Last week's 2.2 software update included quite a few goodies for most iPhone owners, but one in particular is only available to those in Japan. Unbeknownst to most of us in the States, Apple's added emojicons (or Japanese emoticons), although they're only available to customers in Japan. Thankfully Steven Troughton-Smith has figured out that a simple property list edit is all that's required. For the full instructions, read on.
You'll need a jailbroken iPhone and enough knowledge to grab the correct file, edit it properly, and put it back without pulling your hair out.
Written by Michael Johnston on November 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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The 2.2 update brought Google Street View and a myriad of other features and fixes to the iPhone and iPod touch. However, Apple didn't feel that iPod touch owners were worthy enough for Street View. Thankfully, a clever workaround has been discovered that'll get your first gen iPod touch rockin' the Street View. It does involve messing with property lists and permissions, but it has been confirmed to work.
If you feel up to the challenge, follow along below:
Written by Michael Johnston on November 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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Apple made sure to tout the fact that Safari has a nifty on its keyboard .com button for easy URL typing, but it seems like they forgot about Mail. As it turns out, Mail does have a .com button, but it's hidden. To get to the magical .com button, simply hold period for 2 seconds and a popup containing .com will appear. Also available are .org, .edu, and .net.
Now go email your mom... and include a link to something!
Written by Michael Johnston on November 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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The iPhone's virtual keyboard has quite a few tricks up its sleeve, but one thing it can't do is type a grave accent mark without a letter (a ` or backtick to all you programmers out there). So while 99% of you probably don't care, it can be a problem for those who need to enter the backtick for a Wi-Fi password.
Thankfully, there is a way to get around non-typable passwords using the iPhone Configuration Utility.
Written by Michael Johnston on November 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Those of us who use a Mac with their iPhone probably grab photos using iPhoto. It's an obvious choice since your Mac already comes with it. However, if you have a lot of photos, you may not necessarily want to fire up iPhoto to import one or two pictures from your iPhone.
Instead of iPhoto, try using Image Capture. It's light-weight, straight forward, and it's included on your Mac. Best of all, you can simply drag a photo out of Image Capture right onto your desktop. Now that's handy!
Written by Michael Johnston on October 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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