Next Generation iPhone Rumored to Have Bigger 3.95-Inch Screen And 1136 x 640 Resolution

Next Generation iPhone Rumored to Have Bigger 3.95-Inch Screen And 1136 x 640 Resolution

9to5Mac reports that Apple is testing multiple prototypes of the next generation iPhone and at least one of them has a taller screen.

The sixth generation iPhone prototypes are currently in the PreEVT stage of development and are codenamed N41AP (iPhone 5,1) and N42AP (iPhone 5,2).

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gTar: iPhone-Powered Guitar Aims to Make it Easier For Anyone to Play Music

gTar: iPhone-Powered Guitar Aims to Make it Easier For Anyone to Play Music

gTar is an interesting new Kickstarter project that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt earlier today.

gTar is a fully digital guitar that makes innovative use of Apple’s iPhone and an array of LEDs along the fretboard to make it easy for anyone to play the guitar by reducing the learning curve. 

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Facebook Pages Manager Finally Hits The App Store

Facebook Pages Manager Finally Hits The App Store

Last week, we told you that Facebook had released a standalone app to manage pages called Facebook Pages Manager.

It was available in the New Zealand App Store at the time of writing that post. It has finally made its way to App Stores in US and UK after almost a week. 

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Developers Not Too Worried About 4-Inch iPhone

Developers Not Too Worried About 4-Inch iPhone

With a 4-inch iPhone (probably) dropping by this October, Apple has a big task ahead of itself — keeping the complexity involved during the design and development process of an app to the bare minimum.

The consensus is that, if Apple does release a 4 inch iPhone, it’ll most likely switch to an aspect ratio of 9:5 from the current 3:2, keeping the width the same. (There are of course a variety of other options as well.)

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iPhone Charger Teardown Reveals Interesting Details

iPhone Charger Teardown Reveals Interesting Details

Ever wondered why Apple’s iPhone charger costs $29?

Kevin Shirriff wanted to find out, so he disassembled iPhone’s charger and has provided some interesting information about it.

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Sony Releases iPhone App For Music Unlimited – Music Streaming Service

Sony Releases iPhone App For Music Unlimited – Music Streaming Service

As rumored, Sony has released an iPhone app for Music Unlimited – its music streaming service to compete with services like Spotify.

The subscription for Sony’s unlimited streaming service costs $3.99 per month for the Basic plan and $9.99 per month for the Premium plan.

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pod2g: It’s Safe For Jailbreakers to Upgrade to iOS 5.1.1

pod2g: It’s Safe For Jailbreakers to Upgrade to iOS 5.1.1

Now that it has been confirmed that the pod2g’s untethered jailbreak is almost ready and works with most iOS devices (except Apple TV 3) running iOS 5.1.1, he has tweeted that it is safe for jailbreakers to update their iOS devices to iOS 5.1.1.

But pod2g has warned users who depend on Ultrasn0w to unlock their iPhone should avoid updating to iOS 5.1.1.

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Dev Team Will Also Release Redsn0w And CLI Tool That Will Support iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak

Dev Team Will Also Release Redsn0w And CLI Tool That Will Support iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak

The demo video of Absinthe 2.0 – untethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch running on iOS 5.1.1 that was briefly available, provided some interesting details of what to expect.

MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev team has just provided some more information about the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak.

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Apple And Samsung CEOs to Meet Today For Settlement Talks Over Patent Disputes

Apple And Samsung CEOs to Meet Today For Settlement Talks Over Patent Disputes

As reported earlier, the chief executives of Apple and Samsung will meet for a court-moderated discussion today and tomorrow to settle the long-standing patent dispute between the two companies.

Apple has accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” Apple products, while Samsung has accused Apple of infringing on its patent. Since then, the fight has extended to 10 countries and consists of at least 50 lawsuits.

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Video of Absinthe 2.0 – iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak [Updated]

Video of Absinthe 2.0 – iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak [Updated]

Hot on the heels of pod2g confirming that the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak is almost ready and the release is just “matter of days” away, iOS hacker – xvolks has published a video of iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak in action.

The video reveals that the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch will be called Absinthe 2.0.

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