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Jailbreaking news: Fix the push notifications on your unlocked/hacktivated iPhone with PushFix

Those currently running a hacktivated/unlocked iPhone may be missing one nice feature that arrived with OS 3.x — push notifications. If you have activated your iPhone (original,3G,3GS) without an authorized SIM card (i.e. Hacktivated) and are running OS 3.x, then your push functionality is probably not working. The existing fixes haven’t worked because there is [...]

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Super Word Find Game: Is it Really Super?

I’ve played my fair share of iPhone games, most of them action or adventure. However, I occasionally get the urge to play an old fashioned logic game like a word search or puzzle app. You can imagine my joy and excitement when I came along an app called Super Word Find! I could hardly contain [...]

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Magellan unveils premium GPS car kit for the iPhone, iPod touch

It seems that Magellan has become the latest to enter the GPS car kit category with their Premium Car Kit for iPhone, which was just recently announced. So far, the car kit is available for purchase on the Magellan website and is listed for $129.99, however it is noted that it will not be ready [...]

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iPhone 3GS heading to Vodafone UK, available from January 14

The official announcement has come from Vodafone UK — iPhone sales will begin as of January 14, 2010. And while its a little disappointing that they will not be available for the holiday season, it did hold true to their earlier announcement which came back in September and stated “early 2010.” The pricing and plan information [...]

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ABC and Disney Eying Apple’s TV Subscription Scheme

Word has been buzzing for some time that Apple is working on some sort of TV subscription plan for iTunes, and that it may even appear as soon as 2010. Now the WSJ is reporting that both CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Corp. are considering Apple’s plan, which has the potential to change the television [...]

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AT&T Wins Out on Gizmodo’s 12 City 3G Data Test

Gizmodo recently performed 3G data speed testing across twelve U.S. cities, and now the results are in — surprisingly, AT&T’s 3G network came out on top. They didn’t test for call quality, dropped calls, or anything else aside from 3G data speeds, so their results say nothing of AT&T’s voice service. Their results also confirm [...]

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Incase Slider Review

Incase sent me their Slider case ($34.95) a few months ago, and I’ve finally gotten around to reviewing it. This is an excellent (but pricey) case with only a few noticeable flaws. Installation To be honest, I don’t think installing the slider case needs much explanation. Slide the larger piece of the case onto the upper-portion [...]

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Change App Review: Pocket Politics

The last US Presidental election was possibly the most controversial ever. Both sides more different than ever before and expressing completely different opinions. Now the entire world has eyes upon President Obama to see if he will succeed and live up to the reputation he’s built for himself. Well luckily, we don’t have to be [...]

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iPhoneFreak Announcement: PhoneSuit Battery, Charger, Screen Protector giveaway winners

With that we have concluded the three PhoneSuit review and giveaways. So without further adieu, here is a recap of all the winners; MiLi Power Pack: 3ruce3 Wall & Car Chargers: Jenn Ryan (car charger) and @wyzepro (wall charger) Screen Protectors: davidlyness and @Bluddering I need all of the winners to contact me by email (areyouageek at gmail dot [...]

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Apps that make me willing to jailbreak: ProSwitcher

I have not been as vocal lately in my love for jailbreaking, but worry not, I still love and could not imagine using my iPhone 3GS in a non-jailbroken state. That said, I seem to have fallen into a place where I am happy with my current setup. Heck there was even almost a full [...]

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