In yet another futuristic innovation, Apple is now offering Apple Store customers a self-checkout option for purchases of accessories and other shelf items. Yes, if you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can forgo the entire checkout process with the Apple Store iOS application.
“Apple is planning to launch an update to its retail store iOS app that will allow consumers to utilize self-checkout for purchases of accessories and other shelf-stocked items at the company’s retail stores. According to our source, self-checkout purchases will be charged via theApple Store …

Intelliborn has finally released its much-anticipated IntelliScreenX jailbreak package, and just as expected, the flashy tweak is one of the sleekest jailbreak downloads available. IntelliScreenX adds a multitude of widgets to iOS 5’s Notification Center, making it the place to be inside Apple’s new mobile operating system.
“iOS 5 users now have another reason to jailbreak their iOS device,” writes Joe White for AppAdvice. “Among the features added is an SBSettings style widget, a Twitter timeline (you can even tweet from IntelliScreenX) and an RSS feed (which is compatible with Google …

Ever since Apple’s new iOS 5 mobile operating system was announced in June, hackers have been working tirelessly to perfect exploits for the OS that allow jailbreakers to use it as they normally would while adding more functionality. However, the latest iOS 5 jailbreaks have an unexpected consequence — when installed, the new iBooks application doesn’t work properly.
While jailbreak developers are attempting a permanent fix for this, there is a temporary solution that allows jailbreakers to use the e-book app.
“The simple process of downloading and reading (Steve Jobs’) biography, is, …

The iPhone’s built-in camera has been improved drastically from the time the original model arrived in 2007 to the recently-released iPhone 4S, but as Christopher Breen writes for Macworld Wednesday, the new smartphone’s video recorder isn’t always reliable. Breen says that the camera’s autofocus feature is far from automatic.
“We passed this one around the office… The first time Dan tried it, his iPhone auto-focused perfectly,” Breen writes, answering a reader query about the camera problem. “However, I gave it a go with my iPhone — pointing it outside to focus …

iOS 5’s Notification Center was built as a place for push notifications and weather updates, but with new jailbreak tweak WeeCompose, users can send emails and text messages from inside the new feature. The tweak is the latest in a large influx of add-ons that make Notification Center the place to be in jailbroken iPhone 4Ses.
“Originally designed by Apple to offer a new home for push notifications, email messages and anything else that pops up on-screen, Notification Center is also home to a Stocks and Weather widget as standard. The …

iOS 5 includes a new dictionary feature that allows users to look up words and phrases from anywhere inside the mobile operating system, and thanks to new jailbreak tweak DictGoogle, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners can perform Google searches if Merriam-Webster doesn’t provide enough information.
“The built in dictionary is probably one of my favorite new features in iOS 5. It’s so incredibly handy, and it can be used across any app at any time,” writes Jeff Benjamin for iDownloadBlog. “Wouldn’t it be nice if you could search Google in …

Allowing iPhone 4S users to make calls, set reminders and find nearby locksmiths via state-of-the-art voice-recognition technology, Siri is certainly the iPhone 4S’ most impressive new feature. But how useful will the personal assistant application be once the novelty wears off, when users are tired of asking Siri to marry them?
“I experimented with the previous iPhones’ Voice Control on numerous occasions, giving up each time. I only found it useful for initiating phone calls while on the road,” writes Scott Stein in a comprehensive review of Siri for CNET. “Siri’s …

You can’t always have your iPhone 4S right at your side. Thanks to the new Iris 9000, you will be able to control the smatphone’s Siri personal assistant application from up to 50 feet away. Due next spring, the peripheral device will come complete with a dock to plug the phone into and a remote capable of activating Siri from a considerable distance.
“Dubbed the Iris 9000, this newly launched device allows users to control the Siri voice recognition assistant, which is one of the big new features exclusive to the …

Siri is definitely one of the most popular applications for the iPhone 4S and iOS 5, but it’s becoming apparent that there are still some kinks for Apple to iron out when it comes to the artificial intelligence feature, which lets users make calls, set reminders and much more via state-of-the-art voice-recognition technology. A recently-discovered glitch allows access to Siri even when the 4S is locked.
“A default setting lets anyone who picks up the iPhone 4S to send emails and texts or access a user’s address book, calendar and personal …

The iPhone 4S already includes several applications capable of taking notes, but jailbreakers who haven’t upgraded to the iPhone 4S or don’t want to take the time to initiate the Siri personal assistant app should look into QuickMemo, a new jailbreak tweak lets users take notes inside Notification Center.
“If you have an iPhone 4S, you could always rely on Siri, but what if you don’t?
A simple solution would be QuickMemo — a Notification Center widget for jailbroken iOS 5 devices, which allows you to jot down notes with a simple …