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- JailbreakMe.com updated with cryptic image
- Tip of the Day: How to downgrade from iOS 5 beta back to iOS 4
- TiPb Picks of the Week
- Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing heading to the iPad
- iOS 5 shows evidence of 1080p video, will it come to iPad and Apple TV?
- Mobile Nations podcast: Episode Zero
- App for That: How to log your mileage and routes
| JailbreakMe.com updated with cryptic image Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:40 PM PDT JailbreakMe.com has been updated with an image, that could suggest a new PDF exploit. JailbreakMe.com is famous for offering a simple way to jailbreak by using an exploit directly from within Mobile Safari without having to plug the iPhone/iPad into a computer. JailbreakMe developer, @Comex, has updated the site with a teaser for another potential exploit in iOS. According to Comex’s Twitter, the image is of Mt. Snow ski slope with a sign that shows a ‘black diamond’ (which is a skiing symbol for ‘advanced’) and the word ‘PDF’. Is this for a long-awaited iPad 2 jailbreak? Or has a new exploit been found in iOS 5? Let us know what you think the teaser means in comments below! JailbreakMe.com updated with cryptic image is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Tip of the Day: How to downgrade from iOS 5 beta back to iOS 4 Posted: 11 Jun 2011 12:32 PM PDT Wondering how to downgrade from iOS 5 to iOS 4? Maybe you rushed out to test your app on the next big thing but now have to deal with a bug in the here and now version, and you don’t want to buy an additional device, or maybe you just don’t have what you need yet and you’d prefer to wait for a later beta. Either way, it is possible to go back to iOS 4. Last year we showed you how to downgrade from the beta version of iOS 4 as well. I am pleasantly surprised with how good the first beta version of iOS 5 is, but if for any reason you need to go back to iOS 4, we’ll show you a couple ways after the break!
I don’t recommend downgrading firmware unless you really need to. It can be a painful process that most people won’t like dealing with. But if you need to, it is completely possible. Downgrade via XCode (Mac Only + dev license)Downgrading via XCode is probably the easiest way to roll back to a previous version of iOS. The bad part is that it can sometimes put you into a never ending DFU loop. You can typically use iRecovery to kick you out of it.
   As a side note, PC users can also use iRecovery and libusb if they get stuck in a DFU loop. Downgrade via iTunes beta with TinyUmbrella (Mac and PC)You need iTunes 10.5 beta for this, which is also available via Apple’s dev portal (and maybe elsewhere if you scan the internet) You also need TinyUmbrella This is the route PC users will have to take. Mac users may also choose to do it this way if they don’t have XCode or the SDK. Start this process with your device NOT connected to your computer.
  If you downgraded successfully using one of our ways (or a different way), let us know how it went in the comments! If you need additional help, check out our TiPb jailbreak forums. Tips of the day will range from beginner-level 101 to advanced-level ninjary. If you already know this tip, keep the link handy as a quick way to help a friend. If you have a tip of your own you’d like to suggest, add them to the comments or send them in to news@tipb.com. (If it’s especially awesome and previously unknown to us, we’ll even give ya a reward…) Tip of the Day: How to downgrade from iOS 5 beta back to iOS 4 is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:53 AM PDT Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they're fair game. To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break!
Pool Bar – Online Hustle – @chrisoldroydI have gone for another game this week that you can play over the internet with other iPad users. This week's pick is Pool Bar – Online Hustle. Pool Bar is an excellent pick up and play game for Pool lovers. The graphics and physics of the game are perfect. The balls move as you would expect and the sounds are really authentic too. With different skill levels and three different game modes, this one covers all your needs for that real Pool experience. You have 9 Ball, 8 Ball US and 8 Ball UK to choose from. I have been playing this for the last few nights online with my brother and it is a lot of fun. An additional feature is the text and voice chat features which you can use whilst playing the game. A great way to catch up with your friends and family over a game of Pool! [$1.99 – iTunes Link] iOOTP – @skeetobiteMy pick of the week is iOOTP. iOOTP (short for Out of the Park) is an iPhone import of a great simulation baseball game that has been around for quite some time. With iOOTP, you can simulate various aspects of baseball – from being a general manager to being the manager of a team. You can play in three different modes – major league, historical, or a fictional league. Personally, my favorite way to play is as the general manager – making trades, trying to entice free agents to the team, drafting new young players. But if you want a more hands on approach, you can ultimately control every facet of even the daily games – when to steal, hit and run, bunt, pinch hit, etc. Keep in mind, this isn’t a baseball simulation, so you won’t be acting as the player. But if simulation baseball is your fancy, iOOTP is a definite must try. [$4.99 - iTunes link] Gas Cubby – @reneritchieI swear I’m almost paying $1.50 a liter for gas these days (roughly $5.67 a gallon for those of you in the US), and I’m sure many Europeans are paying more. I actually think they spike it high so when they drop it down to medium they trick us into thinking that’s low and the bar gets reset, again, in their favor. While I can complain about the obscene prices, the lack of government oversight for oligopolistic behavior, and the other injustices of modern combustible fuel dependence, I can also do something personal and productive — I can use Gas Cubby. If you’re a road warrior, Gas Cubby is your main man-at-arms. It’s one of several excellent pieces of software by App Cubby, and it lets you keep track of just how much you’re paying for gas, where, and when. Actually, it does a ton more. It let’s you track your mileage and your maintenance. It’ll sync that data for you or let you export it to XLS for further nerdy analysis. If you have more than one vehicle in the family, it’ll keep track of all of them. You can customize the heck out of it as well so you fill in just what you want. And yeah, Canadians and Europeans can use it to keep track of our crazy, and increasingly crazier, prices. There’s also a free version if you want to try before you buy. But really, it costs less than a gallon of gas these days so just buy it already. [$4.99 - iTunes link] Cleartune Chromatic Tuner – @andrewwrayNeed to get your guitar in tune? Don’t want to go out and spend $50 or $75 on a quality guitar tuner? Enter ClearTune, a guitar and sting instrument tuner that comes packed with style, precision and a great user interface. Cleartune comes with a note wheel display that’s more accurate than any of the other guitar tuners I’ve tested in the App Store. The app has an ultra responsive 25 cent range fine-tuning display with needle dampening options, and tuning is precise to ±1/100 semitone (±1 cent). In addition, Cleartune comes with adjustable A4 calibration in 0.1 Hz increments for the best tone you could possibly imagine, making your guitar sound better than ever before. There’s also a pitch pipe for manual tuning by ear, manual note selection for unique setups and support for transposing instruments. Cleartune Chromatic Tuner is the best app I’ve found for getting my guitar into perfect tune — give it a try! [$3.99 - iTunes link] Penultimate for iPad – @iMuggle and @llofte@iMuggle: A large part of what my business does has to do with development and design. Writing out concepts can be tough sometimes when it’s hard to convey how you want something laid out. I really enjoy using Penultimate on my iPad to better convey app and web design ideas. I can e-mail my co-workers images and notebooks that they can either open on their iPads or that they can view in an e-mail. Given my artistic ability amounts to stick figures, it still makes it easier for me to explain changes or a concept. They can get the gist of what I’m trying to do better than they could through just worded text. Leanna actually introduced me to this app a while back. I know she uses it to teach math as well. Sometimes free form writing and drawing is a lot easier than trying to type. This would also be a great app for students who want to take notes on their iPad. Writing out formulas and charts is an extremely easy task with Penultimate. So if you’re looking for an app that gives you a little room for creativity and thought flow, give Penultimate a try and let us know what you think! @llofte: As many of you know, I’m a math teacher. This summer, I am teaching two 8 week courses as adjunct at a community college. I don’t have much opportunity to hold office hours, so I have students email me their questions. Well, it’s no secret that reading math explanations over email is rather difficult, so I use Penultimate and a Ten One Design Pogo Sketch to make my explanations as clear as possible. I just write out my explanation on Penultimate and email it to the student as a PDF. This mimics how it would look if I was helping a student at the whiteboard and I’ve received great feedback on its usefulness. [$1.99 - iTunes Link] Hanging with Friends – @michellerz_ (Reader’s Choice)From the creators of the popular game Words with Friends, comes the new Hanging with Friends! Hanging with Friends is a different take on the classic game of hangman. Guess the word your opponent created incorrectly and you lose one of the balloons holding you up. Lose all the balloons and into the lava you go! Invite your friends through Facebook, Twitter, and even find random opponents. There is a free ad supported version and also a paid ad free version. [Free with ads - iTunes link] [$1.99 ad-fre - iTunes link] Your pick?You're part of the team as well, so we will be choosing one reader to make a submission each week! Just look for the announcement on twitter or our Facebook page each weekend for a chance to be picked! In the meantime, jump into the comments and let us know your pick of the week! TiPb Picks of the Week is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing heading to the iPad Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing is, to be frank, Mario Kart with the Sega characters that we know and love replacing the Nintendo ones that we know and love but can't get! Unless hell freezes over, we are not going to see any Nintendo Mario titles coming to iOS devices. Now it looks like we may have a viable alternative. The game follows the same lines as Mario Kart; offering power ups, drifting, 12 different tracks,multiple characters and multiplayer gaming over Bluetooth, WiFi and online via Game Center. The game is coming later this month for $4.99 and will be a universal binary; running on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Take a look at the video after the break and let us know if you plan on picking this one up when it hits the App Store!
Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing heading to the iPad is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| iOS 5 shows evidence of 1080p video, will it come to iPad and Apple TV? Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:42 AM PDT If you have an iPad running iOS 5, it looks like you can now sync 1080p videos. Previously, iTunes would refuse to sync 1080p video to iPad, and it still won’t sync to an iPhone or iPod touch. However, since the Apple TV also runs iOS, could we be seeing support for 1080p in the near future? Will iTunes begin to support 1080p movies? Will our bandwidth? A string has also been spotted in the iOS 5 SDK which seems to allow 1080p video-exporting to iMovie, Photos and third-party apps. Does this confirm the rumour that the iPhone 5 will have a 8MP camera which may support 1080p video recording? May the iPad 3 get a better camera too? What do you think? iOS 5 shows evidence of 1080p video, will it come to iPad and Apple TV? is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| Mobile Nations podcast: Episode Zero Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:33 PM PDT Introducing our cross-platform podcast, the state of the union for Android, BlackBerry, iOS, webOS, and Windows Phone!
Meta Talk
Tech Talk
Feedback
HostsMobile Nations podcast: Episode Zero is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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| App for That: How to log your mileage and routes Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT There are hundreds of thousands of iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps for just about everything — so how come the one you need, the one you know just has to be there, is so hard to find? Enter TiPb’s new weekly feature where staff and readers alike sort through the App Store and help you find just the right App for That. This week, @davidkeppler asks:
To see what we found for David, follow along after the break!
iNomad [$6.99 - iTunes link] is a navigation app for the traveler. With it, you can track everything about your voyage including distance traveled, average and max speeds, and duration. It includes an altimeter, digital speedometer, compass (magnetic, true or GPS), distance to target, scale ruler, and much more. After you’ve completed your trip, you can export your route in KML (and GPX) via email or iTunes Share to store to Google. If you already have routes saved, you can import the KML files into iNomad. Creating a new route is as simple as tracing your finger on the map to later follow during your travels. You can even create key points on your route. iNomad is loaded with features including the ability to download maps for offline viewing. However, it does not seem that iNomad will be able to know when David connects his iPhone to his car kit, but all he needs to do is remember to launch the app before he begins his trip. Once the tracking begins, it will continue in the background. Anyone else have any App for That suggestions for David? Let him — and all of us — know in the comments. Having trouble finding what you need in the app store? Send us an email to news@tipb.com and let us know what you’re looking for, and we’ll do our best to find you just the right App for That! App for That: How to log your mileage and routes is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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