A team at hackint0sh.org and a 28 year old hacker from Macedonia have finally accomplished what we have all been waiting for. They claim that they have successfully hacked the iPhone to function with European SIM Cards.

Senad, who was previously heavily involved in the Digital Satellite scene and worked on several projects for Digiturk Cryptworks. Now, she tells us that this hack can be accomplished with nothing more than a simple SIM card reader/writer and some software.

The "SIM-Clone" hack enables functionality of the iPhone in Europe, with both incoming and outgoing calls, as well as SMS and EDGE access. "It was only a matter of time," said Senad.


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Cameron Johnson, a 42-year old Torontonian, drove down to Buffalo last month to do what he thought would be a simple matter of purchasing two iPhones in the US and bringing them back to Canada. However, as The Globe and Mail reports, his carelessness would make it much less simple.

Mr. Johnson was not the first Canadian man to try what he did. Several have done it before him, and I'm sure a few have since at least. It's completely reasonable, being that it is one of the most hyped products in the history of hype. He went with the intent of gaining one of these magnificent little devices for himself, and one to put for sale on Craigslist so he could make a buck.

Unfortunately, he forgot to declare the expensive goods he had on board to the border patrol.

"The one officer said to the other, 'Hey Ted, look! An iPhone!'" said Mr. Johnson, who manages a portfolio of online domain names. "And of course, they had to get rid of the grin and be serious with me. They said to me they had to seize [the iPhones] and I started blubbering."
He ended up paying a $400 fine and spend one hour in a holding cell. Obviously not a situation one wants to find oneself in.

"I remember thinking to myself while I was in the holding tank, 'What am I doing here and why does my technolust get the best of me?'"

Despite all of the troubles he endured, he still believes that more will follow in his footsteps (though perhaps they will remember to alert the border patrol of their cargo instead of the other way around).

"My feeling is that I'll be on my Fido account by September, using [the iPhone] unlocked. The Skype solution isn't there yet, but the minute it's there, people will get it," he said.


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Friday, we had iPhone hackers making progress in their goal of creating high quality tools for the iPhone by developing a full-fledged iPhone application with a graphic user interface and its own icon in the iPhone home screen.

Today we have Erica Sudan from Tuaw.com announcing that she has created her own screenshot utility tool for the iPhone.

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After opening the secrets of the iPhone's communications core, the iPhone Dev Team has achieved the next big milestone towards completely freeing the iPhone from the AT&T; network: they have managed to obtain the full content of the S-Gold2 chip's NOR memory. Bluntly, these are the plans for the fucking Death Star and "is the main key to achieve true unlock." The iPhone Dev Team is asking for help from all iPhone users who want to get the total unlock. Jump to learn more about it.

"We hope you'll all enjoy this important step and we of course welcome any donations to encourage or to help us achieving the final goal. Please be assured that any donations are wisely spent, otherwise you can slap us.
iPhone Dev Team, we like. If you do too, please send them your donations. I don't care if they spend mine on pizza as soon as they unlock it."

If you are a programming expert you can also help them. They have released the tool to get your own NOR memory dump, called NORDumper.tar.bz2. Get it from here. And to to the iPhone IRC channel to learn more about it or visit their wiki to make donations.


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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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