Slot machine on your iPhone
There is an amazing new Slot Machine game called iSlots on Installer right now: It even maintains your bank between plays and has sound effects of the reels going.
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iPhone 1.1.2 unlock status
I get asked multiple times a day about getting an iPhone and using it in Canada. It was always fun to help friends unlock their iPhones. Until now. Ever since the 1.1.2 firmware made it’s appearance (around build week 45 for those keeping score), there hasn’t been a working software unlock for these phones. You…
Change your iPhone’s Carrier Name
Erica’s at it again with a cool app for customizing your carrier name text on the go. She’s created “Make it mine” which let’s you change the text on the iPhone itself without having to hack any files. This is great for people like me that was annoyed with the “Rogers Wireless” carrier name that…
ScummVM on the iPhone
Cool. Details here.. Found via Gizmodo. (thanks Pete!)
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MobileCamp Vancouver
On Saturday, I attended the first MobileCamp Vancouver, held at Workspace which makes my second visit there in two days…if I didn’t already have an office, this is where I would set up shop. It really is a cool place. There was lots of things to talk about during the event – too many to…
WordPress Admin plugin for iPhone users
A friend pointed me (via Weblog Tools) to a very cool new plugin for WordPress called WPhone that lets you manage your site from your iPhone or iTouch. You simply download and unzip it, get it onto your site and activate it in the Admin console. Then just login with your Mobile Safari browser (make…
State of the iPhone Firmware and third party applications
I figured it would be a good time to post an update on the current iPhone firmware and application status. First of all, if you don’t already have an iPhone, or if you have the 1.1.1 version firmware (the latest as of this post), then you probably won’t be able to unlock it to use…
Full iPhone Software Unlock released for free
Well, it didn’t take long for a free version of the software unlock for the iPhone to be released by the iPhone Dev Team. As I mentioned previously, it’s not for the those that are afraid of the command line but expect that to change as more people get their hands on the code in…
The iPhone isn’t coming to Canada yet
Via News1130.com: VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It may be a while yet before Canadians get to use an iPhone. Rogers Communications has the only network in the country capable of supporting current iPhone technology, and says it still has no word from Apple for a release date here. Rogers Chief Operating Officer Nadir Mohammed thinks Europe…
On the Air with pacificIT Radio
Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited to talk with Robert Sanzalone on his live pacificIT Radio show in Japan. He’s currently living in Japan and is a technologist from the Vancouver area with his finger firmly on the pulse of everything in this Web 2.0 world. There is still something cool to…