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  • iPhone's 1.1.3 update gets ready for native applications

    Filed under: Handsets , Apple , OS X The well known and respected iPhone hacker Nate True has discovered some very, very interesting information concerning Apple's latest update, 1.1.3 . According to Mr. True, the boys and girls in Cupertino have all but prepped the device's OS for native applications, altering the functionality of SpringBoard to display additional apps, changing the ownership of applications to a unified "mobile" user, and moving the location of preferences to the accompanying non-root directory. Additionally, SpringBoard now boasts widget support via a class called SBWidgetApplication. All of these technical and seemingly minor details will apparently make it easier for developers to create new applications for the phone, though Nate says they'll also break existing native apps in the process. All we ask is that developers get those NES and SNES emulators ported quickly and safely to the new system. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

  • The skinny on iPhone and iPod touch firmware 1.1.3

    Filed under: Software , Apple , OS X So let's just boil down the newly-available firmware 1.1.3 to the nitty gritty, shall we? Here's what Apple's latest juicy morsel is going to do to your iPhone (or iPod touch, if that's how you roll and you have $19.99 to spare) once you can finally reliably get it from iTunes: Maps: New hybrid view, same as Google Maps. Satellite imagery and street mapping available on a single view. Maps: Location triangulation. Uses nearby WiFi access points and GSM towers (on the iPhone, anyway) to roughly guesstimate your current location. Web Clips: Web bookmarks can now be saved as home screen icons, including zoom and location information. Home screen: Icons on the home screen can now be rearranged. Home screen: Up to 9 home screens can now be created and "flicked" between. SMS: A single text message can now be sent to multiple recipients; groups can be recalled for future use. iTunes: Movie rentals are now supported. iTunes: Support for lyrics. Additionally, the iPod touch now features Mail, Maps, Stocks, Weather, and Notes, all of which were previously exclusive to the iPhone. Cheers! Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

  • iPhone firmware 1.1.3 update announced: it's just like we heard

    Filed under: Software , Apple , OS X If you saw the 1.1.3 leaked firmware then this isn't a surprise. The new iPhone firmware features Google maps with location, up to 9 total home screens, Webclips, the ability to SMS multiple recipients, and more. That more being lyrics, subtitles, languages, chapters, in your iPod media. To customize a screen you just touch and hold the icon for a couple of seconds and it begins to "shake." Right, just like we saw in the video. Flicking your finger across the screen moves to the next screen. iPod touch users, it's all yours for $20. No, we're not kidding. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

  • iPhones upgraded to 1.1.3 can't be downgraded?

    Filed under: Software , Apple , OS X Not to say it's actually easy to get your hands on the rumored 1.1.3 firmware at this point, but in the event that you do, proceed with caution. Nate True, the guy that brought us a video walkthrough of the supposedly leaked goods, is reporting that he can't seem to downgrade to 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 after performing the install. Locked phones show an "Incorrect SIM" error -- a problem unlockers of yore are all too familiar with -- while previously unlocked phones can't be upgraded to 1.1.3 at all. Let's be honest, though: if you somehow managed to score a copy of 1.1.3, is that really going to stop you from going for it? [Thanks, cingular#1] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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