iPhone World Map Charts Jobs' Giant Game Of Risk

Posted By: wraggster

It's tough to keep track of the iPhone's slow global release, so one Apple fan assembled all the data into one easy to read map. If the country is red, then they either have the iPhone or will be getting it this summer. (Note: Switzerland, Spain and Poland are still just rumored, not official).

It's like one of those pandemic maps from the movies. You see the military general plotting two little red dots. Then four. Then eight. And then, all of the sudden, the dots have covered the general's body, spewing puss across the room in all directions.

http://gizmodo.com/389047/iphone-wor...t-game-of-risk

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Zodttd Status Report

Posted By: wraggster

I've spent the past few days working hard on psx4all. While it still runs too slowly on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, compatibility is getting better. For instance the games can now be properly loaded through the BIOS and the Sony Playstation BIOS screen appears.

Temper4iphone, the Turbo Graphix 16 / Turbo Duo (PC-Engine / PC-CD) emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch is still on its way. Exophase, the author of emulator this port is based on, has released an update, and I'd like to incorporate those changes into the port.

For those wondering of the mystery package, it's of a Pandora. The Pandora is a purely homebrew driven handheld with a focus on video games. It uses bleeding edge technology and wow is it fast! At it's default 600MHz using the new OMAP3 processor, Playstation emulation of Final Fantasy 7 runs in-game at 65 FPS (a bit over fullspeed) or higher. When overclocked to 900MHz you start seeing 100 FPS and higher in-game!

While the Pandora will take some of my freetime away at the moment, I am still focused on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch software. No worries there. There's room for both here at ZodTTD.

Sorry for the delay in responding to private messages, I'll get right on that now. It's been a busy week indeed!

http://zodttd.com/

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Native Orb App Brings Live TV to Your iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

The OrbLive streaming media app is for everyone who is sick of waiting for a Sling Mobile client on their iPhone. As you may (or may not) know, Orb pulls files off your PC and streams them to any device with an app or web browser capable of accessing the Orb interface. From there you can stream music, video files, and if you have a TV tuner card, live TV. While Orb was previously accessible via Safari, this new, official app is supposed to be an easier, more intuitive way to get your media on the go. It does require a jailbroken iPhone, however.

http://gizmodo.com/388699/native-orb...to-your-iphone

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iPhone is good and done in the UK -- until the 3G version, anyway [updated]

Posted By: wraggster

The headline kind of says it all, but if you weren't already sure enough that the first gen iPhone's stint in the UK was coming to a close, O2's pushing to make things crystal clear. It's hard to imagine both companies are going to just stop selling such a high profile device for too long, but clearly we're all still in the dark as to when its 3G replacement will officially be out.

[Thanks, Keith]

Update: While European carriers are running out of stock left and right, it seems Apple Stores in the UK and elsewhere still have iPhones -- for now.

Update 2: Okay, and now O2's page is showing that the iPhone is once again available. Temporary glitch or preparatory? Beats us, but if you want a 16GB device, it's apparently still up for grabs

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/i...version-anywa/

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AT&T WiFi access now listed as "included" with iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

We're not exactly sure what was going on with that whole on-again / off-again love affair with iPhones having gratis access to AT&T WiFi hotspots, but we're content with letting bygones be bygones. On the slightly tweaked iPhone "Plans" page, the carrier now lists "Access to AT&T WiFi hotspots" as an included feature along with call forwarding, 3-way calling and Caller ID. Sure, it's not a bona fide press release, but same difference, right?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/08/a...d-with-iphone/

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More "leaked" 3G iPhone shots hit the web

Posted By: wraggster

For those that need to be in the know about the very latest supposedly-leaked 3G iPhone shots that hit the web this week, we've got you covered -- but we're not convinced, especially of the device on the right. The shots on the left do at least seem to be crafted around those supposed size and shape leaks we saw the other day though, so bonus points there for playing into another current rumor to rack up a small bit of credibility. Still, in our best Rick James voice, Photoshop's a hell of a tool.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/m...s-hit-the-web/

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Vodafone releasing iPhone in Australia, Italy, India, and seven other countries

Posted By: wraggster

Vodafone's just got a tiny, minor, insignificant announcement to make this morning: it's signed with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten markets, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy (so much for Telecom Italia), India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey. Expect the phone later this year -- that's all we know for now. Score one (or ten?) for Voda.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/v...dia-and-seven/

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T-Mobile admits that 3G iPhone will be tested in Austria

Posted By: wraggster

derStandard, the same publication that announced that the iPhone would be sailing into Austria via T-Mobile is now reporting that the same carrier will be testing the 3G iPhone in the aforesaid country. During a press conference in Vienna, T-Mo Austria reportedly affirmed that a UMTS version of Apple's handset would "soon be available," and that Austria would be the "testing ground" for the new mobile -- not to mention "among the first countries in the world with the UMTS iPhone." Furthermore, bigwigs stated that "more flexible" offers would be made available, but details beyond that were scant.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/06/t...ed-in-austria/

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Rumor: AT&T Says No Employee Vacations Between June 15 and July 12 For the 3G iPhone

Posted By: wraggster

According to cellpassion, AT&T's pulling a similar move as Apple did last year, disallowing any employee vacations for a period from June 15 to July 12. If this is true, there's only one reason why AT&T would do this: the 3G iPhone. Why did they pick June 15 when the keynote for WWDC is June 9? Beats me. It seems more and more likely that the phone is coming, however, so don't buy anything until after June unless you want to be a sad sack.

http://gizmodo.com/387704/rumor-att-...-the-3g-iphone

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iPhone firmware 2.0 adds Chinese handwriting recognition, Newton sweats

Posted By: wraggster

Screen shots posted on Chinese site wretch.cc allege that iPhone firmware 2.0 has added support for Chinese handwriting recognition in addition to a revamped (albeit non-recognition) Japanese interface. While that's still light years from an Apple admission that not everyone is in love with the on-screen keyboard, it's one small step toward functionality that seems to make boatloads of sense -- in any language -- given the phone's generously proportioned touchscreen and its reluctant but unavoidable nomination as the Newton's spiritual successor. What isn't clear is how folks are expected to draw characters, seeing how there's no provision for an on-board stylus, the entire interface is designed for finger use, and we don't see many owner rushing out for a Pogo. However Apple intends for this feature to be used, the implementation looks pretty hot, capable of operating in both portrait and landscape modes. Sadly, it seems that Chinese is the one and only language supported at the moment; sure you don't want to let everyone in on the Graffiti-esque retro fun here, guys?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/05/i...nition-newton/

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igpSP 0.9-2Xb - GameBoy Advance Emulator for iPod

Posted By: wraggster

Keripo today gives the iPod some GBA Emulation Loving, heres the full post from him:

After doing source code diffs with Zaphod's original gpSP port and zacaj's later port, I did a full and proper re-port of the Exophase's latest version of gpSP. My current version is mostly changes from Zaphod's original port (via hotdog and iBoy code) with the usage of the COP through zacaj's changes. The result is a patch file that allows for the building of the entirely separate iPod target (sound can be enabled in or disabled through recompiling).

I have not done much testing for this but it seems to be pretty fast (same speed or faster than zacaj's version due to clean code) and very stable (no memory issues when launched from PZ2 even). The only issue I can see is the menu-display issue that comes from removing the original screen clearing code and relying on hotdog. To compensate, I removed a few of the (probably) less-used menu items so that all the basic menu-items get shown. On nanos the menu is quite difficult to read but its the same layout as the GP2X and PSP versions (if you're familiar with them).

After looking a bit more into the source code apart from Zaphod/zacaj's changes, I believe igpSP can be further optimized by using Exophase's newer ARM alpha blending pass (which is "gp2x/video_blend.S"). The pixel blitting code can probably also be moved entirely to hotdog, which could lead to smoother graphics, a fixed menu, and faster (or maybe even slower) rendering. If you want to try building igpSP yourself, download Exophase's gpSP 0.9-2Xb source code, run the patch file that comes with the below download, "cd" into the newly created "ipod" folder, then type "make" or "make SOUND=1" with the 3.4.3 toolchain.

Now remember kids, DISTRIBUTION OF COPYRIGHT MATERIAL IS ILLEGAL! Download free, public domain roms from websites like PDRoms. Dump your own gba_bios.bin from a GameBoy Advance hardware you own. Other than that, enjoy and leave your results/feedback here!

Download:
http://ipodlinux.org/Image:IgpSP_0.9_2Xb.tar.gz
(pre-compiled, sound-less binary + patch file)

Last but not least, remember to give your thanks to Exophase (the amazing original writer of this emulator), ZodTTD (the GP2X porter), Zaphod (the original porter from whom most of my patch's changes come from), zacaj (who used COP to speed things up), ducky and fellni (who wrote iBoy, from which Zaphod borrowed code from), and the iPL Devs (who wrote the fast hotdog engine and, of course, iPodLinux). Remember kids, ARM dyna-rec + hotdog + COP = Win!

~Keripo

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DCEmu Network Changes and Network Info

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all im here to tell you about some changes that will be happening to our DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network.

Hopefully from today Onwards we will be seperating news feeds on sites where we had them joined together

So from now on the GBA, Gamecube, Nintendo 64 sites will only have that console news on those sites, before now i had it so that GBA news would show up on the DS Site and Gamecube and N64 would Show up on the Wii Site (Also the xbox/xbox360 sites), this confused some but with certain scenes growing so massively it is time for seperation..

All Homebrew/Emulation Coders once we verify them (and i spot them) have the ability to post in all our Console News Forums and the news automatically shows up on not only the site to which that news forum belongs but also on the main DCEmu Portal Site. We always like to have an onsite mirror but gladly welcome the linking to your own site.

DCEmu can be used by coders to become their release centre and with the Homebrew Scene across so many scenes being so massive now you can quickly get noticed by a lot of sites including mainstream networks.

Now with the News forums, normal members cant start topics in them but you can reply to any topic, Normal Members can post as Normal in any Non News forum. I get so many emails asking why he/she cant post in whatever forum.

And heres one for people using private messages to ask Questions, Please Use the forum to which the question would be easiest to get an answer as quick as possible. I get so many and i just ignore all of them (not to mention i have a massive amount of work anyhow). Also the users on DCEmu who use homebrew every day are tons better than me for remembering how to do homebrew on that particular console.

How Can You Help DCEmu

This site like any site is a massive undertaking and we need help on every console scene. No site in any scene is 100% perfect on what they cover and totally up to date. In homebrew methods change all the time and only you the users can help others join in the fun.

We are always in the need of Tutorials and Guides not only for Homebrew but for hacking and Development and even just for gaming on consoles.

Our DCEmu Reviews Website is also in the need of reviews of both Hardware and Games Reviews so please review as much as possible.

Newsposters are always in need especially for WIP and Release News of Emulators, Homebrew etc and across many languages, i am English and to be honest the the translation apps on the net are crap, but the more help we get the better we can become, ive also no doubts that there are releases in places like Japan, China and Korea etc that never reach the likes of DCEmu and others because of language barriers.

Retro Homebrew/Translations News

Another change thats going to happen is that our Console News site will now post as much retro homebrew and Game Translations as possible, bringing much needed coverage to those communities.

The DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network

To those of you who are new to the DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network our Network Covers all these consoles.

Pandora - http://pandora.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Wii - http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo DS - http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 3 - http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation Portable - http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox 360 - http://xbox360.dcemu.co.uk/
GP2X - http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Xbox - http://xbox-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo Gamecube - http://gcemu.dcemu.co.uk/
GP32 - http://gp32emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Advance - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Gameboy Colour - http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation 2 - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Playstation - http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Dreamcast - http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/
Sega Saturn - http://sega-saturn.dcemu.co.uk/
Nintendo 64 - http://nintendo64.dcemu.co.uk/
JXD - http://jxd301.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPhone - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Apple iPod - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
iPod Touch - http://apple.dcemu.co.uk/
Tapwave Zodiac - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Gizmondo - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
UIQ Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Pocket PC - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
N-Gage - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Symbian OS Mobile Phones - http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
Retro Consoles - http://console-news.dcemu.co.uk/

As you can see theres quite a few consoles we cover

But thats not all we cover we also have a range of websites that arent totally Homebrew Related.

DCEmu Interviews - http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - Interviews with Coders from many Homebrew and Emulation Scenes and Home of the DCemu Interview, join in the biggest public interview

DCEmu Guides & Tutorials - http://tutorials.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the place to submit any and all tutorials and Guides for any scene and they can be homebrew and gaming related. Once we verify them they will show up across our network.

DCEmu Reviews - http://reviews.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is the scenes biggest independant collection of reviews and is the place for both hardware and Software reviews. Get your reviews noticed by submitting them to DCEmu reviews

DCEmu Console History - http://console-history.dcemu.co.uk/ - This is where you can find Dark Watchers Collection of Console History, a great place to catch up on old consoles

PC Gaming & Homebrew - http://pc-gaming.dcemu.co.uk/ - Our PC Gaming site covers PC, EEEPC and PC Homebrew and Emulators.

DCEmu Blog - http://blog.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site covers anything that doesnt fit above and is our rant/current affairs/funny stuff site, all the off topic stuff goes in here.

Harry Potter News - http://harry-potter.dcemu.co.uk/ - Hey im an Harry Potter book/film fan, not homebrew related but we all have our vices :P

PSP Demons Site - http://pspdemon.dcemu.co.uk/ - The Master of game modification is home here.

Cross & Taylors Chefs - http://personal-chef.dcemu.co.uk/ - This site for all those who wonder is my brothers site who is a top chef, again not homebrew related but he cooks a mean meal :P

DCEmu Developer Sites

These are sites where we have some of the Homebrew scenes best coders release their emulators, games etc to the world:

Chui(Dreamcast) - http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/
Deniska(PSP) - http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/
DxDev(PSP & DS) - http://dxdev.dcemu.co.uk/
GPF(Nintendo DS & Dreamcast) - http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk/
PSMonkey(PSP) - http://nemo.dcemu.co.uk/
ZX-81(PSP & GP2X) - http://zx81.dcemu.co.uk/
Plynx(PSP) - http://plynx.dcemu.co.uk/
Hamsterburt(PSP) - http://hbert.dcemu.co.uk/
Miemt11(PSP) - http://miemt.dcemu.co.uk/
Tinnus(PSP) - http://tinnus.dcemu.co.uk/

Helping DCEmu -

Submit Hardware and Gaming Reviews - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=248

Submit Guides & Tutorials (Homebrew, Hacking, Development and Gaming Related) - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=272

Submit News - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117

Submit Homebrew Releases - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117 (Once we know your legit you can post in any news forum that covers the console your release is for)

I think thats all, one last thing is to say thank you from everyone here to all the visitors, guests, coders and staff who make DCEmu what it is today.

Now i need a sleep

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AT&T/Starbucks Free Wi-Fi Disabled... For Now

Posted By: wraggster

AT&T's free Starbucks Wi-Fi for iPhone usersdeal didn't last very long. Users on the MacRumors forum say that locations where Wi-Fi worked just days ago now have the free iPhone access removed. Considering AT&T never made an official mention of the service, it's possible somebody at the Death Star jumped the gun and the mistake has been corrected. Or maybe the company found out that a simple hack would let anybody with a friend's iPhone number get a free ride

http://gizmodo.com/386875/attstarbuc...sabled-for-now

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The DCEmu Interview - Question 19 - What Emulators are the Best In the Console Scene

Posted By: wraggster

A feature i did a few years ago and one im going to repeat now is the DCEmu Interview, a unique idea in which questions are asked by me to the Whole DCEmu Community its a way to learn more about each others and find out what our interests are and much more

Todays Question is What Emulators are the Best In the Console Scene ? What im asking is which system has the best emulalator for eash console.

Say for example the PSP has the best PS1 Emulator on any console, congrats Sony :P, now we just repeat the process for snes, n64, gba etc etc etc
Give your Answer via Comments.

Remember to check out our DCEmu Interview Site to catch up on previous DCEmu Interview Questions

The DCEmu Interview - Question 1 - What Consoles Do You Own ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 2 - Whats Your Favourite Console Of All Time
The DCEmu Interview - Question 3 - Whats Your New Years Resolution ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 4 - What Got you Interested in Homebrew/Emulation ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 5 - Whats the greatest Game Ever ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 6 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Console?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 7 - Whats the Greatest Homebrew Handheld?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 8 - Whos the Greatest Homebrew Hacker/Coder and Why ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 9 - Whats the Greatest Emulator Released?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 10 - What Game(S) Would you like to see Remade ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 11 - Whats the Greatest Platform Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 12 - Whats the Greatest FPS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 13 - Whats the Greatest Sports Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 14 - How Excited Are You In Todays Homebrew Scene ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 15 - Whats the Greatest RTS Game Released ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 16 - What Would Make the Perfect Homebrew Console ?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 17 - What Are the Best/Worst Online Games Shops?
The DCEmu Interview - Question 18 - http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/the-dc...n--108268.html

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Next-gen iPhone spotted in the wild?

Posted By: wraggster

Well here's an interesting one. French iPhone blog iPhon.fr got these pics from an anonymous and unverified source, and while there's no way of telling if the shots are legit, they certainly have a truthy ring to them. They follow what we know so far about the shape, size and color of the upcoming 3G iPhone, and while there's always the possibility of knockoff, a Photoshop job, or some other evil plot to mislead us, we're certainly not going to discount these shots entirely in the runup to iPhone's second coming.

Update: Some commenters have pointed out that the size and shape of this phone bares a striking resemblance to LG's Vu. As we said up above, we're not ruling out some handy editing work here.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/02/n...d-in-the-wild/

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MobileScrobbler v1.4.4

Posted By: wraggster

MobileScrobbler connects your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with the Last.fm social music website. As you listen to music on your device, MobileScrobbler sends the title, artist, and album to the Last.fm website. Last.fm uses this information to suggest new music, new friends, concerts, and events based on the music you listen to.

Features
Scrobble tracks as you listen on your iPhone / iPod touch
Queues songs for submission when offline and automatically submits them the next time you connect
Listen to Last.fm radio over EDGE or wifi
Tag songs as 'love' or 'ban'
View album artwork and artist data for songs as you listen
View lyrics for the currently playing song
View upcoming concert events and add them to your calendar
All data is cached for offline viewing
Browse your friends and listen to their radio stations
Integrated with the iPhone / iPod Touch settings application
Multitouch gestures to ban, love, and skip tracks
View your top artists, top tracks, and top albums
Ban and love tracks from the Recent Tracks list
Browse a top listener's profile by tapping their username
Display arbitrary track metadata by passing command line arguments -track, -artist, and -album

http://dev.c99.org/MobileScrobbler/

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AT&T WiFi hotspots free to iPhone owners, anyone with a brain

Posted By: wraggster

Now that AT&T has full control of wireless hotspots like Starbucks and Barnes and Nobles, it looks like they're doling out freebies to their favorite customers: iPhone users. Apparently, if you've got one of Apple's devices, you can hop on the WiFi networks for exactly zero dollars provided you enter your phone number at a login screen. Great for iPhone owners, but a raw deal for everyone else, right? Not so fast, apparently a dumb hack gets you the service on the house too -- just switch your browser's user agent to Mobile Safari, and presto! Free internet. We can't imagine this is a hole that won't get plugged real fast, so get it while the gettin's good.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/a...-with-a-brain/

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Keepin' it real fake, part CXVIII: iPhone on the farm

Posted By: wraggster

Yeah, we too are hoping that these overseas impostors will have to start changing up their game if they still want to ape the iPhone in just a few months, but as it stands, the Toggolino Phone actually does a fantastic job of shaming itself. Apparently this handset, er, device comes packaged with some form of German kit meant to teach kinder a few things about words, animals and the equitable distribution of wealth throughout social classes. Okay, so maybe that last bit isn't in there, but seriously, those animal apps look way more interesting than stocks, weather and company email.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/01/k...e-on-the-farm/

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CubicMan 0.0.2 is out!

Posted By: dr_watson

Passionfools Design has just released CubicMan 0.0.2.

New in this version:

- Progress saving and loading.
- All new UI and texture.
- 15 new levels + enhancement of those old 8 levels (effectively 23 new levels).
- Music and sound effects.
- New triggers: bridges, thin tile and teleporter.
- New control mode using Accelerometer.

With accelerometer mode, you can roll the cube by tilting. If you set "Quick Move" on, the cube will keep rolling as long as the device is tilted (be careful, don't roll over the edge^^). When the "Quick Move" is off, the cube will roll just once with each tilting.

Also, unlike in "swipe" mode that the screen orientation is adjusted automatically, you have to select to play in either "Portrait" or "Landscape" when using the accelerometer mode.

CubicMan is available on Installer thru modmyifone's repository: at http://modmyifone.com/installer.xml

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iPhone Data Plan for Deaf Now Available: $40 a Month

Posted By: wraggster

The "near future" for the impending iPhone data plan for the deaf was apparently four months. Dubbed the Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone, it comes with unlimited text messaging, browsing and email. It's now available for new and current iPhone users for $40 a month, though you've gotta clear an eligibility application to get it.

http://gizmodo.com/385376/iphone-dat...ble-40-a-month

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