iPhone v1.1.3 firmware already jailbroken… for smart people only
Intomobile is reporting that less than 5 days after the 1.1.3 was released, a work around has already been found that once again allows for iPhone and iPod touch users running the update to once again install 3rd party apps. A video showing a jailbroken iPod touch has been supplied as proof. This is all around good news for the iPhone/iPod touch hacking community, as well as for developers and customers who may for one reason or another want to circumvent going though Apple’s... Read More
MWSF: The biggest surprise? Randy Newman is still alive!
Well, looks like the MacBook Air rumors proved true, and we’re going to have to get used to the name after all. Apple today released a few new updates to existing products (Airport, iTunes, and iPhone) but the big news was the much rumored MacBook Air. Apple bills the MacBook Air as “the world’s thinnest notebook”, and from the pictures, who could argue? “How did we fit a Mac in here?” wondered Steve during his Keynote speech. Well, they... Read More
iPhones accounting for “a disproportionate amount” of mobile traffic
According to the NY Times, both Yahoo and Google have seen a huge increase in iPhone web surfing this last quarter. Google says this Christmas, the iPhone managed to surpass incoming traffic from any other type of mobile device. Despite accounting for only 2% of the smartphone market (yes, the NY Times calls the iPhone a smart phone), the iPhone is beating Symbian devices which account for 63 % of the worldwide market, and Windows mobile and Blackberry devices which account for... Read More
The “iPhone SDK bitching” developers – A bunch of babies?
Above: Delphi managed to control a car using the iPhone’s mobile Safari. Now, I’m sure an iPhone SDK will lead to some amazing apps (and a ton of lame ones) but honestly, I think many developers started bitching a bit too early and too loudly last year when Apple announced the iPhone was going to allow for “Safari-only” apps. I understand the major arguments for wanting an iPhone SDK – chiefly, “how the hell do you make money on a web app?”... Read More
How to: Defeat the iPhone’s auto-complete
[UPDATE: This tip has been reported as “lame” by some readers, and I think I may have to agree. -The Doc] I’ve found the iPhone’s autocomplete function to be pretty accurate, and very useful in general. The one situation where I consistently have problems with it, however, is YouTube. Maybe it’s just that I look up weird crap, but the iPhone often tries to make my bizarre queries into words it knows, and (despite my mom telling me I have the beautifully... Read More
David Lynch: “Don’t watch movies on a f*#%ing phone!”
Director and all-around weirdo (in a good way) David Lynch has some unkind words for iPhone users (and cell phone users in general) who think the latest “wide screen” video phones provide a suitable movie watching experience. “Now, if you’re playing a movie on a telephone, you will never in a trillion years experience the film” says David. If you watch, you can actually see he considered saying “billion” years, but then thought better,... Read More
DOOM for the iPhone: Because you CAN, thats why!
Want to play DOOM on your iPhone? No, of course you don’t! But you want it to be by choice, right? Well, luckily, you now have the option to not play DOOM on your terms, thanks to psychochromatic (aka Stephen T) over at Management.Doom. Stephen T recently took over the development of iPhoneDoom for the iPhone from original developer stepwhite, and a new widescreen, playable version is now being showcased. Looks like only a matter of time before the iPhone becomes a real... Read More
Where’s Gear Live’s “cease and desist” letter?
Separating fact from fiction is often no easy task, and this is even more true when it comes to the Mac rumor community. In these days of Photoshop and affordable versions of previously “pro-only” effects software (such as Maya and Shake), picking out the real “leaked” photos and videos from from the fan creations is increasingly difficult. To date there has been only one sure-fire way to distinguish a delicious Baby Ruth from a cleverly wrapped piece of... Read More
iPhone firmware 1.1.3 – Like a fine wine, the iPhone gets sweeter with time
Assuming the above Gear Live video of a beta version of the iPhone’s upcoming 1.1.3 firmware is legit (and it is looking pretty legit) then the iPhone is about to get a whole lot cooler (no easy feat). Multiple SMS address, (in-the-ballpark) GPS via Google Maps, Multiple springboards and dragable icons… you know, everything the iPhone should have had at launch. Looks pretty sweet, and I’m looking very much showing it off to my Verizon Voyager-owning in-law (hey... Read More
All hail the nanotech battery! 22 hours of MacBook battery life; 400 hours of iPod use, 2500 hours of iPhone standby time!
Imagine… what if you could watch 70 hours of iPod video on a single charge. (OK, wait, that actually, might be a bad thing). Instead, imagine something more useful, like getting 22+ hours of MacBook use. Or 2500 hours of iPhone standby time. Such is the promise of Stanford University researchers who claim to have found a way to use silicon nanowires to improve the way lithium-ion batteries store energy, delivering a reported 10x boost in capacity. Above: Silicon nano... Read More
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