iPhone World

Navigon has just pinged us with a new video showing off multitasking support in the upcoming version of their GPS app Mobile Navigator. Because of multitasking support, you will now be able to continue getting voice directions even when a phone call comes in. Pretty sweet!

Since the launch of iPhone OS, Gameloft has been one of the biggest names in gaming. This year marks 10 years of amazing game development by the company and to celebrate they are having a huge giveaway.

For two hours every day, from May 10th through May 21st, with the exception of the weekend, one Gameloft iPhone/iPod Touch game will be available for free. There will be unlimited downloads allowed during the two hours. Ten different games will be given away during the promotion. The specific title and hours for the giveaway will be revealed daily on Gameloft’s Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/gameloft). The daily reveals will occur at random times so participants are encouraged to follow Gameloft on Twitter to be the first to know.

If your iPad has been dropping wi-fi connections (on your home network especially), Jasonwray has posted a solution on the Apple Discussion forums that I can confirm works. I have reposted the instructions below for your convenience:

If you thought drawing on the iPhone was cool, just wait until you get your hands all over the iPad's 9.7 inch high-res IPS display. Colors pop and pictures really look fantastic. It is a great device for digital artists and graphic designers to casually sketch out ideas and even work on elaborate works of art. Here's a list of 8 awesome drawing/sketching apps for you to try: 

With the launch of the iPad upon us, Time magazine's latest issue features an hour-long interview with Stephen Fry and Steve Jobs. Check out the close-up of Jobs on the cover. With the iPad set to ship on Saturday, I cant help but feel that I am witnessing an epic moment in tech history. I also get the feeling that this may be Job's last hoorah.

Today, Vaja, the premium case manufacturer for the iPhone and Mac announced their new line of products for the iPad. I can't wait to fit my iPad into one of these! Here are the details:

It would have been great if the Photos app for the iPad allowed you to sync your Picasa albums wouldn't it? Well, one upcoming app promises to make browsing your online galleries just as elegant and finger flicking good as the built in app. Introducing Web Albums, they even have the spiffy pinch to spread eye candy. I hope they plan to enable Flickr albums also. Check out the sneak peek video below:

Just days after Amazon teased us with the upcoming Kindle app for the iPad, Kobo Books has posted a sneak peek video of what they have been working on. Like Apple's iBooks app, Kobo sports a highly interactive bookshelf UI but with even more customization options. It looks really good.

With Barnes & Noble also expected to have their own e-book app available at launch, the iPad will have content available from all the major e-book stores. This will immediately make it more appealing than a stand-alone device from any of these companies...
I'm still a bit puzzled as to why Apple did not make iBooks a default app however.

Geohot has posted a teaser video of his latest jailbreak software that will successfully provide you with an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS and the 2nd and 3rd gen iPod Touches. Currently, owners of these devices can jailbreak using blackra1n, however, they need to keep their device connected via the USB cable during reboots. This was caused by a change in the boot rom in the iPhone 3GS and some nand flash technicalities with the iPod touch. Apparently these problems have now been circumvented. Most importantly however is that Geohot thinks the new jailbreak software may also work on the iPad. Hehe...a jailbroken iPad.

Oliver Drobnik has just pointed out via Twitter that the ring/vibrate toggle has been replaced on the iPad with a screen rotation lock switch. Many people had criticized the iPad for supporting rotation in all orientations when Jobs first demoed it in January. For example, the screen rotation lock will make it easy to read content while lying on your side in a sofa or on a bed without having it rotate to landscape mode.