More new finds in iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: it seems like those Restriction Settings — allowing parental control over apps based on ratings — we heard rumored in the wake of Reznor-gate have been surfaced in the latest beta.
Options include:
- Don’t Allow Apps
- 4+
- 9+
- 12+
- 17+
- Allow All Apps
It’s still unknown, however, whether Apple will take it upon themselves to determine ratings, leave it up to developers, or use a hybrid model where devs pick a rating and Apple approves or returns it for re-rating.
Regardless, we hope — when it’s finally released to the public this summer — it puts an end to the sillier rejections we’ve seen.
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iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: App Store Gets Age-Based Restrictions for Parental Control
Looks like iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 doth giveth a little as well. That tiny email icon present in the top navigation bar of podcasts was decorative only until Beta 4, when it began to allow you to email the iTunes Store link for a friend for any podcast you’d downloaded over-the-air (at least for some it did). Now, with Beta 5, that tiny email icon is powered up and working for podcasts synced over via iTunes as well.
Earth shattering? No. But if you’re enjoying a great episode of Phone different, GDGT, TWiT, YLNT, or whatever else floats your audio boat, and you want to give a friend easy access to equal entertainment, it’s certainly a great convenience.
[Thanks anon for the tip!]
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iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: Email Podcast Links from iPod App
Entering this contest counts as an entry in TiPb’s Birthday Bash grand-prize draw for an Unlocked ColorWare iPhone 3G!
G-Map for iPhone, in both US East and West flavors ($24.99 each - iTunes link), is the current king of the iPhone roads. Chad’s already gone on record with his love for this app:
I have been using G-Map US East for the iPhone now for a couple of months. Why wait for FULL GPS Navigation with Turn-by-Turn with Software 3.0 when you can have it now. All that is lacking is the audible cue to turn, but it has excellent visual cues. Easy to use and fast calculations make this one a winner! The developer says they will add Audible Turn-by-Turn with Software 3.0. Did I mention that Internet access is not required? That’s right, all of the maps are on your hard drive with no subscription!
With slick features like real 3D junction view, there’s nothing else like it for short hauls or cross-country road trips alike. Which brings us neatly to our first, and maybe one of our most challenging TiPb Birthday Bash contests!
Inspired by babydol’s idea, head on over to the TiPb Birthday Bash: G-Map East & West Great American Give Away! thread in the forums and post a photo of your iPhone that best shows where it’s been, where you want it go, or just how you feel about traveling the United States. Be majestic, be funny, be creative. (And yes, Photoshop is fine too.)
Give us that EPIC moment of iPhone Americana, and we’ll pick five (5) of you to give promo codes for BOTH G-Map East & West (that’s $50 worth of apps!), courtesy of XROAD.
Contest details after the break!
- Access to the US App Store required to redeem promo codes
- Contest runs from today, Thursday May 7, to 12pm EDT Monday May 11
- One entry per day, per person.
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TiPb Birthday Bash: G-Map East & West Great American Give Away!
Along with iPhone 3.0 Beta 5, which appears to hide away MMS functionality for AT&T, Apple also seeded the second pre-release version of iTunes 8.2, which looks like it blocks editing of the iPhone carrier file. In previous beta releases, developers were able to use the carrier file to enable tethering, something built into iPhone 3.0 by Apple but entirely dependent on as-yet-not-given carrier approval.
Did AT&T ask for the new lockdown? Perhaps the MMS stripping as well? Nothing but speculation so far…
(Thanks Andrew for the tip!)
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iTunes 8.2 Pre-Release 2: Now Available, Blocks Carrier File Change
UPDATE 2: Received this: “eems as if they stopped people from being able to tether and get mms by altering the carrier settings… people who changed theirs at the start can no longer access it..” Let us know what you’re experiencing with MMS on Beta 5.
UPDATE 1: This may only happen for those doing clean installs (not restoring from a previous backup) so if MMS is vital to your iPhone 3.0 dev work, that may be the route you want to go for now.
We’re getting some early reports that iPhone 3.0 Beta 5 now hides MMS functionality from AT&T users (see Beta 4 and 5 comparison pics, above). Previously, buttons and settings for MMS were present, though not enabled by default, though hacks allowed MMS to be turned on for AT&). Now, however, all visible signs appear to be gone, and it’s too early to tell if hacks may still re-surface and re-enable them.
Anyone else seeing this?
Note: iPhone 3.0, MMS was never surfaced on some carriers like Rogers (Canada).
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Updated: iPhone 3.0 Beta 5: MMS Now Hidden on AT&T? (Unconfirmed)
Apple tonight seeded the fifth beta version of iPhone OS 3.0 (Build 7A312g) and a new version of the iTunes 8.2 pre-release to developers. As with the previous beta, iTunes 8.2 is required to install the latest iPhone 3.0 beta softwar...
Apple’s results, more 3rd Gen iPhone chatter, and much much more. us, listen to the podcast to hear what you need to do for a chance to win one of two packs: GMap East, Gmap West, and Accufuel. Listen in!
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Phone different Podcast Episode 38
We posted last month about how initial reports showed the then new $1.29 price point Big Music had convinced iTunes, Amazon, and other digital music retailers to adopt had caused pricier tunes to fall down the charts, how do things look now, some 4 weeks later?
The same if not worse-ish, according to the Register:
Billboard notes that after four weeks, both $1.29 and $0.99 songs have, as expected, experienced a decline in revenue, down 34.5 per cent and 29 per cent. But since $1.29 songs have a higher margin, the hike has raised more income than if the price had remained at 99 cents. How much? Billboard reckons $14,000 a week net. DMN confirms the trend but wonders if the net effect isn’t negative overall.
Has the long-tail truly come off the online music business? Will the record labels continue to try and squeeze more and more out of the bestselling hits? Do we care? I know I barely thought twice about hitting the buy-button on $0.99 DRM-free, 256-bit iTunes music. At $1.29, however, psychological barrier or not, I think more than twice.
Maybe Steve Jobs was right?
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Shock! Disbelief Week 4: Big Music Pice Hike STILL Makes Tunes Less Popular!
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The iPhone has been on the market for almost a year and a half, but it took until last week for AT&T to come up with a way for iPhone owners in the U.S. to be able to manage their accounts from their devices.
The new
myWireless Mobile app (click opens iTunes) is free and provides much of the functionality of the AT&T Wireless website through a cleanly designed iPhone interface. After loading the 1.7 MB app onto your iPhone, you'll need to enter your wireless number and the password that you've previously set up on the AT&T myWireless website. The app doesn't provide for account creation on the device at this time.
Once your account information is validated, you're taken to a Home page that provides several services that you can sign up for, a place to view and pay your bill, a button pointing you to a summary of voice, text, and data plan usage, and a final page where you can sign up for or cancel services.
myWireless Mobile is a helpful little app for any AT&T Wireless customer with an iPhone. Check out the gallery below for screenshots.
From the "what took them so long" department -- AT&T myWireless Mobile originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
From the "what took them so long" department -- AT&T myWireless Mobile originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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