iPhone Hacks

Native iPhone App - Band brings a range of Musical Applications to the iPhone

The iPhone hacking community has already brought us as a range of musical applications to the iPhone. First it was PocketGuitar - a touchscreen guitar, then iAno - a touchscreen piano and finally folks at MooCowMusic had released Drummer which turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a drum pad.

They have recently released a native iPhone application called Band which as the name suggests brings all of these musical applications together into a single app along with a lot of interesting features.

Native iPhone App - iSlsk brings P2P file sharing to the iPhone

iPhone developer Errrick has just released a native P2P file sharing client called iSlsk for jailbroken iPhones that works with the Soulseek network.

It appears to be the first useful native peer-to-peer application developed for the iPhone so far.

IntelliScreen gives a view of the Calendar, Email, SMS, News, Sports, and Weather on your iPhone's locked screen

Want a quick glimpse of when and where your next meeting is? or if you have new email? or a quick glance at your SMS messages without the need to unlock your iPhone (referring to slide to unlock) then you should checkout this nifty little native iPhone application called IntelliScreen.

New beta version of Google Reader for iPhone Released

When Google had rolled out new features for Google Reader Mobile in Nov 2007 for iPhone users I had mentioned that "Google Reader Mobile ranks up there as my top iPhone Application, I just love the ability to read feeds when I am on the move."

After almost 6 months it still one of my top iPhone applications and guess what, it has just got better as Google has just released a new beta version of Google Reader designed for the iPhone.

SingTel to sell iPhone in Asia; confirms Apple's shift in strategy

SingTel has announced that it will sell Apple's iPhone in Singapore, and through their subsidiaries in other parts of Asia.

This is in addition to Mexico-based America Movil announcement last week that they will "bring the iPhone to its Latin American operations later this year" and Vodafone's and Telecom Italia's announcement.

So what does today's announcement mean? Find out after the jump and also checkout the iPhone world map updated to include the latest developments.

iPhone Web App - Muxtape brings the Mixtape Concept to the iPhone

Though the days of your friend recording a mixtape i.e. compiling his/her list of favorite songs onto a compact audio cassette are long gone,  Muxtape, a web 2.0 application allows users assemble mixtape-like playlists online.

The reason for writing about Muxtape is because this cool web app works quite well on the iPhone.

iPhone Hacks News and Rumors Roundup, 4th May - 10th May 2008

Checkout the weekly (4th May - 10th May 2008) news and rumors roundup on the iPhone from here at iPhone Hacks and also from around the web that did not make it here after the jump.

As you would see from the articles posted here at iPhone Hacks and around the web it has been a very busy last week on the iPhone news front.

Breaking News: Pre-release iPhone firmware 2.0 confirms 3G iPhone is coming soon

Its has been hard to stay away from all the rumors about the imminent launch of the 3G iPhone.

However, not any longer as the pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 included in the latest Apple iPhone SDK Beta 5 (Build 5a274D) which is currently available only to members of the iPhone developer program has revealed that Apple is planning to release the long awaited 3G iPhone soon probably as early as June just like the rumors have indicated.

Lextech's iPhone App to convert iPhone into a Surveillance Gadget

Lextech have given us a glimpse of their native iPhone application that they claim could change the way traditional surveillance systems are used. 

They plan to use iPhone's revolutionary multi-touch interface which should make it more intuitive to control surveillance equipment.

More details and couple of YouTube video's of their native iPhone application available after the jump.

Killer Native iPhone App: OrbLive - Watch live TV on your iPhone

When it comes to cool factor, OrbLive has to be one of the coolest native application for the iPhone.

Orb Networks has just released a native Orb client making it possible for you to watch live TV, Internet TV, and webcams on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

We no longer need to wait for a native client of Sling Media for the iPhone.