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December 1st, 2008, 17:23 Posted By: wraggster
Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening's long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery -- a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store, "it's so sterile," gasps Lisa upon entering. Perhaps the best exchange comes from Bart's dubbing of a Steve Mobs' product announcement in front of a crowd of gaping nerds, "You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!" A Mapple store employee then angrily responds, "Who dares question the boss we fired 10 years ago and then brought back!" Yuk yuk. Videos after the break for as long as it takes for the copyrighters to wake up.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/t...mocks-m-apple/
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December 1st, 2008, 20:26 Posted By: wraggster
Bored with alarms firing in the wrong place? GPS-Action from SymbianGuru will fire reminder exactly when you reach the target place, no sooner and no later! Depending on your geographical location obtained from the GPS receiver, GPS-Action will fire alarm, open the application, change profile, launch the website, open a document or a certain application for you, Bluetooth status change included. And if you have no GPS inside your mobile, GPS-Action can also work with CellID information that is available to all devices. http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=565&faq=8
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December 1st, 2008, 20:39 Posted By: wraggster
Hello everybody.
Long time no talk. Here are the latest news of the project.
Thomas Bertani has left the project. Thomas, one of the founders of the project has left it in favour of the SHR. Well, Thomas , good luck 
There is a Neo meeting in Milan(Italy) in december. It's very probable to find there me and Federico Bombelli.
Fred has had a wonderful idea. What about a CD with installer for the telefoninux?
Now let's talk about the most interesting part. The roadmap. The goal is to arrive to a version 0.1 that is almost suitable for daily use. Here are the steps for us to perform.
Version 0.01 – A slimmer debian with some unuseful locales removed and no docs.
It will contain no X server, only base system and dropbear. The release will be a tar.gz to install on SD. It's easy to achieve and i think we'd be able to release it very soon.
Version 0.02 – E17 svn packages compiled for the arm920t.(that means illume)
Version 0.03 – Phone suite based on openmoko framework (Zhone? SHR?)
Version 0.04 – Various improvements and bugfixes. Last "debian"
Versions 0.05-0.09 – Intermediate versions. Completely recompiled systems. Opening telefoninux repo
Version 0.1 – A complete system, binary compatible with debian.. You will be able to install it on the rootfs.
admiral0
http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/f...p?forum_id=810
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December 1st, 2008, 20:41 Posted By: wraggster
Chinese company, QiGi, is offering consumers one thing so many of its competitors don't: choice. The i6 officially supports Android and Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, dual-boot isn't an option - you have to pick one OS and stick with it until you choose to install the other. OSes aside, it packs a Marvell 624MHz processor, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM, a 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320) touch screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 2.0-megapixel camera. Of course, you're probably never going to see this one outside of China. Still, if you had such a device, which OS would you choose and why?
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/news...ws-mobile.html
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December 2nd, 2008, 16:53 Posted By: wraggster
Details are in, Nokia has a new flagship phone. The N97 packs a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel (that's a 16:9 aspect ratio) resistive touchscreen display with tactile feedback and QWERTY keyboard into this sliding communicator with an "always open" window to favorite internet or social networking sites. Nokia calls it the "world's most advanced mobile computer." To back up the claim they've dropped in HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios, A-GPS, a 3.5-mm headjack, 32GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion (for up to 48GB total capacity), and a battery capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback or 4.5-hours video. 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass and "DVD quality" video capture at 30fps, too. The specs are certainly impressive, let's see if the S60 5th Edition OS can support it. The N97 will launch with a retail price set at around €550 ($693) excluding subsidies and taxes, phone to ship in H1 2009.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/02/n...hip-n97-phone/
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December 2nd, 2008, 16:56 Posted By: wraggster
Believe it or not, this is far from the first we've heard of bringing high-def video to cellphones, and it's not even the first application to dabble in mobile 1080p. Still, we'll take all the innovation we can get in this space, and when the real Touch HD ever arrives, we'll be ready and waiting with Full HD capabilities. Announced at ISSCC 2009 in San Francisco, Renesas Technology is showing off an application processor that enables handsets to process 1,920 x 1,080 resolution video at 30 frames-per-second; the processor's core has a maximum operating frequency of 500MHz and supports MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video formats. There's no telling when the 6.4- x 6.5-millimeter chip will be available en masse, but we need the HTCs of the world to get us a 1080p phone and a retina implant or two to read 0.2-size fonts before it even matters.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/r...ext-cellphone/
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December 2nd, 2008, 19:26 Posted By: wraggster
The Macworld Expo is scheduled to take place in San Francisco from January 5th to 9th, 2009 and is the most likely venue for Apple's next product announcements. While there are several rumors circulating about what new products will be announced and which existing products will be updated, one rumor indicates that Apple may unveil a 32GB iPhone at the MacWorld Expo.
Although this rumor is largely unsubstantiated, certain events coupled with the right timing have caused some to think this rumor could be true. The largest iPhone (16GB) currently only has half the memory of the largest iPod Touch (32GB) because the iPhone can only contain a single NAND Flash chip while the iPod Touch can house two. The extra space in the iPhone is consumed by necessary communications hardware. However, back in August Toshiba announced that they would mass produce the 32GB chips in the 4th quarter of 2008. These 32GB chips could possibly be used in a future iPhone model. Also, Intel interestingly...
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...gb-iphone.html
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December 2nd, 2008, 19:29 Posted By: wraggster
DVD Catalyst 3 converts movies quickly and easily into a format that can be played on a portable device (Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Sony PSP, Creative Zen, Smartphone, PocketPC and more) It offers a multitude of different video types it can create, allowing it to even create video files for non-listed or brand-new devices. DVD Catalyst 3 incorporates an extensive feature list, with many unique, handy and industry-first options to make your conversions as easy as possible, while providing you with the best possible quality. DVD Catalyst 3 uses the award-winning open source mplayer/mencoder projects for detection and conversion, which allows DVD Catalyst to convert just about anything to any format without the need of having codec's installed on your computer.
http://software.smartphonethoughts.c...for-any-device
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December 2nd, 2008, 20:17 Posted By: wraggster
It came to my attention that some changes and bug fixes were needed in Doom for iPhone and iPod Touch. I have implemented these changes in the new Doom v1.1.0 available on Cydia in the Games section.
New in v1.1.0:
Added a rudimentary change weapon button to replace the unneeded top left turn button. The button simply rotates through each weapon (1 through up to 9). It currently is not a "next weapon" button as it attempts to switch to that weapon slot, and not the next slot with a loaded weapon.
Fixed the movement speed to match Doom for the PC. The game can now be played much easier as it was moving too fast before.
Fixed the saving & loading of games. Games are currently saved to /Applications/Doom.app/saves/
Fixed the lack of a backwards motion. Now if you tilt the device down, it moves backwards, as intended.
Fixed the lack of speed settings. Now based on how far you tilt the device, the speed key gets enabled.
That's all for now. Whew! Keep the feedback coming!
We're DOOMed!
ZodTTD
http://www.zodttd.com/boards/blog/zo...p?showentry=14
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December 2nd, 2008, 21:41 Posted By: Shrygue
via Gizmodo US
According to our tipster, taking your G1 abroad may not be financially wise. Apparently, his data roaming bill rang up at $102.85—even though data roaming, data sync and 3G were turned off.
How could this happen you ask? Well, after returning home from the UK, he called T-Mobile customer service to discuss his bill. After a lengthy series of conversations, a supervisor revealed that the G1 always accesses the internet whether you are sending text messages or calls—even when the data roaming features are off. In the end, his advice was that "the phone should have been left in the USA to avoid these charges."
Naturally, there was no mention of this when he made his initial call to T-Mobile before his trip to get international calling and text added. All they said was data roaming would be charged at $10 per MB and that if he did not access the internet everything would be fine. As it turns out, he was charged approx $.15 every 3-7 minutes on average—but not all of it was from calls and texts. In his words, it was "almost as if the phone is pinging."
In a situation like this I am compelled to ask whether or not any of you have experienced similar issues with the G1. Could it really be accessing the internet this much?
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December 4th, 2008, 00:26 Posted By: wraggster
There has been a recent storm of lawsuits against Apple by dissatisfied iPhone 3G owners who say that the advertisements that claim the iPhone is "twice as fast for half the price" are misleading. Apple has responded to one such lawsuit with a 9 page legal statement that claims their ads are truthful, but one paragraph basically says in legal speak that anyone who fully believes their ads is a fool.
The response is to the lawsuit filed by William Gillis, a 70 year old San Diego resident, who says he was mislead by untruthful advertisements when he decided to purchase an iPhone. The legal speak in question that Apple responded with is as follows:
"Plaintiff's claims, and those of the purported class, are barred by the fact that the alleged deceptive statements were such that no reasonable person in Plaintiff's position could have reasonably relied on or misunderstood Apple's statements as claims of fact."
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...phone-ads.html
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December 4th, 2008, 00:30 Posted By: wraggster
To anyone even remotely familiar with Nokia's history, this tidbit won't come as a surprise at all. In fact, we've been hearing "Linux" and "Nokia" in the same sentence for years. At Nokia World in Barcelona -- the same place where the almighty N97 (pictured) was unveiled -- Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, informed Reuters that "in the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones." Potentially more interesting was his followup line: "I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo." Quite frankly, we'd be entirely more interested if this was some revolutionary epiphany, but it's basically just more of the same song and dance. Now, if an N98 pops out next month with a freakishly awesome and nimble mobile variant of Ubuntu, well -- that's a horse of a different color.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/n...h-end-mobiles/
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December 4th, 2008, 01:04 Posted By: wraggster
Glu Mobile brings the caped crusader to the iPhone for the first time with The Dark Knight: Batmobile, a mini-game featuring the movie version of Batman's ride.
The game serves as the debut of the Glu Snax line of iPhone titles, which featured bite-sized snippets of game play for a low prince - in this case, only $.99. In this case you get what you pay for. Pilot the Batmobile from Batman's underground base across the rooftops using the touch screen to angle jumps, activate afterburners, and fire weapons. All in all it's pretty much a minute worth of gameplay. It's quite nicely done and well thought out, but only a minute long. Interesting though, in a very quick diversion sort of way. Check it out on an iPod Touch or iPhone near you to see for yourself.
http://kotaku.com/5101544/batmobile-...phone-drive+by
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December 4th, 2008, 01:07 Posted By: wraggster
Gameloft have released Brothers In Arms: Hour Of Heroes for the iPhone, bringing 14 missions over 3 theater campaigns to your pocket.
Control is via a 'fire' icon and a touchable movement circle, that at least looks like it might be a bit more analogue than a fake D-Pad and which changes according to whether you are on foot or in a vehicle. The accelerometer comes into play too as a natural way of lobbing grenades at your foes. (Be sure to hold on tight, lest you lose your precious phone)
During the 3 campaigns in Normandy, Ardennes & Tunisia you will use bazookas, machine guns sniper rifles and grenades, drive a Sherman Tank and a Jeep and die in a hail of bullets. A lot.
http://kotaku.com/5101053/gameloft-l...oes-for-iphone
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December 4th, 2008, 18:59 Posted By: wraggster
The latest turn of events in the Apple vs. Pystar case Pystar has accepted Apple's amendum to the original complaint against Pystar which adds some wording that implies that other companies have been supporting Pystar in the background.
"18. On information and belief, persons other than Psystar are involved in Psystar’s unlawful and improper activities described in this Amended Complaint. The true names or capacities, whether individual, corporate, or otherwise, of these persons are unknown to Apple. Consequently they are referred to herein as John Does 1 through 10 (collectively the “John Doe Defendants”). On information and belief, the John Doe Defendants are various individuals and/or corporations who have infringed Apple’s intellectual property rights, breached or induced the breach of Apple’s license agreements and violated state and common...
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-new...onspiracy.html
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December 4th, 2008, 19:04 Posted By: wraggster
A new rumor has surfaced that Wal-Mart will begin selling 4GB iPhones for only $99 later this month as part of their agreement to begin selling touchscreen handsets.
Apple's existing iPhone 3G offers of course include the 8GB and 16GB models, which sell for $199 and $299, respectively, and come with two-year contracts. Last year there was a 4GB first-generation iPhone briefly available that sold for $399 but it was discontinued only a couple of months later and when Apple decided to focus on boosting the 8GB sales.
The BoyGeniusReport has reported rumors that Apple may introduce a 4GB iPhone 3G and would allow Wal-Mart to sell it for $99 with a two-year contract. The BoyGeniusReport cites an internal memo, "that Wal-Mart has reached agreement with Apple to offer iPhone 3G in Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart-managed Sam’s Club Connection Centers nationwide beginning December 28, 2008."
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...hone-99-a.html
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December 4th, 2008, 19:16 Posted By: wraggster
Gartner's latest and greatest analysis of the global smartphone industry is in, and there are quite a few interesting nuggets tucked within all those percentages. For starters, the sector still managed to grow 11.5% in Q3 2008 compared to a year prior, but that increase is the smallest since it began tracking. Of course, given the current economic climate, we'd say it's a win to see any number not in the negative. Moving on, we see Nokia maintaining its numero uno status with 42.4% market share, though it did recognize a rare decline in sales of 3% year-on-year; as for RIM, its BlackBerry phone sales increased an amazing 81.7% in Q3. We're also clued in to why Apple was rumored to be hacking its iPhone production some 40% in Q4, as the company has some two million units of inventory built up in the supply channel. Finally, we're told that "for the first time (meaning in this quarter), iPhone sales exceeded sales of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices worldwide and in North America," and beyond that, "open-source initiatives like Android and Symbian Foundation [are set to] challenge Windows Mobile's licensing model in the short-term." Need we really reiterate how badly WinMo 7 is needed?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/04/s...ows-mobile-sa/
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December 4th, 2008, 19:16 Posted By: wraggster
Gartner's latest and greatest analysis of the global smartphone industry is in, and there are quite a few interesting nuggets tucked within all those percentages. For starters, the sector still managed to grow 11.5% in Q3 2008 compared to a year prior, but that increase is the smallest since it began tracking. Of course, given the current economic climate, we'd say it's a win to see any number not in the negative. Moving on, we see Nokia maintaining its numero uno status with 42.4% market share, though it did recognize a rare decline in sales of 3% year-on-year; as for RIM, its BlackBerry phone sales increased an amazing 81.7% in Q3. We're also clued in to why Apple was rumored to be hacking its iPhone production some 40% in Q4, as the company has some two million units of inventory built up in the supply channel. Finally, we're told that "for the first time (meaning in this quarter), iPhone sales exceeded sales of Microsoft Windows Mobile devices worldwide and in North America," and beyond that, "open-source initiatives like Android and Symbian Foundation [are set to] challenge Windows Mobile's licensing model in the short-term." Need we really reiterate how badly WinMo 7 is needed?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/04/s...ows-mobile-sa/
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December 4th, 2008, 19:25 Posted By: wraggster
We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199 Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't totally delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither one is scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with Kogan, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/k...ora-agora-pro/
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December 5th, 2008, 16:54 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo USA
This External Battery for your iPhone and iPhone 3G is the energy solution for your phone to maximize usage. Have you been noticing that the alloted battery life of the iPhone isn't enough for you? Here comes the solution. It's essentially an external battery pack that looks like a stylish case. Despite adding a little extra bulk to your iPhone, it looks great, and will offer extra hours of standby time and hours of talk time, it also provide more hours of Internet use and hours of video, audio playback.
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December 5th, 2008, 16:58 Posted By: wraggster
Sure, it's foolish and low-tech as hell. But in the 8-hours you were cooped up on that transatlantic flight, did you ever once think about using the barf bag as an adjustable mount for your media player? No, you just held your iPod touch in your hand, occasionally dozing off until awakened by a jerk of the earbuds from your fallen iPod. Who's the fool now?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/b...r-is-air-sick/
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December 5th, 2008, 17:04 Posted By: wraggster
Wonder what your pets are doing when you're not home? Here's a simple homebrew iPhone app that'll allow you to spy on your dog, and shower him with treats, no matter where you are!
With a CD-R spindle, some cardboard and wood scraps, a giant syringe, a webcam, and some glue, Stephen Myer created the body of a doggy-treat dispenser. He then used ioBridge's beta hardware—which included a pre-made servo smart board and a fill-in-the-blank type web interface—that created a widget and javascript for him.
After pasting the javascript into his iPhone, Myer also embedded streaming feed from a webcam on his dog's kennel, so that he would be able to see what his dog is up to when it thinks no one is watching. If Sparky is being a good boy, Myer could press a button that will give Sparky a treat! However, if Sparky is misbehaving, I have to wonder if this application can get the dispenser to smack Sparky with a broom. Although this application is not for purchase, Myer's blog has step-by-step instructions on how to turn your iPhone into your very own dogwatcher.
http://gizmodo.com/5102240/homebrew-...arky-from-afar
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December 5th, 2008, 17:25 Posted By: wraggster
New from SuccessHK
The Iphone FM Transmitter can transmit the digital FM ,let you enjoy the high quality music in your car through the speaker.It adoptigital PLL technoligy,transmission is stable in different environment.otherwise, you can communicate with others without take the phone ,which make you to call sb safely and easily when driving.
Power by iPhone/iPod
High fidelity, stero
Digital PLL technology,transmission is stable in different environment
Full frequency range, avoid disturd effectively
Mutes the music during calls
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December 5th, 2008, 17:27 Posted By: wraggster
New from SuccessHK
This iPhone ipower 3G has 2400mAh super capacity,let your phone to use for a long time. It can charg,discharg and date transmit at the same time . Has a in-sert super Mini speaker,can enlarge the voice of iPhone,the special obligate bore for camera,the simple design matches with your iPhone well too.
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December 5th, 2008, 17:28 Posted By: wraggster
New from SuccessHK
The iPhone Backup Power has a built-in USB cable, can direct USB Chargeing from computer or USB charger/Date transmission from computer. It has high quality Li-ion Cell and automatic tests iPhone/iPod function, also can compatible with all iPhone/iPods.It can recharge up to 1000 times too.
Built-in USB cable
Direct USB Charging from Computer or USB charger/Date Transmission from from computer
Automatic tests iPhone/iPod function
4 LED shows charging status
Can recharge up to 1000 times
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December 5th, 2008, 21:44 Posted By: wraggster
Alright alright Joost failed. Here's a little app that certainly does not fail -- in fact it really is good. I have used it for a few days now and it hasn't had any changes in how well it works. Remember back a monthish ago when Google came out with their voice searching app that was all the rage? Now add in some voice dialing, voice map search, and voice social networking updates all in one. Yup that's vlingo.
Voice Dial
Come on Apple why isn't voice dial enabled by default? It needs to be. Oh well at least the AppStore opens up the possibility to take up the slack where Apple fails. Vlingo does some voice dialing and it does it well.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...re-vlingo.html
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December 5th, 2008, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster
Hey, just because using secret undocumented iPhone SDK calls might get you booted from the App Store doesn't mean it's not a good time -- Ars Technica commissioned Freeverse to mod its Moto Chaser game to use the hidden video-out features in iPhone 2.2, and we have to say the results turned out pretty decent. It's not perfect -- it looks like it only works in landscape mode, and rendering to TV resolutions strains the processor and slows framerates down on all but the faster 2G iPod touch -- but it works, and it's a taste of where iPhone app development could go if Apple ever opens up the gates. Or you could just be Google and do whatever you want, we suppose.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/s...r-video-games/
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December 5th, 2008, 21:52 Posted By: wraggster
Dr. Awesome, Microsurgeon M.D has quite a spectacular name. And the premise, ridding patients of disease with the help of your iPhone or Touch, magnificent.
It even has the over-the-top, finger-pointing, absurdly kitchy graphics and dialog of some of Japan's greatest imports. (I'm looking at you Trauma Center and Phoenix Wright).
But what about the actual game play? Can an iPhone game live up to all of that hype? Well, yes and no.
http://kotaku.com/5102483/dr-awesome...-to-the-iphone
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December 6th, 2008, 02:16 Posted By: wraggster
We've already seen a pre-release version of Android ported to the Nokia N810, but the folks at Linux consulting firm NthCode have now finally taken things to their logical conclusion and finagled version 1.0 of the OS onto the handheld and, best of all, they've described the entire process in minute detail. While the OS itself more or less works, they apparently still have quite a ways to go, as the device is currently not able to some little tasks like run applications, charge the battery, or access the internet. But, hey, it's Android on an N810, we're not about to get picky.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/a...he-nokia-n810/
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December 6th, 2008, 20:21 Posted By: wraggster
Not even 24 hours after discovering the completely befuddling iFone x1 comes this, something entirely more recognizable, yet just as wrong. The iFone 3G is -- so far as we can tell -- the first mass produced KIRF of the iPhone 3G, and if history has anything to prove, it'll be just the first in a long, long linage. The best part? The whole "3G" thing in the model name is not representative of actual data band support, so the best you'll do on this heap of festering rubbish is EDGE. At the $5 to $10 range, we could definitely see picking one up for kicks and giggles, but at $178? Psssh... no thanks, poser.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/06/k...than-phonetic/
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December 6th, 2008, 20:27 Posted By: wraggster
Oh, snap! Out of seemingly nowhere, Google has revealed the Android Dev Phone 1, a SIM- and hardware-unlocked G1 designed to be sold exclusively to hard working developers. The handset ships with a system image that's fully compatible with Android 1.0, and obviously, it complies with any SIM card and can "flash custom Android builds that will work with the unlocked bootloader." In other words, the mobile should seriously appeal to devs who live far, far away from areas blanketed with T-Mobile coverage. In order to get one, you must first register as an Android developer on the Android Market site (which involves a one-time $25 setup fee); once you're in, you simply surf over and nail the "Purchase" link. For $399 (including free shipping in the US of A), this swanky G1 -- custom back and all -- can be yours, and it's scheduled to ship in 18 international markets soon. Would it be too much to yell "snap!" again?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/05/s...faces-for-399/
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December 6th, 2008, 20:28 Posted By: wraggster
Developer Adam Majewski's Santa Live app has had its share of bad press already: we reported a few weeks ago that Majewski was paying commenters to leave positive feedback about his project. But after the horror of a novelty Christmas song included in the app, Santa Live has been officially pulled from the App Store.
http://gizmodo.com/5103465/santa-liv...re-controversy
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December 8th, 2008, 21:17 Posted By: wraggster
Added a Planet Compass (on opts menu)
Added dates of major moon phases, for
17 lunar months to the Sun and Moon
Information page.
Very minor change to the moon calendar,
which makes it highlight the labels
corresponding to the current (UT) month
and day
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug which occasionally caused
the screen to display all objects
collapsed into a small area at the upper
left of the screen after unzooming.
Slightly improved the accuracy of sunrise
and sunset times. I was off by
10 arc minutes in the position of the
sun's limb, corrected for refraction.
This could produce an error in the
sunrise/sunset time of about
1 minute in the worst case.
http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/f...p?forum_id=824
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December 9th, 2008, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster
There are rumors circulating that Apple is about to start and end of the year sales push that will finally allow unprotected iTunes music from all major labels.
A French technology site ElectronLibre says that it's now "clear" Apple will bring new life to its music store by removing DRM from tracks published by Sony, Universal and Warner on December 9th. ElectronLibre does not have a long track record but did accurately leak the launch of French iTunes TV shows.
This rumor comes after several others that said Apple was negotiating DRM free terms with the major labels.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/mac-new...e-tuesday.html
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December 9th, 2008, 20:36 Posted By: wraggster
There is nearly no doubt that the iPhone is coming our for sale at Walmart before the end of the month. Bloomberg has all but confirmed the rumor with a couple Walmart store representatives and five cell-hone department employees in Walmart stores across California.
On the other hand it is appearing more obvious that the $99 4 gb iPhone is no more than a rumor. First of all bloomberg confirmed that Walmart will be offering two models of iPhone. Those two models will most likely be the 8 gb and 16 gb versions that are currently out on the market at normal prices.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...mal-price.html
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December 10th, 2008, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
Winnydows has released a new version of his Media manager for the PSP and Iphone, heres whats new:
Many fixes and tweaks.
Now you can work with files on the iPhone in your own language (UTF8 pharse).
Explorer support one or two windows view.
Explorer can read PSP saves now.
Rewritten loading engine - loading files and folders faster and more stable now.
Improved Cut, Copy, Paste.
Improved DragDrop.
Fixed memory leak in photo folders.
Explorer now remembers the last location (can be turned off in options).
Added option confirm files delete.
Added Quick Action bar - allows easy and quick to perform operations with files (you can disable in the options).
Fixed activation errors.
Winnydows Commander 1.003
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December 10th, 2008, 00:41 Posted By: wraggster
The Open Handset Alliance just made a major score with 14 more members: AKM Semiconductor Inc., ARM, ASUSTek Computer Inc. (previously rumored), Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International Inc., Huawei Technologies, Omron Software Co. Ltd, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, Toshiba Corporation and Vodafone. That's not quite everyone that matters, but pretty darn close. Were we to climb not-very-far onto the limb of conjecture, we might posit that Garmin might be looking at Andoid for its much-delayed nuviföne, or some sort of followup, while the emergence of an ASUS "Eee Phone" or a XPERIA X1 running Android (Sony Ericsson may very well be the biggest win here, consumer-wise) would be welcome moves from those manufacturers. We'd say at this point the holdouts are starting to stick out more than the actually OHA members, which spells good things for the industry no matter what specific hardware is the fruit of this relationship... but seriously guys, build us some more Android phones.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/o...ers-including/
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December 10th, 2008, 00:47 Posted By: wraggster
Interestingly enough, a retro rotary phone lends itself well to iPhone docking. Plus, building one yourself looks to be a fairly simple procedure (so long as you are willing to cannibalize a speaker dock).
According to the project page, a version with a microphone on the handset is also in the works along with a compatible iPhone app. That would make it possible to use it for actual phone calls—kind of like the commercial retro handsets that have become so ubiquitous these days.
http://gizmodo.com/5105689/diy-iphon...ocking-station
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December 10th, 2008, 00:50 Posted By: wraggster
While there are plenty of apps to help you kill time on your iPhone/iPod touch, there hasn't been a killer app to launch the system as a powerful gaming platform. SimCity may change that.
So far, developer EA has, no pun intended, phoned it in a bit with their iPhone apps. Neither Spore nor Tetris have been anything all that noteworthy, not quite living up to the iPhone's Dreamcast-level hardware. But after Kotaku spent some time with EA's latest big project, SimCity, they had nothing but great things to say about it.
Whatever you do, though, don't go thinking this is SimCity Lite. This mobile version is fully featured, with pre-built cities, accountant recommendations, water pipes, natural disasters, etc. The works.
[Pinching] in as close as you can on the 2D sprites reveals intricate details, such a smoke emitting from towers, or shading alongside the buildings. Overall, a really nice graphical presentation that compares similarly to SimCity 3000.
http://gizmodo.com/5105591/simcity-m...ve-iphone-game
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December 10th, 2008, 20:46 Posted By: Shrygue
via Engadget
According to two reports, Sony Ericsson and HTC are both semi-confirming Android handsets for 2009. An SE spokesman by the name of Garfield Brusewitz was quoted as saying that the company would introduce higher-end models of the Google-powered devices to start with, then supplement those handsets with cheaper versions aimed at a broader market. In another article, HTC says that it will launch one "or more" Android phones in the new year, aiming to have them on shelves by Summer.
This hardly comes as a surprise from either of these companies, as HTC has been on-board since day one of the OHA and, you know, already has an Android handset out, and Sony Ericsson's announcement of participation was naturally going to lead to some actual hardware. Now it's just a matter of getting these out the door, and... sneak peaks at CES, anyone?
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December 10th, 2008, 22:29 Posted By: Shrygue
via Gizmodo US
Earlier this month a tipster claimed that he received a huge roaming bill from T-Mobile despite taking precautions. Now, T-Mobile has offered an official response—some of the apps can turn on data roaming by themselves.
T-Mobile Statement:
T-Mobile is committed to delivering the best experience in wireless to our customers. If a T-Mobile customer would like to use their T-Mobile G1 while outside the country, they should contact Customer Care before they leave to ask that the WorldClass feature be added to their service at no additional charge. If they choose, customers can also disable data roaming on the G1. This can be done by going through the following steps: Home Screen > Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls > Mobile Networks > Data Roaming.
Some third party applications available for download on Android Market require access to the internet and have the ability to turn on data roaming when in use. Customers are informed whether an application will use this feature prior to downloading, but should also be aware when traveling outside the country.
So there you have it. Apparently, if you want to travel abroad, it is imperative that you delete any applications with this issue. It may also be one reason why the battery life is so poor.
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December 11th, 2008, 13:04 Posted By: wraggster
Although Apple has seen 10,000 applications and 300 million downloads in less than four months in its App Store, some are complaining that the lower priced apps are stifling innovation and inhibiting developers.
Craig Hockenberry, a seasoned developer who created the Frenzic and Twitterrific apps describes this problem well in his open letter to Steve Jobs.
The main problem is the enormous amount of 99-cent apps or less (see graph), what Hockenberry calls “ringtone apps,” where developers reduce their prices as low as possible so they’ll get favorable placement in iTunes. Hockenberry describes this, “We have a lot of great ideas for iPhone applications. Unfortunately, we’re not working on the cooler (and more complex) ideas. Instead, we’re working on 99˘ titles that have a limited lifespan and broad appeal. Market conditions make ringtone apps most appealing.”
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...nnovation.html
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December 11th, 2008, 13:06 Posted By: wraggster
We're excited to announce the availability of Google Maps for mobile version 2.3 with Street View on Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile. Street View was previously released on Google Maps for Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone. Street View lets you access street level imagery to help orient yourself when looking for places, businesses, or getting directions. Say you're going to meet with friends at an unfamiliar restaurant. Now you can search for it in Google Maps for mobile, click on "Street View", and see what the place and surrounding area look like. Similarly, say you need to get to a shop in a part of town you don't know. Find it using your phone, get directions to it, and see how to get there with full-screen panorama images of every step along the way
http://google.com/gmm
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December 11th, 2008, 13:12 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
The Bluetooth Headset leverages advances in voice technology to bring next generation features to the PLAYSTATION3 system. It features High-Quality (HQ)* mode which provides wide-band and dual microphone input to enable accurate speech recognition required to support “voice command” and “voice animation” features that will be offered in select games on PS3. Easy pairing with the PS3 system, in-game Headset status indicator, included charging cradle and easily accessible microphone mute button make it user-friendly.
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December 11th, 2008, 13:28 Posted By: wraggster
Okay G1 owners, so here's the end-all answer to your data roaming quandaries. For those not caught up, there has been quite the hubbub going around about the G1's inability to not suck down data whilst traveling aboard. Allegedly, the handset would continue to digest pricey bits and bytes overseas even after users had selected that data roaming be disabled. Now, T-Mobile has issued an official response (posted in full after the break) to clear things up, and the gist of it is this: for users with a bone stock G1, the "Off" selection in data roaming should work fine, but third-party applications can essentially override this command and wreak havoc on one's phone bill. From the horse's mouth: "Some third-party applications available for download on Android Market require access to the internet and have the ability to turn on data roaming when in use. Customers are informed whether an application will use this feature prior to downloading, but should also be aware when traveling outside the country."
Official T-Mobile statement:
T-Mobile is committed to delivering the best experience in wireless to our customers. If a T-Mobile customer would like to use their T-Mobile G1 while outside the country, they should contact Customer Care before they leave to ask that the WorldClass feature be added to their service at no additional charge. If they choose, customers can also disable data roaming on the G1. This can be done by going through the following steps: Home Screen > Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls > Mobile Networks > Data Roaming.
Some third party applications available for download on Android Market require access to the internet and have the ability to turn on data roaming when in use. Customers are informed whether an application will use this feature prior to downloading, but should also be aware when traveling outside the country.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/t...ernational-g1/
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December 11th, 2008, 13:31 Posted By: wraggster
If you're anything like us, you've been waiting for Android to work its way onto basically every device you own, so this video of the plucky open source OS getting busy on an HTC Touch is an encouraging glimpse of the future. Work has actually been going on for a while now, but this is the best we've seen so far --it's all there, including a custom soft keyboard, and it looks like it runs pretty well, although we're told there are some issues with scaling the UI to QVGA and that GPS, Bluetooth and USB aren't operable yet. The hack is actually available, and you don't have to be too daring to try it out -- all it takes is a restart to go back to WinMo. Who's taking the plunge?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/10/v...the-htc-touch/
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December 11th, 2008, 17:08 Posted By: wraggster
Online shoppers looking to spend the holiday season firmly planted on the couch can add the iPhone 3G back to their lists -- we've just confirmed that Apple and AT&T have quietly brought back in-home activation. Sure, it's been available in limited circumstances before, but now it's here and for real, just like with the first-gen unit. Would-be unlockers looking to score a phone for $199 flat can't start celebrating just yet, though -- you'll still have to provide your billing details and face an ETF if you don't activate within a set period of time. Oh well -- at least it's convenient, right?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/a...me-activation/
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December 12th, 2008, 15:05 Posted By: wraggster
What if we told you the most beautiful phone in the world was a Lenovo? Reactions to that statement are likely going to oscillate between "Lenovo doesn't make cellphones" and "impossible, considering this is the country that gave us the QKfone G998," -- but seriously, have a look. Even if you don't agree that it's one of the most attractive mobile devices you've ever laid eyes on, you're going to have a hard time making a cohesive argument that the Android-based slate doesn't run circles around the G1 for physical design. 'Course, that just makes it all the more maddening that it's apparently nothing more than an early model of the "Ophone," a handset designed to comply to China Mobile's Open Mobile System that combines Android's core with support and apps for the carrier's homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G network. Translation: we'll never see one outside China, so yeah, just lust from afar while you pray HTC and its comrades are busy cooking up some stellar gear.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/l...ith-a-defecti/
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December 12th, 2008, 15:06 Posted By: wraggster
Okay, so maybe Android isn't ready for prime time -- we're not here to judge, at least not at the moment -- but Sprint's still fully committed to launching a Google-powered set down the road, as evidenced by Miner's cameo at its developer conference tomorrow. That encouraging sign has been reinforced by new comments from Kevin Packingham, Sprint's veep of products and devices, who gloats that "We can, when the timing's right, pull the trigger." With the G1 out the door, why isn't the "timing" right this very second? According to Packingham, "We've just got to make sure our customers are saying, 'If you had a phone like this, man, I would really be more interested in Sprint because of it. You want to go out with a bang, because you believe that your investment is one that's going to generate a lot of return with customers -- new customers." Isn't "go out with a bang" a bad choice of words for a company that could realistically bite it?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/s...droid-when-it/
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December 13th, 2008, 12:00 Posted By: wraggster
A few days ago the folks at Advertising Age noticed a new iPhone add on yahoo (the video above or you can see it in person here if it is still up) that showcases the iPod Touch as a gaming device. While the ad is interesting in itself as it takes the top half of Yahoo's page and makes it dance around with the advertisement a more interesting question can be brought up. Are the iPhone and iPod Touch really revolutionary gaming devices?
If you are Apple the answer is a definitive yes. In addition to the expensive gaming advertising mentioned above Engadget reported today some quotes made by Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple John Geleynse during an Apple event held earlier today in San Jose.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...g-devices.html
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December 13th, 2008, 12:01 Posted By: wraggster
If you need to get your fix on AppStore apps that aren't appropriate in places like work Apple has heard you and is now allowing these types of apps into the AppStore. Don't get too excited though because these aren't going to be pornographic in nature; just crude and lewd.
Need an example? Farting. The app Pull My Finger was originally rejected from the AppStore some months back and how now been let in to the AppStore. IF fart jokes are your thing then lucky you -- you can also grab iFart which does the same thing as Pull My Finger.
Gizmodo is reporting that apps like Pull My Finger and iFart Mobile are going to be in a new AppStore category specifically for NSFW apps. The AppStore doesn't have this new category yet and the apps are currently being categorized sort of randomly with Pull My Finger considered "Entertainment" and iFart Mobile as a "Game" even though they do the same basic thing.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-appstore.html
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December 13th, 2008, 12:01 Posted By: wraggster
Apple made some overnight change to the AppStore in iTunes which appears to be an attempt to better organize and showcase the 10,000 applications.
Top free and top paid applications are now separated. They are both positioned in the right column of the AppStore with paid apps above the free apps. This change was probably made to help feature paid apps more -- the previous top apps section of proliferated by free apps. Follow the source links at the bottom. Looks like they actually moved Free and Paid to the right and left in category views instead of both in the right column. Sadly not in my iTunes but ohwell. Update: Now the new layout is showing up -- pic updated.
The other change made was now the top 100 apps are shown instead of the top 50. Good apps that are out of the top 50 (yes there are some) will now more noticeable possibly promoting more downloads/sales.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...ly-better.html
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December 13th, 2008, 12:06 Posted By: wraggster
According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regarding the iPhone platform that should seriously raise a few eyebrows. During an ADC "iPhone Tech Talk" in San Jose, Geleynse apparently waxed excited about the potential for the handheld as a viable threat to the DS (and the PSP by proxy), calling the iPhone a "gaming console" and claiming that "it's not a phone, it's a console experience." Pretty bold talk about a device that has yet to really prove its gaming mettle, but nothing new from the Apple camp as far as we're concerned. Considering these comments alongside those from a recent interview in which Greg Joswiak compared the touch to the DS, it seems clear that the company is making a noticeable effort to push this angle. Adding some fuel to that fire is PR that just went out announcing a series of EA "sneak peek" events at Apple Stores around the US. In their words:
Throughout the month of December Apple Stores in New York, LA, San Francisco and Chicago will host special "EA Games Sneak Peek" events where Electronic Arts will discuss why the iPod touch and iPhone are amazing platforms for mobile gaming...
While there's no question the iPhone and touch have made inroads when it comes to gaming, it still isn't clear that there's going to be anything beyond a casual interest for these devices. Then again, if the Wii's success has proven anything, it's that there's plenty of cash in casual if you can make it appealing enough. And you know how Apple feels about appealing products and money.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/a...aming-console/
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December 14th, 2008, 22:23 Posted By: wraggster
After some rumblings this past March, Microsoft has now officially joined the iPhone development community with Seadragon Mobile, a free app that lets you "infinite zoom" gigapixel-sized images. Although Seadragon is a Silverlight application on the desktop, Microsoft isn't bringing Silverlight to the iPhone, so don't get your hopes up -- this is probably just some AJAX magic. We're itching to see if the company has any more apps in the pipeline -- we'll wish for an Office editor, but expect a Minesweeper variant.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/14/m...ion-seadragon/
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December 15th, 2008, 22:07 Posted By: Shrygue
via Computer and Video Games
Namco Bandai has quietly released a version of Katamari Damacy for iPhone - and it's fully tilt-sensitive.
I Love Katamari is up on iTunes now for Ł4.99, and comes with four gameplay modes; Story, Time Attack, Eternal and Exact Size.
At 82MB it'll take up an ample chunk of your memory space - and early reviews complain of frame rate problems and under-sensitive tilt controls - but hey, it's Katamari. On your phone.
Check it out on iTunes and let us know if it's any good. We've got to delete some stuff first...
One screenshot
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December 15th, 2008, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster
"PocketGrandmaster 4.0 released! PocketGrandmaster 4.0 runs on devices with VGA, QVGA, WVGA and square-screens. New: PocketGrandmaster 4.0 comes with a built-in FICS- and ICS-client, so you can play people from all over the world on two of the most popular chess servers.
Most important improvements:
* Full support for WVGA (HTC Touch HD) and square screen devices.
* Play online on the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) and the server of the Internet Chess Club (ICS).
* Play against players from all over the world (works well even without registration on FICS).
* Support for cut & paste in most windows, you could for example cut & paste a movelist to an email."
http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/index.html
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December 15th, 2008, 22:51 Posted By: wraggster
There's something just a little skeezy about basing predictions for Important New Apple Products upon nasty renders of protective case mockups from China. Still, they've panned out astonishingly nicely before, so we'll just have to suck it up. iDealsChina is reporting that XSKN is not-so-secretly working on a silicone skin for the upcoming "Nano iPhone" (or, more likely, iPhone nano) a shorter, chubbier version of the iPhone 3G. According to iDealsChina sources, the phone will apparently sport EDGE data, but otherwise seems unsurprisingly identical in specs to its forebears, other than the obviously smaller screen. They're also saying Apple plans to sell these at high volumes for low prices at hip spots like Walmart, that the company will (naturally) be unveiling the new handset in January at Macworld, and even go so far as to say that leaked photos of the device should be surfacing in the next couple of days -- we'll be keeping our eyes peeled.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/15/i...e-case-mockup/
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December 16th, 2008, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster
From: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
We have been working hard on a few other things. The main one being the 3G unlock codenamed “yellowsn0w”. This is now completed and is currently being packaged into a user-friendly application with the simplicity that you see in QuickPwn or BootNeuter.
* The target release date for the unlock is New Year’s Eve 2008.
* This unlock method is available to iPhone 3Gs that have 2.11.07 baseband or earlier, we did warn you.
* The unlock requires a jailbroken 3G iPhone
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December 16th, 2008, 21:35 Posted By: wraggster
AT&T has refurbished 3G iPhones up for sale on their site. The 8GB black sells for only $149 with a new 2 year contract, and both the white and black 16GB versions are $249 with contract.
A "refurb" is defined by AT&T as:
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previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned during the 30-day trial period. Each refurbished phone is independently quality tested and loaded with the latest software to meet current factory standards. Some refurbished iPhone 3G devices will have minor scratches.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-3g-149-t.html
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December 16th, 2008, 21:40 Posted By: wraggster
A.SMSTM Messaging is a replacement of default Windows Mobile Messagingbut it focuses on text messages (SMS) needs. If you are using text messages frequently daily,this program is a good solution, it makes your life simpler,because the added changes, and additional new functions. A.SMS Messaging runs on any Windows Mobile phone, both in WM Professional and WM Standard (Smartphone).
http://www.jgui.net/a.sms/index.html
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December 16th, 2008, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster
The mobile phone – now with significant computing power – [will be] the primary Internet connection and the only one for a majority of the people across the world," the Pew Internet & American Life Project writes in a new "Future of the Internet" report. "Telephony [will be] offered under a set of universal standards and protocols accepted by most operators internationally, making for reasonably effortless movement from one part of the world to another.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...ew-report.html
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December 16th, 2008, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
It sure made it longer than Dell and Fujitsu-Siemens, but really, this was inevitable. Today, yet another icon in handheld computing has died, as Sharp has already scheduled the burial of its famed Zaurus lineup. Said devices were all the rage in the white hot 90s, with everyone from Zack Morris to Dawson Leery sporting one while strutting around Hollywood. We're led to believe that the ubiquity of more functional cellphones are to blame for the waning demand in PDAs, and we even pinged Captain Obvious to make sure that assertion was on point. Sayonara, dear Zaurus -- we will never forget.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/s...ones-to-blame/
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December 16th, 2008, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster
What goes down easy with a gorgeous cellphone that'll probably never leave China's borders? Stately rocks, of course. The Android-powered "OPhone" is quite the sight to behold, and while the Lenovo logo may not look quite right to American eyes, we're sure you could learn to love it in time. We're also finding out a bit more about the unit's internals, as it will include a 5-megapixel camera (with Auto Focus and flash), a microSD card slot, English / Chinese input via virtual keyboard, a video recorder and Bluetooth 2.0.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/m...e-on-the-rock/
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December 16th, 2008, 22:12 Posted By: wraggster
iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith has created a very special port of Doom, one that uses the iPhone as touch controller but an external monitor for display. And not any display, but an Apple II's.
Following Erica Sadun's article on how to enable the iPhone's undocumented TV-out features, Troughton-Smith came up with the idea of avoiding the iPhone screen except to draw the controls necessary to navigate through Doom's corridors.
http://gizmodo.com/5111140/iphone-us...ternal-display
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December 17th, 2008, 18:12 Posted By: wraggster
The scans are for this month's Famitsu (japanese mag if the picture didn't made it obvious) show Metal Gear on the iPhone. The story seems to be based around MGS4 but aside from this scan there's no more info.
What's really curious about this is that it's coming on the iPhone rather than a PSP of all places.
Good news for all Iphone owners 
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...etal-gear.html
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December 17th, 2008, 18:14 Posted By: wraggster
Mobile phone sales will shrink next year at their fastest pace ever as consumers cut spending, a Reuters poll showed, with analysts increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores. On average, the poll of 36 analysts shows global market volumes shrinking 6.6 percent next year and 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter -- traditionally the strongest period for the industry due to holiday sales
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081216/...hones_market_2
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December 17th, 2008, 18:25 Posted By: wraggster
After 13 months into a five-year exclusivity deal in France, the French competition agency has ruled the Apple and Orange (the mobile subsidiary of France Telecom) cartel illegal. Something that could have a knock-on effect throughout Europe. The agency criticized the Orange/Apple pact for having "grave and immediate" effect on the overall French mobile marketplace and thus, the French consumer, by introducing "a new flavor of rigidity in a sector that already lacks competition." The injunction, while temporary, is enough to allow other French carriers to distribute the iPhone 3G in time for the holidays. Shrug.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/o...gal-in-france/
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December 17th, 2008, 18:30 Posted By: wraggster
At this point, it's clear that the $99 iPhone 3G rumor was just that: rumor. We have a letter that we believe to be authentic from a source within Walmart that says the iPhone will launch in the house that Sam built at 9am December 28th. At launch, only the 8GB ($197) and 16GB ($297) iPhone 3Gs will be available with a required signature on a 2-year AT&T contract. An internal pilot program kicks off today at 488 stores across the nation. The iPhone 3G and a sack of garden manure all under the same roof... heaven.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/17/w...-more-than-99/
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December 17th, 2008, 18:34 Posted By: wraggster
The creatively name "Television" aggregates web TV sources like CNN, CBS, NBC and BBC, making Bob Schieffer, Brian Williams and the gang from Top Gear just a single tap away.
Television is only an aggregator—meaning all of the content available already exists out on the web for free. And, it only works on wi-fi, which is unfortunate. But the list of available shows is pretty decent:
USA
CNN - Now in the News, In Case You Missed
CBS - Eye to Eye, Face the Nation
NBC - Nightly News, Meet the Press
CNBC - Fast Money
Comedy Central - Standup Highlights
VH1 - Celebrity Rehab, The Pickup Artists
Onion Networkk - All videos
College Humor TV - All videos
Digg.TV - Diggnation
CNET - First Look, Buzz Report
Discovery Channel - Highlights
National Geographic - Highlights
MTV - MTV News, music videos
NBA - News and match highlights
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC - Highlights from Top Gear, Torchwood, Goodness Gracious, QI
SKY - Sky News
ITN - News and Showbizz
Megawhat.Tv - Tech News
FRANCE
TF1 - Le Journal, Météo
M6 - Six Minutes
BFM - Premičre Edition
iTele - iTele News
GERMANY
RTL - News, Aktuell, Wetter, Exclusiv
ARD - Tagesschau, Das Wetter
NDR - Ratgeber Technik
WDR - Die Sendung mit der Maus, Käptn Blaubär
ZDF - Heute, Wetten Dass Backstage, Aktuelle Sportstud
http://gizmodo.com/5112235/televisio...getting-warmer
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December 17th, 2008, 18:35 Posted By: wraggster
Tilt-shift photography, the popular but fashionable method of making big objects look like tiny models, is now on the iPhone. That's good for pretty much everyone who isn't planning their innovative tilt-shift art show.
The application is aptly called TiltShift. It costs $2, and while it doesn't use traditional tilt-shift lenses, the software adds some blur filters to create the illusion. The user selects the part of the image to be in focus/tiny, and the software feathers the surrounding area appropriately.
We're not sure that TiltShift's simple, even if effective filters are worth $2 to us, but the free clone app that's surely just days away will be a fantastic way to kill 10 minutes.
http://gizmodo.com/5112091/tilt+shif...arving-artists
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December 17th, 2008, 18:48 Posted By: wraggster
And Dance Dance Revolution, if you can believe it. Konami has announced the impending arrival of four downloadable iPhone games, with all but one scheduled to arrive "from late December." The genres covered are "Music," "Action," "3D Shooting" and the slightly provocative "Touch Shooting." As for the corresponding titles:
Dance Dance Revolution S Lite, "a music game where you tap the arrow icons that appear at the bottom of the screen in time with music."
Silent Hill: The Escape, "a first-person 3D shooting game that lets players utilize the control features only found on the iPhone and iPod touch ..."
Frogger, "a simple game" which probably doesn't require any further explanation.
Metal Gear Solid Touch, "an original game that brings to life the world and characters" of MGS4. Eight "touch shooting" levels will be available in the initial release, with more to follow.
MGST is currently slated for a Spring 2009 release. All the games are coming to North America, Japan and Europe, with the exception of Dance Dance Revolution, which is apparently too hip for the electronic rectangles in Europe
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/17/fo...l-gear-silent/
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December 18th, 2008, 17:09 Posted By: wraggster
Padissimo from CellPhoneSoft enhances navigation by providing two extra directional pads: one on the screen, and one on the keyboard. The new ways of moving around the screen can be used over any application, in lists, menus, and other scrollable displays. The application also offers extra functions, like simulate pressing the Back button. The appearance of the screen-pad is fully customizable, including colors and transparency. Various pad types can be selected, including animated GIF images as background. Both pads are accessed by configurable hot-keys. With its versatile features Padissimo can add a lot to the usability of your smartphone.
http://my-symbian.com/uiq3/software/...Auto=288&faq=3
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December 18th, 2008, 17:10 Posted By: wraggster
We are very pleased to announce that Telefoninux 0.01 is out. It is our first release and is a Debian base image. Future releases till 0.05 will be based on this image. The fun is from now on. Our project is officially in an alpha state now. We reccomend to use Qi as bootloader. Just flash qi and put the contents of the tarball onto the SD. You don't need multiple partitions. Kernel is included. You can find it in the downloads section.
We are on our way to 0.02. You can use this image to install only what you need
What should you expect from this image.
* A minimal Debian
* Dropbear (connects normally as any other distro)
* Nothing else
admiral0
http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/f...p?forum_id=828
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December 18th, 2008, 17:11 Posted By: wraggster
This is a litle gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in tangogps.
This is version 0.1 and it is not pretty neither the kode or the aesthetics.
The script can right now:
get gps location from phone
user can manually set location
user can specifi range
script can download matching geocaches and add as poi
read geocaching.com username and password from configuration file
Future plans:
threaded gtk and downloading
code commenting and sanitizing
unicode support
gui input for username and password
Installation:
install python-sqlite3 and python-pygtk
manually copy the modules, listet in the end of this note, from python 2.5 tarball
urllib.py
urllib2.py
urlparse.py
base64.py
httplib.py
mimetools.py
rfc822.py
sgmllib.py
markupbase.py
http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/f...p?forum_id=829
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December 18th, 2008, 17:13 Posted By: wraggster
The first version of Neon has been released today.
Neon is a simple image viewer. It's designed to be lightweight, fast, and easy to use. It's written in Python/EFL.
This is the first usable version with minimal features and basic gui.
Everything should work pretty well, you may just experience few usability issues with filesystem browser scrolling which is slow with stable kernels 2.6.24 and acceptable with Andy's kernel 2.6.28.
You can see some screenshots on the project Home Page:
http://neon.projects.openmoko.org/
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December 18th, 2008, 17:15 Posted By: wraggster
TiVo recently launched a mobile site that works well on Windows Mobile browsers.
If you have a TiVo you should check this out. It works pretty well unless you have multiple TiVo units. If you do, it asks you to pick one when you log in and that becomes the default unit you can program. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to change to a different unit. That can be a problem if you schedule a show on unit 1 and it is blocked because another show is already scheduled and you'd like to try again on unit 2. I am not sure why they cannot provide a basic dropdown to select the unit you want to program like they have on the full site.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/news...bile-site.html
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December 18th, 2008, 17:33 Posted By: wraggster
EA just sent word out by news ticker that SimCity is now available for iPhone (and iPod touch). The game appears to be in the vein of SimCity 3000 and is listed for $10 on the App Store.
We're curious to hear how it plays, so let us know in the comments. If it's a solid SimCity experience (and fat fingers friendly), $10 doesn't seem like a bad price.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/18/si...available-now/
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December 18th, 2008, 17:47 Posted By: wraggster
You’re excited by the prospect of Metal Gear Solid on the iPhone, are you?. You may be less excited about the reality of Metal Gear Solid on the iPhone.
Take a close look at those screens. One shows Snake standing behind a wall of sandbags, shooting at bad guys. The other shows a zoomed-in view of Snake shooting at bad guys. They don't show him sneaking, they don't show him blending into a wall, they don't show him punching some unlucky sap in the cock.
You know why? Because it sounds like shooting is all you'll be doing. The same Famitsu article that broke the news yesterday also has a few details on the game that the press release neglected to mention.
They boil down to this: you don't control Snake's movement. All you do is swipe your fingers around to aim, then tap the screen to shoot.
It's Duck Hunt. Or, if you will, Snake's Crossbow Training.
Not that this is a bad thing! Kojima says in the article that the team originally considered a stealthy game, but decided (WISELY) that the iPhone isn't up to the task controls-wise, and went with something simpler.
Should make for a less frustrating experience, but still, that won't ease the crushing disappointment iPhone owners hoping for a "proper" MGS game will be feeling.
http://kotaku.com/5112841/metal-gear...disappointment
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December 19th, 2008, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster
Today, the team over at Evernote, who refer to themselves as the brain-replacement people, have finally made a solid solution for iPhone note taking.
Evernote offers full documents synchronization, in other words you can sync not just your notes but anything you drag into them. Previously you could only add pictures and text, but thanks to Evernote you can drag in an Excel sheet, a Word document, a PDF or just about anything else and it will sync with all your devices.
While this is all good, the real kicker is that you can open and edit the files and those modifications are reflected immediately upon syncing, and can be viewed on the iPhone. However, the files cannot yet be edited on the iPhone.
Furthermore, you can then mail your edited documents right from your iPhone…and this feature is hard to come by even in the FileMagnet or AirSharing apps that are committed to viewing and storing files. This feature is also free, but the dock syncing...
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-evernote.html
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December 19th, 2008, 23:47 Posted By: wraggster
This is a litle gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and add the cache as a poi in tangogps.
This is version 0.1 and it is not pretty neither the kode or the aesthetics.
The script can right now:
get gps location from phone
user can manually set location
user can specifi range
script can download matching geocaches and add as poi
read geocaching.com username and password from configuration file
Future plans:
threaded gtk and downloading
code commenting and sanitizing
unicode support
gui input for username and password
Installation:
install python-sqlite3 and python-pygtk
manually copy the modules, listet in the end of this note, from python 2.5 tarball
urllib.py
urllib2.py
urlparse.py
base64.py
httplib.py
mimetools.py
rfc822.py
sgmllib.py
markupbase.py
http://projects.openmoko.org/forum/f...p?forum_id=829
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December 19th, 2008, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster
The first version of Neon has been released today.
Neon is a simple image viewer. It's designed to be lightweight, fast, and easy to use. It's written in Python/EFL.
This is the first usable version with minimal features and basic gui.
Everything should work pretty well, you may just experience few usability issues with filesystem browser scrolling which is slow with stable kernels 2.6.24 and acceptable with Andy's kernel 2.6.28.
You can see some screenshots on the project Home Page:
http://neon.projects.openmoko.org/
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December 19th, 2008, 23:57 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
Compatible with PSP Slim/Iphone or NDS Lite console, this special soft rubber cupule allows you to appreciate programs conveniently. All you need to do is to adjust the stand to appropriate angle then put the console on, you can now watch movies freely.
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December 20th, 2008, 00:03 Posted By: wraggster
While the engineers at Cupertino may or may not be toiling away on a 3D operating system, the gurus at Spatial View definitely are... in a manner of speaking, anyway. The company, which prides itself on making products "for creating 3D effects," is bringing a new trio to MacWorld 2009. First up is the Wazabee 3DeeShell, which is detailed as "a special protective skin with an integrated removable lens that can display 3D content on the Apple iPhone." On deck is the 3DeeFlector, an "autostereoscopic overlay for the MacBook Air and other 13.3-inch notebooks," which supposedly brings eye-popping visuals (and headaches, we'd imagine) to your ultraportable without the need for humiliating glasses. Finally, the Wazabee 19-inch Gaming Display will probably go head-to-head with the IZ3D, though a frighteningly light amount of details are currently available. One's things for sure out of all this -- three-dee is the future, y'all.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/w...ne-ultraporta/
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December 20th, 2008, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
Feeling the hurt of endlessly dying batteries on your BlackBerry (or iPhone, if that's what you're into)? Atif Shamim, a PhD student at Canada's Carleton University might have the medicine for that pain of yours. He's cleverly hacked such devices, removing all the wires that connect the electrical circuits to the antenna, and developed a module for the connection to operate wirelessly. The result, he estimates, is that his modified devices use almost 12 times less power than they normally do -- which of course means longer battery life. A paper about the device has won an award at the European Wireless Technology Conference, and Shamin has filed for a patent in both the US and Canada. There's no indication of when we might start to see tech like this on actual commercial devices, but we're pretty sure plenty of companies are going to want to get a hold of this technology like, yesterday.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/s...ur-iphone-bla/
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December 20th, 2008, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster
Without a doubt, 2009 is destined to be the year of The Android. Samsung just announced its ticket to the party with a Q2 launch of its Android phones on both Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile in the US. Apparently, the touch-screen device will be an adaptation of the Omnia (Korea's 800 x 480 pixel version please) and Instinct. In other words, a rectangle with a full-screen display and minimal set of buttons just like every other touchscreen device out there. In case you missed it, this game is no longer about the hardware.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/s...obile-by-june/
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December 20th, 2008, 00:14 Posted By: wraggster
We had already heard it through the grapevine, but now Huawei has stepped in to confirm. Straight from the horse's (or spokesperson, in this instance) mouth: "Huawei can confirm that their first Android smartphone is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. Huawei's smartphones can be ordered and developed for Australian operators based on any such requests." It stands to reason that other markets outside of AU would be able to get their paws around 'em as well, though we sadly have no idea how long proliferation would take. Looks like Australia's gearing up to be a serious Android battleground -- who woulda thunk it, mate?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/18/a...09-release-in/
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December 20th, 2008, 00:20 Posted By: wraggster
Once upon a time, a guy named Rob got his iPhone 3G stolen at the dry cleaners. Thankfully, he was subscribed to MobileMe, which at the end saved the day. Or so he says.
According to Rob, after getting his iPhone stolen he went to the Apple Store to buy a new one. He proceeded to set up it up with MobileMe, the service that allows mails, contacts, and all kinds of data to be synchronized with Apple's servers. The synchronized data is then merged into a database, and then pushed to all the devices set with the same MobileMe account.
This was the key to the case. A day later he noticed something weird in his new iPhone: There were contacts which never were there. He quickly realized what was happening: The dumb thief forgot to wipe out the cellphone, so Rob had the power to identify those contacts—after that, he called them, got the thief's contact information, and told the police, who apprehend the thief and recovered the iPhone.
He is now selling the old iPhone in eBay, along with this story. Is it too cool to be true? Maybe. Tell us your opinion in the comments.
http://gizmodo.com/5113845/mobileme-...one-from-thief
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December 20th, 2008, 00:23 Posted By: wraggster
While working towards open-sourcing Android, the team continued to work on new features in their own private development branch. These have now been published publicly in the “cupcake” branch. There’s a lot of interesting new features and bug fixes included. We’ve got a rundown of many of the significant additions after the break.
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/19/andro...ooth-and-more/
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December 20th, 2008, 11:03 Posted By: wraggster
Until Apple pumps out the next-gen iPhone with integrated solar cells, we suppose Solar Arcadia's solar-powered cases are your next best option. Available in both SideFlip and Leather Flip models, the cases not only offer relatively stout protection for your handset, but they also include a solar panel in order to give your mobile a few more minutes of life while you're out and about in the sun. Each one is constructed from ABS sheepskin and is available in either red, white or black (Leather Flip is black only) motifs; not too shabby for $45.95 -- just don't expect this thing to dramatically increase your time of use.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/s...-iphone-cases/
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December 20th, 2008, 11:05 Posted By: wraggster
The T-Mobile G1, the world's very first commercially available Android-based handset, ushered in a new era of mobile computing when it launched earlier this year. The long-awaited Googlephone had finally come to fruition, and it managed to warm the hearts of just about everyone that touched it. But like any phone, it wasn't without its flaws, some of which are still being worked out today. For those of you who decided to pull the trigger, you've had the past few months to see how it stacks up. The question is, how does it stack up? What are you hoping for in the next firmware update? Are you completely satisfied with the hardware? Are you longing for a capacitive touchscreen and and a slightly less noticeable chin? It's okay to criticize your dear G1 -- it's all in the name of love, after all.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/19/h...e-t-mobile-g1/
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December 20th, 2008, 11:06 Posted By: wraggster
iMobileCinema is a currently buggy app for jailbroken iPhones that works "most of the time" on 2.x iPhone firmware, giving you flash support in sites like YouTube. It kinda works.
Just add this to your sources d.imobilecinema.com in Cydia and install iMobileCinema. Again, this is only for Jailbroken phones, but it will give you Flash in Safari. We haven't tested how unstable it is, so try it only if you don't need your iPhone to be not crashy.
http://gizmodo.com/5114810/flash-for...bilecinema-app
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December 20th, 2008, 11:11 Posted By: wraggster
In our Dev Phone 1 excitement last week, we somehow overlooked phoneWreck’s teardown of the T-Mobile G1. The complex slider mechanism is certainly worth looking out. One of the major oddities they point out is the inclusion of two vibration motors. One is mounted next to the SIM on the mainboard. While the other is mounted in the frame next to the earpiece. We wonder what was gained/solved by using two. The phone also includes a digital compass module. We’d like a more detailed explanation of how the Xilinx CPLD is used. From this article in 2006, it seems HTC uses them to generate custom clock signals and switching off devices for power management.
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/19/t-mobile-g1-teardown/
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December 20th, 2008, 12:03 Posted By: wraggster
New from SuccessHK is a ton of new skins for the Apple iPhone:
This Iphone 3G Guise Skin Kit is easy to use and remove, will never left gluewater on equipment and fadeless.
It can resist dirty and can protect your screens,Quite wearable, make your phone more beautiful
Easily remove
Never left gluewater on equipment and fadeless
Resist dirty, can protect your screens
Wearable, make your console more beautiful
Priced at a decent $4
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December 20th, 2008, 14:32 Posted By: wraggster
From the Nordic Link:
As you may have suspected by now, there will be no launch of the new Gizmondo in December, but it's not because of any evil shenanigans on Carl Freer's part. It was the financial crisis that killed his ambition to bring out the revived Gizmondo in time for Christmas.
I suspected for a while that at least some of his investors might have taken a beating in the global financial meltdown, and that that was the explanation for why we never saw the promised new Gizmondo web site (should have been up by mid-October) and why November passed without any news about Gizmondo, only to be followed by a very quiet (Giz-wise) December. I was to busy with other reporting to pursue my Gizmondo track, but late November I emailed Carl Freer and told him that if you don't come out with an explanation soon, you will be gobbled up in the blogosphere. He said okay, and we decided to meet on December 2nd, which turned out to be the same day that the news about the disappearance of the Danish IT-entrepreneur/suspected swindler Stein Bagger hit the fan so to say. And Carl Freer was of course immediately linked to the case by Danish and Swedish media, which smelled a chance to finally nail Mr. Freer to the wall (they are not that into crosses in Scandinavia).
Carl Freer, December 2008
The sudden media storm made me fear that Carl might want to back out of the meeting, but there he was, greeting me with a big smile, and giving me a three hour interview/presentation in presence of his new president, Doug Toth, Ivan Kozhuharov, CTO, and James Hunt, who these days besides representing the British liquidators, is a consultant to Media Power.
I had a long list of questions, and they had some serious demo's to show off. (More about that in a later report).
The only no-show was the new Gizmondo.
"Unfortunately, we’ve had to reschedule the launch of Gizmondo. It's due to the economic climate in the U.S., as well as in the rest of the world. It has affected us in our ability to fund and get funded in regards to the manufacturing of components," Carl Freer explained.
"We’ve had some very, very 'touch and go' moments here for three months. It has affected everyone. I was at one point thinking of abandoning the whole project, because I didn’t see a way out of it; a way to fund it. I don’t have half a billion dollars or 300 million dollars. You can only try and do your best," he told me.
The Chinese company that was going to build the new Gizmondo, and already had shipped a first small batch, were dragging their feet, probably because of the financial downturn, and this left Carl Freer and his team increasingly frustrated. What they did then was to rethink the whole project, and start to look for alternative ways of getting the Gizmondo to the market. They hired a "scrubber" in Shenzhen, China to locate OEM-manufacturers that might want to work with Media Power. But going down this path required a redesign of the Gizmondo, so the new Gizmondo Carl Freer is working on right now will use an existing chip set, like the ones you can get from companies like HTC. The idea is to add functionality to smartphone device and add an advanced 3D graphics chip, probably not Nvidia, but the OMAP3 from Texas Instruments. With a new PCB, they could then stuff the electronics into a new package. Carl Freer told me that he still likes the original shape of the Gizmondo, but is open to the possibility that the new one will be different.
"It’s a question and one that I’ve been battling with. In an ideal world, I would like to have the same design, because I am affectionate and feel part of that. I would have liked to have the same design, but the reality is that we can’t fit all the new componentry we need on that size chip set."
The key thing is not the shape, but the open platform.
"If you look at gaming devices today, they consist mainly of the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS. There are a few other renegades, the Game Park and so on, but what we are talking about is creating a fully wireless Pocket PC, one that also has a gaming engine. There is nothing out there in the market that has the open source AppStore compatibility that we are talking about. If you look at Xbox and PS3, it is very interesting to note that the majority of games for the Xbox are sold through Xbox Live. This means that the connectivity is more important than retail, so the Apple AppStore, and the Xbox Live is very, very interesting. Could you imagine if Xbox had an open platform, and we could build games and just post them, and see if they sell? It’s the same kind of mentality behind what Android is putting up now. In fact, Android has arguably less restrictions than Apple, but you still have to submit and they have to put their little finger on it," he said verbatim.
The new Gizmondo will come in two versions, Windows CE and Linux based Android. And as it will be built on a smartphone platform, it will have a phone! But, it will not cost 99 dollars, for the simple reason that it costs more to by from OEM's than if you have a large manufacturer who can build everything from scratch.
Santa, or at least Carl Freer, does however have some good news for at least some of Gizmondo's fans. He told me that owners of the original Gizmondo will be able to trade it in for the new batch he got from China before the world went belly up.
Ho, ho, ho!
Hans Sandberg
http://sandberghans.blogspot.com/200...ondo-just.html
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December 20th, 2008, 19:38 Posted By: wraggster
We suspect the whole "iPhone-friendly" bit is more marketing hoopla than anything else, as Kenwood's I-K50 head unit definitely lacks a straight-up dock connector, but that doesn't mean it won't play nice with Apple's latest handset. Boasting a USB port right on the front, the single-DIN deck gets down with iPods, iPhones and practically any DAP or PMP with a USB connector. Of course, it also supports those antiquated discs we Earthlings call "CDs," and the front-mounted auxiliary input makes it really easy to connect any source with a headphone output. It's set to drop in around a month in Japan for Ą23,100 ($259).
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/k...k50-head-unit/
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December 21st, 2008, 11:45 Posted By: wraggster
SafeWallet Pro from SBSH Mobile Software is a powerful and highly secured (256-bit AES encryption) storage application allowing you to securely store various types of information. Use SafeWallet to store business and private information (credit cards information, online passwords, bank account info, registration codes, ATM PINs, emergency contacts, addresses, serial numbers, etc.) and create your own card templates for your own custom information. Enjoy full synchronization between your Windows PC and S60 device - SafeWallet Pro is shipped with a complete wallet solution for your Windows PC along with the mobile version for your S60 device.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...uto=589&faq=15
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December 21st, 2008, 11:49 Posted By: wraggster
T-Mobile and HTC are clearly both pretty committed to Android -- and cheers to that, may we add -- but the real question is: is the "G" series a franchise or a one-hit wonder? And if it's a franchise, just how soon might we see a G2? Logic would suggest that T-Mobile would want to give the G1 a little breathing room before piling on cousins that risk cannibalizing market share, but Cell Phone Signal is claiming we'll see the G2 next month, and what's more, the spec sheet reads like a dream: 5-megapixel autofocus primary cam with VGA secondary cam for video calling, full touchscreen, and WiFi -- in other words, something like the "Touch HD with Android" that everyone had been hoping for. Come on now, video calling? Seriously?
It gets juicier, though. Boy Genius Report has an unconfirmed follow-up rumor citing a tipster that Cell Phone Signal's spec sheet is basically accurate, but that the launch date's been pushed back to April. The tipster goes on to say that the device won't be exclusive to T-Mobile and will be sold elsewhere around the world -- though not under the G series branding -- and it'll lack a QWERTY keyboard but maintain the trackball we all know and love / hate from the G1. Oh, and get this: they claim there's already a G3 in the works, too. Any way you slice it, there are bound to be plenty of Android devices launching around the globe in '09, but if this turns out to be even remotely accurate, is it really the right way for T-Mobile to be going about its business?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/20/w...e-near-future/
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December 22nd, 2008, 01:13 Posted By: wraggster
This week’s DevTeam Funday features a live demo of yellowsn0w!
MuscleNerd will use Qik to broadcast a live video and audio stream (from an iPhone 2G) of an iPhone 3G being soft-unlocked with yellowsn0w. He’s in Florida for the holidays so there won’t actually be any snow in the live demo (although strangely enough if he were back home in Los Angeles he’d be very close to snow this week!).
Qik creates a chatroom for its videos but it may not be feasible to field questions live from the chatroom. So if you have a question that hasn’t already been answered in our previous blog posts, please tweet them in advance to Musclenerd.
We’re aiming to do the live demo in about 12 hours, or 3PM EST/9PM CET. The actual URL will be tweeted via MuscleNerd’s twitter account just as it starts.
Hope to see you there!
http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/6602...sn0w-live-demo
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December 22nd, 2008, 01:15 Posted By: wraggster
It has been but a matter of hours since we first heard of the Cupcake branch of Android, but the tweaked-for-the-better operating system has apparently already made its way onto Nokia's Internet Tablets. The latest port of NITdroid is chock full of those sweet, highly fattening Cupcake goodies, and honestly, this whole development makes us cautiously optimistic about where all this is headed. Anyone care to give their N810 somethin' new to run on? Let us know how it works out.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/21/a...ternet-tablet/
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December 22nd, 2008, 14:53 Posted By: wraggster
SeeqPod Mobile brings Playable SearchTM to Windows Mobile powered phones and devices (and the upcoming Windows App Marketplace). Now you can use SeeqPod's award-winning* Biomimetic Search & Discovery technology to find playable search results, and Wikipedia articles all from your phone! Get instant playable access to SeeqPod's ever-growing and daily updated archive of Featured PodLists! Experience it all with a wide variety of color themes and one of the most amazing and gorgeous media players ever, with changeable skins in a range of styles
http://www.seeqpod.com/mobile/
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December 22nd, 2008, 15:00 Posted By: wraggster
New from Divineo China
Convenient all-in-one Power Charge Cable for PSP-3000, PSP Slim, PSP, NDSi, NDS Lite, NDS, GSP, iPhone, iPod, Nano and Shuffle for you to carry around. You can always supply power to your devices with other USB applicances. A must have if you own one or more devices mentioned above.
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December 22nd, 2008, 16:03 Posted By: wraggster
This isnt a serious awards thing but a way to guage public reaction as to what the people here at DCEmu think is the best in each category for the Year of 2008, ill let each category run until the end of Dec 31st to see who has won, theres no prizes but it will be interesting to see whats the winner voted exclusively by the members of DCEmu.
So one vote each.
Whats the Best Iphone App of All Time ?
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December 22nd, 2008, 16:06 Posted By: wraggster
This isnt a serious awards thing but a way to guage public reaction as to what the people here at DCEmu think is the best in each category for the Year of 2008, ill let each category run until the end of Dec 31st to see who has won, theres no prizes but it will be interesting to see whats the winner voted exclusively by the members of DCEmu.
So one vote each.
Whats the Best Gizmondo Homebrew of All Time ?
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December 22nd, 2008, 16:08 Posted By: wraggster
This isnt a serious awards thing but a way to guage public reaction as to what the people here at DCEmu think is the best in each category for the Year of 2008, ill let each category run until the end of Dec 31st to see who has won, theres no prizes but it will be interesting to see whats the winner voted exclusively by the members of DCEmu.
So one vote each.
Whats the Best Tapwave Zodiac/Pocket PC Homebrew of All Time ?
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December 22nd, 2008, 16:10 Posted By: wraggster
This isnt a serious awards thing but a way to guage public reaction as to what the people here at DCEmu think is the best in each category for the Year of 2008, ill let each category run until the end of Dec 31st to see who has won, theres no prizes but it will be interesting to see whats the winner voted exclusively by the members of DCEmu.
So one vote each.
Whats the Best Mobile Phone Game of All Time ?
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December 22nd, 2008, 23:18 Posted By: wraggster
So Garmin's coming out swinging in response to that Digitimes piece this morning suggesting that Android-based devices are on the way -- sort of. The company says that "the story contains a number of inaccuracies in both sales figures and product rollout schedules," and while it does say it has "an Android-based phone under development," it also reminds us that Nuvifone won't be it; instead, Garmin's first modern entry into the world of telephony will be based on a proprietary build of Linux, as was originally planned. We have to question the wisdom of this two-pronged approach since it almost obsoletes the Nuvifone before it's even released, but then again, maybe they're just pushing to get something out the door -- we've been waiting for this puppy for a year now, after all. See the full statement after the break.
CAYMAN ISLANDS/December 22, 2008/Business Wire – Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, is disputing a Monday, December 22 report in the DigiTimes trade publication entitled, "Garmin expects to ship 18 million GPS PNDs in 2008." The story contains a number of inaccuracies in both sales figures and product rollout schedules.
"Black Friday sales from our customers were what we expected and gross margins remain relatively strong," said Kevin Rauckman, Garmin's CFO and treasurer. "However, the December sales environment is weaker, which we attribute to our retail customers' desire to exit the year with lower levels of inventory."
As is customary, Garmin will update investors during its fourth quarter 2008 earnings call, scheduled for February 25, 2009.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/g...id-stuff-is-o/
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December 22nd, 2008, 23:27 Posted By: wraggster
Some interesting news is coming out of the Garmin camp this fine morning, including word that the company somehow managed to buck all manner of economic trends and boost its holiday sales by 50 percent over 2007. (Apparently peoples' 401(k) valuations weren't the only things getting lost this year.) The company also confirmed that its Nuvifone, which is getting a bit long in the tooth despite being unavailable, is indeed still coming -- but won't be hitting Taiwan at least until Q2 of next year, and there's no indication of whether we'll be seeing it a little earlier 'round these parts. Finally, and most intriguingly, is confirmation of what the company plans to do first with that freshly laminated Open Handset Alliance membership card: multiple new Android phones are said to be in the works, due for release sometime in the second half of 2009. No further information is available, and while the smart thing might be for Garmin to focus on getting its first handset out the door before drafting a successor, we think any excuse for a new costume on our favorite green Android is a good one.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/22/g...for-late-2009/
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December 22nd, 2008, 23:43 Posted By: wraggster
The Final Fantasy Tactics-themed iPhone game revealed in the pages of Famitsu back in October has now arrived, as Square Enix unleashes Crystal Defenders for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
While the official title of this $7.99 iPhone game doesn't contain the words "Final Fantasy", Crystal Defenders is based on FF Tactics through and through, using job classes from the series as well as extensively using the A2's music throughout the menus and gameplay. It's basically a defense simulator, in which you place your units on the field and start the enemy waves, hoping you've built up enough forces to stem the tide.
There are three levels of play - W1 to W3 - each increasing in complexity. From what I've played of it so far it's an entertaining little title, but then anything that puts tiny black mages at my fingertips would have to work pretty hard to fail in my book. Check it out now at the iTunes Store. Thanks Fabian for pointing the game out!
http://kotaku.com/5115791/crystal-de...me-hits-iphone
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December 23rd, 2008, 10:43 Posted By: wraggster
Zeus Quest by CrazySoft is a new, huge and funny adventure game with cartoon graphics. The humor reminds old classic adventures games by Sierra and Lucas. You are Zeus, the boss of Olympus, which comes back to Earth to save the planet. Everything is happening at the classical ancient Greek period (1000-300bc) but you have the chance of switching ages though a time machine... Visit many Aegean islands, solve many riddles, play some mini games, interact with ancient Greek mythology characters with hilarious dialogs and at the end try to save the planet.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=595&faq=9
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December 23rd, 2008, 10:47 Posted By: wraggster
Guardian Platinum Edition from Guardian-Mobile is the most advanced edition of the Guardian antitheft software. Besides sending an SMS notification when the SIM card is replaced and letting you protect access to your data and applications with a password, it also allows retrieving the GPS location of your phone and tracking it through Google Maps.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...uto=599&faq=15
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December 23rd, 2008, 10:48 Posted By: wraggster
Jeyo Mobile Extender works with your Symbian smartphone to add SMS text messaging and other mobile capabilities to Microsoft Outlook on your PC. With Extender you can exchange messages with other mobile phone users anywhere around the world directly from Outlook. Jeyo Mobile Extender makes text messaging as simple and easy as email. Jeyo Mobile Extender offers you better ways to send, receive, manage, and archive your mobile text messages, all using the PC Outlook interface you are already familiar with. Extender also enables you to synchronize your phone's call log to the Outlook Journal. Track every call you make and receive with unprecedented ease.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...uto=600&faq=18
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December 23rd, 2008, 10:49 Posted By: wraggster
It makes me really happy when I see new software releases for UIQ 3 phones. But this one is really SPECIAL. After more than 10 months I am happy to announce a new freeware for the UIQ 2.x platform! Andrzej Benek has written two simple but useful programs: a-watch is just a simple watch showing large time and date on the screen of your UIQ 2.x phone. a-stop is also a watch, but with countdown and stopwatch functions.
http://my-symbian.com/uiq/software/a...to=1251&faq=31
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December 23rd, 2008, 12:58 Posted By: wraggster
If your one dream in life was to read the teenage vampire novel Twilight on your iPhone and pay twice as much as normal, you can now die happy.
ScrollMotion has designed a book reading interface wrapper for the iPhone and partnered with major publishing houses like Simon & Schuster, Random House, Houghton Mifflin and Penguin in order to bring books like Twilight and The Golden Compass to you. At $10.99, it's actually MORE expensive than buying the Twilight paperback ($6.04 on Amazon), so if you buy this it's more of a convenience thing than a price thing. And don't confuse your iPhone as an E-book reader, as that lcd backlight will kill your battery even when you're not turning page.
http://gizmodo.com/5116330/now-you-c...on-your-iphone
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December 23rd, 2008, 12:59 Posted By: wraggster
Digitimes, who was already kinda wrong this morning, says that HTC will release a second Android phone by April and a third is already in development.
The third phone already being in development is a super-obvious rumor, since every company has tons of things going on simultaneously, but a second Android phone by April? Sure, that's possible. I mean, all HTC needs to do is pick one of the hundreds of form factors they already have, slap the Android OS on it, make sure stuff like the battery life isn't atrocious, and it's going to be better than the G1.
However, being possible is one thing, but being true is another. So we'll wait and see whether or not April is the right month.
http://gizmodo.com/5116227/htc-may-m...nreliable-site
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December 23rd, 2008, 13:11 Posted By: wraggster
LED Football on the iPhone is fine, but as the NFL scrapes the snow off its boots at the doorstep of the post-season, it's in need of a festive update. Enter LED Football 2.
The changes and improvements are almost too numerous to list. Almost! LEDF2 adds a few neat touches like, oh, passing, punts, field goals and running the football.
All wonderful things, but not as wonderful as the retrolicious "Wear-Down" technology, which simulates your buttons getting all jammy as you mash down on them and they wear out.
Like its predecessor, it's priced at $0.99.
http://kotaku.com/5116503/led-football-returns-improves
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December 23rd, 2008, 15:49 Posted By: wraggster
Apple's claims that the iPhone is a console might carry a bit more weight if the thing had, you know, some physical inputs. Touchscreens and tilt sensors are great, but without at least a couple of buttons and a D-pad it's kind of a hard sell to your average gamer. Inputs are exactly what the iControlPad case for the iPhone adds, and we've got confirmation that the thing is at long last heading to production. The pic above is the final prototype, set to be colored black upon release -- and we presume those gaping holes will be filled with something other than air, too. No word on an anticipated ship date or price, but -- great as it may be -- without Apple support we don't expect it'll to do much to help the iPhone's gaming cred anyhow.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/i...-warms-hearts/
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December 24th, 2008, 12:07 Posted By: wraggster
Gee, willickers. More App Store madness. In case you needed even more evidence that the whole approval process in Cupertino was in complete disarray, David Carnoy's "contemporary medical thriller" has been rejected from Apple's App Store twice now. The first time it was returned to sender due to a few bugs in the coding; the second time, it was rejected due to the inclusion of "obscene content." Despite all of this, certain apps like iFart and Pull My Finger are allowed to remain, though it stands to reason that those programs are just as "obscene" as a few dirty words and sexual innuendos. Alexandru Brie, a developer and one of the first publishers of e-books to the App Store, feels that "each of Apple's reviewers can interpret the obscene, pornographic or defamatory content clause in a different way." Clearly, he's right.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/e...scene-content/
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December 24th, 2008, 12:09 Posted By: wraggster
The iPhone's camera may be thoroughly eclipsed by several of its competitors, but the insane popularity of Apple's baby means that we've seen tons of accessories aimed at making that 2.1 megapixel sensor somewhat more useful -- like the Snapture Flash here, which tucks a xenon flash with red-eye reduction into a sleeve-type case. Although it's powered by the phone, it's apparently quite low-power -- SnaptureLabs estimates that you'll take 1000 shots before going dry -- and there's some sort of "speaker amplification" built in as well, just in case you're super into enhancing mediocre parts of the iPhone experience. Bad news? You'll have to jailbreak your phone to get the Snapture app working -- hopefully that'll be remedied by the time this thing ships
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/s...iphone-camera/
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December 24th, 2008, 12:15 Posted By: wraggster
Interphone researchers are conducting the largest-ever study investigating if cellphones cause cancer, examining studies from 6,400 tumors in patients from 13 countries. Final results are expected in early 2009, but the preliminary ones are badbadbad.
Israeli researchers in the study found that regular cellphones users are a whopping 50 percent more likely than non-users to get brain tumors. Another Interphone study looking at the UK and Scandinavia found a 40 percent greater tumor risk in people who've used cellphones for over 10 years, though on the bright side, nothing scary for people who've used them for less than a decade.
The final results of Interphone's study are highly anticipated as the first study to provide close to a definitive answer on the cellphone cancer question, since as PopSci notes, most of the other studies "have been statistically useless," since they didn't survey enough people and looked at too many that had less than 10 years of cellphone use under the belt, which is how long it takes brain cancer to develop "in most cases."
PopSci's assessment of the gravity of the situation is close to spot-on—definitive proof that cellphones cause cancer would probably be the along the same lines as discovering that tobacco causes cancer, but you know, huger, since almost everyone uses a cellphone, from pre-schoolers to grandmas. I guess it's a good thing I rarely use my iPhone for talking. How would you react if cellphones definitely caused cancer?
http://gizmodo.com/5117230/early-res...bly-depressing
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December 24th, 2008, 12:35 Posted By: wraggster
Nearly out of the blue Square Enix is launching Crystal Defenders today worldwide. Ivalice is at war again. Will Ivalice ever be peaceful?
This time you won’t control a shirtless thief or move an army of moogles on a tactical grid. Crystal Defenders is Final Fantasy tower defense. Deploy black mages, place soliders, kill the creeps, and protect your crystals. Crystal Defenders gives players 120 levels for $7.99 only on the iPod App Store.
Originally, Crystal Defenders was sold as three separate game:s Crystal Guardians W1, W2, and W3 in Japan. That’s right Crystal Defenders is a converted mobile phone game. On top of working with the iPhone Crystal Defenders also works the iPod Touch, 5th Generation iPods and 3rd & 4th Generation iPod nanos. Perhaps, Square Enix will continue their trend of Japanese cell phone to iPod ports with Final Fantasy IV: The After and Kingdom Hearts Coded. Both games could use an international home.
http://www.siliconera.com/2008/12/23...to-the-iphone/
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December 24th, 2008, 14:00 Posted By: 10shu
Just in time for xmas realtech-vr release the 1st 3d boxing game for the iphone...
Features
16 fighters<12 to unlock>
3 fighting style
3 camera view
action event cutscene
picture gallery
achievements
fast 3d rendering display ...
and a lot more to come...
On the Appstore now for only 2.99$
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December 24th, 2008, 19:49 Posted By: wraggster
Focal's latest wares look a lot like similar units that we've seen from Atlantic, but we guess there are only so many ways you can design a waterproof iPod sound system. The battery-powered AquaTune nano 4G (shown after the jump) plays nice with Apple's freshest iPod nano and packs a pair of 1-watt speakers that can withstand all but the deepest puddles. The AquaTune v2 is compatible with a wider range of iPods, and the 3-watt x 2 power rating is sure to stir up a few waves whilst submerged. Both are ready to be placed under Japanese trees for Ą10,800 ($119) / Ą15,800 ($174), respectively.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/24/f...ith-newest-ip/
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December 24th, 2008, 19:52 Posted By: wraggster
Even iPhone apps are on sale for the holidays—here's a roundup of 40+ apps that used to cost money, but now don't cost anything. Most are nigh useless, but I like the Kitchen Timer.
Update: Their site is either down or epically slow, like the last eight years, so we're ripping the list for your perusal until they get back on their feet. (Sorry if it's our fault guys!) A quick iTunes search will take you to whatever one you're interested in:
1 - React
2 - MistleSnow
3 - ExcusesExcuses
4 - Tilt-A-Tip Action Tipster
5 - Mistletoe: Smooch or Smack?
6 - New Year Resolutions – 2009
7 - iFindWordz
8 - Buzzword Bingo
9 - iBenzinpreis
10 - Holidazzle!
11 - Shape Spot
12 - PCB Current
13 - PocketDyno
14 - Pocket Sounds
15 - Christmas Cal
16 - Taxi Hold’em
17 - myAnswers
18 - Christmas Lights : Festive Game
19 - OMG Cherries
20 - The Holy Bible King James Version
21 - Klockotock
22 - WhoopieCushion
23 - Square Jams Cube Puzzles
24 - JingleToe
25 - Christmas Gifts 2008
26 - iBear Timer
27 - Moon Map Lite
28 - The Brain!
29 - Done Drinking
30 - Kitchen Timer
31 - Fingeric
32 - Balloons
33 - TrackStats - NFL
34 - Topple
35 - What’s On TV?
36 - MegaSliderz
37 - TeleTone
38 - Amuck Christmas Hohliday Lights
39 - Executive Decision
40 - JingleJumble
41 - His Finger
42 - Jumbalu Zoo
http://gizmodo.com/5117675/40-free-i...-sale-for-free
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December 24th, 2008, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
We understand your position. You see no reason to pick up Jason Rohrer's Passage on iPhone (or iPod Touch), especially when (a) you don't "get it" and (b) they're charging 99 cents and it's still available for free on his website for PC, Mac and Linux. Art games aren't for everyone, but aspiring game designers take note: This game says more in 5 minutes and 256 x 256 pixels than most games do maxing out a DVD-ROM. If you're into that sort of thing, you might want to consider giving Passage your support (and a hard-earned George Washington at that).
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/24/pa...ime-on-iphone/
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December 26th, 2008, 10:27 Posted By: wraggster
Smart Birthday Reminder by Enpronomics Solutions will keep you reminded with your friends' birthday. You can set a prior notice to remember your beloved's birthday few days in advance so you have enough time to think of the gift you will buy. Smart Birthday Reminder will give you the option to contact your beloved on her birthday either by calling her or sending her an SMS or an MMS message.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...uto=601&faq=10
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December 26th, 2008, 10:37 Posted By: wraggster
There's a new free app in the iTune's store, going by the brilliant name of Space Deadbeef. It's a 2D horizontal shmup where you touch the screen to move your ship and lock-on to targets and launch a suitably Ichiro Itano inspired volley of missiles. There's a video of the game in action here.
I'm mentioning this as the man who made this is Yuji Yasuhara. To those that don't know, he was also the design and code lead on the frankly ****ing stunning Omega Boost, which has Itano Circus missile barrages up the wazoo. He also worked on Panzer Dragoon Zwei, so if anything this guy knows how to get a homing missile shooter working.
Personally, I'm glad that he's doing shmups again and hope that his current employers take notice of his renewed shmup prowess.
http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/002579.html
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December 26th, 2008, 23:21 Posted By: wraggster
Ha, you or someone you love just paid full retail for an iPhone 3G a few days ago, didn't you? We've always heard that the best deals come after Christmas, but people just never learn. All smack talk aside, those who didn't get a new cellie under the tree, but did acquire a Benjamin or so courtesy of cash-stuffed holiday cards, can certainly score a big deal today. AT&T is now offering the 8GB iPhone 3G in refurbished form for just $99 with a two-year agreement, while the 16GB refurb is $199 on contract in either black or white. Call us crazy, but we don't foresee these hanging around in stock for too awfully long.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/26/a...9-on-contract/
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December 26th, 2008, 23:23 Posted By: wraggster
Windows will run soon on the iPhone using Citrix Receiver, a remote screen software that connects to a PC and gives you the illusion you are running Microsoft's operating systems, including copy and paste functionality.
Why is this useful? It will give you the ability to run full Windows apps in your iPhone over the network. According to Citrix, you will have full Windows capability, including cut and paste inside Windows.
http://gizmodo.com/5118269/iphone-to...what-you-think
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December 27th, 2008, 16:15 Posted By: wraggster
Citrix is gearing up to release their Citrix Receiver, which is a remote screen software that connects to a PC. It gives you the illusion that you’re running Microsoft OS on the iPhone. Citrix says that users will have “full Windows capability.” This includes cut and paste! – Inside Windows that is.
Although this is not the first remote screen app for the iPhone, it is the first one that is being back by a big company and many think it will work well.
According to Citrix the Receiver will be important for:
“- Web sites that require flash
- Medical Apps
- Web apps that need IE
- Cut & Paste ( within Citrix sessions )”
Sounds pretty cool, hopefully it comes out soon!
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...ws-iphone.html
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December 28th, 2008, 20:32 Posted By: wraggster
Let's be frank, the impressive number of folks jumping ship to new OSs and other companies claiming increased smartphone market share are clear indicators that plenty of customers want something other that Windows Mobile, and the latest words out of Microsoft's largest mobile partner certainly reconfirm our suspicions. A unnamed HTC executive speaking to Smarthouse admitted that the sales of its flagship Android device are, in fact, hurting sales for HTC's Windows Mobile offerings. Now, we'll probably have to wait a bit longer for more comprehensive numbers -- if they're ever actually released -- but we have a feeling that people want something different, and Google's first dip into the mobile OS space is certainly a viable alternative.
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=por...t=news&id=6490
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December 28th, 2008, 20:34 Posted By: wraggster
Come to think of it, this mod wouldn't even be necessary (though, we suppose it would still be useful) had HTC bothered to put a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack on the T-Mobile G1, but alas, we're stuck with some random ExtUSB port. In order to make that output jack compatible with the litany of iPod peripherals (namely sound systems), the modders over at WebNetta figured out what pins linked to what in order to connect the G1 to Made for iPod gear. Best of all, the secrets of the connections are all spilled out in the read link should you care to try this yourself, but please, tidy things up a bit if you do.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/i...-to-ipod-dock/
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December 29th, 2008, 23:04 Posted By: wraggster
iBlacklist is my favorite tool for stopping a few special people I have the privilege of knowing from being able to reach me. After a couple of years of ignoring weekly calls and txts from a special someone it became high time to find a solution. Changing my number isn't really and option but with iBlacklist the problem is solved.
Even though it has been out awhile iBlacklist remains one of the more useful tools available via Cydia. If you aren't lucky enough to have stalkers iBlacklist has many other uses to help you keep your privacy from being able to block that annoying neighbor to making a whitelist of allowed callers to blocking whatever other unwanted calls and txts at your discretion.
With the recent update iBlacklist has become even more useful than it already was. The update includes:
Individual Call Disconnection setup (per contact) on Blacklists so you can forward one person to voicemail and choose something else on another contact like hanging up on them.
New
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...-stalkers.html
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December 29th, 2008, 23:05 Posted By: wraggster
pytey, musclenerd, and planetbeing from the iphone-dev team gave a presentation at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (25C3) in Berlin December 27th.
Heads up - its heavy in the technical details, mostly a video white paper vs anything dramatic. For any of you with any technical or developing skills though, this might be an interesting video to watch/listen to. Its nearly a full hour long, so watch while you've got some time.
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...o-devteam.html
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December 29th, 2008, 23:08 Posted By: wraggster
SmartphoneNotes is a powerful text notes organizer for Windows Mobile-based Smartphone. With SmartphoneNotes, you can easily create and manage text notes directly on your Smartphone and synchronize them with Microsoft Outlook® on your desktop computer
http://www.syncdata.it/products.html
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December 29th, 2008, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
The Software Store has gone mobile. Browse and download over 5,000 apps & games right from your Palm device. Plus, there are over 1,000 free apps to choose from. The mobile software store supports over 25 Palm devices1, from the Centro to the Treo Pro
http://appstore.pocketgear.com/palm/
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December 29th, 2008, 23:15 Posted By: wraggster
From the looks of our tip jar, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don't shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn't care about anyone reading this. We love you too, Wally. No crazy $99 4GB model or iPhone nano in sight, but maybe Phil's gonna blow us all away next week. (We doubt it.)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/28/i...walmart-today/
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December 30th, 2008, 14:28 Posted By: wraggster
Since the iPhone 3g was first introduced in France it has been on sale with a contract through the carrier Orange. No more are contracts required for the French! France has joined the short list of countries that have the iPhone on sale contract free.
Thanks to the ruling earlier this month by the French competition authority making the exclusive sales of iPhones by Orange illegal the door was opened for the sale of contract-free iPhones in France. The French store FNAC has jumped to this opportunity and is now selling iPhones with out a contract. Like the few other countries that sell contract free iPhones the prices are quite high starting at $1122 for an 8gb and $1262 for a 16gb.
http://www.modmyi.com/apple-iphone-news.html
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December 30th, 2008, 14:33 Posted By: wraggster
The handset itself is hardly anything new, and we had a pretty good indication that Android was heading its way, but there's still nothing like a few good 'ol fashioned blurrycam shots to make a plan really come together. From the looks of it, the handset doesn't appear to have gone under any major changes for its new Google-fied incarnation, with it still packing the same 2.8-inch VGA display, 400MHz Samsung 2442 processor, GSM and GPRS connectivity as before, plus the usual built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, and AGPS, among other standard fare. Still not word on a price or release date, unfortunately, but according to the folks at iMAndroid, that is "just around the corner."
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/o...-blurrycam-de/
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December 30th, 2008, 14:34 Posted By: wraggster
Adding to a small stack of rumors about a supposed iPhone nano, case-maker Vaja today quietly added the category to its website (pictured after the break). Frankly, we're not sure what to think. There are a number of ways in which Apple could produce a cheaper phone or alter its subsidy deals, so the idea of an iPhone that's simply smaller makes very little sense. Yet, here we are showing off the site of a reputable accessory manufacturer with a brand new phone listed -- ostensibly just a teensy version of the iPhone 3G. Of course, this is probably just rumor, speculation, lies, corruption, signs of an unquenchable thirst for power, and a glimpse at the machinations behind one of the greatest conspiracies mankind has ever known. So, we're posing the question to the biggest brains of all: the Engadget reader. Is Apple working on an iPhone nano?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/w...e-iphone-nano/
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December 30th, 2008, 21:44 Posted By: wraggster
With the release of the iPhone in 2007, upgraded to 3G in 2008, the release of Google's G1 on the T-Mobile network and Windows Mobile seemingly treading water for a few years, user enthusiasm for the platform seems to have waned recently. RIM isn't sitting still either as both the Blackberry Storm and Bold have given users more than just push email.
We've all seen rumored screen shots and articles on Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7.0, as well as purported integration of Zune bits to replace Windows Media Player on the devices, though no real timelines or confirmations of anything have surfaced. Do you think Microsoft can turn the tide with new releases and regain some of the enthusiasm surrounding their platform they enjoyed in previous years?
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/news...m-in-2009.html
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December 30th, 2008, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster
Tobias Engel] released a serious Nokia vulnerability today. By using a specially crafted SMS message, you can block the recipient from getting any future SMS messages. The attacker changes their Protocol Identifier to “Internet Electronic Mail” and then uses any email address 32 characters or more in their message. The recipient will receive no indication that they got the message and no other messages will be allowed until the phone is factory reset. You can see a demo video here. This affects many different varieties of S60 phones and no fix is known.
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/30/25c3-...l-inbound-sms/
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December 30th, 2008, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster
While we had been excited about 25C3’s CTF competition, we couldn’t even venture a guess as to who would win. It seems the iphone-dev team weren’t satisfied to just give an amazing talk. They teamed up with the Wii hackers from HackMii to win the competition. You can see their progress during the eight hour competition above in red. It’s impressive to see hardware hackers jumping over to network security AND completely killing at it.
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/30/25c3-...-team-hackmii/
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December 31st, 2008, 11:03 Posted By: wraggster
iPhone users have long said that Crayon Physics, the 2008 Independent Games Festival Grand Prize Winner, would make the best iPhone App Ever.
Well, it’s going to hit the app store very soon, and this video of it being played on the iPhone seems to confirm everyone’s feelings that this app is going to kick butt!
http://www.modmyi.com/forums/iphone-...one-video.html
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December 31st, 2008, 11:05 Posted By: wraggster
SymTorrent by Amorg is the first and currently the only BitTorrent client for Symbian OS. It supports downloading multiple torrents at the same time, is capable of both downloading and uploading and can save the status of your unfinished torrents, so you can resume the downloads after restarting the application. You can also check the status of each file inside a torrent along with several other statistics and properties during download. Torrents can be started from the browser, and selecting the files that are downloaded from multi file torrents is also supported. The new version also supports touch-enabled S60 5th Edition phones.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=604&faq=4
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December 31st, 2008, 11:06 Posted By: wraggster
Mobile Stream have released a beta test version of Meteor, a Breakout / Arkanoid remake. You have to destroy bricks, saving your meteor from enemy missiles and getting as much power-ups as possible. This version is optimized for 5th Edition smartphones with touch screens. Download, have fun and provide the developer with your feedback!
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=605&faq=9
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December 31st, 2008, 11:06 Posted By: wraggster
Jomtris from Jouni Miettunen is a freeware "Tetris" style game written in Python. You handle and remove dropping 4-tile pieces as long as possible and that's it. The playing field is vertical 10x20 square field, there are different 4-tile pieces dropping down from top and you have to fit them nicely at the bottom. All full rows are removed, to give you some more space to arrange tiles. The game is now also available in a Christmas version.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=603&faq=9
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December 31st, 2008, 11:07 Posted By: wraggster
Best Screen Snap for S60 5th Edition from Smartphoneware is a freeware application that allows you to capture screenshots on your smartphone and save them to a file or send them to friends or to your desktop computer. This version is optimized for S60 5th Edition devices, i.e. the 5800 XpressMusic and the N97.
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/software...Auto=602&faq=1
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December 31st, 2008, 20:11 Posted By: wraggster
The "CurseSMS" attack is a remote SMS/MMS denial of service, recently discovered by Tobias Engel, and disclosed at CCC. The attack consists in sending a maliciously crafted SMS to the potential target. Upon reception of the malicious SMS, the targeted device may no longer be able to receive any further SMS or MMS messages, its messaging system thereby effectively becoming deaf. Depending on the operating system version, this state may persist until the device is factory reset. Fortinet have released a tool called FortiCleanUp which effectively blocks and disables the remote SMS/MMS Denial of Service attack.
http://my-symbian.com/s60/software/a...to=1825&faq=37
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December 31st, 2008, 20:13 Posted By: wraggster
Listen, you know the drill by now: Macworld is less than a month away, and that causes a Cupertino-sized rumor mill to fill up with hints of new / refreshed hardware of all shapes and sizes. The crew at TUAW claim they've heard from sources that a new Mac mini will be unveiled with an aluminum finish, a Time Capsule-esque "lip," and a SATA optical drive that can be customized as a second HDD instead. Additionally, TechCrunch says it has three independent sources that confirm there's a large iPod touch is coming next Fall with a 7 or 9-inch screen. There's no indication if they expect a Macworld announcement here, but if true, we expect the cargo pants industry to react accordingly. Finally, and possibly related to the TechCrunch rumor, a Taiwan news site claims Quanta Computers is expecting to add Apple and Sony (is that you, Vaio P?) as clients for manufacturing netbooks in 2009. For those playing along at home, at some point next year we should expect a bigger iPod touch, a netbook, a smaller iPhone, a revised iMac, a revised Mac mini, and absolutely no love at all for the Mac Pro.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/31/a...zed-ipod-touc/
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December 31st, 2008, 20:14 Posted By: wraggster
Despite a decent selection, we get the feeling Android developers have really been holding back until they can make a little money for their hard labor. Google exec Eric Chu is telling registered Android Market members via email that the rollout of paid apps is still coming first quarter of next year. He said it will occur in stages, starting with the US and UK first, followed by Germany, Austria, and Netherlands for phase two and France, Italy, and Spain after that, with more countries to be announced by the end of Q1 2009. Chu also said to expect an update to the Market website in mid-January that'll allow developers to target specific countries for their apps. Android devs, we hope you're ready -- we can't wait to see what toys you'll give us once you're able to make some coins from it.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/31/p...-us-and-uk-ro/
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December 31st, 2008, 20:15 Posted By: wraggster
That 360 Chatpad hack we saw back in November was certainly an impressive enough proof of concept, but if you want to get a bit more typing done with a bit less cluttter, you'll no doubt be quite a bit more impressed with this latest mod by the very same Ralf Ackermann. This setup uses a Robotech Bluetooth module that's placed in a modified battery sleeve and connected to an unlocked iPhone (or iPod Touch) which, in turn, communicates with the keyboard using the Bluetooth SPP profile (a VNC server and a few other tricks also come into the picture). Of course, that's still a long ways from an officially supported solution, but if you're looking to give it a go, Ralf is promising to dish out the necessary schematics and source code soon.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/31/d...ore-practical/
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