iphone
iPhone(iPod Touch) vs. Android(Google Nexus One)
Google's nexus one is coming out this week. While most of attentions have been focusing on Android-based phones vs iPhone, Flurry shined some lights on the not-so-secret weapon of Apple - iPod Touch(which I own one): iPod Touch Downloads Explode on Christmas Day, Surpassing iPhone for the First Time!
iPod Touch is a great device for anyone that doesn't need a phone or can't afford all the expenses(monthly data/voice plans) associated with a phone. I am talking about teenagers/college students here. I bet many teenagers get their first tastes of apps through the App Store on iPod Touch. I am still waiting for companies to come up with a Andorid-based iPod Touch-like device(zii is supposed to be the one, but it's not yet ready for consumer).
Tags: google apple iphone android nexus-one app-store ipod-touch
The Other Real News of China Unicom Eunuch(Wi-Fi less) iPhone: China Unicom Owned App Store
Today, so much coverage has been focusing on the official announcement of iPhone and China Unicom deal to bring iPhone to China at the end of September. The first version of iPhone in China is confirmed not to have Wi-Fi but WAPI(A China home-grown wireless standard). China Unicom has denied about pre-ordering 5 million iPhones for 10 billion RMB(14.7 billion US dollars) and said the number of iPhones to be ordered depending on the market demand. The rumored price for a 8GB iPhone is 2999RMB with a pre-purchase of 3000RMB phone service credit.
Tags: china mobile iphone china-unicom wifi appstore itunes china-mobile android
Resources and Notes for Jailbreaking iPhone 3GS
I just went through the process of jailbreaking iPhone 3GS 3.0 and 3.0.1. Here are the resources and notes:
- for 3.0 OS, use super-easy purplera1n to jailbreak iPhone
- for 3.0.1 OS, follow instructions. Just make sure that you download the correct and select the correct 3.0 firmware(3GS vs. 3G) when you jailbreak.
- List of firmwares for iPhone and iPod Touch
Notes
- Install MobileTerminal if you want to drop into a shell to issue some shell commands. You can do a search of "MobileTerminal" via Cydia to find it.
The Other News of China Unicom Eunuch(Wi-Fi less) iPhone: No iTunes, No App Store
On July 31st, 2009, Sina Tech presented some images of iPhone that will be sold through China Unicom in China. There are lots of English news coverage. But all the news focus on iPhone of not having Wi-Fi.
Hello? That's not the only news! The China Unicom iPhone does NOT come with iTunes or the App Store.
- One reason can be that iPhone(already) mandates anything over 10MB(lots of gaming apps exceeding 10MB) needs to be downloaded via Wi-Fi which won't be present in iPhones sold through China Unicom.
