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Hello World from WordPress on iPhone

July 25th, 2008 | Comments Off
So WordPress have written an iPhone application. It doesn’t seem to deal with links within posts, but with no copy-paste, what are you going to link to anyway? One very interesting fact is that the application is Open Source and full [...]

iPhone Earphones can Handle a Wash Cycle

July 22nd, 2008 | 2 comments
Here’s a testament to durability: my iPhone earphones (1st gen ones with the in-line mic and button) went missing a couple of days ago. I discovered tonight that they had been in the pocket of my jeans, and have [...]

Why Open Systems Rock and Suck in Equal Measure

July 20th, 2008 | Comments Off
As a testament to the recent rapid change in the lexicon, I’m going to state that I have pwned my iPhone, and just assume that readers will both know what pwned means, and how to pronounce it. I will however [...]

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Fixing iPhone Mail Crashes (2.0 Firmware)

July 19th, 2008 | 64 comments
Sometimes your iPhone mail client just doesn’t go. You open mail, and it closes again. You can’t even delete the account from the Setup application. I’m not 100% positive, but I think this usually happens when you’ve [...]

I haz success!

July 19th, 2008 | 1 comment
And yeah verily did he upgrade his 1st gen iPhone to 2.0. And it was Good. Well, almost. Everything is working perfectly from a system perspective. 2.0 firmware is on the phone, I can make and receive calls, [...]

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Vodafone NZ Finally Announces iPhone Pricing

July 6th, 2008 | 6 comments
Update: plan prices have been announced. The Vodafone site is being hammered, but there is a copy of the pricing on Geekzone. The upshot is if you want a 8GB iphone for NZ$199, you’re signing up for NZ$250 per [...]

Dick Smith online ordering SUCKS

May 15th, 2008 | 5 comments
Dick Smith Electronics is the Fry’s or perhaps Circuit City of New Zealand. You know, the kind of place you go to buy components, computer games, iPods, XBoxes, and stuff. The place you try to avoid at all [...]

iPhone 2.0: A little bit meh

April 19th, 2008 | Comments Off
With the release of WinPwn, I excitedly pwned my phone. It’s mostly a principle thing.  I prefer to have a fully unlocked device that I can do what I want with. I was also interested in having a look at [...]

MobileScrobbler for iPhone is Incredible

March 24th, 2008 | 7 comments
If you own an unlocked iPhone, have a decent data plan, and a last.fm account, you must install MobileScrobbler. Heck, I’d go so far as saying if you have any iPhone, unlock it, get a decent data plan and a [...]

Setting up Exchange IMAP Retrieval on the iPhone

March 18th, 2008 | Comments Off
Another episode in the saga of my early iPhone machinations: IMAP email retrieval from a company Exchange server. I’ve been trying to make IMAP happen for 3 days now. I know the Exchange server is set up correctly because: I can [...]

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