FingersMopedArmy has posted a sneak preview of Qik for the iPhone 3GS on YouTube. Qik allows you to live stream video from your iPhone and share it with friends and family.
Currently the application the application is not available in the App Store due to what Apple and AT&T call bandwidth issues.
BeeJiveIM 3.0 with push notifications enabled is now available in the Apple App Store. While the application description has not yet been updated customers who have downloaded the iPhone app are reporting the update.
BeeJiveIM connects you to AIM/MobileMe, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, Facebook, MySpace, ICQ, and Jabber… all at the same time.
In order to use the push notification feature you will need to be running the iPhone OS 3.0 firmware.
For a limited time the application is available at a cost of $9.99.
*Note: Unfortunately, after installing this update I receive a pin.mismatch error when attempting to log into any account. Not sure if this is an isolated incident or a bug in the update.
*Update: To fix this error remove BeeJiveIM from the iPhone. Then do a sync with BeeJiveIM manually deselected from the application sync list. Then do a second sync with BeeJiveIM reselected. You will need to reenter your account info once the application is reinstalled.
The iPhone Dev-Team has released the UltraSn0w unlock for the iPhone 3G.
Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3G is ready!
1. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to cydia or icy
2. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
3. Reboot your iPhone 3G
4. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
5. Enjoy
Before applying the UltraSn0w unlock you must be jailbroken on the iPhone 3.0 firmware. You can find instructions on how to do that here: Windows, Mac
We have posted a tutorial on how to perform the unlock step by step. You can find it here
MacRumors forum user bndoarn has organized a massive list of hidden 3.0 features. The list is over 96 individual features so far. Some are more significant than others, of course. Here are a few interesting highlights:
- There is no limit to the number of apps that can be installed (beside storage space). Once you reach the home screen limit, Apps installed after that are installed without an icon but can be accessed in Spotlight. You can also use this to hide any apple application (i.e. weather and stocks)
- In the Settings -> General -> Home Button you can now set the double click to the new search feature or the camera
- Notes now has data detectors. Links are clickable, phone numbers are callable, email address are emailable, and address are locatable (using Maps)
- When a phone call interrupts you, after the phone call you are taken back to the app you were in before you were interrupted
- You can now have 11 home screen pages instead of nine
- Now there is a different way to force quit apps. now you have to hold the sleep/wake button until the red slider appears, then you press and hold down the home button to quit the app
The first on the list is perhaps most notable, allowing you to use Spotlight as an application launcher to avoid swiping through pages and pages of apps and also installing more than the allotted number.
Microsoft seems to think that there are a lot of people that are going to be resistant to Windows 7 for one reason or another and have extended the availability of XP downgrades.
Originally, Microsoft was only planning on XP downgrades for six months following the launch of Windows 7. This has now been extended out to 18 months or the release of Windows 7’s first service pack. Given the success of Windows 7 so far and the increase in quality that has been seen in the beta and RC versions, it should be quite some time before we see SP1 for Windows 7.
Why Microsoft has extended the availability of the downgrades isn’t for certain. One thing that we can be certain of however is that this will continue to hurt the push towards native 64-bit applications. While the hardware base is out there, unless we can get to an overwhelming install base for 64-bit OS’s, many application dev’s aren’t going to feel the need to develop 64-bit apps as much as they would without XP around.
Apple has already placed the 3.0 firmware online for the new iPhone 3G S device.
You can download the new firmware from here. However, please note that this will not work with your 2G or 3G handset. This firmware is for the unreleased iPhone 3G S.
The 3.0 firmware is expected to go live for all other devices starting on June 17th.
Previously known as Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2, but meanwhile renamed to the shorter Modern Warfare 2, some first in-game footage was uncovered, today. Scheduled for a release in November 2009, Infinity Ward’s first-person shooter is a sequel to the highly successful Call of Duty – Modern Warfare.
Verizon and Apple are again rumored to be discussing the possibility of a CDMA iPhone with the goal of introducing it next year, according to a USA Today report.
People familiar with the situation say that the New York-based telecom entered into “high-level” discussions with Apple management a few months ago, when CEO Steve Jobs was overseeing day-to-day business. They declined to be named because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly.
Though Jobs is currently on medical leave until June its said the talks are still continuing.
AT&T has exclusive iPhone rights into 2010 although its widely said that AT&T is trying to extend the contract for at least another year.
A Verizon iPhone would be a big loss for AT&T, says Roger Entner, head of telecom research for Nielsen. “Breaking the (iPhone) exclusivity with AT&T is a huge thing,” he says. “That would send shivers into AT&T’s stock and senior leadership.”
Apple on the other hand does have a lot to gain by linking with 80 million potential customers.
