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James Allan Brady

Rumor: Hacked, unlocked, or otherwise modded iPhones’ warranties get voided and blacklisted

by James Allan Brady on September 21, 2007

It’s no surprise that as per Apple’s terms and conditions, if you mess with your iPhone, they will both no longer fix it, and they will go ahead and void its warranty and blacklist it from further repair. Third party apps are ok, as long as they aren’t running natively. This one gets the Rumor tag because I have only seen one such incident reported so far. So here are a ... continued »

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iPod Touch screen problems

by James Allan Brady on September 21, 2007

Some of you may have already clicked on over to our new site Apple-Touch.com to read about all the iPod Touch news, but for those of you that haven’t let me try and bring you up to speed on this specific problem. Vincent, yeah, Nguyen, the very same one that is an Executive Editor, was able to get his hands on an iPod Touch a full two weeks early only ... continued »

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Bluetooth hack: listen to music on your Bluetooth headset on your iPhone

by James Allan Brady on September 21, 2007

You read that right, you don’t even have to alter any hardware, firmware, or download any software to do it. It’s a build in glitch with both the voicemail and phone call functions. The phone call version of the hack is to make or take a call, and then while the call is active open the iPod application and start playing either music or video and as long as you were ... continued »

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Replace the back of your iPhone

by James Allan Brady on September 20, 2007

I am sure there are tons of you that have dropped your iPhone on occasion without it being in a case to protect it. It happens, it just does, and it usually scuffs up not only the front, if you don’t have a screen protector, but the back as well. Obviously the front side, and that precious touchscreen are the most vulnerable and most important things to worry about when you ... continued »

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Apple ramping up iPhone production

by James Allan Brady on September 20, 2007

Apple has been busy, but apparently they are hoping to get a lot busier. Word on the street is they are actually hoping to nearly double their current production numbers for the iPhone. The new plan sets the number at 2.7 million handsets to be produced this quarter. That means a huge increase from the initial 1.54 they were initially shooting for. continued »

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Uber cheap iPhone screen fix

by James Allan Brady on September 20, 2007

That’s right, for $5, maybe less depending on what you have handy, you can replace your iPhone’s busted screen. It won’t work if you puncture far enough through your phone to actually break the LCD, but it it’s just the glass, read on. The parts list is a 1/32-inch thick piece of plexi-glass, transparent plastic, something of that nature, a razor blade, Dremel, scissors, and Goo Gone. Eye protection is also ... continued »

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FileMaker websites for the iPhone with Dreamweaver extension

by James Allan Brady on September 19, 2007

Finally a business oriented application has been released for the iPhone. FMWebschool released a video of FileMaker websites on the iPhone. That means you can use database-driven sites on the iPhone such as for a delivery company, or larger companies that use other work-order based systems. I suppose it could even be used in the IT world for part of a problem ticket solution. continued »

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