Nokia And Apple Drop Patent Litigation and Counterclaims
In related news, Nokia and Apple have announced that each respective company has settled with the other for an undisclosed amount relating to the previous patent litigation against each other which began in 2009 relating to payment and royalty claims on wireless technology. In the settlement, Nokia will be receiving a lump sum plus ongoing […]
Apple Now Selling Unlocked GSM iPhones on US Portal
This morning, Apple began selling factory unlocked GSM Apple iPhone 4 models directly on the online Apple Store in the US, the first time that Apple has openly sold factory unlocked iPhone models in the US since the 2007 launch of the iPhone. Before today Apple typically limited factory unlocked iPhone 4 sales to select […]
Apple Silently Recalling Verizon iPad 2 After Post-Activation Issues (Updated)
According to two reports, Apple is currently recalling the Verizon iPad 2 after discovering post activation issues with viewing and editing account information. The company is instructing Apple Store employees to scan current Verizon iPad 2 stock within a certain serial number range and ordering that those devices be returned to Apple, though it’s not […]
Apple Bans Speedtrap/DUI Checkpoint Apps After Senate Pressure
Apple has updated its App Store review guidelines to explicitly ban apps such as the popular Trapster as well as other apps that warn drivers of upcoming checkpoints for either speeding or roadside DUI checks. The ban comes after months of pressure by US lawmakers towards the iPhone manufacturer, believing that the apps encourage drunk […]
Nokia Makes it Official, Will Disband Ovi by July
Nokia has finally provided a timetable for the long-assumed withdrawal of the Ovi brand from all Nokia products and services. Ovi was born out of Nokia’s effort to create a series of Web 2.0 products and services, to answer rivals such as Apple’s App Store and MobileMe. However, the message was mixed, with products often […]
iOS5 Beta Jailbroken with limera1n Exploit
Not long after the announcement and availability of the iOS5 Beta preview for developers, members of the iPhone Dev-Team were able to make short work of the forthcoming iOS release by jailbreaking it using the long-standing limera1n boot rom exploit on the fourth generation iPod touch, though it still requires tethering on reboot to jailbreak. […]
iTunes in the Cloud Beta Now Available
Apple has rolled out a preview of iCloud functionality with the availability of the iTunes in the Cloud Beta for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad2, and 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch devices running iOS 4.3.3. As the Verizon iPhone 4 is on a different update track with the latest version of […]
Redsn0w/PwnageTool Untethered Jailbreak Fully Functional on iOS 4.3.3
Not even two days after the release of iOS 4.3.3, it has been confirmed that the previous untethered jailbreak developed for iOS 4.3.1 is fully functional on the latest version without additional work, with Apple seemingly doing nothing to address the exploit that has allowed the untethered jail break to function on all devices except […]