Archive: March, 2009

Posted by Mike
March 20, 2009

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iPhone 3G MMS and tethering with Movistar working!

There news have made several rounds already, but there wasn’t any specific guide on how to get MMS and network tethering working on the new 3.0 iPhone 3G firmware, released to developers a few days ago.
Several guides have been posted, but they all more or less copy & paste what is found in the original [...]

Posted by Mike


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iPhone 3.0 more stable if you restore from backup

After I wrote about how unstable iPhone OS v3.0 is, I’ve been testing it with a fresh restore, but this time setting up the iPhone from one of my previous v2.2.1 backups, and I have to say that for whatever reason, it is much more stable. There are still some silly bugs, but also some [...]

Posted by Mike
March 19, 2009

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iPhone 3.0 first impressions

So I went ahead, ignored all good sense, and updated my iPhone 3G to the new iPhone 3.0 Beta, released by Apple to developers a few days ago (I’m a registered developer, so I have access to the firmware).
The first two restores, which I did not choosing to configure from a 2.2.1 backup, caused the [...]

Posted by Mike
March 3, 2009

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Ninja bastard Mac Pro, yours for $18.917

These are the specs of a maxed-out Mac Pro in the Apple Store, after the desktop line of Macs has been revamped:

Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32GB (8×4GB)
Mac Pro RAID Card
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
4x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
Two 18x SuperDrives
Apple Cinema HD [...]

Posted by Mike
March 2, 2009

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The App Store badly needs a trial mode

I read TUAW’s review of Vocalia with great interest, went to the App Store, only to find an average 2.5 stars, with the bad ratings being really bad. Before sinking $3.99 into an app like this, I would like to be able to test it, particularly based on the bad reviews. Since apps are wrapped [...]