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iPhone Roadmap Builds Optimism in iPhone Platform

Today’s press event at Apple’s HQ was more thorough than expected on on the ins and outs of the forthcoming Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone. Apple announced a bevy of tools and methods for quickly developing and testing applications to run native to iPhone, including an application distribution method both through iTunes [...]

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Jailbroken Phones and the Games I Can’t Live Without

Yesterday saw the release of the newest Apple firmware. 1.1.4.  Like many of us, this is one of those "hold your breath" moments where you have to carefully take stock of what you have, what you stand to lose and what you might gain.  The 1.1.3 upgrade "balance sheet" was definitely in Apple’s favor.  Give [...]

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Apple Releases 1.1.4 Firmware, Jailbreaks Work, Hackers Rejoice

Apple released firmware update 1.1.4 for the iPhone today, addressing, in typical Apple prose, "bug fixes." It seems that souls braver than I have tried battle-tested 1.1.3 jailbreaks and found they indeed work.  I have yet to see a definitive list of address "bugs", but welcome reader input.

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Novel Accounting Methods May be the iPhone’s Silver Lining

Throughout 2007, AAPL was the darling of Wall Street. Shares more than doubled between January and December, from a respectable $84 in January to a record $202 on December 27, 2007.  Since then, the story has been dramatically different, with Apple shares shedding $83, or 41%, since their post-Christmas high. After reporting their best quarter [...]

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I Still Love Signal: Alloysoft Updates web-based iPhone Remote

The iPhone community has rightly been abuzz about Apple’s forthcoming SDK, which is now thought be delayed by at least a few weeks into March. In the meantime, enterprising software authors have been hard at work developing a raft of interesting and albeit sometimes curious applications delivered via Installer.app or other means onto jailbroken iPhones. [...]

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