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iPhone 3G: Pwnage 2.0 Jailbreak Goes Live

After days of expectations, Dev Team has finally released a software-based jailbreak for firmware update 2.0, installed on iPhone 3G, iPhone 1st Gen and iPod Touch devices. Although it is only Mac users compatible, Dev Team has promised to release PC friendly version in the near future, along with iphone 3G full unlocking version [You can download the jailbreaking software from here or here or here]. The new Pwnage 2.0 jailbreak can do the following:

iPhone 3G – Only activate and jailbreak, no unlock yet (no sim free).

iPhone 1st Gen (With firmware 2.0 installe.d) –  activate, jailbreak and unlock.

iPod Touch (With firmware 2.0 installed) – activate and jailbreak.

Mind you, there are plenty of people trying to get this one so be patient as you download those 19.7MB. Full instractions can be found in here.

Update1: that was fast! Jailbreak 2.0, now available for Windows OS users. You can get full instructions in here or here.

Update2: 24 hours later and there’s a new update that fixes some of the bugs from the first version. You can get it in here or here.

[via Dev-Team]

Applications, Media Players, Operating Systems, Phones

iPhone and iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 Is Available For Download

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iPhone and iPod Touch owners, this is your moment, as Apple has officially released the latest firmware 2.0 version, available for download via iTunes. Mind you, there’s a load on the servers and it might be slow, but if you’re determined to get one, in order to access the new App Store, i guess nothing will stop you from upgrading your devices. Don’t forget, ipod touch users have to pay $9.95 to get firmware 2.0 update.

iPhone firmware 2.0 update is available in here.

ipod touch firmware 2.0 update is available via iTunes Store, in here.

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Applications, Games, Internet

Apple App Store:New Games For Your iPhone

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As you probably know, Apple has launched its new App Store with over 500 applications for your iphone and ipod touch devices, some are free some are priced. We’ve already posted a preliminary list of cool applications to download and i guess you’d like to see some new available games, so here’s a quick look at some of them, just hit the jump for more:

Aqua Forest

Fantastic game that uses both touchscreen and accelerometer capabilities to play with realistic water via ‘OctaveEngine’, a new generation physics simulation software that controls the five categories, including Tilting, Touch, Drawing, Warm and Cold in 50 different puzzles (reminds “Physics”).

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Applications, Games, Internet, Mobile

Apple App Store Goes Live

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I bet you all been waiting for the official Apple App Store to make a debut and today it is finally available in both iPhone 2.0 and iTunes, running smooth, offering many applications to download, some are free some are priced. Among the assortment you can find applications like:

  • eBay – cool application that lets you use the service from your iPhone device, search items, watch favorite stuff, place a bid and follow auctions, all for free.
  • Loopt – a nice location-based application that lets you discover who’s hanging within your location range (don’t try to hide with this service ON).
  • TypePad – one of the most popular blogging services, now available from your iPhone, allowing users to upload real time photos, straight from their handset, directly to their blogs.
  • Associated Press – another free application, allowing users to upload their media stuff to AP service and contribute to the content.
  • Band – a cool feature, developed by an independent insurance developer, allowing users to create their own music and play it from their own iPhone device, with the ability to choose from a various of instruments.
  • MLB.com – a nice application, designated for baseball fans, allowing them to receive real time results and watch highlighted moments.
  • MySpace – iPhone app that allows you to manage their MySpace social network account, including add friends, exchange messages, upload photos,and more, all for free.
  • Kyte Mobile Producer – a great application that lets you upload images you take with your iphone, directly to your Kyte account or the available channels, including blogs, social networks (Facebook, MySpace) etc. You can make slides, conduct polls and add captions.
  • AIM – Finally an instant-messaging application on your iphone, lets you interact with your friends and chat online via Wi-Fi. In additio, you can mark contacts as your favorites and can even send away messages.
  • Twitterrific – The official twitter client to send your messages via twitter.
  • Facebook – Manage your Facebook account from your iphone device. The application lets you view messages, search friends and even chat with them whenever you want.
  • Pandora – The cool online radio service comes to your iphone, allowing you to play your favorite music while recommending similar bands and artists.
  • Remote Control – Lets you control your iTunes or your Apple TV with your iphone device. You can play, pause, skip, and even search in libraries.

Some additional Apple App lists:

Engadget – preliminary list.

Gizmodo – variety of applications list.

TechCrunch –  Great applications list (with video).

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Applications, Media Players, Music, Phones, Video

iTunes 7.7 Goes Live With Apple App Store And Remote Control Support

itunes-7-7So, it is finally here. iTunes version 7.7 goes live with the promised App store assimilated inside, and Remote control functionality as a bonus. The official release says:

“Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store exclusively designed for iPhone and iPod touch with software version 2.0 or later. Also use the new Remote application for iPhone or iPod touch to control iTunes playback from anywhere in your home – a free download from the App Store.”

The new Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch devices controls your Apple TV and iTunes via the Wi-Fi connection. You can literally use it to play, stop, pause, skip or shuffle your songs and videos, you can even search the entire libraries through your handheld device.

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Applications, Communication, Phones

Sirius Satellite Radio Comes To Your iPhone

If you’re a proud owner of a jailbroken iphone device and want to take your favorite radio stations everywhere you go, uSirius will make it possible, free of charge for three days before registration. To start streaming, just find yourself a Wifi hotspot, log into the Installer.app, download the application, install it and get your tunes on the go.

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 [via gizmodo]

Applications, Internet, Media Players, Music, Phones

iSlsk Lets You Download Your Favorite Music To Your iPhone Or iPod Touch Devices

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iphone-islsk iSlsk is a Soulseek P2P client that enables jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch owners to download MP3 songs directly from their own devices. To do so, just connect to the Soulseek network with the iSlsk application and start importing your favorite music via your wifi connection. The application lets you manage your downloads and allows more than one song to be downloaded  at the same time. Mind you, there’s one glitch that hopefully will be fixed, if you sync your device with the iTunes library, your iSlsk songs will be erased, but it’s still worth a try. To install the application, just goto the Installer.App and find the iSlsk in the BigBoss repo at the Community Sources package. Checkout the video after the break.

[via lifehacker]

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Applications, Phones

iCube Brings Rubik's Cube To Your iPhone

Remember Rubik’s Cube? turns out you can play it virtually on your iphone or your ipod touch devices, thanks to the iCube application, that lets you choose the number of cubes (2 x 2×2, 3 x 4 x 3×3 or 4×4) and start flicking on the side facet until completing the game, without the ability to exchange stickers. To install it just goto Installer.app -> Sources -> click on “Edit” and “Add” a new source: http://repo.ispazio.net. Checkout the video after the break.

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[via gmp3]

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Applications, Phones

iDial Brings The Rotary Dial To The iPhone

iDial recalls long forgotten events, as this new application lets you dial from your touchscreen iphone device like old time telephone, swiveling the dial rotor and hearing the same tunes. I can’t be sure how useful it is, but there’s no doubt the guys have shown great originality with this one. Check out the blurry video after the break.

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[via gizmodo]

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Applications, Internet

69 Twitter Web Services You Should Know

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Twitter is probably one of the most rapid growing tools to communicate and stay connected with your family, friends, co-workers or anyone else you wish to follow. It has changed the way we use the internet and turned the form of blogging into micro-blogging, allowing users to write brief text updates and publish them to the masses. To those of you who make their first steps with tweeter or those who already been using it for a while and look for services to enhance their usage, here’s a list of 69 web-based services you should know.

Update1: Twitter is growing fast, along with the new services which surface up on daily basis. And while starting with only 69 links, our list already crossed the 160 line, and counting.

Update2: Newcomers, please checkout our Twitter tips in here.

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Applications, Phones

iPhone Gets Home-Screen Widgets With IntelliScreen

IntelliScreen is a cool iphone application that lets you glancingly review all your important data, including recent emails, SMS messages, RSS feed headlines, calender events and weather reports, from your home screen (“slide to unlock screen”), without the need to unlock the phone. The application is fully customized and enables personalization at your choice. Mind you, it’s in beta version and may caused problems, crashes or even data erasion, so be careful and backup your stuff, or be patient and wait for the official release. However, if you think you are pros, you can install it from the Installer.app (instructions here).

iphone-IntelliScreen

[via lifehacker]

Applications, Phones

iPhone Gets Surveillance Capabilities With Lextech App.

Lextech has developed a cool surveillance application for the iphone, allowing users to control their camera positioning via the intuitive multi-touch interface, by dragging the fingers on the screen and moving the camera around. In addition, users can zoom in and out by simply pinching the picture, exactly the way they zoom other images with the finger gestures. This means, no more endless hours, spent sitting in front of monitors, following the action. Instead, you can carry your handset and track things down through the Lextech app, wherever you go. Checkout the video demos after the break.

iphone-surveillance[via gizmodo]

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Applications, Media Players, Operating Systems

Archos Firmware 2.0.10 Brings Flash 9 To 5th Generation PMPs

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archos-605-mini Today, after months of speculations, Archos has finally met the expectations and released firmware update 2.0.10 that includes:

  • WebTV and Radio (with optional Plug-in).
  • GPS (with optional car cradle).
  • Alarm Clock.
  • Flash 9 support.

There’s no doubt that among the new features above, the most juicy newsworthy one is the Flash 9, which places Archos PMPs at the top of the players and the only ones to support flash 9. The new release enables Archos users to surf the internet seamlessly, without having to miss any web details or applications, as the tendency points to built-in flash 8/9 web services. The new firmware is available to download here, check out the videos after the break.

[via Archos]

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iSwish brings iPhone UI to Any Windows Mobile Device

Great news for those who own Windows Mobile Devices, but continue staring at iPhone users with jealousy, as Flick Software Research has announced the release of iSwish interface and iZoom pinch software applications that amazingly simulate Apple’s multi-touch user experience, along with some other cool features, including screen flicking, animated icons, fast scrolling and even the neat zoom in-out pinching mode. It seems to be working flawlessly on Dell Axim PDA and some other Windows Mobile units, so check out the demo and expect this applications to come out in few days.

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[via engadget]

Applications, Media Players, News

Archos Announces The Release Of Web TV/Radio And TV Portation Plugins

Big day for Archos, as the company has launched its new GPS device for the Archos 605 player, coming with maps of 22 European countries and equipped with lots of road and traffic services. In addition, Archos has launched 2 revolutionary plugins for the 605 devices, the first is the WebTV & Radio which enables wide variety of TV channels and radio stations, live via WiFi connection on the internet, thanks to a team up with TV Tuner. This plugin is available to purchase from Archos website for $19.99. The second plugin is the TV Portation which enables Archos TV+ owners to stream TV shows, directly from the living room into the Archos 605 PMP, wherever they are, on the go, which turns the TV+ device into a streaming media server, similar to the Sling box. This plugin will be available to purchase from Archos website next month for $49.99, but if you have a registered TV+ device it will be available for free.

Update 1: It will also feature full support for Flash 9 and WMV9 formats, free of charge, at the next firmware update, coming up next month.

Update 2: Check out the plugins demo videos after the break.

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[via Archos]

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Applications, Phones

iPhone Gets Handwriting Recognition App.

We’re all familiar with the handwriting recognition function, coming with every PDA device as part of the UI. Well, now you can find something similar for jailbroken iphones, as a Chinese developer has created a cool application, called HWPen. Although it is just in beta version and not working smoothly, the new software can take over the standard keyboard and serve as a great alternative, both in Latin and Chinese. To install the HWPen, just goto Installer.app -> Sources -> click on “Edit” and “Add” a new source: http://iphonecake.com/src/new. Then refresh your sources and look for HWPen in the iPhoneCake packages category. Finally, Install the application and restart the iPhone – and Voila !

iphone-handwriting

[via gizmodo]

Applications, Phones

iPhone Firmware 2.0 Adds Web Images Saving

iPhone firmware update 2.0, which is expected to be released around June, adds some very awaited features, including the ability to save web images from your Safary browser, straight to your web album or your email recipient. To do so, just place your fingers on the chosen picture for couple of seconds and wait for the dialog screen to pop up. In addition, the new update offers to capture full screen picture as simple as pushing the home button while holding the sleep button. I have no doubt this cool functions had to find their way long ago, but you all know it’s always better late than never.

iphone-picture-saving

[via gizmodo]

Applications, Media Players, Phones

Simplify Media Will Stream Your iTunes Music Straight To Your iPhone Wirelessly

simplify-media is a cool application that can stream all your music and media, directly to your jailbroken iphone or your iPod Touch player, via the local WiFi network. With this cool software you can listen to your home audio library over the internet wherever you are, browse and play your friends’ songs while they are online, and even invite them to join your private network, right from your very personal device. Simplify allows you to enjoy songs and playlists from remote computers, by installing itself on your Apple device from the multimedia section in the AppTap Installer. You can also download and install Simplify Media for your PC or Mac, and create one from your desktop. When you first log in, Simplify Media builds a list of remote music availabe to you. This takes several minutes, and performance may be sluggist until the full list of songs has been cached. Once it’s over, you are ready to set your own groups and share your media with the invited members. For more, checkout the video after the break.

[simplifymedia via gmp3]

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Snapture Will Greatly Improve Your iPhone Camera

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Snapture is a cool freebie application (for jailbroken devices) that makes your iphone camera much better, adding tons of features and adjustments, once the software is installed. To do so, just go to the utilities section in the InstallerApp and add the Snapture with a simple click. This independent development solution provides digital functions that were absent from the original firmware, including the following:

  • Digital Zoom: up to x3.
  • Burst Mode: capture up to three frames in a row.
  • Easy Self Photo: take pictures by tapping anywhere on the screen, instead of the little button provided on the application standard.
  • Multiple Image Sizes: take photos in three different sizes: Large (1600×1200), Medium (1280×960) and Small (960×720).
  • Silence Mode: take photos without disturbing anyone by turning off audible feedback.
  • Color Modes: take pictures in greyscale or full colors modes.
  • Toggle Auto Rotation: when taking pictures.

iphone-snapture

[snapture via gizmodo]

Applications, Phones

Dev Team To Release iPhone Pwnage Tool Today

Remember we’ve been telling you the guys from Dev Team have already managed to put their hands on the next iPhone firmware 2.0 and jailbreak it? Turns out their plans are far beyond our expectations, as the members of “The iPhone DevTeam” has demonstrated the “Pwnage Tool”, yesterday in Moscow. The Pwnage is a new application, allowing you to jailbreak, activate and unlock all current and future iphone firmwares and patch the stock bootloader so that it will allow any third party to modify the iphone and custom application installation, baseband modification, phone graphics etc. The application tool works automatically with OTB 1.1.3 or 1.1.4 iPhones and the process is very fast. Launch is set for today, currently for MacOS users. Check out the video after the break.

Update: It’s out and available for Mac users here. Windows version will be coming soon after.

iphone-pwnage

[via Dev Team]

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Applications, Internet, Phones

Sling Media Wants To Have an iPhone Application

sling-media Sling Media, the company that turns any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or smartphone into a home television, wants a foothold in the iPhone application festival. The company has downloaded the SDK package (along with other 100,000 people) and started developing a designated Sling app. (hypothetically) which means, by the time Apple officially releases the new firmware version 2.0, around June, and launches the App store, you could watch TV virtually anywhere in the world through the iPhone, and although EDGE streaming is pretty lousy, it can really work great via WiFi connection. Stay tuned !

[via slashgear]

Applications, Audio, Games, Video

PS3 Firmware Update 2.20 Enables Full Blu-ray 2.0 Capabilities

sony-ps3The upcoming PS3 firmware update, will bring some substantial improvements to the game console. According to Sony, version 2.20, which is just days from launch, will feature Blu-ray spec 2.0 and BD-Live capabilities that include online downloading of video content, ringtones and interactive movies or audio. In addition, you will be able to copy to your PSP photos and music playlists via USB connection. The update will also add movies bookmarking function, so you can return back to the exact point and resume play from where you left off. Furthermore, “Audio Output Device” function will enable the PSP console to serve as a remote control for music played through the PS3. Check the full details after the break.

Update: users will be able to copy Blu-Ray movies directly from the PS3 to the PSP.

Update 2: update one turns to be untrue.

[via gizmodo]

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Video: iPhone Firmare Version 2.0 In Action

As already mentioned, Dev Team has managed to put their hands on iPhone’s next firmware update and jailbreak it before release date in June. Here’s your chance to take a quick look and get a first impression of it in action. The clip introduces some of the new features, including AppStore, advanced calculator, Exchange Mail, Parental Controls, SDK support, Cisco VPN support and more. Don’t try looking for this update, it’s still out of bound.

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[via slashgear]

Applications, Audio, Games

Nintendo DS Gets a Korg DS-10 Synthesizer

Musicians, sound technicians and gamers, this is your day, as AQ Interactive releases the Korg DS-10 synthesizer module for Nintendo DS. This new application combines between the famous Korg MS-10 synthesizer and Nintendo DS’s dual-screen touch panel, providing ultra-high-quality sounds and fantastic experience. The DS-10 features two analog synth simulators, a drum module, a 6-track/16-step sequencer, variety of effects and cable-connecting virtualization. In addition, you can share your music with other devices wirelessly and play together. Set to be released in July, this baby will cost you around $50.

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[via gizmodo]

Applications, Phones

iPhone Firmware Update 2.0 Gets a Jailbreak Before Liberation

This is funny, even humiliating, as the guys from Dev Team have already managed to put their hands on the new iPhone firmware update version 2.0, and jailbreak it. Mind you, this version was first announced only few days ago, at the Apple roadmap SDK event in Cupertino, and while we’ve been impatiently waiting for the release in June, some people have worked their ass on making it available right now (for hacked handsets). Stay tuned for more updates.

iphone-jailbreak-20

[via Dev Team]

Applications, Phones

iPhone Gets Copy-Paste Function With iCopy

I have no idea why Apple denies this copy-paste function from iPhone users, but as always, there’s someone to bring a solution. With iCopy, you can copy text from within a web page and paste almost any text on the page. In addition, you can copy URL addresses and email them to your friends via your handsets. Although it looks a bit complicated, it can serve you greatly. To add this app. you have to install iCopy as a bookmark, browse the web as usual and choose the text you want, then just click your bookmarks icon and choose Copy/Paste. To view the full installation instructions click here. Check the following videos for more details:

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[iCopy via gizmodo]

Another video after the break.

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MixMeister Scratch Turns Your iPhone Into a DJ Machine

To all of you iPhone or iPod Touch owners who consider becoming a DJ some day, MixMeister Scratch might be a great solution. This cool new application turns your iPhone into a Vinyl plate, allowing you to scratch some preloaded tracks or your very own personal music, like a real pro. Designed for the multi-touch screen, the MixMeister scratch provides the turnable spinning experience for your devices, paving your path for an Hip-Hop stardom. No word on availability, but you can sign up here to be notified.

iphone-mixmeister-scratch

[via technabob]

Check the video after the break.

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Apple iPhone SDK Event: Keynote Summary

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Apple’s iPhone roadmap SDK event at “Town Hall” in Cupertino has answered our expectations with 7 major announcements from El Stivo. The keynote has introduced us as follows:

  • Apple announces iPhone SDK package.
  • iPhone gets multi-touch games.
  • iPhone receives AIM services.
  • Apple enables VOIP over WiFi.
  • iPhone gets native Exchange support, including push E-mail, calendars, and ActiveSync.
  • iPhone SDK available for free from today, requires $99 developers membership.
  • iPhone firmware update version 2.0 hits in June.

It’s not that we were strangers to most of today’s new announcements, on the contrary, we’ve been craving for them since the day the iPhone was launched, and finally they are here. Lets view some of them in a nutshell:

Apple’s iPhone SDK

For months we’ve been hearing tons of speculations about it, but today, we finally get a chance to look at Apple’s long-awaited iPhone SDK pack and stand on this exciting developer kit essence. Based on OS X Xcode source code, Cupertino will provide iPhone developers the same API and developing tools, used by Apple, including Cocoa Touch app framework, 3-axis accelerometer, access to an interface builder – providing drag n’ drop structuring of the GUI and automated power management, location enabled app, 3D graphics accelerators, full access to media capabilities and to the iPhone simulator, in order to experiment and run the developing application on OS X.

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CeBIT 2008: iPhone To Get a GPS Navigation System Via iGO MyWay 8

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Nav N’ Go introduces its latest iGO MyWay 8 application, designed to provide GPS navigation services for the iPhone or the iPod Touch devices. The shown prototype is compatible with turn by turn directions and location tracking function, thanks to the built-in WiFi connection and the small GPS receiver, plugged to the dock connector. Only thing left, is for Apple to be kind enough to open the handset for 3rd party developers – hopefully today at the SDK event. Check the videos after the break.

iphone-igo-my-way-8

[via engadget]

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iPhone firmware 1.1.4 Gets an Easy Jailbreak

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To all of you, iPhone owners, who have already updated their device to v1.1.4,  good news are coming from Zibri’s direction, as  ZiPhone 2.5 was just released, providing easy and fast jailbreak solutions to your handsets. As always, be careful and follow the instructions, step-by-step.

Available to download here.

Update: ZiPhone version 3.0 is available for download in here. There is another software called iLiberty which i don’t recommend since it causes a lot of problems.

ziphone-25

[ZiPhone via gmp3]

Applications, Media Players, Phones

Firmware Update v1.1.4 For iPhone & iPod Touch Goes Live

Apple releases a new firmware update for the iPhone and the iPod Touch devices. Version 1.1.4 seems to be a “Bug fixer” and not the big and awaited SDK application. It is hard to spot  substantial changes, and we barely can find any visible modification, but those who had no patient, report no damages, even with a jailbroaken phones. My advice is to skip this one and wait for the “real deal”. If you can’t hold yourself, you can download the 162.1MB file via iTunes 7.6.1.9.

iphone-firmware-1-1-4-update

[via engadget]

Applications, Communication, Media Players

Sony Mylo 2 Gets a New Developement Kit For Widgets

Sony has finally learned the new global marketing rules, by deciding to follow the growing trend of third party widgets development for multimedia devices. The company announces, for the first time, a new online platform for all of you, enthusiastic developers, who want to contribute to the Mylo 2 widgets evolvement. Sony plans to give full access to technical data resources, in order to let developers build their own widgets and to expand the Mylo community, worldwide. The company expects to launch the platform around March, but we have already spotted some widgets on Sony’s website.

sony-mylo-2-widgets

[Sony via gmp3]

Applications, Phones

Touchpad App. Turns Your iPhone Touchscreen Into A Wireless Trackpad

This application, written by Jahanzeb Sjerwani, is pretty cool, as it turns your iPhone device into a wireless trackpad, enabling all of you, couch potatoes, lay back and navigate your desktop with your wandering fingers. In order to add this app, you need a jailbroken iPhone, then go to Installer > Sources > Add http://cnp.qlnk.net > goto utilities and install Touchpad. The software is a VNsea-based (http://code.google.com/p/vnsea), so enjoy your new remote.

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[via engadget]

 

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Sony PS3 Might Get Messaging Capabilities

This mysterious teaser snappily appeared on PS3 official site for a very short time, alluding messaging capabilities support for the game console. If this info is real, and we assume it is, PS3 users finally get voice and video chat services, allowing them to connect with their friends whenever they pop up online or during a game. The sneaky image reads “Talk to others during game play, say hello anytime you’re online, or have a video chat with an Eye camera; USB Camera or headset.” Hopefully, Sony is going to embed the messaging services in the next firmware update, so here’s a very good reason to anticipate the next version.

 PS3-messaging

[via slashgear]

Applications, Mobile, Music, Phones

iPhone Gets A virtual Piano After the Guitar

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I like the idea of a virtual orchestra inside the iPhone, allowing you to demonstrate your musical skills in front of the inebriate guests of the local bar. First, it was the virtual guitar, now it’s the virtual piano and i hope we’ll get the trumpet, next. With iAno, you can start practicing your fingers all the way up to the stages of Carnegie Hall, as a pianist. To do so, you will need a jailbroken iphone/ipod touch and some talent. Looks groovy.

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Applications, Mobile, Phones

iPhone 1.1.2/1.1.3 OTB Version Finally Gets Software Unlock

Fresh OTB iPhones are breakable, as the awaited 1.1.3 software unlock is finally here and available for download, thanks to Mr. GEOrge HOTz (Please pay attention to the risks involved in breaking your device). I wonder if this mouse-cat game between Apple and the hackers will continue or the unlocked iphone version will be released as rumored.

phone-jailbreaked

[via engadget]

GeoHot’s instructions after the break.

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PSP Firmware Update 3.90 Features Skype

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As mentioned earlier, Sony announced the availability of Skype on PSP and despite a small delay, it is here, included in the latest firmware update 3.90 . For the time being, it is only available through network update for PSP-2000 models, but the new firmware expands the Playstation Network support to all models – Rock on.

Update: The M33 team has released a custom version of the 3.90 firmware update, available through Network Update.

psp-skype-390-update

[via gizmodo]

Applications, Mobile, Phones

iPhone 1.1.3 Gets Jailbreak Version

A team of hackers has just revealed a jailbreak for the latest iPhone edition 1.1.3. The jailbreak is available for Mac or PC users with previous 1.1.2 or 1.1.1 jailbroken versions. We’re not sure this one is working with the iPod Touch, but it does work with the iPhone. More instructions here.

Update: please pay attention to the Statement Of Risk, as it says: “As all upgrades are risky, this one is doubly so. You may have to restore your phone using iTunes and start again if it fails. Make sure to back up first”.

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[via gmp3]

Applications, Audio, Mobile, Phones

iPhone Gets Voice Dialing Application

We’ve expected this one to show up, Makayama, a Netherlands based company, introduced a VOICE DIAL application for the iPhone. This application allows you to record voice samples for any contact in your address book and dial up your numbers, hands free, in all languages. You can even surf to your favorite websites by assigning voice tags to your Safari bookmarks. In order to add this app, you need a Jailbroken iPhone, then go to Installer > Sources > Add http://tinyurl.com/2t8cax. The Voice Dial is available for a free trial or a full release purchase, for $27.95.

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Applications, Mobile, Phones

PocketGuitar For iPhone and iPod touch

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PocketGuitar is a virtual guitar for iPhone and iPod touch devices. This cool new feature allows you to play and strum like Hendrix or Slash, and bring your favorite cords into the touchscreen. In order to install this application you have to go to Installer > Sources > Add http://podmap.net/apps. You will find the PocketGuitar app, under the Toys section. Rock n’ Roll !!

PocketGuitar

[via gizmodo]

Applications, Events, Mobile, Phones

Macworld 2008: iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 Gets Official

We’ve already seen couple of videos, introducing some of the elements that firmware 1.1.3 features. Now it gets official and here are some further details:

  • Maps: application is able to pinpoint your location, thanks to the triangulation technology that uses WiFi access points to locate your exact location.
  • SMS can be send to multiple people, at once.
  • Bookmark add-on for web sites, displayed as an icon on your home screen.
  • Re-arrangement of home screen icons.
  • Creating up to 9 home screens, with the ability to flip between them.
  • Video chaptering.
  • iTunes music lyrics display.
  • iTunes movie rentals available.

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[via engadget]

Applications, Events, Video

Macworld 2008: Apple Introdued iTunes 7.6 Movie Rentals Service

Now it is official, Apple announced on movie rentals service for iTunes, that includes titles from major film studios, like MGM, Miramax, Lions Gate, Fox, Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony and Touchstone. The service will offer 1000 films with the price tag of 2.99$ for older versions, 3.99$ for new ones and 4.99$ for HD movies. The rental is available 30 seconds after you picked up your favorite movie and it will last up to 24h.

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[via gizmodo]

Applications, News, Video

iTunes' Movie Rental Service To be Announced Next Week

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apple-itunes Apple is about to announce on a new movie rental service at the MacWorld conference, next week. The service will be available via iTunes and the price should be around $3.99 per 24hr. Apparently, this announcement gets fruition, after Apple managed to team up with the biggest movie studios , such as Paramount, Lions Gate Entertainment, Walt Disney, and the newcomers, Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox.

[via engadget]

Applications, Mobile, News, Video

CES 2008: Intel's Menlow System Showing Up

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One of the hottest issues at the CES is the MID (Mobile Internet Device). Take a look at the Intel Menlow, operating in a cool Aigo 4.5″ touchscreen device, equipped with WiFi, sliding keyboard, 3MP camera and Linux.

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[via engadget]

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Applications, Internet, News

SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus With Backup

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SanDisk announced on a new 4GB Cruzer Titanium Plus USB flash drive, coming out at the CES 2008. This new Cruzer, is not just another flash drive, it is a drive that backs you up automatically online, in a secure location. This revolutionary application, becomes possible, after SanDisk signed on a free  online backup deal with BeInSync. This 30$ value back up service, is included with the purchase of the Cruzer Titanium Plus, for the first 6 months, as well as two years of BoomerangIt lost and found service.  The drive will be available in March for $60.

[via engadget]

Applications, Communication, Games, Internet

Sony PSP Might Get Skype Support

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Recent speculations about Skype, coming to the PSP console, have just confirmed with this 1 frame shot, revealed in an easter egg PSP promo video that Sony released for the CES show, next week. In the picture frame, we spot 2 boys, holding their PSP devices and communicating with each other. In the middle, a sneaky image reads “Make calls with Skype”.

This news, coming out as a teaser from Sony, are going to catch a lot of attention at the CES. After all, it is a cool thing to have wireless communication in your portable game console.

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[via engadget]