iPhone Hacks

iPhone Firmware 2.2 SDK Reveals Undocumented TV-out Features

Well-known iPhone developer and blogger at Ars Technica, Erica Sadun has discovered that the updated MediaPlayer framework in the recently released iPhone firmware 2.2 Software Development Kit (SDK) offers an option to export video-out live to a connected TV screen.

Theoretically the undocumented feature will allow third-party iPhone apps to send video out through the dock connector to an external screen.

Almost 10,000 iPhone Apps on the App Store

Apple's iTunes App Store has been a resounding success, Steve Jobs had reported during Apple's Special Event in September that more than 100 million iPhone Apps had been downloaded and that there are already 3000 apps in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch within two months of its launch.

Fast forward, three more months and that number has almost crossed an amazing 10,000 iPhone apps.

Mac Rumors is reporting that the actual number of active iPhone apps that can be downloaded is about 9,676 (and counting).

Midomi Allows you to Search Music Using your Voice by Singing or Humming

Have you heard a song on the radio that you liked and can't figure out the name of the song or artist?

Last time we had posed this question, we had recommended that you can checkout Shazam, a song recognition application for the iPhone.

But what if you had heard a song somewhere (which you can sing or hum) and you are trying to figure out the name and artist of the song?

Midomi, another iPhone app that can help you out in such situations. Midomi, from Melodis, is an alternative to Shazam and probably the only iPhone application that allows you to search for music using your voice by singing or humming.

dTunes Allows Users to Download Music and Videos directly to the iPhone

dTunes, an iPhone app developed by Richard Shearman is a free alternative to iTunes for the jailbreak iPhone.

dTunes offers search & discovery service and allows iPhone users to download music & video directly to their iPhone.

However, one of the major concerns of this app is the piracy issue.

Breaking News: Linux Ported to the iPhone

iPhone Dev Team has just announced that Linux 2.6 kernel has been successfully ported to the iPhone.

Dev team member planetbeing has been credited for achieving this milestone along with CPICH, cmw, poorlad, ius and saurik. They have been able to achieve it by reverse engineering Apple's hardware drivers.

Thanks to their effort, Linux is now available for 1st gen iPhone, iPhone 3G as well as the 1st gen iPod Touch.

iPhone Apps Available for Free or Heavily Discounted on the App Store for Black Friday

Today is Black Friday, the official start to the holiday shopping season so if you are an iPhone user searching for a bargain on the App Store then you're in luck.

There are quite a few paid iPhone apps that are currently available for free or heavily discounted on the iTunes App Store for Black Friday.

Google's Mobile App Uses Undocumented API's to use iPhone's Proximity Sensor to Prompt a Voice Search

The new version of Google's Mobile App for the iPhone which introduced voice search recently has run into some controversy.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball had done some research and has discovered that Google Engineers have actually used unpublished API's that officially break Apple's iPhone SDK agreement.

Goolge spokesperson has also confirmed that they are using undocumented APIs in order to use the iPhone’s proximity sensor to prompt a verbal search.

TMSOFT Ports Quake to the iPhone; Features Include Accelerometer Controls

We had reported that ZodTTD, the iPhone developer who had ported Quake to the jailbroken iPhone had announced that he had submitted his free iPhone app to Apple and hoping to get an approval.

However, his effort seems to have run into trouble as  id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead informed Touch Arcade that ZodTTD’s port would be illegal and will not be allowed in the App Store as it was not sanctioned by the company.

If you are a Quake fan and disappointed to hear that news then there is some ray of hope as another iPhone Developer, TMSOFT has also ported Quake to the iPhone. They are looking at options of licensing the game from id software and publishing it via the App Store.

Woz Talks about iPhone, iPhone Hacks & Apple's Cat and Mouse Game with Hackers

The iPhone Dev team had published a photo of of Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak with a pwned iPhone in September. It had come as no surprise to hear that he advocated iPhone hacking as he had also hacked Emmy award winning actress, Kathy Griffin's iPhone on TV back in June.

In a must-watch video interview with Spencer Kelly of BBC's Click Online show he talks about iPhone, iPhone hacks and hackers cat and mouse game with Apple.

UK's Advertising Watchdog Bans Another iPhone 3G Ad

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

It had also prompted Apple to change the wordings of the 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.

But it looks like that hasn't helped, as UK's Advertising watchdog has banned that ad as well  after receiving 17 complaints that the commercial was "exaggerating the speed of iPhone 3G."