March 08, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The Daily Telegraph reports that a new Apple patent has surfaced which could potentially allow the iPhone, or another Apple portable, to act as a sort of electronic key. The potential applications are as limitless as the number of things locked by old-school metal keys. It could be used for cars, offices, homes, or lockers. Basically, anything that could have an electronic receiver mounted to it in place of a metal tumbler-style lock could then use an iPhone as a key. Read more…

March 08, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

An artist named skorpion over at Ispazio has painted a perfect picture on his iphone using his finger. It took him a little more than an hour to paint this beautiful painting, was the time worth it? Read more…

March 07, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

O2’s new iPhone tariffs offer a hint that the next generation iPhone will include a front facing camera for video calls.

O2 lists UK video calls as one of the iPhone plan’s key features. Notably video calls will be offered for the same price as audio only calls.

Recently it was also discovered that the iPad OS (iPhone OS 3.2) contains hooks to accept and decline video conference, flip a video feed (suggests front facing camera), and view video calls in fullscreen or partial screen.

[Via iclarified.com]

March 07, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Infiniboard, the tweak by chpwn to vertically scroll your iPhone Springboard, is now available.

Vertically scroll your home screen pages! Infiniboard lets you add as many icons as you want to each page, and access them through a flick up and down.

- Many settings provide full customization – and resprings don’t mess up your icons.
- Support for OverBoard coming soon with a new OverBoard update.

You can purchase Infiniboard from the Cydia Store for $1.99.

[Via iclarified.com]

March 06, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

An anonymous source close to Namco told PocketGamer that “the game is being finished up and it plays rather nicely”. Currently, the most valid hypothesis seems to be a port of Tekken 6 available for PSP but has not yet been confirmed.

With competitor Capcom having just announced Street Fighter IV for iPhone, Namco’s move with Tekken is a logical one. While Capcom will present Street Fighter IV for iPhone next week at Game Developers Conference, Namco made it clear that Tekken won’t be shown during GDC. Namco didn’t confirm or deny the existence of the game, they just said they don’t have any plans for Tekken next week.

March 06, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Everybody is trying to capitalize on gadgets and usually the magic word is ‘iPhone’. You got iPhone cases, cleaning products, skins, sleeves, underwear, rocks… and a pair of jeans. That’s right, the WTF product of the day, is a pair of jeans *compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch*

The WTFjeans have two front pockets, both divided in two separate pockets, where you can stick an iPhone, iPod Touch, USB sticks, or any gadget you like. The interior of the pockets is made from micro-fiber that will protect your iPhone or iPod touch, as well as cleaning it when you take it out. Read more…

March 06, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Steve Jobs appears to have fired off a tersely worded email reply to a user in Sweeden who asked whether the WiFi-only iPad could be tethered to the iPhone: “No.”

Jezper Söderlund of the Swedish website Slashat.se reports that he sent Apple’s chief executive an email identifying himself as an Apple customer before adding, “I’m also awaiting the release of the iPad. However, I have one question: Will the wifi-only version somehow support tethering thru my iPhone?”

The full email headers Söderlund forwarded to AppleInsider appear to indicate that Jobs sent his one word reply at 8:30 AM from his iPhone. Read more…

March 05, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

The Square credit card reader for the iPhone has gotten most of the buzz around here, especially after we saw that impressive demo at Macworld a few weeks ago. But VeriFone’s competing reader has been given the green light by Apple itself: the unit has been granted a deal for shelf space. VeriFone will be selling its PAYware Mobile units inside Apple’s retail stores coming up as soon as the end of March. Read more…

March 05, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Saurik has uploaded a new version of APT that has an optimized cache generator and greatly improves Cydia performance.

“I also uploaded a new version of APT I’ve been working on: it has an optimized cache generator and more error tolerant repository parsing.”

When launching Cydia the next time you will be prompted to update to the new version of APT. Perform the install and enjoy the speed improvements!

[Via iclarified.com]

March 05, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

It was a little less than a month ago when news broke of a South Korean company called CJ Corporation noticing a sharp increase in sales of their frozen sausages. CJ did some digging around and it turned out the good people of South Korea were using their sausages as iPhone styluses. Someone who was sick of taking their gloves off in the cold Korean winter to use their iPhone found out that the sausages were Read more…