Iphone 3g

Daily tip: How to turn off location data tracking on iPhone 3G, original iPhone

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, May 20, 2011 a 8:32 pm

Have an iPhone 3G or original iPhone, no longer getting iOS updates from Apple, and wondering how to turn off location data tracking? Apple recently fixed the tracking issue in iOS 4.3.3 but devices that haven't been updated were left out in the cold. While some people argue that jailbreak may make your device more vulnerable, there have been a few instances where jailbreaking closed exploits before Apple did.

Jailbreak dev Ryan Petrich has again came through with untrackerd. Anyone running an iPhone 3G (which stopped getting updates with iOS 4.2) or original iPhone (which maxed out at iOS 3.1.3) can install it and not worry about data tracking. Hit the jump for a quick step by step!

Steve Jobs cast in carbonite, an iPhone case for Star Wars and Apple fans

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 a 8:43 am

If you are a huge Steve Jobs fan and also can’t get enough of the Star Wars film franchise, then your dreams may have just come true. Society 6 has just released a rather unique iPhone case that has Steve Jobs cast in a carbonite case.

The case is meant to resemble Han Solo being frozen and imprisoned in carbonite by Darth Vader, in the film “The Empire Strikes Back”, this time however, it is Steve Jobs instead of Han.

Adobe TV now available to view on iPad, iPhone

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 a 8:20 am

Adobe has just launched its Adobe TV Mobile portal which is now optimised for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Adobe TV is a great source of tutorials for Adobes catalogue of products. With this update you can now watch the how-to videos on your iOS devices. Adobe claim that a mobile version of the site was the number one request from its audience so Flash arguments aside, Adobe has gone ahead and delivered the content to iOS users.

Royal wedding app for iPhone and iPad now available

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 a 8:58 am

If you can’t get enough of the impending Royal Wedding, now there is an app for that! Trinity Mirror has launched a universal iOS app that includes photo galleries, video clips and audio from its royal correspondent James Whitaker.

iPhone hit by yet another daylight savings time alarm bug

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Mar 28, 2011 a 9:09 am

Seems like Apple just can't get their alarms to work consistently following time changes. The bug struck again, according to BBC News, as some iPhone owners in the UK were late for work this morning after the clocks moved forward an hour for British Summer Time. Similar problems occurred during the switch to and from standard time in North America, and following New Year.

New MobileMe to include music storage and cost $20 a year?

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Mar 25, 2011 a 7:32 am

According to The Music Void, Apple is pushing hard to re-launch its MobileMe service this April. The new MobileMe service is said to include a music storage service, to be called Locker.

Daily Tip: How to change Safari's default search engine

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011 a 11:55 pm

New to iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and trying to figure out how to change the default search engine to something other than Google? For many users Google is all but synonymous with search but if you prefer Yahoo! or Microsoft Bing, it's an easy change to make. And we'll show you how after the break!

Jonathan Ive not returning to the UK after all?

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Mar 21, 2011 a 8:53 am

UK newspaper The Daily Mail, has published an article profiling the life of Apple’s VP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive. The most interesting point to come from the article is a quote from one of Ive’s former colleagues when asked about the recent rumor of Ive wanting to return to the UK.

Google Mobile app updated and renamed Google Search [video]

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 a 7:41 pm

The popular Google Mobile app has just received a major update and a complete name change too. The app will now be known simply as Google Search.

The update offers more ways to interact with the app using swipe gestures. Swiping down in a page will reveal the search bar whilst browsing. There is also a dedicated apps button for quick access to mobile versions of Google Apps. A new toolbar is available to filter search results; again a swipe is initiated to access this toolbar, left to right.

If you leave the app and come back later, you’ll be able to either start a new search by typing in the search box, hit the microphone button to do a voice search or tap on the camera icon to use Google Goggles. If you want to get back to exactly where you were before you left the app, you can simply tap the lower part of the page and it will be restored.

Google Goggles, Voice Search, My Location and Gmail have also all been improved in this new app. There is a short video after the break, demonstrating the new features.

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Daily Tip: How to remove the jailbreak on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Feb 28, 2011 a 9:55 pm

So you have jailbroken your beloved iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, installed lots of tweaks and now find it to be unstable, or you need to take your device into an Apple Store for service, what do you do? To find out how unjailbreak please stay with us after the break.