Next iPhone To Be 3G, Have Front Video Chat Camera?

Here's an interesting little rumor: in the latest instillation of the hit podcast Diggnation, the podcast about the social news website Digg.com, founder Kevin Rose claimed to have heard rumors say that the next revision of the iPhone would be 3G-capable and have a second camera on the front for video chatting.

Keep in mind, we have no way of confirming how true this is, so definitely don't take our word for it. That said, 3G has been mentioned before. As for the camera on the front, it would make a lot of sense and be way cool, but I have to wonder if Steve would be comfortable adding to the device's facade.

iSoftPhone 2.1 Update Released

Xnet Communications has updated their iSoftPhone application to version 2.1. iSoftPhone is a telephony application for Mac OS X provides crystal clear voice quality in an attractively sleek interface.

NEW FEATURES:
* Dial prefix to access external numbersfrom local PABX.
* Call Recording.
* Pop-up dial windowfor multiple contact numbers.
* Search for stringautomatically in address book.

ENHANCEMENTS:
* Sip Trace loglimited in size to enhance performance.
* Refreshed interface.
* Default settingsused in 'My Sip Account'.

BUG FIXES:
* Additional support for non-standard provider configurations.
* NAT Traversal improvements

iPhone has the potential to take over handheld gaming

The iPhone is in a significantly different class of performance, has far more internal resources for games, and is equipped with a variety of other hardware–from its camera to its ubiquitous (if slow) mobile network to its multitouch high resolution display and accelerometers–all of which have to power to unlock entirely new classes of games and other more serious applications.

As a handheld console, this feature set makes the iPhone a bit like the Wii, with interactive new gameplay features, and a bit like the PS3, with higher performance gaming specs and additional online and media capabilities. Buyers won’t have to decide if they want a handheld game console; they’ll get it for free when they buy the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Further, because Apple is attaching game development as a sidecar dessert on top of a device that is primarily monetized as a hardware sale (boosted by retail and accessory sales, media sales, and carrier revenue sharing), developers will get more bang from their buck and will incur less risk developing games for the iPhone. The iPhone has also already proven itself as a very desirable smartphone, even before the arrival of any native games, ameliorating the worries of a whether games developers should invest in the platform.

Firmware 1.2 Beta Has Self-Destruction Feature

Now that developers have started to be excepted into Apple's iPhone Dev program, many of those who weren't will most likely be looking for a leaked copy of the 1.2 beta version of the iPhone firmware. To counteract this, Apple has put some limitations in place to stop this from happening.

Apple's SDK documentation warns:

“Once you install the pre-release iPhone OS on your device, such device may only be used for development and testing purposes until the final (GM) version of the iPhone OS is released. In addition, you will need to install new versions of the software from time to time throughout the beta period. Failure to install the most current version will, after a period of time, put your device in a deactivated state.”

It's also been found that the beta fimrware updates the device's baseband, making the update permanent and unable to be downgraded from. So, once you dedicate an iPhone to development, it will stay that way until the next public firmware update.

The 1.2 beta also disables the devices raido, meaning it can no longer make phone calls.

Allegedly there are patches floating around the hacking community for the beta, but so far none have been released.

Mac mini to See Update After All

AppleInsider is reporting that they were wrong about previous claims that the Mac mini was to be discontinued.

People familiar with the matter are informing AppleInsider that a small team of engineers have been tasked with updating the internals of the Mac mini.

Among the improvements destined for the new lineup are 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo mobile chips starting at 2.1GHz with 3MB of shared L2 cache, an 800MHz front-side bus (up from 667MHz), and a step up to the same Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics processor employed by the existing line of 13-inch consumer MacBooks. .

Apple's long term plans for the Mac mini are still unknown; however, this update should see the Mac mini around for at least one year.

iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 or higher | How to Manage Your Calls and SMS With iLog

iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 or higher How to Manage Your Calls and SMS With iLog

These are instructions on how to use iLog. iLog is a call and sms history manager for your iPhone.

Make sure you have installer.iclarified.com added to your Installer sources.

Step One
Press to launch Installer from your SpringBoard.

Step Two
Press to select the Install tab from the bottom of the screen.

Step Three
Press to select iClarified from the list of Categories.

Step Four
Press to select iLog from the list of Packages.

Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right hand corner of the screen.

Step Six
Press the large red Install button that appears.

Step Seven
A notice will appear asking you to confirm the iLog install. Press the large OK button.

Step Eight
Once install has completed another Notice will appear informing you of a successful installation. Press the OK button.

You will then be returned to the Categories list. Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard. Notice the new iLog icon. Press the iLog icon to launch the application.

Step Nine
iLog will open up in the Recent tab. This means it is displaying your Call History. At the top there are three tabs, Missed, Received and Dialed. Press any one of these tabs to view your call history for that section.

Step Ten
If you press the blue right arrow next to any of the calls in the Recent Tab you will see the phone number's address book entry with information as to the duration of the call.

Step Eleven
Press the Log tab at the bottom of the screen to view your full history log. This includes calls as well as SMS history.

Step Twelve
If you press the blue right arrow next to an SMS you can view the message as well as remove it from your history.

Step Thirteen
If you press the Filter button at the top of the Log window you can filter which entries are displayed in the Log.

Step Fourteen
Pressing the Edit button will allow you to delete specific entries.

Step Fifteen
Press to select the Duration tab at the bottom of the screen. This will allow you to view the Last, Dialed, Received, and All Durations. You can choose to reset durations if you like.

Step Sixteen
Press to select the Preference tab at the bottom of the screen. From here your have two options, Genera and Data.
From the General option you can set the log to Show Phone Number, Call On Tap, and set the max historical entries.

From the Data option you can Remove All Calls and Remove All SMS.

Firmware: 1.1.4 How to Jailbreak the iPod Touch using iLiberty+ (Windows)

How to Jailbreak the iPod Touch using iLiberty+

Note: This guide is not final. It will be fully updated when iLiberty+ is released.

The Jailbreak process for the iPod Touch is fast and easy with the new iLiberty+ application. By default, the Touch jailbreak will install BSD subsystem, Installer, and Cydia. Additional apps can be installed via custom payloads.

1. Restore phone to 1.1.4 using iTunes

2. Activate your iPod Touch by giving it a name

3. Download: iLiberty for Windows

4. Run iLiberty+

5. On the Standard tab, check the box for Jailbreak (the others will be greyed-out)

6. If you wish to add other programs by using a special payload file, click on the Payloads tab, check the box for Select your own payload, and browse to find your custom payload file.

7. On the Standard tab, click on Free my iPod Touch

Firmware: 1.1.4 How to Jailbreak/Activate/Unlock the iPhone using iLiberty+ (Windows)

How to Jailbreak/Activate/Unlock the iPhone using iLiberty+

Note: This guide is not final. It will be fully updated when iLiberty+ is released.

The Jailbreak/Activation/Unlock process for the iPhone is fast and easy with the new iLiberty+ application.

Jailbreak - By default, the iPhone jailbreak will install BSD subsystem, Installer, and Cydia. Additional apps can be installed via custom payloads.

Activation - Checking the activation checkbox allows you to bypass the iTunes activation process. (i.e. you want to use a pre-paid SIM chip from the official iPhone carrier in your country, instead of getting a contract).

Unlock - Checking the unlock checkbox allows you to use the phone with any carrier that uses GSM anywhere in the world. (i.e. you are traveling and want to avoid roaming fees, or you are in a country that does not have an official iPhone carrier).

1. Restore phone to 1.1.4 using iTunes

2. Download :iLiberty for Windows

3. Run iLiberty+

4. On the Standard tab, check the box(es) for Jailbreak/Activate/Unlock as desired.

5. If your phone came with 1.1.2 or later and has a 4.6 bootloader, check the box for Unlock with 3.9FB to unlock the phone via the reversible 3.9 Fake Blank bootloader method. See Guides for more information.

6. If you wish to add other programs by using a special payload file, click on the Payloads tab, check the box for Select your own payload, and browse to find your custom payload file.

7. On the Standard tab, click on Free my iPhone

Firmware: 1.1.4 Repairing EDGE/WiFi/BT with iLiberty+ (Windows)

Repairing EDGE/WiFi/BT with iLiberty+

Note: This guide is not final. It will be fully updated when iLiberty+ is released.

The repair process for broken WiFi/BT and signal problems has been integrated into the new iLiberty program. This is done by downloading iLiberty+ and the WiFi_Fix payload.

First : iLiberty for Windows

1. Restore phone to 1.1.4 using iTunes

2. Download iLiberty+ and the WiFi_Fix payload

3. Run iLiberty+

4. On the Standard tab, check the boxes for Jailbreak and Activate only

5. On the Payloads tab, check the box for EDGE/WiFi/Bluetooth fix

6. On the Standard tab, click on Free my iPhone!

iLiberty+ for iPhone Coming Soon

iLiberty+ is a new iPhone hacking application by AViegas(iPlus) and George Zhu(Liberty). iLiberty+ will feature a brand new Jailbreak, new GUI, activations for 1.0.2-1.1.4, anySim and IPSF unlock, and more.

The new software will offer a solution to fix the NO EDGE/WiFi/BT problem encountered by many (most frequently, those who ZiPhone'd).

Also iLiberty+ can install all the tools needed to reset your baseband to a fresh new one, for 1.1.4 firmware. No more catch-22 of not being able to fix things because you can't SSH! After completing this process, run iLiberty+ in standard mode to unlock your phone.

iBooter Improves on iPhuc Capabilities

iBooter is an interactive console for iBoot (the apple bootloader). Most of you would have used iphuc, which uses iBoot. However, it's dependant on iTunes the mobile device library and can't get replies from iBoot, which results in one way communication, where you blindly say cmd setenv foo, but you never know what happened.

With iBooter you can debug phone booting issues as well as run it in Linux/MacOS/Windows without iTunes installed. You can use iBooter to read memory/write memory, load ramdisks, change your wifi mac address, read files from nand and much more!

command list:
help this list
script run script at specific address
go jump directly to address
bootx boot a kernel cache at specified address
diags boot into diagnostics (if present)
tsys boot into tsys (if present)
bdev block device commands
image flash image inspection
fs file system commands
fsboot try to boot kernel at /kernelcache
devicetree create a device tree from the specified address
ramdisk create a ramdisk from the specified address
halt halt the system (good for JTAG)
reboot reboot the device
poweroff power off the device
md memory display - 32bit
mdh memory display - 16bit
mdb memory display - 8bit
mw memory write - 32bit
mwh memory write - 16bit
mwb memory write - 8bit
mws memory write - string
crc POSIX 1003.2 checksum of memory
printenv print one or all environment variables
setenv set an environment variable
clearenv clear all environment variables
saveenv save current environment to flash
run use contents of environment var as script
bgcolor set the display background color
setpicture set the image on the display
iic iic read/write
radio Manipulate the radio board.
setbusclock Set bus clock to the given frequency in Hz.
setcorevoltage Set core voltage to the given voltage in mV.
syscfg flash SysCfg inspection
charge Manage the charger chip.
powernvram Access Power NVRAM.
usb run a USB command
chunk chunk a file

iPhone | How to Increase Your iPhone Call History

These are instructions on how to increase the number of entries stored in your iPhone's Call History. This patch will increase the number of entries you can store to 250!

You must have 1.1.3 or higher firmware installed on your iPhone to install this patch.

Step One
Make sure you have added installer.iClarified.com as an installer source.

Step Two
Press to launch Installer from your SpringBoard.


Step Three
Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Four
Press to select iClarified from the list of Categories.


Step Five
Press to select Call History Patch from the list of Packages.


Step Six
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.


Step Seven
Press the large red Install button that appears.


Step Eight
You will be notified that you must be on the 1.1.3 or newer firmware. Press the large OK button.


Step Nine
A notification will appear telling you to reboot to enable the patch. Press the large OK button.


Step Nine
You will be returned to the Categories menu once installation is complete. Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard.


Step Ten
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the Power slider appears. Move the slider to the right to power off your iPhone. Then press the Sleep/Wake button to turn the iPhone back on. You should now notice an increase in the amount of entries your Call History will hold!

Apple Patent Illustrates Possible DVR Functions for iPhone, iPod Devices

A recently unearthed patent filing shows Apple is thinking beyond its current living room video vending machine, the Apple TV. Among a number of new features, the design specifies how DVR information could be sent to a portable remote control similar to Apple's existing iPod and iPhone, taking integration among its products to a new level.

And it's not just working together for the sake of some superficial "better together" marketing angle. How many times have you heard friends discussing some great new show that you missed? With the capabilities Apple illustrates, one could perhaps call up the TV listings right from their iPhone and schedule to record the next episode. What's unknown is how Apple would transfer recorded DVR shows to an iPod or iPhone -- would recordings by synced through iTunes? And, if so, would they be tied to an authorized account to discourage internet redistribution?

In fact, while the addition of DVR features might raise questions about Apple retreating from selling TV shows, it would really reflect the reality of these show purchases being opportunistic (as well as perhaps serving as a tactic to bring NBC back to the bargaining table). Besides, DVR integration with the iTunes store could lead to more revenue opportunities. In the aforementioned scenario, the DVR could offer the opportunity to buy the episodes missed so far.


While patents don't necessarily portend market entry, would TiVo be able to withstand a market entry from Apple better than the Rio or Treo did? The DVR pioneer has stepped up its service offerings significantly over the past few years; few broadband-delivered TV entertainment services have escaped its partnership purview. These have included internet information and casual games, TV shows and movies on demand, subscription music services, video podcasts and more. No US TV platform offers a more versatile array of services, but the jack-of-all-trades approach still hasn't brought sustained profitability or enough pull from TiVo's simpler and cheaper cable competition.

Apple would be well-positioned to supersede even TiVo's functionality if it offered an SDK for Apple TV (or a DVR-enabled successor) as it has for the iPhone. In addition, Apple could gain a significant marketing advantage versus TiVo – and indeed the cable companies -- if it stuck to its subscription-averse philosophy, or perhaps rolled the subscription fee into .Mac. The latter could provide online TV listings for remote scheduling similar to the way MSN offers the feature for Windows Media Center.

Apple could clearly bring a lot to the DVR. The question is, what could the DVR bring to Apple that would motivate it to play in this extremely competitive market? (This is not a new question to Switched On readers.) However, an opportunity to bolster its offerings in portable electronics markets that it leads (iPod) or where its share is growing (iPhone) might persuade Apple to see the living room as a more strategic support environment for its iCosystem and less of a cash cow.

Apple Not Planning iTunes Subscriptions After All

Reports that Apple is discussing an "all-you-can-eat" subscription music service with major record labels are overblown, say people in a position to know. But giving customers access to the entire iTunes catalog in exchange for a premium on iPod music players isn't a bad idea—and it's one Apple may need to consider.

According to a story in the Financial Times, Apple (AAPL) would charge enough for iPod and iPhone devices to cover the cost of licensing entire music collections. It would use that premium to create a pool of revenue, a portion of which would be divided among the major music labels, the newspaper said.

Trouble is, no such talks are under way, according to people familiar with Apple's plans. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment. Insiders at major music labels were similarly dismissive. One person familiar with the matter said the idea of subscription plan has been "kicked around" for about a year, but said there have been "no meaningful discussions" on the subject.

Singapore to Launch iPhone in September ?

Channel News Asia is reporting that Singapore Telecommunications Ltd is launching the Apple iPhone in September. They cite industry sources for this information.

"The news, if true, is positive for SingTel. Given iPhone's (appeal to consumers), we believe iPhone would lead to higher market share for SingTel. However, the impact on SingTel's bottom line should not be very significant given Apple's hard bargaining tendency and tough competition from StarHub," said DBS Vickers in a note to clients.

It is estimated that Singaporeans have bought at least 10,000 iPhones since the phone was launched in the US.

If the news is true, Singapore would be the first country in Asia to officially get the iPhone.

Adobe Backpedals on iPhone Flash Player

Adobe Systems on Wednesday backpedaled on recent comments from chief executive Shantanu Narayen, saying the company wants to build a Flash media player for the iPhone, but would not be able to without Apple's help.

In an emailed statement Adobe says it can now start working on the iPhone Flash Player,

"However, to bring the full capabilities of Flash to the iPhone Web-browsing experience, we do need to work with Apple beyond and above what is available through the SDK and the current license around it," the company said. "We think Flash availability on the iPhone benefits Apple and Adobe's millions of joint customers, so we want to work with Apple to bring these capabilities to the device."

Earlier Narayen had said that, We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves."

Garter: 2.0 Update To Make iPhone Business-Ready

Garter changed their verdict on the iPhone's business-readiness today in anticipation of the upcoming business-friendly iPhone 2.0 update. The firm granted "applicance-level" status to the iPhone today, meaning that according to them, the update will make the iPhone secure and functional enough to be used for enterprise purposes.

The firm had this to say about the iPhone and the 2.0 update:

"Appliance-level" status permits the iPhone to be used for PIM, e-mail, telephony and browsing applications. It also permits the device to be used for other dedicated functions where the software is supplied by a third party, functionality is kept to a restricted set, the software supplier offers support for a backup platform and IT development resources are not needed to program custom code locally residing on the device.

The real kicker came from Garter vice president and analyst Ken Dulaney:

"The iPhone will thus match up initially in several segments against its main smartphone competitors—BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60."

Details From an Accepted iPhone Dev Program Member

Developer Ashutosh Chaturvedi is one of the few coders who has actually been accepted into Apple’s $99 iPhone Developer program. The program allows access to pre-release iPhone software (including the OS 2.0 beta); technical support; the ability to get code onto iPhones for testing; and distribution of applications via the new App Store.

Ashutosh posted a series of Apple documents, explaining the program, to his blog. Among the salient details:

iPhone OS 2.0 software has the ability to deactivate unregistered phones

Apple’s documentation states: “Once you install the pre-release iPhone OS on your device, such device may only be used for development and testing purposes until the final (GM) version of the iPhone OS is released. In addition, you will need to install new versions of the software from time to time throughout the beta period. Failure to install the most current version will, after a period of time, put your device in a deactivated state. Updating to the most current version will re-activate your device so that you may continue testing”

Apple also says that installing the pre-release software on unregistered iPhones will render the devices inoperable.

Application distribution is not available during the beta period There is no way to distribute applications for testing or other purposes during the developer program beta.

Teams If you are accepted into the program, you can invite colleagues to join your “team,” allowing these collegaues to create their own development certificates, access the beta software and run development routines.

No limit on provisioned devices Provisioning profiles are files that associates device IDs and development certificates, allowing the iPhone OS 2.0 beta and applications built with Xcode to be installed to devices. There is no limit to the number of provisioning profiles the Team Admin can create for the team, but each profile can only specify 1-5 device IDs.

Web code locks up iPhones and iPod Touch [Update #2]

Remember the iPhone and iPod Touc Safari exploit that causes the iPhone and iTouc to crash?

So far, Apple has had no comment. The code was first reported in January and exhausts the memory in Safari, which in turn will cause your iPhone or iPod Touch to freeze, or your desktop Safari to crash. "Given the nature of this issue," said the BugTraq newsgroup vulnerability report, "remote code execution may also be possible, but this has not been confirmed."

There is no patch available from Apple. The recommended workaround is to disable Javascript within Safari. To do so:

1. Under Edit, click Preferences.
2. Click the Security icon.
3. Uncheck Enable JavaScript.
4. Close and restart Safari.

Apple Considering Clamshell iPhone Design?

Apple could be embracing the clamshell aesthetic for a future iPhone. What does this mean for a hacked iPhone and a jailbroken iPod Touch?

Unwiredview.com found an Apple patent application for a "dual-sided trackpad device," which resembles the current iPhone redesigned into the clamshell format so popular with many mobile phones. The key to this design is having touch-screen capabilities on both the top and bottom of the phone when it's open.

This design goes a step further, as well, in that the closed cover of the iPhone could also have trackpad capability. PC makers have experimented with this, adding some basic buttons and capabilities to the covers of closed notebooks. Apple's patent application describes how you could use the closed iPhone as an iPod, with controls for advancing to the next track, adjusting the volume, and so forth.

It's quite possible that Apple could be considering other form factors for future generations of iPhones, but I wonder how the touch-screen keyboard and the video player would work on a clamshell model where the one big screen is now divided across two panels. Patent applications aren't necessarily indicative of product plans, but they often provide hints of what companies are thinking about down the road.

[Via Cnet]

How to Enable Your iPhones Screenshot Feature

These are instructions on how to enable and take screenshots using the built in iPhone screenshot feature. This feature was first discovered by RiP Dev while working on an update to Caterpillar.

You must have 1.1.3 or higher firmware installed on your iPhone to enable this feature.

Step One
Make sure you have added installer.iClarified.com as an installer source.

Step Two
Press to launch Installer from your SpringBoard.

Step Three
Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.

Step Four
Press to select iClarified from the list of Categories.

Step Five
Press to select Screenshot Enabler from the list of Packages.

Step Six
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.

Step Seven
Press the large red Install button that appears.

Step Eight
You will be notified that you must be on the 1.1.3 or newer firmware. Press the large OK button.

Step Nine
A notifications will appear telling you how to use the new screenshot feature. Press the large OK button.

Step Nine
You will be returned to the Categories menu once installation is complete. Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard.

Now to take a screenshot simply hold down the Home button and toggle the Silent Switch. You will notice the screen flash white.

Step Ten
To view the screenshot you just took, press the Photos icon on your SpringBoard.

Step Eleven
Press to select Camera Roll from the list of Photo Albums.

Step Twelve
Press to select the small thumbnail of your screenshot.

Step Thirteen
Now you can see your high quality iPhone screenshot. You can easily sync this to your computer just as you would with any other photo!

Hidden iPhone Screenshot Feature Found

A hidden iPhone screenshot feature has been found in 1.1.3 and newer which allows for taking of screenshots without the help of any third party software.

The developers of Caterpillar discovered this feature while working on their latest update.

You must edit the SpringBoard plist to enable this function, then to take a screenshot, hold down Home (Menu) button on the phone and toggle the Mute button. The screen will flash and the screenshot will be saved to the Camera Roll.

We will post a tutorial on using this new feature very soon!

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iPhone Developer Program [Update #2]

Apple has sent another mass mailing to coders who applied for the iPhone Developer program, stating:

“Thank you for applying to the iPhone Developer Program. We have many more requests than we can serve during this initial beta period, so we must limit the Program at this time. We plan to expand it during the beta period, and we will contact you regarding your enrollment status at the appropriate time. We appreciate your patience.”

The same message appears on the iPhone developer Web site under the heading “Already applied to the Program?”

A previous message, interpreted by many developers as a rejection letter, stated essentially same sentiment with different wording: “At this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand the program during the course of the beta period.”

Have you been accepted to the iPhone developer program? Please let me know by sending me an email.

New iPhone Safari Exploit Crashes iPhone

iPhoneWorld.ca is reporting a new iPhone Safari remote execution DoS exploit which locks up your iPhone by simply visiting a malicious page.

The exploit which did affect Safari for both iPhone and PC was just patched in the Safari 3.1 update yesterday. It has not been fixed for the iPhone or iPod yet.

The exploit uses a webpage to run malicious code which freezes your iPhone causing you to loose any open and unsaved data. iPhoneWorld.ca indicates that they have tested the exploit with 1.1.4 but assume it to work with other firmware versions as well.

Apple will most likely repair this in the next firmware update. You can view the malicious code here.

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Adobe to Build Flash Player for iPhone

Adobe Systems Inc. has begun work to create a media player destined for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen said Tuesday.

Narayen's comments come after Steve Jobs has indicated that Flash is not available for the iPhone due to performance issues. Steve claimed that the mobile version of Flash was too limited and the full version would not run well.

"We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone," Narayen said. "We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves."

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Apple Discussing Unlimited Music Plan ?

Apple is in discussions with the music companies about providing customers with access to its entire music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices.

The Financial Times is reporting that negotiations hinge on a dispute over the premium customers would have to pay. While Nokia is offering almost $80 dollars per handset, Apple is said to be offering around $20 per device. “It’s who blinks first, and whether or not anyone does blink,” one executive said.

A subscription model is also under discussion. This model would cost $7-8/month and include the provision for customers to keep up to 40-50 tracks a year, which they would keep even if their subscription ended.

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iPod nano | How to Copy Music From Your iPod to Your Mac

These are instructions on how to copy music from a Windows or Mac Formatted iPod to our Mac using Senuti.

Step One
Download Senuti from here.

Step Two
Double click the downloaded dmg (ie senuti_0.50.1.dmg) to mount it.

Step Three
Drag the Senuti icon onto the Applications shortcut icon directory below to install the Application

Step Four
Double click the Senuti icon in the Applications folder to launch the program.

Step Five
You will be displayed a welcome message. Click the Continue button.

Step Six
Press the Continue button again to accept the license.

Step Seven
You will be prompted to select a Copy Location for your iPods music. In this example we will copy to a specific directory. Select Other from the dropdown menu. Then select your desired location folder from the dialog box that appears and click the Choose folder. Finally click the Continue button.

Step Eight
At this point you will prompted to setup your iPod for use with Senuti. First, hold down the Command+Option keys while plugging in your iPod. This will prevent iTunes from syncing with it.

Once iTunes has detected your iPod, check the box titled Enable disk use.

You will be warned that this requires manual ejection of the iPod. Click the Ok button.

Now click the Apple button at the bottom right hand corner.

Your iPod is now ready for Senuti. Go back to the Senuti install process and click the Continue button.

Step Nine
When display some Senuti tips click the Continue button.

Step Ten
Finally you will be notified that configuration is complete. Click the Done button.

Step Eleven
Senuti will now open and display the music on your iPod!

Step Twelve
To transfer songs simply select the songs you would like to copy, then select Transfer from the File Menu.

You will notice a small indicator at the bottom left hand corner as your music is copied to your computer.

Once the copy is complete you can navigate to the selected destination on your computer and access all your transferred music!

iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0 Software Beta - Screenshots

Engadget has posted a fairly comprehensive gallery of screenshots from the current 2.0 iPhone software beta.

-App Store doesn't currently do anything
-Exchange only pushes over EDGE
-There's a mystery button in the calendar that doesn't do anything
-Wi-Fi networks can be ordered
-Multi-select in Mail

Possible iPod touch Price Drop ......

The Dutch iTunes store is displaying an ad that shows the iPod touch costing only 199 euro. This is 80 euros less the current official iPod touch price. It is possible that this is yet another premature leak similar to the accidentally leaked Airport Express specifications.

There have been rumors circulating for some time that both the iPhone and iPod touch would see a $100 dollar price drop.

The iPod touch currently starts at $299 US for the 8GB version.

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iPhone OS 1.2 Includes Location-Logging Feature

As the release of the 1.2 iPhone firmware new things are being discovered from the new operational system. Aalready in the hands of select beta testers and the recipients of a leaked copy, includes a new location logging feature that tracks and stores the device’s physical location based on cell tower and WiFi longitude/latitude data; this makes it possibl to see not only where you are, but also where you’ve been. The following is a sample location log:

LOCATION,Time,227256578.75,Type,GMM,Pos,1,+33.117950,-96.775681,Accuracy,1810,Confidence,,ActualLocation,0,MCC,310,MNC,410,LAC,0xcb29,CI,0×29ba,ARFCN,,BSIC,,RSSI,-78,TA,, 227256578.754-virtual void CellLocationRequester::requestCompleted(): queried for 7 cells but received only 1 responses
LOCATION,Time,227256582.90,Type,CL-Skyhook,Pos,1,+33.098492,-96.781595,Accuracy, 191.86,
LOCATION,Time,227256582.90,Type,CL,Pos,1,+33.117950,-96.775681,Accuracy,1810.00,

The feature creates some intriguing feature possibilities but is also raising privacy concerns.

New Diamond-Encrusted iPhone Costs $176,400

As the market price of the iPhone slowly drops in the United States, those crazy jewelers are determined to make them more and more expensive. This time it's Austrian jeweler and designer Peter Aloisson, with his take on what a diamond-encrusted iPhone should look like.

So far we've seen them slap on gold, platinum, sapphires anddiamonds, each more expensive then the the last. The highest price was previously the diamond and sapphire iPhone at US$41,225+, but now Aloisson is striking back with his take on the diamond iPhone worth a staggering $US176,400, making it the worlds most expensive phone.

It's called the "Princess Plus", because about half of the stones have a square or "princess" cut. In total it contains 17.75 carats of rocks and 18 karat white gold.

Not quite willing to shell out the $176,400? You're in luck. He created a $66,150 model containing only round cut stones.

AT&T Offering $249 8GB Refurbished iPhones Online

You may recall that AT&T was offering refurbished iPhones in their stores for discounted prices. Now they have decided to share with the rest of us by offering it for purchase online from their web site. You can grab a refurbished 8GB iPhone for just $249. That's $150 less than current retail price, or $350 less than it's original price. Allegedly you can get one mailed to you with no prior activation or contract, although activating will be "required". You can get yours from att.com.

How to activate, jailbreak and unlock 1.1.4 firmware with iPlus 2.0b (PPC / intel Mac)

Step 1.

Connect the iPhone to iTunes. Make any needed backups.

Put the iPhone into DFU mode. Do this by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for 10 seconds. At this point the screen will turn black, and the iPhone will appear to be off.

A pop up will appear. Click OK

iTunes will display a RESTORE screen

Download the firmware restore file for 1.1.4 here.. Remember where you put this file and do not decompress it.

Press the Option key and click Restore. A file browser window will open. Navigate to where the firmware file was downloaded, select it, and click Open.

Various messages will appear while the process continues.

When it has finished you should see a "Lets Get Started-Activation" screen next in iTunes.

Eject the iPhone from iTunes when it is finished. Make sure iTunes is closed! Also open Activity Monitor and ensure that iTunes Helper is not running. To do this, go to your Mac's Applications folder, then into the Utilities folder, and you'll find a program called Activity Monitor here. Launch it. At the top there is a drop down box. Make sure My Processes is selected. Now look below for iTunes Helper. Select it and click on Quit Process at the top.

At the pop up that appears, select Force Quit. You can close Activity Monitor now. iTunes Helper will not respawn until your computer is restarted.

Step 2.

Download iPlus version 2.0b here.

Decompress the file and you will be left with a folder on your desktop. I found that Stuff It yielded a corrupted folder, so I used Archive Utility to decompress the zip. You should rename the extracted folder iPlus2.0 By default it will be named iPlus 2.0, but the Terminal does not like spaces in directory names.

If you live outside the United States, you should also download the International support package here, which will include some additional, necessary files. Just rename the file you download to payload.zip, then place it into the iPlus 2.0 program folder, overwriting the existing file. If you live in Brazil, then download this support package instead, and also rename it and overwrite the existing file.

Note: the international packages contain a program that is superior to iWorld. You will now have full caller ID support. To check the supported countries URL BAD NEED A NEW ONE.
Note: you do have the ability to use custom payloads with iPlus. What you would do is swap out the payload.zip file that is in the iPlus folder with your own, and it will automatically load up the phone with the programs contained within it.

If you are feeling adventurous then grab this payload.zip file here and try it out. It will install the following: Cydia and Telesphoreo (instead of BSD Subsystem), Installer, Community Sources, Fake BSD Subsystem (to allow Installer packages that require BSD to install), OpenSSH, SummerBoard themes directory fix, and Term-vt100.


On your Mac, go to your Applications folder, then into the Utilities folder and you will see a program called Terminal there. Launch it. Enter the following:

cd desktop/iPlus2.0 ./iplus -u (this is if you wish to activate, jailbreak and unlock, you can also enter -j for jailbreak only).

After you press return, a lot of text will display.

The iPhone will display the iTunes graphic. Then code will scroll by rapidly.

Some more text will go by and the iPhone will reboot. You will then see a screen with a red bar for the remainder of this process. Note: this iPhone had a 4.6 bootloader on it which is being downgraded to the 3.9 fake blank bootloader, which is reversible.

When the red bar appears first appears, more text will display in the Terminal.

Now that the bootloader downgrade is complete, the unlock can begin.

Now the various programs in the payload are installed.

The final message will be displayed in the Terminal.

You'll be at the slide to unlock screen. The edit home screen message will appear. You should now have signal bars.

Wait about one minute, and the iPhone will reboot again. Now it is safe to use.

Swap out your SIMs and test (if needed).

Step 3.

If you go to your About screen, you'll see you are on 1.1.4 firmware and its matching baseband.

If you launch the Maps application and press the lower left icon, it will locate your approximate position.

Launch the Installer. It will start at the Featured page. If you press the Uninstall button at the bottom, you'll see how many applications were installed by iPlus. These applications also have the common fixes installed (Terminal and BSD Subsystem).

If you should use the Terminal, enter alpine as the password.


Troubleshooting

No system audio? Press Settings, General, Reset, Reset All Settings.


No Installer installed? Download this file. Decompress the zip, then drill down into the folders to this file: libreadline.5.2.dylib Copy this file onto your Mac and put it in this folder path /opt/local/lib You could then simply repeat the entire process again, or you could also manually install the Installer.

Mail crashing? Launch the Terminal on the iPhone and enter: chown -R mobile /var/mobile/Library/Mail

How to activate, jailbreak and unlock 1.1.4 firmware with iPlus 2.0b (Windows XP / Vista)

Step 1.

Connect the iPhone to iTunes. Make any needed backups.

Put the iPhone into DFU mode. Do this by pressing and holding both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for 10 seconds. At this point the screen will turn black, and the iPhone will appear to be off.

A pop up will appear. Click OK

iTunes will display a RESTORE screen

Download the firmware restore file for 1.1.4 here.. Remember where you put this file and do not decompress it.

Press the Shift key and click Restore. A file browser window will open. Navigate to where the firmware file was downloaded, select it, and click Open.

Various messages will appear while the process continues.

When it has finished you should see a "Lets Get Started-Activation" screen next in iTunes.

Eject the iPhone from iTunes and close iTunes. Next press CTRL and ALT and DEL. The Windows Task Manager will open. Look for iTunesHelper.exe. Highlight it and click End Process.

Step 2.

Download iPlus version 2.0b here.

Decompress the file and you will be left with a folder on your desktop.

If you live outside the United States, you should also download the International support package here, which will include some additional, necessary files. Just rename the file you download to payload.zip, then place it into the iPlus 2.0 program folder, overwriting the existing file. If you live in Brazil, then download this support package instead, and also rename it and overwrite the existing file.

Note: the international packages contain a program that is superior to iWorld. You will now have full caller ID support. To check the supported countries URL BAD NEED A NEW ONE.
Note: you do have the ability to use custom payloads with iPlus. What you would do is swap out the payload.zip file that is in the iPlus folder with your own, and it will automatically load up the phone with the programs contained within it.

If you are feeling adventurous then grab this payload.zip file here and try it out. It will install the following: Cydia and Telesphoreo (instead of BSD Subsystem), Installer, Community Sources, Fake BSD Subsystem (to allow Installer packages that require BSD to install), OpenSSH, SummerBoard themes directory fix, and Term-vt100.


Click the Start button and select Run...

Type cmd and click OK.

In the window that appears type:

cd desktop/iPlus2.0
then
iplus -u
(If you just need to jailbreak, leave oput the -u from the command!)

The iPhone will display this graphic. Then code will scroll by rapidly.

Some more text will go by and the iPhone will reboot. You will then see a screen with a red bar for the remainder of this process. Note: this iPhone had a 4.6 bootloader on it which is being downgraded to the 3.9 fake blank bootloader, which is reversible.

When the red bar appears first appears, more text will display in the DOS window. You may get a repeating message for a couple minutes: "TIMEOUT is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

Now that the bootloader downgrade is complete, the unlock can begin.

Now the various programs in the payload are installed.

The iPhone will next reboot and you will be at the slide to unlock screen. More text will appear in the DOS window. You should at this point have a cell phone signal.

You'll be at the slide to unlock screen. The edit home screen message will appear. You should now have signal bars.

Wait about one minute, and the iPhone will reboot again. Now it is safe to use.

Swap out your SIMs and test (if needed).

Step 3.

If you go to your About screen, you'll see you are on 1.1.4 firmware and its matching baseband.

If you launch the Maps application and press the lower left icon, it will locate your approximate position.

Launch the Installer. It will start at the Featured page. If you press the Uninstall button at the bottom, you'll see how many applications were installed by iPlus. These applications also have the common fixes installed (Terminal and BSD Subsystem).

If you should use the Terminal, enter alpine as the password.


Troubleshooting

No system audio? Press Settings, General, Reset, Reset All Settings.


No Installer installed? Download this file. Decompress the zip, then drill down into the folders to this file: libreadline.5.2.dylib Copy this file onto your Mac and put it in this folder path /opt/local/lib You could then simply repeat the entire process again, or you could also manually install the Installer.

Mail crashing? Launch the Terminal on the iPhone and enter: chown -R mobile /var/mobile/Library/Mail

Over 250,000 Bento Downloads

Over 250,000 users have downloaded Bento, the new personal database for Mac OS X Leopard, FileMaker announced today.

The majority of the downloads have come from sales and trial downloaders of Bento in North America, and the company is just now beginning to distribute Bento around the world. In addition to English, Bento is now available in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese.

"Bento's popularity is propelled by the need for easy-to-use organizational software tools such as Bento, and by the rapid adoption of Mac OS X Leopard," said FileMaker president Dominique Goupil.

Bento has also won praise throughout the editorial community. BusinessWeek recently termed it "a powerful organizing tool anyone can use." Bento was honored as Editors' Choice by Laptop magazine, MacWorld magazine (UK) and Mac Observer.

Bento is the stylish, personal database that helps Mac users organize their work and personal life. Designed specifically for Mac OS X Leopard, Bento is an exceptionally easy way to organize contacts, calendars, projects, events, and more, faster and easier than ever before.

For more info and to buy Bento, go to http://www.filemaker.com/bento250Kpr

Next up for gaming: the MacBook

Peter Cohen's got a good commentary up at Macworld about Apple's should-be next target for gaming, the Macbook. Finally, as of the iPhone SDK announcement, we've seen some serious movement on the gaming front from Apple -- they brought EA in and commissioned their own programmers to punch out some game software to show off the iPhone SDK implementation (and as I've said before, including on the talkcast a few weeks ago, we're only seeing the beginning of what's possible with gaming on the iPhone). So maybe they're finally seeing the light on gaming.

But as is, the Macbook isn't winning any awards as a gaming machine. As Cohen says, yes, the integrated graphics card puts the consumer Mac laptop hopelessly behind the times, but the problem isn't just upgrading the hardware -- the software itself needs to be optimized and redesigned. Apple has always been at the forefront of development, and Leopard especially, with Core Image functionality, looks great in the OS and in applications.

Apple Releases Safari 3.1

Apple today introduced Safari 3.1, the world’s fastest web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers, and is the first browser to support the latest innovative web standards needed to deliver the next generation of highly interactive Web 2.0 experiences*. Safari 3.1 is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari for both Mac OS X and Windows.

“Safari 3.1 for Mac and Windows is blazingly fast, easy to use and features an elegant user interface,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “And best of all, Safari supports the latest audio, video and animation standards for an industry-leading Web 2.0 experience.”

The incredible performance of Safari, combined with its elegant user interface, lets users spend more time surfing the web and less time waiting for pages to load. Safari features an intuitive browsing experience with drag-and-drop bookmarks, easy-to-organize tabs, an integrated Find that shows the number of matches in a page and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information.

Safari 3.1 is the first browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5 and the first to support CSS Animations. Safari also supports CSS Web Fonts, giving designers limitless choices of fonts to create stunning new web sites.

Pricing & Availability
Safari 3.1 is available immediately as a free download at www.apple.com/safari for both Mac OS X and Windows users. Safari software updates are delivered seamlessly through Apple’s Software Update application, which automatically checks for updates.

BL3.9FakeBlank WARNING !!!

For those who have installed the 3.9 Fakeblank BL a warning has been issued for those looking to downgrade.

The problem seems to occur when BL3.9FB users attempt a restore/upgrade to 1.0.0, or 1.1.1. Essentially, iTunes thinks that you have no bootloader and then loads a 3.8BL onto your iPhone.

This is a stock 3.8 bootloader so you will not be able to leave BL3.8 unless you open up the phone and testpoint. MuscleNerd has pointed out that all is not lost, because the 3.9 expoits are sill present. However, I would still advise people not to downgrade to 1.0.0 or 1.1.1!

This warning was posted by drg on hackint0sh.

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PDFpen 3.4 Released

SmileOnMyMac has released PDFpen 3.4, an update to its PDF editing and form-filling tool for Mac OS X. The update offers major improvements in performance and usability, as well as a number of bug fixes.

All the new features of PDFpen 3.4 have also been added to PDFpenPro 3.4, the Pro version that has the ability create fillable PDF forms in addition to all the features of PDFpen.

PDFpen costs $49.95. PDFpenPro costs $94.95.

What's new in PDFpen 3.4?
- Fixed problem where fonts or spacing could appear jumbled
- Fixed setting font, alignment and color for form fields in PDFpenPro
- Improved performance when adding imprints to large documents
- Various stability improvements
- Improved performance opening documents on 10.4.11 and 10.5.x

PDFpen features:
- Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
- Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
- Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders
by applying signature image)
- Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
- Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying
from PDFs
- Select and copy text across multiple columns
- Show PDFs in single, facing-page, multi-page and multiple
facing-page views
- Fill out and save PDF forms
- Create cross-platform fillable PDF forms (requires PDFpenPro)
- Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
- Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
- Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French

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Site Update

Ok Guys here it goes:

If you have an iPhone and need to jailbreak, unlock and activate or either one of those please use:

iPlus2.0:- How to Unlock 1.1.4 and Downgrade to 3.9-fakeblank iPhone Bootloader (Windows XP/Vista)

iPlus2.0- How to Unlock 1.1.4 and Downgrade to 3.9-fakeblank iPhone Bootloader (Mac/Intel PPC)

If you have an iTouch you can use the same guide above just leave out -u from the command!

OR

If you feel like you have a few extra hundred dollars to spare then try ZiPhone:
- How to Jailbreak Your iPod touch with ZiPhone 2.6b GUI (Mac)

iPhone | How to Backup Your iPhone With TimeCapsule

These are instructions on how to install and use TimeCapsule to make backups of your iPhone.

TimeCapsule is a 3rd party application for iPhone and iPod Touch. It can keep multiple states of a particular program by saving its preferences/settings/databases. These states are restorable.

Currently, the TimeCapsule only supports backup/restore of the following apps: AddressBook’s contacts, Call History, Calendar, Installer’s sources (restore may not work due to permission problem in some firmwares, refer to FAQs for solution), Map’s bookmarks & history, Map’s caches, Notes, Safari’s bookmarks & history, SMS, Transit’s Preferences, Stocks, VoiceMail, Weather, and WorldClock

To install TimeCapsule follow these steps:

Step One
Press to launch Installer from your SpringBoard.


Step Two
Press to select the Sources tab at the bottom right of the screen.


Step Three
Press the Edit button at the top right hand corner of the screen.


Step Four
Press the Add button at the top left hand corner of the screen.


Step Five
Enter http://repo.databinge.com as the source address then press the large OK button.


Step Six
Press the Done button at the top right hand corner of the screen.


Step Seven
Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.


Step Eight
Press to select Utilities from the list of Categories.


Step Nine
Press to select TimeCapsule from the list of Packages.


Step Ten
Press the Install button at the top right hand corner of the screen.


Step Eleven
Press the large red Install button that appears.


Step Twelve
After the installation is complete you will be returned to the Categories Menu. Press the Home button to return to your SpringBoard. You will notice a new TimeCapsule icon on your SpringBoard.

HOW TO USE TIMECAPSULE
Step One
Launch TimeCapsule by pressing its icon on the SpringBoard.


Step Two
When TimeCapsule opens you will be brought to a list of all the different items that TimeCapsule can backup.

Press to select an item you would like to backup. In this example I will choose Calendar.


Step Three
Notice we are now at a blank Calendar list. Press the backup button at the top right hand corner of the screen.


Step Four
A prompt will appear letting you know that unless you donate you can only make one backup. Press the large OK button.


Step Five
Notice now a new restore point will be created. Press this restore point to view the functions associated with it.


Step Six
A popup will appear asking what you would like to do with the restore point. You can Restore, Rename, Delete, or Email the restore point. In this example I will Restore so press the Restore button.


Step Seven
You will be prompted to confirm the Restore. Press the large Ok button.


Step Eight
You Calendar will now be restored. You can then press the Back button at the top left to return to the list of items for backup.


To learn more about TimeCapsule and its functions you can visit the software page here.

Toast 9 Gains Media Streaming To iPhone

Roxio's Toast Titanium application for the Mac has been one of the best apps out there for creating media, and now they're taking it to the next level. They've moved past the initial disc-burning functionality to include several new features, including camcorder video conversion, Blu-ray disc creation, and a new feature that can stream video to the iPhone/ iPod touch.

Among the list of new features is support for AVCHD camcorder video conversion, which will let you compress videos recorded from camcorders. It also has gained the ability to create Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs, support for automatic tagging of unknown audio tracks with their "audio fingerprint," and internet audio stream recording. Lastly and most interestingly is the new Roxio Streamer, which lets you stream from your Mac to "your Wi-Fi connected iPhone, iPod Touch or to any Internet connected Mac or PC."

Support for CD/DVD burning and TiVo are still included, of course.

Toast 9 is US$99.99, and previously registered users are eligible for a $20 mail-in rebate. You can learn more about Roxio Titanium 9 or download your copy from their website.

Twitterrific For iPhone Unlikely

I'm not big into social networking sites, but Twitter holds a special place in my heart. If I could have any application for my iPhone, the thing I want almost as badly as AIM would be an iPhone version of Twitterrific. Unfortunately, Iconfactory feels that it's unlikely to work. According to Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory, the makers of Twitterrific. A constantly refreshing Twitter client could kill an iPhone's battery in 4 hours.

In a recent blog post, Craig explains why using a background service to access web-based information can kill the iPhone's battery. Using a prototype version of Twitterrific on the iPhone, allowing the application to automatically refresh every 5 minutes caused the iPhone's battery to almost completely drain after only four hours.

The heart of the problem are the radios. Both the EDGE and Wi-Fi transceivers have significant power requirements. Whenever that hardware is on, your battery life is going to suck. My 5 minute refresh kept the hardware on and used up a lot of precious power.

He goes on to explain how terrible things could get if backgrounding was available to all applications.

What happens when App A uses the network at 5 minutes past the hour, and App B uses it at 10 minutes past, and App C uses it at 15 minutes past, and so on? There’s no way for you to know what other apps are doing is there? And yet the battery is still taking a pounding.

Craig makes an excellent point and feels that APple has done this to keep developers from "collectively shooting ourselves in the feet". A solution for this may be a plugin or service that allows applications to use networking resources at certain times.

It will be interesting to see how AOL handles this hurdle with its AIM client.

Apple Store to Open In Liverpool ONE

Apple is to open a new superstore in the Liverpool ONE development.

Liverpool ONE is located in the heart of the city and is the biggest and most imaginative retail and leisure development in Europe. With the opening day set for May 29th, Apple has begun hiring for its retail job positions. In Liverpool the Apple corporation is seeking a store manager and assistant plus a host of Mac user experts and individuals with creative flair.

The Apple recruiting website for Liverpool states, “The Apple Store offers a unique opportunity to share your passion for Apple products with customers and Mac enthusiasts alike.

“If you’re looking for a rewarding environment in which to build your career using your special skills and talents, and if working at Apple has always been your dream job, you might just be one of the passionate individuals we’re looking for.”

Introducing the Airport Express with 802.11n

Now featuring support for the faster 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, the new AirPort Express Base Station delivers up to five times the performance and twice the range of the previous model.

The world’s smallest 802.11n-based mobile base station, the new AirPort Express offers a great option for anyone who wants to set up a high-speed wireless network, share a printer wirelessly, or stream iTunes music wirelessly from a Mac or PC with AirTunes. And because its so compact, you can take AirPort Express with you and set up an ad hoc wireless network in your hotel room.

Available immediately for Mac and Windows, AirPort Express sells for just $99.00.

iJailBreak 0.6.0 Released

13-year-old developers AriX and Ben have announced the release of iJailBreak 0.6, the most recent version of the iPhone/iPod touch jailbreaking and unlocking utility. The new version, a 21.5 megabyte download, functions as a Universal Binary capalble of running on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs and offers the following fixes:

-Repairs issues with YouTube.
-Repairs issues with Yahoo! Mail.
-Repairs issues with iTunes purchased songs.

Once one has downloaded, installed, and launched iJailBreak 0.6, they simply need to connect their device and run iJailBreak. Depending on whether you want to jailbreak, unlock (on iPhone), or both, the process could take anywhere from 45 seconds to three or four minutes.

I do not advise to use anything but iPlus

Apple Patent Points to Possible Flip Phone Design

Apple seems to be doing pretty well with its candy bar cell phone design, but a recently discovered patent filing shows a possible iPhone flip phone of sorts among other dual-screen design possibilities. The patent also describes a "dual sided trackpad," which would be translucent and feature touch sensitive panels on each side, allowing for use in either an open or closed position.

Other possible features described within the patent application include possibilities for laptops and tablets based around the technology. In the case of the iPhone, the touchpad would upen a small window on the main display, allowing the unit to work like a SlideShow display under Mac OS X 10.5.

These changes may not be seen immediately, but it's interesting stuff for somewhere down the road...

iPhone 2.0 Beta (1.2) Firmware Video

For those of you eagerly awaiting the 2.0 Beta (1.2) Firmware you can take a look at many of its features in this 6 minute demo video.