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Free StealthGuard Phone Protectors
Aug 30th
For a limited time, one of the well-known screen protector companies Stealth Guard has decided to give away free protectors for supported phones. Hurry and check to see if they have one for your phone.
Appears as though shipping will run you approximately $2-$3 depending on your location.
Stealth Guard Website
Jailbreaking iPhones Legalized
Jul 26th
Well, for those of you that haven’t hopped on the superior Android bandwagon and have been scared to “jailbreak” your iPhone because of its potential legal issues, fear no more.
Thanks to pushes by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Federal Government has just indicated that exemptions will be made to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to include “Jailbreaking” smartphones well within the consumer’s legal rights.
Update
Consumers still shouldn’t jailbreak their iPhones says Apple (really? that’s shocking Apple…you don’t want consumers to do what you’ve been arguing against in court…*gasp*)
iPhone4 Fail
Jun 23rd
I just felt like posting a few links to articles about the “wonderful” iPhone4. Some of these you may question but mind you, they are real. Maverick didn’t believe one of them and tried it on a friends (the reception problem). Really Apple? Did you make ANY calls with this before releasing it? I find it extremely hard to believe that noone there noticed that the signal disappeared while it was in the user’s hand. Was every tester using a bluetooth headset? Were they all fascinated by the “Facetime” video calling with it laying on a table? This is ridiculous. “Oh, let’s just sell it, it’s the iPhone4. They’ll buy it no matter what’s wrong with it. Our fans will follow us regardless of our problems. We’re ingrained too much into their lives with iTunes for them to give up on us now.”
- iPhone4 Reception problems (Apple tries to encourage “hands-free” phone calls *by preventing use in hand*) Wired.com Article Explanation
- iPhone4 precious “Retina” display has had it’s share of controversy due to the poor choice of wording. But now it shows it’s REAL colors (yellow primarily).
- iOS 4 Causing Frustrated Adopters
- iPhone breaks on second drop; “Gorilla Glass” my ass…
- iOS 4 Multi-tasking a big letdown
- Privacy violations?
And just for fun…the banned iPhone4 promo vid
Update:
Steve Jobs’s response (as seen @TechCruch……@Engadget) to the reception issue.
Just avoid holding it that way.
Also, a friend of mine brought up a good point. The field testers for the iPhone probably didn’t notice the problem because of those camouflaged 3GS look-a-like covers they had on them when testing. With that on, noone would have been touching the metal band. Oh if only someone had realized it was going to be a problem (Thanks Professor Gert).
Update:
Response to Jobs’s response…@Engadget
You’re holding it wrong. We’re only holding it the way you showed us.
Android 2.2 (Froyo) on the Motorola Droid
Jun 7th
This isn’t really an App but should definitely be mentioned due to the resulting excitement this weekend. P3driod over at MyDroidWorld has managed to get a build of Froyo working on the Motorola Droid and has decided to share it with everyone. It is available as a Clockwork backup or a SPRecovery backup along with overclocked kernels. There are a few kinks but it is a nice preview of what 2.2 will have to offer until the source drops. When I talked to him yesterday, he said there were over 8Million page hits Saturday alone accompanied by over 300,000 downloads. It managed to shut the site down for a short while but it wasn’t long before it was back up. If you have a Motorola Droid and you have joined the root community (or would like to), you may want to check it out to see what all the fuss is about. Rooted users likely won’t see a better Froyo based ROM until the source drops and non-rooted/stock droid owners would have to wait until Verizon rolls out the OTA (months from now). I’ve personally flashed it a couple times and you should not have any problems using ClockworkMod Recovery to go back and forth between Froyo and your current backup.
Froyo on the Motorola Droid
A Quick Guide to Rooting 2.1OTA and Installing Froyo
Great work P3!
LauncherPro Beta .3.0
May 27th
This is more of an update but LauncherPro Beta .3 is available as of this morning! It add’s the much requested customization of persistant icons in the bottom tray (that you may have seen in Helix1/2). Don’t let the “Beta” fool you. It is the fastest smoothest launcher I’ve tried as of yet (vs Helix1/2, ADW, Launcher2, GDE, OpenHome, PandaHome).
Highly recommended. (Remember that if you do decide to keep it, uninstall your previous launcher(s) to prevent battery drain from it’s widgets)