May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Initial impressions of the newly leaked iPhone 4G device have been translated into English and posted by MacRumors.

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iPhone 4G has a totally new design in comparing with previous generations of iPhone. Not only looking stronger (aluminum and glass) when holding in your hand, you will be surprise to think that it was put together by several separate parts because it feels like a solid block. Because of the square/block design, it feels a little uncomfortable in your hand in comparing with the previous generation of iPhone. You can feel the sharp edges come in contact with your hand. Read more…

May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

An Apple patent application details a system by which customers can use their iPhone as an electronic wallet and payment system.

According to Patently Apple,

Apple’s patent is directed to various techniques for conducting peer-to-peer financial exchanges using a handheld, portable electronic device – which for the sake of simplicity is represented throughout several transaction-based patents – as the iPhone.
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May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

That was fast. Apple has updated international websites to note that iPad pre-orders accepted from today on out will ship by June 7th. If you’ve already placed an order, you can still expect to receive your shiny new device on May 28th.

It was just this week that Apple began accepting pre-orders from the U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Spain and Italy with a ship date of the 28th. Could it be that they’ve exhausted that initial supply in two days? If so, “selling like hotcakes” is an understatement. Read more…

May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Well, look at that. The newest batch of leaked 4G iPhone photos includes crystal-clear* tear down shots, and one of them reveals what seems to be Apple’s own A4 processor. Engadget notes that “339S0084,” seen just below the Apple logo, identifies what we’re looking at as the A4, according to Chipworks.

The A4 is the Apple-designed system-on-a-chip (SoC) that’s manufactured by Samsung and currently used in the iPad. Nearly everyone who touches an iPad remarks on how snappy and responsive it is. Here’s hoping that the next iPhone offers similar performance — and prolonged battery life — with this thing under the hood. Read more…

May 12, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The kids at Taoviet have really outdone themselves. From the looks of these images, the Vietnamese site has nabbed an honest to goodness 4th generation iPhone — a 16GB model to be exact. It’s clearly pre-production judging by the XXX placeholders on the backside stamp and likely lacks a bootable OS, just a “Bonfire” test routine. Nevertheless, it looks authentic enough that we expect Apple’s henchmen to be busting down the guy’s door before he pries it open to reveal Apple’s chipset of choice. A few more pics in the gallery. Read more…

May 11, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

AT&T has begun changing its upgrade eligibility dates for some iPhone customers to June 21st, according to a MobileCrunch report.

This morning they received a report from a reader:

“Not sure if anyone [..] has noticed this same thing, but my Upgrade Eligibility date on my AT&T account switched from 11/21 to 6/21 in the last day or so. I bought a 3GS on launch day last year, and my upgrade date read 11/21 since then. A few other folks in my office have noticed the same changes happening to their accounts as well.” Read more…

May 11, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

In the last couple of days we got you up to date with all the beta upgrades of backgrounder. The final version was released in Cydia via BigBoss repo.

Remember that Backgrounder is a MobileSubstrate based extension to Apple’s SpringBoard application launcher that allows applications to run in the background ( apps are normally terminated upon suspension ).

Read more…

May 11, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A look at the different ways to charge your iPad and which is the fastest has been posted by Gizmodo.

The site examined the four most common ways to charge the device: The iPad’s standard 10W charger, Griffin’s PowerBlock iPad charger, the iPhone’s standard power adapter, and a MacBook Pro’s USB port.

They timed how long it took to do a quick charge (80%) since the last 20% goes very slow to preserve battery life.

The Griffin PowerBlock performed fastest, charging the iPad to 80% in 2.5 hours. The iPad charger came in second at 3.18 hours. It was followed by the iPhone charger at 5.5 hours and the MacBook Pro USB charge at 7.63 hours.

[Via iclarified.com]

May 11, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Gameloft has released Zombie Infection, a new non-stop survival shooter game for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The infection is spreading and fear is everywhere in this non-stop survival shooter.
Head to South America as a soldier and reporter try to uncover the origin of another zombie outbreak.

12 LEVELS OF FEAR
Survive 12 levels in Campaign mode as you fight your way through favelas, mines, a zoo, docks, a boat and secret lab. Read more…

May 10, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

One of our readers, Fabio, just sent us a link that put a big smile on our faces. Basically it is a HTML5 clone of Pacman, called Capman and you can play the game straight from MobileSafari on your iPhone, iTouch and/or iPad. Just click/tap here and have some fun….

[Via fsm.com]