• iPad 2 iOS 4.3.1 Untethered Jailbreak Imminent

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, iPad, Jailbreak, Rants & Raves 1 Response

    We have some huge expectation from Chronic Dev when it comes to the iPad 2 jailbreak. It seems they are too active to do it for us. iPad 2 users are too curious to get 4.3.1 untethered jailbreak.

    Chronic Dev Team key member Joshua Hill aka @p0sixninja seems optimistic enough about untethered iPad 2 jailbreak. That is what he has tweeted:

    A lot of progress has been made in the past few days, but we’re still working on dumping iPad2 BootROM.
    No ETA. Timelines are unpredictable when your working with new and unknown hardware

    Its a great news that they have made a lot of progress. But let us mention that we are not creating any hype. Its just to tell that iPad 2 jailbreak is imminent and sooner or later you will get it. So be patient.

    Untethered iOS 4.3.1 exploit for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad1 and iPod Touch3G and 4G is developed by Stefan Esser (@i0n1c) who is a security expert. If you unaware, the hacker jumped to the iPhone jailbreaking scene for the very first time. He found a vulnerability, developed an exploit and handed it to the iPhone Dev Team. After that, the Dev Team tested it and used it behind their tools and released Redsn0w 0.9.6, PwnageTool 4.3. Sn0wbreeze 2.5 also uses the same exploit released by iH8sn0w for Windows users. So its clear that Stefan Esser’s exploit do not work on iPad 2 thats why we are waiting for Greenpois0n RC7 by Chronic Dev Team.

  • Glasses Free 3D on iPad 2 and iPhone 4 via Head Tracking

    // Gradly // 3D, Apple, blog, Gadgets, iPad, iPhone, Rants & Raves, Tech. 1 Response

    Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay from the Laboratory of Informatics of Grenoble at the EHCI Research Group have created an amazing tech demoes by combining head-tracking technology that uses the iPad’s front facing camera to deliver glasses-free 3D experience that doesn’t require the accelerometer, but it’s entirely based on the camera and the movements of a user’s head in front of the screen. The position of the user will give the illusion of tridimensional objects moving on the display.

    We track the head of the user with the front facing camera in order to create a glasses-free monocular 3D display. Such spatially-aware mobile display enables to improve the possibilities of interaction. It does not use the accelerometers and relies only on the front camera.

    Francone and Nigay were inspired by the work of Johnny Lee who built a similar system using a Wii system.

    Glasses-free 3D has been deployed by Nintendo in its latest 3DS portable gaming console, and a series of reports in the past suggested Apple could implement glasses-free 3D in the future. The app does not yet appear to be available for download.

  • iPad 2 Expected 2.6 Million Units Shipped in March?

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, Gadgets, iPad, Rants & Raves, Rumors No Responses

    According to Digitimes, Apple shipped between 2.4 and 2.6 million iPads during the month of March. Shipments are set to nearly double during the second quarter, according to a conservative estimate by a source:

    Sales of iPad 2 are running at a rate faster than its predecessor, and Apple took delivery of 2.4-2.6 million units in March. Apple is likely to take delivery of 4-4.3 million units a month, or a total of over 12 million units, of iPad 2 tablets in the second quarter, said the sources.

    Apple is likely to take delivery of 4-4.3 million units a month, or a total of over 12 million units, of iPad 2 tablets in the second quarter, said the sources.

    Taiwan-based TPK Touch Solutions, G-Tech Optoelectronics, HannStar Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT), Wintek and other touch panel makers are all expanding or looking to expand their manufacturing capacities in the wake of strong iPad 2 sales.

  • iPad 2 International Prices List

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    Here’s a very nice comparison table with international prices for iPad 2. Best deals are in the USA and Australia. The highest prices are in Norway and Sweden. Take a look: