ipswDownloader is a small and easy-to-use tool used by all iDevice users to easily download any version of iOS firmwares. What makes it essential is the relative ease of use it offers and the simplification of the whole process of  firmware downloading. The ipswDownloader utility was recently ported to Windows as it was originally available for Mac OS X only. The same Windows version has been given a update and is now called as openIPSW.

We earlier notified you about the iPhone hacker Geohot accepted the challenge between him and Chronic Dev Team's Posixninja to untether jailbreak the "un-jailbreakable" iPad 2 which most of the hackers, including the iphone Dev Team have touted as near to impossible. But the challenge here is not a normal one to just jailbreak the iPad 2, but it's about who dumps the A5 processor first. See the tweet regarding iPad 2 jailbreak below.

iOS has some of the best features and functions around but one which still needs a lot of improvements is the Push Notifications system. isapzio has posted a video which shows a revamped version of notifications on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad for iOS 5. Andreas has demoed a new notifications system for iOS devices in the form of a real app instead of a system integrated directly into previous versions of Apple's iOS.

The developers of Icy, Infini Dev Team, another 3rd party jailbreak installer, have another Cydia alternative in the offing called Lima. Lima is a new browser based version of Cydia that does not need to be installed to your iDevice. Lima is accessible over the internet and will be the first major attempt to make a browser based version of Cydia. It’s just like Android Market or Amazon Appstore for Android, which both allow for browser-based software discovery and installation.

Yet again BGR reported about the release of Apple iOS, and it’s updates before it’s release. According to BGR Apple will release iOS 4.3.3 within  two weeks which will fix long going location tracking bug found in earlier iOS. We already reported on the updates of iOS 4.3.3 but now BGR has set a time frame for it’s release. Take a look at the leaked image of iOS 4.3.3 below.

Posixninja, the man behind greenpoison, has challenged Geohot. Geohot will be once again returning to the jailbreak community to jailbreak the iPad 2. You see, Posixninja actually challenged Geohot to jailbreak the iPad 2, mentioning the competition will further motivate him to work harder on jailbreaking the iPad 2. While many would expect Geohot to turn down this challenge according to Posixninja, Geohot actually accepted, and will begin work once he picks up an iPad 2. You can take a look at the tweets below.

When redsnow 0.9.6 rc14 was released for an untethered iOS 4.3.2 jailbreak the only iDevice left out of this untethered jailbreak was the Verizon iPhone 4.  If you currently have a tethered jailbreak on the iOS 4.2.7 firmware and would like to untether your jailbreak, you will be glad to know you now we have a updated redsnow for you. iH8Sn0w recently released an updated version of snowbreeze (version 2.6.1) that supports jailbreaking the iOS 4.2.7 firmware untethered (Windows only) and iH8Sn0w and Pushfix has also created a Cydia package jailbreak.

If you were waiting for a Cydia alternative, here it is - Icy. As every jailbroken iPhone user knows what’s Cydia is and it’s awesome uses, Cydia let’s you do different things with your iDevice customization with the help of Cydia tweaks. Cydia is the best alternative to Apple App Store, but the alternative to Cydia- Icy is another App Store same like Cydia for jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Icy now works with all versions of iOS. There are some noticeable cosmetic changes, but nonetheless, Icy is still the same.

iPhone dev and hacker ih8sn0w has released an updated version of snowbreeze 2.6.1 which will now untether jailbreak iOS 4.2.7 on Verizon iPhone 4. For users of iPhone 4 GSM and other iDevices. snowbreeze 2.6 is already available for untethered jailbreak on iOS 4.3.2. Instructions for jailbreaking iOS 4.2.7 untethered using this new version of snowbreeze are exactly similar to the instructions for iOS 4.3.2 for iPhone 4 GSM with snowbreeze 2.6.1. The guide to jailbreak iOS 4.2.7 is same as we have posted in the case of iOS 4.3.2 (excluding iBooty steps). Download snowbreeze 2.6.1 below.