A jailbreak for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has been released. It supports the following firmwares 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.2. The jailbreak is named Spirit and is available for Mac OS X and Windows. We highly recommend not jailbreaking your device unless you are certain. We take no responsibility. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac.net.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) released an iPhone App in March for their customers. It provides methods for customers to access DEWA’s services. The App provides the following services: • DEWA news • DEWA events • DEWA locations • DEWA videos (youtube) • Bill inquiry • Complaint registration Screen shots of the DEWA App by Shufflegazine: An excellent ...

Mobily was demonstrating their “Mobily World” – “عالم موبايلي” iPhone and iPad App during this year’s Gitex Riyadh. Emad Daghreri has taken the following video showing the App: Direct link: Mobily World App from Emad Daghreri on Vimeo. Mobily World is an account management App for Mobily customers and will be released on the iTunes App Store at an unannounced ...

Lecere, a company specialized in restaurant management software, has released the following video demonstrating their restaurant POS (point of sale) system on an Apple iPad. According to Lecere’s CEO, the initial price of these systems (an iPad with printers) will cost less than $2,000 compared to a typical POS system which start at $20,000. Via TUAW. Arabic version of this ...

Update on April 28th: I got the chance to try Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 beta 2. I discovered the following: Arabic letters do not render properly in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 (first picture). However it works find in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel (next 3 screen-shots). Update: According to Apple-wd Word does support Arabic. Remember that this is ...

Yoshitoshi Abe, a Japanese artist, shown in the following video drawing a sketch on an iPad using and App called LiveSketch HD. LiveSketch HD price is currently $0.99 for a limited time. You can buy it at the iTunes App Store. An iPhone/iPod touch version is also available: LiveSketch ($0.99). Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac.net.

By now everyone has heard about the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Lonely Planet, a well known travel guide resource, is offering 13 European City Guide Apps for free ($15 value). The offer ends Thursday April 22nd. The City Guides are for the following European cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Vienna. Arabic version of ...

Delivery Status from JUNECLOUD is a Mac OS X Widget that can track your shipments and online orders. It supports a number of companies including Aramex as we talked about before. Just download and install the Widget in the Dashboard then add the items that you would like to track. Supported companies and services include: – Amazon – Apple – ...

Opera has announced that their Opera mini browser for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available in the App Store. From the press release: Opera Mini, with more than 50 million users worldwide, enables fast mobile Web browsing by compressing data by up to 90 percent before sending content to the device, resulting in significantly improved page loading. Users ...

Update: The Lite free version has been released, enjoy. Jeddah Food has released their iPhone App in the iTunes App Store yesterday. The app is a database of restaurants and cafes sorted by category, location, budget etc. You can also submit restaurant reviews directly from the app. More features on the app’s webpage. JeddahFood.com is a well known reference for ...