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State police in the city of Wuhan seized two warehouses filled with iPhone branded stoves. The best part? They weren’t taken for any trademark reason, but because they lacked “protection to prevent flame-out”. The even bestest part? They have certification labels from “Apple China Limited”. Who am I kidding. If I needed a portable stove, I’d totally by a dodgy iPhone branded ripoff one,... Contine Reading > >

Let’s face it. iOS is doing much, much better than the Mac line ever did — and this is a source of concern for many of us Mac users. But just how much is iOS outdoing OS X? Astonishingly so. According to a new report published by Asymco , Apple sold 156 million iOS devices in 2011, and it has only sold 122 million Macs in 28 years. That’s astonishing. In fact, the cumulative total of iOS devices... Contine Reading > >

So far, I have heard numerous rumors of different Smartphone Operating Systems running on an iPhone that includes Android in particular and older version of BlackBerry OS. Until today, I had never seen an actual proof of such things, but that has changed. Check out his video of Android OS running on a 1st gen iPhone, and it looks amazing. We all know that smartphone hardware is properly optimized... Contine Reading > >

Gizmodo found this new iPhone which was lost in a bar in Redwood City. What Gizmodo found out from that lost and found iPhone is the complete set of new features which are not present in current iPhone 3GS. Unfortunately, the device is non functional so nothing is solid from the OS point of view but there are tons of new hardware features to look at and get excited about. Here is the partial list... Contine Reading > >

The iPhone Dev Team has released a jailbreak tool for iPhone OS 4.0. As announced by MuscleNerd, that they have released redsn0w 0.9.5, for Mac. This is for developers only, though, as you still need to have your iPhone 3G’s UDID  properly registered with a Apple Developer account. This is Redsn0w 0.9.5 supports iPhone 3G, on iPhone OS 4.0. Here’s some details, from the iPhone Dev Team: This... Contine Reading > >

Very soon after it’s beta release, iPhone OS 4.0 has been jailbroken and MuscleNerd has the video to prove it. The jailbreaking method of iPhone OS 4.0 is not revealed yet and may come out during OS 4.0 official release time slated in this summer. However, it may happen that Apple may change/fix/update this beta release and we have something updated in the final official build which may not allow... Contine Reading > >

Finally rumors are getting hot about Verizon getting some iPhone love. As per the Wall Street Journal, Apple is developing a new CDMA based iPhone for Verizon Wireless and may come out in this summer. It’s also been said it will enter mass production by Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan’s ASUSTeK Computer Inc. This report does line up with speculation... Contine Reading > >

RadioShack a retail electronics chain in US, has begun expanding its pilot program for selling iPhones through it’s large network of retail store through out US. The iPhone will now be available in 3,000 out of its 4,500 stores in the U.S., making it second to only Walmart in terms of the number of stores carrying the device. To advertise the expansion, the store will feature the entire iPhone... Contine Reading > >

According to the leaked Apple internal document, iPhone will be available without ATT’s contract. As per Gizmodo, users can buy only one iPhone per day as contract-less iPhone. Do keep in mind that these contract-less phones are still locked with wireless carrier and you many need to think/consider about unlocking it if you want to use it with other wireless carriers. Well, you know how the unlocking... Contine Reading > >

If you have tons of old CDs and DVDs to scrap off and want to get a good return out of it, this trade-in is indeed a worth considering option to get free iPod, iPhone or iPad depending on how many old CDs and DVDs you have. As reported by New York Times, iPodMeister, the company based in New York, takes your used CDs and DVDs, and sell for a profit in other countries where people can’t afford MP3... Contine Reading > >