And on the third day, the iPad is jailbroken April 5, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments Well, technically it was the second day, but what fun is that given that Sunday was Easter? So we have a proof of concept break out there using ‘Spirit’ by a hack0r called MuscleNerd. The video shows him getting to root and running a few command, some he placed within the OS himself. Now this… Read More
Can I use my iPad as a phone? April 4, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Sure. All you need is WIFI access. Basically the non 3G iPad is an iPad on steroids. So if you could get your ipod touch to do a VoIP call, then you can do it on your iPad… And there are plenty of Apps to choose from. Line2 has the most professional options. (My Review… Read More
First look inside the iPad and OMG!! April 2, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment I knew it!! I knew it!! Its just a big iphone with a screen and battery!! Man.. ol Steve really pulled one over on us. That’s it. I’m going to build my own iPad! ^_^… Read More
Steven Colbert got an iPad and the jokes start flying April 2, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments If you did not watch the Cobert Report last night you missed a pretty good segment with the iPad. Yes he got one. So I decided to grab a few jokes and post them up. However, to really appreciate this bit, you need to watch the video. Video at the bottom of the post.. The… Read More
Sneak Peak at reading a comic on the iPad April 1, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment So this is fun. We all know the big win with the iPad is the large screen; yes I know, its just an over-sized iPod touch, but still, that size change makes all the difference. For me, it will be game play (which I do not have time for anymore ) reading (and please no… Read More
XKCD goes all terminal on us April 1, 2010 | perivision | 3 Comments Ok, this has nothing to do with mobile devices, or NetTablets, or Augmented Reality, – the stuff I normally write about; but what the heck, its April 1st and I’m a huge XKCD fan. Thus, with much love; I share that XKCD changed their home page to work like an old Unix terminal. (Course, those… Read More
Why you should jailbreak your iPad March 30, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Jailbreak the ipad? Oh yea! From what I’ve heard, we should have a blackra1n or some other jailbreaking or pwning tool pretty soon after the ipad hits the street. I would guess the iPad is going to run some form of 3.1.3 or perhaps we should just call it 3.2 because you know they will… Read More
Play piano and other instruments on the iPad March 26, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Well sure!! Why didn’t I think of this?? Back in the jailbreak days we have some really cool little music apps to play with. My favorite was the guitar. But like all the instruments, there really want much you could do with the small screen. Well now that is no longer an issue and a… Read More
Line2 VoIP app pulled from the Apple Store? DNS Attack? March 25, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment UPDATE 2!! It’s gone again!! I’m guessing the same reason. Hopefully it will be up in a few hours. UPDATE!!! They pulled it from the store because of a DNS attack. I just went back into the store and its back. If this is something you can see using, I recommend jumping on it now.… Read More
Voip phone on the iphone ipod and iPad has gotten WAY better with line2 March 25, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments First off, I have not tried this yet. I tried to download it and give it a test, but it was not in the store. I’ll send them an email to try and find out whats up. UPDATE: Seems they were getting a DNS attack and took the app off the store. Its back up… Read More
Opera on the iphone will be cool, but on the iPad, Sweeet! March 24, 2010 | perivision | 2 Comments I just saw a video of the new Opera Mini running on the iPhone! I cannot wait!!! This is the first app for the iphone, including jailbroken ones, that really has me excited. It was submitted today, so we’ll see if Apple will allow it and when. Surfing on the iphone has been a major… Read More
Issue with Jailbreaking the iphone 3.1.3 March 22, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment Does it work for you? Normally, when I write about jailbreaking I’m trying to report the news or talk about interesting app. However, in this case, I’m asking for feedback. I have a friend who foolishly updated to 3.1.3 and lost his unlock. He gave me his phone and I tried blackra1n. 5 times! Nothing. … Read More
Want 4G speed iphone or iPad? Now you can use the iphone iPad on Sprint March 21, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment The news has already swept across the interwebs a few days back, but I only just now started looking into it. So sprint has this device that will let you connect your iphone or iPad to the Sprint 4G network without jailbreaking your iphone. Yea, no jailbreak this time. 🙂 So how does it work?… Read More
Time to port your iPhone app to iPad. Doors open on March 27th March 19, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment This just came up in TechCrunch so I’m sure my email will be along soon. Apple is now opening up the door for iPad applications March 27. So.. How many apps will be NEW and and how many will be existing apps just reformatted for the iPad? Hmm… Almost all? Well, at least at first. … Read More
CBS’s Free March Madness app is pretty good. March 18, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment I’m not a big sports fan of BBall, I’m more of Collage football type, but the Cal Bears are in the big dance this year and I did the office brackets, so what the heck. First step? Download an app for the iPhone of course. I did fail at step one though, I tried doing… Read More
40% of blackberry users would switch to a smartphone March 16, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment Last week I talked about how near 30% of current ebook owners would have bought the iPad if it had been available. Well, another study from arstechnica states that %4o of blackberry users will go to a smart phone when their contract is up.. Many of them going to the iphone. Its pretty clear that… Read More
Need to replace that battery in your iPad? $100 March 15, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment On the surface, that’s not too bad, but there are a few issues I have with it.. First off, batteries can lose their life span pretty quickly if you are not careful or if you are unlucky and get one that dies a quick death in a few months. Heat, and rapid charging and discharging… Read More
The cutest Augmented Reality pet. EyePet is just the beginning March 14, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment If any of you read my articles for iphonelife magazine, or read this post from awhile back, you know that I said one of big things we have to look forward to are virtual pets we can play with because they will be able to respond the environment around us. I can imagine an iphone… Read More
Andriod market share is up, Apple is flat, the rest? #Fail March 11, 2010 | perivision | Leave a comment So let me count how many people are surprised by this… Show of hands?? Hmmm just you in the back? Work for Microsoft? Yea, ok figured. Just a quick look around San Francisco and you can see the number of Android phones are starting to make enough of an impression that they are starting to… Read More
Old fashion rotary dialer for your iphone without jailbreak March 10, 2010 | perivision | 1 Comment For those of us that are jailbroken, special dialers are pretty much old hat, although I still love, and miss, my payphone dialer. I lost track of where I got it and now cannot find it, but I did not try all that hard. So now comes along an iphone app that will give you… Read More