China unicom releases pricing details
China's wireless carrier China Unicom has recently announced that they will be selling 5 different iPhones through several 24 month plans. The iPhone 3G is rumored to be priced around 5,000 yuan ($732USD), and the 3GS 7,000 ($1025USD). When it does go on sale some time in October. On Sep 29, China Unicom stated that it would begin accepting preorders for iPhones on Oct. 1, also the day they will launch there 3G service, sounds a bit risky the 3G launch might not go to plan.
Read More...
Apple Apps for Everthing
On Apple.com there is a brand new section for iPhone Apps, Apps for Everything. This is very positive, the volume of apps in the appstore makes it incredibly difficult for quality apps to be discovered this new Apps for everything is another way for apps to be promoted.
What apps for everything does is give you a category for a particular thing e.g Apps for Cooks, working out, mums and dads, music, money and so on. This really helps Developers out there promote there apps, along with staff picks and the featured apps this is a new way to get your app out there, nice to see Apple making necessary changes. Read More...
Appstore hits 2 billion downloads
The appstore has just surpassed 2 billion download and I presume, unless the appstore dies, this will continue to get much higher. The appstore now has over 85,000 apps and 125,000 developers behind it.
Steve Jobs quotes that:
"The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with users downloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year, including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone. The App Store has reinvented what you can do with a mobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it." Read More...
Vodafone getting iPhone in UK
Vodafone have just announced that they will also be selling the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK in early 2010, this could also be the date that Orange start selling the iPhone but no confirmation yet, O2's exclusivity deal ends on October 9th. So now in the UK the iPhone will be available on Vodafone, Orange and of course O2 but not yet T-mobile.
This does beg the question will T-mobile also offer the iPhone we will se soon enough. Read More...
Tweetie 2
Looks like tweetie is getting a full on makeover with tweetie 2 heres what's new in tweetie 2. Check out the atebits website for more info.
For a start, Tweetie 2 is OS 3.x compatible only, it has the ability to remember where you were in the app so you don't lose your place if you get a call. It seems to be getting a all new offline mode that atebits, the tweetie developer, claims to be great and I'm sure it will live up to his claims. You will be able to block, favorite and follow someone in offline mode and all of those actions will be completed once you are back in online mode.
You now have a fancy draughts section that will even enable you to send your drafts to Birdhouse a tweetie drafts manager, you will be able to link twitter users with your address book, syncing there phone number, email addresses and more. The searches you make will be automatically sync with twitter.com also it supports landscape mode, and many, many more features. Atebits argues that it is even easier to use than tweetie 1.x.
All this for just $2.99, tweetie 2 will be a all new app not just an upgrade. Read More...
iPhone coming to Orange in UK!
Currently the iPhone is only available locked to in britain but now, ITProPortal have reported this, it looks close to certain that the iPhone 3G and 3GS will both become available in the UK on Orange aswell as O2. I currently have no information on when the iPhone will become available on Orange but I can say that the exclusivity deal with O2 is due to end on October 9, so the most obvious date would be then.
I am here in the UK, but I cover manly US news, and I am not currently with O2 or orange I am unlocked to Vodafone, but this is still ground breaking news as this is as close as we have ever been to seeing a factory unlocked iPhone in the UK and the US also, if you ask me this is the biggest news since the 3.0 release. Not including that big deal over nothing with Google Voice.
Read More...
Intel create light peak optical connection
Recently Engadget have posted about Intel designing some sort of new port that i rumored to go on the iPhone, iPod Touch and desktop macs also. But what's so special about this light peak optical? Well it should replace all other connections but what do you think can one connection replace all of the others? Would you mind scrapping all of your USB's, Ethernet cables, Firewires, Displayports, maybe even the standard headphone input and god knows what else and then simply replace them with a single "Light peak optical connection cable" ? If you love your USB cables or could never live without your firewires then let me know, leave a comment.
Check out Engadgets more detailed post
Read More...
TomTom carkit pricing info
Finally TomTom have announced the pricing and release date of their iPhone CarKit. TomTom will be released it sometime this october with a price tag of $119.95, it will be compatible with the iPhone 3G, 3GS and yes the 2G so turn-by-turn navigation will be possible on all versions of the iPhone now. It also provides you with GPS that will certainly be more reliable than the GPS chip in the iPhone a speaker and a mic so you will be able to take hand free calls also a input for playing music over your car stereo, all while charging your iPhone at the same time, but is it really worth $120, watch the video above for more info.
Read More...
MMS is no longer working
Unfortunately MMS seems to have crashed and is no longer working, when you attempt to send a MMS you get a red exclamation mark and are prompted to try again.
This is most likely due to the large amount of bandwidth being transferred over At&t's network, they claimed that bandwidth would increase by 40% on september 25th, due to iphone users sending MMS. At&t's network simply can not cope with this amount of data all at once. When extremely large amounts of data are all being transferred at one moment in time, then the network will not be able cope and the service will crash this seems to of happened to At&t, but I have no official confirmation At&t may of just disabled MMS because they feared that it would bring the whole network to it's knees.
What's your situation leave a comment. Read More...
MMS seems to be working
On
september 3rd At&t announced that, after what
seems like a life time, they will finally be adding
MMS support on the iPhone. Now, finally, september
25th has arrived, At&t worried that it would
pull down there network, and that is still a major
possibility, but still here it is in its full
glory... MMS.
A carrier update is available through iTunes, in
most parts of the USA, that will enable MMS on your
iPhone. If you have a jailbroken iPhone then it is
100% safe to update, but if your still on 3.0 be
careful not to update to 3.1.
Simply update the carrier settings when you get the
above message and MMS should be enabled.
If you have the camera icon next to where you would
usually type your message then it has been enabled.
I waited a long time to say this...ENJOY MMS ON
YOUR IPHONE!
TomTom carkit seen on the online Apple store
Engadget
is reporting that the much awaited TomTom Car Kit
for the iPhone made a brief appearance on Apple’s
online store in the UK with a hefty price tag of
£99.95 (about $160).
There is no evidence for this theory but we think
it was removed from the store because people who
owned the iphone app complained but i honestly can
not see a reason for this.
Hopefully we will see the the carkit in the very
near future but the price is very heavy.
Will you be buying the carkit leave a
comment.
iTunes 9.0.1
Recently Apple released the first update to iTunes since the major 9.0 release the update covers several things, heres the changelog that apple released:
So basically just loads of bug fixes, you can download itunes 9.0.1 with software update or from the Apple website
Also here are the direct download links (from quickpwn.com)
- Download iTunes 9.0.1 (Mac)
- Download iTunes 9.0.1 (Windows 32-bit)
- Download iTunes 9.0.1 (Windows 64-bit)
September 25 is here!
The long awaited 25th of september is here but will MMS arrive.
At&t have been reported to be very nervous building up to the MMS launch, but I still think that they will manage to get everything up and running sometime tonight.
Read More...
Google brings push email with google sync.
After a long wait finally Google has introduced push email for the iPhone you can see at Googles mobile blog. This entire service is integrated in GoogleSync, a nice tool.
Before I say any more I'm just going to point out that google sync works using Microsoft exchange and you can only use Microsoft exchange account at a time and if you are using Microsoft exchange at work then this isn't going to work for you, also if your running 3.1 then this will only work on a 3GS as Microsoft exchange requires secure device encryption and only the 3GS has that.
Using Google Sync, you can now get your Gmail messages pushed directly to your phone. Google sync works directly with your mail app so you won't have to install anything extra. If you are not interested in contacts or calendar then you can very easily select to only sync mail. Read More...
Snapture on the appstore
As the iphone's camera is well less than amazing, even on the 3GS, many developers having been working hard to make apps to assist you in taking a good photo. One of the more popular ones was, if you have a jailbroken iPhone, snapture on the cydia store but now the app is available on the appstore, so now everyone has access to it.
I have used the app and would recommend it to you, it is an absolute steal at just $1.99.
The
developer of snapture, Mr. Gai states this:
"We
truly believe that Snapture will become the default
camera application for our users going
forward".
Downgrade baseband available
Good news if you have accidently upgraded to 3.1 and upgraded your baseband to 05.11.07 with it then follow these steps to downgrade your baseband and unlock your iPhone 3G:
1.Jailbreak your iPhone with pwnagetool 3.1(follow this guide)
2.Then open cydia and install fuzzyband, not fuzzyband downgrader it must be fuzzyband( version 3.1gm-1)
3.Open fuzzyband follow the instructions and your baseband will be downgraded.
4.Then install ultrasn0w from cydia and there you go your iPhone 3G is unlocked
Read
More...
Was apples "its only rock and roll but we like it" event really this amazing?
3.1 changelog
- -Options for MMS are back on AT&T, but not sending or receiving;
- -Non-destructive video editing means trimming a clip no longer saves over the original video but gives you the option to “Save as copy…”;
- -Voice Control now works over Bluetooth;
- -iPhone vibrates when moving icons (does it ?)
- -Updated AT&T profile to 4.2
- -Updated modem firmware to 5.08.01
- -Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz
- -APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them
- -You can now paste phone numbers into the phone app’s dialer. This wasn’t possible under 3.0
- -While pasting phone numbers, a neat feature is that it will convert alphanumeric phone numbers into a real phone number (e.g. 1-800-FLOWERS becomes 1-800-356-9377)
- -Calendar appointment popup notifications now display the “Location” field from the calendar entry,
- -Ability to save video attachments in emails to your camera roll
- -Ability to use genius with apps
3.1 is a lot faster
Recently I upgraded my iPhone 3G to version 3.1, jailbreaking it also with pwnagetool (guide for pwnagetool here) , and ever since when I open apps they open much, much faster, everything is snappier and more responsive, the battery life is noticably longer, i browsed the net for 20 minuets over wifi and still had 89% percent battery and I'm pretty sure the reboot time is quicker.
Tell me what you think, leave a comment or email me.
Read More...
Paper iPhone Dock
These days many people
just wont dish the cash out for an iPhone dock at
$40-$50 so over at "Draw me
something" have created a dock
entierly made out of of paper card the dock
looks pretty good and is obviously free. Get the
printout of the
template here and then simply print
it on to your card, then watch the video to
learn how you do it.
Iphone Paper Dock / Stand from Dessine moi un objet on Vimeo.
Read More...
Physical Keyboard accesory for iPhone
If you are one of those
people who have been longing for a physical
keyboard on the iPhone, but really we know its
never gonna happen, then iTwinge is the product for
you. iTwinge is an accessory for the iPhone that
plugs in to the charging socket at the bottom
adding a physical key board but taking up half of
the screen and only supporting portrait mode.
Personally I would only ever use this if I was
writing a very long email or something along those
lines, my reason being that it is obviously not the
kind of thing you want to be "slipping", or should
i say tugging, on and off. From the reports I have
received , when it is on, is does work seamlessly
with both iPhone 3G and 3GS. iTwinge will begin
shipping on November 12th at a price of $29.95 not
including shipping.
As the product is not available to purchase yet I
can not give it my full opinion but fir now I would
not recommend buying it in the future.
Simplytweet best iPhone Twitter client?
Simplytweet is a very
simple easy to use Twitter client it has
everything you could ever really need,
combining simplicity with pure genius and
modern iPhone standards. The apps only floor
is that you can’t see who your followig and
who’s following you but who cares it’s got
push notifications!
This app is overall my favorite Twitter client and at just $4.99 it’s an absolute steal. There’s also a lite version for people on the fence but trust me you’ll love it. Read More...
Pwnagetool 3.1 release
Pwnagetool 3.1 has
been releasedYou can download it
from the dev team website it only works with
iPhone 1g and 3g ad the 1st gen iPod touch no
iPhone 3gs then.They say that redn0w
will be coming in the near future but not to
hassle them about it.Read the whole post
here (http://blog.iphone-dev.org/),
READ IT ALL FIRST OR YOU MIGHT DO SOMETHING
WRONG. Read More...
MMS hack for At&t still possible
In the 3.1 update the MMS and tethering hack did no
longer work, although some people reported that the
hacks were still working for them after the update.
Aaron Krill, the man who discovered the hacks, is
back again but with just the tethering hack. Bellow
are the instructions on how to do it, the hack only
works for At&t.
First make sure you have
iTunes 8.2 or 9, your iPhone is running OS 3.1 and
you have the modified version of the At&t
carrier file “ATT_US.ipcc” download the file
here.
You must enable IPCC
updates on iTunes with these steps:
MAC:
1. Make sure iTunes is closed then open up Terminal
Open Terminal. Applications > Utilities >
Terminal2. Paste everything bellow
into the box:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing
-bool TRUE.
Windows:
1. Make sure iTunes is closed,then go to start>
run> and type in the box CMD
2. Paste everything bellow in to the box, by right
clicking on the box and hit enter.(shortcuts wont
work):
“%Program Files%\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt
carrier-testing 1
Now you must update the carrier file with these
instructions:
-
Open up iTunes and connect your iPhone.
-
Click on your iPhone in iTunes.
-
Windows: hold shift and click Check for Update.
-
MAC: hold alt/option and click Check for Update.
-
Select the ATT_US.ipcc you downloaded earlier.
-
Once everything looks clear reboot your iPhone.
-
MMS should be enabled.
It is not guaranteed that
this will work because At&t is well basically
fiddling about with it right now.
Here’s
Aaron Krills blog
China mobile to get the iPhone
Two weeks ago Apple signed a ground breaking deal with China Unicom stating that the iPhone would be available in china via china unicom.
But as it is illigal to have a mobile phone exclusive to one network in China, Apple are continuing to disscuss deals with, China’s larger carrier, China Mobile. China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou confirmed that his company is disscussing contracts with Apple over the iPhone.
But if Apple were to have the iPhone available on China Mobile, they would need to modify the iPhone slightly so that China Mobile’s network would function correcly. Alternatively they could just leave the iPhone to run on the much slower 2G. Read More...
Intel vice president moves to apple
Bruce sewell, former intel right hand man, joins apple as the new vice president; as cooperfield retires. What could this mean?
It’s very promising seeing an intel expert join apple this Will hopefully mean new faster processes Read More...
iPhone 3.1 randomly crashing or freezing
It seems that some iPhone 3.1 users devices are performing random freezes and shutdowns it seems that not even a full restore will fix the problem. (Try jailbreaking your iPhone it may help. This is a major bug and i am sure Apple will be releasing a patch, 3.1.1, to fix it. Before you do anything drastic, like going to the Apple store, I would first recommend that you take these 3 steps: -
1. Reboot your iPhone.
2.Do a full restore, and remember to set up a new phone and not restore from a backup.
3. You must resort to taking it to your local apple store, or wait for apples next update.
Well it wouldn't be an iPhone update without a couple of bugs. Read More...
Apple tablet rumors return
Over the past week
the apple tablet rumors have crashed with the
last new being that it would be released some
time in mid October, but now new rumors return
stronger than ever before. A post on
http://cens.com pretty much confirms these
rumors that Taiwanese suppliers will be supplying
components for a tablet, these components
will start shipping in December.
The tablet PC being shipped will feature a 9.6-inch screen, finger-touch function and built in HSPDA (high speed download packet access) module, and long lasting battery pack, selling for between $799 and $999.
The current rumors, for the release date, are February but a mac event being held on October 13 sounds possible along with my personal prediction mid January, January 13th to be precise.
(Just my random guess)
Read More...
Apple are likely to extend the exclusive deal they have with At&t
Read More...
Dev team making progress on 3.1 jailbreak.
The iPhone Dev Team
has recently posted on their blog to inform
iPhone the jailbreaking community that they
are making progress, with this quote:
“We’re currently working on PwnageTool for 3.1, and will be sure to let you know when it’s available!”
In the 3.1 firmware update there are 2 changes that we need to address:1. The modem firmware update, from 04.26.08 to 05.11.07, which will prevent us from unlocking via ultrasn0w2. The firmware update, including all the new features
Ultrasn0w can only unlock iPhones running 04.26.08 modem firmware. So what PwnageTool does is allow you to update just your firmware and not your modem firmware so the ultasn0w unlock will still work; and of course jailbreaking your iPhone aswell.
I will post here as soon as pwnagetool for 3.1 is released
Read More...