If you hate the fact that AT&T is the sole reason that iPhone OS 3.0 is not going to be everything it could be at launch, take matters into your own hands and give AT&T the cold, hard, digital shoulder. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a master programmer or dive into system files. All you need is a spare “dummy” AT&T phone. With that phone do the following:
u can enable ur MMS settings… just do this….
-take sim out of iphone
-place into old ATT phone w/ MMS capabilities
-make a call or send a message
-check ATT site and see if phone changed
-go to https://mymedianet.wireless.att.com/
-with sim still in decoy phone register number on the website
-enter 4 digit passcode in decoy phone
-take sim out and put back into iphone
VIOLA~~~~~~~
So now we have the MMS open and ready as well as tethering. While the MMS is less harmless than the tethering hack, I’m sure by this point you could care less. Right? Stick it to the man!
Source: Crunch Gear, Image Source
While WWDC is still an entire week into the future, anxious developers simply can’t contain their excitement and products much longer. While background push has been a highly talked about potential feature on one of if not the most popular iPhone IM applications, BeeJive, it appears that next week we will finally see the release of background push notifications and get the much requested feature. As far as other features or even information regarding potential fees from BeeJive 2.x to 3.0 versions are still shrouded in secrecy. At least it’s nice to know it’s coming though….right? Soon enough we will know all the juicy details. Apple/iPhone users, are you starting to get excited!?
Source: Mobile Crunch
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 Preview just finished wrapping up and here is the rundown of the new goods both developer wise and consumer wise that are coming to the worlds first Jesus phone via the 3.0 software update:
- In-app purchasing (paid apps only)
- Peer-to-peer (limited to Bonjour)
- 3rd party hardware accessories “communicate” with iPhone and apps!
- Google Maps now an API meaning developers can include it within their app! (No more having to close one app and open maps for directions!)
- Core location now “freed”. Real turn-by-turn coming.
- Push Notifications servers/system “rearchitected”…(Good they fixed the problems before releasing it…now release in a more timely manner…please)
- Still no background processes. ”Performance on test models dropped by more than 80%…! (Seems as if they need to work a little harder seeing as how RIM, Nokia, Palm, etc have managed to make it work and still have battery life at the end of the day.)
- Audio/Video streaming API included in new SDK (should be interesting)
- In-app email/iPod library access/battery API
- Native OS 3.0 version of Meebo demo’d showing the push notification service in action
- CUT, COPY AND FRICKEN PASTE!!! Features “shake to undo” Literally shake to undo selections quickly. Also works on third party apps as well! Apparently it took forever becasue of “security issues”…?
- Now can send multiple pictures in a single email. Works much like bulk delete. Select the pictures you want to send, copy them, and paste them into an email. (Yay for old school)
- Landscape keyboard now in SMS, Email, and Notes! (again…finally…do you regret paying for that landscape app now…?
- Forwarding ability of SMS/text messages (lets hear it again for old school)
- MMS!
- Voice memos
- Stocks.app update: News stories now featured at the bottom. Landscape mode also now supported.
- Search now goes beyond contacts. Seach system wide through mail, calendars, etc. If it’s not on your iPhone, you can also search the server! (Sweet)
- NEW HOMESCREEN!!! “Spotlight” extension of search mentioned above as well as quick launcher!
- Notes syncing
- auto-fill
- YouTube accounts
- Stereo Bluetooth (Bluetooth chip in iPod Touch 2G “unlocked”..let your minds wonder…
- Auto WiFi login
- Anti-phishing
- Tethering…”they’re working on it”
- Lagginess and slowness will be even further reduced in 3.0
- OS 3.0 available this summer for free on iPhones and $9.95 for iPod Touch
- Beta testing via SKD for 3.0 available today…(devs start testing now!)
- many more features included in 3.0 but not revealed today
And now for the bad news:
- 1st gen iPhone’s will not have support for stereo bluetooth OR MMS…..major bummer! Looks like with your 1st gen contract coming to an end an upgrade will indeed be in store for you.
- Still now background apps
- no flash support
- no video recording
- NO promises on Push Notification server(s) uptime…
- First they apparently don’t know what bluetooth file transfers are…second…doesn’t look like it’s going to be included in 3.0. (I hold out hope…)
Come inside for a gallery of all the slideshow goodness from the event!
