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iPhone 4 unlocked, says Dev Team member

by Dave Caolo (Jul 13th, 2010)

It took some doing, but the iPhone 4 has been unlocked. Unfortunately, you can't get your hands on what you'll need to do it yourself just yet. A member of the iPhone Dev Team who goes by PlanetBeing has posted a picture of an iPhone 4 on Canada's Bell network. The feat was made more difficult ...

hacksugar: iPhone 4 jailbreak accomplished but not ready for public release

by Erica Sadun (Jun 28th, 2010)

When we talk about "jailbreaking" the iPhone, that means opening up the underlying file system on the phone for full read/write access; on a vanilla iPhone, only the 'userland' data is accessible to users and apps. The term is derived from Unix jargon, where a "chroot jail" is the limited section of ...

iPad running SNES, controlled with a Wiimote

by Sang Tang (May 6th, 2010)

I can't think of many things that top playing Super Mario Kart and being behind someone while in possession of the red turtle shell. Oh wait, I can: it's playing Super Mario Kart on your iPad and using your WiiMote to shoot the red turtle shell at those in front of you. Provided you have a ...

iPad jailbreak released, works on iPhone and iPod touch

by Aron Trimble (May 3rd, 2010)

Within a few hours of its release the iPad had already been jailbroken and video proof released. The Dev-Team with @comex have released the first "userland" jailbreak for iPhone OS devices since the initial year of the iPhone's release. The current jailbreak, dubbed "Spirit," allows you to ...