iPhone 3GS TV Ad “Copy and Paste” Is Stupid

by Sebastien on Jul 17, 2009

I was watching TV yesterday night when I saw the Copy and Paste TV ad for the new iPhone 3GS. I had seen this ad many times before but it was the first time it stroke me how laughable this ad really is.

This is the new iPhone, and it lets you do some pretty incredible things… You can copy a phone number, and paste it in a text. You can copy an article, and paste it in an email…

What made me laugh is that they are using the copy/paste feature as a selling point. Of course this is a brand new feature for the iPhone, but you have to keep in mind that copy/paste has been available on all other smartphones forever. Besides, the copy/paste feature on the iPhone has nothing of revolutionary. If anything I think it is very clunky and intrusive. Yet Apple sells it as a technology breakthrough.

Then at the end of the ad comes the catchy phrase:

Copy and paste on the iPhone 3GS, the most powerful iPhone yet.

Well of course it’s the most powerful iPhone yet; it’s the latest one and there has only been 2 before that.

I think this ad is really deceiving.

What do you think of the latest iPhone ads? If you didn’t have an iPhone yet, would they make you want to get one?

 

Dev Team Says UltraSn0w Is Better Than PurpleSn0w

by Sebastien on Jul 16, 2009

The friendly fight between the Dev Team and GeoHot keeps going as the Dev Team posted a blog post this morning highlighting how much better than PurpleSn0w UltraSn0w is.

  • Works on both 3G and 3GS
  • Works on hacktivated devices
  • Works regardless of how you jailbroke your device
  • Doesn’t patch any mach-o binary whatsoever.  (Doesn’t require a separate patch as each new firmware comes out).
  • Doesn’t install any additional daemon
  • Has no race conditions, no popups about “Missing SIM”, no network issues
  • Is almost 7000 times smaller than its nearest competition :)
  • Is available now via Cydia.  Source repo is http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com (that last “0” in ultrasn0w is a zero!)

That was the short version… If you want to full geeky version of this, head over the Dev Team’s blog. Although PurpleSn0w might not be perfect, the Dev Team used parts and pieces of GeoHot’s findings and included them in the latest UltraSn0w 0.9 update (available through Cydia).

What’s really better? UltraSn0w or PurpleSn0w?

Honestly, I don’t know. I don’t need to unlock my iPhone right now so I haven’t even tried any of these. If I had to pick one though, I’d choose UltraSn0w. I trust the Dev Team is doing what’s best for your iPhone now but also takes into account future updates that might render the unlock impossible. GeoHot on the other hand, seems to be a burning head.

Have you tried UltraSn0w and PurpleSn0w? If so, what do you think?

 

On iPhone 3GS Poor Battery Life And Apple’s Poor Customer Support

by Sebastien on Jul 15, 2009

When Apple introduced the iPhone 3GS last month, they announced that the battery life would be improved. Given the poor battery life of my iPhone 3G, I took that as a great news and was very excited about being able to get more from my iPhone.

Like many other iPhone 3GS owners, I am very disappointed in the actual battery life. It is nothing like Apple had claimed but since the phone was brand new, I figured that I’d need to give it a few full charges and run downs to optimize the battery. I was wrong as it didn’t change anything. I also tried all the tricks as turning off push notifications, location services, etc…

So I decided I’d give a call to Apple to see what they suggested. It started pretty bad as I had to wait a solid 15 minutes to get someone on the phone. Oh well, they must be busy, I thought. Finally someone picks up the phone and mumbles what I believe is a name and some type of welcoming message for me. Eww, bad first impression! Read More

 

Get Twitter Push Notifications With Boxcar

by Sebastien on Jul 14, 2009

Boxcar is a new iPhone application that sends push notifications for Twitter. When someone DMs or @replies you, you will get a push notification in the form of a a text box and a sound notification. Tweets pushed to you can be opened in Tweetie or Twitterrific for now, with support for more apps coming soon.

It’s not real time push as notifications take about a minute to be pushed to your iPhone but it still works great. The only downside I see in this app is that these push notifications can quickly become overwhelming if you have many people @replying or DMing you. For someone like me, Twitter push notifications make my ADD even worse…

I really like how the app works but it’s not for me. Do you really need to be notified of every new tweet you receive?

You can download Boxcar from iTunes for $1.99.

 

Marriage Calculator – Will your marriage make it?

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

Category: Lifestyle
Marriage Calculator – Will your marriage make it? went from $1.99 to $2.99
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

flowerMail(Sale 50%off)

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

Category: Lifestyle
flowerMail(Sale 50%off) went from $1.99 to $0.99
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

GeoHot Releases PurlpleSn0w iPhone 3GS Unlock

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

A few days after releasing PurpleRa1n, the first iPhone 3GS jailbreak, GeoHot has now created his own iPhone 3GS unlock called PurpleSn0w.

Wifi fails? Battery fails? Unlock fails? You need purplesn0w, the geohot 3GS unlock solution. Now I know you here a lot about different colors of sn0w, but I’m here to tell you why purplesn0w is the best. First off, what is purplesn0w? It’s a soft unlock for your 3GS that I’d actually use day to day. It’s not a daemon that takes any resources, and it doesn’t add a task to your baseband. It’s very close to a true unlock. All it does is patch three files, CommCenter, lockdownd, and your wildcard activation plist(which you need, activate w at&t sim first, no hacktivation support yet).

Many users reported losing wifi connection and not being able to get any signal after unlocking their iPhone with UltraSn0w, so hopefully PurpleSn0w will get better feedback.

Follow these steps to install PurpleSn0w:

  • First your iPhone has to be jailbroken (see jailbreak guides)
  • Launch Cydia and add this source: http://apt.geohot.com
  • Install the com.geohot.purplesn0w package
  • Reboot your iPhone
  • Done!

If you want to unlock your iPhone for T-Mobile, make sure you disable 3G in the settings.

GeoHot also posted technical information about PurpleSn0w. If you’re into dissecting lines of codes, GeotHot made the source code available for you to play with.

 

Alien Jumper LITE

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

Category: Games :: Puzzle
Alien Jumper LITE went from $0.99 to $0.00
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

DronEze – Drone Sounds

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

Category: Entertainment
DronEze – Drone Sounds went from $0.99 to $0.00
Click here to download it on iTunes

 

Protect Your iPhone With An Alphanumeric Password

by Sebastien on Jul 13, 2009

You can easily passcode protect your iPhone by going to Settings > General > Passcode Lock. However, this only gives you the ability to set up a 4-digit code. If you’re a security freak and want to add an extra layer of protection to your iPhone, there is a simple hack that will let you create an alphanumeric password of as many characters as you want. Read More

 
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