Monday, October 8, 2007

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  • Third Party Apps ported to iPhone 1.1.1

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    This morning, we were having a lot of trouble getting third-party iPhone apps to show up properly and run on the home screen. Despite the fact that Apple has added extra protections to SpringBoard and created a list of approved identifiers, iPhone hacker asap18 has managed to port several applications to the iPhone and gotten them to appear properly on the home screen. For now, only 15 icons can be added this way--the last spot appears to be reserved for iTunes. The apps have been tested and are working fine.

    He has also tracked down an option for International capabilities in SpringBoard, which may lead to foreign language Application support. This will be needed in countries like Germany and France, where the iPhone will shortly debut.

    This is a developing story, and we'll be keeping an eye on it but remember this success is only in regards to running apps on the 1.1.1 firmware. Unlocked iPhones still run the danger of being bricked when upgraded to the 1.1.1 firmware, so if you have an unlocked iPhone do not upgrade to the latest firmware.

    Continue reading Third Party Apps ported to iPhone 1.1.1

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  • Breaking: iPod touch root read access achieved

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    It looks like iPod touch hacker Niacin has achieved read access to the iPod touch root. Following up on the iPhone jailbreak earlier today, this is another step forward into opening up both the iPhone and iPod touch for general read-write access and third party application support. More news as it develops.

    Niacin has been working with Dre and the entire iPhone/iPod touch dev team to make this happen.

    Update: Niacin confirms that the TIFF exploit exposes the root partition for both the iPhone and iPod touch.

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  • iPhone formatted eBooks by Lulu.com

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    We were promised many things in the future: flying cars, glass dome enclosed cities, faster than light travel, and electronic books. eBooks are a reality, but they haven't really caught on (mostly because it is tough to compete with the form factor and pleasure that a physical book offers up). Lulu.com is trying to change that by making self publishing easy.

    I know what you're thinking, why the heck am I reading about this on TUAW? Besides the fact that I am struggling to write the Great American Novel (heck, I'd settle for the 'Best Selling but Mediocre American Novel), Lulu.com has just announced a new service called 'eBook Optimization.' Self publishing authors will use this service, which costs $25, to create PDF files designed specifically for viewing on the iPhone (and the Sony eBook Reader). You can then sell your eBook via Lulu, so everybody wins!

    [via MobileRead]
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  • Flashback: 10 years ago, Michael Dell's throwdown

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    Remember Michael Dell's legendary snub of Apple's prospects? Back in 1997, Dell was publicly asked what he'd do with the recently re-Steve'd Apple if given the opportunity. "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders," said Dell, earning the people's denigration and infamy forever. Of course, how could he possibly know?

    Fast forward 10 years, and Dell's $62B market capitalization is dwarfed by Apple's $144B valuation. AAPL is trading at all-time highs, possibly portending a split, and the July prediction of AAPL passing IBM's $160B cap (!) is starting to look more rational every day -- but first it'll likely pass Intel's $149B. That's a lot of value that, shamefully, Apple has created for shareholders instead of taking Michael Dell's sage advice and throwing in the towel back in '97. Don't feel bad for MD, though; as Apple 2.0 notes, he's personally worth about 15 billion dollars. Seems like there's money to be made at both ends of the computer quality spectrum.

    via Apple 2.0
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  • BusinessWeek: Why I Won't Buy an iPhone

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    Arik Hesseldahl has a thoughtful article up today over at BusinessWeek, describing why he won't be buying an iPhone any time soon. There are far too many great lines to quote here so go read the entire post. Hessendahl call's Apple's no-third-party development stance ridiculous. He argues that software developers are an important part of what makes the Mac the strong platform it is -- commercial partnerships and contractual entanglements shouldn't come before creativity and home-brewed innovation. I totally agree. The iPhone is a beautiful OS X platform that deserves to be opened to development.

    Full disclosure: Arik consulted with me during the writing of his article.

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  • Daniel Cooperman joins Apple as new General Counsel

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    Daniel Cooperman, formerly of Oracle, has joined Apple as its new Senior VP, General Counsel and Secretary. He reports directly to the Steve. Due to start his new job on November 1st, Cooperman replaces Donald J Rosenberg, who is leaving the company.

    Apple's glowing press release tells us that Cooperman graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and then attended Stanford's Business and Law schools.

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  • Man to sue over 1.1.1 iBricking

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    ComputerWorld reports that Timothy Smith, an iPhone owner in California, plans to sue Apple for violating antitrust law. His claim rests on the fact that Apple forces consumers to use AT&T as their sole wireless carrier and that the 1.1.1 update bricked phones that were unlocked for other carriers. This sole agreement with AT&T is, according to his suit, anticompetitive, forcing customers to pay more for their phones and for the cell phone service than they would in a competitive market. The suit goes on to add that Apple knew that the probable result of the update would brick unlocked iPhones.

    If you're feeling in a litigious mood or if you just want to rubberneck to see what the fuss is about, check out this website set up by the Law Offices of Van Smith and Fernandez. It's got some spiffy photos at the top with a guy on a phone (it's probably not an iPhone) and a couple of lawyers talking (probably neither Van Smith or Fernandez).

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  • Found Footage: Apple TV Composite Hack in Full Color

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    Apple Hacker Mauricio Pastrana discovered a way to export composite video from his Apple TV in full color. He gives all the details in this handy YouTube tutorial. Normally, when you use composite out from AppleTV, you're limited to black and white video from the green channel. Instead, if you plug in HDMI output (he uses an HDMI-DVI adapter with a DVI-VGA adapter attached), and then switch resolutions with that attached, wait about 5 seconds, and reattach your RCA cable to the green channel, it suddenly switches to full composite color.

    I haven't tested this myself, so let me know if it works for you.

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  • 1Passwd 2.5b adds iPhone export

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    The browser password manager 1Passwd has just been updated to version 2.5b and adds an interesting new feature: iPhone export. You're now able to export your secure passwords and notes to the iPhone from your Mac. The clever thing is that they accomplish this without hacking the iPhone in any way.

    Basically what it does is create a special Safari secured bookmarket from your 1Passwrd data "using 448 bit Blowfish encryption." This special bookmarklet is then synced to the iPhone in the normal way through iTunes. When you access the bookmarklet in mobile Safari on the iPhone it prompts you for your password and then gives you access to your passwords, secure notes, etc. Since it's just a bookmarklet in mobile Safari this should not be affected by any future firmware changes, etc.

    The latest 1passwd beta can be downloaded from the Agile Web Solutions Forum.
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  • Announcing a preliminary iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak

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    The iPhone/iTouch Dev guys have been hard at work for weeks and have finally managed to jailbreak 1.1.1. Right now, they're nowhere near releasing a general-use tool but the first steps have been made. Congratulations to dinopio, asap18, netkas, Martyn, mjc, Niacin, BloomFilter, pytey, tE_gU, pumpkin, roxfan, sam, SmileyDude, NerveGas, Nate True, Arminius, DirectriX, Edgan, ixtli, kroo, xorl, and the rest of the team.

    So what does this jailbreak mean?

    • Third Party apps run. Kind of. We probably have to recompile many of them for the new frameworks because many of them crash.
    • Springboard no longer recognizes DisplayOrder.plist. And the list of "whitelisted" apps (that is, the official Applications including Safari, Photos, Calendar, etc) seems to be hard-coded into Springboard.app
    • The iPhone has been activated via third-party workarounds.
    • The 1.1.1 binaries barely work with 1.0.2 -- at least not well enough to run the music store without major hacking.
    • The Mobile Terminal App works on 1.1.1.
    • The entire bsd suite still works -- as do standard command-line utilities compiled for ARM.
    • 1.1.1 references both com.apple.mobile.radio and com.apple.mobile.nike.
    • The jailbreak method is nowhere near ready for prime time. So please be patient.

    Gallery: iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak

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