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Continue reading iPhone-controlled Acutouch HT-9500 massage chair now available

iPhone-controlled Acutouch HT-9500 massage chair now available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looking for a jailbreak for your iPod touch or iPhone running iOS 4.1? Your chariot is named limera1n — assuming you’re willing to risk your device on a software developer showdown. The infamous Geohot just upstaged the iPhone Dev Team and Chronic Dev Team by releasing a reportedly buggy beta exploit of his own, which you can find at our download link immediately below. It only works on Windows at the moment, hacks only official releases and iPhone 3GS isn’t supported right now, and it claims to be an unpatchable, untethered release for those of you who appreciate what those terms mean.

As you can imagine, rival developers aren’t terribly happy that Geohot’s back in the limelight. MuscleNerd (of the iPhone Dev Team) claims that limera1n will re-lock iPhones that were unlocked by his team’s ultrasn0w software, and recommends you skip limera1n, but the main reason the iOS hacking community is angry at Geohot is because if more than one exploit is released simultaneously, Apple can fix them both in one fell swoop. By releasing first, Geohot has allegedly forced other teams to decide between the good of iPhone users over the short term (by releasing a different, more stable exploit) or over the long term (by saving their exploit for future use) and so far it looks like both teams have chosen to prolong the fight — the iPhone Dev Team is asking folks to withhold its Shatter exploit, and Chronic Dev Team says it will modify its greenpois0n jailbreak to use Geohot’s hack instead. What a weird, wild world we live in.

Update: How might this work on an iPad, given that beta versions of iOS (like 4.2) aren’t currently supported? Good question. We’ve struck all references to iPad accordingly, until the powers that be figure it out.

Update 2: Video after the break! Also, we’re hearing that some folks have jailbroken their iPads successfully with limera1n, and we personally got it working quickly on a pair of iPhones with iOS 4.1… but one of the two was missing icons upon restart and didn’t regain App Store, Maps, Game Center and Calendar even after a restore. Be careful, now!

Sam Sheffer contributed to this report.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading Limera1n jailbreaks the iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 4.1, angers dev community and neuters one of our phones (video)

Limera1n jailbreaks the iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 4.1, angers dev community and neuters one of our phones (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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That’s no render we’re looking at, Savant assures us, it’s the most recent photograph of the company’s Touch Remote prototype. This crazy do-it-all peripheral comes with an embedded fourth-gen iPod touch — no word on whether you’ll be able to remove it, though it looks unlikely — and mirrors the abilities of Savant’s iPad home control and automation app. That means that once you get your lights, climate control, network cameras, and home cinema hooked up to Savant’s control hub, you’ll have yourself a neatly streamlined remote to save you doing anything yourself again. Or so goes the theory, anyhow. Savant augments the offering with promises of VoIP and FaceTime integration by the time the Touch Remote ships to retailers in the first quarter of next year. MSRP is set at $399, which may or may not be feasible given that the iPod touch by itself costs at least $229. We shall see. For now, you can see the prototype device on video after the break.

Continue reading Savant stuffs iPod touch into multifunctional Touch Remote, includes VoIP and FaceTime promises

Savant stuffs iPod touch into multifunctional Touch Remote, includes VoIP and FaceTime promises originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iLuv has a long history of cranking out too many iDevice speaker docks to count, so we can’t say we’re shocked to see ’em pushing out an option that’s suitable for the iPad. It’s tough to make one of these actually look respectable when it’s hoisting a 9.7-inch tablet in place of a pocket-friendly PMP, but the iMM747 actually looks fairly decent. There’s a triple driver speaker network, a radiator subwoofer, an auxiliary line input (3.5mm) and a 30-pin Dock Connector that’ll also play nice with your iPhone and / or iPod. If you’re in the market, it’ll be splashing down in the next few days for $149.99.

Continue reading iLuv’s iMM747 iPad speaker dock keeps it classy, classic

iLuv’s iMM747 iPad speaker dock keeps it classy, classic originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember how NXP Software surprised the world with its CineXPlayer iPad app just two months ago? Well, the gang is back to give our iPhone (3GS and 4) and iPod touch (3rd and 4th gen) the same dose of Xvid goodness. Like its older sibling, this $1.99 CineXPlayer utilizes the same method for easily sideloading your AVI files via iTunes (under the iDevice’s Apps tab), and you’ll also find a familiar-looking interface topped with an extra rotation-lock button — much more useful than iOS’ native lock that only lets you watch in portrait mode. Alas, video files other than of Xvid and DivX nature aren’t currently supported, but hopefully it won’t be long before the VLC iPad app gets a smaller variant as well.

CineXPlayer adds iPhone and iPod touch to its Xvid party list, still won’t cook your popcorn originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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