Month: September 2008

iPhone News Roundup for 9/16/08

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 9, 2018

What happened today in the iPhone world? Save yourself some time and read this! These are the highlights of the iPhone news for today.

From the iPhone Download Blog:

Sonic Lighter the iPhone lighter CopierciN brings copy/paste to the iPhone. Kinda!

From other sources:

Apple finding it difficult to crack Japanese cell phone market

Apple's iPhone, a runaway success in the US and parts of Europe, is struggling to see similar success in Japan, where consumers who've long been privy to some of the world's most advance cell phones are passing over the touchscreen handset for cheaper and more familiar offerings. [via Apple Insider]

DevTeam working on a Jailbreak for the iPod Touch 2.1

“U Can’t Touch This” were the words of the great MC Hammer in 1990, but we just couldn’t wait to “touch it” as soon as the new slinky wafer-thin iPod was unveiled by Father Jobs a week ago. We are especially eager to experiment with this device because the n72ap in the new iPod Touch 2G may give us insight into upcoming iPhones. So a few hours ago the large truck backed into the DevTeam warehouse where the crate of iPod touché devices were dropped off and we started the very earliest stages of investigation (which means fun!) ;-) We won’t have more to say unless there’s more to say. Hammertime! [via DevTeam Blog]

AT&T Looking for New Ways to Meld iPhone with U-Verse

U.S. phone company AT&T Inc plans to eventually link Apple Inc's iPhone to its high-speed Internet and video service called U-verse, and introduce new features like using the phone as a remote control. [via Reuters]

Newber adds second line to iPhone

FreedomVOICE has launched a beta program for Newber, a combination iPhone app and cellular service. The software allows users to have an additional number on their iPhone, enabling users to have a "business" line without revealing their personal iPhone. [via MacNN]

T-Mobile sets stage for Android, iPhone showdown next week

An invitation sent out on Tuesday by T-Mobile asks the media to gather next week to see the first phone built on the Android mobile platform, but will also pit Apple and Google against each other -- if reluctantly. [via Apple Insider]

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CopierciN brings copy/paste to the iPhone. Kinda!

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

Yes, I know, you've heard it before... I also know you've really wanted that copy/paste feature on your iPhone since June 29th, 2007. After all, even the crappiest Treo can do it; why the iPhone couldn't?

It seems that we're kinda getting there with CopierciN.

CopierciN is a basic text editor which, hopefully, bring some kind of copy/paste mechanism to iPhone (to jailbroken ones only, unfortunately). It does not add copy/paste functionality directly to other applications but it provides a mechanism to import text from and export text to SMS, Notes, Mail applications (more to come in the future) and files in the filesystem.

CopierciN only works for jailbroken iPhone 2.0.2. Is is not very stable and only works for Notes, SMS, and emails so far but the developer (who's actually developing this application to learn Objective C !) says he wants to port it to Safari as well, which to me is where the great value of this app would be.

If you're still on 2.0.2, go to Cydia (under BigBoss repository, in Utilities section) and try it out and tell us what you think.

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iPhone News Roundup for 9/15/08

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

This is your daily fix of iPhone news in one place so you don't have to visit 60 sites to know what happened today in the iPhone world.

Apple Developing ARM Processors for iPhone

Wei-han Lien, the senior manager of Apple’s chip team, dished out the morsel on LinkedIn, saying he’s busy at work crafting an ARM processor for the next-generation iPhone.

Edit most document types with TextGuru

TextGuru is a new iPhone application that promising, useful -- and also really powerful! The application allows you to create and edit a ton of document types.

NetShare, banned from the AppStore

Looks like Apple has decided they will not be allowing any tethering applications in the AppStore. As such, NetShare will not be available in the iTunes AppStore. We are seeing a lot of similar reports from various developers who's applications were abruptly removed and banned from the AppStore without any violations of the terms of service. This is all unfortunate news for the iPhone platform end-users.

iFund Gets A Blog

Today we’re launching the iFund blog. The purpose is to share (and hear) perspectives around the iPhone and emerging open mobile ecosystem. We’ve been blown away by the amount of entrepreneurial activity in mobile since launching the iFund on March 6th. In 6 months, we’ve received over 2700 plans. To put it in context, that’s about 20x what we received in a similar period last year.

Become a citizen journalist with CBS EyeMobile

CBS wants you to take photos of events as they're happening, then use EyeMobile to upload your pics and report on what's happening. If the iPhone ever gets video capabilities, you'd most likely be able to use EyeMobile to upload your news videos as well. (Note to Apple: that video capture capability would have been nice in the 2.1 update.) CBS is now accepting video from other sources, like your camcorder or BlackBerry.

EyeMobile also lets you watch what other "citizen journalists" are posting. While the quality of reporting might be somewhat iffy, anything has to be better than the talking heads that the networks hire.

iPhone app growth outpacing iTunes' early days

As Roughly Drafted Magazine points out, what used to be the iTunes Music Store took two months to sell 25 million songs, and a full two years to sell 1 billion. Even if growth stopped today and remained flat for the next year, Jobs could very well still hit his prediction of a billion-dollar marketplace, and the App Store could give McDonalds a run for its money by hanging a "one billion sold!" sign much earlier than the iTunes Music Store did.

"Star Wars: Force Unleashed" for iPhone Now Available

THQ Wireless Inc has released Star Wars: Force Unleashed [App Store] to the App Store. The $9.99 game offers a companion game to the full version due for release on September 16th.

iPhone 3G works out of the box with AT&T Pay As You Go SIMs

It was my first time to truly confirm that the rumors were true: a completely virgin iPhone 3G works out of the box with AT&T Pay As You Go SIMs. After about two minutes, the iPhone acknowledged the SIM and threw up an AT&T logo. I made an outgoing phone call without any problems.

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safari on the iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

i am having problems staying connected to safari. the page will open but as soon as it loads then the phone exits out of safari to the main screen on

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WinPwn for iPhone 2.1 coming soon

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

Hey Windows user, don't be so sad that QuickPwn and PwnageTool are only available for Mac users so far for jailbreaking the iPhone 2.1 firmware. \Cmw has been busy lately but according to his website, he and his buddies are gonna be working on a WinPwn update for jailbreaking the 2.1 firmware:

It's been very busy for me recently at work and I haven't had much time to spend on WinPwn.But i'm hoping that planet/squpid and I can get the latest version out soon. I will keep you updated!

Of course, I will report to you when this little piece of software comes out ;-)

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Jailbreak iPhone 2.1

Sébastien Page ∙ September 14, 2008

A lot of things happened with the last 48 hours in the iPhone jailbreak community; this is due to the release of QuickPwn and PwnageTool 2.1 by the DevTeam. I have been posting quite a few tutorials since yesterday on how to jailbreak the iPhone 2.1 firmware and I understand some of you might be a little overwhelmed by the amount of information.

To make it easier for you, I am writing this post to sum up all the iPhone 2.1 jailbreak tutorials that I posted so you can find your QuickPwn guide or PwnageTool tutorial in one place.

PwnageTool 2.1 Guide QuickPwn Tutorial iPhone 2.1 Jailbreak guide
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iPhoneModem: the 10 second iPhone tethering

Sébastien Page ∙ September 16, 2008

It looks like someone finally did it. NetShare had tried but was banned from the App Store. NetShare was not very user friendly but they were the first iPhone tethering application out there.

Yesterday, iPhoneModem, an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone’s Internet connection on your computer, was released in Cydia.

From iPhoneModem.com:

What is iPhoneModem

iPhoneModem is an application for the iPhone that aims at making it really easy to use the iPhone's Internet connection on your computer. iPhoneModem is available for installation jailbreaked devices using Cydia or Installer package managers.

How does it work

On the Mac, iPhoneModem creates a WiFi network to be able to connect to your iPhone and automatically configures the network settings to use a Socks Proxy. On the iPhone it acts as a "Socks Proxy" effectively sharing the Internet Connection.

Why isn't it on the AppStore

Because Apple has not yet (since July '08) responded to our "iPhone Developer Program" application and because it has already shown reluctancy to approve sharing the iPhones Internet connection. The reasons for not allowing sharing or "tethering" on the iPhone are probably related to current AT&T contractual limitations. These limitations are not global, meaning that there are other companies/providers which allow it, and we do not believe that Apple and AT&T will maintain this for much longer simply because it's clearly bad business.

How to Install

1. Jailbreak the iPhone (if you haven't already):

2. On the iPhone use "Cydia" or "Installer" to install iPhoneModem - it's filed on the Networking category. After installing a new App named "Modem" should be available on the iPhone.

If you cannot find it you can add our repository to Cydia. The URL is http://iphonemodem.com/cydia

How to Use it

If you have MacOS 10.5 (Leopard), first download and open iPhoneModem on the Mac, click "Connect" and then open "Modem" on the iPhone. Make sure that on the iPhone you are connected to a WiFi network named "iPhoneModem", created by the Mac application. That's it, you can start surfing the web.

If you are using Microsoft Windows, Linux or a previous version of MacOS, you'll have to manually create an WiFi network between the computer and the iPhone and configure Socks Proxy with the WiFi IP of the iPhone and port 1080.

So far, iPhoneModem only worls for Mac but they say they are working on a Windows version.

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Disapointed by Engadget

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 15, 2017

From the iPhone DevTeam blog:

While criticism and competition is fine it should be reported correctly, with all the facts. and certainly minus the FUD. Do you guys think we are “less and less relevant with each passing day” ? We don’t think so, and we certainly prefer our hacks to theirs. ;-)  Though even if the world deems us irrelevant, the iPhone family of devices is still fun to hack!

Unlike Engadget, I think the DevTeam is more and more relevant! Come on people, do you really want to be a prisoner of Apple? You're already are in some ways since you have to battle at every firmware update to keep your iPhone jailbroken. People talk shit about MicroSoft but at least if you have a device that runs on Windows Mobile, you don't have to "hack" your phone to add 3rd party applications.

That is the way Apple does business. Steve Jobs, whom I hate with passion, just wants to lock you in his products. Screw that! I don't want to rely on you Mr Hypocrite! Truth is I have more jailbroken applications on my iPhone than I have App Store approved apps.

If you're reading my blog, you're most likely into jailbreaking your phone so please, go to Engadget and take their poll and leave a nasty comment.

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