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iPhone 4 Fixes becoming quite comical!

AshMan says…

With the launch of the iPhone 4, there were and still are a myriad of issues surrounding its design. When you gripped the phone with your left hand, covering a crucial part of the phone’s antenna the phone would lose signal and drop calls.

Some people have come out with some comical designs to help fix the problem as below:

The end call vinyl: The name says it all, when you want to drop the call simply cover this area!

iPhone 4 End Call Sticker

AntennaAid-Bandages: Again, name says it all. A simple band-aid solution for your iPhone 4! Not bad for $5 US.

Antenna-Aid - Not bad for $5US!

So what are you waiting for? Go grab it for when iPhone Launches on July 30!

AshMan says…

Not too long ago a hacker from the Netherlands found a simple exloitation that allowed him to take control and read the files of jailbroken iPhones.

The hacker didn’t do any permanent damage to the devices he accessed, he demanded for money to restore and give control back to the owner. He then gave up the hacking spree and informed the community on how to block the exploits.

This was only just the beginning of what is seeming to be a string of problems for jailbroken iPhones. Australian users have become the recipient of the first iPhone virus according to Mashable.

iPhone's first Virus spreading through Australian and Japanese jailbroken phones.

The virus is called ikee, and like before is non-destructive but changes the background of the device to an image of Rick Astley.

This virus has spread in the same manner, by exploiting unsecured SSH access. iPhones share the same root password for SSH access as part of Apple’s factory settings.

However if you are the owner of a locked handset, Apple switched off SSH access as a default setting, and users of jailbroken iPhones are urged to turn SSH off when not in use, or to simply change the root and mobile passwords.

This new virus has only attacked so for a range of IP addresses in Australia, though there is word that it is filtering through a number of Japanese iPhones.

AshMan says…

Mac users may be in for  a treat, a good one for potential buyers and possibly a bad one for new MacBook Pro owners. According to Apple Technology site Applesana.es a new generation of MacBook Pros maybe coming soon.

Browsing through the configuration files of the latest build of Mac OS X, the most recent operating system out of Cupertino, two references can be found. It is reported that the 10.6.2 update (build 10C531) holds these new configuration files. These files make reference to MacBook Pro 6.1 and MacBook Pro 6.1b whilst the current generation MacBook Pros are designated 5.1 through to 5.5.

A refresh of the current MacBook Pros is not impossible following the recent update of the MacBook and iMac to i5 and i7 intel processors, even though the Pros were refreshed in June 2009.

MacBook Pro 6.1/b Config Files Source: Applesana.es

AshMan says….

Don’t worry about staying up until 3am to watch the Apple Rock n Roll Event Keynote for the new iPods to be revealed. Cygnett in a post have already uploaded details about the new iPods (Touch 3G and Nano 5G).

Case for Nano 5G (Credit: Cygnett)

Both iPods now have updated firmware and hardware with the biggest difference being built-in-cameras on both the Nano and Touch.

Touch 3G with camera in hard shell case (Credit: Cygnett)

Check out the rest of the photos at http://cygnett.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/cygnett-announces-range-of-cases-for-the-new-ipod-touch-g3-and-new-ipod-nano-g5/