iPhone Ninjary: How Get More Than 11 Home Screens in iPhone 3.0

Daynah from PHP-Princess.net just couldn’t abide the meager 11 pages and paltry 180 apps provided by iPhone 3.0, so she went about forcing Apple’s SpringBoard home screen manager to give her more. How did she do it?

Check the link above for the details, but the but gist is filling up more than the default 11 pages (additional apps will still be hidden), then moving built-in apps to the last spot, then moving in an additional icon to force a built-in app off the 11th screen, the downloading an app to fill in the empty spot, and… presto — 12th page.

Ninja level work-around to be sure, but if you can’t live with 180 visible apps, and decide to experiment, let us know your results!

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iPhone Ninjary: How Get More Than 11 Home Screens in iPhone 3.0

Snood Redood coming to the iPhone

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

Fortunately, World of Warcraft didn't exist while I was in school, otherwise I might not have finished my venerable BS degree at the storied Ithaca College at all. But if there was one game that almost kept me from finishing all of those essays and homework... well, it was Civ. But if there were two games, the second was Snood. And now that game is due in iPhone form soon as well.

It features the same creature-matching gameplay (with both new and old graphics, as you can see above), which means it probably has the same addictive quality that kept me playing long after I was supposed to have read those excerpts the professor gave to us in English class, and three gameplay modes, including Story, Classic, and even a Time Attack mode. "Coming soon" is the word on when it'll be out, though the main webpage actually says "play now," so it probably isn't that far off. It's not the only "Bust a Move" style game out on the App Store, but it is Snood, and that itself is enough to take me back to the days of pizza and beer in the dorm room.

Snood Redood coming to the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Snood Redood coming to the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Opinion: The case for a Verizon iPhone

Why should Apple drop its exclusive arrangement with AT&T and bring the iPhone to another carrier? Let PC World's Michael Scalisi count the ways.

Review: Up games for the iPhone

Up was one of the biggest hits at the cineplex this summer. Unfortunately, neither of the games based on the Pixar movie live up to its greatness.

HotelPal iPhone App launches

I typically book my trips online and I have found that what sounds good online and looks good when you get to the hotel are two different things. I have been driving around looking for a hotel with a vacancy on more than one occasion when on vacation or a ...

iLike local concert app and custom apps for 250 artists

A while back there was a story going around about the number of apps in the Apple App Store being inflated by template-based apps that are the same except for different data. This app called iLike is a perfect example of template-based apps. The application is a local concert app that ...

Apple to launch 8GB iPhone 3GS soon?

Rogers Wireless, Apple's Canadian iPhone partner, is shipping an 8GB version of the iPhone 3GS to stores, according to BGR. Looks like the 3GS would replace the low-cost 8GB iPhone 3G. We've had a number of unconfirmed tips over the last few days about this so we figured we'd post it... ...

Apple Again Offers Matte Display Option on 15″ MacBook Pro

Engadget reports that Apple is again offering an antiglare matte display option on the 15" MacBook Pro. As with the matte display for the 17" MacBook Pro, the option costs $50.


A report last month claimed that Apple was consid...

More Details on iTunes 9’s Social Media Integration? [Updated]

Boy Genius Report provides additional information on the rumored updates to iTunes 9 initially reported over the weekend, which included the addition of Blu-ray support and the ability to organize iPhone applications, as well as some form of social n...

Updated: Apple Going Social? More iTunes 9, “Social App”, and App Organization

UPDATE: Boy Genius has linked to screenshots from China via Germany that show Last.fm and “social”. Real or Fake? You decide!

Boy Genius is back with more from the same iTunes 9 leaking source, this time with details on iTunes 9 social network integration and plans for an Apple “social app”.

The Apple “social app” is rumored to be some kind of consolidator that would bring all your other social network services together (BGR says similar to Yahoo’s OneConnect — yeah, we don’t use it either). Whether it’s a desktop app, iPhone app, or both wasn’t made clear.

It’ll let you share what music you’re listening to, connect with “friend’s friends” (expand your network and meet new people?) and push status updates to your other networks.

Apple began integrating with Facebook and Flickr in iPhoto ‘09 demonstrated at Macworld 2009, but rather than simple data sharing or publishing, this sounds like Apple might actually be “getting” social media?

Lastly, the ability to organize iPhone apps in iTunes is said to include the ability to:

sort your applications alphabetically, by genre, date added, and of course, custom arrangement.

Speculation remains high that, if indeed Apple is set to release iTunes 9, it will be at the annual iTunes and iPod Music event in September alongside the new iPod touch, rumored to get a camera this time around.

(Not going to mention Kevin Rose’s iTunes 9 wish list from last year, b’okay?)

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Updated: Apple Going Social? More iTunes 9, “Social App”, and App Organization

Quick App: PushMail for iPhone, Gmail, Hotmail, etc. Push Notification Relay

PushMail [$4.99 - iTunes link] takes a different approach to working around the lack of push notifications for Gmail, Hotmail, and other email services on the iPhone. When you set up PushMail, you’re prompted to create an account on their servers ([username]@dopushmail.com). You then forward email from Gmail, Hotmail, etc. to that PushMail account (using whatever filters or rules you like), and when PushMail gets the forward, it sends a push notification to your iPhone, alerting you that your Gmail, Hotmail, etc. account has email.

You can also forward more than one account to the Pushmail account.

If you give it a try, let us know how it works for you.

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Quick App: PushMail for iPhone, Gmail, Hotmail, etc. Push Notification Relay

SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App Update Submitted to Apple

The much-discussed SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone application is once again back in the news again. The Boy Genius is reporting Sling Media has submitted a fairly significant SlingPlayer update to Apple. Version 1.1 will Include the following:

• True 16×9 wide-screen support
• Improved remote control interface
• Faster speeds all around including channel changing, initial connection, and remote control response

Sling Media also let BGR know that a completely separate application has been submitted for outside of the USA that contains all of the above along with 3G support. Your guess is as good as ours as to whether or not Apple will let this update into the App Store. Without AT&T pulling Apple’s strings it is a possibility everyone outside of the good old USA will enjoy 3G Sling streaming.

So what do you think, will the 3G version make it through to any non-AT&T customers?

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SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App Update Submitted to Apple

Tuesday Fun Video: iPhone Controlled Flying Drone

Either one of the most awesome iPhone developed concepts yet, or MIT professor and Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot Missy Cummings has just given the iPhone’s Skynet/Matrix/Cylon decedents the origins of the flying hunter/seekers they’ll be using to wipe us out.

[Via TUAW via Wired]

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Tuesday Fun Video: iPhone Controlled Flying Drone

Five Apps (Mac & iPhone) for pilots

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch

People who fly airplanes, either professionally or for fun, are an interesting bunch. When they're not flying, they are usually doing something to keep their skills sharp or to learn something new. This selection of five Mac and iPhone applications is a sampling of what's available for Apple platforms for the very frequent fliers who read TUAW.

1) X-Plane from Laminar Research is not just one application, but a collection of flight simulation programs for Mac and iPhone as well as "those other platforms." If you're just curious about what it takes to fly an airplane, the X-Plane mobile apps for iPhone and iPod touch are a fairly low-cost way to see if you have what it takes to be a pilot. You can actually start for free with X-Plane Trainer [App Store], which provides your iPhone or touch with a Cessna 172 in which you can learn to take off, fly, navigate, and land. X-Plane Trainer also provides you with constant tips, somewhat akin to having your own flight instructor sitting next to you correcting your mistakes.

The original X-Plane app for iPhone / iPod touch was X-Plane 9 [App Store, US$9.99], which has six different aircraft and configurable weather and daylight features. Laminar Research has also added X-Plane Airliner [App Store, US$9.99, see screenshot below] for budding airline pilots, X-Plane Extreme [App Store, US$9.99], X-Plane Racing [App Store, multiplayer, US$9.99], and X-Plane Helicopter [App Store, US$9.99]. To make life interesting, Laminar also came out with X-Plane Space Shuttle [App Store, US$1.99] so you can learn how to land an orbiter.

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Five Apps (Mac & iPhone) for pilots originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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E-textbooks coming to the iPhone courtesy of CourseSmart

CourseSmart, a subscription e-textbook service, released its App Store software last week. The program, entitled “eTextbooks for the iPhone,” offers 7,000 different textbooks for college students from 12 different publishers. It is free for subscribers, and the company states that students save an average of 50 percent on books. In an interview The Wall Street Journal [...]

Review: textPlus for iPhone

This well-done app pulls off group communication with ease and gives iPod touch users the ability to text as well.