Apple releases 2.1 Beta 3 to developers

Filed under: Developer, iPhone

Check your email, iPhone developers. Apple has released iPhone OS 2.1 beta 3. The description of changes is typically cryptic:”iPhone OS 2.1 beta 3 is now available and is to be used for testing only. View the Pre-Installation Advisory for iPhone OS 2.1 beta 3, Readme, and Release Notes before installing the new versions of the iPhone OS and SDK. As a reminder, pre-release software is Confidential Information and is subject to the terms outlined in your Registered iPhone Developer Terms and Conditions with Apple.”Of… Continue reading

PwnageTool 2.0.2 is live

Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks, iPhone

Erica took a look at Pwnage 2.0 recently, recommending that “casual jailbreakers” wait patiently for the kinks to be worked out. Well, Pwnage 2.0.2 has dropped while most of us in American are sleeping. Well, some of us, anyway. Meanwhile, the iPhone-dev team released the much-anticipated update with ninja stealth.The iPhone-dev team recommends using the built in updater to get the latest version … “Check for Updates” in your current version of PwnageTool. If you

Dear Auntie TUAW: AppStore Rejection

Dear Auntie TUAW,

Hi, I’ve been keeping track of a game that was supposed to be released in the App Store this week called [REDACTED]. Me and many other people are ticked at how Apple spends time approving apps like “I Am Rich” and other pointless apps while they DENIED my app because the toolbar (pen, eraser etc) wasn’t at the bottom on the screen!! How pointless is that? Many people have been waiting for this app and it [saddens] us how apple approves tons of pointless apps a day but denies a very nice looking app, all because the tool… Continue reading

Dear Auntie TUAW: AppStore Rejection

Dear Auntie TUAW,

Hi, I’ve been keeping track of a game that was supposed to be released in the App Store this week called [REDACTED]. Me and many other people are ticked at how Apple spends time approving apps like “I Am Rich” and other pointless apps while they DENIED my app because the toolbar (pen, eraser etc) wasn’t at the bottom on the screen!! How pointless is that? Many people have been waiting for this app and it [saddens] us how apple approves tons of pointless apps a day but denies a very nice looking app, all because the tool… Continue reading

August 22: Big day for iPhone abroad

Filed under: iPhone

Mark your calendars for August 22, when many countries will begin offering the iPhone 3G for sale. Here’s a list of the countries that are anticipating launches that Friday (and their associated carriers, in parentheses):

• Argentina (America Movil)
• Chile (Claro/America Movil, Movistar/Telefonica)
• Colombia (America Movil)
• Czech Republic (Telefonica O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone) Thanks, Luke and Tom!

August 22: Massive day for iPhone abroad

Filed under: iPhone

Mark your calendars for August 22, when many countries will start offering the iPhone 3G for sale. Here’s a list of the countries that are expecting launches that Friday (and their associated carriers, in parentheses):

• Argentina (America Movil)
• Chile (Claro/America Movil, Movistar/Telefonica)
• Colombia (America Movil)
• Czech Republic (Telefonica O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone) Thanks, Luke and Tom!
• Ecuador (Porta/America Movil, Movistar/Telefonica) Thanks, Andy!
• El Salvador (America Movil)
• Estonia (TeliaSonera, EMT)
• Guatemala (America Movil)
• Honduras (America Movil)
• Hungary (

iUseThis: iPhone app popularity ratings

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, App Store

iUseThis.com’s new iPhone app ratings pages let you browse for software based on other user’s recommendations. It’s basically a Digg for iPhone apps. It offers new releases, new apps, top apps and reviews. Just started, the site is building up steam and users. When last I checked, it still had fewer than 200 apps listed. But given the growth of the iPhone application space, this site shows early promise should it manage to attract… Continue reading

MobileFamilyTree: Genealogy for iPhone

Filed under: Odds and ends, Software Update, iPhone, App Store

Want to carry your family tree with you?

Synium Software, the developer of a genealogy app called MacFamilyTree, has announced a mobile companion for their Mac product. MobileFamilyTree for iPhone and iPod touch requires MacFamilyTree 5.2.3 to run, and allows genealogists to review, edit, or add to family tree information anywhere at anytime. Once you’re back at your Mac, MobileFamilyTree syncs your changes with… Continue reading

Ars: Jobs agrees MobileMe not up to Apple’s standards

Filed under: Bad Apple, MobileMe

How often does Apple admit a mistake? It’s a once-in-a-blue-iMoon occurrence, but now that Ars Technica is reporting the contents of an internal Steve Jobs all-hands email regarding the MobileMe launch challenges we have the ability to add one more instance to the tally board. Jobs apparently acknowledges that trying to rush the MobileMe migration while pushing iPhone 3G hardware and iPhone 2.0 software out the door (not to mention the iTunes App Store) may have been too much… Continue reading

Foxconn builds 800,000 iPhones per week?

Filed under: Apple, iPhone

TechCrunch is reporting that Foxconn (the Taiwanese Apple manufacturing plant) is building over 800,000 iPhones per week in order to meet demand. They’re also reporting that this means the plant is working “above current full capacity” and notes that the quality control might not be the ideal at this time.

Apple has moved more than 6 million iPhone units in just the first year. According to TechCrunch, Apple’s run rate for the… Continue reading

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