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 …

A beta update has been released for BigBoss’ SemiTether iOS 5 jailbreak, fixing some minor issues in the exploit, which allows jailbreakers to reboot their iOS 5 device and its jailbreak successfully without plugging it into a computer.
“Last weekend, BigBoss had released a new package on Cydia called SemiTether, which allowed users to reboot their tethered jailbroken iOS 5 device device without the need to connect it to the computer,” a Sunday iPhone Hacks article reads. “However, BigBoss’s solution had some limitations and number of users reported issues after using it. …

The iPhone 4S has received plenty of press coverage over the past few weeks, with some pundits lauding its new Siri voice-recognition application and others trying to figure out why some units have such low battery life. Up until now, though, no one has written at length about the insurance plans that come with Apple’s latest smartphone. In a recent article, Digital Trends’ Kelly Montgomery has all you need to know about insuring your phone so that you’re covered if it gets lost or broken.
“The problem with the latest and …

The battery life problem that has plagued many iPhone 4S models has been a mystery for Apple and its customers over the past few weeks, its source elusive as the company searched for a cure. However, a new report suggests that constant time zone checks could be to blame for drained 4S batteries all over the globe.
“There may be light at the end of the tunnel. Switching one little toggle in iOS 5?s Settings app may hold the key to curing your iPhone 4S battery,” writes Oliver Haslam for iDownloadBlog. …

iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith has been working on porting the iPhone 4S’ Siri personal assistant application to other Apple devices for a couple of weeks now, and the popular new feature can now be run successfully on the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch.
“On the iPhone 4S launch date just a couple of weeks ago, developer Steven Troughton-Smith successfully ported the Siri user-interface and some of the underlying code from the iPhone 4S onto the iPhone 4,” writes Mark Gurman for 9to5Mac. “The port was functional except for the most important …

Now that the iPhone 4S has been released and played with for two weeks, the Apple rumor mill has officially moved on to the company’s next gadget — the iPad 3. Rumored to be arriving in early 2012, the third-generation tablet is expected to have a 2048×1536 display.
“The follow-on to Apple’s popular iPad 2 is expected to arrive as early as the first quarter of next year. And Apple is aiming high, as usual,” writes CNET’s Brooke Crothers in an article posted Wednesday. “The goal is to have a Retina …

With Apple fans all over the world clamoring for a 4G LTE iPhone, the company is reportedly planning on rolling out such a smartphone in 2012. As iPhone Hacks’ Rounak writes in an article posted Wednesday, the number of 4G-capable mobile networks is expected to almost triple next year, and Apple, not surprisingly, has its eyes on capitalizing on that trend.
“The design compromise that had to be made in 4G phones were evident in the first 4G capable phonein the U.S. — Verizon’s Thunderbolt,” the writer explains. “Apple would …

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 …

Things aren’t going so well for Sprint in its first two weeks of hosting the iPhone 4S on its network, as customers all over the United States are complaining of slow data speeds. Because of this, the company might see a large number of returns before its early termination fee goes into effect this Friday, October 28.
“iPhone 4S customers on the Sprint network in the US are considering returning their Apple devices before Friday, when Sprint’s early terminatioin fee of up to $350 takes effect, due to the smartphone’s slow …