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iPhone 5 rumors: iOS 5.1 makes reference to Facebook integration

Hints that Apple is working on a tight integration of Facebook into future iOS devices were discovered in the last beta circulating among developers.

Codes in the iOS 5.1 beta 3 firmware seeded to developers shows that Apple could plan introducing Facebook into the contacts, just as the current version does with Twitter.

Baked-in Facebook would give users the opportunity to post pictures and videos to their accounts directly from iOS, without having to open the Facebook app.

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Untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak coming soon

Word on the street has it that an untethered iPhone 4S jailbreak is already on its way, and will be released to the masses in a few days’ time. pod2g is the man behind this attempt, where the iOS community would be indebted to him for his new jailbreak tools that are capable of supporting both the latest hardware and iOS revision.

Previously, classic devices did not require that complicated a tool, but Apple’s new A5 chips are a far more difficult nut to crack, residing in more work – although it seems that even that has paid off already. After all, there is always safety in numbers, and pod2g decided to recruit some of the biggest names from over the years in the iOS world to assist him in his mission, and recently posted an update of their progress.

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