Comments on: iphone

By: Kae Verens

Kae Verens — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:10:57 +0000

I did actually look for a gphone first, but they’re not yet available in Ireland, and I wasn’t going to jump through hoops to get it!

I’d love to get one when ever they are available. I’ve been thinking of apps to write, and would prefer to write in a Linux environment than BSD.

By: bartos

bartos — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:09:46 +0000

you should buy gphone not iphone crap :d
here’s my maven2 plugin for android SDK – android is linux based OS for gphone.

code.google.com/p/mvndroid/

By: bartos

bartos — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:09:25 +0000

you should buy gphone not iphone crap :d
here’s my maven2 plugin for android SDK – android is linux based OS for gphone.

http://code.google.com/p/mvndroid/

By: Kae Verens

Kae Verens — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:24:19 +0000

wow! that’s cool! I’m really damned impressed. wasn’t sure what this jail-break thing would do, but that’s just made the phone a million times more useful!

By: Conor

Conor — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:29:26 +0000

Ok a few things…

I had the exact same problem with the SIM card thing. It took me like an hour to figure out how to get it in. That diagram and the we pointy thing are really not that noticeable. And the lack of documentation is astounding.

Secondly about the whole app store thing.. ARE YOU CRAZY? The app store is bullshit. What you need to do is jailbreak:

http://www.iphonehacks.com/jailbreak_iphone/

It is the best thing that I have done with my iPhone. It gives you access to multiple methods of getting apps, you are not restricted to just the app store. And you guessed it all apps from those alternative sources are OSS! Everything. Believe me I have had an iPhone for about a year now and have not paid for a thing.

If you were impressed by the iPhone you will be 10x impressed by the jailbroken iPhone. You can do anything. I have a terminal on my iPhone, with VIM, FTP and even PHP installed! The possibilities are endless…. I’m sure you could get SSH. The whole look and feel of the phone can even be changed! You should take a look at mine some day and see what your missing!

Yes having to use Windows or Mac is a bit of a downside. But then again if you can get the iPhone working on Linux then you have just tapped into a goldmine!