Hijinks Inc.

Category: iPhone

  • Abilene Christian University + Apple = PR Stunt

    Check it out, Abilene Christian University is offering students a “free” iPhone or iPod touch.

    “Freshmen will use an iPhone or iPod touch to receive homework alerts, answer in-class surveys and quizzes, get directions to their professors’ offices, and check their meal and account balances – among more than 15 other useful web applications already developed“, said ACU Chief Information Officer Kevin Roberts.

    That of course doesn’t mention the hefty AT&T subscription you’ll be stuck with, so I’m assuming you can choose between the iPod or iPhone. At any rate, it’s all good news for Apple which is now 5000 iPhones closer to selling 10 million.

    It’s a cool idea and everything, but seriously, are they that desperate to attract new student? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for bribing people, especially when that person is me, but if I was given an iPod touch that I could use in class I would totally play games the entire time.

    In other news, I just switched schools.

  • iPhone SDK + Firmware 1.1.4

    This is all pure speculation/wishful thinking on my part, so please don’t take it too seriously.

    I personally love the way Installer.app works, I can install/uninstall applications where ever I go, that being said I’m not looking forward to installing apps via iTunes.

    So my question is this, will Apple be able to offer the same on-the-go application management style as Installer.app with the release of the iPhone SDK? I genuinely hope so, however that functionality would likely require firmware 1.1.4 to be released alongside (or soon after) the SDK with a major overhaul to the mobile iTunes application.

    Completely doable, but will Apple choose to follow the logical example set by Installer.app? If they plan on allowing developers to sell applications it makes great sense financially, after all I’ve purchased more than my fair share of stupid games for my cell phone at random times when I was utterly bored and had no form of entertainment readily accessible.

    That being said, what do those of you who actually own an iPod touch or iPhone think?

  • Flash coming to the iPhone? Doubtful.

    Gear Live is reporting that Flash is on it’s way to the iPhone, now one might be inclined to believe them since they did manage to get their hands on an advance copy of 1.1.3 before it came out, but I still don’t buy it. Here’s why.

    Hardware capabilities, let’s take a look at the system requirements on Adobe’s website:
    Flash on the iPhone - System Req
    Now the iPhone with it’s 624MHz ARM processor may come close, but the iPod touch is certainly out of the question since it’s running a 412MHz ARM processor. Also, I had a Dell Axim x51v a few years back, which had the same clock speed as the iPhone and Flash preformed like crap on that.

    If Apple can pull it off, more power to them, but I don’t see it happening prior to the iPhone 2 coming out.

  • iPod touch Jailbreak [ 1.1.3 ]

    In order to jailbreak 1.1.3 you need a jailbroken iPod touch running 1.1.2, a wireless network, and some free time.

    Files you may need for this process:
    [ iPod touch 1.1.1 firmware ]
    [ iPod touch 1.1.2 firmware ]

    Hit the detailed instructions after the jump.
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