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Inside iPhone 3.0: Fix too-strict passcode lock settings for Exchange users

Filed under: Enterprise, iPhone

If your iPhone was connected to an Exchange server for email, contact or calendar synchronization prior to your upgrade to the 3.0 software, you may have run into the same problem that was bugging me for a day or so: the timeout on the passcode lock gets set to "Immediate," forcing you to enter the code almost every time you pick up the phone. Secure, sure, but very annoying. Going to the usual settings location to adjust the timeout shows no choices other than the insta-lock; what to do?

A thread on the Apple discussions boards points to the answer. Since the ActiveSync link to the Exchange server controls some security policies on the phone, you need to refresh those controls; the easiest way to do that, short of deleting and recreating the Exchange account, is to turn off all three sync modes and the Push setting. Once that's done, you can go back to the passcode lock screen and disable the lock or adjust the timeout. Put your sync settings back the way they were and your changes to the passcode config should remain in place.

While this is an annoying quirk, it's not all gripes and grimaces in the Exchange support department. At long last, users of Exchange calendars can send meeting invitations (hallelujah!); Exchange 2007 users can even view the reply status of attendees. Users can specify additional mail folders for sync, and Exchange 2007 users can search server-side mail from their devices.

For a full rundown on the enterprise-friendly features of iPhone OS 3.0, check out the Enterprise Integration guide via Apple's enterprise features page.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Inside iPhone 3.0: Fix too-strict passcode lock settings for Exchange users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Inside iPhone 3.0: Fix too-strict passcode lock settings for Exchange users originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G App Launch Battle Royal!

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/06/17/iphone-30-software-walkthrough/ Two iPhones, 6 apps. We know the iPhone 3G S is supposed to be “on average” 2x faster than the iPhone 3G, but stats are stats and what we’re interested in is real-world usage. A few seconds here, a dozen or more there, and all of a sudden they add up to minutes.

In this video we launch apps on each iPhone 3.0 device at the same time, but imagine if every time the iPhone 3G S finished first, we immediately launched the next app. We wouldn’t make you sit through that much iPhone 3G lag, but that makes the point.

Also, we put a few webpages into Safari, then launched a heavy app, waited for it to load, then exited and went back to Safari to see how many would still be in memory.

Let’s just say, double the RAM makes more than double the difference…

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TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G App Launch Battle Royal!

3G S sales expectations shift higher, Apple offers $30 credit for activation issues

Filed under: iPhone

It's Father's Day here in the USA, UK and Canada (best wishes to all the Mac daddies out there!), and if the tea-leaf-reading over the iPhone 3G S launch is accurate, it looks like quite a few of those dads may have gotten a shiny new phone as a gift from the spouse and kids. Which would have been really thoughtful and unexpected. If I had gotten one. Anyway.

The pre-launch expectation from analyst Gene Munster was for a comparatively modest 500K units sold over the weekend vs. the 3G million-phone launch, but now his firm has suggested that may have been a conservative number, as noted by AppleInsider. Between AT&T's citing of 'hundreds of thousands' of pre-orders for the phone, and O2 announcing that first-day sales for the 3G S blew past the totals for the 3G last year, it's possible that the 3G S could creep up towards that million-phone number and blockbuster territory.

Despite (or perhaps due to) the brisk sales pace, AT&T's activation infrastructure did not seem to be ready for the influx of account changes; this is a familiar situation, as last year's 3G launch triggered similar delays. Many new buyers (including our own Steve Sande) were faced with activation delays between two hours and two days. In recognition of the aggravation and inconvenience, Apple has begun emailing affected users with the offer of a $30 iTunes credit to be delivered Monday morning, according to Everything iCafe. If you got a credit email, please let us know.

3G S sales expectations shift higher, Apple offers $30 credit for activation issues originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

3G S sales expectations shift higher, Apple offers $30 credit for activation issues originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Visual Voicemail hosed after an upgrade? Here’s the likely solution

Filed under: How-tos, Tips and tricks, iPhone

This happened to me last time I upgraded from my original iPhone to the 3G. I went to check messages, and instead of seeing the list of people who called, the phone simply dialed the voicemail number. The solution this time is the same as last time.

Go to the AT&T web site, log in, and under Phone, Device Support you'll see an option to 'Reset Voicemail Password.' Go ahead and do that, and AT&T will send you a text message with a temporary password. Go to your iPhone, set up Visual Voicemail again as if your phone was new, and put your old password back in.

It seems like AT&T could handle all this automatically, and it clearly works for some, but a quick check of friends who upgraded found quite a few with the problem. All this logging in and re-setting passwords is not the most elegant solution, but apparently it is the only solution.

Hope this helps some of you.

Visual Voicemail hosed after an upgrade? Here's the likely solution originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Visual Voicemail hosed after an upgrade? Here's the likely solution originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iLounge releases speed test videos of iPhone 3G S

Filed under: iPhone

Testing how speedy the iPhone 3G S "S for speed" really is has become de rigueur. iLounge has put together two videos comparing the facility of the 3G S to the 3G, last year's iteration of the iPhone, and to the second generation iPod touch.

The operator tests four applications: Edge, Peggle, Real Racing, and Star Defense. They are all graphically heavy games with initial load times, and likely where the difference will be most exaggerated. As is to be expected from a phone named for its swiftness, the 3G S outstrips both the 3G and the iPod touch by a fair margin, though the iPod touch counters the 3G S a bit more easily than the 3G does.

The videos don't offer any quantitative analysis, nor are they exact by any stretch of the imagination (you'll just have to trust the device operator to touch the application icons simultaneously), but it's comforting to know you that if dropped at least two bills, it was for a reason. Because the videos don't offer any guidance as to which device is where, I'll clue you in: in both videos, the 3G S is on the right.

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iLounge releases speed test videos of iPhone 3G S originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

iLounge releases speed test videos of iPhone 3G S originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The iPhone 3GS, stripped and bare naked

The Rapid Repair website ventured to France to obtain an early iPhone 3GS, dismantle it, and scope out the inner components. Their discovery? The same 600 MHz CPU powering the Palm Pre (that can actually run at 833 MHz if needed). Though the two phones share the same CPU and GPU, they run on different chipsets [...]

Get Tethering and MMS on your iPhone - with AT&T?

One of the more frustrating things about iPhone 3.0 is that a couple of its best new features—namely MMS and tethering—aren’t available to AT&T users. As it turns out, you can trick your phone into turning on both features. Gizmodo points out a secret method for enabling tethering and another for switching on MMS. Before you [...]

Dear Apple — Where Are All the iPhone 3.0 Push Notification Apps?

Sure, some have trickled out of the App Store during the last week, but given the high profile iPhone 3.0 release, and given that we know some high profile push-enabled apps were submitted to the iPhone weeks ago, TiPb has to wonder — where are all the Push Notification enabled apps?

Due to server load and battery life, is Apple putting them through even more stringent and lengthy reviews? Is there some concern about Apple’s Push Notification server load capacity so they’re releasing them a few at a time so as not to suddenly have a MobileMe-style post-launch crash? Or are they just more seemingly random victims of the still-opaque, ever mysterious iPhone App Store review process?

Hopefully it’s reasons #1 and #2. We can handle minor delays now to ensure solid apps on a solid push platform going forward.

But please Apple, keep developers in the loop and — hey! — throw us a bone. Or push us a notification. Something.

Meanwhile, which Push Notification app are you waiting for the most?

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Dear Apple — Where Are All the iPhone 3.0 Push Notification Apps?

AT&T Still Not Activating All iPhone 3G S — Apple Giving $30 Apologies?

A couple of our readers have written in over the weekend concerned that they still can’t activate their iPhone 3G S on AT&T’s network. Greg let us know that he was originally assured his Apple Store-purchased iPhone 3G S would be activated within 48 hrs (?!) but now it looks like that’s been pushed back another 48 hrs — or 4 days total.

He forwarded us an email he claims to have received from Apple offering a $30 iTunes credit by way of apology.

Isolated incident or is anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Full text after the break!

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone activation.

We are still resolving the issue that was encountered while activating your iPhone with AT&T. Unfortunately, due to system issues and continued high activation volumes, this could take us up to an additional 48 hours to complete.

On Monday, you’ll receive an email from Apple with an iTunes Store credit in the amount of $30. We hope you will enjoy this gift and accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience this delay has caused.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team

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AT&T Still Not Activating All iPhone 3G S — Apple Giving $30 Apologies?

Dev-Team - redsn0w Forecast for iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G Jailbreak in June

NOTE: iPhone 3G S need not apply!

While I don’t have anywhere near the midichlorians Jeremy has for all things Jailbreak, I can tell when the infamous iPhone Dev-Team has their game on:

redsn0w is an easy to use, multi-platform, multi-device jailbreaking and unlocking (iPhone 2G only) tool for the iPhone 2G (original iPhone), the iPhone 3G (but not the 3GS) and also the iPod touch (first and second generation). Currently it is available for Windows and Mac OS X (there are some issues using redsn0w with OS X PPC, please use an Intel Mac until we have this problem resolved).

They point out that that redsn0w provides similar functionality to Quickpwn, and provide more instructions in their full post.

As always, experts only and proceed completely at your own risk. If you don’t understand something — put your iPhone down and back away slowly!

If you need help, check out our iPhone Jailbreak Central forums.

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Dev-Team - redsn0w Forecast for iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G Jailbreak in June

TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S Low-Light Recording Demo

Took this last night on the boat. Not bad, I was impressed.

Taken any great shots or video of your own with the iPhone 3G S? Head on over to the forums and show us what you got.

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TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S Low-Light Recording Demo

Inside iPhone 3.0: Enhanced controls for podcast & audiobook playback

Filed under: Podcasts, iPhone, iPod touch

It's on the master list of 3.0 features, but we've been sent enough tips and suggestions about it to conclude that the advanced podcast/audiobook controls came as a pleasant surprise for lots of iPhone and iPod touch owners who upgraded.

In the 3.0 version, from the playback display for a podcast, tapping the screen brings up a set of expert controls: a button to email a link to the podcast's page on iTunes; a 30-second "What's that, now?" instant rewind button; and a playback speed control to give you 1/2 speed, normal or 2x "FedEx mode" playback.

The scrubber bar itself has been given a charge, even though it doesn't look any different until you tap it; it displays the relative playback position within the episode being played. Dragging horizontally gives you high-speed scrubbing (previously known as "just plain old scrubbing"), but if you keep your finger on the screen and drag down, your scrub rate lowers step by step through half-speed, quarter-speed and 'fine scrubbing.' This detail control makes it a lot easier to cue up a particular spot in a long show or book chapter.

I've started to enjoy listening to some of my longer subscriptions in 2x mode, especially when I have a fixed amount of time to listen to the podcast but I still want to cover as much of it as I can. Even shorter news-centric podcasts can sometimes benefit from a speed boost. If any of you try out the 2x mode on an audiobook, do let us know how it works for you.

Surprisingly, I find myself using the 'email this' button quite a lot, especially to let friends and family know about some of my favorite shows. I imagine they'll be getting tired of that pretty soon.

Inside iPhone 3.0: Enhanced controls for podcast & audiobook playback originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TiPb iPhone 3G S Launch Roundup

It’s been a busy week here at TiPb, what with iPhone 3.0 launching last Wednesday and Apple barely giving us time to catch out breath before iPhone 3G S dropped on Friday. As always, we tried to bring you as much info as fast as we could, so in case you missed anything in the mad rush to the third iPhone generation, here’s a roundup:

• TiPB Standing in Line for the iPhone 3G S
• TiPb Video: White 32GB IPhone 3G S Unboxing and Quick Look
• iPhone 3G S - Disassembled
• iPhone 3.0 on iPhone 3G S: Battery Percentage Meter Found!
• iPhone 3G S (Finally!) Supports Full Apple Headset Remote Features
• TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G Browser Speed Smackdown
• iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre Web Render Benchmarks
• TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre: Browser Speed Test
• TiPb Video: iPhone 3G S Multilingual Voice Control Challenge
• Apple Store iPhone 3G S Display Video
• How To: Share iPhone 3G S Video via Mobile Me
• Upgrading to iPhone 3G S? What Are You Doing With Your Old iPhone?

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TiPb iPhone 3G S Launch Roundup