The folks over at O'Reilly have made a rather interesting discovery: iOS 4 is secretly recording your every move, and saving the information to disk. At this point, there's no evidence that any of this information is being shared or sent anywhere, but it's still alarming. Your location is stored … [Read more...]
According to NetworkWorld, Apple has quietly gone an disabled the API which detects jailbreaks on iOS devices, even though its been in existence for less than six months. The API was part of mobile device management (MDM) APIs that were inside iOS 4.0, however in the iOS 4.2.1 release, the APIs … [Read more...]
iOS 4 on an iPhone 3G. It sucks. There's no way around it, it borders on the unusable. Sure, there are tweaks — hard booting, close all Safari windows, turn of spotlight, have no folders. Even with all these in place, it still runs at a glacial pace, and continents are known to form while SMS … [Read more...]
AppleInsider have found evidence of Apple testing three new pieces of hardware under iOS 4.1. According to their sources, the next beta for iOS 4.1 will include hardware references within the USB configuration files to three new devices: iPod4,1; iProd2,1; and "unknownHardware." The iPod designation … [Read more...]
The recent web-based jailbreak for iOS was based on a security flaw in PDF handling, which Apple is now looking into. Reuters is reporting that French security firm Vupen has reported the security hole, whereby iOS devices automatically download any PDFs they encounter, which can have embedded code … [Read more...]
You know what time it is! Developers get their lucky little hands on the newest beta for iOS 4.1. It weighs in at almost 600MB, and is available via the usual sources. I'm hoping for a fix for the proximity sensor and bluetooth problems. However, it is telling that this arrives the day after a … [Read more...]
If you have an iPhone 3G, and you installed iOS 4 on it, there's a pretty good chance that its been rendered almost unusable. Some people haven't had any problems, but others have been hit by horrific delays in typing text messages, basic apps crashing, and everything running at approximately the … [Read more...]
iOS 4.1 Beta 2 dropped last night, and we immediately wanted to know if it fixed the proximity sensor issue, which is a major complaint with iPhone 4. So, has it fixed the issue? Answers are muddled. On the yes side: Cult of Mac, 9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo The nays: MacRumors, Commenter … [Read more...]
Chitika Research has put together information from 9 million ad impressions, and have given a snapshot of the current disposition of iPhone users, and they've overwhelmingly embraced iOS 4. Some 50% of users were running iOS 4, of which 10% have upgraded to iOS 4.0.1. For everyone else, almost … [Read more...]
Earlier today we heard rumors that iOS 4.0.1 might be landing, and lo and behold, a random Greek website was right. All that this new version does is fix the formula for showing the reception bars. To our knowledge, this is the only adjustment in this mini-update. Just in time for tomorrow's … [Read more...]
