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Let’s start with the bad news. There is no iOS 5.0 or higher jailbreak for the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S. Despite all the rumors other sites post, IMO there likely won’t be one until after iOS 5.1 is released which means it is still months away. Now the good news! Today @pod2G released an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0 and 5.0.1 that works on iPhone 4 (both GSM & CDMA), iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation and iPad 1. It uses redsn0w and is very simple. Watch the quick video as I spent that past hour re-jailbreaking my iPhone 4 and my kids iPod Touch 4th generations. If you were already using a tethered or semi-tethered jailbreak keep reading as I recommend doing a full restore to iOS 5.0.1 as opposed to using the Cydia patch. Continue Reading…

So I’ve owned and used an iPhone daily for years. My kids used my old iPhones until last week when I gave each of them a new 4th generation iPod Touch. This was an easy decision to make as the 5 and 7 year old boys have no need for a phone. Plus a new iPod Touch is a better computer than an iPhone. Better at playing games, checking the weather (they like that), using a camera, watching videos and video chatting (FaceTime). I got them on Black Friday for $199 with $50 Best Buy gift cards. I’ve never actually owned an iPod Touch before. To see how much I sold my old iPhone 3G for and what I thought of the iPod Touch Continue Reading…

Chronic Dev Team (the one’s behind Greenpois0n) member @pod2g shows a working untethered jailbreak for iOS 5 in this video! It is on an iPod Touch, but will surely work on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS as well. He tweeted it works on 5.0.1 too. However, he has not tested and it likely will not work on the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. He doesn’t own either device so he hasn’t tired, but I doubt it will work on the A5 device. Nevertheless, this is good news for iPhone 4 and iPod Touch owners that have been wanting an iOS 5 untethered jailbreak. It shouldn’t be long now. Maybe before the end of the year. For those iPad 2 and iPhone 4S users the wait likely will continue into 2012. Before you ask about what can or can’t be jailbroken see this chart.

Let’s just say the Walmart in Nashville on Black Friday opening (Thusday 10:00 PM) was much scarier than anything I saw on Halloween. I went in through a back door and got to the XBox line at 9:59. “Sold Out we only had 16.” Well that sucked. So I went to get a few $5 footballs. Feeling closterfobic I called my wife for advice. “Look for a professional and ask them.” To the left was a mom and daughter with the cart filled. I asked and they told me exactly where to go. Items in hand I went and got in line. Every aisle in the Walmart was full. Checking out took forever. Continue Reading…

Usually only my wife is crazy enough to wake early on Black Friday and hunt for deals. However, I have some extra cash and am going to treat myself this year. BTW, if you didn’t already know, Black Friday is really Thursday night as most major retailers (Best Buy, Target, Toys R Us, Walmart) are opening on Thanksgiving night. So where can you score some great deals? I’ll tell you what I’m planning on getting. Continue Reading…

I think some of you are going to like this. Ever had a movie, TV show, exercise video or anything else for which you couldn’t find a MegaUpload or FileServe link. Torrents are great option for getting these files on your iPhone, iPad or iPod. It’s actually quite easy to do as the video shows. The only catch, like many cool things you must be jailbroken as Apple will not approve any torrent downloading app for the App Store. Cydia to the rescue! For the links and step by step just hit continue reading after watching the video.

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Stop it. Why does everyone have this wrong but me?? Usually when I ask myself this question it’s because I’m being an idiot and I’ve got it messed up. However, I’m not so sure about this one. Every article I can find about the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes and Nobel Nook Tablet are comparing them to the iPad 2? They are nothing like the the iPad 2 and will have minimal impact on iPad 2 sales. Completely different products. As far as Apple is concerned the device they are in competition with is the iPod Touch. Yes, I know the display is much smaller, but not really much more than Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet is compared to the iPad 2.  Let’s take a closer look. Continue Reading…

Sorry for the geeky math equation title, but it’s true. Barnes and Nobel announced the most recent addition of the Nook product line today. The Nook Tablet is the direct competitor to the recently announced Amazon Kindle Fire. The Nook Tablet looks the same as the Nook Color and has the same 7 inch color display with the same resolution. However, the $249 “Tablet” offers better hardware with a 1Ghz processor and 1 GB of RAM. The Nook Tablet also offers 16GB of storage with an SD card slot for additional space. While it will be a little over a week before you can get your hands on either, do yourself a favor and pass on both for an iPod Touch instead. Continue Reading…

Wow, this was an easy article to write. This Apple Cards app is the biggest fail since Ping. I thought this was a brilliant market for Apple to enter. However, they have done so in such timid fashion that Hallmark has nothing to be worried about yet. Almost everything about this app and the ordering process is terrible. Don’t believe me Continue Reading…

Back in the mid 1990’s I used to listen to music a lot. I spent a good bit of money on speakers, amp, subwoofer and Adcom 5-disc cd changer. I’d wake up in the morning load five cd’s and hit random and listen to music at volumes that my neighbor would comment on. New albums would come out at midnight on Tuesday’s and about once per month I’d be there so I had something to listen to at work the next day. Then came Napster and I quit going to Tower Records. About 10 years later it closed. If I needed a song or album I just did a quick search and downloaded it to my computer in minutes. Ripping cd’s and Napster is how I got the majority of music on my Mac today. Currently I listen to music I’ve synced through iTunes or Pandora. Actually, I’ve been listening to Pandora more this week since I downloaded PandoraSkips (a cool Cydia tweak that gives you unlimited skips). I haven’t tried Spotify, but I know it’s popular along with satellite radio. There are just so many ways to consume music these days. Apparently Facebook is planning on getting into the act by offering free music. I don’t see myself using this and figure it will die like Facebook Deals and Facebook Places have. With so many changes over of the past 10-15 years I realized I have no idea how people listen to music anymore. So that’s my new poll question. How do you mainly listen to music today? You can vote for more than one in this poll.