Watching this clip of then two-year old Bridger working an iPad effortlessly as if it was second nature to him gave me a pause. His dad Mike says that “his speech, understanding, word recognition, and even hand eye coordination have improved within just a short while.” Bridger often cracks a smile, his eyes lighting up with excitement when exploring the device. To me, this is why Apple’s winning – they own these toddlers. A new generation of kids are growing up as we speak with an iPad etched in their memory. For me and you, it was a SNES or probably old school plastic elephants, turtles and giraffes. For your kids, it’s a shiny, easy to use toy with wonderful apps that respond to touch. Check out two more videos included below.
It goes without saying that for many of the iPad-toting toddlers Apple’s iOS devices and Macs will be a natural fit as they enter childhood and teen years. It’s the Apple brainwash and it works like a charm. Apple gets them while they’re young and rivals must be pulling their hair because they’re missing out on the entire generation of kids raised on Apple’s mobile gear and computers.
Since the iPad’s inception clips of toddlers working Apple’s gorgeous piece of aluminum and glass slab have become all the rage on YouTube. It’s almost like, forget dull kitten clips, here are the iPad toddlers. Can you imagine a 24-month old working a geeky Android slate like the Xoom or a messed up Chinese knockoff?
you should see my daughter with angry birds lol... but on an iphone.
Maybe I should get and iPad... for her:o
E2EK1EL
AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion
Wowzers! AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stocks. The combined customer base of this upcoming behemoth will be 130 million humans, though the agreed deal will have to pass the usual regulatory and closing hurdles before becoming complete. The two companies estimate it'll take them 12 months to get through all the bureaucracy -- if they get through, the proposed network merger will create a de facto GSM monopoly within the United States -- but we don't have to wait that long to start discussing life with only three major US carriers. AT&T envisions it as a rosy garden of "straightforward synergies" thanks to a set of "complementary network technologies, spectrum positions and operations." For more details on that, hit up the Mobilize Everything site below or jump past the break for the official press release.
(Get ready Rogers, you've just been cloned by your cousin in the US.)
E2EK1EL
SIM Interposer Provides Legally Questionable Unlock For All iPhone 4s [Video]
Gevey has released a SIM Interposer which can unlock the iPhone up to iOS 4.3 by force activating the baseband using the emergency dialer.
A blog post by Laforet explains that the SIM Interposer works by adding a EEPROM chip to your SIM card just like a TurboSIM. You then call 112, a number that can be called from any GSM phone, free of charge, with or without a SIM card on any compliant network. Once the call connects you hang up then toggle Airport mode on and off. When the network connection resumes you will be unlocked.
What does it mean to unlockers?
1. It works if A.your network handles 112 calls properly according to the GSM standard; B.they are tolerant to TSMI spoofing and does not actively validate your SIM again for incoming calls.
2. Unlike its ancestors, the i4 SIM interposer is not a drop-in-and-forget device. The exact precedure must be performed should the device restart, lose reception for an extended period of time or move to another PLMN. In all these situations the TMSI expires and has to be obtained again. Theoretically it is possible for a daemon to automate the process similar to ZeroG, but that only makes thing more convoluted.
3. It is, without question, unethical or downright illegal to use the technique anywhere 112 is a legitmate emergency number. Not a huge issue in China where the number is only used for informative purposes and the networks cannot be bothered to fix the issue.
4. All firmware/baseband combinations for the i4 up to iOS4.3 are vulnerable, however the exploit may be patched in any future software updates or via the carrier. If apple can influence providers to block Cydia it is not impossible for them to press them to fix the exploit. The only way to permanently unlock your baseband is NCK.
5. SIM interposer should not harm your phone hardware, however your network could request IMEI and identify your device during the emergency call. Your identity cannot be faked and it is possible that they will ban your account. There is a reason why SIM cards remain legally the property of the service provider: you are not supposed to tamper with them without breaching contract.
6. Notwithstanding all the problems, SIM interposer does not cause any battery drain since it is only active transiently, nor would it cause signal loss because it does not change cellular transmission other than the initial validation step.
Laforet concludes by saying that the $50 mod can be unreliable and is legally questionable. If you are desperate for an unlock it may be worth a try. Otherwise Laforet suggests you wait for the 40-bit NCK hack by the iPhone Dev-Team.
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Homework Time
Many countries' public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency telephone number may differ from country to country. It is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly. Some countries have a different emergency number for each of the different emergency services; these often differ only by the last digit. Inside the European Union, 112 was introduced as a common emergency call number during the 1990s, and is a well known emergency number in the world today alongside 911 and 999. AT&T was the first company that proposed the 911 number in the United States.
*Canada*
"Non-emergency 311 in certain areas. Some rural areas still lack 911 service. 112 is being redirected to 911 on GSM mobile phones. *677 connects to the Provincial Police within the province of Ontario and *4141 links to the Sûreté du Québec in the province of Quebec."
E2EK1EL
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Originally posted by malek
you should see my daughter with angry birds lol... but on an iphone.
Maybe I should get and iPad... for her:o
I think you really should, I would if I had a kid and FaceTime would be such a treat w/ them ... when you're away.
Cribby
Just finished severely cracking my Iphone display. D'oh :(
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Originally posted by Cribby
Just finished severely cracking my Iphone display. D'oh :(
I can't believe I haven't already. I've severely dropped it about four times doing about mach 17 as it races to the concrete and it survived them all. I don't have it inside anything, but holster it in a leather case that hooks on my pant waist.
E2EK1EL
Forgot to post this up ...
The new SMS tones are now shorter in length in iOS 4.3
E2EK1EL
Apple iOS 4.3.1 coming within one to two weeks?
We’ve just been given some info on Apple’s next iOS release, 4.3.1, and from what we have been told, it will contain minor bug fixes. Here are the changes from iOS 4.3:
•Baseband updates for the 3GS and iPad (original)
•Fixed memory hang that results in memory corruption when reading large files from USIM filesystem
•Fixed problem with NTLM authentication in apps and on websites
•Fixed issue with the Springboard and 3rd party apps not recgonizing the gyroscope on the iPad 2
•Fixed iPad 2 jailbreak vulneratbility
That’s all we’ve got for the new iOS release. No word on whether or not it will also finally bring Apple’s updated OS to Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4.
Originally posted by E2EK1EL Apple iOS 4.3.1 coming within one to two weeks?
We’ve just been given some info on Apple’s next iOS release, 4.3.1, and from what we have been told, it will contain minor bug fixes. Here are the changes from iOS 4.3:
•Baseband updates for the 3GS and iPad (original)
•Fixed memory hang that results in memory corruption when reading large files from USIM filesystem
•Fixed problem with NTLM authentication in apps and on websites
•Fixed issue with the Springboard and 3rd party apps not recgonizing the gyroscope on the iPad 2
•Fixed iPad 2 jailbreak vulneratbility
That’s all we’ve got for the new iOS release. No word on whether or not it will also finally bring Apple’s updated OS to Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4.
Thank God, that 4.3 update blows. My phone is really sketchy right now.
