GeoHot has just released the first jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS! To download it you can head over to the website purplera1n.com. Unfortuneatly it is only available for Windows but he states that he will work on a Mac version as soon as he can. Below is a letter from GeoHot.
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Yes, this is what you’ve all been waiting for. A jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS. And it’s awesome. To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make sure you have windows(but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware. Connect your iPhone normally. Click “make it ra1n”. Wait. On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app. Hopefully you’ll figure out what to do from there. Best tutorial gets linked to from [...] Continue Reading…
For those of us who use facebook (everyone?) you may be happy to hear Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon, adding some more cool features like Events listings, Notes, Pages, and photo albums. But, according to Joe Hewitt, lead engineer for Facebook’s iPhone application, Push Notifications is in development but it won’t make it into 3.0 — so we should wait until the next update later this summer.
Hewitt explains the new features:
1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
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A photo ostensibly showing a 15-year-old nude girl has appeared in an iPhone app, highlighting Apple’s inability to safeguard its application store from prohibited content.
The image appears in the free app BeautyMeter, which enables people to upload photos that are then rated by others, who assign a star-rating to each other’s body parts and clothing. It’s much like an iPhone version of Hot or Not and many similar sites.
The photo to the right (censored by Wired.com) depicts a photo of a nude girl snapping a photo of her reflection in a mirror. In the screenshot, the girl, who is listed as a 15-year-old from the United States, is topless and partially nude at the bottom. Nearly 5,000 users of the app have rated the photo. iPhone app review site [...] Continue Reading…
Only two weeks after launching the 3.0 software update for iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple is now working hard to deliver an update to the iPhone OS. The iPhone SDK 3.1 beta was pushed out to developers last night, and the recipients report the software already has a few new features and refinements.
Apple has not mentioned specifically the improvements in the iPhone 3.1 beta update, but numerous developers have downloaded the software and reported on forums and blogs some of the new things they discovered within the update.
At a first glance, reports say that the iPhone 3.1 improves Voice Control functionality (introduced with the iPhone 3GS), which now works over Bluetooth as well. Video editing on the iPhone 3GS will be improved also, as users will be able to [...] Continue Reading…
I found a good iPhone 3GS disassembled process video. I know you were all dying to do this… According to the site, it’s iPhone 3GS comprehensive take apart and repair directions for the touch panel, battery and LCD replacement. “Do not try this at home,” If i were you I’d listen to em and leave it alone 
A number of complaints regarding the iPhone 3GS’ battery have surfaced on Apple’s discussion board since the handset’s June 19 launch. Given Apple’s promises of a faster and longer lasting iPhone, it’s understandable that 3GS users, particularly those who have made the jump from the previous models, have higher expectations.
Preliminary battery testing on our iPhone 3GS review model showed positive results, but we won’t know the whole story until CNET Labs finishes its tests. Until that time, I can offer tips on making your iPhone battery last. They can be used individually or in combination to best suit your own needs. Some of these ideas are even recommended by Apple and some of them we’ve mentioned on iPhone Atlas before.
Reset iPhone
In addition to resolving signal strength problems, resetting an [...] Continue Reading…
Startups which concentrate on the development of iPhone apps have attracted about $100 million in venture capital in the mere two years that this business has existed, according to data compiled by the Chubbybrain blog.
The leading VC firm in this space is Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, which has put $50 million in six startups. This is about half of the $100 million iPhone development fund they launched in March 2008.
The average placement has been about $4.6 million. The largest deal was $15 million and the smallest $15,000.
The $102.49 million overall figure may be conservative since it leaves out a developers who create apps across smartphone platforms and companies for whom iPhone app development is small and/or incidental — like media companies who create an app to extend their reach.
Admittedly, [...] Continue Reading…
Considering that the Palm Pre was designed in part by ex-Apple employees, and that its iTunes syncing function works by pretending to be an iPod, it was predictable that Apple would try to shoot it down.The Big Fruit today released a very thinly veiled attack on the Pre’s iTunes capabilities, in the form of a support note. While it never mentions the Pre by name, it’s clear what they’re talking about here.
“Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.”
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Legendeary Phone hacker ZodTTD has begun to work on a PlayStation emulator for the Pre. Here we see him playing Wipeout, and it looks great. It is still in the early stages, so the screen scaling and sound aren’t quite figured out yet, but this video proves the Pre is a worthy opponent of the iPhone.
Written by Frank @turboiPhone
Anyone out there got an idea for an App they’d like to see or even create, and profit off of? Registered iPhoneDevelopers can download iPhone SDK 3.1, which includes the Xcode IDE, iPhone simulator, and a suite of additional tools for developing applications for iPhone and iPod touch. This is an upgrade to the previously released 3.0 SDK which needed some improvements like having the OS simulator “more closely matching the device.” There is also a new Interface Builder, XCode and Dashcode changes.
In case your wondering SDK stands for Software Developer Kit
Writen By: Franklin @ turboiphone.com
So if you’re like me and your starting to see all these benchmark test and videos of the new iPhone, you can not help but wonder if you really wanted one could you get it ? Apple has posted an online database to allow potential iPhone 3GS customers in the U.S. to check stock levels for the various models at Apple Retail Stores. Availability is updated at least hourly. Apple deployed similar tools for both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G, although these previous versions only updated nightly with stock levels for opening the following day.
Written by Frank @turboiPhone
1. Control Scrubbing Rate
Scrubbing refers to rewinding or fast forwarding through a video, song, podcast, or audiobook by scrolling the grey “position” ball left or right near the top of the screen. You may have noticed in the past that it was difficult to get to the exact spot you want to be.
With iPhone 3.0, simply hold the ball, and slide your finger down. The lower you slide your finger on the screen, the slower scrub rate you will scroll with.
When you scrub directly on the position bar, you go at Hi-Speed. When you scroll down some, you go at Half Speed. Some more and you get Quarter Speed, and a bit more you get Fine Scrubbing. Apple made it very easy to get to where you wanna be [...] Continue Reading…
I can see why someone would try to unload their iPhone 3G in hopes to make some money to put toward the new 3G S, but If I dropped my phone in urine, I’d probably not mention it to well…anyone, and sell it ASAP!!
Google announced today that daily YouTube uploads from mobile devices have increased 400% since the release of the iPhone 3GS last Friday. The iPhone 3GS includes the ability to record video and provides for easy uploading directly to YouTube from within the Camera Roll section of the Photos application.
YouTube also notes, however, that the spike generated by the release of the iPhone 3GS is also the acceleration of a trend that has seen the upload rate grow by 1700% over the past six months.
This growth represents three things coming together: new video-enabled phones on the market, improvements to the upload flow when you post a video to YouTube from your phone, and a new feature on YouTube that allows your videos to be quickly and effortlessly shared through your [...] Continue Reading…
So, after being a loyal 1st gen I Phone user for 2 years (although not loyal AT&T subscriber as my iPhone was unlocked for use with the T-Mobile Network…Yea, take that AT&T with your ridiculously high smart phone plans!) I was excited to hear that the new IPhone 3gS was to be released right at the time of my T-Mobile contract expiration. I enthusiastically called up AT&T to order my new IPhone and setup a plan with them, only to find out that for some dumb reason (which at&t said they could not explain either) they would require a $500 deposit for me to start a line of service. Wait…..WHAT??? Yes, a $500 deposit so I could pay $200 for their phone, and commit myself to paying at least [...] Continue Reading…
