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
Ahrrrghh! Even Pirates be loving the iPhone!
Above: We’re not sure why these sailing gloves don’t have index finger and thumbs, but they’ll sure come in “handy”. As temperatures across the country drop to below freezing, dialing your iPhone has become a hazardous prospect. Due to the iPhone and iPod touch’s need for physical contact with your exposed skin, placing a call or scrolling through music tracks requires you first remove your gloves, risking frostbite and (shudder) dry skin.... Read More
Review: JBL Reference 610 Wireless iPod Headphones
Since the beginning of time, man has sought to cut the cable that attaches his iPod to his headphones. Primitive man used stone axes and crude cutting tools to smash the cables, but this often had undesirable side effects. Luckily, today we have Bluetooth, the “stone ax” of the modern age. JBL has incorporated this modern marvel into their latest set of reference headphones (the 610), in an attempt to finally free man from the tangles of wires that killed off so... Read More
“Oh buddons!”: The $100 iPod touch has arrived!
Does someone on your holiday list want an iPod touch, but they just don’t rate high enough to warrant spending $399 on them? Well, “Apple-photocopier” Optimus has your answer. Their new (originally named) Optimus Touch sports pretty much every feature of Apple’s iPod touch and then some, including direct rips of most of its icons and user interface, all rolled up in a $109 package. Read More Read More
Review: TightJacket for MacBook/iPod/iPhone
In the overcrowded gadget-protector market, sometimes the simplest solution is the hardest to see. While most case manufacturers seek to protect your expensive device by hiding it under layers of rubber and reinforced plastic, designer Terry Wilson decided to take a softer approach. Terry’s TightJacket sleeves are simple “pull-over” style covers that can fit pretty much any laptop, or any rectangular object, for that matter. Made from unused bolts of spandex... Read More
No QTVR on iPhone or iPod touch? WTF?!
The fact that the iPhone has been out nearly 6 months now and I have not seen anyone bitch about this yet likely means I am wasting my breath, but who cares? It wouldn’t be the first time. Why is there no QuickTime VR support on the iPhone/iPod touch? I just happened to be trolling Apple’s site this evening on my iPhone, and thought, “Hey, it must be kind of cool to pan around a QTVR using the iPhone’s touchscreen! Lets check it out!”. (Yes, I am... Read More
Review: Bowers & Wilkins’ Zeppelin iPod Speakers
If you’re anything like me, you live in a mansion, drive a Mercedes and eat lobster 3 times a day. Yes, life is good. In fact, the only downside to my fabulous life is that my iPod is shackled to plebeian-priced iPod speakers. Many is the time I have wished I could spend $600 on something to truly set my iPod apart from the speakers my hick relatives and low brow college friends use… Enter the Zeppelin Ok, so pretty much everything in the above paragraph is a... Read More
Creating a rich man’s “poor man’s” Apple TV
Faithful Macenstein reader Phil writes: Hi Doc, I tried finding info on this on Google and all known mac forums, but have not found anything so far. I am wondering whether I can use Dot.Tunes to stream video to my iPod touch (they say I can: http://www.dottunes.net/ipod_touch.html) and then use the Apple composite cable to connect the touch to my TV, creating a poor man’s Apple TV. Do you know whether this is possible? Thank you, Phil Hey Phil, Well, first off, I wouldn’t... Read More
Apple banning sales of iPod touch/iPhones to teenagers in order to beef up security
Apple today announced that it will be banning sales of its popular iPhone and iPod touch music players to persons under 18 years of age. The move comes after 3 successful and highly publicized hackings of the devices by teenagers, who, apparently with more free time on their hands than adults, can afford to devote hours and even days to such efforts. “We kind of hoped the release of Halo 3 would put an end to iPhone hacking,” read an Apple statement. “But that... Read More
Review: boynq’s iCube II and Sabre “gender specific” Speakers for iPod
Everyone knows girls like pink things and men like black things, right? Well, boynq does, and has decided to take the traditionally gender neutral iPod speaker system back to grade school with their “Boys vs. Girls” colored iCube II and Sabre speakers. Top: boynq’s sabre iPod speakers. Bottom: the iCube II. boynq, makers of a wide range of unusual-looking (in a good way) speakers has created an entire pink/purple/white “Pour Femme” line to compliment... Read More
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