Apple released an update to its iTunes music management software on Wednesday, adding a host of enhancements as well as support for a new line of iPod Shuffles it released the day before. In addition to some security/bug fixes, iTunes 8.1 adds new features to Genius–a feature that lets you put songs together in your [...]

News that Apple will be hosting a media even next week about iPhone 3.0 has generated a lot of speculation about what might be coming in the new release. Copy and paste and tethering are expected to finally make their debuts with the new firmware. BoyGeniusReport claims to have heard two possible features that would [...]

Apple today is pushing down a “Carrier Update” via iTunes. As usual, explanations are scant to none. Rumors are this has something to do with the tethering options for AT&T, and it updates the carrier section of the phone to version 3.1. Based on comments from other sites, it does possibly update tethering capability, and [...]

Apple has just released iPhone Firmware version 2.2.1 via an iTunes Software Update Not too many details are know about the update apart from what they show you on the popup. iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: – Improved general stability of Safari – Fixed issue where [...]

RussianiPhone.ru claims that they have seen iPhone 2.2.1 Beta 1 release candidate, and that it implements Push notifications as well as over-the-air MobileMe syncing with Notes support. As proof they’ve posted a screenshot showing the Notes and Calendar applications with a update badges displayed (though this is relatively easy to fake). But it does bring [...]

Yes, Linux is running on the iPhone. Yes, it’s only the first early port, but it’s the iPhone running the Linux OS, controlled with a USB keyboard running off the iPhone multi-purpose port thanks to the reverser engineering of Apple’s hardware drivers by iPhone Dev Team members. And while it is still limited and doen’t [...]

A rather interesting report has been filtering out of various websites: a 2.6 version of the Linux kernel has been ported to the iPhone. This Linux operating system can be used on the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, and first-generation iPod touch platforms. This site: http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2008/11/linux-on-iphone.html announced that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to [...]

An unpublished part of iPhone’s latest programming framework lets third-party developers pipe video out to an external device, albeit not without a few catches. Confirmed by Ars Technica, an iPhone technical site, a programming class in the iPhone SDK known as MPTVOutWindow does essentially what its name implies: it sends video out through the Dock [...]

Given that Apple obviously did a lot of work to Safari in the 2.2 update, it is surprising to see that one of the biggest 2.1 bugs did not get fixed: Links to applications in the App Store still do not work, giving an error instead of opening the App Store program. Seeing that these [...]

Yesterday’s iPhone update just after midnight (a little late for them, but hey, it’s Apple) came with a slew of new features and bug fixes. Those are great, but it also introduced some other glitches. For the good news, head over to Apple’s site and see what the update has to offer. Many people are [...]