iPhone

The French iPhone Comes Unlocked

We told you yesterday that Orange would be the exclusive iPhone provider in France, but that’s only half the story. The other half is that since French law prohibits the exclusive sale of phones locked to a provider, Orange will be selling both a locked and an unlocked version of the iPhone as a compromise.…

Free iPhone 1.1.1 Unlock is Here

The iPhone Dev Team just released AnySIM 1.1, the free utility that unlocks iPhones from the not-so-sexy handcuffs of AT&T. The updated version works on firmware version 1.1.1, but doesn’t fix baseband problems caused by updating an unlocked 1.0.2 phone up to 1.1.1. This means that for those people who’ve previously unlocked via AnySIM, you…

BusinessWeek Says SDK for Native iPhone Apps by Macworld 08

I don’t know if I buy this, but if it’s real, I’ll be stoked. From BusinessWeek:”Sources familiar with the company’s plans tell BusinessWeek.com that Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008.” I don’t know. More reasonable speculation from Leander at Cult of Mac and Ars points towards a hybrid app…

It’s Official: iPhone in France Will Be an Apples and Oranges Deal

Apple officially announced that French wireless carrier Orange will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in France. Set to roll out on November 29, Apple CEO Steve Jobs crowed about how excited he was to partner with Orange, just in time for the holidays. So now French Apple fanboys won’t have to hack that…

Nokia Introducing Touch UI to Open Source S60 OS

Today Nokia, the largest player in the mobile handset game, announced the addition of a touchscreen interface to their S60 OS. Comparisons to Apple’s multi-touch input system are inevitable, but Nokia is holding its own with a few promised extras. These include silencing the phone by flipping it on its face when an incoming call…

The iPhone is Hazardous to the Environment, According to Greenpeace

Greenpeace has slammed Apple once again on environmental issues, claiming that scientific tests they arranged uncovered hazardous chemicals in the iPhone. I’m sorry, but I have a hard time believing that Apple is the only phone maker that has these toxic chems, considering that the plants that iPhones are built in also make Nokias and…

Broadcom’s Latest 3G Chip Has Longer Life, Cheaper Costs, iPhone Potential

Broadcom’s latest 3G HSUPA BCM21551 chip is a bigger deal than its somewhat dry press release indicates. The all-in-one 3G chip is both cheaper and has a “very long battery life” when compared with current 3G chips, which have the problem of sucking your phone’s battery faster than an unclogged shower drain. The new chip…

Independence, the iPhone jailbreak, activation and SSH installation app, has been updated to 1.2.2, and now supports iPhones running the infamous firmware version 1.1.1. [TUAW]

The Gadget Wars, Who Won/Lost Last Week?

Every week is a battle. There’s seldom any bullets and generally no poison gas. But every week is a battle for the consumer mind and the consumer heart. Here’s the way we saw things this week: one big winner, one loser and one company that’s dead in the water. + AT&T Part of AT&T’s Terms…

Red iPhone? Engadget has what appears to be an AT&T internal product list, with a red iPhone listed on it. The part that sounds fishy? 4GB sizes. Why would Apple bring the now discontinued capacity back? Wouldn’t be the first time Low level AT&T employees have provided questionable Apple facts. But colored iPhones aren’t such…

iPhone Dashboard Widgets Imminent?

Leander over at Cult of Mac (and managing ed at Wired.com) says he heard that the iPhone is getting the HTML + JavaScript-based Dashboard widgets that OS X has had since 10.4. The programs would sync over from iTunes. Timing? Imminent. I’d guess this is one of the surprises that’ll happen on the Leopard launch.…

Microsoft Phone Patent Looks Just Like the iPhone

In a patent filed this July, Microsoft wanted to stake their claim to a new interface for use on a touchscreen in a mobile device. The patent, entitled “Extensible filtered lists for mobile device user interface” looks kind of familiar… where have I seen it before? Oh, right. It’s the iPhone’s exact interface. Whaa? I’m…

Reverse an Unlocked iPhone to its Virginal State

Here’s a complicated but well documented method for taking an iPhone from a unlocked state to a factory fresh state, so you can go on and upgrade to 1.1.1 if you’ve been testing unlocks. It works by refreshing the baseband firmware to factory default; meanwhile, bricking is supposedly caused by the altered unlocked basebands being…

iPod Touch Running iPhone Apps

Reader Felix just let us know that he’s jailbreaked and installed many of the iPhone third-party apps onto his iPod touch—including the new Summerboard hacked Springboard that lets you scroll between many different homepages. He’s got Google Maps from the iPhone running on there, as well as all the other fun ones like Apollo and…

“Transparent” Touchscreen: LCD the Front, Fingers in the Back

The iPhone touch interface is innovative, there is no doubt about that—but it does have some drawbacks. For example, multi-touch is ill suited to fat fingers and the process of navigating obstructs the screen. Wigdor at MERL, and Patrick Baudisch at Microsoft Research are hoping to change all that with a new touch sensitive gadget…

Apple iPhone Webapps Directory Live…No IM?

The Apple iPhone Webapps directory is live right now, with over 200 apps like Bank of America Banking App, Digg App, and a few other “apps” you could run through Safari’s real web browser already, but it’s useful to find them all in one place. What’s weird is that there are no IM clients, like…

Apple Applies For Another Force Sensitive Touchscreen Patent

With this patent and the one filed last week, Apple’s got more force sensitivity than Luke and Darth combined. The latest one, titled “Force and Location Sensitive Display,” detects both where your finger is and how hard you’re pressing down on a display. Skipping over the technical details of how this is done, the end…

iPhoneSIMFree Releases First 1.1.1 SIM Unlock, Fixes AnySIM-Bricked iPhones

Click to viewiPhoneSIMFree, the company that released the first GUI iPhone SIM unlock, has just provided an updated version of their SimFree unlocker for iPhone 1.1.1 phones. According to them, they can apply their unlock thanks to the iPhone Dev Team’s 1.1.1 Jailbreak. Their new software will work with virgin, never-unlocked iPhones with firmware 1.1.1…

Will You Hack Your iPhone Again?

Minutes ago, version 1.1.1 of the iPhone’s software was jailbreak’d or Jailbroken, or whatever. Apps and other hacks will start flowing again. I’m happy, but not as happy as when I thought Apple was cool with the Apps. And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about hacking my iPhone again. I’m worried…

iPhone Dev Team’s Working 1.1.1 Jailbreak Reopens Door to Apps and Unlocks

Click to viewJust shortly after the first iPhone 1.1.1 jailbreak was released, the iPhone Dev Team follows up with a different method that can be incorporated into future graphical tools, unlike the previous one. While this one is still not quite ready for mass consumption since it still has the problem of having to use…