So, add this to the list of features that the iPhone is missing. It seems that the iPhone won’t play nice with the college/university-favorite 802.1x network access control standard. The 802.1x IEEE standard is used to secure wireless networks and filter access to the network. Fortunately, there’s this here petition to help convince Apple to…
“Missing” iPhones are actually good for Apple
We’ve neglected from giving any credibility to iPhone naysayers that are jumping with glee and laughing giddily at Apple’s alleged mis-reporting of iPhone sales figures. There have been reports of late that Apple’s iPhone sales figures were off by almost 1 million units. Apple’s 4 million unit sales figure for the iPhone is by no…
iPhone v1.1.3 battery life giving you the blues? Try this…
How’s that freshly jailbroken v1.1.3 iPhone treating you? It’s pretty nifty, eh? Oh wait, what’s that? Battery life seems to have taken a nose dive? It’s okay. Take a deep breath and try these tips: Force-quit the iPhone Mail application everytime you’re done using it. Apple designed the iPhone to run all applications in the…
Google lauds iPhone
What does Google think about the iPhone? Well, even with the competing mobile platform, Android, that Google is currently pushing to develop, it seems that the higher-ups at Google really like the iPhone. Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s senior vice president for product management, said that, “[Google is] particularly interested in looking at the iPhone because the…
iPhone Dev Team’s secret jailbreak for sale on eBay
The iPhone Dev Team has been keeping their alternative jailbreak method under wraps in hopes of using against Apple in the event that they patch the current jailbreak method with the release of the iPhone SDK. The iPhone v1.1.3 firmware looks to be the one that will play nice with Apple-sanctioned third-party applications, but that…
February iPhone rumors point to Spain, Italy, Switzerland getting Apple iPhone
With Apple already having penetrated the European market in Germany, France, and the UK, it makes sense that Apple start casting a wider iPhone-net in Europe. And, it seems that Apple may just be in talks with a few more potential iPhone-partners. Spain’s El Periodico has announced that the country’s Telefonica wireless network has been…
Jailbreakme.com updated to make iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak simpler, one-click solution
We’d be willing to bet that most iPhone owners out there that keep up to date with the iPhone-related posts have already jailbroken their iPhone v1.1.1. Further, chances are even better that iPhone v1.1.1 users have jailbroken their handsets using the Jailbreakme.com web-based solution. Now that the iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak method is online and greatly…
O2 to introduce business tariffs for iPhone
Following on AT&T’s launch of business/corporate iPhone accounts, Apple’s iPhone partner overseas has announced their intention to do the same. O2’s corporate/business customers in the UK will soon be able to take advantage of their corporate pricing discounts with the iPhone. An O2 spokesperson stated that they “Want to offer it as a service for…
iPhone takes on commercial truck, iPhone wins!
Well the iPhone didn’t really win, it just sorta walked away with its life. Here’s a quick little “How (NOT) To” guide for taking care of your iPhone: Don’t place iPhone on trunk of car on cold, windy, day in Kansas Don’t drive off with iPhone still sitting on said trunk – especially onto a…
Campfire hits the iPhone
Users of the group-chat interface Campfire will be glad to hear that they can continue the group-conversation on their iPhone. 37signals has announced that their Campfire interface is now live on the iPhone. Any iPhone that visits a campfire site will find that a new iPhone-optimized interface is waiting for them. The iPhone-specific Campfire sites…