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Will Apple’s iPad Get Jailbreak and How Long Will it Take?

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When Apple announced the iPad last week, TiPb’s email quickly filled up with readers and forum members who wondered if it would be possible to jailbreak it and, if so, how long it would take? First, it’s important to remember that, while we’re all excited, the iPad doesn’t even ship until March at the earliest, [...]

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How-to: Make Your Jailbroken iPhone Look Like an iPad

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Redmond Pie has a nifty tutorial up for those who want to give their Jailbroken iPhone and/or iPod touch an iPad look-and-feel (or just a hint of iPhone 3.2!). Here’s what you need:

Winterboard “Simple iPad Theme” MakeItMine app Shrink app ProSwitcher NYTimes app Classics app Kindle app

Making your old device look like an unreleased new device is hallmark of the hacking [...]

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GV Mobile + (2.0) for iPhone Jailbreak Now on Cydia

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We saw the preview, but now it’s for real — GV Mobile + (2.0) for Jailbreak is available via Cydia via the ModMyI repo. Originally an App Store app before the Great Google Voice Rejection of ‘09, GV Mobile has thrived on Cydia, and the latest release shows no sign of slowing down. What’s new?

First, [...]

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GV Mobile 2.0 for iPhone Coming Soon to Cydia

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Boy Genius scored a sneak peak of a Google Voice client, GV Mobile 2.0, which will be available in the near future on Cydia to anyone with a jailbroken iPhone. GV Mobile is an application which allows your iPhone to use all of the features that comes with Google Voice and was actually in the [...]

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ProSwitcher iPhone Jailbreak Multitasking UI Goes 1.0

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ProSwitcher [github link], the webOS “Cards”-style flickable, flick-to-close-able multitasking interface for Jailbroken iPhones running Backgrounder that we posted about last week has just gone primetime with version 1.0. You can find it in Cydia.

If you try it out, multitask us up a comment and let us know how it performs.

[via ShiekHali form the TiPb [...]

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Bluetooth Keyboard for iPhone via Jailbreak BTstack

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Ringwald’s BTstack Keyboard for Jailbreak lets your iPhone 3G or 3GS, or BT-enabled iPod touch use a Bluetooth keyboard and is now available via Cydia.

Based on the open-source BTstack project, it’s been tested on:

Apple Bluetooth keyboard Think Outside Stowaway Universal keyboard Palm Wireless keyboard

But should work on any similarly functioning device, and the status for iPhone 2G [...]

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ProSwitcher for Jailbreak Brings Safari Pages, webOS Cards-style Multitasking UI to iPhone

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If you’re Jailbroken yet still frustrated that you can’t move between iPhone apps as easily as you can web pages in Safari (or Palm webOS users can in card view), ProSwitcher [Free beta - Cydia] is something to consider.

A front end to Backgrounder, which enables multitasking on a Jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch, duplicates [...]

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Jailbreak: MultiFl0w Task Manager for Backgrounder-enabled iPhones

Running Backgrounder on your Jailbroken iPhone and looking for a little UI magic for your task switching? Check out MultiFl0w, free to try and $5 to buy, it’s not free like Kirikae but it’s fun.

If you give it a go, let us know how it works for you.

[MultiFl0w via Gizmodo, thanks Dylan for the tip!]

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Apple Comments on iPhone Jailbreak/SSH Worm: You Shoulda Known Better

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We’ve said it over and over again, if you Jailbreak your iPhone, install SSH, don’t change the default SSH password, and get on a network with a bad guy, they can hold you hostage, Rickroll you, steal your data, or turn your iPhone into a bot — and according to Apple, you should have known [...]

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How to: Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3G/3GS 3.1.2 Using blackra1n and blacksn0w — Mac OS X Edition

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blackra1n is the latest, simplest Jailbreak tool from iPhone hacker George Hotz (Geohot) and supports all modern iPhone and iPod touch devices running the latest 3.1.2 firmware. blacksn0w is the associated Unlock utility. (Jailbreaking lets you run software not approved by Apple, like background tasks, Google Voice apps, etc. Unlocking lets you use your iPhone [...]

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