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5 Reasons Why AT&T Prepaid Stinks, Down to 3

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off

Update
Since writing this post, it appears that AT&T has disabled the USSD service reminder messages for Medianet prepaid data packages. Icing on the cake: they also opened the 3G faucet. Considering these significant improvements to the value proposition of GoPhone, we’re down to 3 reasons.
One can only surmise that executives schemed these crippling aspects to [...]

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Tags: Product Review

Install AppTapp 3.0 beta on iPhone 1.1.1 without command-line

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Update: This method now deprecated in favor of new AppSnapp technique
See the Instant One-Touch Jailbreak Method as a simple alternative to what’s described in detail below. It takes advantage of the TIFF Exploit in Mobile Safari to jailbreak simply by visiting a site. It then patches this scary loophole after installing the Nullriver AppTapp into [...]

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Tags: Technical

iPhone 1.1.1 AppTapp Manual Install

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

For those who cannot wait for an AppTapp 1.1.1 Update
See our Install AppTapp 3.0 beta in iPhone 1.1.1 without Command Line tutorial←
Certainly, at this moment, we can only assume that Nullriver is busy updating their AppTapp installer to integrate the revised jailbreak and install procedure required with the iPhone 1.1.1 software update. Only in [...]

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Adobe DevNet Article Publishing Soon

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Article to be published on Adobe Developer Center
Packing Lite: Getting Started Designing Interfaces for Mobile Media
I wrote an article/tutorial for Adobe’s Developer Center to be published at the end of August covering how to get started designing interfaces in Flash Lite on Nokia Series 60 devices. It details how to get equipped for mobile media [...]

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iPhone Mod Guide for Beginners and FAQ

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments

How to install Native Applications onto an iPhone

Introduction↓
Getting Started↓
How to install NES Game ROMs↓
How to get sound working in NES↓
How to get PICO working in iPhone Remote Terminal↓
How to change the SSH root password↓
How to Remove (Uninstall) applications↓
How to Find your iPhone’s IP Address↓

Introduction
This guide is written for Mac users who are not familiar with [...]

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Tags: Technical