When it was first introduced, IMAP was big news for iPhone users, but unfortunately Gmail users were left out of the loop. Now it appears that Google has finally come to their senses and are now providing IMAP support for Gmail accounts.

For Gmail users, this means better support for Gmail in Mail.app, Thunderbird and Entourage. More importantly, it also means a much better mail experience with the iPhone.

Gmail was nice enough to include these handy startup instructions for anyone looking to get IMAP going on their iPhone.

Interestingly, the first step is to not choose the Gmail button, but instead use the one marked “Other…”. Apparently this is a bug they’re still working out.

If you use Gmail and you give this a try, good luck. Let us know how it goes

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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It’s full-on innuendo time around the internet today, as the plucky iPhone Dev Team release their Revirginizer which promises to take your bricked iPhone back to pristine, innocent Apple goodness.  Intended to help out the many people who unlocked their iPhones and then found them to be broken when they attempted to upgrade to iphone firmware version 1.1.1, it should restore handsets unlocked via most methods to a state ready to play nicely with Apple’s updates.

As ever, hacking your iPhone can damage it and will likely impact on your warranty with Apple and potentially contravene the contract you signed with them and AT&T.  Of course, if your iPhone is currently bricked and in need of revirginizing, you’ve probably been one of the naughty 250,000 hackers already!  If you try, let us know in the comments as to how you get on…

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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With a name like iPhoneSlide I was expecting to see rubber gloves and a barrel of industrial lubricant, but it turns out that this web-app is rather more PG-13 than XXX.  Basically, it’s a straightforward way to get photos off of your iPhone and onto your favourite media sharing website - whether that be Facebook, Wordpress, Flickr, Blogger, Twitter or Typepad.

Simply email your photos direct from your iPhone to the post@iphoneslide.com address, then you’ll get a reply with a link to a page asking you to specify which services you’d like to upload to.  Registration for sites like Facebook that require authentication prior to letting you upload is a one-time thing, after which iPhoneSlide recognises you from your email address.

Of course, you don’t have to have an iPhone to use this free service.  Any cellphone with a camera and a web-browser capable of viewing the iPhoneSlide.com site should work.  Yes, you can set up email addresses with Flickr to send new photos to, but this is a handy way of uploading to others or to multiple sites, all within your unlimited data package.

If you try it out, let us know in the comments if you find it as easy as they promise!

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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Today I spent far too much time again investigating Bonjour zero configuration networking. Starting with my code from yesterday, I have now updated SendFile to allow you to share any file in your Media/Documents folder with another iPhone or iPod touch. The hardest part of the effort was trying to figure out how to send the name of the file along with its data; I ended up using simple property lists to send both. Another big hurdle involved Objective-C’ifying the Core Foundation code so that it would run as a separate “mdns” class rather than as part of my main application.

If you want to give this a try, you can download SendFile (version 0.22) from my FTP site. Select a file on one phone or touch and “share it”. Then “scan” on the other. To switch roles, just quit the app (tap Home) and run it again.

So what next? It would be nice to have some features like passwords and choosing which file to download. Also, I think I may add the sharing (not the scanning) part to SendSong, if people are interested. I also need to figure out where I messed up in terms of switching from scanning to sending. I’d like people to be able to do both without having to restart the app.

Now that I have a relatively easy to use mdns class that can both send and receive, I think it would also be cool to start building apps that communicate with each other, like Chess or Battleship. And, of course, I still want to finish my Push-to-Talk toy. Got other requests or suggestions? Let me know in the comments.

via http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/23/send-files-directly-from-iphone-to-another/

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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As is known to all,the steps of downrading iphone firmware from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2 is published in many places.However,the process seems too difficult and complicated to normal users.Here comes good news.PQDVD Computing released a totally free iphone downgrade software.The GUI based software made the whole process much simple with detailed instruction,all you need to do is restart iphone and several clicks.Download the one-click iphone downgrade right now!

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by admin
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Just a quick note, SummerBoard has been updated to now work on iPhone 1.1.1 firmware. There are now two types of installers in AppTapp, one for pre 1.1.1 firmware, titled “Summerboard (Old)” - version 2.11 -, and this new one just called “SummerBoard” - version 3.0a11. It can be found under the System Category (or folder if you are running the new AppTapp Installer mentioned here).

If you are running firmware 1.1.1 and try using the OLD version of SummerBoard, you will see your dock on the top of your screen instead of the bottom. The new version of SummerBoard corrects this and all seems to be working ok. I have installed a few new themes and they seem to be working (again, I’m on a Jailbroken but NOT unlocked iPhone with firmware 1.1.1). If you install the wrong version, you will know right away. If your dock is on the top, just uninstall that version of SummerBoard and put the other one in

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Themes work great (I particularly like how “Litho” looks…very different than the others out there). Note that not all themes have custom icons made, but if the author updates the theme, you will get notified of the update. I haven’t found a way yet (probably haven’t looked deep enough) to rearrange the apps on SummerBoard the way you could before but I’m sure: 1) I missed it and/or 2) an update to that is on it’s way.

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by admin
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iPhoneAlley notes that iFuntastic 4.6.1 (download) has been released which provides easy jailbreak support for the 1.1.1 version of the iPhone.

To jailbreak, you may either start from version 1.0.2 or 1.1.1. iFuntastic will perform the necessary steps and prompt you for any necessary actions. Once complete, you can enjoy the benefits of third party apps and an improved iPhone.

The Mac application also provides Ringtone support that allows you to crop and upload Ringtones.

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by admin
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So you’ve just finished hacking your iPhone and installed every application you could find, but what the heck happened to your iphone battery life? In the process of installing various things, you’ve likely installed OpenSSH, the tool which allows remote login to your iPhone from a computer. The problem is, SSH requires that a listener called SSHD constantly runs, waiting for a remote login attempt. This in turn drains your battery. The solution is to disable SSHD when you don’t need it. Read on for the how-to.

For most seasoned iPhone hackers, disabling SSHD is a piece of cake. Unfortunately, it’s not very easy or convenient. Instead, us mortals need a simple tool

In this guide, I’m assuming that you’ve installed Nullriver’s Installer.app and OpenSSH. Here’s how it’s done:

* Step 1: From Installer.app, download Community Sources if you haven’t already.
* Step 2: Under Utilities in Installer.app, install Services
* Step 3: Go back to the home screen and wait for the iPhone to reload the Springboard. Slide to unlock and launch Services.
* Step 4: From Services, toggle SSH off.

That’s it! Your battery life should now return to its original state. If you ever need to use SSH (including SFTP) again, simply use Services again to turn SSH back on.

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by admin
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Starry Night, the popular desktop astronomy application and a Top 10 OSX Widget download is now available as an iPhone WebApp. In case you didn’t know; the tool lets you see the sky (planets, constellations etc) from any location on the earth. All you need to do is set your location by either ZIP/Postal code or by latitude and longitude or landmark. You can apparently also view the sky for any date / time (10 years past and future).

You can make use of iPhone’s multi-touch interface to see the sky from all directions using the iPhone WebApp or even zoom-in on any area of the sky to identify nebulas, star clusters, and more.

To check it out, point your iPhone’s Safari browser to this link: http://www.space.com/snserver/iphone/

And let me know if you enjoyed watching the sky from the “jesus phone”.

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by admin
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This weeks featured iphone game is Bubble Trouble

In theory this is a relatively simple iphone game. You need to find at least three colors/shapes that are touching and once clicked they disappear. If you’re able to click on a group of more than three you can obtain combos and earn more points. The object of the game is to clear the boards and by doing so get the most possible points.

Once you reach a point in the board where no further combos can be obtained new bubbles will appear. This will continue to happen until no more combos exist and therefore the game is over.

The trick to this game is to look at the board for the best combinations. Anticipate what each move will do for your next move. Play smart and you’ll get hooked.

Our personal best so far is 2980

Give it a try and let us know your high score.

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by admin
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