Audience has announced that Apple is unlikely to use its earSmart noise suppression technology in iPhone 5 Back in 2010, Apple had used Audience’s low power voice processor for noise cancellation in iPhone 4. Then in 2011, Apple integrated a new and improved version of Audience’s earSmart noise reduction technology directly into its A5 system-on-chip, which powers [...]

Despite being only one millimeter thicker, Google’s upcoming Nexus 7 slate is more repairable than the new iPad, a teardown analysis by iFixit has concluded. Its components are assembled using standard tools, unlike the new iPad’s innards which are glued together. A simpler assembly makes servicing the Google tablet fairly easy with standard plastic opening tools that [...]

We’ve been hearing about the post-PC revolution since the original iPad came into full view two and a half years ago. It immediately killed off the netbook and sales have been rising steadily ever since. But what about the notebook? It’s still the most popular mobile PC. The question is, for how long? According to a new [...]

Until Tim Cook climbs onto the roof of Apple’s Cupertino headquarters and shouts, “we will never build an iPad mini” at the top of his voice, the rumors will continue to circulate. The latest comes from “various analysts” who claim the upcoming iPad mini will feature a 7.85-inch IGZO display from Sharp, and will start [...]

With Apple’s next-generation iPhone a no show at San Francisco’s WWDC conference, a new report from Apple’s supply chain in Asia has emerged, claiming that silicon providers left and right are lining up to supply the California-based company with various chips for the next iPhone…

With iOS 5.1.1, there’s no shortage of tools available to perform an untethered jailbreak. There’s so much saturation from a tool perspective, that it can be a little difficult and confusing to discern which tool to use. Let’s briefly cover some of the tools available, and some of the popular scenarios where certain tools will [...]

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 4S on the 5.1.1 firmware using RedSn0w for Windows. The Mac version of this tutorial is here. Please be aware that upgrading your iPhone to iOS 5.1.1 through iTunes will update your baseband, potential removing or ruining your chances for an unlock. Remember that once you’re on [...]

These are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 4S on the 5.1.1 firmware using RedSn0w for Mac. The Windows version of this tutorial is here. Please be aware that updating to iOS 5.1.1 will cause you to upgrade your baseband potentially ruining your chances for an unlock. Once on iOS 5.1.1 you should save [...]

                                  ChipWorks and iFixit are hardcore when it comes to breaking open our favorite devices to see what is inside. The two websites decided to take it up a notch today by joining forces to publish a live teardown of the non-LTE Samsung Galaxy SIII. ChipWorks looked at the—you guessed—chips, while iFixit [...]

For those of you looking to Jailbreak your A4 iOS device running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware Untethered you have a few options. You could use the Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreaking tool, cinject (command lineinterface version of Absinthe) or a custom IPSW creation tool like Sn0wBreeze v2.9.5. The reason you would want to use Sn0wBreeze over a tool like Absinthe is if you want advanced [...]

he Chronic Dev Team has released Absinthe 2.0.4 adding support to jailbreak 5.1.1 build 9B206 on iPad2,4 which was intentionally excluded earlier due of unavailability of the device in hand. The team has now added a payload required for iPad2,4 to work correctly with Absinthe 5.1.1 jailbreak. The current Absinthe 2.0.4 is the most stable release to date and addresses most of the [...]

Apple, for no apparent reason at all, released a new version of iOS 5.1.1 specifically for the iPhone 4 GSM with the build number 9B208. It has no new features or anything as such and it won’t update your current baseband. However, it was revealed yesterday that Absinthe 2.0 can untetheredjailbreak this version and that a new version of the tool would [...]

Chronic-Dev have recently tweeted that they have released an update for the Absinthe 2.0Jailbreaking tool bringing Absinthe to version 2.0.1. In Absinthe 2.0.1 comes some minor bug fixes that should help users who are having troubles Jailbreaking their A4 or A5 iOS device running the iOS 5.1.1 firmware.

If you’ve been waiting for a iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak you’re in luck. Greepois0n Absinthe 2.0 was just released with version 2.0.1 released soon after to address some bugs. You can now enjoy an untethered jailbreak on your iPhone 4S, new iPad, and several other iOS devices. If you’ve never used Greenpois0n before, that’s okay. Hit the jump for a [...]

Chronic Dev Team member ‘pod2g’ has finally broken the jinx with his upcoming iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak. The hacker has confirmed that the release will be made in few days from now. I do not foresee any blockade coming in their way that could delay the release of iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak. It could be announced [...]