So the virtual keyboard on the iPhone offers one main advantage over a physichal keyboard in you can change the buttons and what they do depending on what you need them for. Apple's said that from day one, and they're right, but there are just some things about a physichal keyboard that a screen can't replicate. One user decided to take matters into his own hands and hack his iPhone to work with an external keyboard. (Vid after the break.)
Written by Edward Kirk on November 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Q: What is going on? A: Fellow blogger CrunchGear.com reports that a Japanese electrician succeeded to connect an external (3th party) keyboard to the iPhone(lower picture). It makes it look like a Nokia Communicator (top picture). The question is why he did it. Since the 1st gen iPhone released last year and the 3G version I now have, the onscreen keyboard has always felt intuitive and useful.
Written by Muratos on November 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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Here's an interesting little tip. We're not exactly sure why you would want to do this other than for the sake of being able to, but Macenstein has found a way to get the default apps made by Apple to disappear from the home screen. While it's a little goofy, it definitely does work. (Here's a hint: you don't actually delete them, you just hide them.) You can get the instructions here.
Written by Edward Kirk on September 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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Native iPhone applications like Cycorder, Flixwagon and Qik have added some cool functionality to iPhone’s basic camera app. However, one of TUAW’s readers, Daniel Forsythe wanted to use iPhone’s camera to read bar codes that he shoots from magazines and equipment labels which was not possible with iPhone’s camera so he has hacked his iPhone to focus a bit closer up. We already know that iPhone’s camera is one of the most basic point-and-shot camera so its lens has been focused for the most general possible use. Daniel broke the glue holding the lens on and flipped it around, moving…
Written by iPhonehacks on August 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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You are going to love this native iPhone application developed by none other then iPhone hacking legend Erica Sadun. Have you ever liked a song on the radio only to feel helpless that you cannot find out what song it is? You won’t have to feel helpless anymore if you have “Listen” as the name is aptly called installed on your iPhone as all you need to do is put your iPhone near the speakers and Voila! the native iPhone application will display the song, artist, and album. In my opinion it is easily one of the coolest iPhone application,…
Written by iPhonehacks on January 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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