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iOS devices refer to any of Apple’s hardware that runs the iOS mobile operating system which include iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Historically, Apple releases a new iOS version once a year, the current version is iOS 10. Here is the complete list of iOS 10 compatible devices.

Apple's iPad helps researchers speak with the animals

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jun 2 2010 - 4:32 am PT
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If ever there’s been a heart-warming animal story that’s desperate for an accompanying video it has to be this one — a nice little story about a dolphin, an iPad and a research team.

The story is as follows: Dolphin research scientist, Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com, is using an iPad to help develop a language with which to communicate with a young two year old dolphin called Merlin.

“The use of the iPad is part of our continuing search to find a suitable touch screen technology which the dolphins can activate with the tip of their rostrums or beaks. After extensive searching and product review, it looks like our choice is between the Panasonic Toughbook and the Apple iPad,

LaLa.com closes, iTunes don't get streaming – yet…

Avatar for 9to5 Staff Jun 1 2010 - 8:05 am PT
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Farewell Lala.com.

As it had warned, Apple closed its recently-acquired LaLa.com music streaming service last night. The company had confirmed plans to shutter the service earlier this year, saying, “In appreciation of your support, you will receive a credit in the amount of your Lala web song purchases for use on Apple’s iTunes Store.”

Speculation now must surely be focused on Apple

Apple to start paying Foxconn workers directly?

Avatar for 9to5 Staff May 31 2010 - 2:38 pm PT
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If a story from Zhongguancun Online News (A CBS subsidiary) is to be believed, Apple will be giving Foxconn employees a small percentage of the devices profits directly.  The quote is 1-2% but it is unconfirmed.  

As Apple typically has a 30-40% margin on their wares, this doesn’t seem like it would hurt their bottom line too badly and the PR would certainly help.  Plus it might give those distraught employees something to live for.   The paper also says the iPad will be the first device to start this scheme.  

Apple will probably be commenting on this story if it true.  Stay tuned?

Rough Google translation:

Sources said Apple will staff its products OEM Foxconn to provide direct financial subsidies, subsidies for the amount of profit for Apple products by 1% -2%.We have previously reported that Apple employees have been involved in the investigation chain Foxconn suicide cases. Apple believes that low wages or a major incentive for such cases. To enable the public the plight of Foxconn out as soon as possible, Apple decided to Foxconn, Apple’s products, foundry workers to give direct financial subsidies. According to Apple, the proportion of Apple products at subsidized prices by 1% -2% of profits. First of all, will be subsidized is iPad product line employees. Apple iPad Foxconn currently paid to the OEM cost of 2.3% of product prices, subsidies that figure will reach 3%, this is a cost equivalent to iPad aluminum shell.

 (via Engadget)

Unholiest of unholies? Putting Android on iPhone has never been easier

Avatar for 9to5 Staff May 30 2010 - 4:00 pm PT
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We’re not here to get into the debate of what is morally permissible to do to your old iPhones.   We’re just saying that if you did want to try Android on your old iPhone 2G/3G, it is now stupidly easy.   FunkySpaceMonkey shows how:

 

You will need:

  • a jailbroken iPhone 2G or 3G running firmware 3.1.2 ( NOT 3.1.3 )
  • the device should be jailbroken with PwnageTool, RedSn0w or Blackra1n. Won

Netflix on iPhone? There is a app for that…inside the iPad app

Avatar for 9to5 Staff May 30 2010 - 2:36 pm PT
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Netflix works on the iPad, so why not release the app for iPhone?  Oh, because it has a 3.5-inch display?  

Bah! Says hacker Knisitruck at ModMyI who has made some small adjustments to the iPad app and has it working on his Jailbroken iPhone.

For you conspiracy theorists out there, the reason it was so easy to port the iPad app to iPhone was that it had an iPhone bundle built-in.

Turns out the Netflix iPad app appears to have a native iPhone app bundled in with the iPad app, hence the ability to make it work on the iPhone and the different layout for the iPhone etc.

So that probably means that a Netflix iPhone app was made and denied or one is coming soon.  WWDC? Perhaps the iPhone experience isn’t what the powers that be thought would be reasonable.

What’s not to love?  He lays it out in bullet points:

  • Huge battery drain – 25% of battery for around 15min of streaming, drains pretty quick while browsing the app as well.
  • Crashing – I suspect memory is the issue here, and also probably because it’s made for another device. Happened when browsing too fast through the app(lots of clicks).
  • 3G Speed – Takes forever to load the app and to start streaming (does work though)

Oh, so that’s why there isn’t Netflix for iPhone…yet.  Via Engadget.  DIY instructions below:

To do this yourself

  • Get app from iTunes, locate/rename ipa to zip and extract.
  • Go into the .app file, located at /appname/Payload/appname.app, (show package contents) and open the info.plist
  • Edit all references of OS version to show iphoneos3.1.2 (or your respective version).Save and close, done there.

Now, just copied over SSH (with permissions repair and a respring) this will show up on the phone. With Netflix though, it required the mediaplayer frameworks from the iPad. So:

  • SSH, get the mediaplayer frameworks folder from an iPad, located at /System/Library/Frameworks/MediaPlayer.framework
  • Copy that to the same location on an iPhone (I’d suggest backing up the original from your phone just in case). Change permissions to 755 recursive for directories, and then go inside the folder and change the individual file permissions to 644. (Or just recursive 755 to all files/folders on the MediaPlayer.framework folder)

Now the mediaplayer frameworks are in place, all that’s left is a manual install of the app.

  • SSH, go to /private/var/stash/Applications
  • Copy the appname.app file there and change permissions. (I used 777 recursive for simplicity’s sake, but I’m sure the normal 775 would work).
  • Launch and have fun.

That’s about it. The way I found out that I needed the frameworks file was from a crash report.

 

DoJ Apple probe grows beyond Music to Movies and Video

Avatar for 9to5 Staff May 30 2010 - 10:00 am PT
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According to the NYPost today, the US Department of Justice is doing an “outreach” program on Apple to find out how it is handling its dealings with not just the music business, but Hollywood in general.

“The [Justice Dept.] is doing outreach,” said one Hollywood industry source. “You can’t dictate terms to the industry. The Adobe thing is just inviting the wrath of everybody.” Added a senior source at a media company: “If Apple thinks it’s going to increase its monopoly with the iPad, it should look at the history of other walled gardens.”

After having recently surpassed Microsoft in market capitalization to become the biggest Tech company in the world, Apple is no longer the underdog fighting the Man.  It is the Man.  Companies like Adobe, Amazon and Media Players in Hollywood certainly would like to see Apple carefully scrutinized.