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An Open Letter To Steve Jobs: iPhone SDK Looks To Be Delayed

By Bryan | February 26, 2008 4:02 am |
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Software

Dear Mr.Jobs,

I would love to say that I have high hopes of seeing you release the SDK within the next three days, but honestly I don’t. Having experienced lack luster updates since it’s initial launch, I often pondered if the reason we didn’t receive useful features for our iPhones. Was it out of greed to sell software through iTunes as many suggested or was it due to a lack of actual development? Unfortunately I don’t receive enough love to have than answered directly.

Tomorrow many expect you to announce the delay of the iPhone SDK, but I believe you’ll have some excellent spin to make us think otherwise. Just as you have done to the early adopters before hand, you will cast your Leopard magic over us to calm our angsty and woeful feelings. But the truth is, you’re losing us.

You’re losing us Steve. It looks like Zibri just loves us more. With the amount of effort him and the rest of the modding community have done, it’s hard to not dabble in their sacrilegious waters. It seems like the only thing they haven’t offered us yet, to join the Dark side, is cut and paste. But as you have yet to do that for us either, are they really the Dark side?

Best of luck on your big announcement tomorrow. The old Steve would have delivered on his promises. I don’t know about this new and improved Steve. He doesn’t seem so new and improved to me.

- LookiPhone.net

Related: There are multiple issue with laptop computers as well as gadgets like flat panel tv and other electronics. Where kinks in batteries can be ignored, the rest cannot. So if you are not content about digital cameras, write about it.

Web App Review: Digg.com

By Bryan | February 22, 2008 5:32 pm |
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Web Apps

Having an iPhone allows me to stay connected 24/7 which is quite an advantage. Being the huge news/current events fanatic I am, Digg.com is by far one of my most frequented websites. When Digg launched their iPhone web app, it greatly improved how fast and easily I could browse through the latest happenings. Discussion of this application has been posted EVERYWHERE as it launched right around the time the iPhone did. However, I have yet to see anyone actually review it.

The load times on the application are very fast thanks to the incorporation of AJAX into the site design. Once a page loads, you don’t have to wait for another load when you access each story. Logging in is very simple and easy to do, allowing you to Digg stories from your iPhone. Unfortunately, that’s where the positives end.

When you search by category, they’ll give you the first page of that topic. When you hit Page 2, you’ll wind up on Page 2 of the general category. You can’t comment on any of the submissions, nor can you see when the comments themselves where submitted. If there is a comment war you’ll only get bits and pieces as it doesn’t even show all the comments either. Putting all of that aside, there is no way to even see the new submissions section. That is by far the worst part about this web app.

While it does provide a lot of great usability, you don’t get anywhere near the full Digg experience. The question is, do I keep using it for the fast load times and ease of use, or do I go back to the standard Digg.com site so I can gain some functionality back?

Related: Digg is a great source to find the popularity reviews on everything from home theater systems to speakers and especially car subwoofers and amplifiers. People in fact consult digg before they buy flat panel tv. Of course this is not the age of televisions and one or 2 dvd players in the market.

AT&T $99 Unlimited Voice Calling Plan For iPhone Users

By Bryan | February 21, 2008 3:58 am |
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Cellular Provider

Finally, cellular provider AT&T has decided to start offering unlimited voice calling plans again! I can’t even remember how long it has been since they offered their $99 unlimited voice calling plan last, but I will definitely be taking advantage of this on my iPhone.

The only issue that iPhone users will run into is that even though you are allowed to upgrade your existing plan to this new service mid contract; you are still required to keep your $20 unlimited data plan. Hopefully all of you iPhone owners read the fine print that stated you were not only signing into a 2 year voice contract but also a seperate 2 year data contract. While $20 isn’t a lot when you think of how much this can save avid cell phone users, adding on another $20 for unlimited text messaging will bring you to a whopping $139 per month. If you’re a business professional on the go, this might be exactly what you need.

You can head on over to the AT&T website to change your existing plan. Simply sign into your account and change your voice calling plan to the newly listed “Unlimited” plan for $99. If you’re mid month, they will pro-rate the rest of your month so you shouldn’t end up paying more than $99 for the calling over all. I guess it’s time to say bye-bye to rollover minutes.

iLyrics Makes iPhone Karaoke Easier!

By Bryan | February 19, 2008 1:31 am |
Categories:
Web Apps

It’s fairly easy to find the lyrics to your favorite song online. All you have to do is search the artist, title, and the word lyrics. But when that search pops up, you’ll find a ton of sites, many of them full of pop-up ads and other junk. If your surfing on your iPhone over WiFi or EDGE and your looking for song lyrics, picking through sites like these can be really frustrating. Apparently TheMacBox agree’s.

The Web app named iLyrics by TheMacBox allows you to search for your favorite song lyrics hassle free. As it is optimized for the iPhone and is developed in AJAX, you’ll be able to navigate through the app fairly quickly regardless of how slow EDGE actually is. All of the lyrics are provided directly from LyricsWiki.org which is a lot more reliable than most of the other sites you’ll come across searching through Google.

This is one app that would be excellent to see converted over with the upcoming release of the SDK. Picture it scanning your library when you sync your iPhone and downloading the lyrics for each song you have.

As we get closer to the SDK launch, we’ll set up a poll for you to vote on what apps you want to see the most on the iPhone.

Barista’s Rejoice: iPhone Keeps Annoying Customers Away

By Bryan | February 19, 2008 1:16 am |
Categories:
Software

Although Starbucks is still pulling a fast one on their regular WiFi customers, iPhone users get to enjoy free WiFi with your coffee. But apparently to developers like Phil Lu of Genoco, that’s not all the iPhone should be able to do at Starbucks.

Phil must have had his drink messed up one to many times by his local barista’s as it seems that his soon to be application, QuickOrder, would allow you to scribble away your order details on the cup. Using the same concept that iTunes on the iPhone does to provide you with instant downloads without pulling out your credit card time after time; QuickOrder will make your Iced Venti Passion Tea/Lemonade look just like one of the New Kids on the Block songs you downloaded.

With the ease that the iPhone introduces to most people’s daily lives, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to see something like this becoming what those credit card fast passes never were. I’ll stick with human interaction, but feel free to order your drink in the antisocial fashion.

Protect Your iPhone With Best Skins Ever

By Bryan | February 19, 2008 12:55 am |
Categories:
Accessories

Regardless of how scratch resistant the iPhone screen is, some owners just can’t be cautious enough. After watching the many video’s on YouTube of early adopters leaving the Apple Store and dropping their iPhone within minutes of exposing it to fresh air, I decided it would be a smart move to find some form of protection for my $600 gadget.

I didn’t want to make the iPhone bulky with a plastic/rubber case that would just collect dust. Nor was I interested in getting a leather case that would require me to take my phone out of the holder to make a call. Also, those leather cases wouldn’t even protect the iPhone if I dropped it when talking or fumbled it when pulling it out of the case. I read up on a few forums and found a really excellent option that would protect the iPhone without losing the sleek design and slimness that it had out of the box.

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ZiPhone: Unlock, Jailbreak, Or Repair Your 1.1.2/1.1.3 OTB iPhone

By Bryan | February 13, 2008 1:37 am |
Categories:
Firmware,Jailbreak

ZiPhoneYesterday we showed you how GeoHot managed to unlock OTB iPhones running 1.1.2 or 1.1.3. Although the guide in there would allow anyone with time or experience to achieve the unlock, Zibri from iPhone-Elite has created ZiPhone to handle the bulk of the work for you. Using ZiPhone means that you don’t even have to downgrade to 1.1.1 firmware for this to work anymore. But it doesn’t stop at unlocking. ZiPhone can actually Jailbreak your iPhone along with the ability to repair your baseband for you as well. Zibri has made the program available for both OS X and Windows users so anyone can take advantage of this on your brand new 16gb iPhone. With the SDK launching this month, the cat and mouse game may actually slow down long enough for people to enjoy their jailbroken or unlocked iPhones without having to sacrifice new features

*UPDATE* Check out Zibri’s blog for the new version of ZiPhone 1.1. Apparently all you have to do is run the program , nothing else!

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Is The iPhone Getting Adobe Flash?

By Bryan | February 12, 2008 8:00 pm |
Categories:
Software

Get ready for Flash? According to sources at Gearlive it is. It’s speculated that we may even see this active around the same time as the SDK is launched. The addition of Flash to the iPhone would open up many doors for both web and native applications. Unfortunately this isn’t solid information yet, so don’t get your hopes up to high. We’ve heard time and time again that necessary and useful features would be popping up and have been disappointed. Considering that the most recent firmware was set the stage for native applications to work with the iPhone SDK, it would be surprising to see them issue another firmware upgrade when their focus is clearly on getting software development going.

It’s interesting to see that Apple put all that effort into circumventing Flash at the initial release by having Youtube reformat their videos to tailor to the iPhone. I completely understand why Youtube went through with it, but on Apple’s part it was really just a stall for time. Perhaps the launch of the SDK will truly be the moment when the iPhone’s full potential is recognized. Right now, my Asus eee pc is far more useful business wise than my iPhone. But if these features actually come through, my life will be that much easier without have to search for a WiFi hotspot.

GeoHot Releases 1.1.2 / 1.1.3 Software Unlock

By Bryan | February 11, 2008 7:29 pm |
Categories:
Firmware

The famous George Hotz (aka GeoHot) has managed to do it again. If you have found yourself trapped with 1.1.3 out of the box on your new 8gb or 16gb iPhone and where hoping to unlock it, you’re in luck! After claiming that this feat would be impossible, GeoHot spent 24 hours to prove himself wrong and apparently he succeeded.

Unlock your iPhoneIf you’re looking for a full guide to  soft unlock your iPhone, you’ll want to either check out GeoHot’s Blog or the ModMyiFone Forums. Both include full detailed guides that will lead you through the process, making it very easy for you to accomplish this task. Although, just as both of those sites will tell you, you need to follow all of the directions completely or you may risk bricking your iPhone.

With the recent launch of the 16gb iPhone shipping out with 1.1.3 firmware, expect to see a slue of these things all over ebay, regardless of which countries are selling the it domestically.

New 16GB iPhone Punches Early Adopters In The Face

By Bryan | February 7, 2008 2:22 am |
Categories:
Hardware

We knew it was going to happen sooner or later. Obviously people weren’t happy with the 4GB iPhone as that was phased out rather fast. So here comes the brand new 16GB iPhone, priced at $499. That’s $99 more than the unfortunate early adopters of the 4gb iPhone spent on their now obsolete phone. I personally have an 8GB iPhone, and considering this is DOUBLE the space mine has for $100 less than I paid (or the exact same price if you can feed your family with apple gift cards), I find it difficult to want to buy anything but a 3rd or 4th generation Apple product ever again. With this being my first Apple product I’ve actually owned, as opposed to a friend simply giving me their old iPod, getting smacked around twice in under a year is difficult to stomach.

16GB iPhone

The new 16GB iPhone is exactly the same as both the 4GB and 8GB iPhone Models except for it’s larger storage space. It will come standard with firmware version 1.1.3, meaning that it may be difficult if you want to take a shot at hacking this bad larry. Announced at the same time was a 32GB iPod Touch at the exact same price. It seems they’ve waited just long enough for the holiday season to have come, clearing out their older stock so they can fill the shelves with the new and improved model. But wait, the 16GB iPhone STILL is missing 3G! That means that if you already own an iPhone there is no reason at all for you to upgrade to this new model. You wouldn’t want to be an early adopter twice, would you?


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