an interesting stat to see, and one that I have not seen before, but one that I am going to try and keep and eye on in the future. According to Just Another iPhone Blog, the percentage of users was under 7% a few weeks back.

Via iphonefreak.com

August 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

This news video is the greatest I have seen from a big company, I like how they show all of the features most people jailbreak for and they also show how in the end if you don’t like it you can just restore to factory settings without any harm done . There is one small thing I didn’t like about the vid which is when it says you can’t delete cydia apps you can only hide them which is untrue, You can delete cydia apps just by going into the cydia app and uninstalling it. Check out the vid below brought to us by foxnews.com

August 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Namco recently announced that they were forming an Apple Games division to head up game development for Apple platforms like the iPhone, and in this interview, a producer for them who used to work for Apple says that they’re excited to work on bringing great games to the handheld device. Like, for example, Pac-man, Galaga, and… Soulcaliber and Tekken.
- joystiq

This is awesome. Big game companies are starting to take the iPhone seriously. Maybe they can figure out a way to sell their games for more than $.99 and add more resources and polish to their games.

Via modmyi.com

August 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

HandTek.co.uk lists the TomTom iPhone App and Car Kit for £99 ($168.50) plus tax and is now taking pre-orders for the item.

The listing was discovered by DaniWeb; however, they have been unable to officially confirm this pricing.

They do note that the cheapest standalone TomTom in-car unit costs £118 ($200) which means that the iPhone version is somewhat cheaper. That is if you have an iPhone already.

The TomTom solution combines two new TomTom products:
- The TomTom navigation application for iPhone; an Apple version of TomTom’s award-winning turn-by-turn navigation software, including IQ Routes and latest maps from Tele Atlas;
- The TomTom car kit for iPhone; a specially developed car kit for secure docking, enhanced GPS performance, clear voice instructions, hands-free calling and in-car charging.

Read More [via AppleInsider]

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August 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

An updated USBConfiguration.plist in the most recent version of iPhone OS 3.1 beta offers compelling evidence that Apple has continued development on an unknown device, referred to as “iProd,” that was first discovered in March. A developer alerted us to the appearance of the new device description for iProd1,1 inside the configuration file. As most Apple devices are assigned the “1,1″ designation in the first revision, this leads us to believe that there is indeed an unknown product inside of Apple under active development running the iPhone OS.

When the iPhone OS 3.0 SDK beta was first seeded to developers, an entry inside the USBConfiguration.plist indicated that a device identified only as iProd0,1 existed inside of Apple. The .plist item was nested among the usual iPhone and iPod Touch identifiers, as well as iPhone3,1, which turned out to be the iPhone 3GS Read more…

August 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

This new game looks pleasing to us fps fans. Gameloft has released this video to show off the good graphics and fast gameplay. Hopefully the controls are better than the other fps games on the appstore as most suck and are hard to get use to.

August 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

MobileCrunch has reported that Apple has banned developer Khalid Shaikh from the App Store and removed all 800+ of his apps that were being sold in the App Store. Apple’s “Notice of Termination” e-mail to Shaikh describes that third-party intellectual property complaints are the impetus behind the banning:

Pursuant to Section 3.2(d) of the iDP Agreement, you agreed that “to the best of Your knowledge and belief, Your Application and Licensed Application Information do not and will not violate, misappropriate, or infringe any Apple or third party copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy and publicity, trade secrets, patents, or other proprietary or legal rights (e.g. musical composition or performance rights, video rights, photography or image rights, logo rights, third party data rights, etc. for content and materials that may be included in Your Application).” Apple has informed you of numerous third party intellectual property complaints concerning over 100 of your Applications and reminded you of your obligations to obtain the necessary rights prior to submission of your Applications. Read more…

August 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple today announced the launch of the iTunes Store in Mexico (www.itunes.com/mexico) with an incredible selection of Mexican and international music from all the major labels and hundreds of independent labels. Launching with a catalog of millions of songs, the iTunes Store in Mexico features Mexican artists including Paulina Rubio, Vicente Fernandez and Zoe and a wide range of international artists including Shakira, Lady Gaga, Green Day and thousands more. With most songs priced at 12 pesos and most albums at 120 pesos, the iTunes Store in Mexico is the best way for Mac and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music online.

“The iTunes Store in Mexico is off to a great start with music from all of the majors and hundreds of indie labels,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Services. “And the revolutionary App Store in Mexico gets bigger and better with great new apps using amazing new features, and we can’t wait to see what developers come up with next.”

The iTunes Store in Mexico joins the revolutionary App Store, which has more than 65,000 applications available to consumers in 77 countries, reaching tens of millions of iPhone(TM) and iPod touch users Read more…

August 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

3G S Commercial: Share

3G S Commercial: Travel

August 04, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

This is a unique theme, it has actually been out for quite a while but I still find it stunning. The colors are soothing and are easy on the eyes. It has 140+ custom icons, custom ui, custom dock, custom wallpapers and more. This download includes:

Download Ancient System V2 HERE

- [8KB] README.rtf
- [88KB] Icon Template.psd
- [12.4MB] Ancient System v2.2. rar
- [12.4MB] Ancient System v2.3. rar

Note: If your on 3.0 use the v2.3 rar

How to Install?
Simply ssh into your device [details can also be found within the README.rft file] and drag/ drop the theme into your Library > Themes folder. Then go to Winterboard and check it. It’s as simple as that

Thanks to the testers Leonick, VesperX and Liam Johnson, and a huge thanks to icbreeze for creating the theme.