Posts tagged iPhone 3.0
Swipe gesture enabled for Google Image search for iPhone and Android
Apr 29th
Want a cool way to search for images using Google Image Search on Android and iPhone? Your wish has been answered as the search engine giants have updated the Google Image Search for mobile with swipe gesture support.
Google Mobile for iPhone updated, brings voice search for iPod Touch
Feb 21st
Google Mobile app for iPhone and iPod Touch has been updated. The update which takes the app version number to 0.4.5.3281 brings voice search awesomeness for iPod Touch 2G or higher. Besides this impressive addition, it also brings its fair share of fixes and improvements which are listed after the jump.
X2 games unleashes X2 Snowboarding for App Store
Feb 11th
Attention iPhone and iPod Touch game lovers specially fans of X2 games! X2 Games has unleashed what you have been waiting for – X2 Snowboarding. You don’t need to go to specific places to fulfill your snowboarding desire. All you need to have is one of Apple’s premium gadget and X2 Snowboarding which can be downloaded from the App Store. Features list and download link after the jump.
X2 Snowboarding is a fast-paced extreme sports simulation, combining console quality graphics & physics with arcade style game play. Players compete in a series of freestyle, race & trick-race events across an international stage.
What’s missing in Facebook for iPhone 3.0
Aug 19th
Yesterday we informed you about the cool features that are part of the Facebook for iPhone 3.0 app. Well in this post, I just thought why don’t we discuss what are the features that are seen missing from this amazing app. So here we go. The features that are missing include:
- Push Notifications: Full supports for push notification is missing. However the good news is that Lead developer Joe Hewitt says full push support will be included in version 3.1.
- Hiding people from the News Feed: This option is not available in version 3.0
- Event Walls are not yet accessible: Although you can RSVP, you can’t write on event walls.
- Videos are not yet playable inside 3.0
- The app can only be used in Portrait mode: Currently the app supports portrait mode however Hewitt says Landscape mode is coming soon
- Application Integration: While application notifications are accessible, clicking them takes you into full browser mode inside the new Facebook app. Applications invitations are not accessible.
You may want to check other blog posts related to Facebook for iPhone 3.0. The links are given below:
Get a closer look at the Facebook for iPhone 3.0 app
Aug 18th
We have previously informed you about Facebook for iPhone 3.0 app, what are the features, even we shared with you a couple of snapshots of the latest version. Well we are not here to inform you that the app is available at the App store. But we will be sharing with you what are the improvements. And yes, by the way it is expected that the app will be available very soon at the iTunes App Store. In this post we will focus on the prominent changes coming in the 3.0 version. So here it goes. The changes are:
- A new and improved home screen: The home screen is customizable means that now you can add boxes of your choice to the default start screen.
- A better “News feed”: It provides a more complete overview of status updates from your friends. However the ability to hide or unhide the news feed from within the app is still missing
- Videos: The process of uploading videos works smoothly. Sadly you can’t watch videos until and unless they are actually hosted on YouTube.
- Events: Events feature is there but it is unfortunate that you cannot still the complete event wall
- Pages: Search, View and Interact with the pages
- Photos: Create new photo albums, upload photos to any album of your choosing, zoom into photos and change your profile picture.
- Communication: Call people directly from the Friends page
- The liking feature has been improved
- Notifications: Directly link to the comments and respond to them
- Saved Messages: Lets say you were typing a message and all of a sudden you quit the app or were interrupted by a phone call, no need to worry your incomplete message will be restored.
Google introduces search with My Location for iPhone 3.0
Jul 16th
Google has introduced ‘Search with My Location’ for iPhone 3.0. Now if someone wants to know which jazz clubs are near him, he don’t have to specify a location – he just search for “jazz clubs”.
Google stated:
At Google, we want to make searching the world around you as easy and informative as searching the web.
When you visit www.google.com from Safari on your iPhone 3.0, you can choose to turn on My Location by tapping on the link on the homepage. When you tap on the “update” link, your location will be updated and displayed right there on the homepage. Whenever you want to refresh your location, just tap the “update” link. Testing this in New York, my search for “jazz clubs” returned a many places within walking distance.
Google won’t use your location in search unless you explicitly opt to choose it. And you can always disable the feature from Preferences at the bottom of the homepage.
Search with My Location from Safari is available in English in the US and UK. Other country and language combinations will be integrated soon. You can also search with My Location using Google Mobile App, available from the iPhone App Store.
Jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS is available now
Jul 3rd
A blogger going by the name of George Hotz has posted what looks like the appropriate tool to jailbreak an iPhone 3G S. Which means that first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. Have a look at the jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS.
To get started:
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Go to purplera1n.com.
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Download it.
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Make sure you have windows(but not 7), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with 3.0 firmware.
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Connect your iPhone normally.
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Click “make it ra1n”.
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On bootup, run Freeze, the purplera1n installer app.
Tutorial has a link from purplera1n site. Make a backup of everything before running. You can Reboot, if Cydia doesn’t show up after running Freeze. If you need help email purplera1n.support@gmail.com and attach your purplera1n.log file. The purplera1n jailbreak will free your iPhone from the limitations imposed on it by AT&T and Apple.
George Hotz wrote on his blog:
That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the “last” hole in the iPhone. What last hole… this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week.
The author of Purplera1n for iPhone 3GS concluded his post thanking everyone involved in the making of the jailbreak tool. Hotz said that the binary size of Purplera1n is smaller than C++ Hello World.
No 20MB thing that needs to be torrented. And no IPSW to download. This is how jailbreak should be!,
After jailbreaking, a user will be able to customize the iPhone with home-screen wallpapers and third-party ringtones.
Evernote for iPhone 3.0 is here; major update
Jun 18th
iPhone 3.0 is officially launched and new app is ready. The two main reasons to be excited about Evernote for iPhone 3.0: and the even greater stuff that will be added in the near future.
Let’s check out what’s new? I have discussed those features which I felt necessary, you can checked out more features here.
Beefy synchronization
The data synchronization part of the application is rewritten to take advantage of the new iPhone 3.0 capabilities, this will cause your info about all your notes to be synced locally on the device. You can scroll through thousands of notes without interruption and without ever seeing the dreaded “load 25 more” message.
No pending
New data handling functionality means that there’s no longer any need for a “Pending” tab — pending notes are now displayed in the normal note list and you can edit them at any time, even before they’ve been synced!
Where in the world?
You can push the “pin” button at any time to see all of your notes displayed on a map. The numbers indicate how many notes you have in a particular area, and zooming in will break up the groups until you can see each individual note as a pin.
Instant groups
The note views lets you group your notes by date, title, notebook, city or country. You can also instantly jump to a different group by taping the index bar on the right of the note list or scroll your finger over the index bar to fly through your notes at breakneck speed.
Advanced Searching
You can search through your notes and we’ve made that better as well. Advanced search options are now easier to use and many types of searches can be performed without ever having to touch the server, so they’re really fast.
Cinema-quality Landscape View
Mercy for your fingers
The steps and small buttons re eliminated when making snapshot and camera roll notes. Now you can snap a picture and send it to Evernote with just a couple of clicks.
Plays nice with others
Evernote for iPhone 3.0 now supports in-app integrations with iPhone apps from other developers. Several exciting Evernote-aware apps should be launching really really soon.
General improvements and bug fixes
This is our third major version of Evernote for the iPhone, so there’s a lot of improvements under the hood.
