Insert text, whole words and phrases, cut and paste on the iphone. Re review of Clippy. When I first wrote about Clippy, I liked it but I thought it’s usefulness was somewhat limited. However, its been improving bit by bit over time. Something they added a while back is a feature called the ‘Clipboard Stack’. It did not hit me right off, but one night I was filling out my login… Read More
Improved iphone photos with clearcam.. and yea, it works We all know that the camera on the iphone is about as poor as it gets. Basically its the same thing I had in my treo600/650. I’ve learn to accept this and move on with life. Well, seems like someone was not willing to take this laying down and did something about it. In comes… Read More
iphone 2.2.1 upgrade is not worth losing jailbreak As I’m sure everyone knows, 2.2.1 is out. And what does it offer us? Not much. from PCWorld: The software is said to improve Safari’s stability and fix an image issue in which pictures saved from Mail don’t display properly in the Camera Roll. Yep — that’s it. Pish. Whatever. Not worth the download much… Read More
Track iphone cell minutes with CallCounter useage tracker It’s taken awhile, but finally a function I have really missed when I used to have my treo. I have a limited phone plan, so keeping track of my cell minutes is important, but more importantly, I need to know where my minutes are going. Although you can go on the web to get your… Read More
Unlock for 3g 2.2 Even if I quickpwned? According to the instructions Wait a min. Something odd going on here. Remember all those warnings when jailbreak for 2.2 first came out? NOT to update the baseband? Ok, so now I’m reading the steps for unlocking using yell0w snow. Based on what I read, I should be able to do this on my phone despite the fact I… Read More
Top iPhone apps you should have for MacWorld First off, Happy New Year! We are approaching the final count down to MacWorld and aside from a few bookmarks (and macworld – thanks @danielbru for reminding me), there are a few apps you may want to make sure you have installed. I’m going to break the list in two; jailbreak and non jailbreak apps. … Read More
Video on unlocking the iphone 3G, done using Qik A few days back I posted about the unlocking coming at the end of the year. Well I just a got a tweet on this video from one of the Qik guys. Shows an unlocked iphone 3G running on t-mobile. Get some popcorn and enjoy.… Read More
iphone 3G unlock (not just jailbreak) by New Years! We knew it was coming…. ok, so it took a bit longer then expected, but the l33ts have done it. Now all that is left is to wrap it up in a nice friendly GUI and let ‘er rip! … Oh, you DID take care NOT to use QuickPwn which everyone, including me, warned you… Read More
Qik and CupCake Camp {update 2} First… What is CupCake Camp? From the site.. CupcakeCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and eat cupcakes in an open environment. This was put together by: Ariel Waldman, Lynn, Marianne Masculino and Cindy Li created the CupcakeCamp phenomenon. From me.. CupCakeCamp is an excuse to make… Read More
How to upgrade to iphone 2.2 and then re jailbreak. I know I said I was not going to bother upgrading to 2.2, but the geek blood that flows just cannot resist trying it out and seeing what will happen. That and I feel this certain journalistic responsibility to find out for my readers… (hope this feeling goes away soon 🙂 So I thought I… Read More
iphone 2.2 upgrade pwn your phone? Steps to downgrade (restore) back to 2.1 I still have not moved from 2.1 to 2.2, but the temptation is there with the promise of a better browser for javascript sites.. I saw this as a comment to another post.. I have not tried it but when I read it the steps seems fine. Try at your own risk, but if your… Read More
Pwnagetool (Mac only) and pwnage (jailbreak) iphone 2.2 for Windows and Macintosh is out. Ok, so right off, lets be clear.. There is pwnagetool and pwnage. First, read this from iphone-dev.. Baseband 101 The ‘baseband’ is the generic name given to the internal components of the iPhone that handle the phone calls and Internet access. This ‘baseband’ is a tiny and unique independent computer system that runs inside your… Read More
Review of iPhone movie apps and tips for getting the most when your shooting. For those of you without jailbroken phones, just keeping moving along.. nothing to see here.. Ok, for the rest of you, there are 4 programs out there for taking video and for me, one that I cannot seem to get to work. Cycoder: This is a pretty good app with a very simple UI. Start… Read More
Tethering the iPhone to your laptop is suppose to be coming. I just read this in cnet. AT&T confirms tethering coming to iPhone in 2009 Eh. Perhaps. There is nothing to gain and a bit to lose for AT&T to do it now. So I’m guessing they are keeping this in their pockets as a way to fight the sure to come competition from other service… Read More
Just got a new mac and wanna jailbreak (pwn)? Perhaps not There are a number of posts out there saying that jailbreak or pwn’ing does not work on the new macs. Well, its not the new Macs per say, but seems to be the new version of iTunes. ..from iPhoneOverdose The problem is that the Mac does not recognize the iPhone when it restarts on how DOMs,… Read More
Quake on the iPhone, on a NON JAILBREAK! I never thought this would happen, but ZodTTD submitted his port of Quake to the Apple store yesterday. Now we still do not know if Apple is going to let this in or not (highly unlikely) but we will all be watching. I have Quake on my jailbroken iphone and its pretty good. It takes… Read More
SBSetting: The best wifi 3G switching application so far – jailbreak only I’ve been using BigBoss and it’s OK, and I don’t know if I’m the only one, but when I click on the icon it takes a few seconds to initialize. When I turn 3G on or off, I normally lose wifi. Odd bug. However, I found this on Cydia.. SBSettings! Its great! I swipe across… Read More
Jailbreak for iphone 2.2 confirmed Still not going to upgrade till 2.2 has lived in the wild for awhile. Once it seems stable, then I’ll do it. http://iphonegeekclub.blogspot.com/search/label/Pwnage… Read More
Windows QuickPwn 2.1 is out Yup. Go get it Windows users! Supports 2.1 firmware with the unlocking and jailbreaking of iPhone 1st generation (2G) device. Supports the jailbreaking of iPod Touch 1st generation device and iPhone 3G. Your device will need to be upgraded to 2.1 ( using iTunes 8 ) before running this application. It does NOT support the unlocking of iPhone 3G… Read More
My top 5 jailbrake (pwn) apps for the iphone When I jailbreak my iphone, here are the first 5 apps I install straight off. 1) Unix tools (esp. SSH and Terminal) . If you have to ask, you do not need it 2) Videorecoder – The only bummer is this app does not work on 2.1 right now. I use QIK for now. Its curious… Read More