Apr 18
Latest iPhone Firmware Saves Pictures from Safari
At last! The latest beta version of Apple’s iPhone 1.2.0 firmware gives you the possibility of saving pictures straight from Safari and into the Photo Album. We tried and it works: just hold your finger against an image for a longer time than usual and the popup dialog will appear. The applications are many, like saving friends’ Facebook images, save loads of NSFW pics in Flickr, set iPhone backgrounds using those (or snatch our exclusive iPhone backgrounds), and perhaps the most obvious one: online porn collecting for offline porn watching. [Thanks anonymous tipsters]
Apr 18
Native MobileTwitter for jailbroken iPhones
Filed under: iPhone
Many of have been waiting for a native iPhone twitter client for a long time. And while we wait for Craig Hockenberry’s efforts to bear fruit, presumably in June, it’s good to see MobileTwitter from Nicholas Pike which just recently showed up in the STE repository for Installer.app.
While there are definitely some rough edges, it basically works as advertised and seems superior to the Mobile Safari based options. Having the button bar at the bottom, however, seems less than ideal as it’s rather too easy to hit while typing an update. Nonetheless, MobileTwitter is worth checking out for the Twitter-obsessed, especially considering the improvements Nicholas has promised are coming.
MobileTwitter is a free download (though much more easily done from Installer) and naturally requires a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch.
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Apr 18
Compendium
Live Search in more than ten Wikipedias and dictionaries with iPhone and iPod Touch optimized interface. Features: -Live Search -access to the ten most complexed Wikipedias and more -optimized Wikipedia view -dictionaries http://iphone.coium.com
Apr 18
On April 15, 2008, fring released the coolest iPhone app to date! It is a voice over IP (VOIP) program designed for use on your iPhone. This means that you can call whoever you like free of any charges over your iPhone’s WIFI connection. You are also able to painlessly use instant chat functions on clients like Yahoo, Skype, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Twitter and ICQ. This is a highly useful application for the iPhone and it is taking off like crazy. You absolutely have to give it a try. You can download fring for your iPhone right now by visiting: http://www.fring.com/
fring is the first mobile VOIP application ever on the planet! Ground-breaking! Amazing! Although this version is just a sneak peak, it enables iPhone users to sample the incredible freedom in communication that fring offers. After the test period and eminent debugging, the full version will be released later this year. You can have fun chatting with your online contacts in IM style directly from your iPhone wherever you may be. After you install fring to your iPhone, you are free to begin using it immediately. There is no charge. There are no limits.
Launched in Feb of 2007, fring has grown by over 100,000 new users per month to date. There are fringers in over 180 countries now and the fring community is just an infant! So,what are you waiting for? Get over to http://www.fring.com/ and download fring for your iPhone right now. It’s just another way that iPhone is shaping the future of communications!
Apr 18
Apple Virtual Operator Patent Opens Way to Free Carrier Selection
Remember the rumors about Apple becoming a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, which were constantly buzzing before the announcement of their exclusive deal with the Death Star? Well, the usual USPTO archeologists have discovered a patent showing their system to dynamically select carriers using an iTunes MVNO ID:
The patent was filed on October 2006, so clearly Apple was toying with the idea while they were negotiating with carriers. Does this mean they will go the MVNO way anytime soon? Given the support and conditions that the different carriers through the world are providing, I doubt it. But it definitely means that they have it in mind, perhaps as plan B.
[USPTO via Unwired Review]
Apr 18
HouseFront
Search over 100 million homes in the US. Get estimated home values, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, Google satellite maps and more. Just enter an address and a Zip Code and tap “Get the Values” to see the results. http://www.housefront.com/widgets/iphone
Apr 18
Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 to address four security issues
Apple on Wednesday afternoon released version 3.1.1 of its Safari web browser to address a handful of security issues, including one widely publicized vulnerability that allowed a MacBook Air to be compromised during a recent security conference. …
Apr 18
Griffin ClearBoost iPhone Case Reviewed (Verdict: Who Do You Believe?)
Griffin’s new ClearBoost case promises protection and a cellular signal boost for the iPhone, but does it deliver on those promises? Well, that would depend on who you believe. iLounge claims that the signal boost works, but not under the weakest signal conditions. Crunchgear, on the other hand, called the signal booster “one of the greatest scams perpetrated on mankind since the Kennedy assassination.” Hmm…strong words. However, both agreed that the case itself was decent, so at least you have that for your $30. UPDATE: It appears that Crunchgear’s review was done using a hacked iPhone on T-Mobile, which would account for the problems. Griffin tells us the ClearBoost was made for AT&T’s network. [iLounge and Crunchgear]
Apr 18
German iPhone buyers get discounted 8GB handsets
Filed under: iPhone
Was is los in Deutschland heute? First the iTunes video store finally makes a German-language debut this week, and today we receive word via a T-Mobile press release that the first tiered-discount plan for iPhone purchases is now in effect. German buyers can take advantage of a limited-time offer (April 7 to June 30) to purchase an 8GB iPhone for as little as 99 euros, if they sign up for the top 2-year contract on a service plan (the Complete XL, 1000 minutes and 300 SMS for 89 euro a month) at buy time. Translated offer pages here and here. Lower-priced plans offer a comparatively lower discount, with the top price for an 8GB iPhone at 249 euros. Note that the 16 GB iPhone remains full freight at 499 euro.
Is this another example of the iPhone shortage phenomenon, or just some clever promotion by T-Mobile to enhance sales of the lower-end handset? Ach du meine Gute, ich bin völlig verwirrt.
Thanks Thorsten & c0caine
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Apr 18
8800 GT for 1st Mac Pros; iTunes/Starbucks giveaway; Wall St. store?
Apple has released a GeForce 8800 GT card compatible with first-generation Mac Pro workstations. Also, Apple and Starbucks are giving away free songs, voice-over-Internet calling has come to iPhone through a third-party app, and Apple is reportedly …
Apr 18
Liveblog with the iPhone Dev Team: iPwnage
Filed under: iPhone
Yep, iPwnage was released today by the iPhone Dev Team, allowing the installation and loading of arbitrary firmware onto the iPhone and iPod touch. Great, but what does that buy you? Let’s take a few minutes to chat with iPwnage developers Pytey, NerveGas and more to get a sense of the possibilities and promise of iPwnage.
If you’d like to replay the chat below, click the ‘replay’ button. Note that (ironically) the CoverItLive widget does not work on MobileSafari.
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Apr 18
404: Firefox NOT Coming to iPhone, Sorry Kiddies
The folks at Mozilla are still fuming mad over Safari-gate. The developers behind the popular open source browser Firefox stated flatly that no efforts will be made to port Firefox to iPhone, blaming Apple’s Gestapo-like restrictive software license. So this means I can’t look forward to a browser that consumes half my memory and grinds […]
Apr 18
AdBlock
AdBlock is an extension to iPhone and iPod touch’s Safari web browser that filters out advertisements when you are surfing the Web. It is a for-pay app which runs ~$10US. Available via Installer (add http://i.cocoamug.com as a source) | Discuss | Developer’s Website
