One of the goodies included in iPhone 2.0 is the ability to use Wi-Fi while in Airplane Mode.
To enable th wifi, simply swith on Airplane Mode and then set on the Wi-Fi switch. The orange airplane icon will stay in the status bar and Wi-Fi will be enabled.
Apple says that the feature is good for those on Wi-Fi enabled planes, but it may come in handy if you're in an area with no cell receptio; you still surf on internet without draining the iphone battery to search a cell network.
WIFI AT&T hotspots
You’re probably aware that AT&T has given you access to a bunch of free WiFi hotspots around the country. Problem is, you’ve got to go through a draconian login process to collect your free Internet. Ideed you have to SMS back and forth with AT&T. This is where Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T from Devicescape comes to help: enter your AT&T number and login. That’s all it takes. It’ll cost you $1.99. Click the link below to bring it up in iTunes.
If you like the sport of hunting then this game is for you, and, by the way, the animals will be grateful!
iHunt, indeed, is a simple shooting game that features three distinct shooting experiences: deer, pheasant and clay pigeons.
It uses the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer to adjust your sights and it has “realistic hunting sounds” and “beautiful scenery” among other things.
You can choose levels of difficulty, from easy to impossible. You can also select your firearm, rifle or shotgun.
The graphics on iHunt are realistic, but sometime the action isn’t.
The background graphics are based on real photos and the deer are on the high grass of a rolling plain, the skeet shooting area has a painted hills backdrop, and the pheasant are in a marshy wetland. All are fairly realistic and provide enough clarity to spot your prey. The sound effects for the animals are a little cheesy, but at least they give you confirmation you’ve hit your target.
You have to use the iPhone’s accelerometer to scroll both horizontally and vertically. You have two view options. One is the wide view where you can see the entire field. Then your zoom option zeroes in with crosshairs for an aimed shot.
The scoring is simply X out of a possible Y within the time limit and without running out of ammo. It would also be nice to get more points for targets at greater distance, plus maybe some bonus points for a special target.
The deer hunting game is the weakest of iHunt’s three offerings. Shoot your pellet gun, the duck goes down, repeat until you run out of ammo? That’s pretty much what you get with iHunt’s deer venue. The basic up/down action after the shot just isn’t very exciting. Many deer strolling across your path in different directions at various distances, and a single shot on target topples them. Find two deer crossing paths and you can even score a two-for-one.
The clay pigeon venue is the most realistic, especially once you got the hang of tapping the touchscreen Zoom button and zero-ing in. It also gives a realistic shot pattern with the shotgun. No direct hit is required—just get your shot in the area and you’ll be fine. It also helps to catch the target on the way up, because the clay pigeon disappears quickly once it passes the apex.
The game is entertaining for a while. The graphics are well done and provide a good backdrop for shooting. I can see this game as a good introduction for using the accelerometer for other shooting games.
The creators of the XBOX Live Friends List for the iPhone have taken their addiction to the next level developing the NXE for the iPhone. Anything that allows me to interact with my gaming life on the go is a win.
“NXES is the next generation XBOX Live Friends list application from the team at 1337pwn.com. As the creators of the most popular XBOX Live application in the AppStore, we have put our expertise to work with a totally new mobile XBOX 360 experience.
With the NXE as inspiration, the 1337pwn.com team has brought the excitement of the new XBOX 360 user interface to iPhone/iPod touch. From sliding panels to avatars, you can now browse your friends on the go as you would on your XBOX 360.
The user interface is matched with a new server infrastructure leveraging our full year of experience delivering mobile XBOX Live applications. As an Official XBOX Community Developer, you will not be putting your Live login at risk.
iNXES was built with the iPhone SDK and is only available through Apple’s AppStore. Click on the AppStore icon below.”
Developer's Notes: Soon enough you won’t want to live without it anymore. With iExchange Remote Calendar you can access your colleagues Microsoft Exchange based calendars from wherever you are! Use your iPhone to check if your colleague’s at the office or if he or she is available for a meeting.
iExchange Remote Calendar features:
Read access to all public Exchange calendars of your colleagues OVER THE AIR!!
Connection to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 or 2007 with WebDAV and OWA
HTTP and HTTPS are supported
Select any public calendar on the Exchange Server
Shows a time period of +/- 7/21 and 60 days from current date
Only the first two lines of an entry are displayed. As calendar entries cannot be opened, the details of a calendar entry cannot be accessed.
Recurrences, entries for one or several days (all day events) are supported
Please note:
To be able to use this software your company network must meet certain requirements. Therefore, before you order the software, you’ll want to contact your system administrator and check whether or not you can use iExchange.
Requirements (Server):
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 or 2007 (standard installation, no custom modifications in the login process)
WebDAV and OWA (Outlook Web Access) enabled
HTTP or HTTPS connection
Requirements for accessing the calendar of a colleague:
The user has to grant you read access to his or her calendar. The user or the system administrator can do so in Microsoft Outlook (Windows or Microsoft Entourage for Mac).
A tip for Windows-users: If you are working with“Outlook Web Access” and can access Outlook by using the built-it login page, you should be able to use iExchange.
A tip for OS-X-users: If you are using Entourage to access your company calendar, you should be able to use iExchange.
Login settings:
You need your Outlook WebAccess internet address to get access to exchange. Usually, it's in the form "https://mail.yourdomainname.com/exchange" , sample: https://mail.companyname.com/exchange. Type this address WITHOUD "/exchange" in the login settings, e.g. https://mail.companyname.com. If you don't have SSL, the URL starts with http:// instead of https://.
I installed PdaNet on my iPhone for tethering. PdaNet was given up waiting for App Store approval (try to guess yourself the future :-)); so they have gone ahead and released their application for jailbroken iPhones. You can get the full skinny here.
PdaNet for the iPhone doesn’t require any software on your laptop. You simply need to set up an ‘ad hoc’ WiFi network on your laptop and then have your iPhone join that network. Then you’re online.
PdaNet will also work in the background (yet another reason to Jailbreak — real background apps), although they caution that you’ll want to make sure that you get back into the app relatively quickly so it doesn’t idle. They’ve also implemented another neat accelerometer-based feature: set your phone face-down and it will turn off the screen, saving power. Truth-be-told, though, you should probably leave it plugged in, an active 3G connection and WiFi connection isn’t going to be very good to your battery.
One last note: over-usage of PdaNet’s tethering is likely to draw the eye and the ire of AT&T, so use with care!
The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically.
The software uses the ipod’s built-in gyroscope to calculate rotation on the y-axis, so we can look around the environment around by turning the device, there are also controls for manual rotation with a slider on the left hand side of the screen.
US $.01
