Archive for October, 2008

This is a nice game. It is now free, the price dropped from $2.99 to $0. But this is a limited time offer until sometime between Nov 3 - 7.

Here is an AppStore link. Watch the video below.

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DevTeam posted a screenshot of jailbreaked and unlocked iPhone 2G with new firmware 2.2b2. This is cool that Apple still doesn't have anything to prevent this.

Related post: Tutorial: How to perform Jailbreak, Activation and Unlock (Windows)

This is the second tower defence type game. The first one was called FieldRunners. This one is Besiegement. Nice graphics and exellent gameplay. Avaliable via AppStore for $3.99 (link).

Features:

• 30 levels, both storyline and challenges
• 8 towers, each with 6 upgrade levels
• 2 bonus abilities for tight situations
• Two modes of play, path based and maze building
• Achievement system with 18 goals to unlock
• Full sound and music, with adjustable levels
• Supports resuming play after exiting the application
• Online high score tracking
• 4 play speeds
• 5 profiles to keep track of your individual progress

Here is a video of this game:

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In an interview to NY Times Mr. von Tetzchner said that Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.

We hope that some day Opera will be avaliable as iPhone unofficail software via Cydia Installer.

This is another free useful application for iPhone and iPod2 from Griffin Technology. It allows users to turn iPhone, iPhone 3G or Pod 2 into a recording device. iTalk's uncomplicated user interface lets you start/stop, choose Good/Better/Best sample rates, and manage the list of your recordings, all with just one finger.

• High-quality handheld recording using your iPhone or 2nd-generation iPod touch
• Easy, convenient user interface and controls
• Drag & drop wireless file transfers to your computer
• User-selectable 11.025 kHz, 22.05 kHz, or 44.10 kHz sample rates

Avaliable for free in AppStore (link).

You can sync recordings using iTalk Sync application that should be installed on Mac or PC.

This tool lets you access your Box.net account directly from your iPhone.

Some features:

• Scroll through and view all the files and folders stored on Box.net account.
• Share individual files or entire folders of files stored on their Box.net accounts with any of their iPhone contacts
• Snap pictures, upload them to Box and share them
• Monitor updates to your Box.net account, such as files or folders added by you and people that are collaborating and contributing to your Box.net account
• Open work files such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents.

Box.net lite version is free: 1GB of online storage and 10GB of bandwidth a month. AppStore link.

We had a post about SBSettings - the future of BossPrefs (link). Couple days ago this application became  avaliable in Cydia.

SBSettings doenst have an icon so after you install to access it you must slide across the statusbar (aka the top bar that displays service, time, battery, etc.)

Current version is 0.92. But the application is updated almost every day.

This application is avaliable for jailbreaked iPhones via Cydia installer.

iRa application is the most expensive iPhone application. It costs $899.99 (AppStore link). iRa provides the user with viewing and control of IP based surveillance equipment. The company recommends users contact a reseller/integrator to make sure the proper equipment is used to run the app.

Features include:

• Easily view many video feeds simultaneously
• Full screen video view
• PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) control for camera motion
• Familiar finger drag and pinch controls
• Group cameras for quick access
• Automatic discovery of properly configured network cameras

Here is a demo video:

via macrumors

Google announced the release of an iPhone native version of their Google Earth application. The application is free, avaliable from the AppStore (iTunes Link).

Not much for regular users. This is just one more step towards software unlock of the iPhone 3G.

High resolution version can be downloaded via torrent.

Apple has seeded iPhone 2.2 Firmware Beta 2 and has fully enabled Google Street View. Beta 1 of iPhone 2.2 had hidden APIs related to the Street View for Google Maps, but was not enabled.

The seed notes also indicated that Line-in audio accessories are now supported in the SDK.

via theiphoneblog and macrumors

A new eBook application called Classics takes it to the next level by incorporating a remarkably finished interface with custom bookcovers and 3d page-turning animations with the swipe of a finger:

The eBook application will be available for $2.99 in the App Store "soon", and includes 12 "classics" including Alice in Winterland, Call of the Wild, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea and more. They also promise that the collection will keep growing with free software updates.

via macrumors

New Cydia Sources

app.ifonetec.com: http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia/
cake.mapleidea.com: http://cake.mapleidea.com/cydia/
BigBoss & Planet-iPhones: http://apt.bigboss.us.com/repofiles/cydia/
Hack&Dev.org: http://iphone.hackndev.org/apt/
Hackers.nl: http://apt.hackers.nl/
iClarified: http://cydia.iclarified.com/
iPhone-notes.de Repo: http://apt.iphone-storage.de/
ispaziorepo.com: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt/
ModMyiFone.com: http://apt.modmyifone.com/

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