Posts in November 2007

GameBoy emulator for iPhone

Posted 15 November 2007 @ 2pm in Applications

We haven’t had a chance to test this out yet, but ZodTTD just released version 0.0.5 of gpSPhone, a GameBoy Advanced emulator that lets you play Gameboy games right on the iPhone. This is one app that is definitely for the advanced users, as you need to supply your own BIOS and you need to […]

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1.1.2 firmware hits iTunes, and custom ringtone “hack” is back

Posted 13 November 2007 @ 4pm in News

Yes we know that the 1.1.2 firmware has been out and about for a few days now, but it has finally officially hit iTunes. Also, since we didn’t mention this yesterday, the custom ringtone “hack” is back. If you have iTunes 7.5 and iPhone firmware 1.1.2, you can just take any .m4a file that is […]

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China Mobile in talks with Apple to carry iPhone

Posted 13 November 2007 @ 1pm in News

As the iPhone is expected to debut in Asia only next year, China’s largest cell phone carrier is reportedly in talks with Apple to bring the much-anticipated handset to the Mainland.
During a session with reporters at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Macau, China Mobile’s chief executive revealed that the company is engaged in […]

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Jailbreak software for 1.1.2 is released

Posted 12 November 2007 @ 4pm in News

Erica Sadun over at TUAW points to a new GUI jailbreak software released by Conceited Software/TouchFree. You’re supposed to run this only after you run OktoPrep in 1.1.1 (Also by Conceited Software, OktoPrep prepares the iPhone for the 1.1.2 jailbreak), and then upgrade to 1.1.2. It works on both OS X and Windows, and the […]

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1.1.2 firmware hits, fixes TIFF vulnerability and easy jailbreaks

Posted 8 November 2007 @ 9pm in News

Well, looks like tomorrow has come sooner than we thought. In tune with the European time difference, Apple has released firmware version 1.1.2 for the iPhone. While not showing up as an update in iTunes just yet, you can download the 160MB file here and do a manual update via iTunes’ firmware updater. Just ctrl […]

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Rumor: 1.1.2 firmware dropping tomorrow

Posted 8 November 2007 @ 11am in News

If you’ve eagerly been awaiting the release of the 1.1.2 firmware, it looks like it’s going to be released within the next 24 hours. Pocket-Lint.co.uk is reporting the update will show up in iTunes as early as tomorrow morning after hearing details about it from Apple’s “press team” in conjunction with the iPhone’s UK and […]

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Funambol does slick wireless contact sync

Posted 7 November 2007 @ 3pm in Applications

 

Open source messaging service Funambol has a new contact management app for iPhones that’s the bee’s knees. It works both as a Web app, and a native application for users with iPhones that have been jailbroken and have the Installer.app loaded on their system. In its current state, a Funambol-registered iPhone can slurp up all […]

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Reader Survey

Posted 6 November 2007 @ 4pm in News

Our parent company, CNET, is running a survey of iPhone Atlas readers. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and fill out the brief questionnaire.

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Ringtone indicators missing after iTunes 7.5 update, fixes

Posted 6 November 2007 @ 12pm in Troubleshooting

Several users have reported an issue where some or all ringtone eligibility indicators (which appear next to purchased tracks in iTunes for which ringtone versions can be purchased) are missing after the update to iTunes 7.5.

As posted by user jma205 on the Apple Discussion Boards:

“I just updated my itunes and quicktime. After restarting the computer […]

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iTunes 7.5 causes (easily fixable) iToner headaches

Posted 5 November 2007 @ 2pm in Troubleshooting

Upon first sync, iTunes 7.5 deletes iPhone ringtones transferred by iToner, a tool that lets you transfer your own MP3 or AAC audio files to the iPhone and use them as custom ringtones without hacking. The problem is easily solved by simply transferring the ringtones again with iToner.

According to Michael Simmons, Director of Marketing for […]

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