Skype on iPhone includes tons of features, but unfortunately it lacks Push Notification feature which is introduced with iPhone 3.0. This makes the app pretty much useless for most users. The lack of Push Notification support basically defeats much of the purpose of having Skype on iPhone because unlike other phones, iPhone cannot do multitasking which means the app wont notify you when someone is calling.
The following steps will help you setup Skype to run in the background so that you can receive incoming calls from your Skype contacts even when the phone is switched to sleep mode.
Reportedly, there is a unique new Twitter application in development called TwittAround. It is an augmented reality Twitter viewer client meant for the iPhone 3GS.
With this application, you can see LIVE tweets from other tweeps around your location i.e. in any place near you. You can even see the amount of distance they are away from you. You can move the iPhone around and watch the miniature display pictures of the tweeps from the location in front.
redsn0w 0.8 is out and it can jailbreak iPhone 3GS running on firmware 3.0. Just follow the step by step guide below to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS with redsn0w. You will need to first update/restore to the original iPhone OS firmware 3.0 on your iPhone 3GS by using iTunes 8.2 before proceeding with the following steps.
The Dev-Team has finally released the complete jailbreaking and unlocking solution for iPhone 3GS. The JUST released redsn0w (version 0.8) is now available for all the platforms. This includes Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Video Camera in your iPod Touch?
Sounds fantastic doesn’t it?
According to sources, Apple has ordered a large number of camera modules. The leaked images of the cases for the new line of iPods further signifies that the new iPods may indeed be getting the camera!
Yesterday, Dev-Team posted a trial fix for Push Notification System to make it work on unlocked or hacktivated iPhone’s with firmware 3.0. I have tried the fix on both iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G and can confirm that the fix is working on both like a charm!
This step by step will help you get Push notifications from the apps that can Push. You will need to have an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone for this to work.
George Hotz (aka geo or geohot) has updated purplera1n to make it work on Windows Vista and 7 including support for 64 bit systems. purplera1n is a software tool which can jailbreak the new iPhone 3GS running on firmware version 3.0 to allow it to run apps from Cydia. Follow our guide here to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS with purplera1n.
After the release of iPhone OS 3.0, Apple fixed 46 security bugs. That gives you a hint of the amount of loop holes Apple has left in the operating system. Imagine the amount of harm it might have caused to the iPhone users without their knowledge.
Dev-Team has just posted a brief teaser video which demonstrates a jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 3GS running on firmware 3.0. Do not update/restore to firmware 3.1 now if you really want to unlock your iPhone 3GS with the upcoming tools as shown in the video.
It was just about a week ago when Apple removed the application HottestGirls right after its launch. Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told CNN on 25 June 2009 that the application had been removed and that Apple will not distribute p0rn or other inappropriate content.
