The first smart phone is dead

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Seth Weintraub.
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Seth Weintraub notes the passing -- or was it a murder? -- of the T-Mobile Sidekick, the first smart phone.

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Microsoft loses Sidekick users’ personal data

Posted on by Martyn Williams.
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Server problems at Sidekick provider Danger have resulted in the loss of personal data for most users, Microsoft and T-Mobile said.

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 11 Oct 2009

Posted on by Dieter Bohn.
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Last week was the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment conference. We had coverage at a few of our sites, but Kevin Michaluk and I also sat down with Mickey Papillon of The Cell Phone Junkie to record a podcast about our thoughts on the event – worth checking out. Here’s what else went on in the smartphone world this week.

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Best of Smartphone Experts, 11 Oct 2009


TiPb on Digital Trends: iTablet, eBooks on iPhone, and CTIA

Posted on by Rene Ritchie.
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Digital Trends and Leif Iverson was gracious enough to have me on their podcast last week, and we took the opportunity to talk:

Digital Trends has also updated with a great new look, and more gadget content than you can shake an accelerometer at, so be sure to check it out.

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TiPb on Digital Trends: iTablet, eBooks on iPhone, and CTIA


Photoshop Mobile released for the iPhone

Posted on by Maggie Mills.
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Adobe has now released Photoshop.com Mobile, a free application allowing users to edit photos on their iPhone using simple gestures, and has been anticipated for awhile now. It’s an app that will interface with the photoshop.com site, giving 2GB of space for photos and other related media. From the app site: “It’s now easy to improve photos [...]

Google Search Options Now Available on the iPhone

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Blackra1n jailbreak now available for iPhone OS 3.1.2, iPod touch 3G

Posted on by Nilay Patel.
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Wow, judging by our tips jar we'd say you're all pretty darn excited about Geohot's Blackra1n jailbreak, which lets you open up iPhone OS 3.1.2 devices including the iPod touch 3G and new iPhone 3GSs -- but you can't unlock yet, so don't get any big ideas about switching carriers. Windows-only at the moment, but with this level of enthusiasm out there we can't imagine a Mac version is far behind.

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Blackra1n jailbreak now available for iPhone OS 3.1.2, iPod touch 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apps for Less: All Chilli X Apps Free Today

Posted on by Jeremy Sikora.
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For those of you who are not familiar with our Apps for Less posts, they are a great way for us to point out a few good iPhone (and iPod touch) applications available in the App Store that are currently on sale, or ones that have come down permanently to a price that we feel are worth mentioning to our readers.

For those of you looking for some freebies, today happens to be your lucky day. You can now download all 16 applications that developer Chilli X has released to date for free. This deal ends by the end of today so act fast. You are bound to find a few of the 16 apps that you may be interested in. To see a complete list of what is available simply search for “Chilli X” within iTunes or directly from within the App Store on your iPhone.

If you see any other great weekend deals, let us know in the comments, or send them our way any time for inclusion in a future Apps for Less!

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Apps for Less: All Chilli X Apps Free Today


Dunk a Palm Pre and Win an iPhone 3GS

Posted on by Jeremy Sikora.
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This one will be painful to watch for the good folks over at Precentral.net. Heck, even we feel a bit bad about this one but It seems as if the owner of this particular Pre had some major screen issues that he couldn’t live with any longer – 3 cracked screens in the span of 3 months.

Rest be assured, this device will be replaced with a new iPhone 3GS. At least that’s what his friends told him…

[Via Gizmodo]

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Dunk a Palm Pre and Win an iPhone 3GS


David Hockney paints with his iPhone, results not typical

Posted on by Laura June.
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Artist David Hockney isn't afraid of picking up new media -- over the years, he's used Polaroids, photocollages, and even fax machines to create his art -- in addition to regular, old-fashioned painting. Now, he's taken to using his iPhone to create new works of art. The resultant "paintings" have been exhibited at the Tate Gallery and Royal Academy in London, as well as galleries in Los Angeles and Germany. Like artist Jorge Colombo (whose iPhone fingerpainting was featured on the cover of The New Yorker), Hockney uses the iPhone app Brushes to create his works. In an interview with the New York Review of Books, Hockney notes that he prefers and still uses the original version of the app, not the more recent updates. Hmm... maybe the reason our own Brushes paintings stink is because we're using the update!

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All iPhone 3.1.2 Jailbreak Tool blackra1n for Windows Released

Posted on by Jeremy Sikora.
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George Hotz, the man who brought you the jailbreak tool purplera1n, has once again impressed us all and this time it’s an all iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak only solution, blackra1n. Mac users need not apply as blackra1n is currently a Windows only application.

So, what is blackra1n? blackra1n is a 30 second ALL device 3.1.2 jailbreak. Even the ipt3, but the ipt3 is tethered. In order to boot it, just rerun blackra1n. As far as donations go, they are much appreciated, but not until after blackra1n works for you. I never ask for donations before the tool is released.

It should be noted that 3G and 3GS unlockers should still avoid updating to 3.1.2 using iTunes as blackra1n is not capable of unlocking your device. By updating you will update your firmware baseband to a version that can not be downgraded at this time. If you are looking to unlock you need to follow the Dev Teams tools and instructions.

TiPb takes no responsibility for your jailbreak outcome. Need help? Check out our iPhone Jailbreak and Unlock forum.

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All iPhone 3.1.2 Jailbreak Tool blackra1n for Windows Released


Geohot Releases blackra1n to Jailbreak Any iPhone and iPod Touch Running iPhone OS 3.1.2

Posted on by iPhoneHacks.
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