Jailbreakme.com

A new iPhone jailbreak has arrived, jailbreakme.com by Comex. It is the first iPhone 4 jailbreak and it works for all iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch on firmwares from 3.1.2 to 4.0.1. It is a very simple to use tool, just visit http://jailbreakme.com on your device and you'll see the "Slide to jailbreak" message. Just slide and wait for the device to do its work. At the end you'll have Cydia showing up in your springboard. According to the Dev-Team the iPhone 4 unlock is coming in the next days while the other iPhones can still use ultrasn0w from Cydia. Note, jailbreakme.com gave problems to MMS and Facetime, it has been fixed now but if you used the jailbreak before it was fixed, be sure to check Cydia and install the updates available and you'll be fine.

Updates

Sorry for the late post, I was enjoying my vacations but now it's time to come back to reality, my classes practically start tomorrow. Anyways, many things have happened since my last post. Apple released the iPhone 4, received complaints about the reception when holding the phone, and gave away free cases to make those consumers happier; Spain won the FIFA World Cup in a violent match against the Netherlands; Google stopped selling the Nexus One (too bad, I was planning on getting one); Mexico was first in the medal table of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games; and the OpenPandora project has grown a lot with many units already sent and more to come and with some great apps and emulators. That's all that I can remember for now, condensed in a quick summary. Thanks for reading.

FIFA World Cup

Today the FIFA World Cup started in South Africa. The biggest soccer tournament started this year with a nice opening followed by two matches, both which ended in a tie. South Africa and Mexico finished with 1 goal each while France vs Uruguay stayed with no goals. This will be an exciting event which will last a month when the final takes place. Of course I am cheering for Mexico as I live and was born there so ¡Vamos Méxicoo! Which team are you cheering for?

iPhone 4

Yesterday Apple unveiled their latest iPhone, the iPhone 4 at the World Wide Developers Conference 2010 (WWDC 2010). It turned out to be really as the prototypes leaked some weeks ago.

Its slogan is “This phone changes everything. Again.” I agree with what they say about this being a big leap over the last iPhone but it isn't anything so outstanding as it just introduces features which some other phones such as some which the Google Nexus One already had. Apple is just reaching out for the current specs possible. Read on to see the unique features of this iPhone compared to other iDevices.

FaceTime

FaceTime is video calling. You can video call someone from the address book or when already in a normal call with a contact. You can use the front or the back camera in FaceTime and you can easily change between them.

Retina Display

Apple did a big upgrade in regards to their screen resolution.The resolution of the iPhone 4 is 960x460 in the same space used for the 420x320 screen of older models. This means it now has 326 ppi instead of 163 ppi making it clearer and more readable. According to Apple, the iPhone 4 has the sharpest, most vibrant, and highest screen resolution in the smartphone market. I think this is true as the Google Nexus One has a screen of 800x480 and 252 ppi and it was the best display I had heard of for a smartphone.

HD Video Recording and 5 Megapixel Photo Camera

You can now shoot HD video up to 720p and even edit it with the upcoming iMovie app which will be available for $4.99 USD. You can share that video then. Also the 5 megapixel back camera lets you take clear pictures and the front facing VGA camera lets you take self portraits without messing the photo. The back camera has a LED Flash for taking pictures in the dark.

iPhone 4 Release Date

The iPhone 4 will be released on June 24. Pre-orders for iPhone 4 start on April 15. iPhone 4 will be available in 16 GB ($199 with 2-year contract) and 32 GB ($299 with 2-year contract).*

*Prices for the US in USD.

Pac-Man Google Doodle

Tomorrow is Pac-Man's 30th anniversary and Google has decided to celebrate it with a playable logo on their main page. Google doodles are event and holiday specific logos that Google sometimes use in their homepage. This time they have gone further by not just making an image logo. They've made it playable. Below you can see the logo:

You can actually play with this logo as an actual Pac-Man game which includes 255 levels and it even includes a 256th level "kill screen" just like the original coin-op. To control the Pac-Man use the arrow keys.

I have to say this has been my favorite Google doodle so far, it looks creative and best of it, it's fun. I have played with it for a while and I've become addicted. You guys should try it out.

If you like Pac-Man you can still enjoy it in newer consoles or portables like the iPhone from its App Store or with NDS's Namco Museum or Pac Man World 3.

EDIT: Hey guys, i just found out an interesting thing you can do. You can play with 2-player mode. Instead of the "I'm feeling lucky" button you'll usually find in Google's main page, there's now an "Insert coin" button. If you click it while already playing, "Ms. Pac-Man" will appear as a second player. Ms. Pac-Man is controlled with the "WASD" keys.

Spirit Jailbreak released

Sorry for the late news. Yesterday Comex (an iPhone hacker) released his Spirit. But with his Spirit I mean his new jailbreak tool. This tool is now able to jailbreak iPads making it the first iPad jailbreak. Not only that, it's also an untethered jailbreak for all devices, taking away all that worries for people who had no choice but to have it tethered. It works for all devices with firmwares 3.1.2 to 3.2 (all the models of iPods, iPhones, and iPads). It works on both Mac and Windows. It does not activate devices though, and unfortunately it is a userland based jailbreak which makes it very easy to patch by Apple, so please enjoy while supplies last (well, while you can actually). Spirit is also NOT a carrier unlock so watch out with that.

You can get this jailbreak from the official site.

Archos Generation 8 Android Internet Tablets

The Archos Generation 8 Android Internet Tablets are coming. In the slide they used to announce them in Chine, it appears there'll be 2x Archos 3, 1x Archos 5, 2x Archos 7, and 1x Archos 10. This is the slide they used:

The prices will vary from $100 to $300 and will most probably be cheaper if smaller. The slide also mentions multi-touch which probably means they will have capacitive touch screens. This is a great thing that was missing from the previous Archos Android Internet Tablet. Let's don't make more speculations at this moment and let's wait for more detailed specs to be announced or better yet, for them to be  released. :)