Important iPad News
July 7th, 2010 at 10:57 PM EST | by inu846W
Recently info was released on Flash 10.1 being ported to the iPad by popular hacker Comex and now the files have been released so you can get Flash support on your iPad as well, as long as it is jailbroken that is. The plugin that allows Flash on your iPad is called Frash and it doesn’t do video playback yet, but you can still play games and other animations as of right now. The instructions are not as easy as just point and click but they aren’t that hard either. Check out the instructions below:
How To Install Flash On Your iPad:
First and foremost make sure your iPad is jailbroken. If it isn’t jailbroken, check out our Spirit jailbreak guide here.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby.
2. Decide how you’re going to get files onto your iPad.
– For Mac users, it’s dead simple — just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your iPad in the Finder’s Sharing list.
Read more: mygadgetnews.com
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July 5th, 2010 at 9:49 AM EST | by inu846W
Apple and Steve Jobs have made it very clear that Flash will never be an option on devices like the iPhone and iPad. But making that decision is like showing a red rag to a bull–tell people they can’t have something and they’ll surely want it more.
The inevitable has therefore happened, and Flash has been ported to the iPad. You need to jailbreak your iPad of course, but once done, this port works with Safari using a compatibility layer.
It’s called Frash, and an image of it running on iPad can be seen above. An image isn’t good enough to convince people it runs though, so a video has been put on YouTube showing Frash running on a forthcoming iPhone port. The video description gives some more insight into the port:
Frash is a port of the Adobe Flash runtime for Android to the iPhone, using a compatibility layer, by comex…Frash can currently run most Flash programs natively in the MobileSafari browser. Frash uses a multi-process model similar to Chrome on the desktop, so a crash in the Frash/Flash plugin doesn’t take down the browser. Video and keyboard input are currently not supported. The former will require major reverse engineering of the video decoding frameworks on the iPhone, but the latter should be reasonably easy to implement.
Read more: geek.com
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June 30th, 2010 at 12:27 PM EST | by inu846W
Add multitasking, connect to a Bluetooth mouse, sync over Wi-Fi, and more–all without waiting for iOS 4.
Apple’s iOS 4 enables multitasking and other new and useful features, but the iPad can’t join the party until this fall. If you jailbreak your iPad, however, you can multitask today–and that’s just the beginning.
Your jailbroken iPad can run all kinds of third-party apps far beyond the selection in Apple’s App Store. Want to sync over Wi-Fi, connect a Bluetooth GPS or mouse, and browse the entire iPad file structure? Here’s how.
Jailbreaking Basics
Jailbreaking your iPad lets you install third-party utilities and applications. (That’s different from "unlocking," which allows you to use a device with a different phone carrier.) When jailbroken, the iPad becomes an actual computer in that you can tweak the interface and make modifications at the lowest levels. This is a double-edged sword: You could run unstable tools or even damage your device, although that’s highly unlikely. Remember that with your jailbroken iPad, Apple isn’t around to tell you what you can and can’t do with it–for better or for worse.
Fortunately, if you pay attention to what you’re doing, you can run the warranty-voiding process without incident–and if you change your mind later, you can return to Apple’s default, locked-down environment.
How to Jailbreak Your iPad
As with all major installations, begin with a backup. Connect the iPad to your computer. In the left iTunes column, right-click the iPad’s name, and pick Backup. You can restore your data from here if needed.
Download Spirit to jailbreak the iPad. Note that the jailbreak process depends highly on your version of iTunes and iOS. As of this writing, Spirit hadn’t yet been updated to work with iTunes 9.2; be sure that you have an older version of iTunes or that Spirit now supports iTunes 9.2 before proceeding. The jailbreaking community usually compensates for Apple’s updates within several days or weeks.
Unplug other iPod devices, and connect your iOS 3.2 iPad directly to your computer. Run Spirit. The process will modify and restart the iPad; leave everything alone until the process is complete. Did it work? Great.
If it didn’t work–as happened to me initially–quit Spirit and restore your iPad in iTunes. If iTunes won’t even recognize the iPad, kick it into DFU (device firmware upgrade) mode. Connect the iPad, and hold the lock and home buttons for 10 seconds. Release the lock button, but continue holding the home button. The screen should stay black, but the iPad should appear in iTunes. Restore the iPad, and then reattempt the jailbreak.
Again, if you ever get cold feet and want to revert to your iPad’s original state, just restore the iPad in iTunes. If iTunes doesn’t recognize the iPad, put it in DFU mode first.
Read more: PCWorld.com
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:23 PM EST | by inu846W
Hulu has finally announced their long-rumored subscription service, and it’s a doozy. It’s called Hulu Plus. For US$9.99 per month, you’ll get you ad-supported access to the full current seasons of most shows and full back seasons of select shows. Plus, brand new Hulu Plus apps for the iPhone and the iPad will bring the television to you. The apps work over either WiFi or 3G, though the iPhone version requires iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4.The service sounds pretty good — I would have to untangle my internet service from my cable bill, but otherwise, a system like this might just replace my cable box.
Read more: TUAW.com
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:21 AM EST | by inu846W
A report outlining advertisers’ plans for Apple’s new iAd program indicates that the new interactive ads won’t reachiPad users until iOS 4 becomes available for it in November.
iAds will go live on iOS apps for the iPhone and iPod touch starting July 1, although Advertising Age reported that “a check-in with declared iAd advertisers found that many are still in the early stages of flushing out concepts and creative.”
The story added that “some are weeks — perhaps months — away from having an iAd in the system.” It cited “an agency exec with several iAds in the works,” as saying, “most advertisers won’t be there on July 1; there just isn’t enough time,” an issue partly blamed on Apple itself.
Apple is doing “all the technical production of iAds, and telling agencies it will take six to eight weeks to produce an ad after the creative is produced,” the report stated.
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:20 AM EST | by inu846W
iPad owners will have to wait until Fall before a version of the new operating system is released. While still suffering from some unresolved Wi-Fi issues, the iPad has been a hit with customers. Reporting over two million units sold by the end of May, the iPad has actually doubled the sales of the original iPhone in the same amount of time.
iPad News Source: About.com
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