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Castle Frenzy Review

December 7th, 2009

Castle Frenzy by Gameloft is a tower defense game where you try to keep goblins and other fantasy creatures outside your door step.

The game got really interesting and fun controls. To kill the monters you will have to stop them manually by picking them up and throw them away, smash them into the ground or a lot of other ways, but it is all done with your fingers.

You got a few upgrades you can do, like buying a stronger gate, spells or a couple of monsters.

While the graphics are really nice and some of the best I have seen to the iPhone, the gameplay is sadly only fun for a few minutes. » Read more: Castle Frenzy Review

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Cool iPhone Case Marware’s Game Grip

December 3rd, 2009

marwareI stumbled upon this cool accessory to the iPod and iPhone called Game Grip by Marware.

This case is unique since it focuses on enhancing the gameplay experience instead of just protection.

The Game Grip have gotten good reviews and should be interesting for people playing a lot on their device.

In many games I find it hard to hold my iPhone and at the same time push the game controls on the screen, this might be a good solution to that.

I do not own this so I can not review it but here are the features:
* Unique cord management system provides the ultimate versatility
* Can be used with headphones/ear buds
* Can be charged while playing
* Silicone sleeves can be used as stand alone protection when not gaming
* Provides convenient, radically comfortable access to full face of touch or iPhone
* Enjoy hours of extreme game play » Read more: Cool iPhone Case Marware’s Game Grip

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vWallpaper Review

December 1st, 2009

During the last two days I have been testing out vWallpaper.

vWallpaper by Skrew is a cool homebrew app for the iPod and iPhone which allow you to set a .mp4 or .mov video as background.(This app also support video ringtones but I am limiting my post to wallpapers.)

I am using a 3GS 3.1.2 and it works without any greater problems. The videos play smooth and unless it’s a large file there is no springboard lag. While on larger files it can lag a bit while switching pages.

I test ran a 13MB large video wallpaper without going into sleep mode for 3 hours and there where no loss in performance. The video still ran smoothly.

Where this program really shines is with small videos that end where they start, resulting in a endless video. Or you could compose a bunch of wallpapers to get a neat slide show and or mix in a bit of video. I really would like a animated dock.

How to install vWallpaper.
• Open Cydia or Rock and install SkrewCommon.
• Install vWallpaper, also in Cydia/Rock.
vWallpaper need SkrewCommon to work so it is important that you install it. » Read more: vWallpaper Review

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How To Restore Your iPhone

November 29th, 2009

If you mess up your iPhone so much that restoring is your only option. Here is how you do it.

First don’t worry iTunes can restore almost anything, mine didn’t even boot up in restore mode last time I had to.

What you need
• Firmware on file, unless you want the newest version. Available downloads at Modmyi.com.
• USB cable
• iTunes

1. Connect the iPhone to your computer via the USB cable.

2. If iTunes detects it make it sync to backup contents just in case.

(Assuming a worst case scenario, if your iPhone boot up skip to step 5.)
3. Hold down the sleep and home button until your iPhone powers off and back on. Let go of the sleep button but keep holding down the home button. » Read more: How To Restore Your iPhone

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Quick Review iFile

November 27th, 2009

Today I am doing a quick review of iFile.
It’s been out for a long time and most people already know what it is but if you want to know more or can not decide if to buy this app or not then read on.

If you are looking for a easy way to manage your files iFile by Carsten Heinelt is the program for you. It does the jobb and it does it good!

While iFile can Run, Delete, Move, Search and Copy files it can also

• Create and Rename files and folders. • View file info.
• Unzip rar and zip files. Once browsing a zip or rar file you will be able to choose which file or files to extract.
• Manage your Safari bookmarks.
• Open Video files and other media.
• Install Deb files

One great feature is the built in web server which will enable you to download and upload files to and from your iPhone easily via any web browser. It does though require Wifi. » Read more: Quick Review iFile

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iHome Keyboard, Nice Going

November 25th, 2009

iHome keyboard or iConnect Media Keyboard which is it’s full name looks promesing at first sight.

The dock it self is hidden under a flat cover which you can slide away when you need to use it.

The keyboard dock does everything that the normal USB cable does so this doesn’t really add anything that you don’t really got.

What is good with it however is the elemination of the annoying USB cable and the far reduced chans of accidentally pushing your iPhone over the desk edge.

The keyboard has illuminated touch sensitive media buttons that is used to control your playlists etc. » Read more: iHome Keyboard, Nice Going

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3G Unrestrictor + Skype = True

November 24th, 2009

There are a lot of homebrew apps out today and most of them beats anything that could ever come out of the AppStore.

One app that really comes in handy is 3G Unrestrictor by Kim Streich.

What the app does is allowing you to lure apps such as Skype and YouTube that they are on a wifi connection while in fact it is on the 3G.

So what’s so good about it? Skype for example! Does your friends or family have skype? Then this tool will allow you to call free from anywhere.

You could also trick AppStore to be able to download files larger then 10mb. » Read more: 3G Unrestrictor + Skype = True

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Space Ace Still Owns

November 23rd, 2009

In the 1980s the original arcade Dragons Lair was released and it was amazing. Tightly after came Don Bluths next animated master piece Space Ace and it exceded all expectations.
Back in 1980s there was no games that used real animations and the top game played was Space Invaders, that was until Don Bluth landed. And released these two classics that is still living on today.

While today if you see this game you will probably not think of it as a big deal but if you where around at the release this would have been the most awesome game ever. People where acctually saving up money so they could go and play it.

In 2009 the iPhone remake was released by Digital Liesure and this was one of the games that made me want an iPhone.

Space Ace plays out as a animated movie where you got to rely on your fast reflexes to beat the game.

There are pages of stuff I could write about this game, but I won’t. If you want to know more about the games history, google it. » Read more: Space Ace Still Owns

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Tips: Watch Naruto On iPhone

November 20th, 2009

It’s been a while since my last post so here comes a little tip.

It works with any iPhone movies of course but this tip focuses on Naruto.


Lately I have been away from home a lot, out of reach from my computer. And guess what I can’t do when not at my computer? Yes that’s right… Watch Naruto.

The series have had it’s up and downs but they are back on track and I now feel that I got to know what happens in the next episode. And when the next episode is released and I’m not home it sucks.

Today was one of those days, double episode release and only my iPhone. crap! Was what I thought. I tried iMobilecinema it didn’t help, I tried downloading avi files but vlc4iphone didn’t play them.

It all lead me to this really simple procedure. It need a couple of bucks spent but both are worth it. Both are available in Cydia / Rock. » Read more: Tips: Watch Naruto On iPhone

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Homebrew Flash Player for iPhone

November 15th, 2009

(Updated 20091127)
iMobileCinema brings flash to jailbroken iPhones.

This is a bit of old news, but currently the only way to get a bit of flash support in your phone is to break your warrantry laws.

Being relatively new in the iPhone community I was shocked that this device that I payed 1100$ for was not able to play flash. When all other similar phones runs it just fine.

I have since my last display of anger about this issue read up a bit about why there is no support for flash.

Turns out Apple was not happy about the performance from Flash Player Mobile, currently it seems to run fine on all other mobile phones except for the iPhone. Because there is no Flash Player on it! » Read more: Homebrew Flash Player for iPhone

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Firewall IP Does the Jobb

November 13th, 2009

Firewall IP currently available through Cydia and Rock does what it is supposed too.

Currently you get a few options once a program tries to connect to the Internet.
Deny once, allow once, always allow and always deny. You can also add and manage specific program settings.

If you use IntelliScreen you will have to add it manually in firewall settings, otherwise it won’t work.

Even though there isn’t much use of a firewall right now this is a good solution to upcoming worm problems and other threats. It also helps keeping data taxes under control if you have a expensive service provider. » Read more: Firewall IP Does the Jobb

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Ikee Worm Messes With Your Brain

November 10th, 2009

The first as*** are starting to show up in our so far friendly and harmless iPhone community.

The newest is the Rick Roll worm Ikee by Ashley Towns.

Ashley claims that he made the worm to enlighten people about the risks of jailbreaking your iPhone.

Though that is a blatant lie in my opinion because of two obvious reasons.

1. Ashley released the source codes for four different versions of Ikee, now why would he do that unless he wanted other people people to learn how to do it and possibly evolve worms and viruses for the iPhone.

2. Have you ever seen the Rickroll video? If not, consider yourself lucky. The rest of us have been tricked into seeing it by links leading to this horrible crap. Even though this is just a picture, it’s the ultimate psychological torture worm. And couldn’t be any worse. » Read more: Ikee Worm Messes With Your Brain

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How To Change iPhone Password via SSH

November 6th, 2009

(Updated 2009-11-11)
I said I would write a guide to how too change your root and mobile passwords.

Warning: Before changing your password make sure that it is one that you can never forget. If you forget it your only option will be to restore.

I take no responsibility for what you do with your iPhone.

If you are going to use SSH on your iPhone it’s best to change your password to something the rest of the world don’t know.

To use SSH between your computer and your iPhone you need a few things.

•Open SSH downloaded from Cydia or Rock.
•A PC client like WinSCP with PuTTY
•A wireless network to connect your computer and iPhone. » Read more: How To Change iPhone Password via SSH

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George Hotz Does It Again With Blacksn0w

November 6th, 2009

George Hotz has done it again and released a new version of Blackra1n and this time it includes Blacksn0w.

If you don’t know, Blacksn0w unlocks your iPhone so that it can be used with any sim card. You are no longer restricted to only use ex. Telia.

Blacksn0w is bundled with Blackra1n, just tap install on Blacksn0w while jailbreaking your iPhone. Blacksn0w is also available in Cydia.

I recommend reading up a bit on www.blackra1n.com before installing. » Read more: George Hotz Does It Again With Blacksn0w

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Tips: Lockscreen + IntelliScreen

November 6th, 2009

How to make your lockscreen look like this.

This is what you need:
•Intelliscreen(bought in Cydia/Rock)
•Winterboard(free in Cydia/Rock)
•Best Clear Lock Screen(its a theme from Cydia/Rock by Luke Salter)
•Open SSH(from Cydia/Rock) and a client like WinSCP for your computer.

Warning I strongly recommend that you either turn off Open SSH in SBSettings when not using it or change the password into something else so that unwanted people can not gain access to your iPhone. I will write a guide to how to do that later.

So now it should be really simple creating your own theme but non of the tries I have done so far have worked, so I modded a already finnished theme.

I wanted a completely clear lockscreen except for the slide button. But my problem was that the text in IntelliScreen was hard to read. I also wanted the ability to change background images but preserving the transparent look. » Read more: Tips: Lockscreen + IntelliScreen

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No More Boring LockSreen With IntelliScreen

November 5th, 2009

One of the really hot apps right now is IntelliScreen from Intelliborn, and it is for a reason.

What IntelliScreen does is to transform your lock screen to a fully customizable interface for mail, sms, rss, sports and weather. Intelliborn have done a good jobb of putting it all together and there are loads of options for customizing it.

The interface is very well thought through and you can see there is effort put into it which is not very common for homebrew apps but is expected from a pay for app. This looks just like something you would find in Appstore.

This is not risk free though, I recommend backing up your iPhone in both iTunes and Rock before installing.

The first time I installed this program it worked fine, I then unistalled it since it’s a trial but decided to install it again to do buy it. And what happend was that my iPhone refused to boot up and everytime it did I had an error that I spent hours trying to solve, in the end though I just restored it. » Read more: No More Boring LockSreen With IntelliScreen

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Apple why? WHY!!! No FLASH!

November 4th, 2009

Flash for iPhone now rests in Apples hands. Just wish they could get both their thumbs out of their behind allready and do something about it. Instead of making falls promeses.

Adobe have a program ready that allows the iPhone and iPod to view flash, I am not fully aware of the situation but I can’t see Apples problem.

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Fieldrunners Well Worth Buying

November 3rd, 2009

While tower defense games don’t really catch my attention because most just look like “look I made a game, now buy it” as a large lot of stuff in the AppStore. AppStore has opened up the doors for many of those done in five minutes Apps.

Fieldrunners breaks this pattern among tower defense games and is really well done in graphics, interface and gameplay, yet simple to play and adictive.

The game is all about stopping this unarmed army from reaching your door step. I guess that’s why it’s called field runners. Stopping them is done in the old fasion way of killing, and to do that you got a bunch of turrets to choose from. Everything you might need from flamethrowers to teslacoils.

Everytime you kill a guy you get a dollar which you can spend on either building a new turret or upgrading an existing one.

The runners come on foot and in different vehicles such as tanks and airplanes. » Read more: Fieldrunners Well Worth Buying

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iP1 Blows Your Mind Through Your Ears

November 2nd, 2009

I don’t really know how good sounds are supposed to sound, but I do know a lot about looking good, and the iP1 does indeed look good.

The iP1 Studio Series Audio System for iPhone and iPod promeses to deliver studio quality sound at home.

While still looking good iP1 also does stuff like playing music. With video out you can watch your iPhone movies on your Tv. Connect any audio source to iP1.
It comes with a remote control and of course it charges your iPhone/iPod when docked.

You can find the iP1 here for 300$ http://www.ihomeaudio.com/iP1-studio-series » Read more: iP1 Blows Your Mind Through Your Ears

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MyTones Review

November 2nd, 2009

MyTones by Enea Gjoka is a small application that let’s you to convert songs from your iTunes library into ringtones straight on your iPhone.

The App is free to download in Cydia and Rock. You got to have a jailbroken iPhone to install this App, if you want to jailbreak yours I can recommend Blackra1n.

The interface of MyTones is simple, it’s user friendly and easy to use.

When starting up the program you will have two options. To manage ringtones and pick a song. When you choose a song from your library you will be taken to a black screen where you can choose what part of the song to convert, listen to song, make ringtone and raise or lower volume.

The process take around the same time as the lenght of the song that you want to convert and when it’s done it is placed among your other ringtones. » Read more: MyTones Review

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Upcoming Solar Powered iPhone Rumor

November 1st, 2009

There might be solar cells in an upcoming iPhone.
http://www.macrumors.com have uncovered a patent application about integrating solar cells into portable devices, the patent belongs to Apple employes.

The idea is to put a solar panel behind the screen that will absorb light coming through.

Let’s hope this is true, I could really use one of them solar panels to increase my battery time. This is a great idea.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9952341-54.html

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BlogWriter No Thanks

November 1st, 2009

I was going to type something nice, but this is my third attempt to post this review. Since scrolling down don’t work I am going to make it short.

Features: Attach 1 image, geotag your image, write in subject and this box. RSS feed reader. By now the text is no longer visible on my screen.

I would give this a 1/5 stars but I can’t because I can’t attach the image. This is a no

[Edited in WordPress 2.0] And there it ended, I lost my marker and could no longer write. Maybe this is bug but so far I am everything but impressed. I am saving the above text to show you how your posts might look like. I’m sorry I could no longer endure the pain of having that post on my site. Imagine this image three times larger and aligned to the left on the top of your post with the text under it.

To add some more details about BlogWriter. » Read more: BlogWriter No Thanks

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Blackra1n Sets You Free

October 31st, 2009

While this is a bit of old news I felt that I had to write a little tribute to George Hotz for his superb jailbreaking program Blackra1n.

With just one click Blackra1n jailbreaks any iPhone(except the very latest 3GS)

Simply go to George Hotz site http://www.blackra1n.com and download the latest version.

Turn your iPhone off and connect your iPhone to your computer. Run blackra1n, click make it rain and wait for the reboot. Ignore iTunes if it popup just wait till it’s done.
(I take no responsibility for what you do with your iPhone, but I have never heard of one breaking.) » Read more: Blackra1n Sets You Free

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feX App Overhauls Your Contacts

October 31st, 2009

feX for Facebook is an application that sync your Facebook friends with your iPhone contacts.

When first starting feX you will be asked for your Facebook user name and password. When done with the login feX will automatically detect matches that are obvious and you will have to push sync friends, the contacts that’s not detected at once you will have too add yourself.

This is easily done by just a couple of clicks. If you click matches then choose to show all you will see your entire iPhone contacts list. When you push a contact you will be forwarded to your Facebook friends list, click on the friend that matches the same person in your iPhone contacts. You will then see two little arrows forming a circle behind the friends name meaning that you will will have to go to the sync page and sync your friends again. You can of course match as many friends as you like before synchronizing again.

feX imports birthdays and profile photos from Facebook too your phone contacts. I was acctually so tired of adding photos manually that I had given it up until I found this App.

When you are finnished with the sync process feX will remind you of your friends birthdays. this is a great App and from now on I’m not letting it go. » Read more: feX App Overhauls Your Contacts

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Push Notifications Can Drain Battery

October 31st, 2009

The new iPhone Push feature is nice, but it can go overactive and drain your battry life at a almost visible rate. Turning this feature off could improve your battery time.

To turn it off go to settings-mail…-fetch data-turn off push. After restart your iPhone by holding down the sleep/wake button and slide the bar when it shows up.

What push does is allowing programs to send notifications to you without the program running. This a neat feature that many probably can’t live without, but if you are one of those that can, I suggest you try turning it off and see if it improves your battery time.

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