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First iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits the web

administrator — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:02:37 +0000

The first ever iPhone 3GS jailbreak application has finally been released by long-time Apple hacker, George Hotz. It’s currently Windows-only (7 not supported), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with the 3.0 firmware. The process was amazingly simple.

To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make sure you have windows (but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. Connect your iPhone normally. Click “make it ra1n”. Wait. On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. Hopefully you’ll figure out what to do from there. Best tutorial gets linked to from purplera1n site. This tool is beta. Make sure to have everything backed up before running. Also if Cydia doesn’t show up after running Freeze, reboot.

Despite it doesn’t unlock the iPhone 3GS, but at least jailbreak it so that unofficial third-party apps can be installed and enjoyed on your new iPhone 3GS.

The jailbreak for Mac is coming soon, George writes.

[via On the iPhone]

iPhone overtaking Nokia in mobile ads

administrator — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:02:37 +0000

Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple in mobile ads share, BNET Technology reports. According to statistics from AdMob, Apple’s iPhone received 49 percent of ad traffic in May, compared with 32 percent for Nokia.

Why is mobile ad share important? Because in the smartphone segment, the tail wags the dog — apps drive customer loyalty more than hardware features… Yes, Apple offers many more apps, and yes, it’s more geared to consumers than Nokia.

Nokia already realized about the power of mobile applications and contents. As we know, Ovi Store is Nokia’s answer to the iPhone’s App Store.

iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device

administrator — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:02:36 +0000

Apple has recently pushed out its iPhone 3.1 software for developers, just about two weeks after the iPhone OS 3.0 released. And now, we are talking about the next generation of Apple device: iPhone 4.0. What?!

Yes, that’s revealed based on recent Apple patent fillings. Some new patent applications include event-based modes, scheduled and intelligent communications.

Event-based modes: As shown by above picture, your iPhone 4.0 device could be able to automatically adapt to different locations and life events and reconfigure it’s settings – e.g. switch the sound off and turn on a voicemail when calendar shows that you are in the meeting.

Scheduled communications: somewhat similar to the one above, but describes a way for you to automatically schedule/preset communications activities based on calendar events, your location, caller id and other conditions.

Intelligent communications: You can select appropriate communication modes for incoming communications requests based on a user’s preferences and availability. The device can determine the communication modes of a user based on the current activity and allow the user to provide customized information to his/her contacts.

[via Unwired View]

iPhone 3.1: Better video editing, Bluetooth voice control, vibrating icon moves

administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:01 +0000

Following the iPhone 3.0 software released just about two weeks ago, Apple has recently pushed out its iPhone 3.1 software with the accompanying SDK for developers. The update improves video editing, app integration and extra speed boosts as well as some minor tweaks.

What’s new in iPhone OS 3.1 Beta build?

Video editing on iPhone 3GS wont overwrite the clip over the original when you are editing a clip.
iPhone vibrates when moving icons
“Fraud Protection” toggle has been added to settings under Safari.
iPhone boot time is now faster.
Voice Control now works over Bluetooth.
New APIs to enable third party apps to access videos and edit them.
Updated AT&T profile to 4.2
Updated modem firmware to 5.08.01
Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz.

[via Redmond Pie, the iPhone Blog]

Facebook for iPhone 3.0 coming soon

administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:01 +0000

Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon, adding some more cool features like Events listings, Notes, Pages, and photo albums. But, according to Joe Hewitt, lead engineer for Facebook’s iPhone application, Push Notifications is in development but it won’t make it into 3.0 — so we should wait until the next update later this summer.

Hewitt explains the new features:

The “new” News Feed
Like
Events (including the ability to RSVP)
Notes
Pages
Create new photo albums
Upload photos to any album
Zoom into photos
Easier photo tagging
Profile Pictures albums
A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

[via InsideFacebook]

Chillingo’s Knights Onrush Review

administrator — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0000

From the publishers of great games such as Toki Tori, The Quest, CS.One, Zen Bound, SpIn and many many more, comes the next big “easy to pick up and put down” game, Knights Onrush

. Knights Onrush is on sale now in the AppStore for $.99 or 80% off their normal price.

The game is an addictively simple concept…using your fingers, defend the castle gates using finger flicks, dragon sacrifices, boulders, fireballs and flamethrowers just to name a few…

Not only that, there are tons of different types of enemies, 11 to be exact, from knights to wizrds to assassins…you’ll never get tired of flicking them away OR maybe you will?

This is a battle of epic proportions, there are 12 castles in all to defend and I am still on the first one…additionally, there are 3 different types of landscapes (ie. forest, plains and dessert)..Additionally if you successfully defend all castles, there is an endless seige mode and madness modes. An added value is online chat and leaderboards…

Chillingo has said there would be more levels, more enemies (flying ones too), bosses and more weapons to defend your castle with…

I’ve put together a video review to give you an idea how it’s played…have a look:

So Knights Onrush is now available in the AppStore for $2.99, what are you waiting for, check it out!

MMS on first-gen iPhone: how badly do you want it?

administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:51 +0000

Dear first-gen iPhone owner, how badly do you want MMS on your phone? Thanks to hacking community, now you can enjoy MMS capability on your original iPhone with default SMS/MMS app and O.S 3.0!

Gizmodo wrote:

…here we are with a truly integrated MMS experience courtesy of the all-powerful hacking community. Granted, there have been MMS apps available for ages, but there’s a difference: this is the same action 3G and 3GS owners are getting in conjunction with OS 3.0, which Apple curiously decided to hold back from original iPhone owners.

A member of Hacking0sh forum revealed a tip on how MMS on 2G (OS 3.0) with default SMS/MMS app:

For install copy mms2g.deb to iphone in folder, for example /var/root

Then in same folder (/var/root) in terminal input: dpkg -i mms2g.deb

Reboot

or

Extract files from Patch.zip to iphone to folders same as arhive. For CommCenter chmod 755.

Reboot.

In settings, adjust apn, user, password.

it´s now on cydia: ActivateMMS2G

ad rep. in cydia: http://cydia.alpden.com

[via Gizmodo]

iPhone 3GS boosts mobile YouTube uploads

administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:51 +0000

Google says that mobile uploads to YouTube have increased by 400% just in a week, thanks to iPhone 3GS’ technology. Looks like mostly iPhone 3GS users are also the big fans of the video-sharing site.

Google has announced that uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased by 400% since last Friday, when Apple’s new iPhone 3GS went on sale. The handset lets users shoot video clips and upload them directly to the video-sharing site.

In the last six months, uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have jumped 1,700%; just since last Friday, when the iPhone 3GS came out, uploads have increased by 400%.

[via Music Ally]

People line up for iPhone 3GS debut in Japan

administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:51 +0000

Apple released its new iPhone 3GS in Japan on Friday. According to the Asahi Shimbun, more than 200 people lined up at Softbank Mobile Corp.’s Omotesando store in Tokyo.

The Japan’s launch is a week after Apple introduced the new iPhone in the United States and Europe. It’s reported more than 1 million units have been sold in three days. Softbank, the country’s third largest wireless carrier, is the country’s sole distributor for iPhone.

The new model also went on sale in the same day in Austria, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands.

[via MacDailyNews]

White iPhone 3GS suffering heat and discoloration

administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:51 +0000

The white iPhone 3GS reportedly overheats during a period of using the GPS and 3G of the phone, and its case changes color. Engadget says it turns a browner and Gizmodo reports as being pink.

Looks like the iPhone 3GS is now available in black, white, brown and pink Anybody else with white iPhone 3GS experienced this? Check your phones…

[via Engadget]