September 2007

With the tail end of Sunday in sight, I'd imagine quite a few iPhone owners have been spending the weekend getting to grips with Apple's 1.1.1 firmware upgrade, downloading the 152.3mb file and bringing their shiny handset up to Steve-speed.  The headline feature is of course the iTunes WiFi Store, but there are plenty of other tweaks and improvements that might not leap out at you instantly; should you have ... continued »

Little comfort to those who face bricking their unlocked iPhones or languishing on old firmware forever, but the iPhone DevTeam have been pretty unequivocal at accusing Apple of taking the, let's say, AT&T pleasing option when it comes to constructing their upgrade.  As they told Gizmodo: "Apple has multiple ways of upgrading the [firmware of the] baseband [radio chip] without committing a 500,000-phone massacre. First, they can issue a secpack [security ... continued »

Well, you can wait for the iPhone Dev Team to come up with a solution, and you know they will, they are the gods of the iPhone, I really don’t see why Apple doesn’t just put them on payroll and save us all the hassle. Or, you can lie. Here is the deal, Apple’s latest firmware somehow changes the IMEI of your phone (I swear that the last time I checked ... continued »

So maybe it’s less of a flash, and more of a camera light, as there doesn’t appear to be any flashing mechanism. There is, however a busted iPod charger, and some LEDs involved. It looks like basically he put 4 LEDs and a switch inline with the power output pins of the iPhones dock connector. Which means you can leave it connected and off, then turn it on when you need ... continued »

Apple's 1.1.1 iPhone update is out, and while there's a healthy list of new functionality and tweaks, all eyes are still on the unlock situation.  After Apple's warnings (which some took as threats) that hacked iPhones could potentially turn into expensive, slender bricks after the update process, owners of modded handsets scurried desperately to find ways to restore authenticity to their iPhones.  Whether that's necessary or not seems to vary; there ... continued »

So here's the shark in the mod-happy waters; Apple has released the 1.1.1 iPhone update and is busy trumpeting the new features - there's even a happy little video by their sombre-clothed Bob to explain just what differences you'll notice.  Functionality-wise there are no massive surprises (still no Flash, sadly, and they've not revealed a hidden 3G chip), but the WiFi Music Store is there as are some productivity tweaks such ... continued »