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iPhone 2.1 Firmware Has Tiny Glimmer of Copy-and-Paste Shining Inside

When Apple said it didn't care about cut and paste on the iPhone, it's possible that it meant "not right now, but soon, possibly." Because over at MacNN they're reporting that the developer firmware 2.1 may have hints of copy-paste within it. "In exploring the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj in the current iPhone WebKit framework, there are entries for several commands the firmware does not currently support, including cutting, copying and pasting," apparently. There's also a reference to a "mobile radio" but whether that pertains to internet radio functionality for the phone is impossible to divine. [MacNN via Macrumors]

1:20 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,346 views, 38 comments

Latest by B. Whaler: Screw cut and paste. Screw better GPS. Just make this POS stable and fast. Apple's quality is pathetic nowadays. And if Microsoft, Sony, et al., don't see this as the way to stop the Apple rocketship, they are fools. (And this is written by more »

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How To Disable iPhone's Backup Process

We've noted in our iPhone 2.0 software review that iTunes' full image backup of your iPhone when you've made changes to what apps you've got installed can take a really long time. We're talking tens of minutes. If you're the type of person that doesn't really store anything important on your phone that can't be reinstated from your contact list or calendar or elsewhere on your computer, Zero Logic found that you can actually skip this process. More »

12:20 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Jason Chen
12,035 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: Ummm, or you could just hit the X, up at the top of the simulated LCD screen in iTunes (on the righthand side), when it prompts that it's performing a back-up. Same caveats apply, but by hitting the X, more »

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iPhone 2.1 Firmware Currently In Beta, More GPS Features On The Way

Gear Live has word that Apple is beta testing iPhone's 2.1 firmware and will add more GPS functionality to the phone. Specifically, the core location functions will be able to track what direction you're moving, and how fast (for turn-by-turn navigation, maybe?). Also worth noting is that iPhone SDK 2.1 is also seeding to beta testers, but cannot be used with the app store. [Gear Live]

8:05 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Adrian Covert
12,301 views, 47 comments

Latest by n/a: @monomyth: agreed ! more »

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Pinewood Derby iPhone: And You Thought the 3G Was Fast

If you were a Boy Scout at one time, you probably had a flashback after reading the words "Pinewood Derby." For the uninitiated, the derby is a time honored tradition where Cub Scouts race small cars they construct from a block of wood, plastic wheels and some nails. As you can see, this particular car is expertly crafted into an iPhone lookalike. More »

7:00 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,124 views, 20 comments

question of the day

Question of the Day: How's Your iPhone 3G Reception?

While some of us at Giz actually have better reception with the iPhone 3G than before, that's not the story raging in Apple's support forums, where few or no bars is the order of the day—and not just in the US, but worldwide, apparently. For AT&T's part, they're redeploying a bunch of 850MHz spectrum (which penetrates indoors better) for 3G service through the end of the year, so it should get a little better, at least. In the meantime, how's your reception? [Apple] More »

5:00 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By matt buchanan
13,140 views, 90 comments

Latest by imagine-engine: I have no problem with Rogers network reception or HSPA coverage in Canada using the iPhone 3G. I guess in the USA AT&T still needs to upgrade some of their towers to support HSPA and not just EDGE. Hopefully they more »

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All AT&T iPhone 3G Stock Diverted to Pre-Pay Customers

While most of the attention has been on iPhone 3G stock at Apple Stores (rightfully so, since Apple is hoarding most of them) anyone not in driving distance of an Apple Store has to get theirs in AT&T land. So here's the sorta good news, if you're patient: If you do AT&T's direct fulfillment deal—pay for it in full, then they call you to pick it up when it arrives—you'll get your phone in about two weeks on average, guaranteed. And the bad news: More »

12:20 PM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By matt buchanan
25,076 views, 69 comments

Latest by ttech10: Got my iPhone through the DF about 4 days after I ordered it. more »

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Tracker Checks Apple Store iPhone 3G Stock Every 15 Minutes

While Apple's website updates its Apple Store iPhone 3G stock count every night after 9PM, the guys running the iPhone 3G availability tracker at Top Muffin say the data is actually updated throughout the day. So it hits the feed every 15 minutes, theoretically providing the most up-to-date stock count around. Or you could just, you know, call the store and have a real live person tell you to bring some sunscreen, an umbrella and some s'mores since a wave of diarrhea cut the line down to a mere 7 hours. Update: Apple pulled their feed, effectively killing the tracker. I guess they didn't want to take the fun out of it? [Top Muffin via 9to5Mac]

11:15 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By matt buchanan
10,163 views, 37 comments

Latest by Wormfather is Wormfather: Do you need to have photoshop/art skills? more »

Windows iPhone Jailbreak

iPhone 2.0 Jailbreak and Unlock Now for Windows

The Windows version of Pwnage, the iPhone 2.0 jailbreak and unlock software for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch, is out now. Like the Mac OS X version, it will free all models to install non-Apple-approved applications, but it won't unlock the iPhone 3G to liberate you from roaming charges. For unlocking you will need a special SIM card. Updated with Rapidshare mirror More »

6:27 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Jesus Diaz
24,460 views, 35 comments

Latest by graphx: Correction 1.6 iPhoneBrowser is the newest. must install 1.5 first and then 1.6 and extract them both into a single folder and replace all 1.5 files w/ 1.6 here is a link to that download. [code.google.com] more »

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Facebook Connect for iPhone Will Links Apps to Your Facebook Account

At Facebook's annual f8 conference this afternoon it was revealed that iPhone app developers will be able to integrate apps with Facebook Connect—in other words, apps will be able to link up to and share data with your Facebook account, so your identity will be consistent and linked across apps through your Facebook account (and you won't have to create separate accounts for every app). Think of it like this: More »

11:01 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
8,392 views, 22 comments

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Mobile Safari vs. Opera Mobile vs. Skyfire: Who's the Fastest?

Three of the best mobile browsers that act like grown up ones are Mobile Safari, Skyfire and Opera Mobile 9.5. Even though the latter two (both for Windows Mobile) are still betas, Laptop Mag decided to toss them all into a race anyway, seeing which could deliver piping hot content the fastest. They ran Opera and Skyfire on an AT&T HTC Tilt, so everyone was surfing on the same 3G network with beefy hardware. Spoiler: Skyfire delivered pages in one third of the time it took Safari or Opera. It's because Skyfire cheats. More »

9:00 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
15,501 views, 28 comments

Latest by bubuli: OperaMini is the best. more »

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iPhone App Devs Still Gagged by Non-Disclosure Agreement, Mad as F'n Hell About It

As we covered in our case for still needing the iPhone app black market, developers are gagged by a non-disclosure agreement that keeps them from talking about actually programming the iPhone with anybody, even though sharing info would help app development. Surprise, developers don't like that. So now we have Fucking NDA, which aggregates their rants and musings, turning them into a single stream of angst about, well, that fucking NDA. Here's a gem collected from Twitterific's Craig Hockenberry: More »

6:40 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
8,716 views, 22 comments

Latest by stupidjerk: this is why so many people despise apple computers, steve jobs, and everything they stand for... ...you expected any less? more »

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iPhone 3G Selling Twice as Fast as Original

The one major bit out of AT&T's quarterly earnings call is that the iPhone 3G is selling twice as fast as the original iPhone did last summer—in case the unending squiggles of people trailing out of Apple Stores and AT&T shops didn't tip you off. They didn't actually say how many were sold, but we know that worldwide Apple sold a million of them as of nine days ago, just three days after launch. Of course, the hot $199 price—undoubtedly responsible for the phone's brief life on shelves—means AT&T won't actually make money off of it until 2010. You know, when we're on our fourth-gen iPhone. [Alley Insider]

5:40 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
4,001 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: It's only selling twice as fast because it's available worldwide. Last year, it was only available in the US for quite some time. more »

speech recognition

AT&T Bringing (a Tiny, Frustrating Bit Of) Speech Recognition to the iPhone, Others

AT&T's Speech Mashups is a web-based service that will bring voice-activated search to the iPhone, as well as other Edge and 3G handsets. Instead of managing speech recognition on the actual handset, Speech Mashups sends the audio sample to the server, processes it and sends back a text transcription or command to your phone. Unfortunately for iPhone owners, this does not mean voice dialing or speech-to-text app support. Not at all. More »

4:10 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By John Herrman
4,238 views, 7 comments

iphone apps

Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market

A year ago, we said that no iPhone SDK meant no killer apps. It came, and the apps are here in staggering numbers. But many of the amazing apps and concepts we grew to love as unofficial apps aren't here, and only about 100 of the 500+ apps at launch in the official store are really useful or desirable—the rest are dupes or just bad. There are no less than five apps to turn my iPhone into a flashlight, yet I can't turn it into a 3G-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Why? Because the SDK has more restrictions than Guantanamo—devs can't integrate with the OS and have to steer way, way clear of copyright and trademark issues—so the most innovative, game-changing apps might not ever make it to your squeaky clean iPhone. That's why we need more than Apple's official app store—we still need jailbreaking, Installer.app (now Cydia) and the best unauthorized third-party apps to make the iPhone an ultra-powerful open platform we really want. Here are the roadblocks: More »

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10:00 AM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By matt buchanan
61,527 views, 104 comments

Latest by n/a: @Navahin: Bullshit story! Unless the man finding the iPhone was blind, or too stupid to read the screen that says "slide to answer" with a pretty green arrow pointing in the direction to slide. That said, a button to answer more »

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iPhone Augmented Reality Program Won't Fool Any Girls

Augmented reality on cellphones is not new, but given the screen size of the iPhone, this application by ARToolWorks looks promising for both gaming and location-based applications (imagine seeing information about a place, or the live 3D reconstruction of the Roman Coliseum, by just pointing your iPhone camera). Unfortunately, given Apple's SDK limitations, we are not going to see this in the App Store anytime soon: More »

10:45 AM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Jesus Diaz
7,170 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: @Knirfie: its not the camera that needs to handle the 30fps its the ability to render the 3d objects that it superimposes at 30fps .. the camera footage would be untouched they just overlay a graphic more »

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Apple Earnings: Record Quarter, Steve Promises "Wonderful New Products" This Year

Last quarter was the best June quarter in Apple's history in both earnings and profits, but the real news is that Steve actually promised new products later this year: “We set a new record for Mac sales, we think we have a real winner with our new iPhone 3G, and we’re busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months.” Apple never comments on future products in any way, shape or form. Ever ever. Whether he's alleviating investor worries or just feeling especially open, it's a rare, if not totally unheard of Apple move. Check out how much money Apple's bean counters are dealing with and speculate what new toys are on the way below. More »

5:46 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By matt buchanan
17,373 views, 82 comments

Latest by skechada: oops. Gizmodo had the link/story I'd mentioned, not engadget. more »

iphone 3g

How to Tether Your iPhone 3G to Your Laptop

While Apple doesn't allow tethering with the iPhone 3G, if it's jailbroken, they can't tell you what to do, can they? After it's jailbroken, getting your tether on is surprisingly easy. All you need is a pair of programs, 3proxy and MobileTerminal. Create an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network with your notebook, join it with your iPhone, perform a bit of beginner's voodoo with MobileTerminal and your browser, and voila, you're cruising on AT&T's 3G network on your laptop via your iPhone. It really is easy, but be careful, if AT&T notices your data usage is wonky, they will probably rape you with massive fees. Good luck, and Godspeed. [Cre.ations.net]

5:20 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By matt buchanan
10,560 views, 49 comments

Latest by n/a: So then... Why is AT&T saying Unlimited Data when it's really 5GB? That's false advertising!!! more »

mobile safari

Even on EDGE, Mobile Safari 2.0 Is Much Faster

The iPhone 2.0 software might be shakier than a true believer's legs in the presence of Steve himself, but there's at least one benefit (besides the app goodness): Mobile Safari 2.0 is much zoomier. John Gruber ran the benchmarks, comparing them against historical ones, and found that it runs at least 1.7 times faster than before, if not faster (depending on the test). Check out all the numbers over there, if you care about the details, and not just the zip zip away. [Daring Fireball via Ars]

5:00 PM on Mon Jul 21 2008
By matt buchanan
5,385 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: @Noobs-R-Us: You mean each app that Apple approves? O RLY? more »

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