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mBoxMail Lets you Access your Hotmail with an iPhone App

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 28, 2019

I have a Hotmail Plus account so I have been able to access my hotmail account on my iPhone but I couldn't access my folders and I had to go back to the web interface to permanently delete my mail.  It was an okay solution so that I could at least read it on the go, but nFluent just came out with a new app mBoxMail [iTunes Link].

I installed it yesterday and I love this app. It is a bit pricey at $9.99 but I have to say that I didn't even hesitate to buy it. It is very easy to setup and very intuitive and straightforward to use.

nFluent created a short demo on their web page so you can see how it works.

Here are the features of the software according to nFluent's website:

Security In today's world, your information is only as secure as your email account. There is no middle man with m•Box Mail. This application speaks directly to the Windows Live Hotmail servers so you do not have to worry about your confidential information getting stored elsewhere. Your email, user name and password are not stored outside your mobile device. Passwords are securely kept in iPhone’s key store so they do not get into the wrong hands.

Sync your Hotmail and Live Mail Sync your Microsoft Hotmail or Live Mail to iPhone, including all the read and unread flags. All your folders also are available through m•Box Mail so you can stay organized even while on the go.

Fast and Efficient m•Box Mail is highly optimized for mobile platforms so access to your email is the best possible experience. For example, you will be amazed at how fast your email is synced onto your iPhone.

Attachments View emailed image attachments right on your iPhone.

Hotmail Contacts All your Hotmail contacts are available so addressing an email from your iPhone is now as easy as doing it from your computer.

Send from Hotmail m•Box Mail supports sending email from your Hotmail account. Your signature also can be customized on your iPhone for outgoing messages, and you can edit your sent messages folder – keep email for review or delete them as wanted.

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Jailbreak App Cylay 2.0 Adds Security for your iPhone

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

iFoneTec Ltd released version 2.0 Cylay, a tool that helps you secure your phone and its data. Touted by the company's web page as the "the first security application for the iPhone", the company says the application will:

Report current user phone number when iPhone is lost; Backup iPhone data to Cylay Server or Google Server; Delete all of iPhone information when iPhone is lost; Find lost iPhone location; Report Call history and SMS log of lost iPhone; Remotely control lost iPhone: forward SMS, and restore data to iPhone; If you go to this web site, you can create an account and set up your iPhone profile. It looks like there is a trial membership for free and you pay 19.99 a year to get advanced features. It is a bit unclear what these advanced features are but the web site says the membership fee includes: No setup Server and Client fee. Free to update Cylay during in 1 year. unlimited access Cylay server , backup, restore iPhone information to Cylay server and iPhone unlimited the notices of warning unlimited to access Calllog,SMSlog, Contacts,Notes. Again unclear from the website, it looks like from the website you can register your phone number and iPhone serial number and report your phone through their web page when it gets lost. You can also identify the location of the iPhone.  It looks like you can also back it up remotely and send an SMS message to it to erase your iPhone to prevent your data from falling into the wrong hands. Cylay is only available for jailbroken phones and is available at http://app.ifonetec.com/cydia.
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I will get a 3G, I will get a 3G…

Cody Lee ∙ October 20, 2008

Finally, after weeks of ebaying and craigslisting, my 2G has moved on to a good home, and the 3G is all mine. For those of you who have a 3G, cheers, but for those of you who are still on the fence about the upgrade, let me break it down for you.

It's funny because I didn't even sell my original iPhone on the Internet, I sold it at a Mexican drive-thru window. But that's neither here nor there.

Unboxing the 3G was as exciting as it gets. What once was a difficult decision between the white and black models, instantly exploded into a sea of Cody-you-picked-the-right-one black.

The phone seems a bit wide, but overall has a better feel (my girlfriend complained that it was uncomfortable). I love the all plastic frame, feels less fragile than the metal backs of yester-year.

Looking through the rest of the packaging isn't much of a surprise. Well, no surprise to me because I had already heard the bad news, there was no dock included. Those who aren't aware, take warning.

Obviously, with this being months behind the other reviews, it would be a waste of time to relist all the features. One thing I am already enjoying is the GPS feature. This positioning system has been completely accurate for me thus far, and it works in satellite mode, so you can see yourself standing in your driveway (well, your just a purple dot, since the pictures are months, sometimes years old).

So if you've been thinking of upgrading to the 3G, it's totally worth it. Especially if you sell your original iPhone to cover the cost. I sold mine for a cool $300.00, and then bought my new 8gb 3g for $199.00 (with 2 year agreement of course), so I actually made a profit on the upgrade. To some people the feature difference may not impress, but 3G isn't even available in my area (hopefully December they said), and I'm still so happy I went for it. You just really have to speak it into existence, "I will get a 3G, I will get a 3G..."

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DevTeam getting closer to 3G unlock

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 29, 2016

It had been a while since we had heard from our favorite team of hackers, namely the DevTeam, but today they posted on their blog, giving us an update about the status of the iPhone 3G unlock.

We made some significant 3G progress this week.

Here’s a screenshot of a 3G iPhone whose baseband has been modified.  And even though it’s modified — and fails the integrity check — it’s still running.  Can you guess where the patch was made?

So, can you guess where the patch were made??

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MenuLizard

Guest Author ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

Menulizard is a Web App that lets you search for restaurants by name, by state, or by zipcode and displays the location, phone number, restaurant hours, and menu for each restaurant it returns. There are other apps that do some of this, but the menu feature just really hits it home for me.

It has a very simple, straightforward interface and works just like it should. The address links you to google maps, the phone number lets you dial it, etc.

But what I like most about it is that it let's your average Joe send them menus. This will help them grow their database organically. Too many restaurant guides on the web rely on restaurant owners or their staff to keep their database current and they just don't succeed. To upload a menu, simply mail it to them.

I live in Connecticut and currently there aren't any restaurants loaded for my state, but I have a whole drawer full of local menus that just take up valuable kitchen drawer space so I think I am going to pack them up this weekend and send them to MenuLizard.

They also have a trends menu that lets you see some top lists and metrics about their database.  You can look up 20 biggest menus, 20 newest menus, etc. Very interesting.

The only suggestion I have for them is to let people email them menus. They explain why faxes are really hard for them to read and I get that, but their are really good quality scanners out there today and an email attachment would work pretty well for them too. Snail mail is so last decade :) It would also be great if they would let people upload pictures of food to associate with menu items.

For small changes to the menu, they request an email message.

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Underestimating the Power of an iPhone/Netbook Combination

Guest Author ∙ Updated July 24, 2016

It's all over the web that OLO Computers is going to launch a netbook that allows the iPhone to be inserted into the keyboard to be used as a touch pad. I've seen some sites say that it will be iPhone powered and other sites say that the MAC OS on the display is confusing. There are all sorts of doomsday warning point to past integration efforts.  But what if these expectations are making it too complicated? What if they are just creating a netbook that just leverages your iPhone.  I mean that the computer is a Netbook in its own right, but just has a great iPhone docking mechanism that could trigger all sorts of automatic connections between the two.

Things that would be cool would be:

Allow me to automatically tether my netbook to my iPhone so I could use it to wireless connect to the internet anywhere. I can do this now, but what if they made it automatic upon docking? Use it as a plug and play drive so I can access the data on my iPhone. Use it sync my iPhone with iTunes. Use it as a secondary interface. Besides using it as a touch panel, I could have game controls or hot keys or specialty buttons on my iPhone screen that interact with the software on my Netbook. Use it with all sorts of client apps that allow you to expand the functionality of an iPhone App.  For example, I use a health app to track my workouts, when I dock it, that app is available with visualization features (charting and reporting) and import/export functionality on the Netbook. Can you think of any other ideas?
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Best Buy reduces price of Apple A/V Connection Kit

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Best Buy just reduced the price of this kit from $99.99 to $49.99. According to the ad it is compatible with:

Compatible with iPod, iPod nano, iPod mini, iPod shuffle, iPod with color display, iPod photo, iPod video, iPod classic, iPod touch and iPhone

Note:  This works for Audio out for the iPhone and iTouch but doesn't support Video out.

It includes an A/V Cable, universal dock, dock adapters, remote, and USB Power Adapter.

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How to Use an iPhone Without the Data Plan

Guest Author ∙ October 11, 2008

[digg-me]After playing with my kids iTouch's it became clear to me how much the iTouch is lacking in functionality. Before buying one I considered it just an iPhone without the ability to make calls. The lack of camera was the biggest surprise, because I can't figure out why they left it out. The GPS and Camera would have been really nice to have even if I can't use it as a phone.

So would it still be better to buy an iPhone and use it just like an iTouch but with camera and GPS?  I found a thread on one of the iPhone forums where a guy, who was going to college and couldn't afford the $30.00 a month data plan, but wanted an iPhone anyway.  He was on campus where they had a robust wifi connection all of the time and didn't really need the data plan. He already had an AT&T cell phone (a Razor), and just wanted to get a used iPhone and put his SIM card into it.

After giving the guy a hard time, a good samaritan responded with a way to do just that.  He pointed out a cool service offered by unlockit.  It is an APN Changer for 3G iPhones.  It lets you turn off the Edge and 3G data service on your iPhone.  This lets you use an AT&T SIM card with your iPhone but lets you use it without adding the iPhone data plan.

To use this service do the following:

Put the AT&T Sim card in the already activated iPhone. Make a wifi connection to a local wifi source. Navigate to this page.  Click "Continue To The Next Page". Click Disable Data (Fake APN). The Install Profile window appears. Click Install. Another Install Profile window will popup warning you that authenticity of this profile cannot be verified.  Click Install on this window too. You should now see a message stating "Could not activate Cellular Data Network; You are not subscribed to a cellular data service.

You should now be able to make phone calls and be able to use wifi to access the internet.  When you aren't connected, you should get an error.

To remove the 3G/Edge block, simply go to your Network settings and removed the Fake APN profile.

This thread pointed out a really cool service.

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Why Buy the Cow When You Can Get the Milk for Free?

Guest Author ∙ October 11, 2008

[digg-me]Recently I've seen a lot of ads for people selling unlock/jailbreaking services. Some claim to be able to even do a software unlock for iPhone 3G. Prices range from $14.99 to $39.99 just for the ability to download unlocking and jailbreaking software from their website. Some require you to buy an additional piece of hardware (a SIM) to unlock the iPhone 3G, but some sites say you can just download a software.

This bothers me because I feel like this is contrary to spirit of Jailbreaking. Jailbreaking was made free to us by the hard work of the iPhone Dev Team and others, and these wonderful people are doing this to open up Apple's artificially closed offering to the iPhone lovers of the world.

One site I found is charging people for access to a "members only download area" where they can download Jailbreaking and iPhone 2G Unlocking software.

Also, some sites offer 3G software unlock services, although some people do admit that they will have to spend more money and buy a special SIM (from them of course).

There are still other services where you send them your iPhone and they will unlock it for you. I understand that it can be a bit scary to think you might brick your iPhone, but it would be scary for me to to send my beloved iPhone out to a complete stranger. If you they never send your phone back, what is your recourse?  Would you call the police and tell them you were trying to illegally unlock your phone?

The basic problems I have  with paying for unlocking/jailbreaking services (but not limited to) are:

They are charging an awful lot of money for what is free on the web. They are charging an awful lot of money for something they didn't even develop. Some of these people are promising services that may or may not even be possible. They are not warning people that new versions of the iPhone firmware may make their upgrade obsolete or they are promising them they will always be able to support the jailbreak/unlock. The people listing these services may not even be qualified or understand how to use the software.  I found a reference while researching this story of someone who created an Unlocking iPhone 3G website and was trying to sell it for $500, lock, stock, and barrel.

What do you think about this?

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iPhone 3G named 2008 Gadget of the Year

Guest Author ∙ Updated April 20, 2016

iPhone was named 2008 Gadget of the Year in the 2008 British Technology Awards, sponsored by Incisive Media. The iPhone also won the Best Mobile Technology, Most Stylish Technology, and Technological Innovation of the Year awards. iTunes also won honors, winning the Best Music Technology award for 2008.

According to the BTA website, the contest,  the British Technology Awards, was designed to

celebrate our national love of technology and gives you the chance to decide what technology is deserving of recognition – all of this years winners were chosen by the great British public

Apple released this information in a press release on their web site.

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New iPhone Developer Cookbook to be released October 15th

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 11, 2018

Addison-Wesley Professional is releasing a new Programming Reference Book called The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook, The: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK. It will be released by InformIT on October 15th and Amazon is listing it as October 25th.   As many of you are probably aware there hasn't been a plethora of iPhone 3G programming books out there. I have three on pre-order at Amazon, but I,  keep getting notices that the dates have slipped. This book promises to targeted toward all levels of developers.  Follow this blog to get an in depth review before the end of October. According to InformIT this book is described as follows:

Leading iPhone developer Erica Sadun begins by exploring the iPhone delivery platform and SDK, helping you set up your development environment, and showing how iPhone applications are constructed. Next, she offers single-task recipes for the full spectrum of iPhone/iPod touch programming jobs:

Utilize views and tables Organize interface elements Alert and respond to users Access the Address Book (people), Core Location (places), and Sensors (things) Connect to the Internet and Web services Display media content Create secure Keychain entries And much more
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