You may have noticed most iPhone apps (actual apps, not transvestite websites with hairy HTML poking out behind ill-fitting iPhone lingerie) are poo. Specifically, most iPhone apps are dog poo that’s been eaten by a particularly nasty dog, then been pooed again prior to being set on fire. Here’s twelve that aren’t.
iPhone 1.1.2 is the current iPhone firmware. If you’re running something older, you’re missing out on: a bunch of bug fixes and improvements to Safari, seeing your battery charge in iTunes, ringtones, and if for those outside the US, vastly improved international support. 1.1.3 isn’t out, much less cracked. If you’re still running old firmware, now’s the perfect time to upgrade to 1.1.2, because the new iNdependence makes it damn easy.
The following guide allows you to wirelessly sync an iPhone with Amarok in Ubuntu 7.10, including:
It takes less than 10 minutes, and is completely graphical. Read the rest of this entry »
Oktoprep, a program to unlock the latest iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update, was released today.
The initial release of the iPod wasn’t great. A so-so product that only worked with Macs and required users to spend their lives ripping CDs. But its long-term effect were huge: a massive 10% (and rapidly growing) chunk of music is now sold digitally to the iPod and its competitors. So what will the iPhone’s long-term effect on the cell phone industry be?
VentureCake covers emerging trends in technology, including Open Source, mobile computing and startups.
It's created by Mike MacCana, who has worked purely in Open Source for 9 years. A former columnist for PC Authority, APC magazine, and co-author of two Linux Pocketbooks, Mike has also trained RHCE and RHCA courses for Red Hat, and consulted as a Linux specialist for a wide variety of clients.
VentureCake is his first web site.
The rest he’s keeping quiet for now.
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