iPhone 3.0 upgrade is available for general use now. This upgrade will give you lots of features which were unavailable in iPhone so far. You can get new upgrade by connecting your iPhone to iTunes and upgrade to the latest firmware.
If your are using jail broken iPhone then don’t do that. It’ll make your iPhone unusable for you. The good news is that iPhone-dev team has released PwnageTool 3.0 for mac OS. If you are using first generation iPhone then you can upgrade your iPhone to new firmware.
If you don’t have a mac system or you have iPhone 3G them wait for some more time. Team is working hard to get QuickPwn and PwnageTool on mac and windows.

You can download current release from here.

More information can be read from iPhone-dev blog.

All the rumours and guesses are over. Apple’s next generation iPhone 3G[S] is announced officially. Apple is not removing their old iPhone 3G at this time. They’ll start selling iPhone 3G for 99$ in US and new iPhone 3G[S] will be sold for 199$ and 299$ for 16 and 32 GB respectively.

iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G[S] both are loaded with iPhone 3.0. So from software point of view both are same. The difference in iPhone 3G[S] is hardware. iPhone 3G[S] has better processor, additional ram, good camera and compass.

Main highlights of iPhone 3G[S]

1. Better processing power. Almost everything is 2 times faster than iPhone 3G
2. 3 Mega pixel auto focus camera for great picture quality. By tapping on image you can set your focus point.
3. It can record 30FPS high quality VGA video in landscape and portrait mode.
4. Voice controls for calling your contacts or playing your song lists. It allows you to query information regarding a playing song.
5. Build in digital Compass, which reorients maps in the direction you are facing. Also it is a new technology for developers. I am sure that we’ll see some great application and games by using compass.
6. Cut, Copy and paste across applications.
7. Landscape keyboard layout for messaging and emailing.
8. Send text, pic, video, location or contact to anyone. You can even forward messages to others.
9. Spotlight search. One search for all your contacts, emails, calendars, notes, songs and videos.
10. Surf the web from practically anywhere. Now you can share the 3G connection on your iPhone with your Mac notebook or PC laptop.
11. Store voice recording of your notes and meetings.
12. Nike Application
13. and many more…..

Google sync lets you synchronize your contacts and calendar on your phone with google account.
It works fine with following mobiles
iPhone
BlackBerry
Nokia S60
Nokia standard
Sony Ericsson
Windows Mobile

All most all the famous mobiles except on Andriod

It is useful in case if you lost your phone or want to change your old phone, you don’t need to copy your contacts and calendar manually or by some trick.
Google Sync is capable of

1. Synchronize your Contacts with Google
2. Depending on your phone, get Google Calendar events to your phone
3. Make changes either on your phone or on the Web

Google latitude is new feature in google maps on the mobile devices. Application allows you to determine the location of your friends around you who have decided to share their location with you.
The next step after locating friends, you may want to contact them. Google has provided SMS, Google Talk, and Gmail support to do this. Check out this cool video for more information.

Read more

hClipboard is another copy paste application in jailbroken iPhones. To install this application, go to
1. Cydia installer (Make sure that you have 2.2 firmware)
2. Search for “hclipboard”
3. You’ll see it listed in the search result.
4. Install the application.

To enable hClipboard, Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > International > Enable hClipboard.
After enabling hClipboard, you’ll find a globe symbol in keyboard window. Tap on it and start playing with it. It stores text in two forms. One as clipboard and another in the form of template. You can store up to 10 clipboards and deleted the unwanted in iPhone’s native way of deleting a text. Though you don’t have any limitation in templates. You can store as many as you wants, this can be used in storing email, mobile number or user name for some sites which you use very frequently.

There is no doubt that in terms of functionality it is the most advance application present so far but I didn’t like the technique it used to select text. Its doesn’t meet iPhone standards. Clippy is another copy/paste application which uses better technique to select text.

Opera developed a web browser for iPhone long time ago and apple rejected it at that time. Now Apple announced that it will allow 3rd party web browser in App store. Is this a change in apple’s thinking? Are Apple’s in house applications ready to face the external world? Try out the flowing browser and may be that you get a hint.
• Edge Browser (Free) - No loss of screen real estate to the address or navigation bars.
• WebMate: Tabbed Browser ($0.99) - Web Mate simplifies browsing by queuing up all the links you click on, then allowing you to view them one by one when you’re ready.
• Incognito ($1.99) - Now you can browse without leaving a history of any kind.
• Shaking Web ($1.99) - adds a sophisticated algorithm to compensate for small hand shaking to allow for easier reading.
This is really a major change in Apple’s approval policy. What will be the future of iPhone App store? [Open for All app ;)]

You like playing hockey then you will enjoy Touch Hockey for sure. Try it even if you don’t like hockey. This application is available in App library for free.
Below are some cool feature of this game
1. One-player, head-to-head Two-player game options
2. Multi-player WiFi local network mode against a friend using multi-touch.
3. Choose from 3 goal sizes to balance play - great for matches between parents and kids or between kids of different ages!
4. Instant replay!! (Turn it off if annoying)
5. Select from 4 match lengths - 5, 7, 9, or 11 points.

iPhoneInterest Rating: 4/5

While browsing I got this site. They make phones too much similar to iPhone. Now it might be opposite. They have 3G Nano in hot product list. Earlier they got idea from Apple now Apple can get some idea from them. I think their phone can be a good demo for Apple.

You can play videos (flv) in safari now. There is iMobileCinema plugin available which can help you play flash (flv format) videos in safari. I think this is something which we all have been waiting for. Follow below steps to integrate the plugin in your browser:

1. First you need to have 2.x ver of firmware.
2. Add source d.imobilecinema.com in Cydia.
3. Install iMobileCinema application from Multimedia section in Cydia.
4. It is advisable to restart your mobile after installation is complete.

Your mobile is ready for playing videos in safari now. You can test it by opening any video which is marked playable (marked with play sign) in youtube site. Thank you.

Every time I press iPhone’s home button to know the time. I get a very nice quote on the screen. This is one of the best uses of locked iPhone screen.
You need to have a jail broken iPhone having firmware 2.X.
I assume that you have installed WinterBoard already in your iPhone. To install “Famous Quotes Widget”, open your Cydia installer and search for “Famous Quotes Widget”.
You’ll get widget in search result. Now follow the instruction to install this widget.
After successful installation, open WinterBoard application and enable the widget and you are done.

This widget for WinterBoard contains hundreds of quotes and each time you lock your iPhone/iPhone touch a new one is displayed. Works on tops of other Lock screen themes.

iPhoneInterest Rating: 4/5