iPhone
iPhone 4G/HD release, features, design
Jan 1st
Rumours say that the new iPhone should arrive in the summer 2010, some say between May and July, and some have actually put a date on, namely the June 22.
It is always exciting what new features we can expect:
New Features:
Here is a summary of what rumours tell the new features will or could be:
- iPhone OS 4.0 (including Multi-Tasking)
- OLED display
- Better camera including flash (5 mega pixel?)
- New front facing video camera (iChat camera)
- Dual-Core processor
- Larger battery
- Removable battery?
- Touch sensitive case
- Full metal case (unibody) – like iPad
- 32G (basic) and 64G of memory.
Design:
Watch Digital HD TV on your Mac
Dec 26th
If you like me would like to have the opportunity to watch digital HD TV on your Mac, here is my recommendations. Recently I bought a product from Elgato, namely the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid, which I am actually quite satisfied with.
Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
EyeTV Hybrid is an all-in-one TV USB stick for your Mac, including DVB-T, DVB-C, Analog TV & FM-Radio tuner. Even though it is quite small, it contains a full-size and built-in coaxial plug and does not require an adapter to connect cable or an aerial. The EyeTV Hybrid also comes with a composite (RCA) and S-Video break-out cable to connect a variety of devices to your Mac, such as a set top box for premium channels and satellite, a VCR, or a Camcorder.
EyeTV Hybrid can record digital TV in the full quality digital content as encoded by the broadcaster. The included EyeTV 3 software lets you watch and timeshift live television on your Mac. Record, subscribe to TV series, and create Smart Playlists. Edit unwanted content and send your favorites to iTunes to sync automatically. Recordings can be share over a local network with other Macs and accessing them on an iPod or iPhone via Wi-Fi.
Feature summary:
- Watch, rewind, fast forward, and pause live TV and FM radio on your Mac
- Record hours of television and FM radio and edit out unwanted content
- Create TV series subscriptions with Smart Guides
- Organize recordings in Smart Playlists
- Export recordings automatically to your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV
- Access recordings via Wi-Fi and share with other Macs on a local network
- Watch live tv on iPhone over Wi-Fi or 3G
- Includes an EyeTV Remote, which I by the way will comment on later on.
Product site: Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
Additionally I can recommend a couple of application to make the experience of the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid even better.
Remote Buddy
A powerful remote control solution for the Mac, that lets you control the EyeTV, any many other applications with Apple Remote, iPhone, or iPod Touch. With this application you can put the EyeTV Remote in the drawer, and only use the Apple Remote or iPhone as remote.
Product site: Remote Buddy
Aurora
Aurora lets you wake up your Mac in the morning or any other time, and fortunately it has support for EyeTV. Aurora can play both EyeTV TV and radio channels, this is quite nice if you like to wake up to some morning news or like as I do.
Product site: Aurora
XBMC / Plex
XBMC or Plex (build on XBMC) is only related to the EyeTV in sense of making your Mac a better media center. They both have a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. They can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of these applications are found in its library features, I especially like that it can automatically retrieve movie metadata from IMDb; imagery, description, rating etc. Whether to select XBMC or Plex might be a subjective matter.
Disable “call forwarding active” popup on iPhone
Sep 14th
After I changed my Service Provider from Telia (Denmark) to Telmore (Demark), a little popup is shown – “Call Forwarding Active” each I make a call. This is quite annoying… an easy way to remove this is by using GSM codes:
Your phone will now show this:
This could remove your voicemail configuration, using Telmore it is reenabled by this:
Additional Codes:
Unconditional forwarding: Forward service: All Calls Activate: *21*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##21# Cancel & Retain: #21# Status: *#21# Reestablish: *21# Conditional forwarding: Forward service: If Busy Activate: *67*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##67# Cancel & Retain: #67# Status: *#67# Reestablish: *67# Forward service: If Not Answered Activate: *61*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##61# Cancel & Retain: #61# Status: *#61# Reestablish: *61# Forward service: If Out of Reach Activate: *62*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##62# Cancel & Retain: #62# Status: *#62# Reestablish: *62# Simultaneous forwarding: Forward service: All Forwards Activate: *002*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##002# Cancel & Retain: #002# Status: *#002# Reestablish: *002# Forward service: All Conditional Forwards Activate: *004*phone_number# Cancel & Deregister: ##004# Cancel & Retain: #004# Status: *#004# Reestablish: *004#
Apple iTunes DJ – Queue Songs
Mar 14th
Finally it is possible to queue up songs in iTunes, this has been a missing feature.
From MacWorld.com:
In iTunes 8.1, the Party Shuffle feature introduced in April 2004 has been rechristened iTunes DJ. While this feature has been around for some time, Apple added some new functionality specifically designed for iPod touch and iPhone users.
The new iTunes DJ features lets iPhone and iPod touch users vote on upcoming tracks.
With iTunes DJ, iPhone users that have Apple’s Remote application installed can request songs to be played. Users can also vote to control when songs are played. The DJ feature even has its own preferences, so you can send a welcome message to users and control whether voting is turned on or off. You can also require users to type in a password to access iTunes DJ’s features.
Crack/Hack Wi-Fi Network using an iPhone
Jan 20th
This YouTube video shows how a guy is hacking a Wi-Fi network on an iPod Touch/iPhone using the aircrack method.
The below quote is how the authors describe the wifi hack tool:
Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools.
Install Windows Mobile on iPhone
Jan 15th
A guy showing how it is possible for you to install and make windows mobile run on iphone 3g / 3gs:
But anyway why would you do a thing like that?? ;o)
