Archives for the day Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone Hacks & Tricks |
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The iPhone Dev Team have claimed that it was impossible for Apple to fix the bug they had exploited to develop their Pwnage Tool which they claimed could only be prevented by a hardware fix.
However, Apple Engineers had proved them wrong (kind of) by figuring out a way to combat Pwnage for existing hardware by programming iTunes 8 to detect and prevent the Pwnage exploit. The iPhone Dev team had immediately released a patch to counteract Apple's counermeasure at that time.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone Tips |
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Touch Arcade has an interview up with Neil Young. Just like you, I was only slightly disappointed to learn that it was the Neil Young formerly of EA who recently formed ng:moco, quickly becoming one of the most high-profile iPhone game houses, not that other one. But only slightly, because also like many of you, I'm looking forward to Rolando and the "over a dozen" other games ng:moco is releasing on the App Store, and I'm interested to see what ng:moco has to say for themselves about the little iPhone game empire they're building.
Unfortunately, TA didn't get a price or a strict release date out of Young for Rolando, but he does say that the game's shaping up well -- he even says creator Simon Oliver "could be the first Miyamoto of the iPhone," which, even if an exaggeration, is an interesting idea. They also discuss the plan behind ng:moco, a company which, like EA in the earlier days of PC gaming, aims to bring together publishers, designers, and promotion and sales all under one big roof. And the volatile issue of iPhone App pricing comes up, but I agree that the big balance on price always seems to be quality -- looking at a system like the Xbox 360's marketplace, you can justify almost any price for a game, as long as the user has an experience that feels worth what they paid.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone Tips |
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Ziphone creator Piergiorgio Zambrini has discovered a bug with the iPhone that causes the phone to crash when it starts to play a specially-created video. Forbes.com recorded a demonstration.
The bug apparently affects the audio track of the video, which takes down the iPhone operating system. I could not independently verify the bug, because the links to the movie (and the movie file itself) shown to Forbes were no longer available online.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone Hacks & Tricks |
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It is less than 24 hours to go before the US presidential elections and making it the perfect time to prepare for Election Day.
TUAW has compiled a cool list of iPhone apps that are available on the App Store.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone rumors |
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Castellamonte, Italy - TweakerSoft today introduces CoffeeBreak 1.0, their new coffee junkie app for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s GPS abilities and interface, CoffeeBreak uses a 3D rendered and gorgeous animated user interface to quickly discover and compute the route to the nearest coffee shop.
Fast easy and accurate, CoffeeBreak is ideal for the coffee junkie or frequent traveller. The application includes eight popular store brands as well as alternative shops. Users can see each coffee shop’s location on the map, view the route from where they are, add a location to their contact list or even email the information to family and friends.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone Tips |
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Handmark has released one new game for the iPhone and iPod touch, and updated one of their existing titles.
The new game is Glyph, a game in the jewel-matching genre that has been a hit on PCs and other handheld platforms. The game has more than 200 levels across 2 different modes. In the Quest mode, you are trying to break through layers of rock by matching like-colored stones to make the glyphs visible. In Action mode, you touch groups of stones to clear them as they come up from the bottom of the screen. Your task is to try to keep the stones from making it all the way to the top of the screen. There's beautiful music playing in the background, although you can choose your own soundtrack from your music.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone Apps |
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Here at the TUAW home office, we're quite distracted by the pending election of the USA's 44th President. However, since this is an Apple blog, we can't go all political -- but we can combine our interests.
Here are four ways you can prepare for the big day with your iPhone.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone rumors |
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Plaistow, NH - Reliable Softworks (RSW) announced today that their newest software solution, “tCRM,” is the first place winner of a development competition sponsored by FMWebschool in Richmond, Virginia. tCRM is a complete customer relationship management database, which can be used remotely on any iPhone and then easily synched to its desktop counterpart via the Internet.
FMWebschool is well known for developing the FMTouch system already being used on the Apple iPhone. FMTouch is an iPhone “App” which gives users the ability to have their FileMaker databases with them no matter where they are, and they don’t have to be connected to the Internet. In order to be competitive in the business applications marketplace, RSW was challenged to provide them with a ‘ready made’ solution that they can then offer for use with their FMTouch program.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone Apps, iPhone News, iPhone rumors |
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Free WiFi Hotspots for iPhone - for US iPhone users. After two previous failed attempts to offer this service in May and July, AT&T are again offering this nice freebie.
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Posted on Nov 3rd, 2008 under All, iPhone News, iPhone Tips |
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Have you ever been stuck on a train, plane, or bus and wanted a good book to read? With Classics [iTunes Link], you can easily pick up your iPhone and begin reading a small collection of classic literature and novels. As I mentioned last week, Classics takes a new approach to reading books on the iPhone.
The book selection interface reminds us of Delicious Library, as it has a wooden bookcase with the library of books stacked on it -- the developers will add new books with future (free) updates. You can re-arrange your books by tapping on a book and dragging it around. Once you select a book, it will load, and you will see the reading view. If you are continuing where you left off, a bookmark will appear and slide off the page; otherwise, you will presented with the first page of the book. To turn the page, you simply slide your finger in a page-turning motion (right to left or left to right, depending on if you want to go forward or backwards respectively). The page turning is really addictive, and you'll find yourself reading quickly through the text just so you can flip to the next page -- yes, it's really that addictive.
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