Applelinks iPhone News Reader - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Linux On Mobiles Will Put The Squeeze On MS, Says Zemlin
iPhone 2.0 Unlock Tool Released, Tested Hands On
Undocumented iPhone OS 2.0 features and tips
Send SMS on iPhone for free
Sanity check: The five reasons I wouldn’t use an iPhone are down to one
Linux On Mobiles Will Put The Squeeze On MS, Says Zemlin
The Register's Gavin Clarke reports:
Once it was the desktop, now mobile phones and embedded devices represent the future of Linux, according to open source fans.
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, painted a future of Linux's manifest destiny - running everything from aerospace systems to the phone in your pocket.
According to Zemlin, Linux has 18 per cent of the embedded market, beating Windows on 16 per cent. The opportunity is in mopping up the 43.7 per cent of the embedded market that's currently using proprietary operating systems....
According to Zemlin, Linux lets handset and service providers differentiate through customization and to also support multiple handsets through custom engineering, as the kernel is not owned by an Apple or a Microsoft....
With the notion of Apple hanging in the air, Zemlin praised the company for its iPhone and - a little prematurely, we feel, given it's only just launched - the success of the App Store.....
For the full report, visit:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/zemlin/
iPhone 2.0 Unlock Tool Released, Tested Hands On
The Register's Tony Smith reports:
Apple released the iPhone 3G on 11 July and nine days later, iPhone hacking crew the iPhone Dev Team posted the latest version of the their jailbreaking and unlocking utility, PwnageTool. I just had to give it ago.
First, PwnageTool 2.0 won't unlock a 3G iPhone, but it will jailbreak one to allow third-party apps to be installed through an alternative channel to the one Apple provides. I didn't try PwnageTool with an iPhone 3G, but I did test it on my first-gen iPhone, which was running iPhone OS 1.1.4, unlocked using the excellent ZiPhone utility. PwnageTool 2.0 is supposed to be able to both jailbreak and unlock the 'old' handset. I also tried it out on a Mac - a Windows version is in the works, and may have even been released by now. If not, be patient - it'll come.
For the full review visit here:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/20/iphone_unlock_tool_tested/
Undocumented iPhone OS 2.0 features and tips
iPhoneAtlas reports:
iPhone OS 2.0 has a few undocumented, useful features, including:
Screen Snapshots - Zoom and Snapshot
Mobile Safari Speaks Your Lingo
To read more, click here:
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/2008/07/21/undocumented-iphone-os-20-features-and-tips/
Send SMS on iPhone for free
MacOSHinst contributor jamito says:
With AIM available in the iPhone's App Store, you can now send and receive SMS messages without paying for a plan or individual messages. Also, this will be even better when the notification service works on applications sometimes this fall.
You can check it out at:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080716123634870
Sanity check: The five reasons I wouldn’t use an iPhone are down to one
Tech Republic's Jason Hiner says:
When I explain the two factors that are revolutionary about the iPhone, I’m often asked why I don’t use one. With the first generation iPhone, there were five factors that kept me from using it, but that list is now down to one.
Two of the most common technology questions that I’ve been asked over the past year are “Have you used the iPhone?” and “What makes it so special?” I typically respond that TechRepublic has an iPhone and that the product isn’t perfect nor is it a phone for everyone, but it’s a watershed device that will change mobile computing.
To read more, click here:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=784
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