Apple iPod and iPhone News for September-16-07
anySIM is here: open source GUI iPhone unlock app
We’ve seen a couple of early versions of GUI iPhone SIM unlock apps from the open source community, but it looks like the iPhone Dev Team’s got its proper release in order.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/15/anysim-is-here-open-source-gui-iphone-unlock-app/
A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close
The Mac’s presence in the retail world remains limited, a shame given the rare opportunity for Apple to gain market share that opened up when Vista arrived.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/technology/16digi.html?ex=1347595200&en=0f0f4601c7416013&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
iPhone features you’ll miss out on by buying an iPod touch
Here is a (preliminary) list of things you’ll lose out on by buying an iPod touch…
http://www.iprong.com/article.php?id=3003
My iPod Touch is part iPhone?
Apparently apple takes the time to remove functional code like allowing you to input calendar events but doesn’t bother to change the “iPhone is disabled” text shown when you lock your iPod and fail to type in the right password.
http://i11.tinypic.com/66j5saf.jpg
Status of iPod Touch Jailbreak: “Jailbreak seems increasingly unlikely…”
A status report of the attempts to Jailbreak the iPod touch. So far, things are not looking so good.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/15/the-state-of-the-itouch-jailbreak/
Dear Apple: Why does iTunes library management suck so bad?
Ok, this is itunes version 7. Not 0.9. Could an intelligent Apple engineer explain to me why it is so hard to implement these seemingly straightforward features…
http://simra.net/blog/itunes_is_crap
iPhone Dev Team announces free GUI iPhone Unlock Tool
The iPhone Dev Team has released a simple-to-use GUI tool that allows you to unlock your iPhone for use with any SIM. The tool, which is based on their previous command-line work, provides one-touch speedy unlocking. This is a big improvement on the first generation release. It no longer requires you to use special files or to dump nor data.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/15/iphone-dev-team-announces-free-gui-iphone-unlock-tool/