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 course, we don’t know what’s been changed in this release. Note that iPhones updated to OS 2.1 beta 3 cannot be restored to an earlier version of the OS, and apps developed a beta OS 2.1 can’t be submitted to the App Store.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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Filed under: iPod Family, Software, iPhone, App Store

If there’s one company in the world that is in the business of keeping people happy, it’s Astraware. They’re a UK-based development firm that excels in writing games for handheld devices. In the past, they’ve published games like Bejeweled 2, Cubis, and Zuma for Palm and Windows Mobile, and now they’re entering the iPhone market with a splash.

GTS World Racing is an arcade-style racing game licensed from Pazzazz Games that, like Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, uses the accelerometers in the iPhone / iPod touch for control. Tilting the iPhone left or right steers your vehicle, tilting forward accelerates the vehicle, and tilting back applies the brakes.

The game provides 64 different track layouts, so you’re not likely to get bored going around the same track again and again. There are 16 different worldwide locations for backdrops, as well as three different automobile types and four different levels of difficulty (I hate to admit that I’m still stuck at the “Easy” level…). You can also play your own music in the background if you tire of the built-in soundtrack.

Update: GTS World Racing is now available here (click opens iTunes) for US$7.99

In the interest of full disclosure, the author has had a long-term reviewing relationship with Astraware.

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Filed under: Multimedia, Software

Vara Software’s fantastic screencasting application, ScreenFlow, has just been updated to version 1.2. Brett and I’ve both raved about ScreenFlow in the past, but the more I use the program, the more I love it. If you are even marginally interested in doing screencasts, you owe it to yourself to give ScreenFlow a shot.

Some of the highlights from version 1.2:

• French and German localization
• Redesigned keyboard modifier display
• You can now copy and paste clips and actions in the same document
• Lasso tool added to the timeline to select groups of clips
• Separate mouse click radar animation for mouse up and down
• General improvements to smoothness and memory usage

You can see the entire list of changes/additions here. ScreenFlow won the Apple Design Award for Best OS X Leopard Application and Ideal OS X Graphics and Media Application at WWDC 2008 and for good reason — it is one of the best native Leopard apps that I’ve encounter, taking advantage of Quartz and Core Image to produce stunning results.

ScreenFlow is Leopard only and is $99.99 US for new users. You can download a full-functioning trial program here (final video will have a watermark until the software is unlocked).

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The ECS G10IL netbook comes with less curves than a Formula 1 track, but it has more than enough to keep everyone happy with its appearance. It will be powered by an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM and comes with a 10″ display. You won’t find any SSD inside though, as it will use a 120GB hard drive instead. The ECS G10IL has been attractively priced at approximately $499, making it more than a worthy opponent to the Asus Eee Computer 1000H.

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Quaduro Systems has a new tablet Computer that comes with a sunlight-readable display, allowing you to work no matter where you’re this summer. Features of the Quadpad E84 consist of :-

• 8.4″ touch screen display at 800 x 600 resolution
• 300 nits brightness
• 1GB RAM
• 1GHz Celeron processor
• Bluetooth and W-Fi connectivity
• PCMCIA II expansion slot
• SD/CF memory card slot
• 8GB SSD

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Filed under: iPod Family, Found Footage

Ah, the simpler days: before the iPhone, before the iTunes store, and before Apple killed FireWire in favor of syncing via USB. Yes, we’re speaking about the birth of the iPod. This video is one of the very first reviews on TechTV (wow, anyone remember that television network?).

The original iPod came in 5 GB and 10 GB models, and sold for $399 and $499 respectively. The battery life was 10 hours, and first generation iPods were Mac-only, running on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma). Over the past few years, the iPod has definitely changed, and this video is living proof.

On an iPhone/iPod touch? Click here to watch this YouTube video.

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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 don’t have luck with that, there are mirrors posted in the release announcement, along with notes regarding Installer.app/Cydia:

“Installer 4 Beta is included, it is added in any mode by default. The main installer package management interface within PwnageTool isn’t enabled yet, and will report that installer.app isn’t available, but the actual Installer.app package is added as a default option in both modes.”

“The latest Cydia is also enabled by default.”

Happy jailbreaking, and the usual disclaimers apply: back up your data, use at your own risk, and remember that Apple does not support software like PwnageTool.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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Filed under: iPhone, App Store

If you’re one of the lucky ones who got in on the GrandCentral beta, then you might be interested in a new iPhone app that integrates with the GrandCentral service. Grandialer (iTunes link) allows you to use your iPhone to call people using your GrandCentral telephone number.

The service can be used on EDGE since it’s not a VoIP service. The application works by connecting your calls through GrandCentral and ringing back your iPhone. To set up the application, you just need to specify a ringback number for GrandCentral to call you back. To do this, just navigate to Settings > Phone number in the Grandialer application.

Grandialer is a free application and is available this day on the App Store. For more information on the application you can visit the developer’s site.

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