• iTunes song previews to become 90 seconds long

    // Gradly // Apple, blog, iPhone, Tech. 1 Response

    iTunes connect

    Think the current 30 iTunes song previews are too short? Waiting for those 60 second iTunes song rumors to come true? Well today Apple has announced that it will be extending iTunes song previews not to 60 seconds but to an entire 90 seconds. – That’s half the length of many songs! The news comes from Symphonic Distribution (via MR) who received an Apple e-mail, to music labels, detailing the change.

    We are pleased to let you know that we are preparing to increase the length of music previews from 30 seconds to 90 seconds on the iTunes Store in the United States. We believe that giving potential customers more time to listen to your music will lead to more purchases.

    This news is surely exciting for those who like to listen to previews before purchasing their music. 90 seconds is three times the current iTunes preview lengths and we agree that this will allow music-purchasers to make better music-purchasing decisions. Oh, there’s always listening to the full thing on YouTube first. Interesting to point out is that Apple only specifically mentions the change happening for the U.S. iTunes store so international folks will probably be out of luck for the time being.

    via: 9to5mac

  • Facetime on Middle East iPhone 4.1 Finally Patched

    // Gradly // blog, FaceTime, Featured, iPhone, News 2 Responses

    Great news for iPhone 4 users in the Middle East ! There is a new hack available in Cydia which can enable FaceTime in unsupported countries like the one in Middle East on jailbroken iPhone 4.

    FaceTime

    Simply follow the step by step instructions posted below to activate FaceTime on your iPhone.

    Step 1: First up, you will have to jailbreak your iPhone on iOS 4.1 using GreenPois0n or Limera1n. Instructions can be found here.

    Step 2: Once you are done with the jailbreak, Start Cydia, touch on “Manage” tab on the bottom, followed by “Sources”.

    Step 3: Now touch on “Edit” and add http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13972199/ repository.

    Step 4: Once the repository has been added, Search for “FaceTime Switch” in Cydia and install this application. This app will automatically patch all the files required for the FaceTime toggle to show up in Settings.

    FaceTime on iPhone 4 (1)

    Step 5: Now reboot your iPhone and then navigate to Settings –> Phone and tap on the FaceTime toggle to turn it on. Your iPhone will now send an international SMS to activate FaceTime.

    FaceTime on iPhone 4

    That’s it! Once FaceTime has been activated, you can make normal phone calls and then tap the on-screen FaceTime option once connected, or you can make a direct FaceTime to FaceTime call by selecting an individual contact and tapping the “FaceTime” button from Contacts app.

    + Source: redmondpie,

  • The History of the iPhone

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    The iPhone Evolution

    + Source: Mashable

  • iPhone, iPad & iPod iOS Firmware Ultimate Repository

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    – All iOS 4.3.1 Firmware Listing:

    device current version date found
    AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1) 4.3 (8F202) 03/22/2011 16:12:01
    iPad (iPad1,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPad2,1 (iPad2,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPad2,2 (iPad2,2) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPad2,3 (iPad2,3) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPhone (iPhone1,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 04/08/2010 21:05:48
    iPhone3G (iPhone1,2) 4.2.1 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPhone4 (iPhone3,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPhone4(vz) (iPhone3,3) 4.2.6 (8E200) 01/31/2011 20:30:02
    iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1) 4.2.1 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1) 4.3.1 (8G4) 03/25/2011 13:12:01
    last updated: 03/25/2011 13:33:02 EDT

    – All iOS 4.3 Firmware Listing:

    device current version date found
    AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1) 4.3 (8F191m) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPad (iPad1,1) 4.3 (8F190) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPad2,1 (iPad2,1) 4.3 (8F191) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPad2,2 (iPad2,2) 4.3 (8F191) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPad2,3 (iPad2,3) 4.3 (8F191) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPhone (iPhone1,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 04/08/2010 21:05:48
    iPhone3G (iPhone1,2) 4.2.1 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1) 4.3 (8F190) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPhone4 (iPhone3,1) 4.3 (8F190) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPhone4(vz) (iPhone3,3) 4.2.6 (8E200) 01/31/2011 20:30:02
    iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1) 4.2.1 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1) 4.3 (8F190) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1) 4.3 (8F190) 03/09/2011 13:07:02
    last updated: 03/09/2011 13:08:01 EDT

    – All iOS 4.2 Firmware Listing:

    device current version date found
    AppleTV(2G) (AppleTV2,1) 4.2.1 (8C150) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPad (iPad1,1) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone (iPhone1,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 04/08/2010 21:05:48
    iPhone3G (iPhone1,2) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone3GS (iPhone2,1) 4.2 (8C148a) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPhone4 (iPhone3,1) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(2G) (iPod2,1) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(3G) (iPod3,1) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    iPodTouch(4G) (iPod4,1) 4.2 (8C148) 11/22/2010 13:08:57
    last updated: 11/22/2010 13:20:02 EDT

    – All iOS 4 Firmware Listing:

    device current version date added
    iPhone (iPhone1,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPhone 3G (iPhone1,2) 4.0 (8A293) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPhone 3GS (iPhone2,1) 4.0 (8A293) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPod Touch (2G) (iPod2,1) 4.0 (8A293) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPod Touch (3G) (iPod3,1) 4.0 (8A293) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPad (iPad1,1) 3.2 (7B367) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    iPhone3,1 (iPhone3,1) 4.0 (8A293) 21/06/2010 17:00:42
    last updated: 06/21/2010 17:00:02 GMT

    – All iOS 3 Firmware Listing:

    device previous version date added
    iPhone (iPhone1,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    iPhone 3G (iPhone1,2) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    iPhone 3GS (iPhone2,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    iPod Touch (2G) (iPod2,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    iPod Touch (3G) (iPod3,1) 3.1.3 (7E18) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    iPad (iPad1,1) 3.2 (7B367) 21/06/2010 16:35:42
    last updated: 06/21/2010 16:36:02 GMT

    Keep an eye on this table as the links are going be updated constantly up to the current firmware