Archive for August, 2008
August 31, 2008
Filed under: Tips and tricks, iPhone
I’ll skip the obligatory mini-biography of Guy and cut to the chase: the dude gets a whopping 36 hours of standby time with his iPhone 3G. True, many other phones get better battery life and can go for days without a charge. But anyone banging their iPhone on the wall, wishing the darn thing didn’t suck down the juice like a preschooler in the Sahara will appreciate his detailed account of the settings used to eke out lengthy iPhone standby time. Oh, and those other phones? As Guy says, “…it’s better to have a cool phone that you have to charge everyday than a sucky phone that you can charge once a week.” How do you keep your iPhone alive?
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August 31, 2008
Filed under: Odds and ends
Last week you may have caught some photos going around of a cute Foxconn factory worker flashing peace signs. The photos were found on a UK man’s brand-new iPhone, and posted at MacRumors.
The mystery girl’s identity is being protected by Foxconn, and a company spokesman said that her job is not in any danger. Taking pictures with the camera is a normal part of the testing procedure done before the phone is shipped out.
As with other Chinese internet celebrities, identities are hard to come by. Second Brother on the Right, who was part of the Olympic torch procession through many countries, is still anonymous.
[Via Reuters.]
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August 31, 2008
Written by AN Jay
People have a love and hate relationship with file hosting sites. Some file hosting sites are really handy and make sharing data even simpler than sending a file via email while other services spam you with countless pop ups and forced membership options to simply download a file.
Here is a list of some great file hosting sites that make uploading and sharing files a cakewalk.
You are welcome to share if you know more free file hosting services which our readers/viewers may like.
File Savr - Free File Hosting
FileSavr.com makes file hosting easier with Web 2.0 technology and the use of Ajax and Flash. FileSavr has 10 GB upload size limit, currently the largest available on the internet. This allows users the flexibility to upload any large file of 10 GB or less.
File Factory - free and simple file hosting service
FileFactory lets you host files up to 300MB for free. You don’t have to register and there is nothing to download. Your files can be downloaded an unlimited number of times! One thing we found very annoying and spammy about FileFactory was the number of ads they have on the page.
FileDen - Free file hosting and online storage
With File Den’s free file hosting and online storage service it’s easy to share files across the internet with friends, family, work associates or anyone else. They allow our users to direct link to their files also giving you the oppurtunity to embed your files into your webpages, myspace or other social networking profiles.
Fileqube - Free Online Storage
Fileqube has an eye-pleasing design that shows its intentions well. When you upload a personal file it gives you a download link, a link to remove the file, and embed code to drop your file’s link on a website. The only downside is the 150MB file size, which is rather small with some of the other sites in comparison.
File Dropper - Free File Hosting for MP3, Videos, Documents
FileDropper’s beauty is in its simplicity. It has one click file hosting where you simply click on the upload button and select your file. After the file is uploaded you are taken to the page where the file is hosted. If the file is an image, it shows the image directly on the page for easier sharing. Upload size is an impressive 5 GB.
August 31, 2008
A very nice PSD delivered by the blog: teehanlax.com which give the GUI for the iPhone for all iPhone application developers and website owners who want to deliver a good web interface to iPhone users.
Tags:GUI interface iphone PSDGUI, interface, iphone, PSD
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August 31, 2008
A very nice PSD delivered by the blog: teehanlax.com which give the GUI for the iPhone for all iPhone application developers and website owners who want to deliver a good web interface to iPhone users.
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August 31, 2008
Filed under: Terminal Tips
Don’t you hate it when an application becomes unresponsive and crashes? Are you even more tired of reading annoying application crash dialog boxes? A simple Terminal hack allows you to never see these dialogs again. Just open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type:
defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none
This will disable the “…unexpectedly quit” dialog that normally appears when an application crashes. If you ever want the dialogs to start appearing again, just replace “none” with “prompt”.
Like tips like these? Try out TUAW’s Mac 101 and Terminal Tips sections.
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August 31, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Internet Tools
Google Gears has been around for Firefox on the Mac for quite a while. However, Safari users have been left in the cold. Google Gears allows you to access certain Google services, most notably Docs and Reader, offline (as well as other offline-enabled web services like Remember The Milk). This week, a beta for Safari has become available.
With Google Gears, for example, you can view all of your Google Docs offline — and even edit them (word processing docs only, spreadsheets and presentations are viewable but not editable). When you connect back to the internet, you will be able to sync the changes back to Google.
We’re glad that Google has finally seen the light and released a version for our Safari-using counterparts. To make Google Gears work with Safari, you will need to download and install the Google Gears package for Mac OS X. Once installed, navigate to a “gears enabled” page, you will be able to use the Google Gears system. Remember, this is a beta and we’ve heard there might be issues if you’ve tweaked Safari in certain ways.
Oh, and there appears to be limited support for Fluid, which is nice.
[via the Apple blog]
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August 30, 2008
Latest iPhone News: Thursday 28 August 2008
Apple fixing security flaw
Apple is reportedly working on a fix for the firmware version 2.0.2 security flaw that we reported on yesterday:
Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock acknowledged the problem in an e-mail:
“We are aware of this bug and plan to deliver a fix in the next software update,” she said. “For now, users can avoid the problem by changing their setting so that double-clicking the Home Button goes to ‘Home’ or ‘iPod.’”
No timescale has been given for fixing the problem… 
August 30, 2008
UK iPhone Internet access TV ad banned
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has ordered that Apple not show the current iPhone TV ad which claims the handset gives access to “all parts of the Internet”. A whole two people complained that the iPhone’s inability to render Java and Flash in web sites meant that it didn’t give access to the full Internet. Apple’s defence, that the Safari browser could display all open-source content whereas Java and Flash were proprietary technologies, was not enough to convince the ASA to back down. Java World seems not to agree with ASA’s position.
Apple increasing iPhone production
According to a report in Business Week, Apple is to increase production of the iPhone, with the aim of assembling between 40 and 45m handsets in the coming 12 months. If true, this is most likely due to huge popularity of the iPhone 3G in both existing and new markets. Reports suggest that the iPhone 3G has already outsold the first-generation iPhone, with almost six million handsets now sold. 
August 30, 2008
Latest iPhone News: Thursday 28 August 2008
Apple fixing security flaw
Apple is reportedly working on a fix for the firmware version 2.0.2 security flaw that we reported on yesterday:
Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock acknowledged the problem in an e-mail:
“We are aware of this bug and plan to deliver a fix in the next software update,” she said. “For now, users can avoid the problem by changing their setting so that double-clicking the Home Button goes to ‘Home’ or ‘iPod.’”
No timescale has been given for fixing the problem…
