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Posts in August 2008

Does Free iPhone Software Pay?

Posted 29 August 2008 @ 12pm in Development, News

Developers of certain high-profile iPhone applications have discovered a stream of significant, new-platform money. Smaller developers have also been able to generate modest income, with the first paychecks for many coders now received from Apple.

One category of revenue intake many developers are closely watching is that of free-to-paid conversion. Since no real shareware model exists […]

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iPhone Security Flaw Is the Tip of the Iceberg

Posted 28 August 2008 @ 7am in Security, News

We previoiusly reported on a security hole in the latest iPhone software exposes e-mail, text, and voice messages to whoever gets a hold of the device despite it being password-protected. Basically, clicking emergency call and double-clicking the “home” button brings up the favorites on iPhone 2.0.2. In actuality, however, passcodes can actually be cracked in […]

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iPhone apps crash on launch (cont.): the fix

Posted 28 August 2008 @ 7am in Troubleshooting

We continue to report on an issue under iPhone OS 2.x in which some third-party applications crash or do not launch, for many users. Previous reports indicated that the issue can be eliminated by reducing the number of applications installed on the iPhone. We also noted a separate fix that involves downgrading to an earlier […]

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Palringo: Quasi-MMS and multi-service IM for the iPhone

Posted 28 August 2008 @ 7am in Applications

One of the most disconcerting areas of dearth for the iPhone’s native software set is nonsupport for MMS messaging and instant messaging outside of AIM. If it weren’t for Palringo these two complaints would still stand.

Palringo is an iPhone application that lets you connect to your instant messaging accounts from which you can send text, […]

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Security hole opens up password protected iPhones

Posted 27 August 2008 @ 10pm in Security, News

A serious security hole in the latest iPhone software exposes e-mail, text, and voice messages to whoever gets a hold of the device despite it being password-protected.

Basically, clicking emergency call and double-clicking the “home” button brings up the favorites on iPhone 2.0.2, which opens up the address book, the dial keypad and voice mail, according […]

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Taking your iPhone 3G apart with a suction cup

Posted 27 August 2008 @ 7am in Guides/How-Tos

Though such a procedure is sure to void your warranty, you can (fairly) easily remove the iPhone 3G’s screen, gaining access to internal components and allowing possible resolution of certain longstanding manufacturing issues as well as repair of hardware damage.

A post to the Hackintosh forums offers steps for doing so with a standard suction cup, […]

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AT&T expands iPhone international data plans

Posted 27 August 2008 @ 7am in News

AT&T announced Tuesday it’s expanding its iPhone international data plans, in a move designed to cut consumers’ reliance on pay-per-use data services. Under the expansion, which is slated to begin Wednesday, iPhone users can add one of two international plans to their existing service.

The 100MB iPhone plan will cost an additional monthly fee of $119.99, […]

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iPhone Mail Suddenly Refuses to Fetch Messages

Posted 26 August 2008 @ 7am in Troubleshooting

Several users have reported an issue in which the iPhone’s Mail application suddenly fails to retrieve new messages, generally after switching from one connection method to another (e.g. WiFi to EDGE or vice versa).

As desribed by one Apple Discussions poster:

“If I switch from edge to wifi or visa versa, the phone will no longer retrieve […]

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iPhone error: “This movie format is not supported”

Posted 26 August 2008 @ 7am in Troubleshooting

A number of users have reported an issue in which movies previously playable movies are suddenly unplayable after an iPhone sofware update.

One user writes:

“I had the same issue with some of my Videos that were converted using Visual Hub. Once I upgraded my iPod Touch to 2.0 they stopped working. I eas confused at first […]

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Myst comes to the iPhone

Posted 25 August 2008 @ 9pm in News

A small snippet of text on an online forum at Myst Online reveals a new project that will bring the classic adventure game to the iPhone. The post reads:

“iMyst: This is a small project that probably a very few of you know about. We are porting Myst to the iPhone. Ok, before some […]

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