Some cool new stuff was announced today, and as I'm writing this, the keynote is barely over.

So Phil started off with a new version of iLife, iLife 09, including new versions of all the parts, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, etc. Upgrade is $79 and $99 for a Family Pack, up to 5 Macs. Next was iWork 09, Phil demoed new versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Something that stood out was the ability to view full screen in Pages. Also announced, was a Keynote remote, available as $.99 application, available soon in the App Store.

Next up was the new 17 inch MacBook Pro. As rumored, it has a non-removable battery, up to an 8 hour charge. Same style as the new MacBook and Pro's, except you can buy a non-glossy screen attachment for $50.

Finally, was iTunes. Currently, 8 out of 10 million songs on iTunes are now DRM free, the rest are due to be DRM free by the end of the quarter. Also, new prices for music are: $.69, $.99, and $1.29, which are available in April. Now with an iPhone 3G, you can now download music from the store, over 3G.

Well folks, that about sums up the Keynote. Thanks for reading!

PS. Tony Bennet was the special musical guest.

Εν αναμονή της MacWorld (5 Ιανουαρίου) οι φήμες για νέα iPhone oργιάζουν!

Ας ρίξουμε μία ματιά στα τελευταία renderings τα οποία έχουν κυκλοφορήσει στο διαδίκτυο:

1. iPhone Pro Clamshell

[Via Planet Mac]

2. iPhone Pro

[Via Gizmodo based on iPhone Elite by Mat Brady.]

3. iPhone Elite

[Via Planet Mac]

Καλή Χρονιά σε όλους!

To 2009 μπήκε με το δεξί για τους κατόχους του iPhone 3G καθώς η devTeam κυκλοφόρησε το Yellowsn0w (διαθέσιμο από το Cydia/Installer) και πραγματοποίησε την υπόσχεση της για Unlock του iPhone 3G!

Για να ξεκλειδώσετε το iPhone 3G θα χρειαστεί αρχικά να το κάνετε Update μέσω του iTunes στην v2.2 (ώστε να αναβαθμιστεί η baseband στην 02.28.00).
Όσοι είστε ήδη στην v2.2 αλλά έχετε διαφορετικό baseband* θα χρειαστεί να κάνετε Restore μέσω του iTunes στην v2.2.

*(Για να ελέγξετε σε ποιό baseband είναι το iPhone σας πηγαίνετε στο Settings->General->About->Modem Firmware. Το Modem Firmware είναι το ίδιο με την baseband)

Στη συνέχεια θα πρέπει να το κάνετε Jailbreak με το QuickPwn ώστε να εγκαταστήσετε το Cydia/Installer:

iPhone 3G Jailbreak (MacOs): QuickPwn
iPhone 3G Jailbreak (Windows): QuickPwn

Προσθέστε τα ακόλουθα sources:

* Cydia source: http://apt9.yellowsn0w.com/
* Installer repo: http://i.yellowsn0w.com/

- Εγκαταστήστε το Yellowsn0w.
- Πηγαίνετε πίσω στο main menu του Cydia.
- Κάντε Reboot το iPhone έχοντας μέσα την SIM σας.
- Περιμένετε να εμφανιστεί το “Slide to unlock”…
- Περιμένετε ακόμη 10-15 sec.
- Αν δεν δείτε το σήμα του παρόχου σας (carrier logo) βγάλτε την SIM και ξαναβάλτε την… Περιμένετε 10-15 sec.
Αυτό ήταν!

Μερικές χρήσιμες πληροφορίες από την DevTeam:

BASICS

* The unlock about to be released works exclusively with baseband 02.28.00. This baseband is provided by the latest firmware update (2.2) from Apple. You’ll need to upgrade to this release using iTunes and then use QuickPwn to activate etc. Because it works on 02.28.00, it is available to everyone on the planet. This means we don’t need to unnecessarily expose holes in earlier basebands, which is an important concern.
* The application is a small daemon that is launched on boot. It injects the payload at boot and also whenever there is a baseband reset. You won’t notice anything about it other than that your third-party sim now works. It’s a small program and unobtrusive. There is no GUI (this is by design).
* yellowsn0w is completely removable through Cydia, the command line, and iTunes.

KNOWN ISSUES

* There is a known issue with SIM cards that have STK (SIM Toolkit) application menus. These menus are usually items such as “top up” “get credit” etc. These menu items confuse the application sometimes. Removing and reinserting the SIM once after reboot (give it about 10 secs after you see the slide to unlock widget) fixes this issue. We’re working on a better fix.
* For those of you using SIM cards without STK menus, the application has some optional arguments that will make the unlock much faster for you. So either experiment on your own (use “yellowsn0w -h” for usage) or wait for a customization writeup.
* After you install yellowsn0w via Cydia, you should return to the Cydia main menu then reboot your iPhone with the 3rd party SIM installed. Wait for the slide to unlock screen, then wait 10 or 15 secs more. If you don’t see your carrier name pop up, then remove your SIM, reinsert it, and wait 10 secs more. This is the step we’ll be working on eliminating next.

Σημείωση: Η είδηση δεν αναφέρεται/ενδιαφέρει όσους προμηθεύτηκαν το iPhone 3G από την Vodafone GR (καθώς είναι ήδη unlocked) παρόλα αυτά αποτελεί ευχάριστο νέο για όσους έχουν προμηθευτεί το iPhone 3G από άλλες χώρες όπου και πωλείται SIM locked.

UPDATES

1. Soon you’ll see yellowsn0w 0.9.1 in the repos. It uses a much longer delay to let your SIM card initialize. If you have problems with 0.9.0, try this one and wait a full minute after you seem homescreen, then reinsert sim card. We need both success and failure reports to tune this across the world, so please be patient (but please also report result!)
2. If you are in the U.S. and are trying this with T-Mobile, you must turn off the 3G switch in Settings. Also if you are good with the command line, you can make it much easier by adding the line -q right after the /usr/bin/yellowsn0w line in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.iphone-dev.yellowsn0w.plist (that’s and advanced tip, hopefully someone will make a boosprefs type of tool for it)
3. No PIN support yet. Remember how we said this was beta? Well we’re still working out the flow for SIMs with PINs enabled. Please disable any PIN you may have on that SIM before trying yellowsn0w, for now..
4. The unlock will silently quit on anything other than baseband 02.28.00. It detects the wrong version and just quits to avoid any damage. Please double check your Modem Firmware setting in Settings->General->About.

iMobileCinema is a powerful Safari plugin for playing internet videos on your iPhone or iPod touch. You can watch millions of videos on any podcast site or blogs with it. Install it and visit Google Video, Youtube, or any other sites via Safari. Bunches of videos are waiting for you.

Watch the Demo:



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iMobile Cinema

iMobileCinema is a powerful Safari plugin for playing internet videos on your iPhone or iPod touch. You can watch millions of videos on any podcast site or blogs with it. Install it and visit Google Video, Youtube, or any other sites via Safari. Bunches of videos are waiting for you.

Watch the Demo:


Install via Windows (PC)
For FW 1.1.4 to 2.2 --> Download Link(Ο πιο ευκολος τροπος)

Install via Cydia
v2.0 to v2.2 input this source: http://d.imobilecinema.com

Install via Installer
v1.1.4 input this source: http://d.imobilecinema.com

Install via PXL (iBrickr/Breezy)
1.1.1 to 1.1.2 -->Download Link
1.1.3 to 1.1.4 -->Download Link
2.0 to 2.2-->Download Link

One of the biggest comments on the recent SimCity announcement for the iPhone, other than being able to locate the SimCity International (link goes to the U.K. iTunes store) version of the game, was complaints that the game was crashing for some people.

This is not a new issue for graphically intense games for the iPhone and one of the solutions for solving this is very easy: Before playing your new game, reboot the iPhone.

Here's how to do it.

Update: As has been pointed out in the comments, a normal shutdown/startup process, or "soft reboot," should work fine: simply hold the power button down for 3 seconds and slide to power down. The "hard reboot" described here should only be used if your iPhone isn't responding to touches or the Home button -- it is not intended as regular maintenance. Thanks to all for the feedback.

[If your phone ever becomes completely unresponsive, you may need to do the 'hard reboot process described next -- but remember this is the equivalent of pulling out the power cord on your computer.] Hold down the Home and the Sleep/Wake buttons until your screen goes black, as shown at right. After a few seconds, you should see a sliding bar for powering off the phone. Ignore it and keep pressing those buttons. After about 20 seconds or so, the screen will go completely black and the silver Apple logo appears.

Once your phone goes through the rebooting process, launch your game. You shouldn't have any further problems with it. One word of warning: Rebooting the iPhone does drain your battery somewhat, so if you're pretty low on power you may find yourself unable to use the phone until after you're recharged it.
Why reboot your phone? The iPhone, like a regular computer, uses memory and system resources every time you launch a program. The typical iPhone user utilizes several applications at a time, often hopping back and forth between them. When a program that is heavy on system resources is launched, such as SimCity, if you haven't rebooted in awhile to refresh your iPhone's memory and resources, it could cause the program to crash.


I saw this tip posted on the App Store when I was purchasing Scrabble at the end of November and followed the advice and didn't have a single problem with Scrabble on my 1st generation iPhone. I repeated it with SimCity and, again, I'm not having any issues playing the game.

If that doesn't solve your issues, check out this list of iPhone troubleshooting tips.

Solid Snake's next adventure will sidestep the "Xbox 360 versus PlayStation 3" debate by appearing on neither platform; instead, Konami's anthropomorphized Cold War allegory will be sneaking his way onto Apple's iPhone.

Metal Gear Solid Touch is scheduled for release in Spring 2009, reports Kotaku. The game is a completely original adventure set in the latter-day world of Metal Gear Solid 4 (read: Snake is a geriatric), and consists of 8 stages.

What would a Metal Gear Solid game be without unlockable content? Earning bonus points through gameplay will allow players to download special Metal Gear-themed iPhone wallpapers.

No price has been established for the title, though we expect to hear more details from Konami soon.

Image: Konami