Reselling your used iPhone can be risky business if the device contains sensitive data. Normal restore and wipe procedures don’t fully delete user daa from the iPhone. In fact, iPhones sold as refurbished units may contain personal data from their previous owners that, with a little leg-work, is readily accessible by new owners. These data […]
Google has implemented a function that allows the Address Book application in Mac OS X 10.5.3 to sync the iPhone Address Book with Google Contacts. A blog post from Google reads:“To try it, go to the Address Book menu, choose Preferences, and then check Synchronize with Google. It’ll ask for your Google account and password, […]
With the iPhone AppStore due to debut within a month’s time, developers who have been accepted into Apple’s official iPhone program are chomping at the bit to discuss their upcoming applications. Murkiness regarding Apple’s non-disclosure agreement, signing of which is a prerequisite to the program, has stymied promotional efforts, including interviews with the press, publication […]
Images allegedly depicting a forthcoming 3G iPhone are a dime a dozen. Numerous sites have posted purportedly genuine photos of the actual device, mock-ups, and renderings — some ridiculous, others plausible.A word of circumspection regarding these photos: even prominent case manufacturers generally do not receive advance prototypes of any future-release iPod or iPhone models. Instead, […]
While Windows-based iPhone users continue to experience a bevy of Outlook-related sync issues, Mac users have received a heavy dose of relief in the form of Mac OS X 10.5.3, which resolves persistent problems involving iPhone-to-iCal and vice versa synchronization.Previous problems included issues with forward slashes “/” in contact names, the iPhone calendar not showing […]
AT&T has announced that within the next 30 days that they will finish the deployment of HSUPA (faster upload) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s entire 3G wireless broadband network in the US. This follows the deployment of its HSDPA (3G download) network which makes AT&T the only US carrier to fully deploy […]
Though developers of iPhone applications to be sold through the official AppStore, due next month, are bound by an NDA and hence generally mum on release plans, Mobileage says it will be offering two games for the iPhone and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store later this year.Blackjack21 is described as the definitive version […]
Windows users have practically been given the cold shoulder when it comes to Pwning their iPhone. The WinPwn project launched to try and help out, by porting the Pwnage tool to Windows, which up until now has been a Mac only affair. The beta for WinPwn launched last month, with a final version promised […]
Apple published a nice article about using iTunes to backup/restore your iPhone and iPod touch and they also describe syncing vs backups.
iTunes can create backups of settings and certain other information on iPhone and iPod touch. You can use a backup to restore this information to your iPhone or iPod touch after a software restore […]
One of the missed features that frustrated me is how to import my contacts from my sim card to my iPhone, so what i’ve done is sync my old phone with outlook and then sync my iPhone with iTunes, or i have the choice to use an applications like “SIMport”, annoying huh!!
Good new from Apple, […]