by Simon Ng on September 22, 2009
For anyone who have accidentally upgraded to iPhone OS 3.1 and would like to downgrade back to OS 3.0, you can follow this guide for the downgrade. This guide is written for iPhone 2G and 3G only. It will not work for iPhone 3GS.
By downgrading your iPhone 2G/3G from OS 3.1 to 3.0, you can [...]
by Simon Ng on August 1, 2009
Apple has released iPhone OS 3.0.1, which is a minor update for iPhone 3.0, to fix SMS vulnerability, after security experts demonstrated the exploit at a top security conference (known as Black Hat).
According to New York Times, the SMS exploit was discovered by two security researchers – Collin Mulliner and Charlie Miller. As claimed, the [...]
by Simon Ng on July 27, 2009
You probably have upgraded to iPhone 3.0. But do you know the Stock application has been improved with minor tweaks? I guess not every iPhone user notice the changes.
The Stock app is a very simple app that lets you keep track of stock price of your portfolio. Before the release of iPhone 3.0 OS, [...]
by Simon Ng on July 20, 2009
With the debut of iPhone 3GS, Apple finally brings video to iPhone. Now, in the Camera application, you can easily toggle between video and still-picture mode to capture high-quality video. It also comes with sharing feature to let you send video clips via email or upload them directly to YouTube.
But, probably that’s not enough [...]
by Simon Ng on July 18, 2009
As claimed, Apple brings us over 100 features in iPhone 3.0 OS. But not all features are as prominent as Copy & Paste or Voice Memo. Some features are not explicitly mentioned by Apple and you’ll have to discover by yourself. Here is one:
Simply shake your iPhone and Undo the typing
It’s a very simple feature [...]
by Simon Ng on July 16, 2009
Prior to iPhone OS 3.0, you are not allowed to forward a text message (or SMS). It’s really ridiculous that such basic feature, which is available on most mobile phones, cannot be found on iPhone. Finally, the latest version of iPhone OS brings you the ability to forward SMS, as well as, deleting an individual [...]
by Simon Ng on July 11, 2009
Normally, you can force quit an iPhone application by pressing and holding down the HOME button for around 6-8 seconds in firmware 2.2 or lower. But as Apple released the iPhone 3.0 OS, this method does no longer work. The HOME button shortcut is now preserved for invoking Voice Control, which is a new feature [...]
by Simon Ng on July 10, 2009
One of the popular questions that I have been asked is how you can share contact with others on iPhone.
Three months ago, I have posted 3 great ways to forward a contact to your friends or co-workers. They should work for you but they’re not perfect. And, the solutions depend on 3rd party applications. [...]
by Simon Ng on July 3, 2009
Facebook is one of my favourite iPhone application. Joe Hewitt, the core developer of Facebook’s iPhone application, has posted a note on Facebook that a new version of the app will soon be released.
As described by Joe, the upcoming Facebook release will add numerous features:
1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability [...]