New Facebook App for iPhone 3.0
Apple iPhone's most popular App - the Facebook App is coming in a new revamped version with many new features and the developers are trying to get the App as close to the real thing as possible.
Joe Hewitt the facebook developer was heard saying on twitter about the new iPhone App “The app is pretty much done - we’re just working on translating it into a bunch of languages,”
What is new in this App ??
- Video Support for the iPhone 3GS:
- News Feed:
- Customizable homescreen:
- Manage Events:
- Ability to "Like" items:
- Notes:
- Pages:
- Create new albums:
- Easier photo tagging:
- Profile picture albums:
- Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page:
Apart from all this the Video support for the iPhone3GS was a surprise addition announced by Joe Hewitt:
“3GS video uploading for the Facebook iPhone app is a go — didn’t plan to include it in the 3.0 update, but it was really easy to code.”
RedsnOw Released by Dev-Team
redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking tool for the
- iPhone 2G (original iPhone),
- The iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS)
- iPod touch (first and second generation)
Has been released by the Dev-Team some hours back.
The RedsnOw is said to have similar functionality as the QuickPwn.
The Redsnow should be used after reading the following rules which are given by the Dev Team if you think it is possible then go for it.
- GOLDEN RULE: If you are using a 3G iPhone with yellowsn0w and rely on yellowsn0w to obtain cellular service, then you should NOT use redsn0w right now. Ultrasn0w (the 3G carrier unlock) is not included with this release and therefore your baseband will be locked and unable to use an operator other than the official one it was bought for. UltraSn0w will be released via APT (cydia and icy) soon. If you have an original iPhone (1st generation) then 3.0 carrier unlock works with this redsn0w release.
- Yellowsn0w in its current form will NOT work with the baseband version that is present in the 3.0 update, you will need Ultrasn0w, which will be released sometime soon, Ultrasn0w will work with all iPhone 3G models (but not 3GS), even ones that were previously unlockable, Ultrasn0w (when available) will be released via APT (this means you will be able to get it via Cydia or Icy).
- Please read all parts of this post before downloading and using these tools.
- Read items 1, 2 and 3 again and again.
- At the bottom of this post are the bittorrent files for the latest version of redsn0w.
- This app is suitable for the recent 3.0 release
- redsn0w will NOT work for the.
- redsn0w WILL work for Original iPhone ,, and the
RedsnOw will work for:
- Original iPhone (1st Generation).
- iPhone 3G (not the iPhone 3GS).
- Original iPod touch
- iPod touch 2G
RedsnOw will Not work for:
- iPhone 3GS
How to use RedsnOw:
{Given by the Dev Team in their official site} To use redsn0w simply upgrade the device in iTunes to firmware version 3.0 and run redsn0w to activate and jailbreak the device (and if you are using an original iPhone 2G, it will unlock it too!)
My 6 Steps to install RedsnOw
- Download redsnow i used windows pc
- Unzip the files to your desktop
- Download the fw from iclarified.com
- Drag the fw to the redsnow app file
- Then it opens up follow the prompts to get your device in dfu mode
- Then if all done correctly it does everything else for you and cydia appears
Download the zip File from here:
iPhone 3.0 Jailbreak Released by Dev-Team
The Dev-Team which released the YellowsnOw for the 2.0 OS of the iPhone has come up with the revamped version of Yellowsn0w which works for the 3.0 OS and called the ultrasnOw(To be released in near future)
The Release works only on the 2nd Generation and 1st Generation iPhones and the 3G as this is only the Pawnage tool and " UltrasnOw " is Released.
Pawnage Tool works On:
- SIM Free/SP Unlocked/Factory Unlocked iPhone 3G
- iPhone 2G (1st Generation)
- iPod Touch 1G (Original iPod Touch)
Pawnage Tool Does not work for:
- iPod Touch 2G (New iPod Touch).
- 3G iPhone's which rely on yellowsnOw to obtain cellular service.
It is clearly stated in the Official site that:
"PwnageTool will NOT work for the iPhone 3GS"
This is only the release of the Pawnage tool for the MAc OS X and not the QuickPwn thing, the QuickPwn for MAc OSX and Windows will follow soon.
The Official Link Released to download the Tool:
http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/4963802/
Here is the link to the Official Dev-Team Site
How to Download UltrasnOw:
- First of all make sure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
- Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
- Run Cydia or Icy
- Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or icy
- Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia or icy and install ultrasn0w
- Reboot your iPhone 3G
- Then Enjoy the Unlocked iPhone 3G
3.0 OS 100+ Hidden Features Uncovered
The new OS 3.0 released for the iPhone is just being explored and there have been a lot of revelations and changes which are being noted down by macrumors.com, i found these changes which were observerd by the members and noted down into one big list which is now comprising of 100+ hidden features or we can say new features/changes.
Some of the changes a re listed below:
Messages, Phone, and iPod have a new icons
• Unknown incoming calls show the location of the call
• if you start a movie/tv show on wifi. and go off the wifi network. itll finish over 3g.
• You can send as many pictures as you want in Mail. usually you can only "share" 5. this still holds true but with copy and paste you can copy as many photos as you want into the mail app.
• photos no longer turn upside down
• Podcasts are now sorted in ascending order by date/time stamp.
• When you attach a photo in mail, you can magnify it like you would text. Just tap and hold on the image.
• In one of the last iPhone OS updates Google Maps changed by default from Miles to Km in the UK and the only way to change it back was to change your region. This has now been fixed.
• When logging on to a secure website the Name of the site turns green and has a lock on it.
• messages now has its own tab in the settings along with store.
• you can close apps while they're opening. previously you had to wait until the app was fully loaded until it would close
• when apps that play audio are closed, the audio now fades out instead of abruptly quitting.
• international keyboards are now more accurate
• Time elapsed and time remaining in songs, podcasts, etc. are now always displayed in double digits. For example it will display -02:45 instead of -2:45.
• At the end of one video podcast episode it will now play in the next episode available in the videos section of the iPod app.
• The iPod app "scrubber" now is outlined and glows when selected with little directions under it that explain what to do.
• when you bring up playback controls and hit play when nothing is playing, it will automatically shuffle your songs. previously it played them in alphabetical order.
• When the is iPhone vertical, videos played through the iPod app will fit to screen. In 2.X they always played as if the iPhone was horizontal.
• you can zoom further into photos in the Camera Roll then you could with 2.0.
• iPhone 2.2 would search your Exchange global addressbook, if you started typing a name into an email's To: field, but now you can search the global Address book directly from your Contacts app, and get telephone numbers too!
• You can now select which folders to push from MS Exchange so you can have folders other than inbox synced
• TV Show seasons are now grouped together into one group.
• when using the camera, if you tap on the previous photo (bottom left) and go to the flimstrip, you can select "Done" to go back to the camera.
• The App Store now shows your current account on the bottom of each search page. Clicking on it will allow you to sign out or login to view/edit account information.
• When you buy something from the iTunes App, the purchase now goes into your general iTunes purchases list, instead of a specific "iPhone purchases" list.
• 3.0 has LDAP Directory support. It now searches through my company directory as I'm typing a name or email address.
• You can now type a second SMS message while the first is in the process of sending.
The whole list can be seen here Forums.Macrumors.com
Unlock availble for iPhone 3.0 Firmware
How do You Jailbreak the new 3.0 Firmware from apple this is the trending topic on the net after the new OS has been released so here is the answer for it.
Dev-Team has already claimed to have jail broken the new OS iPhone 3.0, if what they say is to be trusted we can now upload to the new Firmware and still Jailbreak the iPhone with all the features of the 3.0 to be enjoyed.
The new Unlock is called the ultrasnOw which follows the yellowsnOw.
This will allow all the jailbroken iPhones to use the new firmware and still have the advantage of the jailbroken features.
The Dev-Team which promiced to release a video tutorial on the Jailbreak has done so watch the Video here
For more information visit Dev-Team Blog
Download iPhone 3.0 Firmware here
The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now available for download and got these particular download links for the OS from Sizlopedia.
These are Rapidshare links and are easy to download.
"iPhone 3G
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone3g-firm3-1al
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone3g-firm3-2al
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone3g-firm3-3al
iPhone 2G
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone2g-firm3-1al
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone2g-firm3-2al
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-iphone2g-firm3-3al
iPod 1G
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod1g-firm3-1
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod1g-firm3-2
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod1g-firm3-3
iPod 2G
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod2g-firm3-1
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod2g-firm3-2
http://tinyurl.com/sizlopedia-ipod2g-firm3-3 "
Download the new OS and have the best software in your hands.
iPhone OS 3.0 Arrives Today
iPhone OS 3.0 which is very much awaited and is renewed with all awesome features like Copy Paste text, Spotlight. . etc to name some is going to be out and available for the public in sometime on 17th June 2009 i.e today.
iPhone OS 3.0 software update is available for iPod touch at $9.95. While iTunes permits the transaction to go through and prompts the user to connect their iPod touch to check for updates, iTunes subsequently reports that iPhone OS 2.2.1 is still the current version and does not download iPhone OS 3.0.
This OS 3.0 is going to be released in some time and the whole world is awaiting its release.
The Software 3.0 OS is going to be available here at the Apple Website
The New features which are going to make your iPhone and iTouch experience even more refined and productful are:
Copy Paste Text:
Copy cut and paste from anywhere to any place but in your iPhone, this option helps us to copy, cut and paste many lines of content from app to app or from app to web or web to app or from notes to web. This will really help us in writing stuff offline and then posting them when ever we like to do it.
Copy Paste Photos:
This is another feature which is very much welcomed as we can easily upload the photos into the websites and also we can also post the photos in websites without much fuss. This also works across all the app to app or app to the web interfaces.
Landscape Keyboard:
Useful when you have fat fingers and find it difficult to type in the normal mode, TO get the landscape mode just rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
MMS:
Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info. The collest option is to “tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages.”
Spotlight Search:
This is the best option in the new updates is what i think, the Spotlight search is similar to that of the one in Mac.
The Spotlight makes it easy to search from the whole of the contents of your iPhone where ever what ever you might have will come up in the results. Hope it is as powerful as that in the Mac.
Find my iPhone:
A feature using which one can login to MobileMe account and see where the iPhone is, in the Google Maps.
Voice Memos:
Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset.
3G Tethering:
This feature will allow you to connect your iPhone 3G to a laptop, to use it as a modem to access the internet. Carriers still have to sign-off on it, and probably charge more for it. None have announced it yet.
Improved Calander:
“Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support.” This is what i read in Apple site and seriously saying i din understand a thing from it.
Improved stocks application:
The stocks application now allows you to read related news, so you can enjoy yourself learning about the latest market scandals, stock crashes, and executives getting bonus packages from government aid while their companies sink into hell.
Parental Controls:
Decide what music, videos, and apps your kids can access.
Shake to Shuffle:
Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
Sync Notes:
Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC.
Anti-phishing:
Mobile Safari now can warn you against malicious sites trying to scam you.
iPhone OS 3.0 all new features
The operating system from apple had to e replenished and updated as it was one of its kind when it was released but was becoming old with many new operating systems like that of the Palm pre coming up and giving tough competition.
The OS 3.0 from Apple is said to be with an impressive 100 new features.
I also heard from my cousin in the US who acquired the Palm pre saying "It is an iPhone killer" he said this before yesterdays update and release of the new iPhone.
Now coming to the features of the new OS:
Copy Paste Text:
Copy cut and paste from anywhere to any place but in your iPhone, this option helps us to copy, cut and paste many lines of content from app to app or from app to web or web to app or from notes to web. This will really help us in writing stuff offline and then posting them when ever we like to do it.
Copy Paste Photos:
This is another feature which is very much welcomed as we can easily upload the photos into the websites and also we can also post the photos in websites without much fuss. This also works across all the app to app or app to the web interfaces.
Landscape Keyboard
Useful when you have fat fingers and find it difficult to type in the normal mode, TO get the landscape mode just rotate iPhone to landscape to use a larger keyboard in Mail, Messages, Notes, and Safari.
MMS
Send MMS messages and include video, photos, audio, and contact info. The collest option is to "tap to snap a picture or shoot a video right inside Messages."
Spotlight Search:
This is the best option in the new updates is what i think, the Spotlight search is similar to that of the one in Mac.
The Spotlight makes it easy to search from the whole of the contents of your iPhone where ever what ever you might have will come up in the results. Hope it is as powerful as that in the Mac.
Find my iPhone - A feature using which one can login to MobileMe account and see where the iPhone is, in the Google Maps.
Voice Memos:
Capture a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording on the go. Voice Memos works with the built-in iPhone microphone or with the mic on your headset.
3G Tethering:
This feature will allow you to connect your iPhone 3G to a laptop, to use it as a modem to access the internet. Carriers still have to sign-off on it, and probably charge more for it. None have announced it yet.
Improved Calander:
"Create meetings via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and subscribe to calendars with new CalDAV support." This is what i read in Apple site and seriously saying i din understand a thing from it.
Improved stocks application:
The stocks application now allows you to read related news, so you can enjoy yourself learning about the latest market scandals, stock crashes, and executives getting bonus packages from government aid while their companies sink into hell.
Parental Controls:
Decide what music, videos, and apps your kids can access.
Shake to Shuffle
Give iPhone a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library.
Sync Notes
Never leave a note behind. Now you can sync all the notes you write on your iPhone back to your Mac or PC.
Anti-phishing:
Mobile Safari now can warn you against malicious sites trying to scam you.
The OS 3.0 is going to be released on 17th of June 2009, and you can download it and enjoy here