tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1295764 2009-11-07T03:21:34-08:00 iPhone Hacks :: Your source for the latest Apple iPhone Hacks JailBreak Unlocking News Applications Tips & Tricks Reviews Rumors Blog on the Apple iPhone TypePad iphonehackshttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e2012875606efd970c 2009-11-07T03:21:34-08:00 2009-11-07T03:21:34-08:00 Andy Despite all the never ending debates about whether or not Droid matches up to the iPhone, one thing that Motorola and Verizon deserve to be credited with is the timing of the launch. With the shopping season just starting, the companies can well expect the sales of Droid to pick... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsQF3MN12UrqG0Xcv-zOg4HtXpQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsQF3MN12UrqG0Xcv-zOg4HtXpQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsQF3MN12UrqG0Xcv-zOg4HtXpQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZsQF3MN12UrqG0Xcv-zOg4HtXpQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/apple-launching-8gb-iphone-3gs-at-99-to-counter-droid.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a65f363b970b 2009-11-07T00:08:11-08:00 2009-11-07T00:08:11-08:00 Andy The next gen iPhone could well help you checkout at retail stores, borrow books from a library or pay at a toll-booth. If rumors are to be believed, Apple could be deploying RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) sensors in future iPhones. We had reported a few months back about Apple having... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wIKMP2jThahdcnPCYx97rXCfRzc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wIKMP2jThahdcnPCYx97rXCfRzc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wIKMP2jThahdcnPCYx97rXCfRzc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wIKMP2jThahdcnPCYx97rXCfRzc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/next-generation-iphones-could-come-with-rfid-sensors.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a65d61c2970b 2009-11-06T11:43:18-08:00 2009-11-06T11:43:18-08:00 iPhoneHacks AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is looking to hire a new iPhone OS security manager to stay ahead of the cat and mouse game between them and the iPhone hacking community. Thanks to Geohot, the iPhone hacking community has recently raced ahead by unlocking iPhone OS 3.1.2, Apple’s latest iPhone... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q2B98Jp6D07c4yH7DYldnQ6szN8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q2B98Jp6D07c4yH7DYldnQ6szN8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q2B98Jp6D07c4yH7DYldnQ6szN8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q2B98Jp6D07c4yH7DYldnQ6szN8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/apple-hiring-iphone-os-platform-security-manager-to-stop-iphone-jailbreaking.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a655b529970b 2009-11-06T10:50:41-08:00 2009-11-06T10:50:41-08:00 Andy Verizon proudly flaunts Droid's 5 megapixel camera in the "Droid Does" ad campaign where it mocked iPhone's camera with the line "iDon't take 5-megapixel pictures". But is the Droid camera indeed better than iPhone 3GS's camera? Andy Ihnatko, a tech columnist at Chicago Sun has countered the argument with actual... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ezm10P0aibIBJs6ZU0XfKBu0y8I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ezm10P0aibIBJs6ZU0XfKBu0y8I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ezm10P0aibIBJs6ZU0XfKBu0y8I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ezm10P0aibIBJs6ZU0XfKBu0y8I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/is-droid-5mp-camera-better-than-iphones.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6aba1d8970c 2009-11-05T12:34:46-08:00 2009-11-05T12:34:46-08:00 Andy Remember the 'There's a map for that' ad from Verizon where the carrier claims that they have five times more 3G coverage than AT&T? AT&T is not happy with the way their network coverage has been portrayed in the ad and has now filed a lawsuit against Verizon for what... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMCqsNcMCxZ04KkR2WDb1u1tfnA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMCqsNcMCxZ04KkR2WDb1u1tfnA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMCqsNcMCxZ04KkR2WDb1u1tfnA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bMCqsNcMCxZ04KkR2WDb1u1tfnA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/att-sues-verizon-over-misleading-ad-campaign.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6aaf11d970c 2009-11-05T10:32:09-08:00 2009-11-05T10:32:09-08:00 Andy In September when iPhone OS 3.1 was released, Apple also introduced an App management feature for iTunes, which let you manage iPhone apps on your iPhone Home Screens directly from iTunes. One of the issues with this iPhone app management feature was that it only displayed the 180 iPhone apps... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wrX_Vd0zXN_GUWyYu05in3zegfQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wrX_Vd0zXN_GUWyYu05in3zegfQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wrX_Vd0zXN_GUWyYu05in3zegfQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wrX_Vd0zXN_GUWyYu05in3zegfQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/new-itunes-updates-lets-you-manage-more-than-180-iphone-apps.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6a7d3df970c 2009-11-05T09:32:03-08:00 2009-11-05T09:39:36-08:00 Andy After a tumultuous few months, Apple and Orange have finally decided to break their exclusive partnership in France. This follows a December 2008 ruling by France's competition authority that the exclusive partnership was against healthy competition in the segment. Late last year, we had written about the complaint filed by... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAEszSatks1vX5YS3TsSF11VFQM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAEszSatks1vX5YS3TsSF11VFQM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAEszSatks1vX5YS3TsSF11VFQM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAEszSatks1vX5YS3TsSF11VFQM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/appleorange-announce-end-of-exclusive-partnership-in-france.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6530ef2970b 2009-11-04T20:39:45-08:00 2009-11-05T09:35:58-08:00 Andy Looks like Adobe is getting increasingly restless about Apple's lackadaisical approch towards bringing Flash to the iPhone. Now in a seeming attempt to place the blame squarely on Apple, Adobe is taking the issue to the iPhone users themselves. Now iPhone users trying to access Flash content on their handsets... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/njuyg5BqdQ3We5DzcwrpxIt9hFU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/njuyg5BqdQ3We5DzcwrpxIt9hFU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/njuyg5BqdQ3We5DzcwrpxIt9hFU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/njuyg5BqdQ3We5DzcwrpxIt9hFU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/no-flash-on-iphone-adobe-says-its-all-apples-fault.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6a735df970c 2009-11-04T11:22:03-08:00 2009-11-04T11:54:23-08:00 Andy Folks at ChinaOntrade, the online Chinese wholesaler website, who had earlier successfully leaked iPhone 3GS parts weeks before the actual release and also recently in news for leaking pics of what they claim is the SIM tray of the fourth generation iPhone/iTablet are at it again. The website now claims... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SyTRjbAZwwLE_yHXlafoo_Hh9Xk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SyTRjbAZwwLE_yHXlafoo_Hh9Xk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SyTRjbAZwwLE_yHXlafoo_Hh9Xk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SyTRjbAZwwLE_yHXlafoo_Hh9Xk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/fourth-generation-iphone-midboard-revealed-rumor.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83534e7f169e20120a6a4b825970c 2009-11-04T09:57:52-08:00 2009-11-04T09:57:53-08:00 Andy Late last week, the iPhone finally made its debut in the world's largest telecom market amidst a lot of apprehensions and speculation regarding how well it will be received. If the weekend sales are anything to go by, it sends out all the wrong signals. Reuters reports that the total... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dw2ANgIpi_MHeOQ8aEovQbfOj44/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dw2ANgIpi_MHeOQ8aEovQbfOj44/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dw2ANgIpi_MHeOQ8aEovQbfOj44/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dw2ANgIpi_MHeOQ8aEovQbfOj44/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>http://www.iphonehacks.com/2009/11/china-unicom-reports-opening-weekend-sale-of-5000-iphone-handsets.html