Bluephone Elite 2 has been a realisation for several months now and has been a fantastic application for the seamless incorporation of mobile phone technology with a Mac OS computer. Well things are about to get even better, in the next few days version 2.0.9 will officially be released, patching several small bugs and adding several new features, including the ability to now export and import messages, call logs and personal data from (a feature which has been missing for some time !).
Several other features including a quick SMS widget for dashboard, closer integration with the phone address book and enhanced talk through features have also been rumoured, and finally a feature which has long been sought after - group text messaging !
The update is also rumoured to be coming with support for several new phones which previously have been incompatible with this invaluable piece of software, and a substantial hint that the company is working on a support mechanism for the iPhone, which unfortunately at current is hardly supported within the elite’s abilities.
So, watch this space people… MiraSoftware
Revelation, no…. we all new it was happening, but whether it was a slip of the tongue (walk u sly devil) or an intentional news drop, good old Walt Mossberg drops new of an iPhone 3G version coming in T-Minus 60 days.
Video can be found at Macrumors unfortunately the flash player is somewhat annoying so u have to watch the entire thing to get to the bombshell, which is about 6 mins 50 seconds in…
Just in case your impatient and cant wait that long, the basic link is “broadband on the cellphone networks is quite limited, im not talking about the fact that iPhone isnt 3G… it will be 3G in 60 days, 3G still very slow in the united states…”
wait, what… 60 days, dam I best start saving up lol !
IPhone unlocking now as easy as 1..2..3, the IPhone dev team (after a small april fools intermission) have finally released their new Pwnage tool for unlocking the IPhone (and possibly iPod Touch) to use any software.
Pwnage lets you load in any firmware you want, including patched firmwares not signed by Apple — which could lead to everything from custom software distributions to totally new OSs ported over (like, say, Android or Linux).
Video available at engadget proving the validity of the dev teams claims, as well as hundreds of people now crammed into their IRC channel boasting about their newly activated 2.0 firmware running a whole host of random providers now !
On a personal note, this is awesome news, still not sure if ill be rushing out to purchase one of these bad boys, at £269 their still a little over the price id be willing to pay… But rumours are ripe at current about the 2nd generation of iPhone where 3G will be the order of the day with a possible GPS unit as standard… that could possibly be the tipping point for my decision ! Oh yea, and would someone please make this thing compatible with BluePhone Elite, I cant seem to text anymore without that application lol !
Apple fans will be happy to know that the rumours of a new slinky MacBook coming in January are all true. If you trust the music industry for your IT reports.
The so-called ‘confirmation’ has not been unearthed by some geek with the usual dissatisfied Apple ‘Deep Throat’ but by an even less likely blabbermouth: a rapper called Just Blaze.
A recent Apple-sponsored knees up for the employees featured rappers and other musical artists performing and, according to reports, they were offered a new, forthcoming MacBook as a reward - one they were told would be unveiled at Macworld in less than three weeks time.
Even better, the new Macbook – expected to be a really thin, 12in Mac sub-notebook with flash storage – will go on sale a week after Macworld San Francisco. It will be priced, in the US, at around $1,500 (£750).-Martin Lynch
