Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Apple Pulls Old iPhone Firmware

Shortly after we posted all the old iPhone firmware download links on our Apple Phone Encyclopedia section, Apple has taken them offline.
It’s pretty clear why they did this… old iPhone firmwares are only useful to those who hack the iPhone. And, by taking them offline, Apple ensures that it’s one step harder to obtain the [...]

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Our App Store Status

Yesterday’s story (and some of the comments I made after the original report) may lead some to believe that we at MechaWorks are members of the iPhone Developer Program.
To be clear, we are not. However, we came very close to be… I had all the paperwork ready to send over to Apple, with our $99 [...]

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Apple Touch Icon Deployed

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, and add PhoneNews.com to your home screen as a WebClip, you’ll now get this nice icon below:

This will replace your standard icon (which is a glossy-version of the page you were looking at).
And, in case you haven’t read about WebClips 50,000 times by now, you can also [...]

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