Ran the update and I will say the Flash 9 support is great. Your Tube, Hulu, etc. work great. Browsing is also faster. The Auto power down features for the system and/or the controllers is nice. I set mine to shut off the system in an hour if left on. The BD/DVD settings are now called "Video Settings" which is simplier for most I guess. Play station Store has some subtle changes, like a preview popup before you click the store icon.
October 15, 2008
PS3 2.5 update (highlights)
September 30, 2008
Chat app. for iPhone that delivers
[UPDATE]
Landscape chatting works great. You can hide the keyboard to easily view and scroll through chat. Also you can email your chat log to yourself or the other person, or anyone else. Works very fast. You can set audible queue for incoming just like the desktop client’s and if you lock your phone during a chat, when you unlock it, it goes right back to your chat.
The texting fee AT&T charges may be a reason to consider some sort of chat application for your iPhone, but the trick is which one? AOL has an app but its not as solid as you might think, which is odd since they were instrumental in chats acceptance.
If your like me, you have 1 or 2 accounts and between your friends and co-workers you need something that works with all of them. I did some digging, Review reading, and checking of privacy policies and came up with an option that I bought, and use.
"Beejive is a privately held company specializing in the development and marketing of software for mobile devices. Founded in 2006, Beejive (pronounced \bē-hīv\) strives to become the world’s premier developer of fast, reliable, and easy-to-use mobile software.
BeejiveIM, the initial offering from Beejive’s product portfolio, is a multi-protocol instant messaging client that connects the mobile user to the major instant messaging networks."
^ The above is from the company’s "About" page and I thought better to quote then paraphrase. Many of these FREE apps pass all the data through their servers, and so you are sending them, often without any encryption access to all your accounts, and with something like Gmail (GTalk) that is a LOT of info. beejive’s privacy policy states:
"1. Information We Collect
We do not collect or store any of your instant message ("IM") account information, such as your user name and password, messages, or contact lists, except that we temporarily store your instant messages solely in order to complete the instant message communication (for example, in response to a dropped call); however after the communication is complete the instant message is deleted from the Beejive system. We also collect the following information: "
So with that info digested I decided to buy the app. It was $15.99, which might be a lot to some, but for me, if the app works, is fast, easy to use, then its worth it, so I don’t have to spend more time fooking with it, or sourcing another app. If you value your time, and need a chat app, then I recommend it.
They make it for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and the iPhone, so they have a lot of experience in the relm of mobile chat. Also the BlackBerry is $19.95 for what its worth.
Screen shots of app in use from the beejive site.
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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September 15, 2008
iPhone 2.1 update notes
This information was compiled so well at MacRumors.com I ported it over here with a link to the source.
iPhone 2.1 software additional features and known compatibility issues with 3rd party apps
Some of these findings include:
- Pause application installations by tapping on the icon.
- Triple clicking on the headset button goes to the previous track
- Podcasts listings indicate partially listened to items.
- iPod song listings show artist and album name
- Improved compatibility with certain bluetooth headsets.
According to reports in the toucharcade.com and macrumors.com comments
List of Apps affected by the 2.1 software update beside number of forum reports: (in order of reports)
> 20 reports
Last.fm: (no audio) Developer aware, v2.0 update in transit
Zen Pinball: (no graphics white screen) Developer aware, v2.1 update in transit with improved frame rate, responsiveness, and graphics
Toybot Diaries: (corrupted sound effects) Developer aware, v1.2 update in transit
10 or more reports
Alli’s Jigsaw:(cannot select new image) Developer aware, update in transit
5 or more reports
Asphault 4: >5 reports (drifting and braking sound effect corrupted, freezes)
Splash ID: >5 reports (?keyboard no longer automatically appears in login screen?/works intermittently for some) Developer aware, update in transit
2 or more reports
Jeyo Mobile Extender: (nonfunctional, connects ok but no transfer of messages to outlook) Developer aware, currently software was rendered incompatible with iPhone 2.1 Update
Brain Tuner: (crashes, appears to function after reinstall though) Reinstall fixes issue
My Weather: (fails to launch)Reinstall fixes issue
Text Guru: (crashes after editing document)
Younote: (after voice recording function cannot save)
1 report
Blue Skies: report from Developer (cut scene speech is distorted) Developer aware, update in transit
EirText & EirText Pro: report from Developer (now crashes on firmware 2.1) Developer aware, updates in transit
Voice Dialer: (does not respond to voice commands)
Whitepages: (?Unable to install??? But works if already installed)
Lexitron: (corrupted sound effects)
Tuner Internet Radio: (AAC+ stream support is now broken)
Cube Runner: (sound effects corrupted)
Conflicting Reports
eWallet: (lack of automatic keyboard appearance at login screen, works for some)
Truphone: (out of memory error/ memory leakage from other app? works for some)
What’s On: (fails to discover TV stations upon entering zip code/ works for some)
Whoshere: (crashes repeatedly on loading, reinstall does not help, developer is unable to replicate issue)
Note: One commenter on toucharcade forums RPGGuy claims the 2.1 firmware no longer plays 8 bit sounds correctly which may explain the many sound glitches in some apps.
Note #2: It appears as though applications which prompt for a password upon launching unreliably present the keyboard for password entry. Both SplashID and eWallet appear to have the same issue. However tapping the password blank brings up the keyboard manually.
September 12, 2008
U.N. agency eyes curbs on Internet anonymity
Very interesting read from CNET [Source] by
"A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.
The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the "IP Traceback" drafting group, named Q6/17, which is meeting next week in Geneva to work on the traceback proposal. Members of Q6/17 have declined to release key documents, and meetings are closed to the public…
August 27, 2008
iPhone Security Bug (workaround provided)
Good am,
I was reading about a recently announced bug that I can confirm works on the iPhone software 2.0.1 and 2.0.2. The bug allows someone to access your phone even if it is locked. To test your phone do this: 1. Lock your phone, 2. hit the slider, and then press the emergency button then press your home button twice.
If it takes you to your favorites, your experiencing the bug. By selecting the users there, and hitting the blue arror next to their names, someone could access addresses, email link (which will launch the email app), text people, etc.
THE SOLUTION:
Unlock your phone and go to Settings > General > Home Button (scroll down) and then change the functionality from Favorites to "Home".
Now go back and try to reproduce the bug. It will not just go back to the locked screen.
Thanks to "hypnocat" in the Macworld forum for sharing this.