Folks at AppleInsider are reporting that iPhone OS 4.0, which is expected to be released in June will finally allow third party iPhone apps to run in the background. Multi-tasking is one of the most requested features by iPhone users.

AppleInsider claims that “people with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances” have told them that Apple has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking on the iPhone OS.

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The new iPhone 3GS models with updated ROM do not allow users to perform the traditional full jailbreak. As a result, there may be instances when the user may be required to perform a tethered jailbreak everytime their iPhone crashes or reboots. This can be an annoying experience especially if you are away from your computer or cannot tether immediately. 

iDongle is a device that can come pretty handy under such circumstances. This is a standalone piece of hardware that comes with a mini-USB connector on one end and a male 30 pin connector on the other. The 60x30mm piece uses a 9V battery to offer the necessary power to not only boot your jailbroken iPhone, but also assist in jailbreaking and hacktivating the same if it is not already done. iDongle currently supports iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G/3G models. 

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A new hardware solution for the tethered jailbreak has been announced over at www.myboyfriendisageek.com.

It is called the “iDongle” and it is a small device that plugs into the 30 pin dock connector of your iPhone or iPod Touch. It solves the need to get home to your computer to re-jailbreak, if your device crashes or reboot on the go.

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Warning: If you are baffled by people who think dismantling technology is fun, and completely fail to understand the excitement of building robots to battle other robots, this post may not be for you. Just so you know.

On the Make: magazine blog, they recently posted a piece about the evolution of a project. It was an iPod remote from last year that has gone from a “start and stop” only device to a full featured remote. It is a lovely piece of tech, powered by Arduino hardware. Arduinos are open-source circuit boards and software you can use to develop interfaces with all sorts of electronics.

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Should Adobe Flash be made available on touch screen devices like the iPad? This is one question to which we will never receive a definitive answer. While there is obviously a case for incorporating a ubiquitous software platform like Flash on the iPad, issues such as the high resources consumption and other inherent flaws of the platform has meant that there are plenty of arguments against Flash as well.

This debate could also probably be the “flashpoint” in the fight for market share in the nascent tablet segment. A case in point is a recent demo video for HP Slate, which is scheduled to launch in the market later this year. In this video, Alex Tam from the Adobe Flash product marketing team demonstrates the capabilities of HP Slate in rendering Flash based content.

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Once again, the App Store’s loss has turned out to be Cydia’s gain. A week after Cupertino removed Wi-Fi stumbler applications like WiFiFoFum, WiFi-Where and yFy Network Finder from the App Store, Aspecto Software, the developer of the WiFiFoFum application has announced that the company is releasing its popular WiFi stumbling application for free on Cydia Store.

WiFiFoFum is among the earliest Wi-Fi Stumbler iPhone apps to release on the App Store and offers a very easy way to scan the neighborhood for 802.11 wi-Fi networks and provides information like the SSID, MAC, RSSI (signal strength), channel, AP mode, security mode and transmission rate about the networks it detects. WiFiFoFum was available for $2.99 at the App Store and has been downloaded several thousand times since it first launched. It is available on Cydia Store for free. However, their website continues to say that their iPhone app is available on the App Store. 

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An awesome new theme, for jailbroken iPhones has been announced, over at the iPodTouchFans forums. It is a full UI theme, mimicking that of Apple’s newest device, the iPad. It is currently in public beta, and is close to being released.

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After removing iPhone apps with sexual content and banning Wi-Fi stumbler iPhone applications, it looks like the iPhone App review team is cracking down on “cookie-cutter” applications.

“Cookie-cutter” applications are iPhone apps that are built using app generators. App generator provide users with tools to make an iPhone app, even if they don’t have any programming experience.

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A new tweak has been released in Cydia, called “Fake About Screen”. It allows you to set whatever firmware, capacity, serial number, etc, that you want, making your jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch look like a future version of the Apple device.

In my screen shot, I made up some crazy values, just for fun, but this tweak can be used to trick your friends into thinking you’ve got access to an unreleased firmware, or even an unreleased device! Just set the values to something a little more believable than I have.

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Applications like ProSwitcher and Multifl0w have offered jailbroken iPhone users the ability to multitask between applications. However, if you have to toggle between just two iPhone apps, here is an application that will make the process much simpler.

LastApp is an application that is dubbed as the “Alt+Tab” for the iPhone – It helps you to toggle between the last two iPhone apps running on your iPhone with simple gestures.

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Remember Infinidock – a nifty tool for jailbroken iPhone users that enables horizontal scrolling on the iPhone dock?

Now chpwn, the developer of Infinidock and other jailbreak iPhone apps  like ProSwitcher has released another useful application that will enable vertical scrolling on your iPhone. 

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A new theme for iPhone has been released, that mimics the look of the yet to be released Windows Phone 7 Series devices. This theme, created by yours truly, is a free download from Cydia, and is available right now for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch! You can find it under the ModMyi repository. Read more…

As you may or may not know, Apple has begun removing all WiFi stumbler apps from the App Store. Well, one developer, Aspecto Software, has turned to the dark side, to get their App out there. “WiFiFoFum”, is now available for free, in Cydia.

Just 2 weeks ago, we heard the story that all “booby” apps were being pulled from the App Store, in an effort to make the App Store more family friendly. Now, this week, Apple has started pulling all WiFi finder apps. This time they have more of a legal reason to do so. Apparently, these WiFi apps use undocumented, private API’s. This is something Apple does not allow.

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If you were hoping to buy Wi-Fi only version of Apple’s iPad and tether it to the iPhone then we have some disappointing news.

A long time Apple fan from Sweden sent an email to Apple to enquire about iPad tethering, and he received an answer from none other than Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs.

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