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Skype For iPhone Announced Officially

Skype LogoIt's official now Skype for iPhone is now announced at CTIA 2009 and will be available for download in iTunes App Store from tomorrow, Skype for iPhone will let users call other Skype users for free while landlines calls will be charged as per existing Skype rates, unluckily you won't be able to use 3G or cellular data channel for VOIP and will need an active Wi-Fi signal to make use of the service, however chatting will remain functional without the need of Wi-fi over your cellular network.

Skype For iPhone

This is some very good news for iPod Touch users as they can now make calls using an earphone with embedded microphone bridging the phone functionality gap between the iPhone and iPod Touch to some extent.

Skype For Apple iPhone Coming Soon

Skype LogoMuch awaited iPhone client of popular P2P VOIP service Skype is expected to soon hit the Apple iTunes store in coming week for public download, once available the client application will let Apple iPhone and iPod touch users use cost-effective Skype VOIP telephony service over Wi-Fi and 3G networks, the Skype client application is expected to be made available for free but as usual will need paid account upgrade for full feat

iSafeCopy - Utility To Backup And Restore iPhone Data Including Cydia Applications

iSafeCopy LogoApple iTunes provides iPhone and iPod Touch backup and restore facility, but if you have jailbroken your device you must be having lots of stuff that iTunes won't backup, in such a situation restoring your device will result in loss of such data, thanks to brand new software iSafeCopy you can now backup and restore that data savings lots of time re-installing everything from scratch.

iSafeCopy User Interface

iSafeCopy is currently in beta and allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to backup and restore Cydia sources, installed applications, Winterboard Themes, Cycorder Videos, Camera Roll Images, Wallpapers, MxTube saves, Ringtones, Address book, SMS, Notes, iBlacklist Database, Full Call History and Calender data with ease.

Simple Guide To Jailbreak iPod Touch 2G

Apple iPod TouchUnlike iPod Touch First Generation jailbreaking the newer iPod Touch Second Generation requires a different approach as QuickPWN currently does not support iPod Touch 2G, luckily iPod 2G is now jailbreakable and QuickFreedom is a new utility which can get the job done pretty easily via a simple to use wizard styled user interface, QuickFreedom works on Windows XP and Vista allowing users to jailbreak and install Cydia and Installer with options to change the boot logo.

Quickfreedom

QuickFreedom supports jailbreaking the latest iPod Touch 2G with 2.2.1 firmware, the 5-step jailbreaking process is quite simple and can be done easily as described next.

Free AntiVirus Software For Mac

Mac OS XIf you think you don't need an anti-virus software for Mac then you might regret your decision taking chances with your data and privacy, although very limited but there exist viruses for Macs and to get protection from these baddies you need an Anti-virus solution, luckily like Windows there are quite a few good free anti-virus software's available for Mac OS X, PCTools iAntiVirus and ClamXav are two such free solutions for your Mac computer.

PCTools iAntiVirus is very simple to use with minimal options, the free software provides efficient real-time protection with automatic smart-updates.

iAntiVirus

Downgrade iPhone Firmware 3.0 To 2.x.x

iPhoneDespite all the warnings if you upgraded your iPhone to the latest iPhone OS 3.0 Beta without a developer account you must be locked-out from normal phone functionality, downgrading your iPhone to an earlier version is pretty straight-forward but downgrading your baseband (which is responsible for the unlock being not functional anymore) is not possible with newer versions, You can downgrade iPhone OS 3.0 To earlier 2.2.1 version using the following guide.

Installing iPhone Firmware 3.0 Beta On iPod Touch Without A Developer Account

iPod Touch Users have now found a way to install and use iPhone OS 3.0 Beta on iPod Touch without an developer account, the hack involves using the iPhone OS 3.0 Beta .IPSW restore file with iTunes blocking the applications access to internet via firewall.

The trick is that iTunes uses an active internet connection to verify whether the current device using the BETA OS is developer registered or not, if it founds non-developer registered device using the BETA OS iTunes syncing is disabled, this simple check can be easily bypassed using the hack described next.

Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Beta Leaked On File-Sharing Portals For Public Downloading

Apple iPhoneAs expected, iPhone OS 3.0 Beta is now out in the wild and available for download on bittorrent sites and will soon make its way to popular file-hosting and sharing sites like Rapidshare, Megaupload and Mediafire, the BETA preview is meant for developers and need an iPhone 3G registered as a developer handset to work, which means you need to pay $99 to Apple for an Developer account to test this out, if you upgrade without the developer registered iPhone you will get locked on the emergency screen, as already confirmed by the iPhone Dev Team this latest release is jailbrekable on all devices and a custom IPSW is expected to be released soon which might get installed on non-developer registered iPhones.

iPhone OS 3.0 Confirmed To Be Jailbreakable On All Devices, But Not Yet Unlockable

As reported in earlier post iPhone Firmware 3.0 preview is now available to Apple developers and chances are that iPhone OS 3.0 preview IPSW file might get leaked on torrent portals soon, the iPhone Dev Team has now confirmed that the new firmware is jailbreakable on all devices but warned users from upgrading as it will render yellowsn0w useless.

Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Update Preview

iPhone Firmware 3.0Finally the wait is over with Apple revealing the feature-packed iPhone Software 3.0 update preview for iPhone and iPod Touch at an special media-event, the latest update brings more then 100 new features for the end-users and includes 1000+ new API's for developers further exposing the device for creation of powerful applications.

iPhone OS 3.0

The iPhone OS 3.0 update will be available to end-users this summer and will get pushed as an free upgrade to iPhone customers, However, an one-time $9.95 upgrade fee will be levied on iPod Touch users.

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