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July 1, 2009

Apple Updates MobileMe

Apple quietly updates MobileMe today, changing the iDisk and Account icon. As previously announced, Apple will be adding file sharing capabilities for the iPhone through MobileMe. This also means that Apple will be releasing the iDisk Sharing App for the iPhone sometimes soon.

June 30, 2009

WordPress for iPhone OS 3.0 is Now Available on iTunes Store.

After two week wait, WordPress for iPhone OS 3.0 is finally approved and available for download/update on iTunes Store.

Don’t be fooled with the version number embedded in the app itself. It might say version 1.21.1 and the iTunes App Store says version 1.3. All that matters is it is iPhone OS 3.0 compatible now.

WordPress App Update

WordPress App update on iPhone

WordPress App Version 1.21.1

June 30, 2009

Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.1 beta build 7C97d.

Apple Seeds iPhone OS 3.1 beta build 7C97d and iPhone SDK 3.1 build 9M2736a
Build date: June 28th, 2009

There are some API changes, but there is nothing major yet. For those who doesn’t do any development on the iPhone OS should have no reasons looking for the disk image. There are no visible major changes.

No further informations are available yet.

Please do not install this beta software unless you want to deal with the bugs. Plus the beta software will expire at a certain date and your iPhone will be rendered useless until you update to the newer software builds.

iPhone1,1_3.1_7C97d_Restore.ipsw
iPhone1,2_3.1_7C97d_Restore.ipsw
iPhone2,1_3.1_7C97d_Restore.ipsw

June 30, 2009

Skype 4.1 for Windows is Now Available.

Skype (the company) has released Skype 4.1 (the software) for Windows today (that’s June 30th, 2009).

Skype 4.1 for Windows features (among others):

Screen sharing
Send contacts
Birthday reminders

Skype 4.1 is available for Windows 2000, XP and Vista (assuming that it also works in Windows 7).

Read the press release (in PDF) here.

As usual, the versions for Linux and Mac are lagging behind at version 2.0 and 2.7 respectively.

Skype Blue

June 30, 2009

Firefox 3.5 is Released

June 30th, 2009.

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is officially released with HTML 5 support.

Firefox 3.5 is available for Linux, Mac and Windows Operating Systems.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

Firefox 3.5

June 27, 2009

iPhone 3GS: The First Seven Days

iPhone 3G S officially went on sale on Friday June 19th, 2009. Three days later, Steve Jobs is reported to clock in for work for the first time after his medical leave of absence. Strangely, the iPhone 3G S was renamed to iPhone 3GS on the same day. From this then on, it shall be known as iPhone 3GS.

Things that I discovered after using iPhone 3GS for the first seven days:

The iPhone 3GS in general is much faster than the iPhone and iPhone 3G.
iPhone 3GS renders a considerably complex web page faster on 3G than iPhone/iPhone 3G on a Wi-Fi. I was on a fast network. This shows the processing power of the iPhone 3GS CPU. This makes web-browsing a much more pleasant experience on iPhone 3GS.
I really like the “tap-to-focus” feature. This is one feature that should be implemented in digital camera and camcorders.
I never cared for recording video using any phones before. Now I can’t stop using it on the iPhone 3GS. OK, I was wrong before.
The Compass doesn’t work well in the car. Too much electromagnetic interference.
Battery life is noticeably better than the iPhone 3G.
There are still some lags when switching from landscape to portrait and vice-versa. Could it be the hardware design that caused this?
The speaker is noticeably louder.
Voice Control works well with the phone but not with the iPod function.
Physically iPhone 3GS is identical with iPhone 3G, so all the cases and screen protectors can be used with both.