Archives for ‘iPhone News’

July 25, 2008

Copy and Paste in iPhone Firmware 2.1?

The new iPhone 2.1 Beta Firmware that was released to some iPhone developers yesterday has been found to have hints at an upcoming Copy and Paste feature. According to MacNN:

One notes that in exploring the Localizable.strings entry…

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July 15, 2008

iPhone 3G Firmware Update ‘Fixes’ Yellowing of Screens?

Some forum members had reported that they felt the 5A347 firmware update would actually improve the “yellow” tint of the iPhone 3G screen.

The ‘yellow tint’ actually just reflects Apple’s choice to use a warmer look to the screen. Actually…

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July 11, 2008

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Jailbroken and Unlocked

For those of you still interested in untethering your iPhone from its designated carrier, Gizmodo reports that the iPhone Dev Team has already managed to both jailbreak and unlock the latest iPhone 2.0 release.

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July 11, 2008

iPhone 2.0 adds screenshot mode

One of the many new, under-publicized features of iPhone Software 2.0 is the ability to take a screenshot of whatever happens to be on the iPhone’s screen at the time. The process is simple: hold down the home button, and…

July 11, 2008

First iPhone 3G disassembly photos

iPhone 3G (free to use)iFixit has posted the first photos of a fully disassembled iPhone 3G, which it acquired at the device’s midnight launch in New Zealand. One thing that’s different is the LCD and glass covering are now two separate components, as they…

July 8, 2008

iPhone 3G ‘much faster’ with ‘hidden costs’, battery issues

Reviewing the iPhone 3G for The Wall Street Journal, Walter Mossberg today said that the device “mostly keeps its promises,” but is saddled by “two big hidden costs:” weaker battery performance and AT&T price plans that “effectively negated the iPhone’s…

July 8, 2008

An In-Depth Look At The iPhone’s CPU and Graphics Core

I made a recent TouchArcade post that takes a rather in-depth look at the gaming side of the iPhone’s hardware. The CPU core and the graphics chipset are revealed and examined with an eye towards…

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July 4, 2008

Google Talk Comes to the iPhone

One of the notable shortcomings of the iPhone is the lack of a chat client. Oh sure, SMS looks like iChat - but we all know that you’re really paying for each of those messages you’re shooting off. So we could…