May 24, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple has reportedly stopped shipping the iPhone 3G 8GB units to AT&T stores, according to the BGR.

A move that is sure to surprise few, we suppose. We’ve heard that Apple has stopped shipping iPhone 3G 8GB units to AT&T stores and orders are not being placed for the device. Could this mean we might see the iPhone 3GS drop to $99 and make way for a new model? Or maybe the 3GS would disappear altogether? We’re not sure, but we’re about to find out…

A recent report by Morgan Stanley also expects Apple to drop the iPhone 3GS price to $99 once the next generation device is released.

[Via iclarified.com]

May 24, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

May 24, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Thank you to planetbeing for being part of the dev team and also porting android to the iphone. Again this is what real hacking is about making our devices so much more useful. Interview starts at 23:00 mins so you guys might want to skip to that part.

May 22, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A couple screenshots of the firmware used to field test video calling have been posted online by BGR. Unfortunately, the screenshots don’t show the actually video calling interface; however, if authentic they do provide more evidence of the feature.

Like we need any more proof, right? Even so, the more confirmation the better we say, and one of our Apple guys has sent us in some shots of the field test firmware for the new iPhone HD (or whatever it is), and we’ve got them right here for you. They are pretty self explanatory, and there is one more after the break!

[Via iclarified.com]

May 22, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Well I’ll be damned. I was just about to go to sleep when we got an email from one of FSM’s readers, Stefano, telling us about iPhodroid and easy automated way to install Android OS on your iPhone 2G and 3G. As you know, PlanetBeing released the binaries for both iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G, but the installation process is most certainly not accessible to everyone. If you feel lucky, you can do it manually. If you want a shortcut, read after the break…. Read more…

May 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Some of you are familiar with Bump for the iPhone, and i know some of you love this app. If you are not familiar with Bump, the app will let you share your contact information and up to 4 extra contacts with other iPhones just by “bumping” them. Now the app is available for Android phones as well and you can check how it works ( or almost work ) in the vid above

[Via fsm.com]

May 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

We told you about the Pacman HTML5 clone, now we’re telling you that you can play Pacman on your iDevice just by visiting Google. Yep, that’s right, Google is celebrating Pacman’s 30th birthday , by changing their logo and letting the world play the game on computers or mobile devices such as the iPhone.

All you need to do, is browse to google.com ( i believe regional Google pages will work as well ) and switch from mobile version to desktop version. Have fun….

[Via fsm.com]

May 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Ryan Petrich’s latest utility for jailbroken iPads just hit the Cydia store. DisplayOut for iPad sells for US$1.99. It allows you to mirror the iPad’s screen out to an external display via an attached VGA or component/composite cable. Similar to earlier iPhone solutions like TV Out and ScreenSplitr, DisplayOut extends video out to the larger iPad screen. DisplayOut provides a great way to create application videos. It supports both in-app and Springboard video, so you can record complete sequences including application launch and run time. Read more…

May 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Android is now available for installation on both the iPhone 2G and the iPhone 3G thanks to the hard work of planetbeing and those assisting him.

You can download the binaries here: iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G

Planetbeing has also written instructions for installing Android which you can find here

The steps are basically the same as before, except you can put the firmware in a directory on the iPhone OS data partition. This means that you don’t have to modify the ext2 partition as before. One thing I didn’t mention is that you could perform the installation on OS X without a Linux VM if you recompile loadibec and oibc. Otherwise, the directions are the same.

Congratulations to all those who contributed to making this possible.

[Via iclarified.com]

May 21, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

AT&T has announced the increase of their Early Termination Fee for customers who want to opt out of their smartphone contract.

For customers who enter into new two-year service agreements in connection with the purchase of our more advanced, higher end devices, including netbooks and smartphones, the ETF will increase to $325, and be reduced by $10 for each month that you remain with us as a customer during the balance of your two-year service agreement. After that, the ETF will no longer apply.

This latest move has added fuel to the rumor that Verizon could get the iPhone 4G as early as this fall. Increasing the ETF for iPhone owners will make it more difficult for customers to switch to Verizon.

[Via iclarified.com]