At the Media Event Steve Jobs already talked about iOS 4.1 but only told us that iOS 4.1 will be released “somewhere next week”. But now the Apple website is saying that the new firmware will be out on Wednesday, 8th September. iOS 4.1 will bring us new features like the Game Center, the ability to upload HD videos, HDR Photo and Ping inside iTunes. Also it includes really important bug fixes such as, proximity, Bluetooth and iPhone 3G issues.
iPhoDroid is a automated Android OS installation for iOS 4, but was till now only available for Mac users. Luckily Mcfly didn’t forgot about the Windows users and has developed a iPhoDroid app compatible with Windows. The dev, Sergio Mcfly, just announced that he will release the tool sometime next week. We will keep you informed when iPhoDroid for Windows has been released. » iPhoDroid Will Be Available For Windows Soon!
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Facebook has just received a pretty big update which includes a new function called “places”. With places you can see where your friends are and friends can check where you are now thanks to GPS. “In the video above you can see the first people checking in on Facebook Places” To make use of “places” both you and your friends need a Smartphone. Till now they only updated the Facebook app on the iPhone, but the Android and Blackberry app will also receive this update on a later date. » Facebook For iPhone Has Been Updated: New Function “Places”!
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Lately there are a lot of problems in the iDevice world, take the iPhone 3GS for example. If you have iOS 4 installed, you maybe already noticed that it isn’t working as it supposed to be. A lot of iPhone 3GS devices with firmware iOS 4, will execute a reset while making phone calls “mostly when the phone call is longer than 5 minutes”. It looks like the issue is caused by multitasking. To prevent you iDevice from rebooting automatically, you can try to turn of all the applications that have multitasking enabled. You can read about it on the Apple Discussion Forum. » iPhone 3GS With iOS 4 Automatically Reboots When Making Phone Calls
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A Brazilian website MacMagazine claims they received information from a reliable source within Apple, telling the next Apple event will be held somewhere between the 14th and 20th of August. This event will probably be about the next gen iPod Touch “which according to rumors will include a front facing camera” and a new iOS for the iPad. » Rumor: Next Apple Event Somewhere Between 14 & 20 August
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After the release of jailbreakme 2.0 “which is good news” there is also some bad news for the jailbreak fans, Apple fixed a security flaw in safari that makes it impossible to jailbreak your device using jailbreakme.com. Apple did not release the fix for safari yet but will use it in the next software-update, so jailbreak your device while it still can. Apple did not say when they will release the next software-update but on Wednesday an Apple spokeswoman said in a statement, “We’re aware of this reported issue, we have already developed a fix and it will be available to customers in an upcoming software update.” » Apple Fixed A Security Flaw In Safari To Block Jailbreakme.com
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New day new Cydia app, infinifolders. Apple limited the amount of icons that you can add to a folder in iOS 4 to a maximum of 12. But thanks to Infinifolders, “which is a tweak developed by chpwn” you are not limited anymore and you can add as many icons in a folder as you want. You can access the icon by scrolling up and down. You can purchase infinifolders in the Cydia store for $1,99 via the BigBoss repo and is only compatible with iOS 4.