Posted by Chris on under party apps, digestible format, persal, gizmodo, humorous approach, pride and joy, iphone, iphe, mobile device, interesting things, news source, community involvement, freak, all encompassing, video podcast, atlas, laugh, third party, lt, blogs | 
Looking for some good iPhone blogs where you can read more about your favorite mobile device? I thought I??â??â??d put together this list of my top 5 favorite iPhone blogs ??â??â?? in no particular order ??â??â?? for your reading pleasure:
- iPhone Atlas
A CNET site, iPhone Atlas publishes a good deal of news on Jailbreaking, iPhone unlocking and third-party apps and development. The tone of the site is often technical and ??â????newsy,??â??Â? rather than personal and blog-like, but it??â??â??s worth a look.
- Apple iPhone School
Apple iPhone School is a comprehensive resource on iPhone apps and Jailbreaking how-to. They update regularly about all kinds of cool third-party apps that enhance the functionality (and fun!) of your iPhone.
Doug and Brooke also publish a great ??â????iPhone 101??â??Â? video podcast covering all the latest interesting things going on in the iPhone community. This iPhone blog is highly recommended, particularly for those of you with Jailbroken iPhones.
- The iPhone Blog
The iPhone Blog takes a humorous approach to iPhone news. The posts are written in a funny, Gizmodo-esque tone, and all articles are accompanied by a laugh-out-loud Photoshopped image.
- iPhone Freak
iPhone Freak publishes a nice variety of iPhone news in an easily-digestible format. The articles are reasonably short and to the point. I recommend this iPhone blog as an all-encompassing iPhone news source.
- And of course, my personal favorite: Apple iPhone Review
What, you actually thought I??â??â??d leave out this iPhone blog, my very own pride and joy?
I like to think I take an ??â????out-of-the-box??â??Â? look at the iPhone. Although I love my iPhone, I consider the device??â??â??s flaws and how it can be improved. I also ask questions and emphasize community involvement on my blog, always encouraging readers to participate in the comments.
You can read more about Apple iPhone Review on my About page, or click here to subscribe now.
Do you read any of the above iPhone blogs? Are there any other iPhone blogs you recommend?
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Posted by noreply@blogger.com (Zibri) on under iphe, breakthru, party apps, baseband, itunes, firmware, goodies, ipod, third party, choices, freedom |
Well, here I am still...The picture above is not a fake.It's not even a major breakthru but it's something.I am glad to tell you anyhow that 2.0firmware works pretty well on my iPod 32gb.All features are enabled.To install it from windows (or mac) you needa special beta version of itunes.Unless you want to loose installerand all third party apps I strongly suggest youNOT TO UPGRADE (both iPod both iPhone).To downgrade the iPod you will needto uninstall iTunes 7.7 and reinstall 7.5.Then you will need to put the iPod in DFU modeand do a full restore back to 1.1.4 (and use ZiPhone)to have back Installer and all goodies.With the iPhone it's more complicatedbecause you will also need todowngrade the baseband.I already have a very preliminary versionof the new ZiPhone which will allow that. As of today you will have 2 choices:1) Believe in the community and don't upgrade to 2.02) Say goodbye to Installer and freedom and upgrade. Stay tuned :)Zibri
More screenshots are available here.
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Posted by on under party apps, zune, microsoft executives, task managers, multitasking, brix, system doesn, android, devs, remorse, real deal, riff, emulator, pandora, several times, third party, ships, microsoft, job |
We've definitely learned a ton about
Windows Phone 7 Series here at
MIX, but getting the full picture on multitasking has been difficult, since the OS isn't ready, no one has final hardware, and the emulator seems to behave differently than actual devices and Microsoft's descriptions. So let's set the record straight on multitasking: it's not going to happen, at least not in the traditional way. Not only have we directly confirmed this with Microsoft executives several times, but the developer sessions here are totally clear on the matter -- you don't tell 1000+ devs that they should expect their apps to be killed whenever the user switches away from them if you don't mean it. Now, that's not to say that the OS can't do multitasking: first-party apps like the Zune player and IE can run in the background, and third-party apps are actually left running in a suspended state (Microsoft calls it "dehydrated") as long as the system doesn't need any additional resources. If the user cycles back to an app, it's resumed ("rehydrated") and life continues merrily along, but if the user opens other apps and the system needs additional resources, the app is killed without any indication or remorse.
If that sounds familiar, it's because it's basically a single-tasking riff on Android and Windows Mobile 6, both of which also purport to intelligently manage multiple running applications like this, and both of which usually find themselves greatly improved with manual task managers. We'll have to see if Windows Phone 7 Series can do a better job once it ships -- we have a feeling it will -- and later down the line we'll see if Microsoft decides to extend multitasking to third-party apps. But for now, just know that you're not going to be running Pandora in the background while you do other tasks on a 7 Series device -- it is a question we have specifically asked, and the answer, unfortunately, is no.
P.S. Still don't believe us? Hear it for yourself directly from Microsoft's Todd Brix:
Windows Phone 7 Series multitasking: the real deal originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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