The following step by step guide will help you downgrade your iPhone with firmware 3.1 to firmware 3.0.1. For those of you who upgraded to iPhone 3.1 may have found your device to be locked and un-jailbreakable as the tools for jailbreaking and unlocking are not out yet for iPhone OS 3.1. Fortunately, there is still a way to downgrade your phone from firmware 3.1 to 3.0.1. I have tried it on my iPhone 3G and it works perfectly on it.
The folks over at gioga23.com has found out about an unknown hidden feature of iPhone OS 3.1 (and 3.1.1 for iPod touch) which brings full video editing capabilities of iPhone 3GS to the original iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod touch.
The new iPhone OS 3.1 firmware for iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS and iPod touch was released at “Rock and Roll” event in San Francisco. I have received lots of questions by emails related to upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1 firmware. Instead of replying to them individually, I thought it would be useful to make a short post and answer the most frequently asked questions.
Apple today has unveiled the next generation of their iPod lineup at “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” event in San Francisco. Steve Jobs who hosted the event announced the new refreshed iPod lineup which includes iPod touch 3G, iPod nano 5G, iPod classic and iPod shuffle. Hands-on videos for iPod touch 3G and iPod nano 5G have been attached below for your viewing pleasure.
The new version of iTunes is out! Apple has announced the availability of iTunes 9 at this years “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” event in San Francisco which includes bunch of new exciting features. Also added is the much needed support for organizing apps for both iPhone and iPod touch.
There is no doubt about the fact that iPhone is one of the most popular cell phone out there. The argument for a longer battery life on the iPhone is relative in terms of its user requirement. If used as a cell phone, for the primary purpose that it has been designed for, the battery life would be fine and will last probably all day. However, if someone likes to use it as portable computer which I assume most iPhone users are doing, for checking email, web browsing, playing games etc, then the battery is comparable to that of any standard notebook at best.
The final version along with general availability of the highly anticipated iPhone OS 3.1 firmware is expected to be announced on September 9th, in Apple’s “Rock and Roll” event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. Here’s a list of features that will be part of the new firmware, based on the feature set of iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 1, Beta 2 and Beta 3 come September 9th.
SHAPE Services has submitted version 3.4 of their popular IM client to Apple’s App Store for approval. This new version brings in Speech Recognition feature for instant messaging and tweets to all versions of iPhone (1st Gen, 3G and 3GS), animated emotions (smiley's) and several bug fixes.
The United States Tennis Association in association with IBM and American Express brings the official iPhone app for the 2009 US Open Tennis Championships. Follow the action LIVE during the Open from August 31st to September 13th on your iPhone and iPod touch. Don't miss the action as the World’s top players compete against each other for one of the biggest prized crown of the year!
uMonitor is a uTorrent client app for iPhone and iPod touch which lets you monitor your torrent files being downloaded through uTorrent on a Windows PC or a Mac.
