Archive for April 1st, 2009

Here is an unofficial changelog of iPhone 3.0 beta2 firmware:

• Better Spotlight feature
• Better Copy-Cut-Paste
• Greater speed and overall stability
• MMS natively supported (without any hack) for a lot of new countries
• In-App Purchase first APIs released
• Push notifications first APIs released
• New APIs available to developers
• Bugs afflicting Beta 1 fixed
• Safari’s lower bar is no more transparent
• New “Store” entry in Settings App: it links to a blank page
• Contacts now divided in “All contacts”, “All contacts on My iPhone” and “All contacts (Mobile Me)”
• New Safari’s landscape mode when clicking on a image or a link
• Anti-phishing mode in Safari. Activate it in Settings App > Safari, switching Fraud alert ON. The green title bar on 3.0 firmware means a security certified and reliable website. The “htpps” protocol icon instead has been moved on the left of the title.
• SpringBoard has now up to 11 pages and 180 applications.

via ispazio

In yesterday’s iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 firmware Apple has enabled 11 Home Screen pages for app storage, up from the previous 9. This raises the total number of apps available on the iPhone at once to 180 (up from 148).

via theiphoneblog

The new firmware 3.0 Beta 2 is released. The code of the new build is "7A259g". No info about new added features is avaliable yet.

Quite impressive:

Read more info here.

To create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card please follow the steps below.

Note: In order to create an account without a credit card, you must make sure you are in the App Store, not the iTunes Store.

1. Pick your country from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the iTunes Store homepage.
2. If your country also has an iTunes Store, you'll need to navigate to the App Store by clicking on the "App Store" link from the menu on the left.  If not, proceed to step 3.
   
   
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Lisa and Toyo demonstrate the Star Guitar iPhone app (AppStore link). You can play back synth guitar versions of popular songs by just tapping on chord buttons on your iPhone. What makes this video is the composition and the editing. It is amazing. Seriously, just watch it.

via gizmodo