How to share batches of iPhone photos

Batch is a new photo-sharing app, one that knows you take a ton of shots with your iPhone and have the need to share not just one photo at a time but a group or, say, a batch of photos. If you would like to share photos by the batch, give Batch a whirl. It's free and features a slick and easy-to-use interface.

To get started with Batch, you will need a Facebook account; the app forces you to sign in with your Facebook credentials. If you can clear this hurdle, then you'll find the app asking you to create your first batch of photos. You can choose photos from your Camera Roll or Photo Stream, or you can snap photos from within the app. After you select the photos for your batch, you'll be asked to name the batch and add tags for any of your Facebook friends. Finally, on the next screen, you can set the batch as Private or viewable to your friends on Batch, and you can also choose to share your new batch on Facebook or Twitter. Hit the big Create your batch button and the selected photos are uploaded to Batch's Web site.

You can create a new batch from the Photos page.

Navigating the app is easy. From the toolbar along the bottom of the screen, you can navigate various views of the app. The Batches buttons shows you thumbnails of your batches, which are arranged chronologically. The Feed button shows you your batches and presumably those in which you've been tagged (I say presumably because at the moment, sadly, I have no friends using Batch). The Photos page provides a button to Edit a batch, which lets you change the name and add or delete photos from the batch. Also on the Photos page is a Share button, which lets you share a batch on Facebook and Twitter or e-mail or text a link of the batch to a friend. The link takes you to a page on Batch.com. And in the middle of the toolbar is a camera button, which lets you take a picture and create a new batch or add it to an existing batch.

You can snap a photo from with the Batch app, adding it to an existing batch or starting a new batch.

When you tag friends in a batch, they will each receive a notification on their Facebook page, alerting them to this tagging with a link that takes them to your batch on Batch.com.

Does sharing photos by the batch sound appealing to you? Or are you left saying, "Batches? We don't need no stinking Batches?" Let me know in the comments below.

Source is
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20128080-285/how-to-share-batches-of-iphone-photos/

SemiTether Jailbreak Update with Much More Stable

SemiTether Jailbreak welcome the new update again just after a few days when the first version released, the current new version 0.9.1. According to the developers behind SemiTether Jailbreak – a team which leading by Saurik said they were raised the new version of Mobile Substrate’s stability in 0.9.1.

I believe that most of the jailbreakers is familiar to Mobile Substrate, because this application is essential to ios after the jailbreak process. In other words, if Mobile Substrate cannot run properly on a jailbroken device, then some tools or add-ons from Cydia platform will also be unavailable.

When the first version of SemiTether Jailbrak released, the development team had said, as a contingencies application, it can allow the tethered jailbreak iOS 5 devices to make calls, text messaging and other basic phone functions when it meet a sudden crash situation. But the Safari, Mail and other functions cannot be used until re-connected to the computer and boot to restart.

According to reports, the new version of SemiTether Jailbreak will at least keep Notification after reboot without computer. And developers are also striving for the Mail restoration.

The summary of main features updated by BigBoss:

1) Much more stable with new mobile substrate
2) Can patch safari so it works in the non-jailbreak reboot mode
3) App to monitor the status of your semitether and reapply. Check after Cydia installs.

If you have not installed SemiTether Jailbreak, you can add them in Cydia source with http://thebigboss.org/semitether

Author: Bruno+

How to set up keyboard shortcuts in iOS 5

One of the new and neat features in iOS 5 is keyboard shortcuts, something BlackBerry users are very familiar with. Basically, you just enter a shortcut – like using “ty” for the phrase “Thank You” – and the smartphone does the rest for you. But first, you actually have to set it up.

See the video below if you want to get keyboard shortcuts set up on your iPhone. For those of you at work or in places where you can’t watch videos, here’s how you do it:

• Go into Settings>General
• Go to Keyboard
• Scroll to the bottom where it says “Shortcuts”
• Hit “Add New Shortcut…”
• Enter the phrase you’d like to shorten where it says “Phrase” and enter the shortcut you’d like to use where it says “Shortcut”
• Hit Save on the upper-right corner and enjoy

Source is
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/10/27/set-up-keyboard-shortcuts-ios-5/

iOS 5 faster than iOS 4 at browsing, study shows

Surfing the mobile Web is faster with iOS 5 than with iOS 4. At least, that is the result in a recent test conducted by New Relic.

The company, which measures and manages the performance of Web-based applications, conducted two tests--one in the wild and one in a lab. The results of both tests showed that mobile Web pages loaded quicker on an iPhone with Apple's latest OS than with iOS 4.

The first test measured the average response time for more than 3,000 Web applications, as used by a random sampling of 3,000 New Relic customers. With its end-user monitoring technology, New Relic team can track performance at the browser level as people interact with different apps. In this test, the average page took 4.1 seconds to load under iOS 5 vs. 9.6 seconds with iOS 4.

A representative from New Relic explained that the data collected on the field test was a rough average since the company couldn't tell if people were using 3G or Wi-Fi or which carrier they were on.

The second test was a controlled one that pitted two iPhones with the same hardware against each other, one running iOS 5 and the other iOS 4. In the lab test, the average mobile Web page took 1.88 seconds to load on the phone with iOS 5 and 6.34 seconds to load on the one with iOS 4.

For the lab test, the New Relic team used two iPhone 4 handsets in 3G mode running on AT&T's network.

The uncontrolled tests seem less exact because the customers who were monitored may own a variety of different iPhones across different carriers using either 3G or Wi-Fi. As one example, the A5-powered iPhone 4S should be faster overall than an iPhone 4 or 3GS, regardless of the operating system. The lab test is likely a more accurate gauge since the same hardware was used in a controlled environment.

Source is
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20125757-37/ios-5-faster-than-ios-4-at-browsing-study-shows/

Siri shows up on an iPod Touch, no longer plays favorites in the iOS family

That Siri gal is certainly making the rounds these days. When she's not answering your questions on a 4S, she's showing up on iPads and elder iPhones. Not one to play favorites, Siri's now lending her considerable talents to an iPod touch. Two enterprising young hackers, euwars and rud0lf77, are the ones who put Siri on the iPod, and you can see the results of their labor in the video after the break. Of course, Apple's servers still aren't as friendly as the virtual voice assistant, so Siri's latest cameo remains a silent one -- but some Siri's better than none, right?

Source is
 http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/25/siri-shows-up-on-an-ipod-touch-no-longer-plays-favorites-in-the/

iPhone 5 release date comes after iPad 3, as iOS 5.1 looms this year

With the iPhone 4S out the door, the topic du jour among those who’ve taken a pass on it is when the iPhone 5 will find its release date. Only two things about the iPhone 5 are known with any degree of confidence: it’ll arrive within the first three quarters of 2012, and it’ll arrive sometime after the iPad 3, which also won’t arrive until next year. That leaves iPhone and iPad users with only iOS 5.1, a medium-significance software update to the newly released iOS 5, to look forward to before the year is over. It’s near enough the start of the holiday shopping season by now that Apple won’t be be springing any more new hardware on the market before 2011 is over. That leaves all eyes on next year for the launches and revisions of several new Apple products. Beyond merely the iPhone 5 and iPad 3, users are eyeballing the launch of the iPod touch 5, the next Apple TV, and more. Here’s a look at the timeframe for the iPhone 5 release date and beyond…

iPad 3: Apple’s history says you can expect this one in March 2012. The only holdup could be if Apple decides it wants to incorporate the next-gen A6 processor into the iPad 3 in order to give it a major speed boost, with scattered reports pointing to the A6 not being ready until summer. But Apple got quite a bit of negative feedback from users for pushing the iPhone upgrade cycle back to sixteen months this year instead of the usual twelve, perhaps more backlash than the company might have been expecting. This could prompt Apple to push forward with the iPad 3 in its publicly expected March timeframe with or without the A6.

iPhone 5: This release date is the most mysterious of the bunch. By waiting sixteen months to replace the iPhone 4 and then doing so with the same-ish iPhone 4S, it’s no longer clear what Apple’s iPhone roadmap looks like. With the 4S selling very well for now, Apple could opt to wait til summer 2012 (reverting back to the original summer iPhone revamp history) or even fall 2012 (a year from the 4S launch). However, if the iPhone 5 is ready sooner and if 4S sales drop off, Apple could fire up the 5 sooner. Just don’t expect it before April. iPhone 4S sales are too strong for now for Apple to even consider a January or February rush-launch, and if the iPad 3 occupies March on the calendar, that means nothing on the iPhone front before April.

iPod touch 5: Apple punted by launching a white version of the iPod touch 4 in lieu of any actual internal or external hardware changes, presumably saving the iPod touch 5 until the iPhone 5 is ready. It’s a fairly safe bet to expect them at the same time.

Apple TV: Apple has often used its fall iPod event to launch the latest Apple TV, but there was no movement on that front at this month’s iPhone event. Various speculation has Apple eventually moving into actual television sets, making the “Apple TV” set top box perhaps on the way out. But there’s no timeframe on these supposed television sets, so Apple TV could indeed see another new generation in the mean time. There’s no clear indication when that would happen, however.

iOS 5.1: The only remaining Apple product which can be expected in 2011, iOS 5.1 will deliver a slew of minor revisions to iOS 5 including features Apple didn’t quite finish in time for the original release and changes based on early user feedback. Even sooner you’ll see iOS 5.0.1, the requisite bug-fix update intended to clean up any technical issues which have arisen.

Source is
http://www.beatweek.com/news/9691-iphone-5-release-date-comes-after-ipad-3-as-ios-5-1-looms-this-year/

SemiTether for iOS 5 relieves some of the tethered jailbreak pain

Folks have been jailbreaking iOS 5 for almost as long as Apple’s latest mobile operating system has been available. There’s just one catch: the only tools available provide a tethered jailbreak. That means you need to connect your mobile device to a computer and run redsn0w or ultrasn0w every time you reboot — otherwise you won’t be able to get past the boot logo and your device will be unusable until you do perform a tethered boot with a computer.

Fortunately iOS 5 is pretty stable and most people don’t have to completely shut down their devices very often. Tapping the power button to turn off the display doesn’t count. What we’re talking about is performing a complete reboot by holding the power button until a slider shows up allowing you to shut down the device.

Still, if you have a jailbroken iPhone and need to reboot it when you’re not near a computer… you might find yourself with an unusable phone until you get back to your home or office.

But there’s a tool that can help. It’s called SemiTether, and it’s currently in beta. You can download it from the Cydia Store for jailbroken iOS apps by adding http://thebigboss.org/semitether to your list of sources.

SemiTether lets you reboot a device that’s been jailbroken using a tethered message without getting stuck at the boot logo. Once you reboot you won’t have access to all of your device’s functions: You won’t be able to run jailbroken apps, the web browser won’t work, the Mail app doesn’t work, and some other apps may not function.

But you should be able to make calls or send text messages and use some built-in apps and that may be enough to tide you over until you can perform your next tethered boot.

While hackers search for a way to perform an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5, SemiTether is probably the next best thing.

SemiTether does not work with the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 — because there’s currently no way to jailbreak either device if its running iOS 5.

Source is
http://mobiputing.com/2011/10/semitether-for-ios-5-relieves-some-of-the-tethered-jailbreak-pain/

Yes! Jailbreak iOS 5 for iPhone 4, 3GS, and iPad

The jailbreak for iOS 5, on your iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, or iPad seems ready for prime-time. Now that the bleeding-edge crew have shaken out the bugs, you should prepare to free yourself from Apple's totalitarian walled garden of parody-free, sexless, family friendliness.

[Attention, experienced jailbreakers: This article describes the latest tethered JB in terms that the average user might grok. It also includes a list of my top tips to make a jailbreak go smoothly. But, y'know, feel free to vent your frustrations in the comments below -- I've a thick skin...]

First things first: understand the difference between a "jailbreak" and an "unlock". A jailbreak allows you to install apps from places other than Apple's App Store. An unlock allows you to use a different cellular carrier than the one blessed by your phone, and usually requires you to jailbreak the phone first. Both are perfectly legal, and jailbreaking does not encourage software piracy -- no matter what Apple PR may appear to imply.

Second: understand the difference between a "tethered" and an "untethered" jailbreak. A if a jailbreak is said to be tethered, it means that the jailbreak is undone if you reboot the phone -- in other words, you must connect your phone to your PC or Mac to properly boot it. An untethered jailbreak is the gold standard, because you don't need to muck about with any of that nonsense.

At the time of writing, the jailbreak available for iOS 5 is tethered. If you don't understand the implications of that, then go back and read the previous paragraph!

You'll need to use a jailbreaking tool to tweak the version of iOS on your phone. You'll want the latest version of Redsn0w (0.9.9b6, at time of writing). Some Windows users have also reported success with the Sn0wbreeze tool. You'll also want iTunes version 10.5 and have already downloaded a copy of the iOS 5 install image (the IPSW file).

All the links for these and their detailed instructions are below, but first, here are some top tips, learned from bitter experience. Ignore them at your peril:

• Before doing anything, back up your iPhone in iTunes.
• Make sure you stop iTunes from automatically updating itself -- A long-term fear is that Apple may introduce anti-jailbreaking code into a future iTunes update, stop that software from auto-updating.
• Make sure you stop iTunes from automatically updating  your iPhone -- iOS updates will almost always undo a jailbreak and you may find that new updates aren't jailbreakable (at least, for a few days or weeks).
• Plug your iPhone directly into a USB socket on your Mac or PC's case -- do not use a USB hub.
• Unplug as many other other USB devices as you possibly can.
• Use a genuine Apple USB cable, or a 3rd party cable that you know to be of good quality -- some cheapo cables can appear to work fine for regular syncing and charging, but fail in subtle ways when jailbreaking.
• Be patient -- some of the steps involved in jailbreaking an iPhone take longer than you might think. If it appears to have hung, it probably hasn't. Set aside plenty of time to do the jailbreak; the last thing you want to do is interrupt it mid-process.

As ever, take care; read and understand all the caveats, both here and in the linked articles -- lest you create an expensive brick. Neither I, nor Computerworld are responsible for anything you choose to do with your iDevice -- only you are.

Taimur Asad and his colleagues are doing a consistently good job of explaining all the steps you need to take to jailbreak. Here's their guide to jailbreaking iOS 5. If for some reason you prefer to use Sn0wbreeze, here's the guide for that.

Now what? Once you're jailbroken, you should see an app called Cydia. Open that and the world of open iOS apps is yours.

Source is
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19125/yes_jailbreak_ios_5_for_iphone_4_3gs_and_ipad?ub

Siri surrogate: Voice commands with Dragon Dictation

Are you feeling ignored because your iPhone 4S-toting friends are spending more time conversing with Siri than with you? If you have an older iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4, you can run the newly released iOS 5, but it doesn't come with Apple's vaguely British virtual assistant. What's a lonely, old iPhone owner to do?

One idea is to give Dragon Dictation a try. From Nuance, the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking software (and who may have had a hand in developing Siri), Dictation is a free iPhone voice app that lets you engage in one-way conversations with your iPhone. It won't answer your queries like Siri does, but it does an impressive job of translating your spoken words into text. So, while you can't ask Dragon Dictation where you can find the best burrito in your vicinity (I'm pretty sure Siri would tell me to leave the state of New Hampshire for such an item), you can dictate text messages and e-mails as well as Facebook and Twitter updates.

When you first launch Dragon Dictation, it'll ask if you'd like to import the names from your address book. It does this so it can better recognize the names of the people to which you'll be addressing e-mails and texts. Dragon assures you that it is not capturing any information other than the names of your contacts.

To test out the app, I dictated the above e-mail to my brother, asking him if I need to fly with car seats or if he will be able to provide the appropriate safety measures during our upcoming visit. After the app translates your speech into text, you are able to edit it with the onscreen keyboard that you can call up with the button in the lower-left corner. You can also add to the message by tapping the red record button and dictating more. When you are satisfied, tap the button in the lower-right corner to place the text into your text app, mail app, Facebook, or Twitter. You can also copy it to your phone's clipboard. To connect the app to your Facebook and Twitter accounts, head to Settings > Social Networking.

Unfortunately, Dragon Dictation does not integrate itself into any apps. So, instead of simply tapping the record button from your mail app, you'll need to launch Dictation, talk to it, and then place the resulting text in an app. To reply to an e-mail, for example, you'll need to copy your dictated text to the clipboard, open your mail app, and then paste the text into your reply. It's not too cumbersome a process, but it would save a step if you could simply dictate a reply from within the mail app itself.

After using the app for a few days, I found its accuracy improved. But that is probably a result of me learning to speak more slowly and enunciate clearly in order to save editing time after my speech was translated into text.

One great feature I discovered is that Dictation understands formatting and punctuation commands. You can say, "Sam comma new paragraph, when will you be home question mark" and it'll turn into this:

Source is
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20122808-285/siri-surrogate-voice-commands-with-dragon-dictation/

Syncing iOS Devices Wirelessly with iTunes 10.5

While iTunes 10.5 is ready for iCloud, with the arrival of iTunes Match due by the end of the month, the marquee feature added to this version of iTunes is the capability to sync iOS devices via Wi-Fi. It’s always been a bit of an annoyance to have to connect your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch a cable to transfer media files and data, making Wi-Fi syncing a big step forward in letting you manage your iOS device’s content without having to connect it directly to your Mac. Here’s how you set up and use Wi-Fi syncing and iCloud backups.

Get Started with Wi-Fi Syncing -- The first thing you need to do is connect your device to your Mac; yes, the point of using Wi-Fi syncing is to no longer have to do this, but you only need to tether the device the first time. Then follow these steps:

1.    Select the device in the iTunes sidebar.

2.    If the Summary tab isn’t active, click it.

3.    Scroll down to the Options section, and check “Sync with this iPhone (or iPad/iPod) over Wi-Fi.”

4.    Click the Apple button at the bottom-right of the iTunes window to save your changes.

When syncing has finished, disconnect your device. You’ll notice that it remains in the Devices section of the iTunes sidebar, even though you’ve disconnected it. (If, by chance, you click the little eject icon next to the device, have no fear — you can get it back by connecting the device to your Mac again.)

Instapaper’s iOS app looks like a newspaper, integrates Wikipedia

News reading app Instapaper launched a major update Monday for iOS devices that dramatically revamps its design and adds several new features, including Wikipedia integration.

Instapaper was already a handy tool for those who read a lot of news because it saves copies of anything you’re reading for offline use and letting you read articles your friends share on Facebook and Twitter. But now it’s even more useful, with a long list of new features that will almost certainly improve the experience of current iPad and iPhone users and could attract new users to the table.

The most noticeable part of the update is the new design for the iPad and iPhone. On the iPad, Instapaper has modeled itself more after a newspaper with grid columns that show stories as opposed to lists of stories. The iPhone version still has the list view but the navigation has been restyled.

“The iPad browsing interface has been completely redesigned to feel more at home in the iPad environment,” wrote Instapaper creator Marco Arment, on his blog. “Instead of just being a blown-up full-screen list, it’s now a more touch-friendly grid.”

Other important feature updates are the ability to read text as white-on-black as opposed to just black-on-white, adjust the device’s brightness inside of the app and hide the status bar on the iPhone’s screen for more reading real estate.

One more thing that deserves attention is the Wikipedia integration. Many times when I’m reading articles, there is a person or event I want to know more about. With Instapaper’s update, you can select a name or term and read more about it on Wikipedia.

Other major changes to the app spotlighted by Arment include:

    • Articles in the list or grid can be swiped to reveal a quick action menu
    • The in-article styling has been improved
    • New settings can customize the number of Liked/Archived articles stored on        device
    • The iPhone font (ᴀA) panel has been redesigned to be like iPad’s
    • The iPhone share forms for Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Pinboard, and Evernote have been redesigned
    • YouTube URLs now open in the system’s YouTube app
    • A new setting has been added to use Apple’s dictionary under iOS 5
    • Tilt scrolling is now smoother and works better in all orientations
    • The Share panel can now send to Tweetbot and The Hit List
    • When updating, the entire table no longer reloads after each article downloads. It now just reloads once after the main update request, showing all (even un-downloaded) articles, and they enable themselves as they get downloaded.
    • Tons of performance improvements and bugfixes
    • New icon

iTunes Download

Source is
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/17/instapaper-4-0-update-for-ios-adds-new-design-and-wikipedia-integration/

iOS 5 bugs that need to be squashed

iOS 5 has been out for a weekend and it’s been one of the most successful product launches ever. In fact, one UK network said it had the largest traffic spike in its history when Apple released the ‘evolutionary’ (rather than revolutionary) OS. Though the software is great and went through 8 beta stages, the software still contains some bugs that need to be squashed in order to make a truly seamless and enjoyable experience for normal and power users alike.

1. Split Screen Keyboard in iMessage

This bug is particularly annoying, especially when I’m trying to respond to reader messages whilst thumb-typing on my iPad. Below is a screenshot of the error. I find that messages within iMessage hide behind the split screen keyboard and are almost impossible to read. This only happens in the split screen version of the keyboard.

2. No way to hide Newsstand

I know how many people love to read news on their iPhone, and people already know how to put Newsstand in a folder, but there should be a way to disable the feature. Unlike the App Store and iTunes, I doubt that everyone wants digital publications on their iDevices. So, why disable the ability to get rid of it? There’s no on-off switch for Newsstand. There should be one. There’s a image below of Newsstand in a folder.

3. No 3G On/Off toggle on iPhone 4S

Whether you call this one a bug, an accident or whether it was done on purpose, it isn’t fair. Until now, there’s always been a toggle for 3G in Settings since the iPhone 3G. But a new ‘feature’ of the iPhone 4S is no 3G toggle switch. It’s the weirdest thing. It is in the Settings app on the iPhone 4, but not on the 4S. Apple – even though you lengthened the battery time, that doesn’t mean power-users don’t want to get the most out of their battery. On the left is a screenshot taken on the iPhone 4, on the right is a 4S. I often switch off my 3G to ensure my phone fuel lasts a little longer, with the 4S I don’t have that luxury.

Other Bugs
People are also saying that the iPhone 4S is experiencing poor battery life. I for one am not experiencing this, however it might be due to people not fully charging (or discharging) their battery when they got it. This usually helps out the battery life-span on any product.  I’ve also experienced one where I had to reset my network settings in order for Siri to work properly. Siri said it was unable to connect to Apple’s servers. So I reset the settings and Siri worked like a charm. Others still are reporting that Google Voice was pulled from the App Store, because of incompatibility with iOS 5 (it kept crashing on the login screen).

Other than those few bugs, iOS 5 is pretty solid.  It looks great, runs great, and has awesome new features that are useful for every iDevice owner. Are you experiencing any bugs in the new OS?

Source is
http://www.todaysiphone.com/2011/10/ios-5-bugs-that-need-to-be-squashed/

What's Up With The Untethered iOS 5 Jailbreak?

Following the release of iOS 5 yesterday, many of you have emailed us about how you can jailbreak iOS 5, and take advantage of some of the great new things it allows you to do, especially with the Notification Center.

As we told you this morning, the only jailbreak currently available is a tethered jailbreak, which works with every device besides the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S (here is how to try it out). It will allow you to hack your device, and add tons of little apps and tweaks, through Cydia, that Apple would never have allowed. But you’ll need to plug it into your computer every time you reboot the device.

So, what about the untethered jailbreak? Well, from what we’re hearing iOS hackers and jailbreakers have already found a way to make an untethered iOS 5 jailbreak, they’ve also hinted at it a few times in the past. They have even found many exploits that have a good chance of allowing them to jailbreak the iPhone 4S.

So when will it be available? We weren’t able to get anyone to give us a solid date. The public version of iOS 5 was only released yesterday, so in any case, it will take a few days to test out the tools, even if they are ready. As far as the iPhone 4S goes, the last few iDevices Apple released were jailbroken in less than 24 hours, so we feel confident about this one as well.

Again, however, there will be a delay between the moment the device gets jailbroken on video, and when you’ll have a tool available on your computer that lets you do it yourself. In either case, we’ll be keeping you posted on any release or progress that we hear about.

Source is
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/10/whats-up-with-the-untethered-ios-5-jailbreak

How to Jailbreak iOS 5 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod touch

If you are one of the lucky people that currently has iOS 5 installed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, you might be thinking about jailbreaking your device. If that sounds about right, you’ve come to the right place.

For those that don’t know, jailbreaking frees your iPhone from limitations put on it by Apple and by the device’s carrier be it AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. While  it has been made legal, jailbreaking will void your warranty so keep that in mind before you take the plunge.
 
For those of you that are still interested in jailbreaking iOS 5, read on.
Before we get started, keep a couple of things in mind. One, the jailbreak that you’ll be using, Redsn0w 0.9.9b5, is a tethered jailbreak. That means that you will have to connect your device to a computer that is running the jailbreak ever single time you want to power it up. It’s a hassle but until an untethered jailbreak arrives, you’re stuck with this method.

And two, this is not available for the iPad 2 or the iPhone 4S. This is for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad, and iPod touch users only. No timetable for a jailbreak for either of those devices.

So, if you own a supported device that’s running iOS 5, here is how to jailbreak it:

1. Install iTunes 10.5.
2. Connect Your iDevice to your computer and back up your files.
3. Download the correct version of iOS 5. You can  update through iTunes.
4. Download Redsn0w 0.9.9b5 for Windows or for Mac.
5. Open that file, select ‘Jailbreak’ then ‘Install Cydia’. It’ll take you to DFU mode and Redsn0w will jailbreak your device.
6. Once Cydia is installed, you’ll want to be in DFU mode and in there should be an option for ‘Extras’. It looks like this image you see here.
7. Pick ‘Just Boot’.

You can also use the video below for guidance as well.

Source is
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/10/12/how-to-jailbreak-ios-5-for-iphone-4-iphone-3gs-ipad-and-ipod-touch/