If you jailbreak your iPhone, the first thing you ABSOLUTELY MUST DO is change the default filesystem password.
When you jailbreak, the filesystem’s password is set to the common password “alpine.” As people usually don’t bother changing this password after performing a jailbreak, it’s really easy for hackers to get access to any jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch on a public network.
NB: Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen announced that a mobile implementation of the full Flash Player 10 would be making its way onto several smartphones by October. In addition to Android, other mobile operating systems, including Windows Mobile, Palm’s WebOS, and Symbian have signed on. Missing from that list, to absolutely no one’s surprise, is the iPhone.
LOTS of big Lotus news today but the one that has my full attention is the release of 8.5.1 scheduled for October 12! This brings the much anticipated support for the iPhone. No, not “uber-ultra lite” – a real, integrated support of Lotus Notes email, calendar and contacts on the iPhone complete with all sorts of corporate security addressed.
One other really important announcement buried in the full announcement:
THE complaint of our users who have been using Lotus Traveler (on non-iPhone devices) has been the lack of a corporate address book. This statement suggests that the new release of Traveler addresses it for at least the iPhone (probably others as well).
Other BIG news included the announcement that Designer and Lotus Mobile Connect are now free (see your specific license details for exact details). Both are huge announcements as it further shows that Lotus Notes is a complete solution that addresses a wide variety of business needs – not just “that other” email platform.
1. Learn a bit about photo composition. The “rule of thirds” dictates that the points of power lie on the intersection of lines of a three-by-three grid on the screen. Try putting the center of your subject in one of those intersections, instead of dead center.
2. Don’t take pictures in direct sunlight. A little shade can soften hard shadows. Shooting on cloudy days can actually make for better portraits than sunny ones.
3. Check that the lens is unobstructed and clean. Some iPhone cases block the camera, even if they’re designed with a hole or windows for it. Use a lens-cleaning tissue to clean the lens, not your finger.
4. Switch to landscape orientation occasionally. Actually, that’s how you’d take pictures most of the time with a dedicated camera, and it makes sense for anything other than formal portraits.
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Apollo is like Adium for iPhone, I missed this superb multi clients IM application for the iPhone, and finally it is back thanks to the 4th version of Installer!
To install you have to have a jailbroken iPhone, then follow these easy instructions:
It’s Done!
World’s 1st Jailbroken 3G Phone from iphonedev on Vimeo.
The iPhone Dev Team has posted hacked 2.0 firmware pics featuring icons for BootNeuter, Installer, Cydia and AppStore (source: iClarified).
The beta 2.0 firmware that comes with the iPhone SDK has been modified to unlock the iPhone and run any application. Part of the Pwnage Project, the hacked firmware will allow you to do anything you want, including the installation of both official and unofficial apps, and even patches…. (source: Gizmodo).
