Jailbreaking iPhone 3G & Cool Apps

So several weeks ago I sold my old iPhone 8gig (2G) to a friend and purchased the new iPhone 3G 16gig. I heard some negative reviews about the new 3G version, but I decided to experience it for my self. So far I love the new version, the speed of the internet on 3G is no where comparable to the EDGE network AT&T provides.

I also saw really cool iPhone apps that were not available in the iTunes App store and decided to Jailbreak it to get the apps. I used QuickPwn to do jailbreak it. Overall it was a quick and painless process and after 10 minutes I was already trying the new apps that came with Cydia Installer.

The top app I was excited to try out was from QIK.com, it allows you to stream live video from your iPhone to the web. I setup my personal DENISTV Channel on Qik to experiment and stream live whenever I want to. Qik also archives the recorded video on their servers to reference or embed for later purposes. I will be experimenting with this as I travel.

PDANet is a neat app that turns your iPhone into a true WiFi router for your computer (MAC or PC), and allows your laptop to go online wirelessly through the 3G network on the iPhone. I often work at locations where Wifi Access is protected or non-existant so this app allows me to connect my laptop to a highspeed internet connection throigh my iPhone – HOW COOL IS THAT?

Here is a screen shot i took of how it connects to my Dell Insipiron 700m:

I also love the Cycorder app that allows you to record videos on your iPhone – a functionality that doesnt exist on a non jailbroken iPhone.

If you are a fan of YouTube.com then MxTube is the app for you – it actually allows you to download videos from YouTube. I downloaded several of my favorite videos that I can watch anytime.

There are few other apps like Pandora and Facebook that I find myself using frequently and work much better on the 3G network.

Overall I am very happy with the switch to the new iPhone. Looking forward to see these apps actually coming to the App Store so that we do not have to Jailbreak the iPhones.

November 18, 2008 | Filed Under Reviews, Technology | Leave a Comment

WordPress 2.7 Demo

This looks super cool!

November 13, 2008 | Filed Under Blogging | 1 Comment

Philly New Media Weekend

Had a great time this weekend attending BarCamp Philly and catching up with several of my new media friends from Philadelphia Area.

I ran into Alex Hillman from IndyHall, Whitney Hoffman, Beth Harte, Christine Cavalier, Mark Magliocco & few other local new media attendies who were there.

Walt Ribeiro - Building Your Brand Session

Some of the sessions I attented really insipired me to work on some of the ideas I had for a long time. The one sessions stood out for me was Walt Ribeiro’s Building your Brand Session.

He is very energized internet music teacher and lives off by doing a video show on his blog – WaltRibeiro.net. This dude reminded me so much of Gary Vaynerchuk, and I think he will make it far in the online music space.

Philly New Media Community is definatelly an exciting place right now and I am looking forward to attending more events like this.

Photos of the event can be viewed on Flickr.

November 12, 2008 | Filed Under Events, Networking | 2 Comments

BarCamp Philly

This weekend I will be attending BarCamp Philly!

BarCamp is defined by Wikipedia as follows:

“…an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.”

I plan to meet many cool people in the social media space located in Philly area and network with them.

If you found this site after meeting me, feel free to connect to me on Facebook and Twitter!

For More info on BarCamp Philly click here.

November 6, 2008 | Filed Under Networking, News | Leave a Comment