All About Iphone

Gameloft was kind enough to show us their whole upcoming stable of iPhone and iPod touch titles at E3 last week, and the most impressive game we saw in their "party bus," parked outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, was Castle of Magic. It's a 2D platformer with colorful and great-looking 3D graphics in which you play a young wizard trying to get a girl back. So it's pretty well-tread ground, especially as platformers go (so named because you spend the game jumping from platform to platform), but it's one of the first straightforward examples of the genre on the iPhone.

The game's controlled with a virtual d-pad right on the screen, as well as two ability buttons that change depending on whatever powerups you have at the time. And powerups are found throughout the game world -- there are five themed overworlds to choose from (space, water, ice, forest, etc.), and three levels each within those worlds, and while the kid can pick up some abilities any time (a magical beam to shoot enemies with is a pretty common one), each world also has its own ability (you can be a spaceman in space, Robin Hood in the forest level, a swordfish while swimming, and so on). The game's graphics are immensely charming, and given that, like most platformers, there's plenty of doohickeys to collect, there's a good amount of replayability here as well.

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It's been a gap in the functionality of the GPS-enabled iPhone 3G for months, and one that was promised for the 3.0 software update (even though third parties have been trying to get it working for a while now): turn-by-turn navigation. Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel has been conclusively demonstrated not to be an oncoming train; it's the faint guiding glow from TomTom for iPhone, the first announced TBT navigation package for the 3.0 software (X-Road is already in the store for 2.1 devices).

There's no cost information yet (Engadget speculates 'pricey' so as not to cannibalize TomTom's hardware business), and the launch date is only noted as after the June 17th 3.0 software availability, but it certainly looks cool: a software app combined with a custom bracket & charging cable, hands-free calling and 'enhanced GPS performance' included. For iPhone owners who don't yet have in-car GPS, this could be a fantastic offering, if the price is right.

Video of the TomTom solution in the second half of the post. I already own a TomTom ONE, and just ponied up the $79 for a year of map updates... probably should have waited.

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While we really liked Gameloft's Castle of Magic at E3, these two music games in their lineup didn't impress nearly as much. Guitar Rock Tour 2 is a sequel to Guitar Rock Tour, and as you can tell from the picture at right, it's more or less a Guitar Hero knock-off: hit the notes as they pass the line at the bottom, and you'll hear whatever song you choose to play. At this point, gameplay on all of these games is more or less the same, so song selection makes the difference, and that's where Guitar Rock Tour 2 falls short: the game contains only four original tracks, and fifteen covers. While they do lay claim to tracks by Judas Priest, Panic at the Disco, Wolfmother, Placebo and Twisted Sister, Tapulous pretty much has the market covered in terms of getting great music playable on the iPhone, and we didn't see anything during our hands on that would attract us away from Tap Tap Revenge and its various forms.

DJ Mix Tour is the other music game they showed us -- this one had a club feel and had you pressing notes on a turntable rather than guitar frets. There were some interesting choices in that game -- we saw some covers of Britney Spears club mixes, as well as Lady Gaga and Darude's famous Sandstorm tune, so if you're a die-hard techno fan, there might be some new tunes in there for you among the sixteen total songs. But again, Tap Tap Revenge is so polished after all their updates, and already has such a great selection of tunes that it's hard to recommend Gameloft's versions.

Both will be available for $5.99 in the App Store sometime this month.

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I have a particular affinity for trains. My father and grandfather both worked on the railroad, presumably all the live-long day. When a train rolls by, I'll make a comment about the engine or trucks or what-have-you, and my girlfriend will madly clap her hands together and yell yay twains! in a dumb voice. I love her so much.

Anyway. ZAGG, the same people who make the unscratchable Invisible Shield films for various devices, released Trains, a game not unlike Flight Control, where you must route freight trains, drop off cargo, and avoid collisions.

Flight Control itself recently had an update, and now includes new tropical and aircraft carrier levels. Having lost hours of time to the original level, I was thrilled to have more places to land. (My high score is 103, by the way: Post yours in comments.)

Trains, on the other hand, takes the same approach, only with -- well -- trains. You must tap the switches to create a route for each train through the cargo depot of the appropriate color, and safely off the screen. You can let trains pass through without dropping their cargo, but you won't earn any points.

Of the two, I think I prefer Flight Control, only because there's more flexibility in determining where exactly the airplane goes by drawing a path with your finger. Switching train intersections accomplishes the same goal, but is somehow less satisfying than drawing a flight path freehand.

Trains, though, is good fun. It's on sale for 99 cents until June 15. After that it will be $1.99. Flight Control is also on sale for 99 cents "for a limited time." Both Trains and Flight Control are available from the App Store, and are well worth the money.

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In a minefield of failed "iPhone killers" one is making some headway on fulfilling that murderous promise: the Palm Pre.

Perhaps it's no surprise: the Palm Pre was conceived by a team that includes plenty of Apple alumni, including Jon Rubenstein, who was made Palm's CEO yesterday to replace Ed Colligan. (John Gruber reminds us of one of Colligan's more famous quotes.) Rubenstein used to be the general manager of Apple's iPod division.

Not only that, but Fred Anderson, Lynn Fox, and Mike Bell are all connected (if not employed by) the re-energized Palm. Valleywag's Ryan Tate says it's no wonder, then, that the Pre syncs with iTunes right out of the box.

Competition is good, though, right? We'll see improvements to both the iPhone and the Pre because of the products' competitive relationship with each other. Look at the rivalry between Canon and Nikon: The result? Awesome cameras both. In the end, the customer wins.

This is true with carriers, too, as exclusivity agreements begin to expire. There were rumblings that the Pre would be released on the Verizon network around Christmas, but blowback from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse pushed the rumor mill's schedule back a month to January 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Watercooler talk suggests that the iPhone's exclusivity agreement with AT&T expires around the same time for U.S. customers, but the Magic 8 Ball says that we might not see an iPhone for Verizon until both they and AT&T finish their LTE networks.

If you're using a Pre with your Mac, especially if you're taking advantage of the iTunes sync capability, let us know in the comments how it's going.

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The last preview we've got for you from E3 last week isn't really a preview -- Real Tennis 2009 was the first game due out from Gameloft that we played in their party bus outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, and sure enough, it's out right now in the App Store for $4.99 (all of the games we played with them last week, including the impressive Castle of Magic, are due out before the end of June). As a tennis game -- Gameloft claimed it was the first on the platform, though that doesn't seem true -- it plays pretty well, though the players are controlled with onscreen buttons rather than touchscreen gestures. Serving is the only activity that tries to take full advantage of the iPhone's controls: you can target your serve with the accelerometer, and then tap the screen anywhere when the serve meter is full. The action is pretty fast, and sometimes too fast: if you don't get moving in the right direction right off the ball, your player will get to where they need to be way too late.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the game lies in multiplayer: though we didn't see it in action, we were told that the game offers up to four-player WiFi multiplayer (even before 3.0 is set to make it easier for developers to do). So that's pretty impressive in and of itself -- if you can find three other people with iPhones and the game to play.

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What a hack-y afternoon. Here are some more secret iPhone codes for you to enjoy. After realizing that the *3001#12345#* was a familiar Nokia code, I decided to spend some time googling for other phone codes that might work on the iPhone. These (mostly) do. There are more. Feel free to add your own to the comments.

*3001#12345#* and tap Call. Enter Field Mode.

Field mode reveals many of the inner settings of your iPhone, specifically up-to-date network and cell information.

*#06# Displays your IMEI. No need to tap Call.

IMEI is the unique identifier for your cell phone hardware. Together with your SIM information it identifies you to the provider network.

*777# and tap Call. Account balance for prepaid iPhone.

*225# and tap Call. Bill Balance. (Postpaid only)

*646# and tap Call. Check minutes. (Postpaid only)

*#21# and tap Call. Setting interrogation for call forwards.

Discover the settings for your call forwarding. You'll see whether you have voice, data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access, and pad access call forwarding enabled or disabled.

*#30# and tap Call. Calling line presentation check.

This displays whether you have enabled or disabled the presentation of the calling line, presumably the number of the party placing the call.

*#76# and tap Call. Check whether the connected line presentation is enabled or not.

State whether the connected line presentation is enabled or disabled. Presumably similar to the calling line presentation.

*#43# and tap Call. Determine if call waiting is enabled.

Displays call waiting status for voice, data, fax, sms, sync data, async data, packet access and pad access. Each item is either enabled or disabled.

*#61# and tap Call. Check the number for unanswered calls.

Show the number for voice call forwarding when a call is unanswered. Also show the options for data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access and pad access.

*#62# and tap Call. Check the number for call forwarding if no service is available.

Just like the previous, except for no-service rather than no-answer situations.

*#67# and tap Call. Check the number for call forwarding when the iPhone is busy.

And again, but for when the iPhone is busy.

*#33# and tap Call. Check for call control bars.

Check all the usual suspects (voice, data, fax, sms, etc) to see whether barring is enabled or disabled for outgoing.

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The very first thing we want to know about this newfangled iPhone 3G S is exactly what we're getting for our extra Benjamin (or two, depending on the model you spring for). We don't have all the answers just yet -- Apple's being coy about processor specs on the 3G S, for example -- but here's what we do know so far.

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1. Cut/Paste
2. Copy/Paste
3. Shake to undo/redo typing
4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
5. MMS
6. Landscape keyboard in Notes
7. Landscape keyboard in Mail
8. Landscape keyboard in Messages
9. Forward texts or picture messages
10. Delete individual texts or picture messages
11. Sending progress bar in Messages app moved to title instead of over the keyboard area (allows typing new message while the first one is sending)
12. USB tethering
13. Bluetooth tethering
14. Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
15. Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
16. Search in Notes
17. Search in Mail
18. Search in iPod
19. In-App purchases
20. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search

21. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Camera
22. Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
23. Shake to shuffle in iPod
24. Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
25. Type of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
26. Call history log (including call duration)
27. Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
28. Hold link in Safari to Copy
29. Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
30. Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
31. Login to your YouTube account
32. See Comments in YouTube
33. Subscribe in YouTube
34. Rate in YouTube
35. Shake to undo what you have typed
36. Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
37. Turn-by-turn GPS capabilities
38. Maps can be run inside other applications
39. Access to dock port for accessories to communicate
40. Peer-to-peer connectivity using Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi required)
41. New Voice memo application
42. Extended Parental controls
43. Anti-phishing
44. Wi-Fi auto login
45. Note syncing in iTunes
46. Improved Stocks app
47. New calendar types (CalDAV)
48. Prompt to confirm deleting a note
49. Prompt to confirm deleting a photo
50. Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
51. "Find My iPhone" option for MobileMe users
52. Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
53. Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
54. Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
55. Variable speed playback for audio books
56. App Store subscriptions
57. Push notifications
58. Audio/Video tags
59. New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
60. Calendar subscriptions
61. iTunes login
62. iTunes account creation
63. Encypted profiles
64. LDAP (directory services)
65. VPN on-demand
66. EAP SIM
67. Proxy support
68. OTA profiles
69. Revoke certificates
70. Exchange ActiveSync Policies
71. Media scrubber
72. More languages
73. Improved keyboards
74. Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled "Paused"
75. When selecting multiple emails to forward/delete, any unread emails' blue dot are shown next to the red selector dot instead of being overridden by the red selector dot
76. Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
77. Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
78. Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
79. Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
80. Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
81. Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
82. Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
83. Improved predictive dictionary
84. Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
85. Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
86. Smaller font for song title on lock screen
87. Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
88. Option to disable text message reminder alerts
89. Option to disable text message previews
90. Option to show subject field in text messages
91. Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
92. Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
93. JavaScript 3x speed boost
94. 11 homescreens now allowed
95. Reboots to "slide to unlock" screen instead of homescreen
96. In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
97. Application count added in Settings>General>About
98. Option "Load Remote Images" added in Mail settings
99. Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
100. Speed control in audiobooks
101. 30 second repeat option for audiobooks
102. Improved scrubbing speeds when holding white dot in song progress bar in iPod
103. When sending a text, your text box where you typed smoothly fades from white to green instead of instantly changing from white to green.
104. When moving an app across homescreens, holding the app on either the left or right side will slowly advance the app one through one homescreen at a time, without leaving empty spots in the bottom right corner or each homescreen it advances through.
105. Album name displayed on lockscreen iPod controls
106. Shake to shuffle on lockscreen iPod controls
107. Podcasts saved on iPhone now show Run Time, Time Left and Date Published
108. Screen goes from dimmed to full brightness after each song when playing the iPod while plugged in
109. WAVE file support in Mail
110. Attachment no longer automatically downloaded until user taps the attachment in Mail
111. When using a bluetooth headset with iPod, volume bar is removed and bluetooth headset name is displayed in its place.
112. A hard reset on your phone (holding sleep and home for 10 seconds) now turns it off instead of restarting it.
113. A space is no longer needed between two words for predictive texting to function.

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Update: If you currently have an iPhone on a contract then you will not be eligible for a standard iPhone upgrade - bummer. You will, however, be eligible for a full retail price upgrade (Prices below).

* $499.00USD — 8GB iPhone 3G (black)
* $599.00USD — 16GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)
* $699.00USD — 32GB iPhone 3G S (black or white)


WWDC was awesome this year ’round. Apple has announced a new iPhone. Say hello to the iPhone 3GS! The fastest and most powerful iPhone yet.
As you can see, the iPhone 3GS looks exactly the same as the current shipping iPhone 3G, the rumored iPhone 3GS leaked pictures were completely fake. The iPhone 3GS will come in 2 models - 16GB and 32GB.

What about features?
* 3 megapixel Camera - Autofocus - Tap to focus -Video recording
* Improved performance
* Built-in video camera with editing
* Voice Control - Voice Dial and Control the iPod
* Compass - you can tap to go right into Maps, and if you tap a second time it will orient the map to where you’re facing
* Cut, Copy, and Paste - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
* MMS - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
* Spotlight Search - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0
* Voice Memos - Comes with iPhone OS 3.0


Battery life:

* Talk time: Up to 5 hours on 3G - Up to 12 hours on 2G
* Standby time: Up to 300 hours
* Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
* Audio playback: Up to 30 hours on audio
* Video playback: Up to 10 hours of video

Apple is being very aggressive with pricing, the iPhone 3G will stay and will sell for $99USD for 8GB model and the new iPhone 3GS will sell for an amazing $199USD for the 16GB model and $299USD for the 32GB model. And it will be available to buy June 19th! So get ready to go stay in line.

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Today at WWDC, Apple announced that the long awaited iPhone OS 3.0 will be available June 17th. iPhone OS 3.0 brings in over 100 new features.

A few of the mentioned features include:

* MMS: While the inclusion of multimedia messaging in iPhone OS 3.0 was discussed at Apple’s previous media event, Apple today revealed the MMS will not be available for AT&T customers until “late summer”, as much as several months after the launch of the new operating system. A number of other wireless carriers throughout the world will be supporting MMS at launch.

* Internet Tethering: At its previous media event, Apple chose not to focus on tethering, addressing it only in a Q&A period by saying that while the functionality is being built into the iPhone OS 3.0, cooperation from carriers would be needed in order to enable it. During today’s keynote, Apple announced that tethering via USB and Bluetooth will be offered on a number of carriers at launch, although AT&T will not be supporting it for the time being.
* “Find My iPhone”: A newly-advertised feature only for MobileMe subscribers allows customers to track the location of their lost iPhone, send alerts to the device, and perform remote wipes for data security. If later found, wiped iPhones can then be restored by syncing with iTunes.

This major update to the iPhone OS will be available for free to all existing iPhone users and will be $9.95USD to iPod Touch users.

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Apple just released the fifth beta of their 3.0 OS. Back when 2.0 was still in beta, they released about nine beta firmwares, so it’s reasonable to assume we’re about half way through the 3.0 beta process.

As should be expected, the modern devteam jailbreak process is still valid. The picture below is 3.0beta5 jailbroken on an iPhone 3G. As we’ve said in previous posts, nothing other than a hardware respin can prevent our jailbreak from working on all exisiting iPhone and iPod Touches. They’ve chased our jailbreak so far down in the chain of trust, the only way they can fix it is in hardware.

Because there are so many beta releases, we couldn’t possible refine, test, and release both PwnageTool and QuickPwn for each of them. That’s why we’re waiting until the final release. You may have seen other “hijacked” versions of QuickPwn out there, but all of them are buggy, none of them work on OSX, and almost everyone who uses them reverts back to 2.2.1 (because none of the useful jailbroken apps (Qik, Cycorder, and others) work on 3.0 yet).

But this is a good time to remind everyone. If you care about the yellowsn0w unlock, don’t go anywhere near the beta releases. You will lose your unlock, possibly forever.

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These are very exciting days ahead! WWDC, the new 3.0 firmware, the new iPhone2,1 device. All in the span of a month or two. Nobody is more excited than we are :)

Unfortunately, there are predators out there that are counting on your over-exuberance. Maybe we should call it yell0w fever. One very recent example is a certain yellowsn0w221 page on wordpress.com. Do not download anything from that page if you’re on a PC, else you’ll be infected with a virus. The page talks and talks about a supposed Firmware 2.2.1 yellowsn0w exploit, but it’s all a ruse to get you to download and infect your PC.

We’re used to (though still aren’t happy about) less predatory websites, like quickpwn.com. That site (1) is not us. We don’t consult with them in any way (2) makes money from their Google hits (they’re usually near the top) (3) sometimes gives very very bad advice (like tweeting yellowsn0w users to use QuickPwn on 3.0 betas. Bad suggestion). (4) also owns yellowsn0w.net, another money making website.

The wordpress page, though, is at another level. It’s out to 0wn your PC for spamming purposes. Please be on the lookout for any pages that mention “dev team” news that you don’t actually see on this blog first. We are very good at not leaking sensitive info (since that really wrecks this whole “cat&mouse” thing). So no blog or forum or youtube page would have any “insider” dev team knowledge that you won’t see announced here first.
About the unlock (the real yellowsn0w): you all paid lots of money for your iPhones, and so we know that if you are depending on a software unlock, this is a sensitive issue. It’s a very sensitive issue to us too, which is why we can’t say or release anything prematurely that could potentially compromise any 3.0 software unlock. The commenters on this blog that have high ratings (20 or above) understand this intimately so please listen to them when they try to assist those waiting for any unlock :)

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Yesterday, Apple started pushing out their official iTunes 8.2, which supports mobile devices at firmware 3.0. Here’s why you jailbreakers and yellowsn0w-users shouldn’t really accept that “Update now?” question:

* Most people aren’t at 3.0. In fact 3.0 is still in beta and has lots of bugs (especially related to push updates).
* It breaks your ability to use QuickPwn, PwnageTool, and iPhone Tunneling Suite (ssh over usb). We don’t think this is a deliberate breakage of these tools. It’s just that Apple has updated a low-level USB protocol that normally only Apple cares about (but jailbreakers care about).
* So far, the only appreciable change to iTunes 8.2 is the Genius function working on videos.
* It may actually break Palm Pre’s connection to the device (please give us feedback on this).


This update is one of those that incidentally breaks QuickPwn and PwnageTool. It doesn’t seem like an anti-jailbreak. But nonetheless, it will break your ability to re-run QuickPwn or PwnageTool’s dfu-entry.

Because this update isn’t a deliberate anti-jailbreak measure, it’s easily fixed in our tools. But we really don’t want to update our tools until 3.0 is out, so please don’t update to 8.2 if you think you’ll need to rejailbreak your device. :)

YellowSn0w on 2.2.1 and beyond

We see many questions about whether yellowsn0w can ever be made to work on firmware versions past 2.2 (or equivalently, basebands past 02.28). This is probably a good place to address those questions:

If there is a yellowsn0w update for firmware after 2.2 (or basebands after 02.28), there is no way it would ever be released before 3.0 is official. It just wouldn’t make any sense to release an exploit for something that only those who have beta 3.0’s (NDA signers) could use. Most people in the world aren’t NDA signers. Any yellowsn0w update for 3.0 would need to happen *after* 3.0 is officially available.

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ScribBall for the iPhone is a color matching puzzle game with a few twists. Differently colored balls descend from the top of the screen — when a group of four balls of the same color touch, they will pop. The goal is to quickly and strategically tap out a few balls to create combinations before the playing field fills up. There are power up balls that can change the play a bit, such as exploding ones that will knock around the balls closest to them, lightning strikes and more.

ScribBall features realistic physics — balls cascade and jostle around realistically, and Howling Moon Software has taken the game a step beyond its Mac roots on the iPhone, as balls will tumble when you tilt your iPhone. The game also features hand-drawn graphics, giving ScribBall a unique “doodle” style.

ScribBall works on any iPhone or iPod touch running iPhone 2.0 software.

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Play the first iPhone/iPod touch family golf game and discover a fun filled experience accessible to anyone. Choose from among the 4 customizable characters and play on 4 locations created in full 3D
Gameloft today released Let's Golf game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Here is some info on this new iPhone game:

• 63 holes in 4 distinct locations remodelled in 3D: Fiji Beach, the American Mountains, the English Countryside, and Scottish Lochs.
• 4 cool and animated characters customizable with your own style. Each player has unique strengths and weaknesses.
• Show your friends who the best player is through Local Wi-Fi Multiplayer mode.
• Controls adaptable to anyone: Advanced mode plays like a sports simulation game and you can even add spin to the ball. Casual mode for easy fun and fewer bogies (but no, it won’t let you cheat).

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lol, This iPhone game make me laugh, By using (very) Simple Animation cartoon style, iSperm is definitely a unique experience. It takes you through 3 phases of gameplay:

1. Shake the phone back and forth to advance.
2. Tilt to avoid obstacles.
3. Tap to enter and fertilize the egg. lol

This is one of those games that you will play through a couple times, For that, it’s certainly not a bad purchase for $.99. As long as you buy it knowing that it will only be good for a few laughs and run-throughs.

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PopCap Games has launched a port Bookworm($5) for the iPhone and iPod touch. Players build words from a series of letter tiles on a grid, Basic features of the game offer over 170,000 words from the Oxford English Dictionary. Attempting to make the longest and most difficult words possible for the greatest points. Complicating matters are burning tiles, which force a game over if not used before they hit the bottom of the screen. The iPhone port is said to have all the features of the Mac-version.

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Power and charge your iPhone or iPod on-the-go, and enjoy an extended playtime of up to 30 hours of music; 6 hours of video; or 3 hours of talk. The high-capacity, rechargeable Lithium-Ion Polymer battery pack is small and unobtrusive enough to keep connected to your iPhone or iPod while you're using it.

The LED battery meter lets you visualize how much juice you have left, and the included retractable USB charging cable makes powering up the battery pack a snap. Backed by Kensington's 1-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Kensington Mini Battery Extender and Charger for iPhone and iPod (Black), USB charging cable

Technical Details

* Compatibility: iPod nano 1G, 2G, 3G; iPod classic 4G, 5G, 5.5G, 6G; iPod touch; iPhone
* Power and charge your iPhone or iPod--extends play time up to 30 hours of music or 6 hours of video (on iPod nano 3G) or 3 hours of talk (on iPhone)
* Includes retractable USB charging cable
* High-capacity, rechargeable Lithium-Ion polymer battery pack for increased energy efficiency
* Small enough to keep connected to your iPhone or iPod
* Dimensions: 5.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches ; 3 pounds

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Its old, but its still be most asking question;

How can I check which firmware version is installed onto my iphone?


You can check what firmware is installed on your iphone by going to the emergency call enter: *3001#12345#* then press "Call". Under Versions you will find what revision firmware is on the phone

03.12.06_G is firmware 1.0.0
03.14.08_G is firmware 1.0.1 and 1.02
04.01.13_G is firmware 1.1.1
04.02.04_G is firmware 1.1.1
04.02.13_G is firmware version 1.1.2
04.03.13_G is firmware version 1.1.3
04.04.05_G is firmware version 1.1.4

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Some times When you try to Sync your iPhone, Disaster happen, Your favorite paid application for your iPhone is Missing, What to do now? Stay calm i think. Do you have Backup For that? If yes, then restore it, if no, thats fine too, Apple has designed the App Store to allow for re-downloading purchased applications. Now, Browse to the application that you originally bought in the App Store and tap "Buy." You will have to enter your password, and the App Store will return you to your home screen where it displays a message saying that you've already bought this application and are entitled to an additional free download. After you tap "OK," your app will begin downloading.

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Is your iPhone not able to send or receive mail as expected? These tips will help you resolve most common email issues.

1. Verify you have an active Internet connection using Wi-Fi or EDGE. You can test the connection by using any Internet-based application on iPhone including Safari, Stocks, Maps, Weather, You Tube, App Store, or iTunes Store.

If you're not using Wi-Fi and you're trying to access the Internet, make sure you have a cellular data connection by checking next to the carrier name at the top of the screen for one of the following indicators:
3G connection
EDGE connection
GPRS connection

2. Check with your ISP to verify you have the correct email account settings. Some ISPs have special settings for using mail outside of your home network that are different from the settings that are used inside your home network.

An example of an outgoing mail server:
smtp.example.com

Example incoming mail servers:
pop.example.com or mail.example.com

Example user names:
username or username@example.com

3. Try setting up your email account on iPhone instead of syncing it from your computer.

1. From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account...
2. Choose your email account type: Microsoft Exchange, .mac, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL, or Other
3. Enter your ISPs Mail settings

4. Check password
iPhone hides your password for security purposes and each character you type will show briefly before it changes into a bullet character. It may be hard to tell if you accidentally typed the wrong password. You may want to try typing your password again, entering it slowly and fully pressing down on each key to verify that you typed it in correctly.

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If Suddenly, you see that pop up, dont panic. Try this tips. These steps are in order. Only continue to follow them if the previous step didn’t solve your problem.

1. Unplug the usb cable and plug it into another port if available.
2. This one sounds a bit crazy but it has worked for me twice now, disconnect your iPhone from your computer, power off your PC/MAC and un-plug it from the power for about 15 minutes. Now plug it back in, turn it on and reconnect your iPhone.
3. Check the USB cable to make sure there is nothing broken or torn or bent.
4. Still not resolved? It must be something related with the power.

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Usually, Your iPhone will last up to eight hours for talk, seven hours for video playback, six hours for Internet browsing, or 24 hours for audio playback. (The iPod nano, in comparison, is rated for up to 24 hours of audio playback, and the 80GB iPod can play up to six and a half hours of video.) Standby time is rated at up to 250 hours. But these guidelines generally reflect doing one of these things at a time, and in favorable circumstances. In the real world, you’ll likely be doing a combination of these things over the course of a day, and in varying environments (sometimes using Wi-Fi, sometimes using EDGE, sometimes listening to music and surfing the Web.

If you don’t need to be available for emerency calls or messages, turning the iPhone of completely will conserve maximum battery life to do so, press and hold the on/off button for several seconds. If you want to use just the iPhone’s alarm-clock feature, turn on Airplane Mode; this disables all wireless functionality (phone, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) but lets you use the iPhone’s non Internet programs. Turning on Airplane Mode is also a good idea when you want to use your iPhone strictly for its music-playing iPod functionality. This way, you can easily get more than a full day’s worth of playtime from your iPhone.

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You can sync the iPhone with iCal (Mac) and Outlook(Windows) calendars. To set this up, attach your iPhone to your computer, select it in iTunes’ Source list, and then click on the Info tab. You can sync all the calendars in your chosen calendar program, or choose to sync only a select group. To save space on the iPhone, you can also limit how many old events sync to the device.Although you can view the contents of multiple calendars on your iPhone, you can’t create events and assign them to those calendars. Instead, you’ll need to use the Info tab in iTunes to choose a single calendar that will receive all the events you create on your iPhone.If you’re a Mac user who uses Microsoft Entourage as your calendaring program or address book, don’t despair: there is a way to use Entourage with the iPhone. You’ll need to be using Office 11.3.5 or later, which may mean downloading an update from Microsoft.

In Entourage, choose Entourage: Preferences, and then click on Sync Services. Check the boxes for Address Book and iCal syncing. You’ll be prompted to choose whether to replace Sync Services items with Entourage items, replace Entourage items with Sync Services items, or merge Entourage items with Sync Services items.
Your choice will depend on what data you’ve stored in Address Book, iCal, and Entourage.Unless you specifically want to wipe out the contents of the Mac’s Address Book and iCal, which might not be wise, especially since Address Book data is used for items such as Buddy names in iChat—the safest approach is to choose Merge. Once you’ve set up Entourage to sync with iCal, you should be able to sync those calendars with your iPhone as well.

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With so many songs on your iPod, finding a particular one can very difficult. use this tips to organizes your music.

By album:

1. Select the Music item from the iPod main menu.
Scroll the main menu until Music is highlighted, and then press the Select button. The Music menu appears.

2. Select the Albums item.
Scroll the Music menu until Albums is highlighted, and then press the
Select button. The Albums menu appears.Select the Composers item to choose a composer, and then select a composer from the Composers menu to get a list of songs for that composer.

3. Select an album from the Albums menu.
The albums are listed in alphabetical order The order is by first word . Scroll the Albums menu until the album name is highlighted and then press the Select button. A song list appears.

4. Select the song from the list.
The songs in the album list are in the order in which they appear on the album. Scroll the list to highlight the song name and press the Select button. The artist name and song name appear.

By artist

Your iPod organizes music by artist, and within each artist by album. Follow these steps to locate a song by artist and then album:

1. Select the Music item from the iPod main menu. Scroll the main menu until Music is highlighted, and then press the Select button. The Music menu appears.

2. Select the Artists item.
The Artists item is second from the top of the Music menu. Scroll the menu until Artists is highlighted, and then press the Select button. The Artists menu appears. To browse by genre, select the Genres item, and then select a genre from the Genres menu to get a reduced list of artists that have songs in that genre

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Since their unveiling, both the iPod and the iPhone have been among the world's best-known gadgets, their names and images reaching pretty much every corner of the world. As mentioned time and time again, this huge level of popularity has led to an overflow of accessories hitting the market, out of which, however, very few really stand out from the crowd in terms of versatility and extra functions, since, typically, manufacturers tend to underline the design, rather than the features.

However, that's not exactly the case with the iSound Twin Charger. This device, whose name pretty much says it all, has been designed for those hardcore Apple fans who, instead of having just an iPod or an iPhone, have decided to purchase them both. So, this device will allow users to charge two iProducts at the same time, whether we're talking about two iPhones, two iPods or one of each.
The device from iSound is extremely easy to use, since all the users have to do is simply place the iPhone and/or iPod into one of the Twin Charger's two docking areas and enjoy the custom LED illumination while it safely charges. That's so easy that pretty much any iPod/iPhone user can do it.

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We haven't seen this with my iPhone 3G and the 2.2.1 firmware, but apparently some users lost wifi connectivity after applying that firmware update.
The problem seems to affect iPhones and older iPhone 3Gs, and it seems to be heat-related, as some users say putting the affected iPhone into the freezer for a short time temporarily restores connectivity.
The obvious assumption is overheating, and some believe that what happened was Apple was throttling the wi-fi chip until 2.2.1 and that after removing that "brake," older units were affected by overheating.
Interestingly, Apple tells users affected by the issue to request a unit that does not have 2.2.1 when calling. Admission of an issue in the 2.2.1 firmware, but no patch to fix it apparently?

Typical of Apple, there's no official word on the issue. If you have an issue, it seems like tech support is understanding enough, but an admission of an actual problem would be a nice (although unexpected, from Apple) thing.

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AT&T announced the availability of its AT&T myWireless Mobile application on the Apple App Store. AT&T developed the application to allow iPhone customers to manage family and individual accounts directly from their iPhone anytime, anywhere.

Supplementing AT&T myWireless, a popular service through att.com used today by millions of AT&T customers, the Mobile edition for iPhone brings greater ease and simplicity to virtually all elements of account management. The app's primary functions include:

• Bill and Pay – View monthly bill in full and make one-touch payments
• Voice and Data Usage – View all voice and data usage, including text messages
• Features – Browse and manage bolt-on features, including new texting plans and more

For parents managing several AT&T accounts within a family plan, They can view voice minutes as part of Anytime, Night & Weekend, Mobile to Mobile and Rollover usage- plus, view current data usage and text messages, including both sent and received texts. Account information is available for both family and individual accounts.

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Time Crisis Strike is a 1 st-person shooter for iPhone with clever gyroscopic and multi touch gameplay, adequate graphics, and solid re-playability. The game offers a solid arcade feel while embracing the iPhone’s unique capabilities.

The game offers three separate gameplay modes: Arcade, which lets you play through all three levels; One Stage Trial, where you pick which of those three levels you’d like to attack; and Crisis Mission, which features 5 unique missions that can be unlocked after achieving success in Arcade mode. The 3D images render quick and without choppiness
You can download a free version that offers just one level to see if you’ll enjoy the game.

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Good news, Now sailors have another tempting application to bring out the best from their favorite high-tech gadget. Your iPhone now can become a windspeed instrument as well! Some very clever engineer types realized that the intensity of wind blowing into the microphone of an iPhone (that roaring static we hear when people call us from their boats) could be calibrated to reveal the speed of said wind. The harder the blow, the more intense the sound—and the higher the wind gauge needle moves. How cool is that! According to reviews, it really works. Learn more about it here.

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Flick Basketball(Freeverse’s) is the first iPhone game that has been licensed by the NBA. With five mini games, an energetic soundtrack, and licensed players from every NBA team, Freeverse has given the game a great deal of superficial polish.
The soundtrack is pretty catchy, and the commentators veer from overly laudatory goofball comments.

While the graphics are impressive and the players’ appearances are fairly accurate, you’ll be limited to using them in a 3-point shooting contest, playing HORSE, or engaging in a “Long Shot” race against time that you might recognize from various college basketball halftime competitions, What’s most frustrating about the Flick NBA Basketball application is that it feels like Freeverse is selling you the leftovers of an actual basketball game. It appears to be that the developers spent all the money they could have spent on developing an actual basketball game into securing the expensive licensing rights of the NBA players, teams, and logos represented. Instead of developing a small sports simulator, you have aspects of the game of basketball dressed up real pretty and passed off as the real thing.

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We’ll avoid the obvious question (why live in a SIM world when you can live in the real one), and the metaphysical (maybe you’re just a SIM in someone else’s iPhone already…?) because, frankly, no one cares! The Sims 3 is — finally! — out for the iPhone and iPod touch:

Play with your Sim using touch and accelerometer controls while exploring stunning 3D open-world environments. Customize your Sim with personality traits and physical characteristics, as you decide whether to fulfill their destiny…or not. Do good or mischief. Fall in love or watch them get dumped. Pick a fight or make a friend. Good or bad, enjoy the ride with The Sims as they experience everything “real” life has to offer. ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE!

If you try it out, and manage to remember the rest of us still exist, let us know how you like the Sims 3 for the iPhone, okay?

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While the iPhone vs. Palm Pre is the current darling of the blogerati (we’re not sure anyone in the mainstream is even aware of it…), we can’t forget that most iconic of rivalries: iPhone vs. BlackBerry. Not when Infoworld has written up the provocatively titled: “Deathmatch: BlackBerry versus iPhone — It’s time for us to bury the BlackBerry and move on to modern mobile — even for e-mail”.

In the massive, 8-page-jump article, the author contends that while the BlackBerry still scores points for security, non-Exchange email, hardware keyboard, and lack of good web browsing (for bosses who don’t want their employees using WebApps), the summation states:

For everyone else, the BlackBerry is yesterday’s mobile messenger, way past its prime and heading toward retirement. The iPhone is light-years ahead of the BlackBerry on almost every count. RIM should be ashamed.

Ouch. We’re sure our friends over at CrackBerry.com would beg to differ, but… ouch.

Can RIM fight back with new devices like the BlackBerry Tour and impending Storm 2, or — like Palm with the Pre and Microsoft with Windows Mobile 7 — will RIM have to “spend time in the desert” and come out with a rebuilt, revamped, new BlackBerry OS for the next wave of mobile computers?

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Internet has tons of information about the iPhone 2009 and the following material will try to filter out the most important. It is clear that July 17 will be the official presentation of the phone from Apple, but there is new interesting information.

One of the recent rumors on the Internet is that iPhone 2009 will use OLED displays to replace the current. So far we have not seen AMOLED display quality such as the iPhone, but who knows maybe we will be surprised. One is certain, however, AMOLED displays use less power than standard LCD which will definitely affect positively the life of the battery.

Also, the Apple logo on the back will “shine” like on the company’s laptops, this is still one of the allegedly occurring on the Internet lately.

It is likely that the new iPhone 2009 has no metal frame around the display and the camera is 3.2 megapixel with autofocus and video recording function and a function for sending video/images on MMS. The RAM memory will be doubled, and the processor will be about 30 percent more rapid. Initially thought that the phone will have a rubber coated back, but nothing can be said with certainty before the official presentation.

Finally, the new iPhone will be available in two versions - a 16GB built-in memory and 32GB memory. All this sounds very good, we are impatient to see whether it will prove true.

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Tomorrow is the start of WWDC and there are some people out there who truly believe Apple will official release the iPhone OS 3.0 software very soon. Whether or not it is released this week or within the next month, don’t be so quick to pull the trigger on the upgrade button within iTunes if you are planning on unlocking your device. If you choose to update there is a high possibility that you will lose your option to unlock in the future. Don’t want to listen to us, ok, will you take the Dev-Teams word for it?

you all paid lots of money for your iPhones, and so we know that if you are depending on a software unlock, this is a sensitive issue. It’s a very sensitive issue to us too, which is why we can’t say or release anything prematurely that could potentially compromise any 3.0 software unlock.

In other words, don’t do anything until the Dev-Team releases any official unlock for the 3.0 software. Also something to keep in mind, which we’ve warned you about in the past, don’t be fooled these fake wanna be Dev-Team websites that are out there.

We’re used to (though still aren’t happy about) less predatory websites, like quickpwn.com. That site (1) is not us. We don’t consult with them in any way (2) makes money from their Google hits (they’re usually near the top) (3) sometimes gives very very bad advice (like tweeting yellowsn0w users to use QuickPwn on 3.0 betas. Bad suggestion). (4) also owns yellowsn0w.net, another money making website.

For more information, be sure to check out the official Dev-Team blog. So there you have it folks, be careful out there.

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Quickoffice recently added important capabilities for its iPhone applications — which include Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite, Quicksheet, Quickword and Quickoffice Files. The updates to the separate applications are expected to be available on the App Store soon.
users to view and edit Excel documents; now allows landscape editing, direct double-tap cell editing, copy and paste columns, rows and cells, as well as the ability to add a new sheet within a worksheet.

The Word editor Quickword adds auto-correct, auto-capitalization, find text, adjusting indentation level of bulleted lists and paragraphs, and double tapping space bar to enter a period. Quickoffice Files enables users to enjoy slideshow viewing of images in remote and local directories and the ability to bookmark last viewed position in documents.

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