AT&T today rolled out eMusic Mobile , one of the first cellphone music stores to drop copy protection from its songs. As with eMusic's normal computer-only store and supporting previous leaks, songs are purchased in the unrestricted MP3 format rather than locked-down WMA or store-specific files. The freedom lets owners copy songs off the phone to other devices, including iPods and other portable media players; customers also get rights to download a second copy on their computer regardless of what will be with the mobile tracks. Opening the store also gives AT&T the largest mobile music catalog in the US at more than 2.7 million songs, according to the carrier.
The service currently requires a custom program that lets users browse, preview, and download songs. Phones that can run the software to date are the Samsung A717 and A727; the Nokia N75 and Samsung Sync also have updates available to support the online store. AT&T's service contrasts with the regular eMusic store in focusing on purchasing small blocks of songs and charges $7.49 per month for five downloads, with further downloads available in additional packs of five for the same price.

The service is the first direct-download music store from AT&T and notably omits the iPhone , which includes neither the support for third-party software nor the 3G wireless access used to speed downloads on the supported phones. Apple has so far announced no plans for a mobile iTunes service and is only compatible with eMusic through computer downloads, which must first be imported into iTunes.


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Thomas Robinson has started a really cool project that enables XBOX 360 owners to use their iPhone as an XBOX Media Center Remote, controlled via WiFi. A simple menu-driven interface allows you to play music, video, DVDs, photo slideshows, and more. I love it!

The project is fully open source and can be downloaded free from Thomas’s website.

Features:

-Transport controls, including pause/play, next/previous track in playlist, and volume controls.

-Automatic switching between file browsing mode and transport controls mode via iPhone's built in tilt sensor (file browsing in portrait, transport controls in landscape).

-Viewing information on the currently playing media, including title, ID3 tags, album artwork, and much more.

-Browsing of audio, video, photo, and file shares.

-Playing audio, videos, and slideshows.

-Managment of the audio, video, and slideshow playlists,
including adding/removing media and playing of playlists.

-Launching of scripts within the Scripts directory.

-Restart, shutdown, eject, mute and various other controls,


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Brando is now offering a fully user-replaceable battery kit, available for the low price of just $20. The kit includes one battery, a screwdriver, spacer, and instruction manual. Be warned, replacing the battery on your own is not for the faint of heart. It requires lots of patience and practice.

Boy Genius recently bricked his beloved iPhone while trying to swap out back covers. An act that he came to regret.

Someone better inform Trujillo , if he already doesn't know
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YouTube junkies looking for an easy way to transfer and view Flash video to your iPhone, in place of Apple’s ill-equipped streaming client, can now breath a sigh of relief. TubeTV makes saving and converting any Flash video content to iPhone/iPod format quick and easy, just the way we like it.

Download this free application now so you watch all those wonderful videos of cats wearing hats and sweater vests.

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If AT&T ran the highway system, things would be different. Only AT&T-approved cars would be allowed on the roads, all of which would be toll roads.

Drivers would have to prepay their tolls, based on the estimated number of miles they expected to drive. Those who drove fewer miles than estimated would get no refund; those who drove more would be charged for the overage at a higher rate.


The AT&T-approved Apple iCar would be limited to a top speed of 30 mph. Sales people in AT&T car showrooms would have no idea how the iCar operated.



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Chapura has added a new application to its product lineup, called FolderMirror . What this application does is enable iPhone users to connect with Outlook Calendar and Contacts folders right from their device, by mirroring data created on a PC running Microsoft Outlook. A host PC is required, with Outlook running at all times, in order for this process to work. FoldedMirror doesn’t come cheap, however. A single user license will set you back $49.95. Ouch!

I haven’t yet put this software to the test since I already use a hosted Exchange account but it looks very promising. You can read the full press release here .

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Earthcomber is an interesting location-based service that bills itself as a “personal radar”, providing an organized list of events and entertainment in relation to where you are. Just type mobile.earthcomber.com on your iPhone (Earthcomber will work with ANY web capable mobile phone) and Earthcomber’s server will detect your locale. From there you are provided with category-based list of services such as Food, Music, Movies, Recreation & Sports, Adult Entertainment, etc.

The service works really well, based on my own testing. Not only did it correctly identify various entertainment venues in my area, I was even provided with basic mapping and driving instructions as well.

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PopCap Games launches the first iPhone game.

Gaming on the iPhone was never a matter of "if," only "when." While Apple's entry into the mobile landscape still has no official game shop like the gaming section of the iTunes store, its internet functionality is allowing game makers to prep online-ready editions their casual hits. This morning, PopCap Games (Seattle) announced that Bejeweled -- one of the most popular casual games of all time -- is coming to the iPhone for free. The game can be launched from the official PopCap website simply by surfing to it via the Safari browser in the iPhone.

It's an interesting model -- FREE is a good way to get eyeballs and get those eyeballs used to coming back. Until the iPhone launches an official mobile gaming shop (and it will, that DS-esque touch screen is begging for games), other publishers may want to follow PopCap's lead and start staking out their place in the arena.

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Texterity Inc., a provider of digital publishing solutions, has launched a beta version of the first digital magazine interface and portal designed for the Apple iPhone . This is the first time users will see a publisher’s complete magazine, as originally published, on the iPhone.

Texterity and a select group of publishers will offer free digital editions, designed for the iPhone’s Safari browser, of over 20 different magazines for iPhone users to read and enjoy through Texterity’s new digital magazine iPhone portal .

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Have people been telling you that they always go directly to your iPhone’s voicemail box? You probably have been using the unlimited EDGE data a little too much and need to lay off it a bit.

The problem is that iPhone can’t always receive incoming calls while it’s transferring data over the EDGE network and EDGE can’t be accessed while on a voice call–depending on which network you’re on that is.

Apple Knowledge Base article #305711 states :

While iPhone is actively transferring data over EDGE—downloading a webpage, for example—you may not be able to receive calls. Incoming calls may go to voicemail.

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IPsmarx Technology Inc., a leading provider of full-featured, turnkey Voice Over IP (VoIP) solutions to Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs), entrepreneurs, VoIP Calling Card Operators and ISPs, today announces that its clients, especially service providers who own an IPsmarx softswitch solution, can now offer VoIP-based services to users of the popular iPhone.

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You can now hear Howard Stern live on your iphone!
You need the following:










1) http://www.millardsoftware.com/usirius (this runs on your local PC and connects over the internet to Sirius using your Sirius account).

The setup is pretty straight forward - just enter your Sirius account info and it will do everything else. Click on URLs to get the URLs for each Sirius channel you want.

2) Sign up with http://orb.com/ and install the local client on the same PC that you installed uSirius.

3) Set up Internet Radio Favorites on mycast.orb.com (cut/paste the URLs from usirius for Howard 100, 101) for each Sirius channel you want.

4) Login to mycast.orb.com from Safari on your iphone and select the favorite that you created. Listen away!

It works well over Wifi.
Note there seems to be a bug, on the first connect from Safari, it will crash, just try again and it will stream quite well for a long time.

OH BTW live365 Internet channels also work in the same manner (Get the URL from itunes get info after trying on your PC). Iphone also works well as a remote control for your SqueezeBox.

Thanx Adrian
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The busy beavers of the #iphone IRC channel, whose collective efforts have built the first unauthorized iPhone GUI application (in true hacker fashion, it displays "Hello World" and does nothing else), have released the source for the demo app, buildable with the community-built toolchain and UIKit. There's also a compiled binary version of the app being hosted here .

Our collective hat is off to the dedicated hackers who are building a development environment for the iPhone from bits of string and folded-up tinfoil. It's an impressive achievement.

Thanks #iphone and Erica
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iPhone tweaker Justin Schwalbe has managed to work over a few tricks we've published and create something actually useful: a one-click wallpaper changer for the iPhone , no iTunes sync or other tethering needed: just load up the image in Safari on the iPhone and you're rolling.

Now, of course, it's not all that simple: first you need SSH and curl running on your iPhone, and you've got to swap out the instance of DemoApp on your phone with Justin's script. Nevertheless, if you're a frequent wallpaper switcher, it might be worth checking out the rundown on Justin's blog and giving it a go.

Thanks Erica & Justin
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There was this guy I saw on YouTube who has successfully switched out the iPhone SIM card to make outgoing calls from his iPhone on the Telstra network, rather than AT&T.

The hack doesn’t currently support incoming calls, but I expect it’s only a matter of time before someone jumps that hurdle, too. Check this thread for updates on iPhone hacks, including this one.

It would seem the video was removed by the user?
Anyone know what happened?

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More than one iPhiend.com reader has complained about how some AT&T stores are handling Apple's iPhone in recent days.

These reader accounts, from scattered locations around the U.S., share the same common thread: AT&T store staff making it difficult or impossible for customers to even see Apple's iPhone.

Some AT&T stores are giving customers of widely-ranging age groups trouble when the employees are asked to show an Apple iPhone. From what we can tell, these aren't packs of teenagers storming AT&T stores demanding to see iPhones, but adults alone or in pairs asking politely to see the iPhone.

Some AT&T stores reportedly have no iPhone displays on the floor, but still claim to stock the iPhone. Other accounts tell of AT&T stores with iPhone displays, but employees who refuse to bring out the iPhones "on Sundays" or "for fear of theft" due to small staff on-hand, or even claiming that "Apple won't allow" them to bring out the iPhone to show to customers.

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Findley Designs has released iPod Access v4.1 for Mac OS X and Windows Vista/XP/2000. Version 4.1 adds support for Apple's iPhone, improved iTunes integration and numerous bug fixes. As of this release iPod Access is the only music retrieval solution for both the iPod and iPhone. iPod Access v4.1 is available to new users for US $19.99 or as a free upgrade to v4.0 users.

iPod Access is an iPod/iPhone music and video transfer application for Mac and Windows. With iPod Access you have instant access to all the songs on your iPod or iPhone. With the new instant search feature in v4 you can find songs just as quickly as you would in iTunes. And once you have found the songs, movies and playlists that you want, iPod Access will copy them right back into iTunes or to an external drive for backup.

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Speaking of a long time, it’s hard to beat eternity. That’s how long ForeverSafe will store unlimited files and data of any type - even if you drop the $59 per year service.

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The iPhone supports having commas in the telephone number which means you can very easily setup international calling that circumvents AT&T's international calling charges. Get the details and start talking for pennies a minute...

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At last, someone has developed a patch to allow the Apple TV's storage capacity to be expanded using the USB port, using its internal hard drive to boot and one fat external USB 2.0 2 Terabytes drive to store as many TV series, photos and porn movies as you want. Yes Cupertino, resistance to hackers, I'm afraid, is futile. The process is not difficult, as you will see after the jump.

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