Fring Brings Skype, Skype-out and SIP calls to iPhone (7)
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The long awaited Fring application is now available for free as the first App from the iTunes App Store to support Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony. According to the vendor, fringland Ltd., Fring is a mobile internet service and community that allows you to talk, chat and interact with other “fringsters” and all your online buddies from Skype, MSN, GoogleTalk, AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, ICQ and of course Fring. All of this is available via your ...
Stanza Stands Out As The iPhone’s Best eBook Reader (3)
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Stanza is the most robust eBook reader for the iPhone, and it’s free. Other options include eReader, but none are as polished and feature-rich as Stanza. It’s primary asset is a large library of fully available and free eBooks. We immediately went the download section of this App and downloaded 22 great classic novels, such as 1984, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, The Jungle Book, etc. Each page of the book is viewed separately and ...
Obama launches iPhone recruiting, campaign tool (8)
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Our good friend Raven Zachary is directing the launch of an iPhone Application for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign The most notable feature “organizes and prioritizes your contacts by key battleground states, making it easy to reach out and make an impact quickly,” according to the software. The application anonymously reports back the number of calls made this way: “Your privacy is important: no personal data or contacts will be uploaded or stored. Only the ...
Atari Enters iPhone Gaming Market With Lawyers in Tow (1)
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Atari has released two new iPhone games that might, with legal aid, displace some imitators. Missile Command and Super Breakout are two popular classics, now available for sale in the iTunes App Store for $4.99 each. According to Atari’s blurb in the iTunes App Store descriptions, these games are “true evolutions of the original hits. ” Missile Command truly does feel like an evolution of the original. The gameplay is unchanged, and while the graphics ...
Taking Your iPhone Overseas (3)
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Ted Landau October 2008 Later this week, I’m off for a trip to Japan. I never go anywhere without my iPhone anymore. Japan will be no exception. But I will be taking the phone with some trepidation. Knowing that international charges can be exorbitant, I’ve spent a good deal of time determining what, if anything, I could do to keep costs to a minimum. To save you from having to do the same legwork, here’s ...
Are App Store Restrictions Reviving the Jailbreak Scene? (2)
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Apple’s dubious rejection of applications that are deemed of little utility or duplicative of built-in functionality has drawn harsh developer criticism. In contrast, the jailbroken iPhone software market is completely unrestricted. Google’s Android marketplace claims a similar unfettered approach. The unrestricted mobile application market is ground already tread by Palm, where concerns over malicious software and feature encroachment have been virtually non-existent. The jailbroken market, after a period of infancy, is offering legitimate, useful software ...
Apple’s iPhone Signal Strength Placebo (1)
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As previously noted, users continue to report poor 3G signal strength under iPhone OS 2.1. To be clear, iPhone OS 2.1 does not purport to actually boost signal strength. Instead, it provides “more accurate” signal strength display, which, in most cases, means more bar bars, but not necessarily better reception or ability to make/receive calls. However, it appears that “more accurate” may mean “unreasonably generous.” Noted in our previous report, the most reliable indicator of ...
Apple and AT&T Face Fourth iPhone 3G Lawsuit (1)
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The fourth lawsuit against Apple and AT&T over the iPhone 3G has been filed. Like the others before it, this suit alleges that Apple and AT&T are “deceptive, improper or unlawful conduct in design, marketing, manufacturing, distribution, and sale” of the iPhone 3G. The lawsuit was was filed in the New York Eastern District Court by Jai Sen and is claiming class action status. The complaint itself can be found here. The complaint details some ...
iPhone Configuration Utility Is a Great Troubleshooting Tool (1)
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Apple’s iPhone Configuration Utility 1.0.1, released late last week, isn’t designed as an end-user troubleshooting tool. Instead it’s meant to “create, maintain, and sign configuration profiles, and track and install provisioning profiles and authorized applications” allowing enterprise users to create configuration profiles for device deployment. The Configuration Utility provides two functions, however, that can be very useful for troubleshooting: It can uninstall applications directly from the host computer. This capability can remove stubborn apps that ...
QuickPwn (iPhone Jailbreak/Unlock Tool) for Windows Released (1)
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The iPhone-dev team has announced the release of the Windows version of QuickPwn for jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch. The tool supports OS 2.1 and provides unlocking and jailbreaking of first generation iPhones. It also supports jailbreaking of the first generation iPod Touch and the iPhone 3G. It does not support unlocking of the iPhone 3G or jailbreaking of second generation (n72ap based) iPod Touch. Read more about it here.
Poor Battery Life Under iPhone OS 2.1, Fixes (2)
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According to Apple’s release notes, iPhone OS 2.1 delivers “significantly better battery life for most users.” “Most” appears to be the operative word in that sentence, as a number of users are reporting seriously degraded battery life after the update. One iPhone Atlas reader, Jerry Flaby, writes: “Since updating to 2.1 I have seen a dramatic decrease in battery life. I can make it about half a day with moderate use as opposed to a ...
Apple Application Crashes in iPhone OS 2.1 (2)
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While iPhone OS 2.1 has dramatically reduced the number of third-party application crashes for most users, some users have experienced an increase in crashes from Apple-supplied applications like Safari, Mail, Calendar and others. One Apple Discussions poster writes: “Since the 2.1 update I have experienced crashing in several areas where I have never experienced crashing before. My Calendar has crashed, Preferences has crashed several times, and Safari is almost unusable if you plan on browsing ...
iTunes 8 Troubleshooting Roundup (1)
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iTunes 8 introduces some nifty new features for iPhone and iPod touch owners, but has also spawned some issues with synchronization, updating, music libraries and other areas of operation. Here’s a roundup of the most prominent issues and associated fixes: Error 5002 when updating mobile apps Some users receive “error 5002″ when attempting to retrieve mobile (iPhone and iPod touch) app updates. Users seem to have found a workaround for this problem that involves trashing ...
Apple’s PA Semi acquisition to result in new iPhone processor after all (1)
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In April, Apple agreed to purchase PA Semi, the designer of a 64-bit, power-conservative, dual-core processor, Forbes reports. PA Semi’s chip is based not on Intel x86 (like Macs) or ARM (like the iPhone) processor specifications, but rather on the PowerPC platform around which Apple no longer bases new systems but still actively supports with Mac OS X. At the time, we speclated that Apple may have been planning to utilize PA Semi’s current processor ...
iPhone OS 2.1: Mostly Positive but Major Problems Reported (1)
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Most users are reporting dramatically enhanced performance, better signal and battery life, and greater stability after installing iPhone OS 2.1. Some users are, however, experiencing significant issues. Will not install — fix Some users have problems installing iPhone OS 2.1, with iTunes delivering a cryptic error message during the process, after the “Update” button is pressed. If you are experiencing a similar issue, try downloading one the standalone firmware update files (appropriate for your iPhone) ...
iPhone OS 2.1 released; many bug fixes/improvements claimed (1)
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Apple has released iPhone OS 2.1, as promised, with the following, surprisingly detailed release notes: Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls Significantly better battery life for most users Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes Improved email reliability, notably fetching email from POP and Exchange accounts Faster installation of 3rd party applications Fixed bugs causing hangs and crashes for users with lots of third party applications Improved performance in text messaging Faster loading ...
Screenshots of iPod touch OS 2.1.1, Nike+ (1)
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We’ve obtained some screenshots of iPod touch OS v2.1.1, which ships on second-generation iPod touch devices, as well as live screenshots of the new Nike+ software. Some notes on usage from our good friend Raven Zachary: The new iPod touch ships with iPhone OS 2.1.1 (5F138). After you activate Nike+iPod from Settings, the application appears on the home From the Nike+iPod Settings, it asks you to walk around with the sensor to detect and pair. ...
iPhone-Only Apps Installation on iPod touch Now Prevented (1)
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A new feature in iTunes 8 prevents iPhone-only applications from installing on the iPod Touch. One of our staffers, David Martin, was syncing his iPod touch for the first time in iTunes 8 when the following dialog appeared: Subsequently after viewing the full dialog it was clear that iTunes 8 was not going to install the following Apps on the iPod touch due to compatibility issues: Dial Zero, Distance, GPS Tracker, Jott, Kyte, Loopt, NetShare, ...
iTunes 8: Workaround for 5002 Unknown Error When Trying to Update Apps (1)
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Users and one iPhone Atlas staffer are reporting problems with the iPod touch while upgrading apps in iTunes 8. See this Apple discussion. We’ve discovered this workaround: update the apps from the iPod Touch itself and then sync your iPod Touch with iTunes 8. ITunes 8 transfers the purchases to the iTunes library on your computer and the updates are then available for other devices you might have like an iPhone or other iPods. The ...
