Remember that wireless induction charger that we saw poking around at the CES iLounge Pavilion earlier this year? Seems that Case-Mate has finally given that little doohickey a name, a price and a ship date. The aptly-titled Hug (which consists of the Hug Case and Hug Pad) slips onto one’s iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS [...]
According to this news story on Pocket Gamer today, Gameloft will soon be releasing a Splinter Cell game for the iPhone. Pocket Gamer spotted a mysterious link on Gameloft’s Twitter page some nine hours ago, which led to a picture of Splinter Cell hero Sam Fisher with some cryptic-looking numbers underneath. The sleuths at Pocket [...]
It’s hard to say why we’ve seen a glut of these adapters hit all within the same week, but hey, the more the merrier! North Carolina’s own New Potato Technologies (yes, we’re serious) has followed up on ThinkFlood and Power A’s efforts by introducing an Infrared iPhone / iPod touch dongle of its own. The [...]
You know, for all the praise the iPhone has received in its time, we never thought it looked quite Matrix-y enough. Thankfully, that all-important deficiency has been remedied by a man named Ryan Glasgow up in Portland, who has just started selling the above case to all who care to have one. It’s built out [...]
ThinkFlood’s original RedEye was pretty swank, but unfortunately, it was both expensive and somewhat convoluted. It’s only been four months since that very device hit the scene, but it’s safe to say it’s already history. Today, the RedEye mini is setting a new bar in the world of iPhone / iPad / iPod touch remotes, with a [...]
19 February 2010
This tutorial will show you how to jailbreak your 3G iPhone by creating a custom ipsw that can automatically jailbreak, install applications, and add your own boot logos. Step One Make a folder called “Pwnage” on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. PwnageTool 3.1.5, found here You will also need the 3.1.3 iPhone [...]
19 February 2010
This tutorial will show you how to jailbreak and unlock your 2G iPhone on the 3.1.3 iPhone firmware. Alright, first make a folder on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. The two bootloader files: - BL 3.9 - BL 4.6 Pwnage 3.1.5, found here. You will also need the 3.1.3 iPhone firmware. 3.1.3 (2G): iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw When downloading [...]
16 February 2010
Well, it looks like anyone hoping that books on Apple’s iBookstore would be as DRM-free as music is on iTunes may be in for a bit of disappointment, as the Los Angeles Times is now reporting that Apple will be making its own FairPlay digital rights management available to any book publishers that wish to use it. [...]
16 February 2010
Patently Apple has sniffed out the latest, and most comprehensive, trademark registration acquired by Apple on the subject of the iPhone and we thought we’d have a peek. Already entitled to use the brand name under international categories 9 (mobile phone and digital audio player) and 38 (electronic data-transmitting device), Apple has now added category [...]
16 February 2010
We’ve seen lemons power a digital clock, and we’ve seen an Orange tent energize a gaggle of Apples. But have you ever wondered how many oranges it would take to charge just a single Apple? Name games aside, we have to hand it to Imperial Leisure, the company that executed a new iPhone-centered advertisement aimed at raising [...]
16 February 2010
It’s not like we spend much time with serial cables and RJ-11 jacks these days, but we do appreciate that they have their uses, especially among industrial customers and hobbyists — so it’s no surprise that the enterprising folks at Redpark have cooked up adapters for the iPhone / iPod touch (and, presumably, the iPad). [...]
Added on 07 March 2010
