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iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Receive First Untethered Jailbreak

Good news for wannabe iPhone jailbreakers: The Chronic Dev Team and pod2g have finally released the first untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

“But wait,” you ask. “Haven’t we been able to jailbreak these devices for months now?”

No. Don’t confuse iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreaking with iOS 5 jailbreaking – apples and oranges, thanks to the inclusion of Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor in these two devices. Prior to yesterday’s release of the “Absinthe A5″ jailbreak, there has been no working, public hack for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. Other Apple devices running iOS 5 were first treated to a tethered jailbreak in late October, all of one week or so after the launch of iOS 5, with a full untethered jailbreak not arriving until late December.

“Ten months ago, I myself was live tweeting from a tediously long line at the nearest Apple retail store, where I anxiously waited to become one of the world’s first owners (& hackers) of the newly-released iPad 2,” writes the Chronic Dev Team.

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Apple iBooks 2 Points to ‘Retina Display’ for iPad 3

The recent update that Apple announced for its iBooks service has given tech enthusiasts and pundits further indication that the next generation iPad is going to feature a ‘Retina Display-like’ high resolution screen.

Apple released iBooks 2 as an improved platform for the iPad in order to boost its educational credentials. Phil Schiller, Apple SVP of Worldwide Product Marketing, explained at the recent education-centred event in New York “now with iBooks 2 for iPad, students have a more dynamic, engaging and truly interactive way to read and learn, using the device they already love.”

In addition to the educational content, iBooks 2 hides important clues about the iPad 3, expected to hit the market in a matter of weeks. As AppleInsider reports, following the discovery of high quality iPad images in the iBooks app in January, speculation arose of a 2048×1536 resolution for the iPad 2.

That didn’t materialise, but now iBooks 2 “contains a third image with an @2x equivalent for the iPad,” suggesting the third generation tablet will have the increased resolution.

With a pixel density of 260ppi the new iPad would have four times the number of pixels of its predecessors.

[Thanks: http://www.itproportal.com]