Wrapup

This is a wrapup of the articles written this past week...

Twitter apps "secure connection failed" errors

Recently I’ve been getting the same error more and more often and it’s getting very annoying: Secure Connection Failed.

mQuickDo review and app giveaway

A review of the mQuickDo jailbreak app with a contest to give away 10 copied of the application.

iPhone stuck on reboot fix

A fix to the problem where your iPhone gets stuck on reboot, or hangs on the Apple logo.

iPhone 3.1 is out!

If your iPhone is jailbroken, you should not update to OS 3.1. Doing so will just wipe out your jailbreak and may make it impossible to jailbreak or unlock in the future.

Everything you need to know about iPhone 3.1

There is not much to it! It seems to me all this event was actually kinda disappointing but that’s what happens when you expect too much…

How Apple does business by giving us less

That’s interesting how a $149 iPod Nano gets a video camera with speaker and microphone but yet, the $399 iPod Touch doesn’t.

No 3.1 jailbreak yet

There is no jailbreak yet for firmware 3.1 but I am confident the Dev Team is working overtime to deliver to us a jailbreak (and maybe an unlock) for 3.1.

The recession case for iPhone

This case was developed to provide basic protection for your iPhone without leaving you broke.

If you missed any of the articles we posted this week, here is a quick wrapup for you.

Apple taking crap from everyone

It seems that I’m not the only one getting tired of Apple. I recommend you read the full article and watch the video.

New iPod coming up

Apple has finally confirmed the long-rumored event to be held on September 9, in San Francisco.

10 original and beautiful iPhone themes

Within the past few weeks, I have been selecting several beautiful and original iPhone themes that I’d like to share with you today.

How to rob and Apple Store in 31 seconds

23 MacBook Pro, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod Touch stolen in 31 seconds. You think you can do better?

It's official, MMS coming to the iPhone on September 25

According to a press release, we should get MMS on September 25.

Too much iPhone is hurting me (and others)

For the last few months, I’ve noticed a slight pain in my right hand (the hand I use to hold my iPhone).

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Sunday is my lazy day where I tend to be not creative at all, hence the wrapup most. If you missed anything on the blog this, here is a quick summary of everything we talked about.

Gpush brings Gmail push notifications to Gmail

All in all, Gpush is a good and cheap application that does exactly what it’s supposed to. However, it can become very annoying if like me, you receive a couple hundred emails a day.

Stop apps from spying on you

Thanks to the collaboration of Saurik, BigBoss, and the major companies tracking your apps stats, it is now possible to opt out of being spied on via an application appropriately named PricaCy.

I predict MMS will be coming to the iPhone in the next few days

I predict that a soon to be announced 3.1 firmware will come with some type of carrier update that will allow AT&T users to finally be able to send and receive MMS through their iPhones.

On iPhone 3GS tethering

It was the first time I actually tethered my iPhone 3GS and I have to admit that I am incredibly impressed with the speed.

iPhone goes into safe mode

I had heard about the iPhone safe mode before but I had never experienced it until a few days ago.

Fix for the "couldn't activate cellular data network" error

This error often appears after jailbreaking and/or unlocking and it is mostly characterized by the fact that your iPhone can’t connect to the internet using the cellular data network, and you can’t send text messages anymore. Here is a quick fix.

Here is a summary of the articles that were posted on the blog this week.

TomTom for iPhone Now Available in the App Store

After making its debuts in New Zealand, Australia, and Europe, the TomTom iPhone app is finally available for download in the App Store.

Your iPhone is spying on you

Some applications available in the App Store are spying on you, tracking your personal data and reporting this information “home”.

Download torrents on your iPhone with Torentula

Ever wanted to download torrents on your iPhone? It is now possible thanks to an application called Torrentula.

How to sync Yahoo calendar with your iPhone

Until now there was no way to sync Yahoo calendar with your iPhone calendar but Yahoo wrote a blog post about how to do that over the air.

Edit videos on your iPhone 2G or 3G

Here is a hack that allows you to view the videos you record with Cycorder or VideoRecorder directly in your Camera Roll. Additionally, you can trim the videos, exactly like on an iPhone 3GS.

iPhone Nano into the wild

We took this mini iPhone for a ride at the local Apple Store in San Diego.

In case you missed some of this week's articles, here is a wrapup of everything we blogged about.

OS 3.0.1

What's cooking? 3.1 or 3.0.1?

I bet that it’s going to be version 3.0.1 as I think it’s still a little early for Apple to release version 3.1. But hey, I might be totally way off.

iPhone OS 3.0.1 is out

As I predicted this morning, Apple didn’t realease a 3.1 but a 3.0.1 update to the iPhone OS. The firmware update is supposed to fix the SMS vulnerability that we talked about earlier this week.

Dev Team explains the 3.0.1 jailbreak

The Dev Team posted an official update on their blog about the 3.0.1 jailbreak and unlock. I guess the aim of this post is to clarify a little bit on what to do and how it works.

Jailbreak and unlock iPhone OS 3.0.1

The Dev Team reported that it is safe to update your iPhone to OS 3.0.1. After updating your iPhone to the latest 3.0.1 firmware, you can run the latest version of RedSn0w and point it to firmware 3.0.

Apple's Shenanigans

Enough with Apple dictatorship

A rant about how Apple is handling the App Store approval process. What really annoys me is that people don’t seem to care much and just deal with it. If it was Microsoft doing the same thing, people would be ranting all over the web. But it’s Apple, the great innovative, customer oriented company so that makes it ok… To me it doesn’t!

Apple thinks you're a drug dealer or a criminal...

Apple has argued in a filing with the US Copyright Office that iPhone owners who jailbreak their iPhones and change the ECID can very well be drug dealers.

Random News

Cydia is kicking the App Store in the nuts

It seems that the Cydia Store is doing well as Jay Freeman aka Saurik, the creator of Cydia, reports that “the Cydia Store has had about 53,000 purchases for a grand total of about $210,000 spent“.

Apple unveils the new iPhone 3GI

A little over a month after the launch of the iPhone 3GS, Apple unveiled a newer model called the iPhone 3GI. The “I” stands for Invisible, as it is only visible to Apple’s most loyal customers.

Get AT&T Navigator (the GPS app) for free for a month

You can call AT&T at 611 and talk to a representative. Tell them you would like to try AT&T Navigator and ask them if they would mind giving you a free trial.

How to hack any iPhone in the world via SMS

If you receive a strange looking SMS on your iPhone this Thursday, you’d better turn it off right away as it might enable hackers to infect your iPhone and take control of it

Sometimes I don't know what to write about on this blog so I just do a wrapup of recent articles or articles that I think deserve more attention. In this edition of the weekly wrapup, we talk about 2 new Twitter applications, iPhone security and battery tips, a stupid iPhone ad, and iPhone 3GS unlock methods.

Twitter Apps

Send Videos to Twitter With Twitvid

TwitVid is a new application that allows you to send videos from your iPhone 3GS to your Twitter account. TwitVid is very simple to use. Launch the app, select a video to upload or record a new one, tap “choose”, add your tweet’s text and that’s it. It will send the tweet with a short link to your video. Read more...

Get Twitter Push Notifications With Boxcar

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. Read more...

iPhone Security

Protect Your iPhone With An Alphanumeric Password

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...

Unlock Methods for iPhone 3GS

PurpleSn0w, the iPhone 3GS Unlock By GeoHot

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

Is UltraSn0w Better Than PurpleSn0w?

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. Read more...

iPhone Battery

Rant About the Poor iPhone 3GS Battery and Poor Customer Support

When Apple introduced the iPhone 3GS last month, they announced that the battery life would be improved. Like many other iPhone 3GS owners, I am very disappointed in the actual battery life. Read more...

16 Tips to Maximize Your iPhone Battery Life

The iPhone battery sucks. Here are a few tips that can help you go through the day on one charge. Read more...

New TV Ad for the iPhone 3GS

Stupid "Copy and Paste" TV Ad

Does Apple think we're morons? Apparently yes! Read more...