Name: ZZCase Swirlite Silicon Case for iPhone 3G/3GS| Price: $12.99 $7.99 [Buy it] | Rating: 4/5

Today I’ve got a review for another silicon case, this time created by the folks over at ZZCase.com. The case is called the Swirlite Silicon Case, named after it’s design on the back of the case. The case is for the iPhone 3G/3GS and is currently on sale! Find out if it’s worth buying or not after the break!

The case is made entirely from oderless-silicon which is a plus because the first silicon case for my 1st generation iPod Touch had quite a stench when I first got it and took a day or two to loose it. ZZCase’s Swirlite doesn’t smell at all, straight out of the box.

The case has the neccassary cut out for the vibrate on/off switch and has slight protrusions so that you know where the buttons for volume and the on/off switch are without needing to look. However, this is one of the slight downfalls of this case because of the thickness of the silicon, you need to push quite hard, especialy for the volume buttons, to press it and also, you get very little tactile response (it sometimes doesn’t feel like you have actually pressed it). This is more a problem with the volume buttons than the on/off switch.

The hole at the button of the case, unlike for most of the cases that I have used, is big and spans across the whole of the button of the iDevice which is a positive in my opinion because with many of my other cases, you cannot use your iPhone in a dock with the case on, but with this one you can.

The design is where I fall in love with this case. The feel and the look of the swirls indented into the back of the case is gorgeous. The swirls emanate from the hole cut into the back of the case allowing you to see the Apple logo. Not only this, but the indentations add a significant amount of grip, both in my hand and when my iPhone is in my pocket (my iPhone has a tendency of slipping out of my pockets, this case stops that). Also, the wide range of colors means that everyone can use this case, no matter what your favorite colour is. The case that I am using is the blue and looks great on my iPhone.

Unlike the Otterbox Impact Series case that I reviewed, the case doesn’t cover the black bit that encircles the screen, but simply frames the whole iPhone’s front. This makes it a bit more liable to getting slightly lop-sided on the iPhone but a quick rearrange fixes that.

This case has tons potentially with it’s great colour selection and design but quality is what it lets it down a bit. For example, if you rearrange the camera to be centered in it’s cut-out, then the cut-out for the Apple logo is no longer centered. Despite this, as it doesn’t really both my, I still really like this case and am going to be using it from now on.

You can find the ZZCase Swirlite Case for the iPhone 3G/3GS $12.99 $7.99 [Buy it]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=41rm8MCdoh8

Yesterday it was announced that Planetbeing had managed to complete the iPhone 4 unlock that he and the rest of the Dev Team had been working on. Now he has released that above video of him demoing the unlock.

As some of you may have noticed, there was something called the Game Center (Apple’s equivalent to Open Feint) which was included in the Gold Master version of iOS 4.0 but not on the final release. This is because it is going to be released to the public in the Autumn. However, it is now possible for you to install the Game Center, reserve your username and play around with it!

What you need:

• iPod Touch/iPod Touch on iOS 4.0 (release version)
• iPhone Folder to access the file-system of your iDevice (or SSH if you prefer)
• The GameCenter.app

What to do:

1. Open up iPhone Folder and go the the following directory on your iDevice: /private/var/stash/Applications
2. Download the GameCenter.app from above and extract the .zip file.
3. Move the .app folder within into the directory /private/var/stash/Applications
4. Use iFile or any FTP client to change the permissions for the .app folder to 0755
5. Reboot your iDevice and you will have the Game Center on your iDevice.

OR

1. Open up Cydia and add the following source: http://repo.woowiz.net/
2. Search for ‘Game Center’ and download it.
3. Reboot your iDevice and you will have the Game Center on your iDevice.

Apple’s only move at fixing the problem was to remove all of Thuat’s apps from the AppStore and I presume, launch an investigation into the hacker.

This is the statement that Apple released:

The developer Thuat Nguyen and his apps were removed from the App Store for violating the developer Program License Agreement, including fraudulent purchase patterns.

Developers do not receive any iTunes confidential customer data when an app is downloaded.

If your credit card or iTunes password is stolen and used on iTunes we recommend that you contact your financial institution and inquire about canceling the card and issuing a chargeback for any unauthorized transactions. We also recommend that you change your iTunes account password immediately. For more information on best practices for password security visit http://www.apple.com/support/itunes.

Hello readers! Today we at AllTechRelated have got a competition for you. We recently reviewed the OtterBox Impact Series Case and loved the case very much! OtterBox have been kind enough to give us a second copy to give-away to you guys. More information after the break!

We have a white copy of the Impact Series Case which received a 4.5/5 here on AllTechRelated. You can read our full review of the Impact Series Case HERE.

How to enter:

First thing you MUST do is comment on this article with a valid email so we can contact you for your address if you win (you do not need to post the email in the actual comment, just fill in the email form with a valid email). This counts as one entry. Each of the next two things count as extra entries.

• One extra entry: Retweet the following message: @alltechrelated is giving away a white Impact Series case for the iPhone from @Otterbox. More info available here: http://bit.ly/dt90WE
• Two extra entries: Join the AllTechRelated.com forum and make at least 2 posts.

That means you can have your name up to 5 times within the  pot when we do the draw. The more times your name is in the pot, the bigger the chance you have of winning!

If you do either of the two extra entries, include your Twitter username/ATR forum username in your comment below!

The competition starts today and will run until the 15th of July 2010. Good luck!

Big thank you to OtterBox.com for supplying the case for this give-away.

Name: OtterBox Impact Series Case| Price: $19.95 [Buy it] | Rating: 4.5/5

In the past, I have reviewed two other OtterBox cases (Defender Series and Commuter Series) and have thoroughly loved both of them. Today, I get to play around with another one of their cases, their Impact Series Case for the iPhone 3G/3GS.

Unlike the other two OtterBox cases, the Impact Series is made from only one layer – silicon. Purely silicon cases have never really appealed to be because the one silicon case that I have bought in the past was too floppy and didn’t fit onto my old iPod Touch well enough. However, the OtterBox Impact Series case is the complete opposite. The rubber fits perfectly around the iDevice within and feels solid in your hand. The case also feels nice and smooth in your hand and doesn’t add much weight to the phone at all.

The Impact Series case is available in two colours; black and white, but OtterBox currently have three different limited edition cases called the Impact Series Etched Cases. There are only two hundred of each case being produced and one is already sold out so if you want one, you had better buy soon for $24.95 [Buy it]!

The case is made from a durable silicon which is engineered to protect your device in every way. Due to the design, if you drop your iPhone onto the floor screen down, the added silicon padding on the top and button of the case will provide a buffer zone for both the shock and ensuring the screen doesn’t get scratched on the floor. Each corner of the case is fortified with extra silicon to protect the device within from shocks after being dropped on it’s corner.

The case has all the necessary holes to provide clear access to all the buttons, the 30 pin connector at the bottom of your iPhone and the headphone plug. The hole for the camera and the one that allows you to show off the Apple logo on the back of your iPhone are both perfectly center demonstrating the attention to detail OtterBox have put in with the Impact Series case (and all their other cases).

Included inside the box, you will find the Impact Series case, an OtterBox screen protector, a tool for squeezing out air pockets whilst installing the screen protector and a micro-fibre cloth. The case is compatible with the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

The only negative I can find about this case, which wasn’t a problem on their Commuter Series due to the plastic exo-skeleton, is that when you are shifting through pages on your iPhone’s SpringBoard or some other left – right or right – left swipe, your finger sometimes gets caught on the rubber encircling the screen. This reveals the silver bezel enveloping the iPhone and also creates a slap noise when it returns to it’s normal position. I have been using the case for a couple of days now and I can say this problem gets less and less prominent as it becomes a habit to do slightly less elaborate swipes to avoid this problem.

So, if you are in the market for a silicon case to take up the job of protection your precious iPhone, I would definitely check out OtterBox’s Impact Series case as it fits the bill perfectly! You can find the Impact Series case for sale for $19.95 on OtterBox’s website.

We are running on competition where you can win a copy of the white Impact Series Case for the iPhone 3G/3GS. More information HERE.

This guide is for all the people who are experiencing speed problems on their SpringBoard. What this does is remove the shadows being all the icons on your SpringBoard making it a lot faster. The above screenshots shows a screenshot of a SpringBoard without shadows.

Credit for the guide goes to Sens_Devil:

Go to System>Library>Coreservices>Springboard.app

Scroll to the very bottom… Their are a bunch of wallpaper pngs.. Rename or delete WallpaperIconShadow, WallpaperIconShadowT, WallpaperDockShadow and WallpaperDockShadowT and respring. Your done.

If you prefer a video tutorial, we have posted one! Click here to see it.

If you don’t have an iDevice with a new bootrom, you can click here to view a jailbreak for you.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

* An iPhone 3G[S] — new bootrom
* 3.1.2 SHSH blobs.
* difrnt’s iBSS grabber
* Payload Pwner-r2 for the 3GS.
* sn0wbreeze V1.6.2
* iBooty
* LibUSB (64-Bit users read carefully!!!)
* 3.1.2/4.0 3GS firmware downloaded.
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STEP A : Grabbing your 3.1.2 iBSS file.

Pointing your hosts :

I : If you have your shsh blobs saved on Cydia/Saurik’s server then follow this tutorial. – http://saurik.com/id/12

II : If you have it saved with TinyUmbrella, then download the GUI here. – http://thefirmwareumbrella.blogspot.com/
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Restoring to grab the iBSS file.

I : Place your device in DFU.

II : Start up the iBSS/iBEC grabber.

III : Put the save folder on a new folder on your desktop.

IV : Hit “Start Monitoring”.

V : Now go back to iTunes and do SHIFT + Restore. Then browse for your 3.1.2 IPSW. You will need to restore
to 3.1.2 in order to pwn 4.0.
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Saving your iBSS

I : After Restoring, Go to the folder that you have specified to save your iBSS file.

II : You will see folders like (Per**.tmp). Go into one of them, and you’ll see a folder called “Firmware”. Go there. Then go to the folder “dfu”.

III : Copy the iBSS file to a safe place, then you can remove the folder created by the iBSS Grabber.
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STEP B : Creating custom 4.0 firmware.

I : Download sn0wbreeze from HERE and create your custom 4.0 ipsw.

*Ignore the warnings after browsing for the ipsw.*
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STEP C : Installing LibUSB for iRecovery

Run this mini tool to detect your O/S + Arch. – Windows + Arch. Detector

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WARNING : IF LIBUSB IS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY, YOUR USB MIGHT NO LONGER WORK!
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Windows XP Users download this installer – LibUSB Installer
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Windows Vista/7 users RUNNING 32-Bit:

* Download the installer and run it in compatibility mode for Windows XP.

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Once LibUSB is installed iRecovery should be able to function now.
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STEP D : Pwning iBSS + iBoot

I : Download this easy tool here – Payload Pwner-r2 for 3GS // It will help you create the payloads.

**SAVE THE PAYLOADS WHERE iBooty is.**
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STEP E: iBooty Prep.

Most of you know of the utility “iBooty” that I made for Aki_nG.

It will work as long as you place all of the correct files there.

I : Download iBooty GUI here – iBooty for 3GS and Extract it.

II : Extract your Custom IPSW created by sn0wbreeze with 7-Zip or another un-archiver.

III : Grab the kernelcache and bring it into the same folder as ibooty.
Also grab the iBEC from the folder “Firmware\dfu\iBEC.n88ap.RELEASE.dfu”

IV :
* Rename your iBSS 3.1.2 signed to “ibss312.dfu”
* Rename your Kernel 4.0-Custom to “kernel.40″
* Rename your iBEC 4.0-Custom to “ibec40.dfu”
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Your folder should look like this :

- iboot.payload <– Created with Payload Pwner.
- exploitibss312 <– Created with Payload Pwner.
- ibec40.dfu <– Grabbed from Custom IPSW made by sn0wbreeze.
- irecovery.exe <– Comes with iBooty.
- readline5.dll <– Comes with iBooty.
- iBooty.exe <– Comes with iBooty.
- ibss312.dfu <– THIS NEEDS TO BE YOUR iBSS from the restore!
- kernel.40 <– Grab from Custom IPSW made by sn0wbreeze.
- sn0w.img3 <– Comes with iBooty.
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STEP F: Restoring to 4.0 + Booting
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*MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON 3.1.2 WHEN DOING THIS*

I : Run iBooty and Select “Prepare Device for Custom Firmware”. Run the Process and if you see a snow flake, you can proceed!

II : Now open iTunes and restore to the custom ipsw.

***WHEN DONE, YOUR DEVICE WILL HAVE A BLACK SCREEN AND NOT BOOT! ITS IN A DFU LOOP [THIS IS NORMAL!]***
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STEP G : Booting

I : Just Re-Run iBooty and select “Boot It”. If all goes well it will boot!
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Enjoy!

And I thought Bumpers was a cool case for the iPhone 4. The above case is ElementCase’s version of the bumper called the Vapor4. The case is made out of aluminium which, get this, actually fixes the antennae problem on the iPhone 4. Best case ever?

We basically wrapped it in an inch thick of anodized aluminum all around with our special secret liner inside, nothing impacted the reception.

Sadly, the case isn’t out yet, but you can pre-order them for $80 on the ElementCase website.

Check out some more pictures below:

Just like Apple said, today on the 1st of July, Apple have turned on the switch for iAds, their advertisment platform to rival sites like Google Adense & AdMob.  You can check out a video example of an ad after the break!

This is the ad of the Nissan Leaf:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-_xa_m7MXU

Hulu, an online tv show streaming service, has finally announced their subscription plan for Hulu called Hulu Plus. It will cost $9.99 a month and will allow you to have access to all their HD content as well as play all their videos on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

The Hulu plus apps will work over wifi and 3G but you will need an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 to use the 3G version.

Hulu Plus unlocks all the videos from past seasons of tv shows (currently you can only see the most recent ones). It is currently invitation only and no public release date has been announced yet.

You can request an invite which they will send when there is one available for you. For those who have managed to get an invite can download the Hulu Plus application from the AppStore [Buy it].

The iTunes 9.2 update brought a halt to the Spirit jailbreak because of some new security fixes. But now, a new version of the Spirit jailbreak has been ported allowing it to be used with iTunes 9.2.

The program is an untetethred jailbreak for all iDevices (except iPhone 4) on firmares 3.X. This does not jailbreak iOS 4.0.

Click to download: Spirit For iTunes 9.2 Windows

How to Jailbreak your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch with Spirit Jailbreak (WIN & MAC)

Name: iWing SR-HD | Price: CHF 139.99 [Buy it] | Rating: 4.5/5

The Amazilla iWing SR-HD has truly revolutionized the way I listen to music in my room. I had never really been interested in wirelessly streaming music from my iPhone to my speakers because for some reason, I thought the quality would decrease or it wouldn’t work well.  But, I am really glad Amazilla have introduced me to their iWing SR-HD product – allowing you to wirelessly stream music from your iPod to your speakers!

The Amazilla iWing SR-HD comes with both their SR and HD products. The iWing SR contains the two wireless components; the receiver, which you stick into the 30 pin connector on the bottom your iPod and the sender which has a headphone jack that you plug into your speakers. The receiver has a rechargeable battery within that can be recharged using an included adapter.

The sender has a button which is used to turn on the wireless sending and is also what you use to connect the two together. The headphone jack, which is on the bottom of the sender, is on a hinge allowing you to plug in the device at angle necessary.

The receiver has a red LED light on the front allowing you to know when a signal is being received. If no signal is being received after 3 minutes, the receiver will automatically turn off to conserve battery.

The iWing HD is a dock station which has both a compartment for you to place your iPhone when you aren’t using it and want to recharge it, and a compartment to place the wireless sender into. You can then plug in both the power and speaker through separate ports at the back of the dock.

The connection between the two is done at a frequency of 2.4 GHZ and actually allows you to have 12 m distance between.

There is no audible quality decrease however, there is a slight high pitch whistle that can sometimes be heard through the speakers when at low volume. This is most likely caused by some sort of interference in my room. I originally thought that it must be my iPhone itself but putting it into airplane mode didn’t change anything. As I said, this can only be heard at low volumes so if you crank it up a bit, it is barely audible.

Because of this problem, I decided to try it through a different set of speakers AND not through the dock. This caused the whistling to stop. I’m not sure what’s going on here but I do not think it is the iWing SR’s fault.

So if you are in the market for a way to listen to your music cable free, I think the iWing SR-HD is definitely worth checking out.

You can buy the iWing SR-HD CHF 139.99 [Buy it]

iH8sn0w, the creator of the windows port of PwnageTool Sn0wybreeze, has released his latest tool in an effort to help all jailbreakers out there! This tool is calld iDetector and checks for you which bootrom your iPhone 3GS has.

Windows only!

Description:

iDector is a real easy to use application to tell wheter or not your iPhone 3G[S] contains the New Bootrom or the Old bootrom. Simply place your 3GS into DFU mode and click the button.

How to use it:

You will need to place your iPhone 3GS into DFU mode (HOW TO DO THIS). Then click on the button and all will work!

Note: To get out of DFU mode, simply hold down the home and power button on your iPhone until it goes off and on.

Click to download: HERE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLreo24WYeQ

Finally he has been released. The BlendTec company have managed to get their hands on an iPhone 4 and the only question that remains is ‘will it blend?’