Earlier this week, there was a story floating around the internets saying a woman was killed by her iPhone 5 after being electrocuted. Later it was discovered she actually owned an iPhone 4. Let’s ignore the fact that most media outlets can’t think for themselves and realize that an iPhone battery can’t electrocute you no matter how hard a person tries. Today it’s been discovered that the real cause of death for this 23 year old woman was a fake iPhone charger.
While we were focused on the new Gmail for iOS, there was other news going on too. Amazon updated Kindle for iOS with “X-Ray” for books, Apple has to reveal what patents are covered under the deal with HTC, and Facebook has removed the account requirement for Messenger on Android (could iOS be next?).
If you’re iPhone (or other iOS device) is having issues, and you want to book a Genius Bar appointment at your local store, Apple might ask you to take one little step first: Do a hard reset/reboot of your phone. And you know what, that’s a great idea.
Apple has released the third beta version of iOS 4.1 (build 8B5097d) and iOS SDK 4.1 for developers of its iPhone Developer Program.
Based on the release notes, it looks like Apple has fixed some bugs. iOS 4.1 Beta 3 is available for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 3rd and 2nd generation.
We have some good news. MuscleNerd and Planetbeing from the iPhone Dev Team announced yesterday that they will be releasing Ultrasn0w to unlock iPhone 4 in 48 hours after they have conducted a private beta.
Planetbeing, the iPhone hacking expert who had ported Android to Apple’s iPhone has just announced that he has managed to successfully unlock iPhone 4.
I’m sure most of you’ve heard of or probably tried Chatroulette, a website that pairs random strangers from around the world together for webcam-based conversations.
iChatr, an iPhone app for iPhone 4 has just been released that brings Chatroulette to the iPhone. It enables iPhone 4 users to video chat with other random iPhone 4 users from around the world.
We’ve some more good news for new iPhone 4 users. MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev team has just confirmed that they’re making good progress in unlocking iPhone 4 baseband.
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