It is common knowledge that prison would be a bitchin' hang out if: 1). There were no criminals about and 2). There were no rectal violations going on. Unfortunately, most prisons are founded on the above two tenets and Big Sandy penitentiary, in Kentucky, is no different. Thus, when an unidentified inmate's partner paid him a visit with an iPhone, our man was overwhelmed. He was so excited he probably did a sissy punch the air gesture and the like. However, after realising the law enforcement would confiscate his new toy, he did what any man would do: He shoved it up his ass.

Though it may have seemed to be a good idea at the time, when he came to retrieve the device he encountered some difficulty. It was stuck and he was royally screwed. Obviously, he lacked an IQ above 10, because instead of swallowing his pride and gaining some medical help he hoped, in vain and excruciating pain, that he would shit the device out. Man, did he wait—for three whole, colon-congested days.

The wall of his rectum became ripped and infected; finally he was forced to seek medical attention after he could no longer hide his discomfort. Upon operating, the flabbergasted doctors found, to their amazement, an iPhone—they tried hard to save the phone, but they were only doctors after all. They did an excellent job on the patient however, who is said to be recovering and is all set for more anal adventures when he returns to normal imprisoned life. We are guessing he is going to need some explanation to hand, drop any suggestions below. All aside, we hope you have all learnt a valuable lesson: Do not put an iPhone up your bum, you will probably have activation problems and reception will be poor. Not to mention the whole infection / pain thing.

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Google-Phone.com reported that Google does not deny or admit to the existence of Google phone prototypes being floated around to wireless operators such as T-Mobile USA, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. According to the same sources close to this matter, Google hasn’t been too shy about sharing specs of the phones to phone manufacturers.


The Google phone project currently consists of creating numerous prototype phones and software, costing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Much of the development work is being conducted at a facility in Boston, and is centred on working on sophisticated new Web browser technology for cellphones.

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First I must thank Mr. Tearne greatly for his great work with this tutorial. This is a Word document fully illustrated showing all of the steps necessary to get Sirius Satellite radio and Howard Stern on the iPhone. It is .75 MB so be patient if you have a slow connection.



Click here to see the tutorial.
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99¢ Only Stores will sell Apple 4GB iPhones to the first nine in line for 99¢ on Thursday, August 9th, 2007.

The next 99 customers can purchase a scooter for 99¢ at the ribbon-cutting 25th anniversary celebration of the first 99¢ Only Store in Westchester, CA.

The store is located at 6854 La Tijera Boulevard - one block west of La Cienega Boulevard.

In addition, 99¢ Only Stores will offer Apple 2GB iPod nanos for 99¢ only to the first 9 customers at their upcoming grand openings. The next 99 customers can buy a scooter for 99¢, as well.

Upcoming Grand Openings:
Bryan, TX - Aug. 23
Fresno, CA - Aug. 23
More Grand Opening dates and full addresses here .

More info here .

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Amid talk of some AT&T stores being less than keen to sell you an iPhone comes word that Best Buy may be the next bricks & mortar location to get your fix of the Apple phone. Insider sources have revealed that by October (and more likely September) all Best Buy stores should be selling the iPhone with demo models on hand.

Macs are currently available in a select few Best Buy stores as part of a trial program with Apple, and based on the success of this the duo intend to hit 200 stores retailing Apple products by the end of September and 300 by the end of the year. Sources close to the retailer, however, have suggested that an acceleration of the project may see it hit that 300 target before October.

“Apple is a very strong focus for us [right now], the displays are incredible and very popular — they are very eye-catching to our customers” Source close to Best Buy

At that point, around 40-percent of Best Buy’s stores will offer almost 80-percent of Apple’s product line, aided by specialist “boutique” areas in each store that demo the gadgetry complete with “mini-theatre displays with surround-sound.”




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Call us crazy, but it certainly appears that Apple's unofficially official iPhone tool has ripped off MacGyver's lifeline . According to an iPhone user that sent his handset in for warranty service, it arrived back with this here piece of equipment, complete with Apple's famed display label and plastic bag. Heck, if having a malfunctioning iPhone is the only way to snag one of these bad boys, we're definitely crossing our fingers for an excuse to send ours in.

[Thanks, Matthew V.]
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Mobile Gateway 3.0 enables MS Exchange synchronization with iPhone

Yesterday Synchronica announced a free trial of their new software, Mobile Gateway 3.0, which now provides synchronization of the native email client on the iPhone with Microsoft Exchange, breaking the barrier between business users and their iPhones.

"Synchronica now provides a secure gateway in the corporate environment using Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (OWA) to retrieve email from the Exchange server, a service enabled by many enterprises to provide users with access to corporate email from home or while traveling."

It keeps iPhone users connected to their corporate email services once they leave the office, without the need of a cumbersome copy-tp-self workaround.

Those interested in a test drive of Mobile Gateway 3.0 can visit www.synchronica.com to sign up for the free 60-day trial starting today. After the trial period, Synchronica intends to announce migration options to a commercially supported solution including offerings through service providers.

Commenting on the launch of the free trial, Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, said:

"Mobile Gateway has the unique advantage that it does not require firewall modification or any software to be installed in the corporate network. So this won't cause any headaches for IT managers when their executives bring their iPhones into the office and ask them to get corporate email on their latest gadget. Other vendors are claiming support for Microsoft Exchange synchronization with the Apple iPhone, but most are still developing their service and use cumbersome redirectors or even plan to offer browser-based access to corporate email. We are the only company that can offer this service straightaway with zero footprint and fully integrated with the built-in email client of the iPhone."



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Myth has turned to reality as Google has continued discussions with various cell phone carriers regarding sale of their custom designed cell phone including a new browser and integration with many of Google's popular online applications. The designs include a still and video camera, wireless connectivity, a full QWERTY keyboard and possibly GPS. Google hopes that advertising will offset the service costs, allowing subscribers to use the phone for FREE .

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WiMAX may be Intel's way into the iPhone

Intel’s cosy relationship with Apple, supplying the microprocessors for its computer range, does not extend to the iPhone yet. But there may be a way into the hottest cell phone through Intel’s WiMAX technology .

The applications processor in the iPhone is supplied by Samsung and uses a core based on the ARM architecture for small devices, rather than Intel’s x86 architecture, which dominates the PC world.

Sriram Viswanathan , a vice president at Intel Capital, its venture arm, and head of its WiMAX programme, says the ARM processor limits internet access such as unfettered viewing of YouTube videos.

In an interview, he spoke about bringing the x86 world to smaller gadgets - mobile internet devices, as Intel describes them. This will be enabled by its ultra-low power, small form-factor Silverthorne chip, which will eventually have a WiMAX chip attached.

AT&T, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the US, is bidding for new spectrum here and could well choose to run a WiMAX next-generation network on it if successful, he says.

Although he did not make the connection, this could open the way for Intel to at least supply a WiMAX chip, and perhaps a Silverthorne microprocessor for future generations of the iPhone.

Intel’s WiMAX chips, which offer broadband connectivity over wide areas, will definitely be featuring alongside regular Wi-Fi chips in new high-end notebooks from the second half of next year - about the time that new WiMAX networks around the world will be going live.

Intel appears to have been behind the deal this month that saw Sprint and Clearwire team up in the US to create a national network, although Mr Viswanathan would only say: “We were very actively involved…it was obvious to us that there was tremendous benefit in them working together.”

Intel owns about 30 per cent of Clearwire, after putting more than $600m into the wireless provider, its biggest ever venture-capital investment.

“We are not investing just enough anymore, we are investing as much as we can to meet our strategic objectives,” he says of Intel Capital’s new tactics to open up fresh markets for the company’s chips.

“If we think we can drive the market, it makes sense to put as much money as we can into that area.”


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A Gizmodo reader underwent a vasectomy to get an Apple iPhone, following wife's orders after a roadtrip with his kids to Boise, Colorado. But fear not, dear readers-with-your-manly-parts-still-intact, because his amazing tale of heroic Apple fandom doesn't include any Bobbit-style genital violence. Keep reading to know why and the —strange— happy finish.

Mr. Johnson (no, I am not kidding) is a confessed Apple Fanboy. "To the extreme," according to his own words. On January, after years of rumors and speculation, he watched in awe as Apple finally introduced the iPhone to the world, bringing Universal Peace, Health and Happiness to the Galaxy. Or maybe just a stiffy happiness to people like Mr. Johnson. Like many others, he was bewildered by the device. At last, the holy JesusPhone! –he must have thought at the time. He wanted it. Badly. And, as you probably guessed, here's where our story turns awry.

The bad news were that he already had his budget spent. Yes, even before the iPhone was announced in January, he spent his whole budget for the whole year. The JesusPhone was arriving in six months and he wasn't going to be able to get it. And that, my friends, was dramatic, to say the least.

He was so turned on by the device that his loving wife, god bless her in her infinite patience, told him that he could have an iPhone out of his budget. The only problem: he could only get it when his Sprint contract expired at the end of 2007. That was a whole year of waiting. That meant six months six living in angst watching the whole world touching, manhandling, even licking his JesusPhone. Madness, I tell you. That was a completely preposterous proposition to any true Apple fan.

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Timex has unveiled the iControl watch, an advanced sports watch that also serves as a wireless operating device for Apple’s iPod. The iControl also works with Apple’s iPhone when the phone is in airplane mode.

The newest addition of Timex’s Ironman collection, the iControl wirelessly syncs with a user’s iPod for convenient music control during any activity. Equipment designed to work with a body in motion, iControl is lightweight and water-resistant.

"The days of fumbling for your iPod in mid-stride are over,” said Heberto Calves, Vice President of Sports Marketing, in the press release. “iControl offers cutting edge technology and contemporary design, in addition to the functional quality and durability people have come to expect from Timex.”

iControl remains true to the sports functionality of the Timex Ironman watch, and includes the following features:

• iPod controls : Play/Pause, Volume Up/Down, Track Forward/Back
• 50-lap memory recall chronograph
• Training log stores current workout with date, best lap and average lap
• Multi-mode countdown timer
• 2 interval timers for speed and endurance training
• 3 customizable alarms for daily, weekday and weekend settings
• INDIGLO night-light with NIGHT-MODE feature
• 3-year battery life
• 100m water resistance

The iControl watch is available at www.timex.com and www.apple.com , as well as sporting goods stores and department stores across the U.S. It is offered in combinations of gray and black, as well as pink, blue, orange and green and retails for $125.

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According to US News , the FCC demonstrated yesterday that they support the European system of purchasing unlocked wireless devices for use on any carrier in a ruling stating that the winner of an auction for a portion of the 700MHz frequency range be required to be open to any device their customers choose.

Interestingly enough, US News says that the ruling was the result of an effort spearheaded by Google and several public interest groups focused , who "has a growing interest in making sure its services can be used on wireless gear." Apparently Google is concerned that traditional wireless companies have too much control over what their customers can access over the internet, and that they may try to cut Google out entirely.

Despite the outcome, Google says that this was only a partial success, and that they may still bid on the frequencies. Said Richard Whitt of Google in a call with reporters, "The FCC made real but incomplete progress."

Though internet access was key in the debate, so was the European wireless system. Columbia University law Prof. Tim Wu argues that Europeans enjoy a greater level of openness and therefore better services resulting from more competition. He likened the U.S. wireless system to land lines in the 1950s, when customers had to lease their phones from AT&T.

Don't think that Google's efforts went unopposed, however. the CTIA, a group representing the US wireless companies, responded with it's own paper last week contending that Europeans pay more for their service and have fewer handsets to choose from. Some analysts also say that it's wrong to say Americans use advanced wireless services less frequently than Europeans.

With any luck, this ruling may bode favorably for a ruling to unlock the iPhone in the near future. The question is, is the FCC up for the task of taking on such major corporations like AT&T and Apple for something like the iPhone?



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File this under “Too good to be true”, but one commenter and two other people emailing me claim that AT&T salespeople unlocked their iPhones after canceling service. Sound credible to you? Me neither. But according to a user named RAJ…

2 OF MY FRIENDS HAD THE CONTRACT WITH AT&T. THEY TOOK IT ON 29 JUNE WHEN I-PHONE WAS LAUNCHED, TODAY ON 1ST AUG JUST AFTER ONE MONTH OF THEIR CONTRACT THEY SIMPLY CANCELED THE CONTRACT BY PAYING EARLY CONTRACT TERMINATION FEES OF 175 ( ALTHOUGH THE FEES WAS ALSO WAIVED OFF FOR THEM FOR SOME REASON). THEN THE AT&T HAD UNLOCKED THEIR I-PHONES BY PUTTING SOME CODES. NOW THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN USE THEIR I-PHONE WITH ANY OTHER CARRIER TOO….

Now, this has to be true because it was typed in All-caps. Anything typed completely in uppercase characters must be taken seriously.

So there you have it. Whether this is true or not I cannot verify, so don’t shoot me - I’m just the messenger.


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Apple's iPhone Update 1.0.1 may have fixed several security related issues, but it didn't stop there. Although Apple didn't officially announce it, the update also includes enhancements to some of the iPhone's built-in applications.

iPhone users posting to Apple's forums noted that the update also added a new BCC option to Mail that sends a copy of your outgoing emails to you.

The Passcode Lock feature now offers several time intervals up to one hour before automatically locking the phone. Previously, users could choose from Immediately and After 1 Minute.

In a separate forum thread, users reported that the update also added the ability to cancel slow or unresponsive VPN connections, and in some cases they feel the volume level has been improved, and that Safari is more stable.


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Well, I spent the week with some friends who loved playing with my iPhone. Thankfully, they had their fill by the time it froze up. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but it may have been due to the fact that I was plugging it into an iPod AC adapter instead of the iPhone AC adapter. It worked the night before . . . so I’m not 100% convinced that was what caused the problem.

At any rate, I tried pressing this button and that - but the screen stayed black. I plugged it into my computer and the computer recognized it so at least I knew the inner workings were still functioning. So, when all else fails, I go to the Apple website and this is what I learned.

1. If you see a screen that says “charging” let it continue until it is fully charged. Don’t try to charge it through your keyboard USB port.

2. Try restarting the iPhone. There are 2 ways to do this. You can either hold down the sleep/wake button until you see the red slider to turn it off. Go ahead and slide your finger across. Wait a couple of seconds. Then turn it back on. The second way to restart your iPhone is by holding down the Home button for 6 seconds. Then try restarting it again.

3. If neither of these solutions work, hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for several seconds until you see the Apple logo appear. (This was the solution that worked for me!)

4. If it is still not working, some of the content you are trying to download may be causing the problem. Sort through your contacts, calendar, photos etc. and remove some of the content. Then try to sync again.

5. It may also help to reset all of your settings . Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset all settings.

6. A final solution is to restore your iPhone using iTunes. Go to the summary page and click on Restore. This will remove everything currently on your iPhone.

Good luck - I hope you find your solution works as easily as mine did. If all else fails - call Apple or go to an Apple store.


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You can tell when it crashes......
Hey PC fanboys, now you can use this shot of a Windows XP display at an AT&T store when those smug Mac worshipers tell you about how such-and-such Zune commercial was made on a Mac, and how "all media types and artists" use Macs. Windows runs the world, baby. (Thanks, Paul!)

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Let me begin with this is wild speculation. However, grounded in a keen understanding of what is possible with the iPhone.

With the recent release of Microsoft releases Remote Desktop for Mac 2.0 beta
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has announced an update to its Remote Desktop Connection client today... in beta form. RDC 2.0 for Mac (beta 1) has been a long time coming, and finally brings RDC up to Universal Binary status. But that's just the beginning of the listed features.
The features are listed below, but more importantly, as hackers work feverishly to unlock, hack, and reprogram the iPhone, it is only a matter of time before you will be able to Remote Desktop your Windows computer from an iPhone. With the iPhone’s large screen this would be a welcome addition to its capabilities. It might also be the catalyst that contributes to iPhones larger acceptance by the business and IT community.
According to Microsoft's download site, here are some features you can expect to see in the new beta:
• Universal Binary
Runs natively on both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macs.
• Remote Desktop Protocol 6.0
Provides better compatibility with Windows Vista, improved security features, and many other improvements.
• Multiple Sessions
Lets you connect to multiple Windows-based computers at the same time.
• Improved User Experience
Provides a true Mac experience and improved usability.
• Improved Customization Options
Lets you change application preferences, including keyboard shortcuts, while you are running a session. Changes take effect the next time that you connect.
• Dynamic Screen Resizing ( great for use on the iPhone )
Lets you resize your session window or switch to full-screen mode during a session.
• Improved Printing Support
Supports all configured printers on your Mac. No longer limited to PostScript printers.



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Hackers trying to unlock the iPhone must now come to grips with the impact of Apple's security update.

A security update for Apple's iPhone does more than just fix critical flaws in the handset. It also looks for and wipes out any modifications that users make to the firmware on their phones, according to hackers looking to unlock the phone.

But the security update does not break any of the tools that hackers have so far developed to modify the iPhone's firmware, they said.

The iPhone v1.0.1 update primarily addresses a security flaw uncovered in the handset's Safari browser that was to be detailed Thursday at the Black Hat 2007 conference in Las Vegas. That vulnerability, uncovered by researchers at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), allows an attacker to access data and applications on the phone from a Wi-Fi access point or a malicious Web site.

When the update installs itself using iTunes, it also checks for changes that have been made to the phone's firmware, the hackers said. When changes are detected in the old firmware, the update wipes the phone and then reinstalls the updated firmware, erasing any modifications that a user made.

On Wednesday, hackers involved with efforts to unlock the iPhone at the #iphone Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel were still coming to grips with the impact of Apple's security update, looking to test whether tools they developed continue to work. (Hackers have asked journalists not to publish links to their site, iPhone Dev Wiki, saying it's not able to handle heavy volumes of traffic.)

Initially, the Apple security update appeared to block the ability to write files on the iPhone using the Jailbreak feature of the iActivation tool developed by the hackers, meaning the tool could no longer be used to add personalized ringtones to the phone.

However, the 1.0 version of Jailbreak continues to work fine, according to an update on iPhone Dev Wiki.


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AT&T today rolled out eMusic Mobile , one of the first cellphone music stores to drop copy protection from its songs. As with eMusic's normal computer-only store and supporting previous leaks, songs are purchased in the unrestricted MP3 format rather than locked-down WMA or store-specific files. The freedom lets owners copy songs off the phone to other devices, including iPods and other portable media players; customers also get rights to download a second copy on their computer regardless of what will be with the mobile tracks. Opening the store also gives AT&T the largest mobile music catalog in the US at more than 2.7 million songs, according to the carrier.
The service currently requires a custom program that lets users browse, preview, and download songs. Phones that can run the software to date are the Samsung A717 and A727; the Nokia N75 and Samsung Sync also have updates available to support the online store. AT&T's service contrasts with the regular eMusic store in focusing on purchasing small blocks of songs and charges $7.49 per month for five downloads, with further downloads available in additional packs of five for the same price.

The service is the first direct-download music store from AT&T and notably omits the iPhone , which includes neither the support for third-party software nor the 3G wireless access used to speed downloads on the supported phones. Apple has so far announced no plans for a mobile iTunes service and is only compatible with eMusic through computer downloads, which must first be imported into iTunes.


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Thomas Robinson has started a really cool project that enables XBOX 360 owners to use their iPhone as an XBOX Media Center Remote, controlled via WiFi. A simple menu-driven interface allows you to play music, video, DVDs, photo slideshows, and more. I love it!

The project is fully open source and can be downloaded free from Thomas’s website.

Features:

-Transport controls, including pause/play, next/previous track in playlist, and volume controls.

-Automatic switching between file browsing mode and transport controls mode via iPhone's built in tilt sensor (file browsing in portrait, transport controls in landscape).

-Viewing information on the currently playing media, including title, ID3 tags, album artwork, and much more.

-Browsing of audio, video, photo, and file shares.

-Playing audio, videos, and slideshows.

-Managment of the audio, video, and slideshow playlists,
including adding/removing media and playing of playlists.

-Launching of scripts within the Scripts directory.

-Restart, shutdown, eject, mute and various other controls,


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