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iPhone - iPodall items releated to Apple's iPhone and related equipment First iPhone 3GS jailbreak posted w/VideoAs predicted, the iPhone 3GS is now jailbroken. George "Geohot" Hotz is the first to publish a full jailbreak for Apple's new phone, only a few weeks after its release. Called Purplera1n, the jailbreak is only Windows for now but there will be a Mac version soon. The Dev team is also working on an update to their ultrasn0w tool that will unlock the SIM as well. Update: Video posted a below.
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Facebook 3.0 coming soon to iPhoneAll of you Facebook addicts will soon have a majorly updated app to play with. Joe over at Facebook spills the beans on an upcoming update below...and even mentions Push will be in the 3.1 version. Glorios Facebook Notifications bothering us all day? Can't wait!
Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon. I can't predict an exact date when I will submit to Apple, but I can say that I am about 98% done. So what's new in this update? 1. The "new" News Feed
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Leaked AT&T Memo: iPhone 3GS launch broke all sorts of records
1. Fact of the Week: On June 25, the day Michael Jackson died, text messages sent on our network spiked at 65,000 messages per second — the largest volume ever recorded — surpassing events like American Idol voting and New Year's Eve, when millions of our customers wish their friends and family a happy new year via text." 2. "iLaunch day 2009 was one for the record books, as AT∓T customers scrambled to get their hands on the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. Here's a look at some of the milestones we achieved: * Best-ever sales day in our retail stores On this year's launch day, iPhone sales exceeded sales recorded on 2008's iPhone launch day, Black Friday 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008 — all heavy-volume sales days. In fact, this year we surpassed 2008's launch day sales at about noon Central time, and sustained our previous peak hour record, also set in 2008, for 11 straight hours.
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Classy Microsoft commercial makes us wish there was IE on Mac (NSFW)Nice work by
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Karaoke on the iPhone?Stranger things have happened. Have a gander at this somewhat hilarious patent illustration filed by Apple: Abstract: Systems and methods for providing real-time feedback to karaoke users are provided. The systems and methods for providing users with real-time feedback while they are singing karaoke generally relate to receiving the user's vocals, determining whether the user is singing on key/pitch and providing real-time feedback to the user while the karaoke song is being sung. The feedback will be positive feedback if user is on key/pitch and it will be negative feedback if user is off key/pitch. For example, the feedback signal if the user is singing too low can be an exaggerated low signal of the user's own voice. This will encourage the user to sing at a higher pitch. We actually really like this idea, even if it has little chance of making it to a final product. It might be better on the AppleTV platform if Apple is still interested in that hobby. ( Filed Under: )
Amazing iPhone translator used by US troops, soon by consumers?Holy Star Trek!...this Arabic<-->English translator app seems to work eerily well. Will it soon be the universal language translator we've all only seen being wielded by the Captain Kirks of the world? We're not sure, but this type of technology certainly could help us out on out our next trip to France. When can we have?
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One downside to consistant iPhone 3GS form factor: Clones.There is plenty of upside to Apple's choice not to change the design of the iPhone3GS from the iPhone 3G. All docks and accessories work between models, you know exactly where all of the buttons are on the device and "it ain't broke", right? Well, there is also a downside. Those knockoff-makers have lots of time to perfect your look and feel. Cult of Mac looked at popular Chinese iClones like the A88 or SciPhone i68 and found them amazingly similar...on the outside.
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Two new iPhone 3GS ads debutVoice Control and Copy/Paste(below) debuted today.
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Skype 1.1 for iPhone out
- Send text (SMS) messages using Skype credit. Skype has taken the iPhone platform by storm. Skype had passed the million mark within a few days of its launch on March 31st. Then on April 8th, it passed 2 million. In May it passed 4 million and is believed to be on at least one out of every 10 iPhones and iPod touches. This is the first feature update since launch, though push notifications is what we were really hoping for.
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iPhone 3.1 Beta available for downloadNo word yet on what build 7C97D fixes (or breaks). We're hoping not to lose our tether. Update: Baseband update to 05.08.01 (so if you want to do a SIM unlock in the future, you might want to wait). Also tether and MMS working (mms enabled by default but still issues with AT&T). Startup/Shutdown times dramatically improved, though some people are reporting issues with iTunes playback. Some screenshots also posted to the comments below.
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