Whether they are hanging behind your desk, on the floor, or in your gear bag — cable clutter is a terrible thing. That said, there are times when a super-short iPhone (or iPod) charging cable would be a nice thing to have. Enter the iStubz from CableJive — a charging/sync cable that works with the iPhone

or an iPod and is either 7cm (2.75-inches) or 22cm (8.66-inches) long.

If nothing else, these seem like they would be a nice cable to have when you are working in a place where a long cable may cause a tripping hazard such as a coffee shop. I would be able to charge my iPhone and have one less cable hanging off the side of the never large enough table.

Additionally, the iStubz cables are available in either black or white, so you will be able to get one that matches your iPhone, just in case that sort of thing is important to you. The 7cm cable sells for $7.95, and the 22cm cable sells for $8.95.

Protect your iPhone 3G from Scratches - Get the invisibleSHIELD.

Protect your phone from damage with the virtually indestructible and exceptionally clear Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector. This full body protective film is designed to prevent scratches on your Apple iPhone 3G and keep it as new as the when it first came out of the box. Made to completely cover your Apple iPhone 3G, the Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector features nano-memory technology, which gives it it’s slight “orange peel” surface texture. This revolutionary technology gives the film damage resistance and self-healing properties that will ensure lasting protection no matter how many times your keys rub against it. The optically clear, transparent film is constructed of the same material used to protect helicopters blades from damage by the military.

Keep your Apple iPhone 3G protected at all times with the tough Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector. The film is optically transparent, allowing the beauty of your Apple iPhone 3G to shine through, while it keeps it fully protected from scratches, dents, abrasions, and nicks. Every inch of your phone is protected by the Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector due to its precision-cut design that covers the entire surface of your phone. The thin, yet extremely tough film allows you to use other accessories with your Apple 3G iPhone including a dock or a snap-on case for additional protection.

The skin is designed to remain on your Apple iPhone 3G for as long as you want protection. But, if you need to remove it, it peels off easily without leaving a sticky residue. The Apple iPhone 3G kit comes with 1 complete set of Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector, a professional rubber squeegee, application solution, instructions and *Lifetime Warranty against damage.

Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector Features:

• Made of the same super durable, scratch-resistant polyurethane film as used on helicopter blades
• Designed to cover the entire surface of your Apple 3G iPhone
• Slim, transparent film, measuring 0.2 millimeters in thickness, allows use of other cases or docks and makes it the slimmest protective solution for your Apple iPhone 3G
• Comes with: 1 Apple iPhone 3G InvisibleSHIELD Full Body Protector (including screen protectors), 1 rubber squeegee, 1 application solution, and instructions
• Lifetime Warranty against invisibleSHIELD products that are damage while protecting your device*

Click the play button to watch a demonstration of the invisibleSHIELD

invisible shield

Move & Delete items:

- Go into your favorites/mail messages/other items screen.

- Click the ‘Edit’ button in the left or right corners.

- Delete an item by clicking the red icon beside the name and then confirm the deletion.

- To move a Bookmark/Favorite (only), click the icon to the right of the name, then slide the name to the position you wish.

- An alternate method to deleting, is to slide your finger from left to right over the item, which reveals the delete button.

Mail your Safari URL’s to someone:

Goto the page you want to mail in Safari. Then tap the address bar which will reveal the keyboard. Click the Share button at the top left corner and a new ‘compose email’ shall open with the URL included as the message of the email, as well as the subject line. Add the email address & anything else, then click send.

Automatic Mail Checking:

- Tap the Settings icon on the home screen , then the Mail selection.

- Scroll down, and tap the Auto-Check option.

- Select the how frequent you want your mail updated

Modify Ipod Menu Buttons:

- In the main menu, Select the iPod icon from the bottom right corner.

- Select the ‘More’ icon in the bottom right corner.

- Then click the ‘Edit’ icon.

- Drag the icon you desire down into the menu over the icon you want replaced.

Do a Hard Reset:

- Press and hold the ’sleep/wake’ button on top of the iPhone, and the ‘Home’ button on the bottom front for a several seconds.

- When you see the Apple logo, let go.

- The iPhone will reboot and all will be well.

Quit a Frozen Application:

If an application seems frozen for a long time, you can attempt to close it by pressing and holding the Home button for several seconds until it releases.

Enable Caps-Lock Feature:

- Enable Caps-Lock by touching the ‘Settings’ icon in the home screen, then the ‘General’ button on the following screen.

- Touch the ‘Keyboard’ button.

- In the keyboard settings screen, tap on the switch next to ‘Enable Caps Lock’.

To use the feature, quickly double tap the shift key and it will turn blue. Now you are in caps lock mode. When you’re done, tap the shift key again to exit caps lock mode.

Power Down, Power Up:

- Press and hold the sleep/wake, on/off button on the top of the iPhone for several seconds.

- The screen will change and the top will display a button ‘Slide to power off’. Slide the power off button from left to right,

- To turn your phone back on, press the same on/off button on the top of the phone for a few seconds, and it will start up again.

First things first. iPhones can be unlocked safely, and no, Apple has no way to somehow ‘mysteriously’ get into your iPhone and either lock it again or render it useless. However, as a user you have to keep a few things in mind. At the time of this writing, only iPhones that come preloaded with firmware 1.0.2 can be unlocked. The latest firmware released by Apple is 1.1.1 and at this time unlocking iPhones with firmware 1.1.1 is not possible.

That takes us to the next important point. What is your iPhone’s firmware version? To check your iphone’s firmware version, dial *3001#12345#* on the iPhone. It will show you a screen titled Field Test. At the bottom of the menu items you will see ‘Versions’. Tap on ‘versions’ and another screen will pop up which will list the firmware installed on the phone. If it says 03.14.08_G, then your iPhone is version 1.0.2. In this case, you are fine. Your phone can be unlocked to use with networks other than AT&T.

If after tapping ‘Versions’, it says 03.12.06_G, then your iPhone’s firmware is version 1.0.0. In this case, you can restore your iPhone to the version 1.0.2 first and then perform the unlock procedure. Press and hold ‘Home’ and ‘Power’ buttons simultaneously on the iPhone for 30 seconds until “connect to iTunes message” shows up. Launch iTunes. Once in iTunes, while holding “SHIFT” key, in iTunes click restore button and choose file: “iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw”. If you don’t have the file, you can download the file from the website I have mentioned at the end of this article.

Finally, if after tapping ‘versions’ on your iPhone, if it says “04.01.13_G” (version 1.1.1), then your iPhone currenly cannot be unlocked and you need to wait for an unlock procedure to be devised for that version sometime in the future. Many AT&T stores still have iPhone with firmware 1.0.0 or 1.0.2 in stock. You may want to return the 1.1.1 iPhone to Apple, or your nearby store and get an iPhone with 1.0.2 firmware.

Ok, so now you are at an Apple or iPhone store. You just returned your phone that had the newer firmware and want an iPhone that has the old firmware loaded onto it. So how do you find out what firmware the phone has without opening the sealed box? Afterall, the salesperson is not going to let you open the sealed box unless you committ to purchasing the phone.

So, here’s probably the most important trick. Once you have the iPhone box in hand, turn it over and look for a bar code named ‘Serial No.’. A typical serial would look like 7U738L46WH5. Take a close look at the serial. Somewhere in the middle there is the letter ‘L’. Here is the important point. If the phone in your hand has 8 or a lower digit preceding that L, then you are fine. The firmware on your phone is 1.0.2 or less. If however, the digit preceding the L is 9, then you have the newer firmware.

Using the above technique, once you are sure you purchased an iPhone with the older firmware, you can now go ahead and unlock your iPhone using the unlocking software. At the present time, iPhone cannot be unlocked by using a remote unlock code. You would need an unlocking software to unlock your iPhone.

Wholesaler China Ontrade.com has posted parts from the next-generation iPhone 3G 2009: The LCD screen and the middle internal bezel.

They even have pictures comparing the new parts to the old ones, and it looks pretty legit.

The wholesaler says the following in their site:

“This is great honor for China Ontrade (HK) chinaontrade.com to be the 1st started to supply iphone 3gen 2009 parts directly from factory.”

It looks like the web site and the new parts are the real deal, but who knows. They also sell every single spare iPhone 3G part you can imagine—as well as original factory parts for Blackberry, Nokia, LG, HTC, MacBooks, and even Nintendo. They claim the new iPhone 3G 2009 parts will ship “within 5 to 12 working days.”

As expected, there is no OLED screen seen here. Unless they have another product using the OLED, which isn’t likely at this stage. The omission of an OLED screen is liable to cause much angst among technophiles, who were clamoring for an OLED screen to be included in this version of the iPhone.

Most of the mobile phones use litium-ion battery. The Apple made iPhone also uses a same standard and frequently rechargeable lithium-ion dry battery. In Apple ipod battery is not removable or replaceable. Therefore it is essential that a great care be taken to preserve battery condition in the best possible available way. Because battery cannot be replace by an ordinary technician so an expert can only replace the iPhone battery. Replacement of iPhone battery is an expensive affair; it normally cost $80 to 200 to get it replaced. A great care is needed to extend the life of iPhone battery to enjoy utility of it.

There are few basic guidelines, which help us to keep our battery safe. First and foremost rule to protect a battery is to keep it away from moistures environment. Do not drop it and lend in different people hands. Never keep the battery for overcharging and on exhaustive discharging condition. If there are any symptoms of malfunctioning of the iPhone, consult an expert without a self-fiddling. These batteries and sets are very sensitive and fragile, it is advised to handle the iPhone with a single hand.

An iPhone battery can be made durable by taking these precautions. A lithium ion battery is a standard and high quality battery, which can easily be made to be used for a few years if a proper care and precautions is taken. There is no such battery, which can last forever; it just means that a care makes battery to last longer. Heat is a plague for a lithium battery so it should be avoided in all conditions. Intense ionization takes place in the lithium battery and heat destroys its ability of ionization. Instructions are given in the iPhone booklet to avoid the continuous exposure of iPhone to the sunlight. The battery will be sufficiently hot to get destroyed in few hours.

There are the examples that in the after noon sun light has severely damaged iPhone battery. Leaving battery in the car exposed to sunlight can also damage the battery. Always make sure that standard charger supplied with the set charges iPhone battery. It will not only ensure you iPhone’s warranty, but also keep the iPhone safe from damage. Lithium-ion batteries need to be charged with an accurate charging rate and smooth voltage without any interruptions. Local chargers won’t provide the regulated voltage, which can slowly degrade the quality of the iPhone battery. Avoid charging iPhone battery in vehicle. These chargers are not accurate and charge the battery quickly, and it adversely affects the battery. Although Apple has developed few vehicle chargers, but these chargers are not as good as a charger provided with original equipment manufacturer. It’s true; a little care makes an accident rare.

Apple iPhone’s official 3.0 firmwares exclusive screenshot leaked. BoyGeniusReport reported that one of their trusty ninja ( lol, now that looks that they have a team of ninja ) blessed them with some exclusive iPhone 3.0 shots and also says that Voice dailing and video recording application are also include in iPhone 3.0 firmware.

This Ninja also leaked iPhone 3.0 firmware’s some new features:

The final 3.0 firmware is said to support OpenGL ES v2.0.

There are various references to “ChinaBrick” in some of the 3.0 beta firmwares. Could this a reference to a Chinese-specific iPhone with no 3G and no Wi-Fi? It would be pretty comical if it was…

There’s a very, very strong possibility video recording will be specifically for the new hardware iPhone and not backwards compatible with the iPhone 3G. Not something entirely new, just more strikes against current users getting some video love, though!

Check iPhone 3.0 screenshots below.

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Recently Apple has released their second beta Firmware version 3.0 to their iPhone fans. iPhone Firmware 3.0 fixes alot of bugs from the beta versions and all other previous versions. Yesterday Apple dev team has been confirmed that their are many hackers around them and they are surely going to jailbreak the firmware 3.0 . The iPhone pwn Dev Team has confirmed that the jailbreak for the iPhone 3.0 firmware is already ready to go. Of course, the team will probably wait until version 3.0 is available this summer to all before releasing their jailbreak. I think this is very informative stuff for the guys stumbling pages from pages in internet for searching the Jailbreak of iPhone firmware 3.0

The iPhone Developers team have just posted on their blog that this new version in “jailbreakable” but the guys who have been Unlocked their iPhone 3g with Yellowsn0w will runs some trouble while downloading 3.0 Second version.

Updating with 3.0 Yellowsn0w creates problems because the Jailbreak capitalizes on the device’s broadband ratio, which is used to link up the device with their network and which changed by the iPhone 3.0 update. Actually the Dev Team warns upgrading to the firmware 3.0 with Yellowsn0w, because according to them they thinks that upgrading with 3.0 with Yellowsn0w will cause problem to lose Yellowsn0w and they will unable to get it back. (more…)

Watch the video below for a great tutorial on jailbreaking iphone with 2.2 firmware.

The written review will be up soon.

If you haven’t already seen the video, then watch it if you need a visual aid in performing this act successfully. First of all, this technique will work in any of the versions: (2.0, 2.1, 2.2)

So, first task is quickpwn:

• Download QuickPwn.

• Extract it and run it (QuickPwn GUI).

• Then select iphone, iphone 3g or ipod touch. Run the firmware that you are currently running. Then Select the icons that show up (Boot logos, and installer)

• If you can’t find your firmware downloaded via Itunes, then follow this.
  Open a folder and go to “My computer”. Go to tools tab and folder options-> make hidden files visible. Afterwards, follow this path–> Local disk( C( can be different for you))–> Documents/settings/–> username—> application data, ap

Command Process

* Please note that this process does not work with iphone 2g*

• Now.. you hit the pwnage process ( Will run in Cmd)
• Later, you will get instructions from the cmd prompt on how to complete the installation
• You will have to turn on/off your gadget, just follow the easy instructions
• When the process is all done, your ipod will rutn white, making the cmd run aa across the process ( in the cmd prompt).
• Ipod will turn off and on again, marking a completion for the process ( you are down pwning)

Final stage

• Open up your gadget and turn it on. Go to Settings–> auto-lock–> and time it for about 5 minutes or so.
• Then, go to Cydia and let the app install all the updates
• Later, go to sections, all packages and select “Bosstool”. Install it ( You are still in Cydia)
• Now, exit all the programs and open up BossTool.
• You can move around your fonts now.

Installer

• Open up installer and follow this — > Categories—>Sources—> install sources
• Personally, I use installer and it works great

Now, this is it. No more instructions, no more hassle. Your ipod/iphone is unlocked and you are free to do whatever you wish. Once again, if you had trouble following the written instructions, please watch the video.