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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.
Nokia acquired Symbian willing to opensource it.Openmoko is readying the open phone.Now I know Apple will never listen to this,but with a simple move Apple could wipe allcompetitors off the smartphone scene.One of my favourite quotes is:"Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white',but to avoid such predetermined choice."There are only a few slight adjustments toApple's plans needed to own the market.Too bad they don't really seeminterested to listen.
I'm worried.What can seem a nice feature is somethingreally dangerous.Not allowing background processesand forcing everything to pass thru theApple Push Notification Serveris something Orwell already imagined.Think about all your dataflowing through Apple and you will startto get the big picture.Add to that mobileme, another big brotherkeeping everything about you.Now, this would be nice if it were an optionalfeature. But it's not.It's the only way.With the iPhone, Apple is showing theywant to keep control of everything.I hope the industry will take a differentpath and won't emulate them.Every day I'm getting more interestedin google android and more open softwares/firmwares.
Shortly after WWDC 2008,a new itunes version will be availablefor download on the apple site.Along with that a 2.0 firmware upgradewill be soon available.Do not upgrade!If you want to have fun withyour iPhone, wait for all devs to be ready.That won't happen today.But soon.I'll start working on new releases as soonas they are released.I'll keep you posted.Zibri
This will be the "heart" of the new iPhone 3G!It features a category 8 HSDPA connectionfor a top speed of 7.2 Mb/s over the air.Details are HEREThe main iPhone CPU will remain unchangedas expected.Stay tuned for further informations.
From the iPhone2 patent it seems likely thatApple at last included an embedded GPS.Informations are anyhow confusingand I don't feel like confirming it as a fact.We will see.I don't really care since I have my fellow TomTom device. ;)
The patents for the iPhone2 (and firmware 2.0) are out.As you can see from the images above, FLASH andWindowsMedia content will be finally supported.In figure 53D you can also see how thenew welcome screen will look like.Again there is nothing in the patent aboutan embedded GPS (as I previously said).External bluetooth GPS will be supported andmanaged by the "locationd" daemon.You can browse the patent HERE.
We're near to the event everyone is expecting.As soon as the final 2.0 version will be outI will start working on it.Shortly after receiving my 3G iPhoneI will also start working on it.If you upgrade before I say so, please don'tcome here crying for help.It will also be useless to upgrade to 2.0 untilall developers will recompile and test their applications.If you speak italian you might want tocheck http://it.ziphone.org/(check the second Panorama link)Keep donating if you want ZiPhone to be free.Till now, only 1/1000 donated.And I hereby thank whoever did or helpedthis project (like the translators).Namaste!Zibri
