vlc4iphone is a port of VideoLAN VLC media player’s source code to the iPhone and iPod Touch. This port was developed by ZodTTD. The initial intention of this port was/is to allow for less restrictions on formats played on the iPhone and iPod Touch, allow playback of media without syncing to iTunes, and streaming audio and video over HTTP/MMS/RTSP.
vlc4iphone is installed via Cydia only on jailbroken iPhones. It supports the following formats: MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3), AVI, ASF, WMV, WMA, MP4, MOV, 3GP, OGG, OGM, Annodex, MKV, WAV (incuding DTS), DTS, AAC, AC3/A52, FLAC, FLV, MXF, Nut, Standard MIDI / SMF, and Creative™ Voice.
You can also use other applications while listening to vlc4iphone, from Cydia download and install “Backgrounder” this enables you to run processes in the background so you can listen to vlc4iphone and use other applications as well. However doing this can cause your iPhone / iPod Touch’s memory to become overloaded and it will start to force shutdown applications to free up memory.
As of writing this, I have not yet tested vlc4iphone. It is a 7mb download.
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I’m really trying hard to justify why one would buy this app for $99. Let me explain what it actually does. RunPee tells you which points in a movie you can safely ‘run’ and ‘pee’ without missing a hugely important plot point. Got it? Once again….. RunPee tells you which points in a movie you can safely ‘run’ and ‘pee’ without missing a hugely important plot point. So you take out your iPhone, run the app and select the movie you going to watch, then it will tell you at which point you can go and pee. Now, if you are in a movie house (Ster Kinekor) you probably would pee before the movie. IF you are watching the movie anywhere else, what happened to the old faithful “PAUSE” or “STOP” or “REWIND”. Oh and the features are:
Each PeeTime tells you:
- Approximately how many minutes into the movie each PeeTime is.
- Cue: what happens in the movie to let you know when that Pee Time begins.
- How long the Pee Time lasts – so you know how many minutes you have before missing something important
- And best of all: exactly what you’ll miss while you’re away
Is this worth it? Is it just me or with the fact that most movies today are such B Rate that you might as well take a Pee and a …….
What do you think? Would you pay for it and actually use it?
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Incoming Pop Mail Support NOW AVAILABLE!! for Hotmail
You can see any POP-enabled e-mail account (including Yahoo! Mail (Plus), AOL Mail, and Gmail) right from your Hotmail account. You can put all of your messages together in your inbox or each e-mail account in its own folder, your choice.
You can set this up in Hotmail in three simple steps:
(1) Click Add an e-mail account on the left-hand side of the Hotmail inbox.
(2) Type the e-mail address and password for your other account, and click Next.
(3) Choose where you want the messages to go, and click Save.
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Apple released the latest OS 3.0 for the iphone2G, 3G and the new iphone 3GS which includes MMS. Unfortunately MMS was not activated for the iPhone2G… until now. ActivateMMS2G is a little activation app that allows MMS on your iPhone2G with firmware 3.0. You have to however have a jailbroken iPhone (another reason why jailbreaking your iPhone is the best thing you could do). The patch will NOT automatically find vodacom or MTN’s MMS settings but we will find out the correct settings and be sure to let you know.
Step One
Press to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard
Step Two
Press to select the Sections tab at the bottom of the screen
Step Three
Press to select Messaging from the list of Categories
Step Four
Press to select ActivateMMS2G from the list of Packages
Step Five
Press the Install button at the top right of the screen
Step Six
Press the Confirm button at the top right to begin installation.
Step Seven
Once installation has completed successfully press the large Reboot Device button.
Step Eight
You iPhone will now be automatically restarted. Once the reboot has completed tap to open the messages application from the Springboard.
Notice you now have MMS capabilities. Please be aware that your cellular provider may charge an additional fee for using MMS. Please contact them before send an MMS to verify charges.
Thanks go out to geniusan the author of this patch!
To input your networks settings please navigate to Settings - General - Network – Cellular Data Network Settings
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update 4:
This is an important note for those looking to update their 2G iPhone to the 3.0 firmware without losing their activation and unlock.
If you click the Update button in iTunes to install the 3.0 firmware you will not loose your unlock. (2G iPhones ONLY).
HOWEVER, if you are using the 2G iPhone on an unofficial carrier you may loose your activation. This means that will your network will be detected but you will not be able to use your iPhone.
You will loose your activation if you used QuickPwn to jailbreak your iPhone. If you used PwnageTool you will not.
If you are super excited about iPhone 3.0 and wish to update immediately, either make sure you jailbroke with PwnageTool or rejailbreak using PwnageTool and then do the update.
Otherwise wait for a little bit and the iPhone Dev-Team will release new PwnageTool and QuickPwn utilities shortly.
update 3:
It seems that if you have a iPhone 2G then there is no need to jailbreak/unlock if your phone has previously been jailbroken, but it has also been reported that the update breaks the jailbreak…. will keep you posted.
update 2:
We will be posting information and tutorials as soon as the jailbreak and unlock for the new firmware is released.
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An artist named Jorge Colombo created this week’s cover for The New Yorker with Brushes. NY Times reported this news: Mr. Colombo drew the June 1 cover scene, of a late-night gathering around a 42nd Street hot dog stand, entirely with the iPhone application Brushes. Because of the smears and washes of color required by the inexact medium, it comes off as dreamy, not sharp and technological.
Mr. Colombo told NYTimes -“The best feature of it is that it doesn’t feel like something that was done digitally; quite the opposite,” said Françoise Mouly, the art editor for The New Yorker. “All too often the technology is directed in only one direction, which is to make things more tight, and this, what he did very well, is use this technology for something that is free flowing, and I think that’s what makes it so poetic and magical.”
Great going Brushes. Brushes can be picked for $4.99 from this App Store link.
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The iPhone and iPod Touch are the best mobile devices and they let you do almost anything that a full computer can do. You can even type up an entire word document, but the only problem is that the keys on the keyboard are so small. iTypeFastr solves this problem.
iTypeFastr is a new idea in iPhone technology. The iTypeFastr team studied reports about what letters weremost typed in worldwide twitter accounts. They took this raw data and came up with the iTypeFastr keyboard. This keyboard makes the more used letters in the alphabet bigger while it leaves less used letters the same size. You don’t have to worry about the less used keys because they are still the original size if not a little larger.
Once installed it changes the default keyboard to the new iTypeFastr design. This will make typing on your iPhone a breeze. You will find yourself using your iPhone much easier than before. Once you have downloaded it from Cydia you will have a free 14 day trial period. Once that expires you will need to purchase the full serial code that cost a mere $3.99.
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Well I’m not in the music industry but for those who are or planning to be, all that is needed are 4 Vodacom contracts and some music talent. After watching this video you will see that the need for drums, guitars, piano’s etc are a thing of the past – WHERES MY IPHONE?. Believe me, these 3 apps can take you places – MUSIC AWARDS maybe?. ‘PocketGuitar‘ can turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a virtual guitar. You can press and strum strings, just like a real guitar. ‘Band‘ is a collection of virtual instruments that lets you create music yourself from scratch. And with ‘Bassist‘ you can play bass guitar straight from your iPhon. Check this video and you will buy my point.
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The Quran on your iPhone Quran Reader offers you the entire Quran on your iPhone or iPod Touch in the original Othmani format in Arabic.
Quran Reader lets you flip through and read the Quran the exact same way you would a physical mus’haf. Quran Reader’s polished user interface is easy to use and intuitive. Scroll through the index to the Surah you want or enter in the exact page number you want to go to, or jump to one of the bookmarks that you’ve created. Flip through each page with a swipe of your finger, pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out, or tap on a page to bring up the controls and bookmark a page. Quran Reader will even automatically go back to the last page you were viewing when open it again.
Quran Reader offers the simplest and best way to read the Quran on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Features Original Othmani script
High quality resolutions for each page
Create or delete bookmarks for any page
Zoom in on a page to read it in detail
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mQuickDo is the bread and butter for iPhone and iPod Touch. By making use of the (trigger function) of iPhone and iPod Touch,mQuickDo will help you operate iPhone and Touch easily,like exit a program, reboot or power off, switch or quit a task, mute or hang up the incoming call, etc. It will protect “Home”and “Power” button at a high degree, extend the life of your iPhone or Ipod Touch. It’s surely worth a shot!
The application is available via the iSpazio repository with a 3 day trial and a purchase price of $7.99.
Features
Virtual “Home”button As default, to quit a program on either iPhone or Touch, the only way is to press “Home”. As you can think, it will break down soon. If you have mQuickDo, a leftward slide will do to exit a program.
System Tools
In default settings,if you want to lock the screen, log-out,reboot or power off,etc. “Power” button is your only choice.But with mQuickDo, a slide at the bottom will take the shortcut menu,and then a click will finish the operation.”Power” button is effectively protected.
Reject Calls
If there is an incoming call, with mQuickDo, a slide at the bottom will mute or hangup the call. It’s pretty amazing.
More Functions
mQuickDo accepts customized gesture, also a light slide will have your operation done. Those shortcuts include: Lock Device,Take a Screenshot, iPod Control and so on.What’s more, there is another eye-catching feature of mQuickDo, that is “App shortcut”, which can make you unlock the screen quickly and start an app. You can directly go to the call screen when it is unlocked, quite convenient!
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Twidget is a new Widget for your iPhone and iPod Touch Lockscreen, that will let you see all of your twitter feeds.When you download Twidget you will get an application where you can sign-in with your twitter account. Once that is done all you need to do is open Winterboard and select Twidget from the list. After your device resprings you will see all of your feeds in an interactive LockScreen.
Subscribe to our twitter feed, and your lockscreen will become a practical Widget that will let you see all the news from our site in real time on your Lockscreen.The design and graphics are very creative and are made by a talented designer called “Plizzo”.
You can download Twidget the Utilities category of Cydia through the repository of iSpazio.
This brilliant app is available in the iSpazio Repo and installed via Cydia. The address is ispaziorepo.com: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt/
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Twitterific 2.0 has been released by The Iconfactory and is available in the App Store. Twitterific Premium is however available for $3.99 whilst the lite version id FREE.
What is Twitteriffic?
It is a mobile twitter client that allows you to manage multiple accounts, search Twitter quickly, filter tweets and much more. Its also packed with cool features. Below is a list of features and what’s new in this version.
Feature List:
- Manage multiple accounts, searches & trends
- Unified timeline displays replies, direct messages, favorites & more
- Filter timeline for different tweet types instantly
- Easily view conversation threads between users
- Customizable visual themes & layout styles
- Power tweet actions such as RT, URL shortening, email, text compression & others
- Wide range of advanced settings
Whats New In This Version:
- Redesigned user interface
- New themes & timeline layouts
- Support for multiple accounts
- Extended author information
- Support for Twitter searches
- Support for Twitter trends
- Timeline filtering
- Conversation threads
- Support for retweeting
- Improved posting interface
- Advanced setting options
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Welcome to iphone3g.co.za. As you can see we have completely redone the website but are still in the process of upgrading. We have also removed all posts but will be publishing relevant and important ones. We have decided to also implement some new features listed below.
New features:
1. Forum (anti spam forum)
2. Shop / auction (shop for any product through bid or buy)
3. Free Classifieds (the ability to sell/advertise your products)
4. Gallery (post your favorite camera shot taken with your iphone)
5. YOUTUBE videos
We hope that you like our new design. Please do not hesitate to send us an email should you have any queries or suggestions.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO WRITE ARTICLES FOR THIS WEBSITE. If you would like to contribute please send us an email
Thank You
Founder and Chief Excecutive
Rashaad Sallie
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