iPhone iOS4

Being an avid Apple fan, I wouldn't miss reading at least few pages of their news daily. But upon the release of the awaited iOS4, I was still sitting on the fence, whether to proceed with the update. The reason that had been holding me back is that I have Jailbreak my iPhone. Ah, you have so much freedom with Jailbroken phone, yet upon updating the OS, you're back to that so-called cage again. Very much restricted.

Months back, I could not wait patiently knowing that multitasking and folders are officially coming. I took the plunge, and so called 'hack' my phone to see the iPhone's true limits. But... but... my hands are itchy at times. I reversed the Jailbreak phone to iOS4 last night and resulting in me restoring the phone back to previous factory settings.

Ok, these are my findings:
1. Yes, speed is definitely better in loading and running apps.
2. Less heat especially running certain memory gulping apps for long time
3. Love the Folders, where you can organize 12 apps in one folder. Touch the folder, and you see your apps zooming out from the folder. The downside of this is only 12 per folder.
4. Multitasking. Rather than the older OS3, you only run one app at a time. You have to close one app in order to open another. Multitasking is doing the otherwise.

Then, the cons:
1. Loss of my internet connection. Both 3G and EDGE. Very frustrating and have been calling the service provider, googling to find solutions but ended up clicking the restore button. And magically things are back and even EDGE surfs smoothly.
2. SBSettings. No longer have this Jailbreak app. With one swipe, you can toggle on/off the frequently used settings ie; 3G, bluetooth, open SSH, etc.
3. biteSMS. Another sacrificed Jailbreak app where customized shortcuts are possible with this app. Tap on the volume button and you can SMS directly, and able to reply instantly on incoming SMSes without leaving other running apps. Cool!

However, I'm glad that I did update the phone to the newer OS. Have been eye opening, and left me sleep soundly at nights knowing that I am using official Apple's OS. Well it could be only for some time before the Jailbreak for iOS4 is out, and that might make my hands itchy again. Tons of things to be learned out there. Life's too short, so keep learning.

WWDC 2010

I cannot believe this. I am staying this late at almost 3am sticking my nose in front of my MacBook screen. Yes WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2010 is live. Exciting moments, especially updates on the iPhone 4, with lots of new features. You can follow my tweets here. More to come though, but up till now, the FaceTime is still making these late-night-blogging worthwhile.

I'm back!

Here I am, after got myself lost in my realms. Will do bit of works to keep this blog alive, though I've read reports that popularity of blogging is going downhill lately. Perhaps twitter is the 'in' thing now. Let's see how. But anyway, do welcome me back !