iPhone Hacks

Snapture 2.1 - Popular iPhone Camera App Released for iPhone Firmware 2.x [Updated]

One of the most popular native iPhone apps for the jailbroken iPhone running firmware 1.x was Snapture which we had reviewed back in April.

Snapture brought professional features such as Digital zoom, delay timer etc to iPhone's very basic camera app.

Bowei Gai, founder of the Snapture had sent us an email to let us know that they had recently released an updated version of Snapture. The latest version seems to be even better and works with iPhone firmware 2.x.

iPhone Hacked to Take Close-Up Photos

Native iPhone applications like Cycorder, Flixwagon and Qik have added some cool functionality to iPhone's basic camera app.

However, one of TUAW's readers, Daniel Forsythe wanted to use iPhone's camera to read bar codes that he shoots from magazines and equipment labels which was not possible with iPhone's camera so he has hacked his iPhone to focus a bit closer up.

iPhone 3G Ads in UK say "Really Fast" and Not "Twice As Fast"

Apple's iPhone television ad that says "all the parts of the internet are on the phone" was banned by UK's Advertising watchdog as they got complaints from some customers claiming that it gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone.

It appears that Apple has changed the wordings of their iPhone 3G ads in UK to say "really fast" instead of "twice as fast" to avoid running into trouble again with U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority.

Cycorder - Free Native iPhone App brings Video Recording to the iPhone [Updated]

Jay Freeman (aka Saurik), the developer of Cydia, the installer app for native iPhone applications has released a free native video recording application for the iPhone called Cycorder.

The free native iPhone app appears to be much better video recording app than iPhone Video Recorder which costs $19.95.

Track Hurricane Gustav on your iPhone with Weather Underground's iPhone Web App

Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has become a very dangerous storm with winds increasing to 195 kilometers an hour making it a Category 3 storm and could grow even more powerful before striking western Cuba on Saturday.

They say the storm may strike the southern U.S. anywhere from western Florida to Texas.

If you are wondering what has that got to do with an iPhone than it is because Weather Underground has just released an iPhone-specific version of their mobile site that includes a tropical storm tracker so that you can track Hurricane Gustav on your iPhone.

QuickPwn Tool for Mac Released to Jailbreak iPhone Firmware 2.0.2

The iPhone Dev Team have officially released the Mac version of the popular QuickPwn Tool which makes it quicker and easier to jailbreak iPhone.

The QuickPwn Tool for Mac can be used to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.0.2.

WinPwn 2.5 Released to Jailbreak iPhone Firmware 2.0.2; Includes QuickPwn Support

The much awaited WinPwn tool 2.5 to jailbreak iPhone firmware 2.x including firmware 2.0.2 has been released.

The latest version of WinPwn tool comes with an all new user interface and also includes QuickPwn support, which is a quicker and easier jailbreaking method.

Apple and AT&T Working on iPhone Tethering Plan?

Gizmodo is reporting that one of their readers sent them a pretty legitimate-looking email thread of Steve Jobs responding to a complaint regarding iPhone not have tethering capabilities.

If the email thread that has been published is true then there are chances we could use iPhone for tethering purposes without the need to jailbreak the iPhone to achieve it.

Apple Bans Murderdrome - A Comic Book iPhone app

We have seen quite a few iPhone apps removed from the App Store. We recently had the free version of Tetris, Tris removed from the App Store due to copyright claims by "The Tetris© Company".

Infurious, the developers of comic book app Murderdrome have claimed that Apple has banned their iPhone App as well.

Report Reveals iPhone Firmware 2.0.2 Addressed Problem with iPhone 3G's Power Control To Reduce Dropped Calls

Apple had issued a brief statement couple of days back to confirm that iPhone firmware 2.0.2 update included changes to fix some issues related to 3G reception.

According to a new report we have some more details about the fix. It appears that iPhone firmware 2.0.2 addressed a problem with the iPhone's power control which was resulting in dropped calls.