The Apple iPhone Coming to Taiwan on December 13
November 30th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
As the world is mad about Apple Inc’s iPhone 3G, the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S., iPhone 3G will soon be the latest craze for Taiwanese consumers by the end of this year in Taiwan.
Chunghwa Telecom, the largest operator in Taiwan region, has set the date on when the iPhone 3G be available. Starting December 13, the phenomenal phone can be grabbed legally by Taiwanese. Beside iPhone, Chunghwa is in talk with HTC, the maker of the first Google phone, T-Mobile G1, to offer second generation Google phones as well.
The company said it would sell iPhones exclusively for an unspecified period, with a two-year service contract carrying a minimal month fee of NT$1,049 (about US$ 31). To get a free iPhone with 8GB memory space, people will have to sign a two-year contract with a monthly charge of NT$2,549 (about US$ 76). Or they can buy the phone from Chunghwa Telecom for at least NT$26,600 (about US$ 800) and get a prepaid number.
Chunghwa is starting the pre-sales beginning today until December 10. The company is optimistic to reach 50,000 units of iPhone by next March. Most sales is targetted during end year sales (Christmas) and Chinese’s Lunar Year.
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Photogene Brings Easy Photo editing on the iPhone
November 29th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
As more and more applications become available in the Appstore that allow you Blog “on-the-move” you may just accept the fact that you only have a 2 megapixel camera at your disposal. Well earlier this week I stumbled across an application in the Appstore called Photogene. At a very reasonable price of just $2.99 Photogene allows you to edit your images right from your iPhone and save them back in your Camera Roll as a copy, so the original photo remains in the Camera Roll as well.
- Crop image
- Rotate image
- Sharpen image
- Auto or manually adjust colour
- Temperature and Saturation
- 3 different effects
- Frame the image
- Undo and Redo as well as Reset button for all changes
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Black Friday Deals Available Today Only at the Apple Store
November 28th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Apple is conducting their annual Black Friday shopping event today. The discounts listed below are only valid today and are available at the online Apple Store or at Apple Retail locations. New to the Apple Store this year is the iPhone 3G Gift Card, a perfect way for shoppers to gift an iPhone or help contribute to the purchase of one.
- 20″ 2.4GHz iMac: $1148 ($51 discount)
- 20″ 2.66GHz iMac: $1398 ($101 discount)
- 24″ 2.8GHz iMac: $1698 ($101 discount)
- 24″ 3.06GHz iMac: $2098 ($101 discount)
13″ MacBook
- 13″ 2.4GHz MacBook: $1198 ($101 discount)
- 13″ 2.0GHz MacBook: $1498 ($101 discount)
- 13″ 2.1GHz MacBook: $948 ($51 discount)
iPod
- Save $11 on iPod nano. The 8GB iPod nano is priced at $138. The 16GB iPod nano is priced at $188.
- Save $21 on iPod classic. The 120GB iPod classic is priced at $228.
- Save $21 on the iPod touch. The 8GB iPod touch is priced at $208, the 16GB priced at $278, and the 32GB priced at $378
Note that Apple offers Free laser engraving on all new iPods ordered from the online Apple Store, it’s a perfect way to personalize a gifted iPod.
Apple TV
- Save $21 on Apple TV. The 40GB model is priced at $208, the 160GB priced at $308.
Time Capsule
- Save $21 on Time Capsule. The 500GB model is priced at $278, the 1TB model is priced at $478.
iPhone 3G Gift Card
If you’d like to give an iPhone or help contribute to the purchase of one, the new iPhone 3G Gift Card is a perfect option. Cardholders can simply take the gift card to any Apple Retail Store and redeem it toward the purchase of a new iPhone 3G.
Apple has also discounted several Apple and third-party accessories. Be sure to visit the Apple Store (by clicking on any of the green images at the right or bottom of this article) to see the range of discounts on products including:
- Creative tools
- Games
- Speakers
- Software
- Headphones
- Hands-free
- iPod nano cases
- iPod touch cases
- iPhone cases
- Bags for Mac
- Power
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Hidden TV out features discovered in iPhone firmware 2.2 SDK
November 27th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
ArsTechnica managed to discover an unpublished programming framework that allows third-party applications to be viewed on external devices such as a tv. This framework is known as MPTVOutWindow, which sends video out through the dock connector to an external screen.
This video out feature is primarily meant to send out movies, however this framework will allow applications to be viewed on something other than the iphone.
iPhone developer Erica Sadun, discovered that the touch input on the iphone is disabled when connected to an external device, which prevents the iphone from acting as a regular controller, but it still recognizes accelerometer input.
Moreover, Erica also discovered that the programming call appears to be designed for landscape mode rather than portrait. Although all these limitations, developers eagerly wrote basic codes and plan to explore the MPTVOutWindow function in the near future.
A video is available to see what this function is able to do:
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Nimbuzz: Free iPhone App for Calling, Messaging & VoIP
November 26th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Nimbuzz has released its free iPhone application that lets users call, chat and message, for free, with their friends on virtually all major instant messaging communities and social networks. The appllication can be downloaded at the App Store.
Specifically for the needs of Apple iPhone users, this will be the first complete messaging product available with landscape mode chat, IM buddy calling (including Yahoo!), and regional social network support.
- Landscape-chat makes it easy and fast to type.
- Call your IM buddies all over the world for free on your Wifi connection: Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Google Talk.
- Chat with social network friends: Facebook, MySpace, Gadu-Gadu (Poland), studiVZ (German), Hyves (Netherlands) and more.
- You can find Nimbuzz in the iTunes App Store, download it.
Other key updates include Personal Message allowing users to broadcast real-time status updates to all contacts, presence information to see who is online and where, and emotions for additional expression.
Nimbuzz currently grows at over 10,000 new users per day, with over 10 Million logins per day, and they are happy to welcome iPhone and iPod users to the community.
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iPhone App that Monitors your Babies Sleep and Waking up
November 26th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Monitor your child sleep with the iPhone applications. IPhone as long as the place near your baby to sleep if it detects the noise, it makes the phone number you choose, you can listen to your baby from the activities. Great when you travel or on the road, often do not have to pack your baby monitor. A feature of this particular application, the monitoring of unlimited scope!
And even use it to monitor, the old children arrived home from school, such as the application is unlimited. It will also detect if your child pick up the phone. The child’s curiosity big wake-up their afternoon nap instead of noise. The outstanding value of only 4.99 U.S. dollars and cents.
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Handy iPhone Travel Apps
November 26th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Since the release of the App Store, users of the iPhone and iPod touch have seen a virtual flood of new applications that are useful for the traveler. Some of them are aimed at a particular city, while others are useful virtually anywhere. A few applications aren’t aimed at travelers in particular, but can be invaluable when you’re on the road.
We’ve selected eight apps that we’d take with us on our next trip.
Spend is an easy to use budgeting & finance tool that allows you to keep track of how much you’ve spent. Want to know if you can keep traveling or if you have to wire home for moola? It’s easy with Spend. (We use it on our Ipod Touch for keeping track of our regular spending and it’s awesome.)
We all know it’s important to be aware of holidays wherever you’re going, especially if you’re going to be in a foreign culture. Holiday can help you know what important dates are coming up, in over 60 countries worldwide. Don’t be caught unaware!
Drunk at a bar in New York? Lost in London? Calling a cab is just what you need. This app will show you all the cab companies in over 10,000 cities in 10 different countries. This app gets bonus points, as all the data is stored on your phone/ipod, no internet access required.
Oh so much more than just a GPS-based compass app, this little app lets you store up to 30 locations, which allows you to find your way back to use the compass to find your way back “home.” Now, you won’t have to wonder how to get back to your hotel…
There’s nothing crazier than having to use the bathroom in an unfamiliar place and not knowing where to go. SitOrSquat will allow you to find bathrooms close by, all over the world. No more frantic searching…
Take advantage of all the great features of Yelp, in the palm of your hand. Find the best food, coffee, beer, or shopping nearby, at least as long as you’re in the US or Canada.
A great app for finding great places to eat in the US and Canada. If you’re feeling indecisive, you can just shake your phone for ideas.
Discover allows you to manage all sorts of files on your iphone/ipod, which means you can take your pdfs and images of maps, etc with you when you go. No internet access required. Goodbye guidebook!
Honorable Mention:
These two apps are great, but are city-specific. Take them with you if you’re headed to their applicable cities.
If you’re in Washington D.C. and are looking for a place to have a good evening, the Washington Post’s Going Out Guide is a great place to turn. You can find bars, restaurants, and more, plus check out editor’s reviews. The app is well organized, so you can find what you’re looking for pretty quickly. It’s all self contained, so no internet access is required.
Metros Guide is a great little tool for planning your transit trips in major cities in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen & Hong Kong). Plus, it’s got a cute little panda as your guide! (Internet access is required)
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Two Methods to enable Emoji on Jailbreaked iPhone
November 26th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Well here is the method to get the Emoji permanently with a “vanilla” jailbreak.
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Download and Restore from Ready to use iPhone 3G Custom Firmware 2.2
November 25th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
This custom ready to use Pwned firmware version 2.2 has the older Baseband, Factory default logos (No Pwnapple at boot!) , Pre-activated for non-ATT users, Root Partition size 1000 MB, Cydia and Installer installed
Recommended Steps :
Previosuly have your iPhone 3G Pwned when at firmware version 2.1 using QuickPwn 2.2 either using Windows or Mac (NEEDED!)
Now, download this Custom Firmware v2.2 using the following Rapidshare links (totalling 236.6 MB, use HJSplit to Join these files)
iPhone1_2_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore.ipsw.001
The following ipsw is with 533 MB root partition
- No boot logos (standard apple logo)
- 533mb root partition
- No baseband upgrade
- cydia,installer
- Activated for T-mobile
- You Tube activated
iPhone1_2_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore_iLikeMyiPhone_533MB_Activated.ipsw.001
iPhone1_2_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore_iLikeMyiPhone_533MB_Activated.ipsw.002
iPhone1_2_2.2_5G77_Custom_Restore_iLikeMyiPhone_533MB_Activated.ipsw.003
Use iTunes v8.0.2 on either Windows or Macs and hold the Shift (Windows) / Option (Mac) buttons and browse to the .ipsw you just downloaded (and joined) and let iTunes do the rest!
You should now have iPhone 2.2 firmware with all the new features and the best of Open Source offerings (Cydia and its wonderful applications which Apple may never approve in the near future!).
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How to Take Screenshots with iPhone Firmware 2.2
November 25th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Since firmware 2.2 it is possible to make screenshots from just anywhere on your iphone: Games, Apps, lock/unlock screen, Whatever…
Here’s the simple tip on how to achieve this:
- In order to do this press simultaneously the home button together with the on/off button
- You’ll find the screenshots under “Pictures”.
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