This post ALMOST confirms the release of the Verizon iPhone. I know I’m happy about this and I know DAVID sure is, so he can throw his Droid at a wall and sprint (I mean Verizon) on over to the 5th Avenue Apple store and buy this fresh piece of… Apple.

Verizon has stated that “Wednesday is a big day”. They will also be holding a “kick off” event (not uncommon, they do it at the beginning at every quarter) but this event just so happens to lie on the same day as a “certain product announcement”. Plus, if you still aren’t convinced, Verizon will be watching a live webcast, no specifics.

Chris’ Clearing It Up Corner:
-Wednesday is the day of the Verizon quarterly event and the Apple Keynote address.
-The Apple Keynotes are recorded on video for their podcast but they also broadcast them live on some occasions.

DAVID’s Buzz-kill Corner:
-They are neither confirming nor denying that this could be the tablet.

Edit: What a let-down

I don’t yet know why, but I could honestly care less. Appulo.us was going downhill ever since the troll bridge. Even after the troll bridge and the server changes, it was still just as slow (maybe a little faster, but still slow). But now, Installous no longer takes you to Appulo.us, it takes you to Apptrackr. It is the best thing to happen to pirat… err… “Try-before-you-buy” for a long time. Don’t believe me? Tap the jolly green giant and see for yourself!

Ok here’s my rant:

1) Android, Suck it Apple, suck it. I have the Droid, running the 2.1 ROM, and I tell you, this BLOWS my old 2G out of the water. I love the notification panel, and you people that b!tch about the “iDon’t” crap is a lie, your wrong, Android is flexible in every way, Google just gives you the OS, and says “Do what you want, We don’t care”

Anyways:

• What I want: Widgets, Widgets, Widgets! Dev’s could create customizable widgets that you can place on your SpringBoard. This will make peoples life’s much easier. For example, a “Power Control” widget that you can use to shut off wifi/bluetooth/3g connections without opening the app. Or even a weather widget.



• Some sort of homescreen navigation, Orbit, a Cydia application does it well, so why not implement exposé?



• Themes (Winterboard, ehem) I’m tired of looking at the black background all day long.
• A task manager, something like that
• FLASH!
• and much more, I’ll be posting more as the week goes on..

ProSwitcher and OverBoard developer chpwn (at least that is what he is known as on Twitter) has created, yet another, iPhone changing app. An infinite dock. The dock works like the regular iPhone dock when it comes to adding and removing icons, but, when you pass 4, you can then scroll an infinitely expanding dock. Yes, you can put all the apps in the app store on your dock. Why? Because 5 was not enough, 7 was ugly, and stacks were overrated. The app/mod is for sale on the Cydia Store for $0.99.

IF YOU HAVE DESKTOP/SMS BACKGROUND INSTALLED (like I did) YOU WILL NEED TO UNINSTALL IT FOR THIS APP/MOD TO WORK!!!

If you have a 3G [S] or Cycorder, ignore this post and go read about how there will be no more reviews until Christmas (OH NOES!). If you have an iPhone EDGE or 3G and you are not jailbroken this is the post for you!
First, you should probably think about jailbreaking, it is extremely easy and there are so many advantages to it. Second, Apple has just released an app to the app store called iVideoCamera. This app will allow you to take up to 1 minute videos at an amazing 3 FPS. Yes, I know you are overwhelmed, but when you think about it, that is 60 seconds and 3 FPS more than you had before.

I suggest checking this out, it is $0.99 on the App Store.
Discuss this app on our new FORUMS!

iPhone app developers Appvent have really gotten into the spirit of the holidays, releasing a calender on their site giving you one free app everyday until Christmas! The catch? The app is only free for one day, then it will just return to its original price. Be sure to bookmark their site and check in everyday to get your free apps! Happy Holidays!

First there was FML, then there was TFLN, then there was MLIA. Now from the creator of the original comes the new site Apple Rejected Me (or ARM for short.)

On this site, iPhone developers can tell the tales of what their iPhone app was supposed to do and why it got rejected. Then you, the reader, get to vote and comment on the ARM. Of course there are going to be people who post random things; but once the serious developers that got rejected check out this site, I feel it could persuade Apple into double checking before rejecting.

Here’s some of the posts from the site:
-I made a App tha allowed the Iphone be able to tell if you had bad breath. Apple said: “this is not supposed to work” ARM
-I made an app of Tic-Tac-Toe for the iphone. Apple sent me a letter saying it was too confusing for the average user. ARM.
-I made an App that allowed people to access a mobile version of applerejectedme.com, to read ARM’s and to write ARM’s. ARM.
-i made an app that incorporated your contacts with google voice. ARM
-I started making an app. One minute later, Apple sent me an email saying “Don’t even think about it”. ARM.

UPDATE: You can now download the ARM dashboard widget and follow @AppleRejectedMe on Twitter

You have probably seen stories about keeping your iPhone safe posted all over the web, but we at iPwnAge can not stress this enough! One of the most popular devices in the world is also the favorite of many “hackers”, many of which have no idea what they are doing. When you jailbreak your iDevice, you are opening it up allowing for open-development (think of it as unlocking safe and leaving it open when you are done). And as much as you don’t want to believe it, yes, there are many viruses for the iPhone. Most of which are harmless, but many of which have the potential to steal your contacts, your phone number, even your credit-card information. Plus, lets not forget, your iPhone can also get stolen (duh). So without further ado, the steps you should take to stay safe.

Fret no longer!  Emilio Pelàez, the programmer of the app, has created an iPod Classic emulator that has just been submitted to the App Store and the Cydia Store for $1.99.  Called iClassic, this app/mod will allow you to browse your iPhone or iPod Touch in the same menu format as the iPod Classic (that includes playing music) as well as browsing with an onscreen click wheel as opposed to swiping.  Some small downsides,  version 1.0 will not include apps or videos.  iClassic is now on the Cydia Store, just search “iClassic” and then download!

Make it ra1n, with the new 3.1.x jailbreaker, blackra1n.

First off, blackra1n is the SIMPLEST jailbreaking method yet. All you do is click. You read right, click.
No DFU mode, No firmware selection, nothing, nada, zilch.

I mean, you don’t even need a tutorial to use it, and if you do, get to the doctor A.S.A.P, you have a disease called Dumbass Syndrome.

And what’s even more awesome is that they include the new Rock Your Phone app, Rock. I am telling you that this is THE best Packaging application that I have ever touched. The scrolling and overall feel is a bit awkward, but in a few updates, it should be all fixed. Oh and did I mention that it supports ALL packages, including Cydia’s APT based sources.

Trust me, this is the new crusher, I will do an application review on it later, not now

Oh, if you read the Jailbreaking log, this is what is says:

INFO: send command started
INFO: file opened
ioctl: 0
INFO: command geohot sent
INFO:  I JUST DROPPED IT LIKE ITS HOT
WARN:  wtf who called this?
INFO:  global callback finished
INFO:  unused callback called