Siri now available on jailbroken iOS 5 devices, including iPhone 4

A fully functioning port of the iPhone 4S’s hyped Siri voice assistant is now available for almost all jailbroken Apple mobile devices and huzzah, it’s legal!

The somewhat gimmicky Siri assistant has been the focus of the iPhone 4S’s advertising campaign, and the feature is suspected to be helping fuel major sales for that device. But as the program only officially works on the iPhone 4S, other iPhone owners have been wanting to get in … Continue Reading

Want Siri on your iPhone 4? Legal, less painful method discovered

Thanks to Apple’s mobile operating system update,iOS 5.0.1, anyone with a little technical knowledge and desire can now put Apple’s voice assistant Siri feature to use on their iPhone 4.

The update leaves the phone’s RAM disks unencrypted, which allows you to write a script to extract the files needed to enable Siri on the iPhone 4, according to iPhone hacker MuscleNerd. To implement this hack, iPhone 4 owners must download the iOS update, if … Continue Reading

iPhone 4S already the second most popular cameraphone on Flickr

Apple’s fast-selling iPhone 4S is now the second-most used cameraphone on the popular photo-sharing service Flickr, according to the site’s Camera Finder page.

The iPhone 4 is actually the most-popular camera of all on Flickr now, but the iPhone 4S has yet to crack the top 5 list of most-used cameras on Flickr, which features traditional cameras like the Nikon D90 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II in second and third place. But give … Continue Reading

How iOS 5 devices can take panoramic photos

If you’ve got a jailbroken iOS 5-running iPhone or iPad, get ready to unleash some serious majesty: We’re going to show you how to enable panorama mode on your phone’s camera.

While Apple has made jailbreaking difficult with iOS 5, but it can be done.

In addition to a jailbroken iOS 5 device with a built-in gyroscope, you’ll need iFile, a file manager and viewer app.

The device’s camera has a hidden panorama mode that … Continue Reading

Siri hack on iPhone 4, iPod Touch can now chat with Apple’s servers

The hacker who first ported Siri to the iPhone 4 has now surpassed the next major hurdle towards porting the virtual assistant: getting it to talk to Apple’s servers.

Hacker Steven Troughton-Smith was able to trick the iPhone 4 and latest-generation iPod Touch into successfully communicating with Apple’s servers thanks to a recent iPhone 4S jailbreak, which gave him access to new files integral to Siri’s functionality, 9to5 Mac reports.

Troughton-Smith made headlines soon after … Continue Reading

iPhone 4S sales top 4M in first weekend, iCloud gets 20M signups

With every new iPhone launch, Apple has managed to surpass the previous year’s records. This year is no different. The company’s new iPhone 4S has sold over 4 million units in its first three days on sale, Apple said today.

Apple’s new iCloud service, which offers free cloud storage for iOS devices and Mac computers, has also done well, with more than 20 million signups.

The iPhone 4S sales numbers double those from last year’s … Continue Reading

Cracked! Siri has been successfully ported to an iPhone 4

What many consider to be Apple‘s most exciting feature in the iPhone 4S, vocal assistant feature Siri, can in fact, be ported to the iPhone 4.

According to 9to5 Mac, developer Steven Troughton-Smith was able to port the software on his iPhone 4 after first installing the files for Siri and Springboard, which controls how the iOS home screen acts. For example, it is Springboard that allows your icons to wiggle after you’ve held one … Continue Reading

iPhone 4S desired by iPhone 4 users as much as 3G/3GS owners, says study

iPhone 4 owners are just as interested in upgrading to Apple’s new iPhone 4S as owners of the older iPhone 3G and 3GS, according to a study by gadget shopping help site Retrevo.

44 percent of iPhone 3G and 3GS users said they would upgrade to the new model, while 42 percent of iPhone 4 owners are also thinking of upgrading, the study found.

The news comes as a surprise since iPhone 4 owners will … Continue Reading

iPhone 4 sellers settle for probation, community service and a fine

The two men who found and sold a prototype iPhone 4 to a tech blog last year have reached a plea bargain with prosecutors today.

Brian John Hogan, 22, and Sage Robert Wallower, 28, will pay Apple an earth-shaking $250 each. Each man will also serve 40 hours of community service and one year of probation.

A spokesperson stated that San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe asked the judge to require that each man … Continue Reading

Whether from respect or faith, Apple’s market value remains unaffected by Jobs’ death

Trigger-happy investors have historically been prone to trading on Apple whenever news about its head honcho, Steve Jobs, arose. But in the wake of his death yesterday, shares of Apple have only risen 1.5 percent as of 7:30 a.m. today, only dropping 0.12 percent at their lowest level from the company’s opening price.

Apple, the most valuable technology company in the world, is back to vying with Exxon-Mobil to claim the title of most valuable … Continue Reading

iPhone 4S coming to Sprint, not an exclusive deal

Apple announced today that it will launch its popular iPhone line on Sprint, the third-largest provider of wireless service in the U.S., at a press event in Cupertino, Calif.

A report by the Wall Street Journal on Monday indicated Sprint spent more than $20 billion on a deal with Apple to secure the iPhone. The report suggested Sprint bought more than 30 million iPhones from the manufacturer. Later reports incorrectly suggested Sprint might have secured … Continue Reading

iPhone 4S gets a sequel of Epic Games’ Infinity Blade, but doesn’t do much else for gaming

Gears of War developer Epic Games today unveiled the second version of its hardcore mobile hack-and-slash game, Infinity Blade — designed specifically for Apple’s next iPhone (also unveiled today) and once again featuring suped-up graphics.

The original Infinity Blade broke through a lot of the boundaries for graphics on a smartphone. It was one of the first games to show that the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 could compete as gaming platforms with devices built … Continue Reading

iPhone 5, or iPhone 4S? Here’s what we expect to see from Apple

Expectations are extremely high for Apple’s new iPhone event tomorrow, where the company will unveil its latest flagship mobile device. Apple’s new chief executive, Tim Cook, will also be under pressure to repeat the success of the company’s last CEO, Steve Jobs, who left the company in August. Janney Capital Markets analyst Bill Choi said today that he expects Apple to sell around 107 million iPhones this year.

Here’s what the VentureBeat team expects to … Continue Reading

New iPhone 5 to land on Sprint

Wireless carrier Sprint will launch Apple‘s latest smartphone, the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4 simultaneously in mid-October, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Journal cited sources familiar with the matter that indicated the phone would arrive in time for Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter. The Wall Street Journal’s “people familiar with the matter” line is typically code for an inside source that is feeding the Journal information about a new product or company news.… Continue Reading

Apple building cheaper 8GB iPhone 4: Could this be the iCloud iPhone?

Apple suppliers are currently in the process of building an iPhone 4 with a reduced 8 gigabytes of memory, Reuters reports.

Such a model would be less expensive than current iPhones for Apple to build, since flash memory is among the most expensive elements in the device. It would provide Apple a low-cost alternative to unveil alongside the iPhone 5, and it would likely replace the current low-end 8GB iPhone 3GS, which retails for $50 … Continue Reading

Apple orders 26M iPhone 5s for 2011, says report

The iPhone 5 rumor train chugs along briskly, as Apple is reportedly upping orders of iPhone units by 13 percent for the second half of 2011. 26 million of those units will be the much-anticipated “iPhone 5,” according to Digitimes.

Apple, not surprisingly, did not respond with official comment.

For the second half of 2011, the company originally scheduled 50 million iPhone units for production, including 3GS, 4, and 5 models. But with demand (and … Continue Reading

Verizon adds 1.3M subscribers thanks to iPhone 4 and 4G Android phones

Verizon on Friday reported that it netted a tremendous 1.3 million subscribers in the second quarter, bolstered by the sales of the iPhone 4 and 4G Android devices. The company also announced that COO Lowell McAdam would move into the CEO position, while current head Ivan Seidenberg will stay on as chairman.

The introduction of Apple’s iPhone 4 in January and several 4G Google Android phones since that time appears to have paid off handsomely … Continue Reading

Apple preparing for ‘future product transition,’ OSX Lion coming tomorrow

Apple posted another record-breaking quarter by making $7.3 billion — or $7.79 in earnings per share — in income off $28.6 billion in revenue.

That’s up 82 percent from $15.7 billion in revenue in the same quarter one year earlier. Income was up 140 percent from $3.25 billion in the third quarter last year.

The company sold more than 20 million iPhones and more than 9 million iPad tablet computers in the third quarter this … Continue Reading

$350 contract-free iPhone 3GS coming soon, report says

Looking for an off-contract iPhone but don’t want to pay an astounding amount for it? You may be in luck, as Apple is reportedly planning to release a $350 contract-free iPhone 3GS that can be extremely attractive to pre-paid customers, according to a BGR report.

Apple did not immediately respond to questions we had about the report.

The $350 contract-free iPhone 3GS will be released in late August, which would coincide with the release of … Continue Reading

Study: 32% of all US iPhone 4s are on Verizon

AT&T had an eight-month head start with the iPhone 4, but Verizon has still ended up with a healthy 32 percent of the U.S. iPhone 4 market, according to a study by the mobile analytics company Localytics.

The study, if accurate, proves that there was indeed considerable pent-up demand for an iPhone on Verizon’s network. The carrier only sells the iPhone 4 on its network, and it announced in April that it had sold 2.2 … Continue Reading