Yet even MORE evidence of upcoming iTunes rentals

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Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, iPhone

Today’s evidence comes to you courtesy of the Apple iPhone. iPhone Developer Pumpkin. He has discovered even more rental-specific information, this time in the iPhone’s lockdown daemon file. Lockdown is responsible for authorizing your iPhone for services. For example the lockdown files are involved in authorizing phone service and is [...]

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gpSPhone v0.0.8 - improved controls, improved save states

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It’s great that ZodTTD managed to whip up gpSPhone, that great GBA emulator for the iPhone. But what’s even better is that he managed to update the cool emulator with fixes that improve the gaming experience on gpSPhone. In this v0.0.8 update, ZodTTD managed to tweak the controls, and the L R buttons are now [...]

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T-Mobile to offer Germans unlocked iPhones - at a price

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Filed under: Apple, iPhone
After the news yesterday of T-Mobile being issued a restraining order on iPhone sales in Germany, T-Mobile has announced that an unlocked version of the handset will be available to German customers only. Albeit, it’ll set you back €999 - that’s US$1,477.97 or £716.
Before you rush out and buy an unlocked handset, [...]

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iPod touch audio in reportedly working

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Filed under: iPod Family, Cool tools, Hacks

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Over at the iPod touch fans forum, user Marian reports that he’s managed to confirm that the iPod touch audio input pins are active. He modded an old docking cable, connecting the line-in pins to an audio source. He then used my [...]

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NES.app v1.13.0 for Apple’s iPhone

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It looks like homebrew developers jonz (nervegas) and jordan have been hard at work. They recently announced the release of NES.app v1.13.0. For those who missed our coverage on the NES.app v1.12.0, this application is a NES emulator for the iPhone with various features such as zapper and Game Genie support.
This latest version adds the [...]

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gpSPhone v0.1.0 - installation guide, fixed memory leak

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Homebrew developer ZodTTD was quick to whip up the latest version of gpSPhone v0.1.0, a GBA emulator compatible with Apple’s iPhone and iTouch. This latest version fixes a couple of bugs with the memory and the suspend/resume mode, as well as some improvements with its overall performance.
The developer was also kind enough to include [...]

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Is Apple about to implement data persistence for Safari?

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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone

If the rental evidence we posted about earlier isn’t enough, iPhone hacker extraordinaire Pumpkin has discovered evidence that we may soon see core persistence. TUAW wonders if this is possibly for Safari. Persistence refers to data that gets stored between sessions, similar to the way that Google Gears. This allows web [...]

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Purple Violets released exclusively on iTunes

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Filed under: iTS, Video, iTunes

Ed Burns’ film, Purple Violets, has become the first full-length feature movie ever to premiere via digital distribution on iTunes. As we reported before, he was unable to find a good theatrical offer, and instead chose to make history by bringing it straight to iTunes. Variety wasn’t thrilled with it, and [...]

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