We’ve all seen the video quality on the iPhone when using such services as YouTube and Break.com and it’s usually pretty bad. When watching movies however, the quality is great in the opinion of most users we have interviewed. But what about streaming video? While currently non-existant, sites like MacWorld are reporting that the next March madness you follow may be viewable right on your iPhone even as the action unfolds via streaming video.
It looks like the sorry little amature scammer Jody Sanders is at it again. Once again Jody is stealing the hard work of the Dev Team. This time the crime is being committed through a shady company out of the UK called iPhone Unlock UK (I refuse to link to their website so that they will get no help from me with their Google rankings) and a of course the ever-so-familiar scammer Jody Sanders.
Apparently the iPhone Dev-Team works pretty quickly. Of course the unlock for the iPhone 3G took much longer than anyone expected that it would but at least it is here and after some initial problems our loyal friend Moniker 9 tells us that the new release of Yellowsn0w v0.9.4 (which is still beta) is working great. Once again we have to give it to the dev team for their quick work. Download and discuss here.
Another holiday, another major release from the iPhone dev team. This time it’s the long awaited unlock for the iphone 3G. They’re calling it “Yellowsn0w” and while usually we would have a download and instructions for use already posted here we have been unable to get it to work properly. This release really is living up to it’s beta moniker for us. Instead, we will provide the link to the dev team blog where you can download and contribute to the ongoing beta testing conversation.
From what we can tell from the patent application, commands like delete and space will be input with simple back and forward-swipe motions …
… the patent describes customizable functions, which could lead to multitouch gestures that trigger the deletion of entire words, switching of keyboards, or quick input of specific characters.
Our friends at Gizmodo beat us to the punch on this newly discovered Apple patent. According to Gizmodo, the patent outlines several ways in which an increased number of multitouch gestures would the user work with the iPhone keyboard.
Wal-Mart has jumped on the iPhone band wagon in a big way. They introduced an iPhone ready version of their popular shopping website. Getting there is easy, just go to http://www.wal-mart.com on your iPhone and you will automatically be redirected to the iPhone version of the site.
Since its inception in July, a more fair user-review process has been one of the most constant complaints/requests for the App Store. The old process, which was the same as the existing policy for podcasts, movies, TV shows and music, allowed anyone to review an applcation, regardless if that person had purchased the app or not. The frequent result is as you might expect: 100 reviews kvetching about price by people who never even purchased the application. That isn’t fair to developers, and it isn’t fair to potential buyers. (more…)
I reported this as a rumor months ago but now can report that the popular do nothing game Line Rider is officially coming to the iPhone. For those who don’t know, Line Rider has enjoyed a healthy cult following since its introduction to the web several years ago. In its original form the instructions are simple, just draw a line vertically from top left to bottom right, hit the play button and watch a little guy try to ride a sled down your line and fall off the end.
Don’t start counting your chickens yet but it’s being reported that the Apple iPhone team is working on a deal with AT&T that may allow for legitimate tethering on the iPhone 3G.
Of course if you were on your toes you could have created a Wi-Fi hotspot with your iPhone using NetShare, but that app has long since been pulled then returned then pulled again from the Apple App Store and if you don’t have it now you probably won’t get it.
We are now officially in hurricane season and with one large tropical storm under our belts already we now have Gustav headed our way. Fortunatly, Weather Underground has developed an iPhone-specific version of their mobile site including a tool that tracks tropical storms. The Weather Underground mobile site’s URL is http://i.wund.com, and you can access their tropical storm page at http://i.wund.com/tropical.
Once again the Dev Team has pulled through with some very important updates to both the Pwnage Tool and QuickPwn. Their latest comes in the form of PwnageTool 2.0.3.1. You can download it here.
Also, QuickPwn Release Candidate 3 has been released. Supposed to be fixed in this release is the issue for 64-bit Windows users and the new version is supposed to work for all Windows versions. Download QuickPwn RC3 here.
If you’ve been having a problem with jailbreaking, these releases should address your issues and as always, as much as we love the dev team we cannot guarantee that they will work properly. Please understand that you will use these programs at your own risk.
When the iPhone 3G and the App Store were released it was not long before some people began questioning whether it was still necessary to jailbreak the phone. The new firmware and App Store now allows users access to Apple’s huge library of applications but the question we ask is why would you not want to jailbreak your iPhone? (more…)
A reported email from Steve Jobs pointed to an acknowledged an ongoing issue that has been reported by many iPhone users that result in 3rd App store applications repeatedly crashing:
Many report the iPhone 2.0 firmware suddenly failing to load non-default apps regardless of their nature, briefly loading them before abruptly jumping back to the home screen.
Not glued to the iPhone dev team’s blog? Oh, you are? Oh well, for the rest of you about an hour ago they announced that a GUI version of their latest Windows release, QuickPwn, is ready for you to download. We’ll have some instructions on this very quickly. In the meantime the following is the post from the dev team:
NOTE to jailbreakers: It is not clear at this time what effect this update will have on your jailbreak but it is assumed that it will return your iPhone to it’s previous, unjailbroken, state. Proceed with caution or even better, wait until the DevTeam makes an announcement as to whether their PwnageTool software is compatable with the new update.
We reported earlier that it was in beta testing but today Apple has released the 2.0.2 firmware for the iPhone. As usual, Apple gives us the cryptic explanation of the contents of the update as “Bug Fixes”. While many pray that the update will fix the much blogged about 3G connectivity issues, no confirmation on a fix has been made yet. Steve Jobs is said to have become personally involved with the connectivity problems promising that a software patch will be available “soon” to address the issue. (more…)
