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NewsBits – Duck you and Flickr videos

December 5, 2008 — Leave a comment

Ever type something on your iPhone and find the ever-uptight auto-correction feature change the word to something else that changes the meaning and the tone of the message? Like the word “fuck”? Typing that in iPhone and the little blue balloon will change it to “duck”, rendering that exclamation impotent. However, we are not given access to add or edit the words in the built-in dictionary that auto-correction based it on. But there is a work-around.

One that requires to create an entry in the address book with the word that you want to type that won’t be auto-corrected away. The iPhone will not auto-correct if the word is a name in the AddressBook. So, feel free to increase your dictionary with some carefully selected words into your AddressBook. (Tip from “Ducking an iPhone Annoynance from T’N'T Luoma”:http://tntluoma.com/iphone/ducking-iphone/)

Flickr announced that they have made videos that were uploaded onto their site be playable on the iPhone and iPod Touch. However these are at the moment, only for newly uploaded videos. Older videos should be converted and be playable on the iPhone platform in due time. Other improvements include enhancing the activity stream information available and an easier way to email photos straight to Flickr via your iPhone or iPod Touch. More information can be found at the “Flickr Blog”:http://blog.flickr.net/2008/12/04/going-more-mobile/.

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NewsBits – vlingo, Amazon mobile, PhoneBAK Lite and just abit of Twitter

December 4, 2008 — 1 Comment

New apps to try for your iPhone and iPod Touch – vLingo, Amazon Mobile and Twitter clients plus local company BAK2u security app for your iPhone stripped features to get Apple’s green light.

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Pangea Software Black Friday sale

November 30, 2008 — Leave a comment

For those who wants to have those games from Pangea Software that were featured in this iPod Touch ad, do make haste to the “App Store”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=281736538 to grab these games at US$0.99 each.

“Bugdom 2″:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291322250&mt=8, “Nanosaur 2″:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293519917&mt=8, “Cro-Mag Rally”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=281747159&mt=8, “Enigmo”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=281736535&mt=8, “Billy Frontier”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288713146&mt=8 and also try out their new game “Antimatter”:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298032129&mt=8.

Grab these before the offer ends. For other Black Friday offers, or any other offers, check out “App Shopper site”:http://appshopper.com/prices/free.

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NewsBits – New HandBrake, iPod Touch is faster and new chips for iPhone?

November 25, 2008 — Leave a comment

Looking for a replacement for VisualHub – look no further as “HandBrake”:http://handbrake.fr/ goes beyond ripping DVDs.

bq. HandBrake is no longer limited to DVDs: it will now accept practically any type of video as a source. This massive enhancement was achieved by tapping into the power of libavcodec and libavformat from the FFmpeg project

The free media converting software is an open-source, GPL-licensed software that is available not just on the Mac, but also on Linux and Windows.

Can download your copy “here”:http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

According to “TouchArchade”:http://toucharcade.com/2008/11/23/2nd-generation-ipod-touch-faster-than-iphone/, the 2nd Generation iPod Touch runs faster than the iPhone.

bq. The most clear difference is that fact that the iPod Touch’s processor was quietly boosted to 532MHz (up from 412MHz) with the 2nd generation model introduced in September. Meanwhile, the iPhone 3G, Original iPhone and 1st Generation iPod Touch continue to run at the original 412MHz.

With MacWorld coming soon in January, we might see an upgrade in the iPhone’s processor to at least match those of the iPod Touch.

Besides a speed boost, there is a possibility of a 32GB or 64GB model now that Intel and its memory partner Micron begin mass producing 34nm NAND flash memory that can support up to 64GB of space.

bq. The smaller manufacturing process lets the two firms build individual chip layers with 32 gigabits (4GB) of data in a standard package and in large batches using regular 300mm wafers. The technology is small enough to allow eight cores per layer and would allow a two-layer stack to carry as much as 64GB without needing entirely separate chips.

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PwnageTool and QuickPwn plays catch up with 2.2

November 23, 2008 — Leave a comment

The “dev team”:http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ has released the latest jailbreaking tools “PwnageTool and QuickPwn”:http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/61060174/the-man-from-delmonte-he-say-yes for those that want to jailbreak their iPhones and iPod Touch with the latest firmware.

However a note of advice from them regarding this update:

bq.. GOLDEN RULE: If you have a 3G iPhone and want potential soft unlock in the near future do NOT use QuickPwn, and do not use the official ipsw or the iTunes update process without using PwnageTool.

SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G

This applies if you bought your iPhone 3G for $$$$$$$. This model of iPhone 3G doesn’t have an Service Provider lock (aka factory unlocked) and you are able to put any SIM card into the phone and get service. Your phone is already unlocked so you do not need to worry about baseband updates, simply upgrade to 2.2 using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to Pwn and Jailbreak. This will add Cydia and Installer too.

p. As iPhones from SingTel are already unlocked, there shouldn’t be any problems jailbreaking after you upgrade as confirmed in “HWZ”:http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2173283.

As I’m not a jailbreaking-advocate, please use these tools cautiously and do read ALL the instructions before proceeding.

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