September 26, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Go Go Go, Connect your iphone to itunes and update your carrier settings. Finally you  can enjoy mms on the iphone after years of waiting. The new carrier update is 5.5

Note: I just realized you have to be on firmware 3.1 to get the update. If you don’t see the update to carrier settings, click on check for updates in itunes and it will ask you to update your carrier settings. Now for everyone that is staying on firmware 3.0.1 I believe I have a workaround to this.

• Download the newly released ipcc file HERE or HERE

Below are tutorials on how to update your carrier settings manually, these tutorials are for people who want to stay on firmware 3.0 and don’t want to be forced to update to a new buggy firmware Read more…

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Porn and iPhone, it is out there and every once in a while you may even find porn in there. In an Apple Retail Store on one of the iPhone and iPod Touch demos, that is.

That’s exactly what happened just the other day as a mother found her 10 year old girl mesmerized by some X-rated content on one of the Apple Store demo devices:

“I called to complain and was told matter of factly by staff this happens a lot as people come in and download it for a laugh, I don’t find it funny and all my friends think it’s disgusting, but Apple say there is nothing they can do to stop it.”

Apple does a fantastic job of keeping smut out of iTunes and their App Store, surely they can figure something out for their real-world stores.

Via Cult of Mac

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

iH8sn0w has released a new update for iREB a new program for Windows and Mac that can solve the mistakes “16xx” and “21″ from iTunes that are displayed after a reset or a firmware downgrade.

The application is only compatible with EDGE iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1G and can be downloaded from here.

When you will be presented such an error will not have to do is start and follow the instructions on the screen. I recommend you download it and keep it somewhere in your computer .. It can come in useful!

Via ispazio.net

September 22, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Macsimum News notes that Apple has moved up to #20 on market research firm Interbrand’s annual ‘Best Global Brands’ list. Interbrand pegged Apple’s “brand” at a value of $US15.4 billion, up 12% from 2008 and enough to boost Apple to #20 from #24 in the rankings.

The recession won’t take a bite out of this Apple. Declining Mac sales and fears for the company’s future without brand visionary Steve Jobs, were outweighed by record high iPod sales, doubling sales for the iPod Touch, and all-time high market share for Mac OS software. Price might be a barrier for cost-conscious consumers, but Apple responded quickly with high margin, low-priced products like the US $99 iPhone and a new, voice-activated iPod Shuffle. The Apple brand is the most supported within its industry, and among the most iconic of relatively young brands in the world.

The 2009 list was headed by Coca-Cola, IBM, and Microsoft, although Apple had the second-greatest increase in brand value (by percentage) after Google’s 25% increase among the top 25 companies on the list.

Via macrumors.com

September 19, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - Cracks

yxFlash is a Divx, Xvid, and WMV player for the iPhone/iPod Touch. This helps if you don’t want to convert all of your downloaded movies to mp4 format. Thanks to studguy1 at xsellize for this keygen.

Download yxFlash keygen HERE

Now all you have to do is plug in your iPhone to the computer and open itunesHow to Find UDID:
- Connect your iPhone/iPod to your computer.
- Start iTunes
- In iTunes, select your iPhone/iPod in the ‘Devices’ section (on Left Pane) and go to the Summary tab.
- Click on the word “Serial Number” to reveal the Identifier field and the 40 character UDID.

- Left Click on the UDID number and press ⌘-C (Command-C) on Mac & Ctrl-C on Windows to copy the UDID to your clipboard.

Additional Notes:
- Since UDID is an insanely long string its best to copy-paste it from iTunes to avoid typos

September 16, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

I was chatting with my TUAW colleagues this morning about Mac versus iPhone programming. And as per usual with these conversations, we veered in the direction of unfettered speculation. It’s an occupational hazard.

As someone who regularly develops on both platforms, I declared that the iPhone represents the future of Mac programming. The iPhone, I posited, offers a great new platform without the need to be fully backwards compatible like the Mac. Our own Victor Agreda challenged me to back up that position. After a bit of time and thought, I decided to do so in this post.

My key point is this: Apple’s engineers have learned a lot of important design lessons during the history of OS X. When the iPhone debuted, it gave those engineers the chance to rebuild an OS and an API from the ground up. Those engineers could craft a platform and its libraries that built on the Mac’s successes without Read more…

September 06, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

As summer draws to a close for much of the northern hemisphere, try to get outside for some (hopefully) clear skies and a little star gazing.

We’ve taken a good look at many of the star gazing apps available for the Mac and the iPhone, and I thought it would be fun to try the ‘next step’, an iPhone app that finds passing satellites and the International Space Station. There are a lot of websites that give you this information, but having it in an app is even nicer.

I’ve just tried Satellite Visibility [iTunes link], a US$2.99 app that does the job and worked for me the first time out. You tell the app where you are, or let the phone GPS determine your location. You then get a list of all the brighter manmade objects hurtling around the earth that you can see over the next couple days.

If you click on one, you get detailed info on when it appears, when it falls into the earth’s shadow, and what direction to look. In addition, you get little sky maps that show where the object will be in a graphic format.

It was partly cloudy here in Arizona last night, but I did locate the International Space Read more…

September 03, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Bains Software has announced the release of their first iPhone app: instaplaylist. instaplaylist is the universal remote for music. It allows users to quickly create a playlist of YouTube music videos from their iPhone or iPod touch and enjoy them on any computer on the same WiFi network.

The videos play on the user’s computer while they control playback from their iPhone. Videos continue to play even if the user exits instaplaylist or turns off their iPhone.

With a tap of their finger, the user can:
* Play/pause
* Jump to the previous/next video
* Add and remove videos
* Reorder their playlist
* Adjust the volume
* And more

No software installation is required. instaplaylist is compatible with any computer (Mac or PC) with a modern browser installed. It has been tested specifically with the following browsers:
* Internet Explorer 6 & 7
* Firefox
* Safari
* Google Chrome
* Camino

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Via iclarified.com