Though it’s not the first VoIP solution for the iPhone (there are a few Web-based solutions, including one that’s Skype-compatible and another from Talkety), Truphone has demonstrated the first — that we know of — VoIP solution that is capable of using the iPhone’s native phone application to dial calls. It’s a third-party application that […]

The iPhone Dev Wiki has posted a new release of AnySIM, the free, GUI-based iPhone application that unlocks the device to work on carriers other than AT&T. The developers of the new release state:

“[…] version 1.02 fixes a lot of bugs regarding the timing and false fail report issues. For now, this version of anySIM […]

We previously reported on a method (and page conversion script) for storing an entire set of HTML in a bookmark on the iPhone (in effect allowing ‘Web apps’ to live locally on the device) by utilizing the data: URL. All page content is stored in bookmark data, and can be accessed when no network connection […]

The inability to properly sync iPhones with iTunes remains one of the most pressing issues facing the device. We’ve received hundreds of reports from users indicating problems on some level. For the sake of reiteration, the most common problems:

The iPhone is not recognized by iTunes, never appearing in the left-hand pane
iTunes fails to transfer all […]

Customizing the look of the iPhone’s interface was a feat accomplished almost immediately after hacking the device and adding third-party native applications went mainstream. The past several days, however, have seen an explosion of worthy, easily installable themes for the device, the debut of a method for (almost as easily) changing the look of the […]

Though the iPhone has had the ability to use Gmail accounts in its native email client since the device’s inception, the Web-based interface for GMail remained awakward. Making heavy use of JavaScript (with which the iPhone is still a poor performer), the GMail interface was slow to render, difficult to navigate, and sometimes crashed the […]

Mark/Space has announced that its Missing Sync software will be made available in an iPhone-compatible edition in the fourth quarter of 2007. The tool provides the ability to move contacts, tasks, events and photos from Palm OS, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones to the iPhone as well as the ability to archive, browse and search […]

“It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” said Steve Jobs. “We try to stay ahead. People will try to break in, and it’s our job to stop them breaking in.”

Indeed.

Yesterday Apple issued a statement declaring that currently available unlocking solutions for using the iPhone on a carrier other than AT&T in the US or other authorized carriers in […]

Apollo IM, the first native instant messaging client for the iPhone (see our previous coverage here and here), has been released as version 1.0, bringing with it a new interface and support for the ICQ and MSN instant messaging protocols, in addition to preexisting AOL instant messenger support.

In our testing, the application worked relative well, […]

Apple today issued a press statement via PRNewswire indicating two key data: currently available unlocking solutions for using the iPhone on a carrier other than AT&T in the US or other authorized carriers in Europe cause “irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software,” and the iPhone firmware/software update (thought to be version 1.1.1) that adds the […]