Month: September 2008

EA Games coming up with 9 more games for the iPhone

EA Games announced that it will soon release 9 more games for the iPhone, namely:

Yahtzee Adventures Mini Golf Lemonade Tycoon Mahjong Monopoly: Here & Now The World Edition SimCity Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘09 Need for Speed Undercover Sims 3

I am not really into video games. Having ADD alows me to spend only a few minutes on them before I get bored. I really can't wait for the Monopoly game though.

Record videos on your iPhone with Cycorder 0.9-4

Hooray! Cycorder just updated to version 0.9-4 and now allows you to record videos with sound on your iPhone. I have to say I am really impressed by the quality of the picture and the sound recording.

Cycorder allows you to record videos on your iPhone at the maximum speed of the iPhone camera (6-15 frames per second), with no compression delay between pressing sop and getting to view the resulting video.

Cycorder does MJPEG compression and video files are recorded at 384×288, a 4×3 TV aspect ratio.

How do you get your recorded video from your iPhone to your computer? When you record a video, it is placed as a .mov movie in /var/mobile/Media/Videos. Apparently, a future version might integrate into DCIM.

Here is what this 0.9-4 upgrade brings to Cycorder:

audio recording TV out supported playback (does that mean TV output?) no autolock when recording a few minor fixes

I recorded my own video and made it available to you. You can view this video made with Cycorder here.

The application is only available in Cydia and believe it or not, it is free. It shows ads while you record but these ads are not intrusive at all. Ads don’t show anywhere on your recording when you’re watching.

iPhone fix to “Unable to Download Application” error

Have you ever had this error message on your iPhone while trying to download an application or a game: Unable to download application.

There is a pretty easy fix for this and here is how it works:

Simply double tap the icon of the application that gives you trouble and wait for a few seconds. It should then be available.

If it does not work, the problem may also be that the app didn't get downloaded completely. So, remove it and try downloading it again. I found it much better to download app over wifi, rather than 3G.

A new ZiPhone in the work

Zibri posted this weekend that he is currently working on a new version of ZiPhone. I have always been a big fan of ZiPhone as it offers a one-click jailbreak/unlock for the iPhone. I really respect the DevTeam and cmw for QuickPwn and WinPwn, but I have to admit my heart goes to ZiPhone...

Here is what Zibri says:

I’m testing at the moment a very preliminary version of the next ZiPhone.. Let me tell you it’s impressive. A very few testers screamed when they saw how simple is this. I can’t tell you more for now.. It’s really to early.

This makes me think that ZiPhone is gonna be much easier to use than QuickPwn and WinPwn, which are already dead simple...

iPhone Tunnel Suite 2.5

[digg-me]Wanna SSH into your iPhone but don't have wifi. Well, rejoice because thanks to th enew iPhone Tunnel Suite 2.5, you're now gonna be able to just that, with the help of a USB cable.

The iPhone Tunnel Suite supports tethering and all other SSH possibilities via USB cable.

The Version 2.5 is currently in an closed beta-test but will be released in a few days.

Supposedly, you're gonna be able to use your iPhone as a 3G/EDGE modem and a WIFI antenna.

You will be able to sftp on the iPhone, share internet connection from the iPhone or use the iPod Touch as a wifi antenna via usb cable. You'll also be able to use terminal via usb cable.

Check out this video. I will let you know when it comes out to public.

iPhone Tunnel Suite 2.5 Beta from ben miller on Vimeo.