iPhone

iPhone Book Sneak Peek: Third-Party iPhone Application Tutorial

Pash over at Lifehacker has a tutorial up on how to install third-party applications to your iPhone. It’s notable because it comes straight from our iPhone Book, along with many more tips and tricks that you won’t find in other books (seriously, we’ve read the other books, and they don’t have them). Check out the…

AT&T Introduces Pay-For-Play Parental Controls for Cell Phones

AT&T’s mobile division is going to follow Disney Mobile and others by introducing its “Smart Limits” parental controls: parents use a web interface to set call blocking, calling hours, text message and download limits. But unlike many similar child-protection systems, this one will cost users $4.99 per month—per kid. Like Disney’s built-in parental controls, AT&T…

JBL’s On Stage 3 Dock is now iPhone-Compatible

The popular donut-shaped On Stage iPod dock is now in its third incarnation —and this time it will work with your iPhone. Its makers, JBL, have filled in the middle of the ring as well as supplying interchangeable trim, so that your On Stage 3 can match your Nano. Full press release with specs below.…

Hardware Unlock Explodes iPhone

Here’s a tip. If you’re not really skilled at hardware hacks, don’t try to hardware unlock your iPhone. If you accidentally touch the wrong thing or screw up, this will happen. The user says: “We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iPhone. The antenna cover was a…

Apple to Sell Ringtones Bundled With Regular Songs?

The Post says they’ve got confirmation that Apple will start selling ringtones to iPhone users using iTunes. Although they couldn’t confirm pricing, they could say that you will probably be able to make any song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone. This means you can set each contact’s ringtone to a separate track from…

Shure Busts Out $99 SE110 Earphones, Secretly Makes Them iPhone Friendly

UPDATED On the web page for Shure’s newly announced SE110 earphones, the new lowest rung of the successful SE line, the price is listed as $119. But according to a press release that came out today at IFA, these babies will cost $99 when they appear. It’s a very low stoop indeed for the makers…

Nokia’s Future iPhone Killing Concept Like a Fake, Vaporous Picasso

Nokia presented some cool cells today and also slipped this concept video of a future iPhone-clone. Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD’s images are overlaid. Yes, it’s not even a working prototype, as you will see after the jump.…

iFuntastic v3 for iPhone Out: Installs Apps, Ringtones, and More

iFuntastic is the easiest way to muck around in an iPhone’s head and version 3.03 has been released with app support and more on top of the existing ringtone and file browsing features: •Support for installing apps via the file manager, no restart necessary. •(Was the previous “Browser” renamed to stay clear of Apple?) •Support…

The owner of phone reseller CertiCell has apparently traded iPhone unlocker George Hotz three locked 8GB iPhones and one Nissan 350Z to get Hotz’s unlocked iPhone unit. This trade teaches us the virtue of patience and how hacking an iPhone can get you ridiculous amounts of stuff. [Jtag]

Fun With the iPhone’s Accelerometer

A guy claims that he’s figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometers to do wacky stuff and games such as the ones shown in the video. Real? Or fancy video editing? We’ll find out soon, since he promised to post the source in his blog. [Medallia]

iPod and iPhone Media Download Kiosks Coming January 2008

Although the “upcoming” Zune music kiosk download feature seems obvious thanks to the player’s Wi-Fi capabilities, being able to download music onto your iPod or iPhone on the go seems less obvious. However, 22Moo has just announced a date for their iPod- and iPhone-compatible internet kiosk station that lets you download movies, videos, games and…

First Native iPhone AIM Client Released, Kinda Sucks

I just tested the Apollo IM Version Negative 1, which is touted as an early beta but is actually probably an early alpha. Although it actually loads my buddy list on after the login information’s entered, it only loads a portion of the contacts. But it does manage to send messages. Once you do manage…

ZunePhone Shows its Superiority to the iPhone

Now that the iPhone music is available to buy on iTunes, it seems like everyone and his dog is getting on an iPhone parody trip. Here’s the ZunePhone, a mock-up of what Microsoft’s iPod Slayer would be like if it had Jesus-like qualities. [YouTube via TUAW]

The new version of HandBrake is out, complete with a new user Interface and a variety of presets for devices, including the iPhone. [HandBrake]

UPDATED: iPhone Speech Recognition Demo from VoiceSignal

Click to viewWe’ve heard of VoiceSignal speech recognition for lots of other phones, but now VoiceSignal sent us a video that allegedly shows it working for the first time on the iPhone. According to the guy in the clip, a couple of VoiceSignal engineers designed this app, but all we see it doing so far…

iPhone Update 1.02 Out, Hacks Still OK [UPDATED]

More as it comes…reported to be just bug fixes, but it is a 92.1MB download. Maybe there are hidden features inside like the iLife integration that is rumored to have been delivered in 1.01. We’ll see. Anyone notice anything? UPDATE: I’m set downloading a 91.2 MB file, but others are reporting a 3.7MB file. Could…

MAME Emulator Developed for the iPhone

I’m not really sure how well Pac-Man could be controlled on a touchscreen, but adventurous iPhone owners will now get a chance to find out. That’s because a MAME emulator has been made for the iPhone by a gent by the name of kaisersoze, allowing you to play such classics as BurgerTime and Q*Bert on…

iPhone EU Carriers Confirmed in France, UK, and Germany

Apple Insider confirms that T-Mobile Germany and Orange of France and 02 of the UK will have exclusive rights to the iPhone. The report was based on an article in the Financial Times, so we can be pretty sure of accuracy, and if it’s not true, we can at least point fingers at the limey…

How To Avoid a $3000 International iPhone Data Bill

In light of certain $3000 iPhone data bills for international roaming, it’s fair to assume that many of us don’t really know what the exact policy is jet set iPhone living. The skinny is this, from AT&T directly: “For $24.99 per month, iPhone users get 20MB of data use outside the US. If you don’t…

How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required

IMPORTANT: If you are looking how to install apps on your iPhone or iPod touch, these instructions are no longer valid. Follow this link for new instructions. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-unofficial-apps-on-your-iphone-3g-or-ip-5166029 If you wanted to install third-party native software in your iPhone but you didn’t had the necessary technical knowledge or courage, the newly updated iPhone Installer.app will…