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How To: Email Full Size iPhone 3GS Photos via Copy/Paste
Dave wrote in asking TiPb how he could email full size, full quality photos from his iPhone 3GS. Sounds simple, right, but by default if you go into Camera Roll choose one or more photos, and then choose Share, the iPhone will crunch the image(s) down to 800×600.
If, however, you use the copy command, then exit, go to email, and use paste to insert the images, the iPhone will keep them at their full 2048×1526 size.
Of course, increased resolution means increased file size, in our test case 816KB vs. 104KB for a single photo, so keep that in mind before trying to attach 10 full res photos and then wondering why it takes forever for the email to send and your buddy’s tiny free-mail account bounces it back for exceeding maximum capacity…
But for people like Dave who just need to get a few, high quality shots off via email, this looks like a great work around.
[Geek.ThinkUnique.org via DaringFireball]
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How To: Email Full Size iPhone 3GS Photos via Copy/Paste
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 7:25 pm UTC
Dev Team Demos iPhone 3GS ultrasn0w Unlock, Hacker Releases iPhone 3GS purplera1n Jailbreak
There has been so much jailbreak/unlock news as of late, it’s enough to make your head spin. So let’s end this week with two more tidbits of news from the community.
The Dev Team has released yet another demo video. This time they are showing off their iPhone 3GS 3.0 ultrasn0w unlock. Please keep in mind for the unlock to work you cannot update to 3.1 — and yes, this includes the 3.1 beta.
It’s pretty well known in the jailbreak community that the Dev Team delayed releasing their iPhone 3GS jailbreak for their own reasons. Well someone else has stepped up to the plate to bring you a iPhone 3GS jailbreak alternative. iPhone original hacker, George Hotz, has released purplera1n which is currently only available to Windows users (not Windows 7 though). Mac users don’t panic, your version is coming soon!
In his latest blog post, not only does George explain the steps you must take to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS, he is pretty vocal on why he has decided to release purplera1n to the public.
Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the “last” hole in the iPhone. What last hole…this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week. Also your purplera1nyday files ensure that you can always get back to a jailbroken state, so if you have it it’s just a matter of tools.
Has this brought back to life a heated rivalry? It’s time to sit back, relax, and jailbreak!
And as always, TiPb and staff take no responsibility for any bricking, failures, security risks, etc… that may occur during the jailbreak process. Proceed at your own risk!
[Not iPhone-friendly video -- we know -- please encourage them to post video to YouTube in the future. Thanks to everyone who sent these in!]
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Dev Team Demos iPhone 3GS ultrasn0w Unlock, Hacker Releases iPhone 3GS purplera1n Jailbreak
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 5:31 pm UTC
Jailbroken iPhones - Security Risk?
Turns out that if you jailbreak your iPhone you remove most of the Apple’s security protections — 80% to be exact — and are vulnerable to attacks. At least according to Charlie Miller:
“If you care about security, don’t use a jailbroken iPhone,”
Miller, speaking at SyScan in Singapore, believes that by jailbreaking you open your device some major risks. The operating system on an iPhone is basically a watered down version of Mac OS X. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Macs, Mac OS X is the latest OS that Apple computers run. Macs are generally known for pretty risk-free machines with a few exceptions. Those exceptions being Java, Adobe Flash, and PDF files. The major risk on the iPhone is opening your device up to any application available on Cydia/Icy. iPhones will generally only run applications that are digitally signed by Apple, this is not the case when jailbroken. So if you don’t know what you are installing, there is a possibility you can be in for a world of hurt.
Of course just a few hours ago Rene told you about the huge vulnerability within the iPhone’s SMS application that Charlie found, so nothing is completely safe.
Does this scare you away from jailbreaking your iPhone? Perhaps you are thinking about doing a restore and going legit from now on? Let us know if this warning from Charlie sways you to avoid the jailbreaking life!
[Via Macworld]
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Jailbroken iPhones - Security Risk?
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 3:53 pm UTC
iPhone 3GS #1 in Consumer Reports New Smartphone Ratings
The latest piece of hardware to come out of Cupertino, Apple’s iPhone 3GS, has claimed the honor of being ranked number 1 in Consumer Reports new smartphone ratings. Now does this come as a surprise to anyone? In all actuality, it was pretty close within the top 8 devices: (Device/Overall Score):
- iPhone 3GS (16 GB) 73
- iPhone 3G (8 GB) 70
- Samsung Omnia 69
- BlackBerry Storm 69
- HTC G1 69
- BlackBerry Bold 69
- Samsung Epix 69
- Palm Pre 67
While the race to top honors was anything but a blow-out, the iPhone shined when it came to it’s 3.5-inch widescreen display, top of the line multimedia, ease of navigation, web browsing, and battery life. Devices like the Palm Pre, among others, beat out Apple’s gem when it came to messaging along with superior multitasking capabilities.
So the iPhone ranked number 1 this year as it did almost two years ago, congratulations goes out to Apple for a continuing job well done!
Update - We love our friends over at PreCentral.net so to be fair we wanted to let it be known the Palm Pre did not come in last place, we simply just cut the list off after the Pre. For the full list please visit the Consumer Reports site.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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iPhone 3GS #1 in Consumer Reports New Smartphone Ratings
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:37 am UTC
AT&T Memo Leaked — iPhone 3GS Makes for Best Selling Debut Ever
We already knew Apple sold — and upsold — 1 million iPhone 3GS devices opening weekend, but an internal memo shows just how big an event that was for AT&T. Massive summer blockbuster, thy name is iPhone 3GS.
On this year’s launch day, iPhone sales exceeded sales recorded on 2008’s iPhone launch day, Black Friday 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008 — all heavy-volume sales days. In fact, this year we surpassed 2008’s launch day sales at about noon Central time, and sustained our previous peak hour record, also set in 2008, for 11 straight hours.
Now imagine how many they would have sold if MMS and tethering were ready, and they’d expanding their network to better handle iPhone traffic.
(What, the dead horse had it coming!)
[Via MacDailyNews, thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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AT&T Memo Leaked — iPhone 3GS Makes for Best Selling Debut Ever
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:17 am UTC
iHacker Charlie Discloses iPhone SMS Security Vulnerability
In an ideal world, Mac and iPhone hacker Charlie Miller would discover vulnerabilities, inform Apple, and Apple would then patch them before they had any chance of being exploited “in the wild”.
Miller, however, prefers to keep them to himself so he can win MacBooks and detail them at Black Hat conferences. The good of the hacker obviously outweighs the good of the users, every one. So be it.
Miller’s latest iPhone-related find was disclosed at SyScan in Signapore:
a hole that would let attackers “run software code on the phone that is sent by SMS over a mobile operator’s network in order to monitor the location of the phone using GPS, turn on the phone’s microphone to eavesdrop on conversations, or make the phone join a distributed denial of service attack or a botnet.”
Apple, for their part, is hoping to have this patched before Miller’s upcoming Black Hat gig.
We hope so too.
[via Engadget. Thanks Travis for the tip!]
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iHacker Charlie Discloses iPhone SMS Security Vulnerability
Source: The iPhone Blog | 3 Jul 2009 | 11:12 am UTC
Quick App: Rolando 2 Quest for the Golden Orchid for iPhone
Rolando 2 Quest for the Golden Orchid [$9.99 - iTunes link], available now for the iPhone (and iPod touch) shows that Ngmoco not only takes great gaming concepts and beautifully renders them on the iPhone, but that they can make those great concepts and renders even better.
New gameplay includes a 3D stylized world, driving, swimming, and flying, and — now the Rolandos can fight back!
The first Rolando game won TiPb’s Editor’s Choice Award last time around, how does the new one stack up? If you give it a try, let us know!
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Quick App: Rolando 2 Quest for the Golden Orchid for iPhone
Source: The iPhone Blog | 2 Jul 2009 | 9:10 pm UTC
Thursday Fun Video: Britney Spears Has iPhone on her Radar
Well, well, what do we have here? Seems one Britney Spears is using an iPhone in her new music video, Radar. Leanna assures us it’s at the very beginning, so if your head is turned more by gadgets than starlets, you can get your fix early before you lose an ear or anything.
However, if you love some Britney vids, enjoy the double pop-culture dose.
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Thursday Fun Video: Britney Spears Has iPhone on her Radar
Source: The iPhone Blog | 2 Jul 2009 | 8:52 pm UTC
TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #17 — 3.1 Beta!
Dieter and Rene discuss the iPhone 3.1 Beta, the return of Steve Jobs (and Fake Steve), iPhone 3GS news, and questions from the live chat. Listen in!
Sponsored by the TiPb iPhone Store.
Check out the Case-Mate Fuel Case for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS
iPhone 3.1 and OS News
- Speaking of charge cases, TiPb got the tip that some chargers were having trouble under 3.0, but that Apple knows about it and will be fixing it soon in 3.1…
- And lo and behold, they’ve already gone and released the iPhone 3.1 beta just in time for iPhone Live!
- New features include BT support for Voice Control, Save As for video editing, and more!
- As always, Jailbreakers are warned to avoid 3.1 until the Dev-Team gives the all-clear
- Don’t expect an iPhone 3GS jailbreak/unlock any time soon though…
- 3.1 is also good news to users experiencing MobileMe account and random icon bugs
General News
- Heeeeeee’s Baaaaaack: Steve Jobs returns to Apple
- Heeeeeee’s ALSO Baaaaaack: Fake Steve returns as well
- We get it, the iPhone 3GS is faster than fast fast
- Mobile YouTube Uploads Increasing 400% PER DAY Since iPhone 3GS Launch
- European Union: One Phone Charger Shall Rule them All — And Apple’s agreed?!
- iPhone 2G Turns Two Years Old!
How To
- TiPb Has iPhone 3G 3.0 Jailbreak Guides for Mac OS X and Windows PC
From the Forums
- One of our favorite threads, started by SM12, has just been given new life by the iPhone 2G birthday — what phone did you have before the iPhone?
- With iPhone 3.1 just around the corner, Ivoryplum wants to know what you’d like to see in the next iPhone OS update?
Credits
Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!
Our music comes from the following sources:
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TiPb Presents: iPhone Live! #17 — 3.1 Beta!
Source: The iPhone Blog | 2 Jul 2009 | 8:35 pm UTC
iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!
A slew of new Apple patent applications have come to light covering a rather odd range of functionality that may — or may not — make it into future iPhone software and hardware models.
First up is haptic feedback via a “grid of piezoelectronic actuators”, which would provide a varied tactile response when touching the iPhone screen to better orient users (and let them type without locking their eyes on the keyboard, ideally).
Second is a technology that seeks to identify fingerprints — i.e. not only that a user has touched the screen, but which specific finger touched the screen. So, for example, touching with the index finger would produce a different reaction than touching with the middle finger.
Third is for placing a RFID (radio frequency identification) reader in the screen so that, in addition to finger touches (and multi-touches), it could identify the unique tag given to objects as well.
Lastly is a method for letting users sing to the iPhone, and having the iPhone provide feedback on tone, pitch, etc. Basically, rating the quality of your karaoke — or of the latest pre-packaged Hollywood auto-tune single, we imagine.
Again, there’s no telling when, or if at all, Apple will release real-world products based on these patents, but they do give some hint as to which direction(s) Apple’s thinking.
Anyone want any of the them now?
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iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!
Source: The iPhone Blog | 2 Jul 2009 | 6:26 pm UTC
LUV Linux Beginner’s Workshop
LUV Linux Beginner’s Workshop
We intend to cover things like:
* How should you partition your machine? Should you use LVM?
* installing various linux distributions;
* tweaking and configuring your system;
* automatic backups;
* home networking, including wireless;
* setting up specific applications;
* using specific applications;
* the Linux problem you’re having
Details:
20th June 2009
12 noon - 4pm
The Hub @ Docklands, cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
For more information visit http://luv.asn.au/2009/06/workshop.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 15 Jun 2009 | 3:27 pm UTC
SAGE-AU NSW Meeting - DIY Home NAS
SAGE-AU is a not-for-profit professional organisation representing system administrators in Australia. The NSW regional group meets on the 3rd Tuesday each month. Presentation: Sam Lor illustrates designing and building a home storage server that runs quiet, cool, and cheap. Many software and hardware considerations will be covered. Date and Time: June 16 2009 6:30pm Location: Join us from 6:30pm for a drink at The Paragon Hotel, Circular Quay, Sydney. The meeting follows from 7pm at Level 8, 50 Bridge Street, Sydney.
For more information visit http://sage-au.org.au/display/SAGEAU/New+South+Wales.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 15 Jun 2009 | 3:23 pm UTC
LUV June Meeting - Automated Scheduling and Hacking the World
Talks:
* Elena Kelareva - War, Space and Science Fiction: Automated Scheduling in the Real World.
* Andy Gelme - Automated Sensor Devices (Arduino)
After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria’s Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St.
Elena Kelareva - War, Space and Science Fiction: Automated Scheduling in the Real World
Automated scheduling and planning algorithms have many applications in the real world. This talk will present a few of the more interesting examples, including a tool used by the Canadian Navy to help ships survive many simultaneous missile attacks, and the algorithm used to schedule observations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The talk will give a general introduction to scheduling problems and the algorithms that exist for solving them, as well as describing in more detail some of the issues that arise in applying scheduling to real-world situations.
Elena Kelareva is a software engineer/researcher working for OMC International, a maritime consulting company which makes software for ports. Elena has been involved in developing algorithms for the Dynamic Under Keel Clearance software used by most major Australian ports to determine safe sailing times for ships. She has two published papers in related fields, and is about to start a PhD on automated scheduling algorithms, with a case study of scheduling ships at a port.
Andy Gelme - Hacking the world … using an Arduino or two
Open-source hardware platforms, such as the Arduino, have become reasonably inexpensive, quite capable, with good connectivity options. In addition, a vast range sensors and actuators are now available. Most importantly, active and innovative developer communities have made Arduino hacking a truly fascinating activity. More recently, instrumenting the world with large scale device networks has emerged as a contender for the one of the “next big things”.
This presentation will (briefly) cover the basics of getting an Arduino environment running on Linux. The main focus will be on demonstrating interesting ways in which you can create interactions between your Linux system, some Arduino controllers and a variety of connected devices (including some wearable computing).
Andy Gelme has been working and playing with Unix for a very long time … and got into Linux around the time of SLS 1.03 and kernel 0.99pl12, when everything fitted onto ten 3.5″ floppies. His main area of interest is in distributed systems, particularly when applied to large scale device networks. From 2000 to 2008, Andy was the technical lead of an R&D project that developed home / building automation systems (amongst other things). Some of the resulting distributed system framework and development environment is in the process of being released as open-source. More recently, Andy has been involved in starting the Connected Community HackerSpace in Melbourne.
For more information visit http://www.luv.asn.au/2009/06.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 26 May 2009 | 12:05 pm UTC
Understand the Business of Carbon Commerce
Advance your understanding of what the Carbon Trading Scheme is.
* How to recognise and measure your carbon emissions
* Learn achievable strategies to reduce your carbon footprint, saving money and the environment
Venue
Garden Room 2,
Crown Towers
Date Thursday 4 June 2009
Time
7:30am: registrations
9:30am: Breakfast concludes
For more information visit http://www.upstream.com.au/carbon.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 26 May 2009 | 12:02 pm UTC
MLUG - Apache setting up Virtual Hosts
Robert will be presenting a workshop on how to setup Virtual Hosts under Apache. You are welcome to come along and work along with Robert as he sets up a Virtual Host.
Requirements are Apache 2.2.
Date: 29th May, 2009
Time: 7pm (Pre meeting 6pm at Jawa Bar 297 victoria st)
Location: Workshop held at Computer bank for a map refer to www.mlug.org.au.
For more information visit http://www.mlug.org.au.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 25 May 2009 | 10:56 am UTC
Increasing Efficiency With a Leaner Organisation
Discover 10 ways you can use Microsoft SharePoint Server to help your organisation survive and prosper during a down economy. This 75 minute executive briefing will feature speakers from Microsoft, HP and Thomas Duryea Consulting and will include a demonstration of Microsoft productivity tools, including SharePoint, Groove and Office.
WHEN: Thu 28th May 2009 [registration: 9.00am | presentation: 09.15 - 10.30am]
WHERE: Melbourne Westin | The Wine Room | Level 1, 205 Collins St | Melbourne CBD
For more information visit http://www.thomasduryea.com.au/events/increasing_efficiency.php.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 25 May 2009 | 10:55 am UTC
PCI Security Standards Council Training Session
The Standards Training program is designed to help merchants and service providers improve preparation for onsite assessments, understand what is involved in creating their own internal assessment capability and establish an internal compliance program to help sustain PCI DSS security practices and compliance after the assessment process is completed.
Date: May 28-29, 2009
Time: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Location: Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel
30 Pitt Street
Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
Cost: $995USD for 2-day intensive training session
The PCI SSC Standards Training class is based directly on the PCI SSC Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) training program. Attendees will learn what the QSAs learn so they can better prepare for an on-site PCI DSS assessment or perform the assessment internally.
For more information visit http://www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0×1584806a0d.
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 12 May 2009 | 2:08 pm UTC
CA Expo 2009
CA Expo will be back bigger and better in June 2009, with a focus on helping you navigate the demanding path ahead - arming you and your organisation with new ways to manage technology in a world where success can no longer be built on “business as usual”.
As one of the largest IT Management events in Australia, CA Expo 09 will bombard you with new thinking, new strategies, new ways to adopt technology, and new war stories from your professional peers on: - IT Service Management - IT Infrastructure Management - IT Governance - Security and Risk Management - Compliance - Mainframe 2.0 - Emerging Technologies (SaaS, Virtualisation, Cloud)
An ideas and insight-packed day, CA Expo 09 is free to attend for IT and business professionals.
Melbourne – Wednesday 3 June 2009
Crown Towers
8.30am Registration and breakfast
Sydney – Thursday 4 June 2009
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
8.30am Registration and breakfast
Source: TechEvents.com.au | 20 Feb 2009 | 10:52 am UTC
Blogging with your iPhone
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger posted what is perhaps the most thorough review of blogging using your iPhone I’ve come across. As with all good blog posts, the comments in this particular post have great value.
I’ve been Tweeting a little about my initial experience of the iPhone and quite a few of my Twitter buddies have asked me to write a review of the iPhone as a blogging tool. I am not writing a general review here of the iPhone as a phone - but want to focus this upon it as a tool for bloggers.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/08/05/the-iphone-3g-as-a-blogging-tool-my-review/
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 11 Aug 2008 | 2:27 pm UTC
CAPS Lock on the iPhone Keyboard
Did you know that the iPhone keyboard does have a CAPS Lock function? Just go into Settings > General > Keyboard and you will see the option there hiding, switched off by default. Just switch it on and enjoy having the ability to type in capitals buy double tapping the Shift key.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 2 Aug 2008 | 5:05 am UTC
British Airways iPhone App
Yet another iPhone application has been released that seems to be getting quite a bit of attention. It’s interesting to see how many people pay attention to a mobile application released by someone other than Google, MySpace or YouTube - that is someone whose core business isn’t technology.
British Airways iPhone App
The app provides real-time information on all of the British Airways flights’ arrivals and departure times, and a full interface to current timetables.
You can download the British Airways app for free from the App Store. You can also check out the official British Airways site for more information.
Those watching the iPhone app space have seen lots of these sorts of applications popping up over the past few weeks, and as many predicted, it’s evidence of the start of a true mobile wave.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 27 Jul 2008 | 4:55 pm UTC
How Tough is an iPhone? iPhone Stress Test Video
It’s a question I’ve been asked quite a few times, usually related to questions about what sort of iPhone case or iPhone protector screen is the best. If you’d like to see what happens to an iPhone after it’s been thoroughly abused (dropped and scratched), check out the original iPhone Stress Test at PCWorld.com.
This video is a classic and should give all new iPhone owners a little more confidence handling their new gadget.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 27 Jul 2008 | 4:24 pm UTC
Review - QuickSend App
QuickSend is a simple app that lets you send quick email messages from your iPhone. It’s interface is extremely simple, and for what it does, that’s all it needs to be. You simply select the recipient and a predefined message, such as “I love you” or “I’m running late”.
For a mobile application, it’s simplicity nails it, however it would be good if you could add to these messages. Another useful feature would be the ability to select “favorite” recipients. I’d also like to see this have “Email it!” as well as “SMS it!”, that would really rock.
All in all, worth installing if you use your iPhone for sending email and frequently find yourself sending simple messages to people.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 27 Jul 2008 | 4:12 pm UTC
iPhone Wallpaper Collection
Following on from the post on creating your own iPhone wallpaper, if you’d prefer to check out a gallery of iPhone wallpaper that others have already created, check out the massive collection at the Flickr iPhone Wallpapers pool. Get yourself a cup of coffee, it’s real big. Actually, 6,437 items at the time of writing to be exact.
NOTE: Remember, once you have an image in your photo collection on your iPhone, you can click the icon with the arrow (bottom right hand corner) and select the option “Use As Wallpaper”.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 27 Jul 2008 | 4:43 am UTC
Creating Your Own iPhone Wallpaper
Here’s everything you need to know if you want to make your own iPhone Wallpaper. There are hundreds of tutorials on creating iPhone Wallpaper with gradients or reflective text, but if you already have a grip on creating custom images and know what you want to do, all you really need are the dimensions.
- Dimensions: 320 px Width x 480 px Height
- Resolution: 72 dpi (although you can increase this)
Save your image as a JPG and transfer it to your iPhone using iTunes (add it to your Photos). Once it’s transferred, you will be able to view it as a regular photo and set is as your Wallpaper (by hitting the bottom right hand icon and selecting “Use As Wallpaper”).
As you’d expect this also works for the iPod Touch as well.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 27 Jul 2008 | 4:40 am UTC
Taking Screenshots with your iPhone
If you want to capture an error message or just a plain screenshot, iPhoneMad.com has a tip that tells you how to capture a screenshot using a built-in iPhone feature.
You can read the article here:
http://iphonemad.com/taking-a-screenshot-with-your-iphone/
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:22 pm UTC
4 Ways to Extend Your iPhone Battery Life
Want to squeeze a little extra juice out of your iPhone battery? Follow this simple points taken from intomobile.com and tuaw.com.
1) Turn off “Ask to Join Networks” in Settings > Wi-Fi. Unless you really need this feature, it’s going to be prompting you to join networks as you move from place to place.
2) Set “Fetch New Data” to Manual. Of course you will have to manually request a refresh, but it will cut down on automated fetching.
3) Kill all applications by holding down the Home button. You will notice s light fade effect when it’s complete.
4) Turn off “Location Services” under General > Location Services. This is used in “Locate Me” type of applications (i.e. Maps), however it depends who you ask if this is actually a battery drain. Some say it is, so I’m listing it here.
This list is a work-in-progress so I will add to this and adjust it if necessary!
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 12:13 pm UTC
iPhone Forensics Book Rough Cut
O’Reilly’s have just released a “Rough Cut” version on their upcoming “iPhone Forensics” book. Looking at the TOC, it looks very cool. I’ve only just started reading it myself, but already I can clearly tell that if you have an interest in security, you will love this.
iPhone Forensics gives IT professionals, security personnel, and law enforcement the knowledge needed to conduct forensic analysis of an iPhone. This book shows the reader how to recover sensitive information from the device and perform disaster recovery, and walks the reader through various scenarios for recovering different types of information. With this guide, the reader will be able to effectively recover live, lost, or deleted email, photos, voicemail, Google Maps searches, typing cache, and other sensitive data retained by the iPhone. The reader will learn advanced techniques including data recovery, properly preserving and preparing evidence, and technical techniques such as bypassing basic passcode security or recovering data even after a full restore (by say, a disgruntled employee). Finally, the reader will learn how to properly wipe an iPhone clean of all data for resale or reissue - something Apple’s own restore process fails to do.
You can order the book yourself online here.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 25 Jul 2008 | 11:47 am UTC
iPhone Style Graphics for Photoshop
Kudos to BittBox.com for creating some nice iPhone style graphics and making the Photoshop files available to all. These will definitely save time if you’re working on a project and need this sort of thing.
iPhone Style Graphics
They are available for Photoshop CS1, CS3 and PNG here. If you end up using them, give the folks at BittBox.com a yell, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:38 am UTC
Taking a Screenshot with your iPhone
Here’s a neat tip if you haven’t come across it already.
To take a screenshot, simply hold the Home button and press the power button. You will notice the screen flash, which means the screenshot has been taken. You should now find the image in Camera > Photo Roll.
Source: iPhoneMad.com | 25 Jul 2008 | 10:29 am UTC
First Anti Virus Application for iPhone
A recent article from Hack In The Box talks about the first anti virus application for the iPhone, although technically it resides on an OS X desktop.
The application, called Virus Barrier has been developed by a French company called Intego.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 21 Jul 2008 | 4:14 pm UTC
Useful iPhone Security Settings and Information
Xeno Kovah has published a little gem of a collection of iPhone security tidbits.
For example, one of the questions is “what is the NMAP output?”.
Nmap output?:
Nothing. The iPhone is not running any services listening on any TCP ports, and silently drops all unrequested packets.
Other questions include Bluetooth capability, Safari options, network fingerprint and other goodies.
Props go out to Xeno!
Read the full thing here: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~xsk/iPhoneSecuritySettings.html.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:36 pm UTC
iPhone in the Corporate Environment
Builder AU have posted an interesting article titled “The boss’s iPhone: Your worst security nightmare” which talks about the popularity of the iPhone making it a juicy target, and the implications of iPhone’s being used in a corporate environment.
As employee-owned portable devices become more sophisticated they become less secure, according to one analyst — and the more senior an employee, the less compliant they are when it comes to protecting the information on those devices.
You can read the article here: http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/The-boss-s-iPhone-Your-worst-security-nightmare/0,339028227,339284001,00.htm.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:24 pm UTC
Robert Vamosi on iPhone Security
Robert Vamosi has written a piece on the pros and cons of iPhone security.
The iPhone is likely to be one of the most complex smart phones that we’ve seen to date. As such, it will be challenging to have to a completely secure code base.
You can read the article here.
It was written a while back now, but interesting reading withstanding.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 22 Jun 2008 | 9:39 am UTC
Thoughts on iPhone Security from TUAW
The Unofficial Apple Weblog has a post on iPhone security that has some interesting comments. To summarise the article, with great power comes great responsibility.
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/11/thoughts-on-iphone-security/
It’s well worth reading the comments.
Source: iPhoneSecurity.org | 22 Jun 2008 | 8:48 am UTC