[brlug-general] iPhoney - was: OS Poll Time.

[Nashid Hasan]

All the free ringtones you want for iphone at http://audiko.net/

--Nash


On 8/29/08 9:05 AM, "Petri Laihonen" <pietu at weblizards.net> wrote:

> There is potential with that device, if it would work....just lots of
> work..... ATT wireless infrastructure also needs to step up to match
> their claims.
> 
> Are the RDP apps free, or does one have to pay "taxes" to apple like
> with every turn you make on the street?
> If they are free, where did you found them? Especially I may be
> interested about connecting to windows server via ssh tunnel. With Nokia
> smartphones, you have been able to do that for years.....unfortunately I
> don't have one anymore.....  I wore one out in 5 years.... and got sent
> this one to replace it.....  bad trade overall.
> 
> Another drawback with FW2.0 for me was that now I can not hear it
> ringing anymore......   Upon a call, first thing I hear, if at all, is
> the vibrating noise against the table, then perhaps a bit of ringing
> sound when concentrating to it.
> 
> As a mobile content provider, it is not too great either.....  I have
> created a method where I can provide wallpapers to non-pwned iPhone (Now
> that Safari is partially fixed in FW2), but I doubt Apple will never let
> third parties to provide ringtones. I can not expect every customer to
> know how to pwn their iPhoneys....
> 
> Petri
> 
> Tim Fournet wrote:
>> > I'm liking my iPhone, especially with 2.0 firmware. I've got push/pull
>> > contacts/email/calendar with Zimbra, and it's amazing. I can use the
>> > iPhone take a photo of someone for their phone book entry, and watch as
>> > it pops up on the web interface within about 3 seconds. There are
>> > finally some decent SSH and RDP apps as well.
>> >
>> > On my work desk, I've got Fedora 9, Vista, and an IGEL thin client
>> > running Linux
>> > At home, I've got Vista for games (TF2) and a Fedora laptop for
>> > email/surfing/SSHing
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Petri Laihonen wrote:
>> >  
>>> >> Yes...
>>> >> I have that iPhoney too, but I find it sooo.... paperweight with sexy
>>> >> UI. Extremely crippled thingy.... Luckily I did not have to pay for it.
>>> >> Now, after upgrading to the firmware 2.x.x, the mail application crashes
>>> >> every time.....  Apple seems to care none, which is their normal
>>> >> policy.  So  I need to pwn it to be able to fix the mail app. "Hackers"
>>> >> have posted instructions to the fix about 1.5 months ago...
>>> >> Unfortunately there is no Linux based pwn tool, and trying to connect
>>> >> and manage the phoney via windows in virtual machine simply does not
>>> >> work. (Its detected and that's all, no real connection can be
>>> established.)
>>> >>
>>> >> Petri
>>> >>
>>> >> Shannon Roddy wrote:
>>> >>  
>>> >>    
>>>> >>> Laptop: OSS with ubuntu/vmware.  XP only when absolutely
>>>> >>> necessary,which is maybe twice a month.
>>>> >>> Home: ubuntu
>>>> >>> Work: ubuntu/solaris 10
>>>> >>> Cell:  read the sig below.  ;-)
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Aug 28, 2008, at 15:27, willhill <williamhill2 at cox.net> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>  
>>>> >>>    
>>>> >>>      
>>>>> >>>> What is your primary desktop OS?
>>>>> >>>> 1.  At home
>>>>> >>>> 2.  At work
>>>>> >>>>
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