It has been leaked that Netflix Watch instantly streaming app for the iPad was approved by Apple and will be available as a free download in the iPad App store.

Netflix app description:



"Get Netflix on your iPad. Just download this free app and you can instantly watch TV shows & movies streaming from Netflix. • Watch as often as you want • It's part of your unlimited Netflix membership • Resume watching where you left off on your TV or computer • Browse movies and manage your Queue right from your iPad • Not a Netflix member? Join today and get a 2-week free trial."

Also ABC Player will be available as a free download in the iPad App store and will be giving iPad owners access to full episodes of shows via a WiFi streaming.

Official iPad Ready Websites

Apple has posted a list of major official iPad ready websites. Listed sites are CNN, Reuters, The New York Times, Vimeo, Time, Major League Baseball, The White House, Virgin America, Sports Illustrated, Flickr, People Magazine, and TED. Apple has noted on each site description of HTML5 video players just to clarify that there actually is no support for flash content. Here you can findApple's official page on the subject.

iFood - Kraft's Nice Kitchen Helper

When it comes to the kitchen I bet a lot of you are like me. I can boil some noodles with Ragu, microwave frozen food and heat a can of soup, but that’s about it. Thus, I decided to give iFood Assistant by KRAFT, $0.99, a try. Now there a lot of cooking apps out there, but this is the only one I’ve tried so I have no basis for comparison. I’m just writing this as an idiot in the kitchen that wants to see if his iPhone can help. Overall, it does a pretty nice job whether I’m looking for something to make for dinner tonight or for brunch on the weekend. The amount of recipes in the app probably rivals that of thickest cookbooks. When you launch the app you are taken to the screen seen here on the left. Options include browse recipes (filtered by over a dozen categories such as appetizers, beverages, chicken etc.), dinner tonight, simple shortcuts, snacks and treats and cooking videos. The bottom tab includes options for shopping list, search, recipe box, settings and store locator. Frankly, at first I felt there were too many options and didn’t always find what I was looking for. For example, what is the difference between browse recipes and recipe box? I’m still not sure. Nevertheless, more options are better than too few. What I use most is the dinner tonight option. After work part of my 5:30 phone call to my wife always includes two lines. “Whose getting the kids and what’s for dinner?” Well, this app has been helpful in answering the second question on more than one occasion. When you select the dinner tonight option you are taken picture here on the right which lists many choices complete with pictures, user ratings and estimated prep and cook times. After clicking on a potential meal you are taken to a screen below that gives you a shopping list and directions. I find this to be great to use on the way home to pick up a meal for the family. My only complaint is that I can never make the meal look as good as the picture but that’s operator error. A few nights ago I made the speedy salsa-chicken quesadillas. Simple enough for a clown like me and they tasted great. My red and yellow pepper garnish looked like a rat had been nibbling on it for awhile, but isn’t taste more important that appearance? For $0.99, I’d have to say this is one of the few apps that actually may be worth the price. For other app reviews or downloads for your iDevice.

BTW JKING ABOUT WIFE AND KIDS I'M 16

Rest In Peace Chris Henry

This is not a tech related post, but I just want to say pray for the family of late Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry. Henry died this morning, after spending the night in the hospital on life support. Henry was involved in a domestic dispute with his fiance and as she drove away from the Charlotte home, Henry jumped into the bed of the pickup truck. A 9-1-1 call reports Henry was shirtless, wearing black pants, and banging on the back window of the truck. Henry fell out of the truck somehow. Another 911 call reports he was lying limp, and not breathing. He was taken to a hospital, where he was put on life support and listed as dire. He died early this month at the age of 26. Me being a huge sports fan, was kind of struck by this, though I am not a Bengals fan .So we say farewell to thee Chris Henry, and may you Rest In Peace






Video from ESPN.com: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4750615

Another '09 Christmas Wish List

You've seen so many of them already, but here is another one.




Mac Mini: I've decided to finally make the switch to Mac. And I like the Mini (:



HP 2009m Monitor: I don't really want anything THAT big. If not 20" then maybe 22"?



Apple Wireless Keyboard: I wouldn't want to get a Mac using a PC keyboard. Plus I hate wires.



Apple Magic Mouse: So, this thing seems pretty cool and I'm excited to use it.



While this may not be the most exciting wishlist you've seen thus far, it's still something! I wanted to keep it realistic because I could go way further, but it's stuff I actually hope to get money for for Christmas to purchase shortly after. Thanks for reading. By the way, Happy Holidays everyone!

How to Jailbreak an iDevice iPhone, iPod Touch

Ever wanted to Jailbreak 3.1.2 iPhone iPod Touch with Blackra1n on Mac/Windows

Make it Look Like This

Here's Mac

Here's windows

                                              Note

- If you continue to have problems with this just wait for a jailbreak from the DevTeam. It will work perfectly with NO bugs.

- If your iPhone is Unlocked DO NOT do this guide, its only for a jailbreak. Subscribe to stay tuned for my unlocking guide.

- If you have problems with the program getting stuck on connect to itunes mode(recovery mode) close the program, reboot your device by hold home and power for 20 seconds and try the program again no matter what state your device is in.

- If you have an iPod Touch 3G (if it was bought after September 9th this is a tethered jailbreak. That means if you turn your device off and you want to turn it back on your have to plug it up to the computer and run Blackra1n again to get it to reboot.)

- If your new iPod Touch 2G/3G 8g model number starts with MB it'll work, if your model starts with MC it won't. Go to Settings - General - About to see your model number.

- If you get stuck at the part where it says "going into recovery mode" and it stops doing anything, manually put it in recovery mode. If you don't know how google it!

- Some Cydia applications aren't working at the moment. Just be patient they will update them!

Blackra1n: http://bit.ly/10tWnf

If you haven't already updated to the 3.1.2 firmware you can download it from iTunes or here: http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

How to Check what Firmware your iDevice is Running

To find what firmware you are running, follow these steps:

1. Tap on the Settings icon on your device.

2. Tap on General.

3. Tap on About.

4. Scroll down to Version. That is your firmware version.