Downgrading 2.1 iPhones not as daunting as originally thought

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Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, SDK

If you’ve heard (as we had) that the journey to the beta 2.1 firmware for the iPhone is one-way only, TUAW reader Brian D. has some good news for you. He writes in to say that the journey back is not as impossible as once thought. “Users can downgrade merely [...]

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NES.app v2.2.4

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Here’s a bit of good news for the guys who enjoy a bit of classic Nintendo gaming on their iPhone. Developer jonz has announced that NES.app homebrew application has been updated to version 2.2.4.
As its names implies, this NES.app is an emulator that will enable you to play games that were originally meant for the [...]

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NES.app v2.3.0 - revamped landscape code, added accelerometer support

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Homebrew developer jonz recently added a battery of changes to the iPhone-based NES emulator, NES.app. Version 2.2.1 includes a lot of modifications to its landscape mode and even added accelerometer support to give the emulator a unique feel for its controls.
The developer decided to do a complete revamp to NES.app’s landscape mode, which fixed many [...]

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WinPwn 2.0.0.3 - added various bug fixes

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With the release of Apple new software update, jailbreaking one’s iPhone has been one of the biggest priorities owners have to date. Two popular “flavors” have been recently released to unshackle your preferred Apple gadgets - PwnageTool for Mac-based systems and WinPwn for the Windows platform.
Developer cmw released a new update to WinPwn, bumping up [...]

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Developer cmw releases WinPwn 2.0 for Window XP users

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Windows XP users who happen to own an iPhone can now experience the same freedom that their Mac siblings have been enjoying with the latest release of the cmw’s WinPwn 2.0.
Designed exclusively for the PC platform, the new version of the XP-based iPhone jailbreaker supports both firmware 1.1.4 and 2.0, and is compatible with the [...]

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Inside the Phone Factory

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Filed under: iPhone

Here’s a sweet little treat. Over at ReMoveTheLabels.com, a poster’s mom apparently bought an iPhone and found a surprise waiting for her on the onboard camera roll: three pictures. Two were blurry but the third is a real surprise: a picture straight from the iPhone production line. Look at all those luscious phones, [...]

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Torque Game Engine comes to the iPhone

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Developer, iPhone

We’ve mentioned the Torque gaming engine from GarageGames here a few times before — it’s a pretty powerful 3D engine that makes developing great games on the Mac that much easier. And now, they’ve released a version of it for the iPhone, complete with support for multitouch [...]

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Hide Folders 2008, a freeware program to Hide Documents and Folders

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Altomac announced today the release of Hide Folders 2008, a freeware program for Mac OS X dedicated to hide documents and folders. With a click, conceals files and folders with all their contents. The program is simple and natural to use because it works just as Mac users are used to do things everyday with their Macs. With this program Mac users can protect their files avoiding them to be being modified, seen or erased by other users using the same Mac account.

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