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Available In: Cydia       Price: $1.99   SBRotator, a hack that allows your iPhone to rotate in all 4 possible orientations, was updated to version 1.2. The update makes a few improvements, fixes a decent amount of compatibility issues and adds quite a few new features (see below for full change log). The ...

Apple has posted the Keynote from today's Firmware 4.0 Event. "Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs give a sneak peek into the future of the iPhone OS." View the Keynote HERE on Apple's website.

Below is a quick demo video of the new multitasking feature that will be available with the 4.0 firmware.

It’s here, it’s finally here! In an update of quite epic proportions, Apple have finally brought multi-tasking to the iPhone! A long time coming, Apple have finally seen sense and rectified one of the biggest issues with the all conquering smartphone. But it’s not just enough to add the functionality, how does the iPhone manage multitasking? And what other new tweaks does iPhone OS 4.0 bring to the table? Read on for all the gory details…

Unveiled at a dedicated event held in Cupertino this afternoon, iPhone 4.0 finally enables multi-tasking in every ones favourite smartphone. The latest iteration of Apple’s OS brings numerous additions with it but it is without a doubt multi-tasking that everyone has been chomping at the bit to get hands on with. Apple claim that multi-tasking on the iPhone is going to be the best implementation in the smartphone space but we’ll reserve judgment till we’ve had a thorough hands on. Switching between apps is simply a case of double tapping the home button to bring up a list of apps and then flicking between them via the touchscreen. And whilst it doesn’t sound quite as intuitive as the likes of the Palm Pre and the Nokia N900 and there are still some omissions such as managing a conversation in Twitter or an Instant Messenger client, this is still a huge update for the iPhone.

The bad news? Well, iPhone 3G users (and any one using an original iPhone 2G) are going to be disappointed; multi-tasking is only coming to the iPhone 3GS. According to Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, the iPhone 3G simply isn’t powerful enough, lacking the hardware that makes the 3GS capable of running multiple applications simultaneously. On the plus side, iPhone 3G users have never had a better excuse to upgrade than now and Apple have also managed to squeeze in multi-tasking without impacting on battery life or overall performance.

Multi-tasking isn’t the only improvement that comes with iPhone OS 4.0 though, oh no. Also along for the ride, we get a host of extras such as spell check, Bluetooth keyboard support and iBooks (all as seen on the recently released iPad), user customisable wallpaper, tap to focus in the video camera and 5X digital zoom in the still camera and app Folders for sorting apps. Finally the iPhone OS is starting to sound alot more like a traditional smartphone OS. Android should be worried.

iPhone OS 4.0 is set to roll out in the summer (and autumn for the as yet unreleased UK iPad) and looks set to right most if not all of the wrongs of the current operating system. Be sure to check back on the blog for a more specific launch date and our dedicated iPhone OS 4.0 review as soon as we get hands on with the OS.

Apple's announcement today on firmware 4.0 (which is due to be released summer 2010... dev preview released today) contains over 100 new user features however, they spent the majority of the time focusing on the 7 major new features. This is just a quick overview of what those seven ...

Today, Apple announced firmware 4.0. The new firmware contains 100 new user features. Some of these new features include; the ability to create playlists, 5x digital zoom, tap to focus on video, gift apps, geotagging, places in the photo app, change the homescreen wallpaper, bluetooth keyboards, spell checker... etc. ...

This first video recently became popular mainly because the little girl asks where the app is that takes pictures when she first starts using the new iPad (which the iPad lacks). She has most likely used an iPhone or iPod touch before so she knows what she's doing. I went ...

This commercial features two applications Shazam and Local Concerts. Both are free apps in the App Store. Personally, I LOVE Shazam! "I was out the other night and this great song came on. So I used my iPhone to figure out who the band was. Downloaded their album, right there. ...

This iPhone Commercial - Shopper - shows the use of a few stock applications; Safari, MMS (picture messaging) and Maps. However, it also features one of my favorite applications... RedLaser (try it once and you will be hooked!). "I know an espresso maker isn't the most romantic gift but ...

Today is the day (actually in just over an hour)! Apple is planning to make an announcement about the 4.0 firmware from it's campus in Cupertino. The event will take place at 10:00am PT. Apple says we will be getting a, "sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone ...