Archive for July, 2007
In which, iPhone apps are built
Filed under: iPhone
It turns out that creating new GUI iPhone apps is both harder and easier than you expect. Saturday night when the first iPhone UI app proof-of-concept appeared, I was tied up with family. I frantically emailed Mike Rose begging him to get a post out, which, wonderful man that he is, he did. [...]
iPhone in cake form
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone
Call it the First rule of Confectionary Geekery, if you will– no gadget is allowed to reach icon status until it is immortalized in cake form. This is another happening that didn’t show up on our bingo card, but probably should have.
Fortunately, someone’s corrected the dire problem of [...]
Use your iPhone as an XBMC remote
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Multimedia, Cool tools, Hacks, iPhone
I have to say, as much as everyone whined about the lack of an iPhone SDK, I am nothing but impressed at how far people are bending over backwards to provide functionality to the iPhone. Yes it makes you wonder how much we could do [...]
iPhone firmware hints at new widgets, including MobileRadio
Filed under: Rumors, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone
Tyler over at iPhoneology went diving into the iPhone’s firmware, and found a preference file called “DefaultApplicationState.plist,” apparently a list of widgets placed by Apple inside the iPhone.
Except that there’s a few that we can’t actually use yet…
com.apple.unitconvertercom.apple.widget.phonebookcom.apple.widget.translationcom.apple.widget.worldclockcom.apple.mobile.radio
That mobile.radio one looks especially enticing– while built-in FM [...]
The .Mac Reader RSS app for iPhone is awesome
Filed under: Software, Productivity, Internet Tools, .Mac, iPhone
Remember that iPhone-only .Mac RSS reader Apple quietly introduced barely a day before the phone’s release? After trying out nearly every iPhone web app launcher that has an RSS reader bolted on and even Newsgator Mobile for iPhone (since I primarily use NetNewsWire on a Mac), I have [...]
iASign 0.2 released
Filed under: Software, iPhone
Master iPhone Hacker iZsh has just released a new version of iASign, the tool that allows you to use any AT&T/Cingular SIM to place and receive calls with your iPhone. This new release brings iASign up to version 0.2 and adds several new options in addition to an expanded framework that will [...]
3rd Party iPhone Apps Roundup
Filed under: Software, iPhone
The 3rd Party iPhone applications are starting to roll in. Here’s TUAW’s list of currently available packages. I’ll update this list as more apps become available and we hear back from more developers.
Hello World. Hello World Demo
KBDemo. Proof of concept Keyboard demo. Part of the larger Mobile Terminal for iPhone project.
Do Shell. [...]
Apple wants your iPod to stop charging for thieves
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Hey, it’s no shocker that Apple’s iPod is a coveted item even for those who acquire their wares in less than legal manners, but a recent patent application from Apple shows that someone at Cupertino cares about you rightful owners out there. Essentially, the technology would invoke a “guardian” recharge [...]
