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November 14, 2007
iPhone: Netflix queue management meets iPhone with iFlix
It has been a while since I found a really useful iPhone 3rd party application that I really liked. Today I was really pleasantly surprised when I discovered a new release called "iFlix" in my 3rd party application installer. Created by Brent Jensen, iFlix does (almost) everything that I would want a Netflix queue manager to do. From the Google…
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November 12, 2007
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 – This time it WORKED!
My previous post showed how I failed miserably with the Jailbreak process on 1.1.2. Now I have done some research and have tried it again...and it WORKED!!! UPDATE on 11.13.07 @ 3:45pm - added some screenshots of the iNdependence MobileFramework stuff at the end of the post. UPDATE #2 on 11.15.07 @ 10:30am - added instructions on how to put the…
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November 12, 2007
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 iPhone firmware DID NOT WORK FOR ME!
What started out as what I had hoped to be a relatively pain-free process has made me wince with TONS of pain. Listed below is what I TRIED to do to get my iPhone jailbroken on 1.1.2. IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME! Others may have had success, I did not. It could have been that I'm on Leopard and…
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October 31, 2007
Mac: Plaxo working on Leopard issues, Fixes due soon
The dust is still settling with recent Leopard upgrades on the Mac and some issues and incompatibilities are starting to surface. As I recommended in a previous post, you should try to update all of your Applications prior to installing Leopard, however, this practice is also good AFTER you do the upgrade. One program that I can't really live without…
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October 25, 2007
iPhone: Much Needed “Search” application added to 3rd Party Apps
I have been waiting for an application like this to be released and today it magically appeared in my "Recent Packages" directory on my Installer 3 iPhone App. The release version is 1.0b and is showcased on ModMyiphone.com according to the "More Info" link within the Package Viewer. The description there is simply "Search your contacts and call them. Dial…
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October 23, 2007
Apple: How to Prepare for a Leopard Upgrade
First, this is by no means the end-all summary on how to get your Mac ready for Leopard, but I thought that it would be useful to create a list of tips that you might want to follow prior to installing Leopard (OS 10.5). I have tried to compile this information from a variety of sources, including: MacFixIt, TUAW, Macworld…
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October 20, 2007
iPhone: SummerBoard 3.0a11 released – works with 1.1.1 firmware
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…
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October 19, 2007
iPhone: AppTapp Installer 3.0b3 released
The NullRiver folks have released a new version of AppTapp Installer for the iPhone. I have just installed version 3.0b3 and I must say that it was a needed upgrade. The number of apps have grown so much that there was the definite need to reorganize how they were structured. So without further ado, here are the new/change features (with…
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October 17, 2007
iPhone: Application Software Developers Kit for iPhone in February 2008!
I guess the repeated efforts of the various iPhone 3rd Party App Developers related to Jailbreaking and creating applications that run natively on the iPhone have paid off. Steve Jobs has officially announced that Apple will provide an SDK in February 2008. Here is the complete post from Apple's Hot New site: Third Party Applications on the iPhone Let me…
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October 15, 2007
Today is Blog Action Day – October 15th
October 15th is supposedly Blog Action Day. What is that exactly? Well, from my understanding it is a day that is to highlight the power that is "blogging." For me, I'm coming up on 2 years of blogging about Technology, Gadgetry, Software and Hardware and how it relates to my life as a father. However I note that many of…
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October 15, 2007
Fix It: Hitting “Enter” types a backslash on Windows XP
Update #1 - Making me look like a fool! This is a very obscure error that I came across today with a client. He was having issues where every time he would hit ENTER, his machine would type a backslash "\" and it was proving to be very unnerving. Rebooting did not help nor unplugging his external keyboard. There was…
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October 11, 2007
iPhone: Experiences and Recommendations for Jailbreaking the 1.1.1 Firmware…not for the weak!
Update #2 on 10.15.07 @ 11:25 AM PST - iNdependence download link updated to 1.2.2. Note warning from developer. Update #1 on 10.13.07 @ 11:12 AM PST - new links for instructions; further clarification on items Yesterday there were a flurry of announcements around the successful creation of various ways to Jailbreak iPhones that have firmware 1.1.1 installed. And, yesterday,…
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