Posts tagged with "iPhone"

Byline Reaches 3.2 - Brings Background Feed Syncing and Caching to iPhone

We’ve talked about Byline 3 for iPhone before. It’s a great RSS application that features a brand new engine and a good looking UI design. The latest 3.2 update, just approved by Apple and available in the App Store, brings complete iOS 4 support to Byline.

Thanks to iOS’ task completion mutlitasking APIs, the app can now finish the syncing and caching process in the background. Like many other apps though, it can’t fetch feeds on its own. Also, restore state is used to bring you back to the exact location you were before closing the app. Last, Byline now supports the iPhone 4’s Retina Display.

Go get the app here.

Bistromath: Beautiful, Intuitive Check Splitter for iPhone

Sometimes I happen to go out with some friends and enjoy a good beer over at a pub called “Porter”. Usually, a few pizzas go over with that beers.Then, when it’s time to split the bill and pay  - nobody knows what to do. Should I just pay with my credit card and than take the money from my friends? Should we all put our cash together and pay the right amount? What about the tip?

Bistromath for iPhone really comes in handy in situations like the one described above.

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iPhone Dev Team Releases PwangeTool 4.0 - Let the Official iOS Jailbreak Begin

Earlier today we posted a tutorial on how to jailbreak an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4 with an unofficial build of PwnageTool. Now, the Dev-Team has just release its official build of PwnageTool, read the blog post here.

PwnageTool 4 works on the iPhone 3G / 3GS and iPod Touch 2G. iPhone 2G, iPod Touch and iPod Touch 3G are not supported. The process of creating a custom firmware is the same we described this morning.

Enjoy your jailbroken iOS 4, folks.

iOS 4 on iPhone 3G [Video]

Here’s a video comparison of an iPhone 3G running iOS 4 and another iPhone 3G running 3.1.3. No matter what, iOS doesn’t seem to play nice with the 3G.

Stay tuned for a similar post in a couple of months, when we’ll put the 3GS to shame against an iPhone 4.

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My Favorite iOS 4-Ready Apps and “Subtle Changes”

So you’ve got iOS 4 installed on your iPhones and iPods and you want to know which apps in the App Store are already compatible with it. There are some great roundups around about it.

I’ve decided to put together a list of my favorite apps that are already using iOS 4’s new functionalities such as state-saving and multitasking. Plus, I’ve collected some of the “subtle changes” Apple has put into iOS, those little things that make you love Apple every time. Nik Fletcher has another similar collection too, check it out here.

What are your favorite apps and changes in iOS 4? Tell us in the comments below.

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Jailbreak iOS 4 iPhone 3GS and Install Your First Cydia Apps [with Compatibility List]

iOS 4 came out yesterday, and right after iTunes finished to install it on our iPhones we all wondered whether jailbreak was still possible. Yes, it is. Using an unofficial build of Pwangetool by Criminal90 floating around on the internet (UPDATE: official PwnageTool for iOS 4 is out) and a couple of tricks, I managed to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS and install Cydia on it. Check out the full tutorial after the break.

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iOS 4, Google Apps and Auto-Lock Issues

TUAW is reporting that Google Apps users who tried to setup their account using Microsoft Exchange (ActiveSync) ended up with auto-lock automatically set to 1 minute.

“Apparently this is due to the security certificates that Google uses with its Exchange servers. The servers can force security options on compatible devices, which your iPhone becomes once it is running iOS 4.

To be clear: if you have a regular Gmail account and set it up using Exchange, this auto-lock requirement will not be triggered. But if you use Google Apps for your personal domain, it may.”

Some Google users have also reported other sync issues with iOS 4, head over this thread if you’ve been experiencing problems too.