Tool opens iPhone, iPod Touch via web
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Look, ma, no PC/Mac iPhone hackers have released a tool that allows owners of firmware 1.1.1 iPhones and iPod Touches to open up their devices to third-party apps - all without the need for a host Mac or PC.â¦
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When it begins shipping on June 29, the revolutionary iPhone will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards Apple today announced that developers can create Web 2.0 applications that look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone and that can seamlessly access iPhoneâs services. That includes making a phone call, sending an email and displaying a location in Google Maps. Third-party applications created using Web 2.0 standards can extend iPhoneâs capabilities without compromising its reliability or security.
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Third-party software developers can create Web 2.0 applications to run on Apple's forthcoming iPhone.
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Apple Inc. will allow independent  developers to write applications for its upcoming iPhone by  tapping into the device&#39;s built-in Web browser, Chief Executive  Steve Jobs said on Monday.
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A video showing the founder of a Belfast, Northern Ireland company unlocking the iPhone hit the Web early Wednesday U.K. time as proof that software exists that can unlock Apple Inc.&#39;s device for use with carriers other than AT&amp;T Inc.
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Apple Inc sharply cut the price of its iPhone on Wednesday and revamped its full iPod line, including adding a model with a touch screen that can browse the Web and buy songs wirelessly.
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Apple has released its first security updates of the new year, fixing bugs in its QuickTime media player and iPhone and iPod touch devices.As with previous updates, the iPhone 1.1.3 software patch sent those who had installed the unauthorized Jailbreak software -- used to run third-party applications on the iPhone -- scrambling to get their phones up and running. That&#39;s because Apple&#39;s updates have so far always rendered Jailbreak unusable, forcing users to go through a complex re-installation process.According to the Unofficial Apple Weblog, it is possible to run third-party software following this latest update, but the process is complex. A simpler Jailbreak 1.1.3 script is expected to be posted eventually at the iPhone Wiki, which is the hub of much iPhone hacking.The iPhone update fixes two flaws in the Safari browser, including a critical bug that could be exploited to run unauthorized software on the device. A third bug could let an unauthorized user bypass Passcode Lock and launch iPhone applications. The iPod touch is susceptible to the Safari bugs, Apple said.These updates will be rolled out to customers over the next week via the devices&#39; iTunes update mechanism.The QuickTime 7.4 update fixes four critical flaws in the software that could be exploited by attackers to crash the media player or even run unauthorized software on a victim&#39;s computer. The update is available for both the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.However, the software does not fix a serious flaw in the player that was disclosed over the weekend.Security experts are particularly concerned over this flaw because attack code showing how it can be exploited has also been published. Apple is still working to fix the vulnerability, which has to do with QuickTime&#39;s use of the Real-Time Streaming Protocol.
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(InfoWorld) - New technical details about Apple's iPhone leaked to the Web by a University of Washington technology group but since yanked from the school's site confirmed that the device will not support Adobe's Flash, will rely on QuickTime to display audio and video, and can keep only eight Safari-displayed Web pages in memory at one time. The University of Washington's emerging technology team posted information gleaned from an iPhone session at last week's WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference). The nitty-gritty details spelled out during the "Designing Web Content for the iPhone" presentation, according to the team, include: * No support for Flash, Adobe's multimedia Web content format. * No Java. * JavaScript runtime limited to five seconds. * QuickTime used for audio and video. * A maximum of eight documents loaded in Safari on the iPhone. * Links to video on a Web page take users directly to full-screen playback. * Support for PDF through Apple's own DisplayPDF code, not Adobe. * Multiple gestures automatically available to Web sites viewed through iPhone without any additional coding, including pinching content to shrink, double-tapping to zoom, and two-fingered scrolling. Although the blog entry has disappeared -- replaced by a message that reads "The topic you are looking for have been deleted" -- the page was still viewable in Google's cache late Tuesday with a text-only version also available. Oren Sreebny, director of emerging technology at the school, said it wasn't Apple that called for the deletion. "Someone else in our organization who had [also] gone to WWDC, pointed out that it was probably in violation of a nondisclosure agreement. We didn't want to get into any trouble, so we removed it," said Sreebny. Apple requires all developers attending WWDC to sign an NDA that bars them from revealing any conference content except for CEO Steve Jobs' keynote. Earlier this week, the owner of a Web site that provides gas prices at local stations said his server logs showed several iPhone-equipped users had visited the URL using a browser identified as Safari Version 419.3. "[That's] the 'old' Safari, not the 3.0 beta," said the unidentified site owner. That information matches what Sreebny's group had posted; according to the WWDC session notes, the iPhone version of Safari IDs itself to sites as Version 419.3. The GasApp.com site owner also reported that Safari on the iPhone was running in 320 x 396 resolution for the Web viewing area. "But I don't know if that includes the controls at the bottom or not," said the site operator. The iPhone goes on sale June 29 in the U.S.
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(InfoWorld) - Hackers areÂ working to unlock Apple's iPhone, but the job appears to be more difficult than initially expected. Hackers had hoped that modifying the iPhone's bootloader -- the program that runs before the operating system is loaded -- would unlock the handset. But that turned out to be a dead end, as the bootloader code must be signed using a 1,024-bit RSA private key employed by Apple, according to an update released last week by hackers working together on the #iphone IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. Now, the hackers on #iphone are working to create an assembler utility for the iPhone's processor. "This is our last major hurdle to overcome in order to write programs for the phone," they said last week. Once hackers have the ability to write programs for the iPhone, they can write one to unlock the handset, they said. The iPhone is locked for use with AT&T's EDGE network. Unlocking the iPhone will allow the handsets to be used with other operators, including carriers in Asia and Europe, where the phone is not yet available. Efforts to unlock the iPhone began almost as soon as the phone hit store shelves on June 29. Within days, hackers managed to circumvent the phone's activation function, allowing users to access many of the phone's features, except its cellular phone function. TheÂ first to release an iPhone activation toolÂ was Jon Lech Johansen -- better known as DVD Jon, a hacker who helped develop a tool for decrypting the content on DVDs -- who released a tool on July 3. Within 20 minutes of that release, a second activation tool was released by the hackers on #iphone. While hackers have yet to unlock the iPhone, they have made other breakthroughs since overcoming the activation hurdle. For instance, hackers last week released a tool that allows users to install custom ringtones on the iPhone.
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Ambrosia Software on Friday introduced iToner 1.0.0, a new utility for Mac OS X that enables iPhone users to create and install custom ringtones. It costs $15.
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Blog: Apple's Web site has one of the most detailed looks yet at the iPhone, a 20-minute guided tour of how it all works.
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And recapture some valuable screen real estate and a portion of your sanity. defaults write com.apple.Dock no-glass -boolean YESkillall Dock Screen shot. Thanks to Mark Johnson for the tip.
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Writing for USA Today, Edward Baig finds iPhone âindeed worth lusting after.â Apple, he says, âhas delivered a prodigyâa slender fashion phone, a slick iPod, and an Internet experience unlike any before it on a mobile handset.â âThe most chic cellphone Iâve seen,â iPhone is âa breeze to set up and fun to use, evident from the moment you slide your finger across the screen to unlock it. Itâs a wonderful widescreen iPod and fabulous picture viewer.â And he tells us that âmaking calls was surprisingly simple. You can flick through your list of contacts or favorites â¦ and then tap on a name to make a call or send a text message. The keys of the virtual keypad are large enough so that dialing a number manually â or punching in a code to access voice mail remotely â is easy. I rarely made a mistake.â He awards iPhone 3.5 stars out of 4.
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Apple Inc. sharply cut the price of its iPhone on Wednesday and rolled out an iPod with a touch screen that can browse the Internet wirelessly, as well as improvements to its iTunes Web store.
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TechWeb - The offer is good for users of Apple&#39;s iPhone, its new iPod Touch, or any wireless-capable laptop loaded with the Apple&#39;s iTunes software.
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By May Wong Associated Press  SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Get your fingers ready.  Apple Inc.'s iPhone is leading a new wave of gadgets using touch- sensitive screens that react to taps, swishes or flicks of a finger.
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âThis week,â reports Katerine Boehret , âIâve been using an iPhone and iPod touch withâ the recent Apple updates installed, âand I must say that both devices are much more useful and fun with these improvements.â In particular, Boehret likes Web clip: they âgive these gadgets a new sense of instant gratification because they direct users to specific Web pages seconds after the device turns on.â And the iPod touch ânow has the same stellar Mail program that is found in the iPhone, a real plus,â she says.