Another funny one and again NSFW!!!
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Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’
HTC EVO vs iPhone4
July 2nd, 2010iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo
July 2nd, 2010This so funny, and very true to most of the customers that I see at work… BTW, it is definitely NSFW!!!!
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iPhone coming to The Shack: Friggin Finally!
November 7th, 2009
Well it’s about damn time RadioShack got their heads out of their rears and did SOMETHING right. Anything right. I won’t discuss the shack’s recent stupidity, but FINALLY! They will carry the beloved iPhone.
I wonder if this means I can stop having to use an alternative APN on my at&t ANR line…
iPhone coming to The Shack: Dallas and NYC this month, nationwide in 2010?.
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Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage, Asks for Ransom | Maximum PC
November 4th, 2009Hacker Holds Jailbroken iPhones Hostage, Asks for Ransom | Maximum PC.
There’s a lot you can do with a jailbroken iPhone, and apparently, there’s a lot others can do with your hacked smartphone as well. A hacker from the Netherlands made it his mission to alert modified iPhone owners via SMS that their security wasn’t up to snuff.
The SMS contained a link to http://doiop.com/Hacked, which has since been eradicated from the Web. But before it was taken down, the site asked victims to send 5 euros (about $7.56 USD) to a Paypal account and then sit tight for email instructions on how to secure the hacked phone.
“If you don’t pay, it’s fine by me,” the hacker’s page said. “But remember, the way I got access to your iPhone can be used by thousands of others — they can send text messages from your number (like I did), use it to call or record your calls, and actually whatever they want, even use it for their hacking activities! I can assure you, I have no intentions of harming you or whatever, but some hackers do! It’s just my advice to secure your phone.”
According to ArsTechnica, the hacker used port scanning to identify jailbroken iPhones on the T-Mobile network in the Netherlands with SSH running. The hack also relied on unchanged root passwords to gain access, which is where the real security risk came from.
So what can you do to secure your phone? The same hacker who tried to make a quick buck has apologized for his actions, promised to return what money he’s made, and posted steps to secure your jailbroken iPhone, which you can find here.
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Greedy: Judge Tells ASCAP No Royalties For Ringtones
October 16th, 2009Greedy: Judge Tells ASCAP No Royalties For Ringtones.
One of the weirder strategies by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recently has been to claim that every time a ringtone played, a royalty should be paid. ASCAP sued AT&T earlier this year over the claim, but a federal judge has ruled that your phone ringing does not constitute a public performance.
The ruling may also affect another ASCAP lawsuit that’s even more ridiculous, reports Barb Dybwad at Mashable:
That means carriers won’t have to pay royalties on ringtone plays. It also has implications for another recent suit we reported on recently, in which the music industry is seeking royalties on 30-second song previews and performance fees for TV show downloads. Part of the language in the judge’s ruling also considered a ringtone download as not being a public performance either, which could set a precedent for the other suit in which ASCAP/BMI are seeking royalties on downloads.
Paying good money for a ringtone is stupid anyway. Symbian (i.e. Nokia) and Android phones should let you assign pretty much any common audio format as a ringtone. Here’s an info page for Android, and here’s how to make your own for an iPhone.
“Judge: No Royalties for Music Industry Each Time a Ringtone Plays” [Mashable via IntoMobile]
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Apple’s Jailbreak-Proof iPhone 3GS Units Totally Aren’t – Iphone 3gs jailbreak – Gizmodo
October 15th, 2009Apple’s Jailbreak-Proof iPhone 3GS Units Totally Aren’t – Iphone 3gs jailbreak – Gizmodo.
iPhone 3GSes now ship with a chained-down boot ROM, intended to thwart jailbreakers at a fundamental level. It’s already been cracked. But for what it’s worth (seriously, what?), it has made life outside the App Store a little less convenient.
It turns out the new boot ROM doesn’t totally prevent the 24kpwn exploit employed by the Dev Team hackers, but instead just kind of interferes with it. The result? You can still jailbreak your late-model 3GS, but the device needs to be tethered to your computer in order to boot up. It’s a major annoyance, especially given how crash-happy 3.1 phones—especially jailbroken ones—can be, but not necessarily a dealbreaker.
Anyhow, chances are it won’t be this way for long—remember the iPod Touch 2G? It was jailbroken fairly quickly after launch, but it had a new, slightly more secure boot ROM, and there needed to be tethered in order to boot. A few weeks later, the hackers finished their thing, and there was moderate rejoicing. This chain of events, which is already under way again, is starting to read like a script. [Gadget Lab]
Send an email to John Herrman, the author of this post, at jherrman@gizmodo.com.
Editors Note: WHY do these manufacturers continue to try these different schemes? If you put a supposedly uncrackable device in the hands of the hackers who want to crack the item, the hacker will always win. The key to unlock the device HAS to been in the device for the software to be able to interface with the hardware. it is just a matter of time until you find the key!
JUST quit and save the money!
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iPhone and iPod touch radio app with iTunes store integration on the horizon?
October 14th, 2009iPhone and iPod touch radio app with iTunes store integration on the horizon?.
We know what you’re thinking, how dare that new iPod nano have features your premium iPhone and iPod touch handhelds don’t? Well, if this 9 to 5 Mac rumor has any merit, Apple is right there with you and has a solution in the works. According to said whispers, a Radio app is in the works to capitalize on the recent models’ latent FM tuner. It’ll either be standalone or integrated into the iPod app, and either way it’ll be able to work in the background while you browse other, not so fortunate apps. The apparent cause for delay is work on a feature that’ll identify the songs and link you to the appropriate iTunes page for purchase. As always, this is just a rumor, so do yourself a favor and try not to dwell on it too much.
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Apps of the Week: Spice up your mobile photos – CNN.com
October 14th, 2009Apps of the Week: Spice up your mobile photos – CNN.com.
(CNN) — Smartphone cameras are pretty basic. Often they won’t zoom. They don’t have aperture settings. Usually there’s no flash.
But thanks to a growing slate of photography apps, simple mobile-phone photos can be transformed into interesting pieces of art. They’re the new Polaroids — far from high-end but offering a sort of irreverent charm.
Here are three fun photo apps to help you transform dull iPhone or Android photos into something your friends will want to check out.
ShakeItPhoto: $0.99, iPhone
Miss the days when you could “shake it like a Polaroid picture?” Well they’re back with the ShakeItPhoto app for the iPhone.
On ShakeIt, the photos you snap appear to slide onto the screen of your camera without having been developed. Then — just like in the days of Polaroid — you shake your phone to develop the images.
Bonus: The apps color scheme gives a nice ’70s tint to your photos.
Extra bonus: If you get sick of shaking your camera, or you start developing carpal tunnel, then you can set the app to develop your images more quickly.
Bummer: It only has one color filter, so you can’t make adjustments. But that’s how real Polaroids work, so deal with it.
Photoshop.com Mobile: Free, iPhone
Photoshop debuted this free app at the beginning of October, and it has rocketed to the top of Apple’s list of free apps. It helps you crop and color-correct your photos on the go and then uploads them to Flickr, the photo-sharing site.
Bonus: The app has fine-grained controls for adjusting tint or saturation when you’re out and about. It also offers a few custom filters, including “vignette blur,” “pop” and “warm vintage,” that provide a nice alternative if you’re in a hurry.
Bummer: The crop and rotate functions — two of the app’s most useful attributes — are tricky to use. And some professional users complain that many of Photoshop’s features, such as levels adjustments, aren’t available.
Green Screen Lite: Free, iPhone
Never been to the Kremlin? No problem. You can fake it! With this app, you can black out the backgrounds on your photos and paste yourself in front of famous landmarks instead.
Bonus: It’s free. The free version comes with a limited number of backgrounds. You can use photos from your library as green screens if you buy the paid version, which costs $2.99.
Bummer: It’s clunky. There’s an auto feature that tries to read your photos and put the people in them on new backgrounds. But it doesn’t always work, which means you have to block out the background yourself using a few tools the app provides. It’s a cool idea, but the execution is somewhat lacking.
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Command & Conquer on the iPhone Wins Your Nostalgic Heart
October 9th, 2009
When does this go live? I will buy it instantly. C&C was one of my favorite games growing up, and still is. I like it over the AoE series, and just about any other RTS ever, with the exception of Total Annihilation.
Dear God – WANT!
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MapQuest Navigator Brings Cheap Turn-by-Turn GPS to the iPhone – GPS – Lifehacker
October 9th, 2009MapQuest Navigator Brings Cheap Turn-by-Turn GPS to the iPhone – GPS – Lifehacker.
iPhone only: Mapquest Navigator is a new turn-by-turn application for the iPhone that brings GPS to your phone on a budget. The question is: When will Google Maps do the same?
The application costs $1 in the App Store, which buys you a 14-day trial. If you decide you like the app and want to continue using it once those 14 days are up, MapQuest Navigator requires you pay subscription pricing: $4/month, $10/quarter, or $30/year—which makes it a good deal less expensive than AT&T’s $10/month subscription GPS app.
MapQuest Navigator is far from the first turn-by-turn GPS in the App Store, but it is one of the least expensive for the feature set it offers (though you can’t get any cheaper than previously mentioned Waze‘s free offering). All the maps and directions come over your data connection, which means it’s a light download and generally will have up-to-date points of interest, but if you’ve got a bad data connection you may be better off opting for one of the offline GPS apps like Navigon or TomTom.
Still, the most interesting thing about MapQuest releasing a GPS app: It makes one wonder just how long it’ll be before Google offers their own (presumably free) turn-by-turn GPS app. We know Google can do text-to-speech (hell, they’re even great at speech-to-text), and now that they’re tracking traffic conditions for freeways, highways, and major streets, it seems like a natural progression. On top of that, I’ve tested a lot of turn-by-turn GPS apps, and Google Maps is still the app that does the best job of locating me quickly and accurately on a map.
MapQuest Navigator is currently available for the iPhone only.
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