From the monthly archives:
September 2007
by James Allan Brady on September 25, 2007

So you have a Palm, Windows Mobile, or BlackBerry smartphone and want to switch to an iPhone, MarkSpace is releasing a new software product to make it that much easier. It will ship Q4 this year and is called The Missing Sync.
What it does is transfer lots of data from one of those supported devices to your iPhone. The data that is transfers are things such as the contacts list, ...
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by James Allan Brady on September 25, 2007

So some guy who is apparently a coding monkey, but highly evolved, has finally gotten his hands on an iPod Touch, granted it has a busted screen, but he is really just using it to dump all the firmware and all that good stuff. The gentleman’s name is “Martyn” and he traded some poor lady who had a broken iPod Touch that wasn’t covered under the warranty for a working ...
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by Chris Davies on September 25, 2007

There's a growing discussiontaking place over at jkOnTheRun after James Kendrick voiced his concerns with the way the ultra-mobile sector is progressing and laid out his must-haves for a successful companion device. So why the relevence to MY iTablet? Well, James' conclusion is that it's up to Apple to produce this mythical PDA-cum-UMPC-cum-perfection, since they're the only major company with control over both the hardware and software.
It's a common theme, ...
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by James Allan Brady on September 25, 2007

Apple announced today in a press release that the act of “improving functionality” of your $600 (or $400 after price drop) device could cause your iPhone to become a really good looking paperweight, should you choose to upgrade to the next firmware version. They also officially stated - clearing up a lot of confusion but not in a way anybody wanted - that said-modifications absolutely do void your warranty.
So Apple ...
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by James Allan Brady on September 24, 2007

That’s right, Steve Jobs himself is a former hacker of the various AT&T offerings. His target of choice was of the landline variety, but him and Woz still did a pretty good business with their Blue Boxes.
The Blue Boxes were the product they created that allowed you to make free (illegal?) phone calls, it did so by faking some in-band signals and skipping parts of the switching system. They even ...
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by James Allan Brady on September 24, 2007

October 2nd will be the launch of the Starbucks and Apple Wi-Fi iTunes Store partnership deal. The program will roll out in New York (city? State?) and Seattle and Starbucks will be passing out Song of the Day cards as well as a couple other promotions.
The Song of the Day cards will score you one free track from the iTunes Store, ranging from Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Dave Matthews. ...
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by James Allan Brady on September 24, 2007

Instead of having a bunch of links filling up your bookmark list on your iPhone, this site is working to centralize all the simple web-based iPhone games. So if you have some time to waste before a meeting, waiting on a cab, or at the bus station, click on through to Knibble’s iPhone site.
It has a tone of games including Sudoku, Bejeweled, tic-tac-toe, Chess, and a few others. They are ...
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