The iPhone tethering solution (“tethering” is a method that allows your laptop to use your mobile phone’s wireless data connection to surf the web, check email, etc.) that allowed first-generation iPhone owners to hop on the information superhighway at EDGE speeds wasn’t exactly what you would call preferred method for getting web access on-the-go. But,…
WordPress iPhone application is now live!
Talk about launching “sometime soon.” Just yesterday the team at WordPress announced that they had submitted their WordPress iPhone application to the AppStore for distribution to iPhones and iPhone 3G’ers with an itch for mobile blogging. Today, I found a nice little surprise in the AppStore. WordPress for iPhone is live! The native application for…
Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.1 OS jailbreak guide – Pwnage Tool 2.0 tutorial for Mac
With the iPhone Dev Team’s release of the Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 2.1 giving arm-chair iPhone hackers the tool they need to jailbreak and activate their iPhone 3G and any iPhone running the newest iPhone 2.0.1 2.1 OS, there are likely mobs of jailbreak-fiends out there looking to hook up your brand-new iPhone 3G or updated…
Apple thwarts perverted Japanese iPhone 3G users with loud camera “click”
It seems that the threat of the iPhone’s camera being used to take surreptitious “upskirt” and “downblouse” pictures of unsuspecting Japanese women was significant enough that Apple decided to force the Japanese iPhone 3G’s camera emit a loud shutter “click” whenever a photo is taken, even when the iPhone 3G is set to “silent” mode.…
Is your MobileMe working?
Apple’s problem-prone MobileMe launch is apparently still experiencing growing-pains. My MobileMe email still isn’t pushing correctly. It’s a hit or miss proposition at this point. Strangely, my push email was working just fine last week. And, apparently, I’m not alone, CNN Money is reporting that some MobileMe users are still out of luck with their…
Webkit improvements in iPhone OS 2.0 – Safari performance jumps with new iPhone OS
iPhone 3G upgraders and anyone having upgraded to the iPhone 2.0 OS on their first-generation iPhone will likely already know that the web-browsing experience, which was undeniably tops in the smartphone market, has been improved. Web pages load faster, regardless of whether 3G, EDGE, or WiFi is being used – overall web-surfing just seems that…
iPhone to get wireless printing support?
Now, wouldn’t that be nice? There’s nothing more annoying than being almost completely digital and wireless in your daily life, only to have to resort to awkward file transfers in order to get that document off your mobile phone and printed to hard-copy. Of course, printing documents on paper kind of defeats the goal of…
WordPress application for iPhone coming soon to AppStore
Mobile blogging clients for the iPhone are every blogger’s dream application, us included. With the huge display and newly minted 3G radio, the iPhone 3G is poised to be a mobile blogging tool no unlike the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Of course, the new, lower priced of the Nokia N810 features a larger display and…
iPhone 3G stock dries up in US
How many of you out there were thinking you’d just hold off on scoring yourself an Phone 3G for a week or so in hopes of avoiding those multi-hour lines? Bad news, folks. Daring Fireball has found, after a bit of detective-work, that iPhone 3G supplies in the US are virtually bone-dry. Following on reports…
Pwnage Tool 2.0 Still Not Ready For Prime-time – Latest iPhone Jailbreak More Difficult Than Handy
There’s just something about sticking it to “the man.” Sure, jailbreaking an iPhone is sticking “it” to Steve Jobs, which is or isn’t as satisfying (depending on your point of view) as sticking it to more prominent authorities. But, it sure beats sitting back and taking what they give you. The latest iPhone jailbreak solution…