iVideocamera is an app made just for the iPhone 2G and 3G both of Which are lacking a native support for video recording. But all that is changing now that apple has allowed usage of the private API that allows an app to get the contents of your screen.

What does this mean? It means Go download this app! It allows you to record video on your phone.

The app is limited to only recording 1 minute of video at a time. And it only records at 3 FPS (frames per second) so the video isn’t all that great. But laan labs (the creator of the app) is working on an update to increase the frame rate and video quality… Of course I hope they update it soon

Apple had been criticized for not enabling video recording on the earlier iPhones, as the hardware was believed to support the additional functionality. So finally they approved a video recording app, iVideoCamera, for the iPhone 2G and 3G written on December 15, 2009 by Darrell Etherington

The utility currently shoots video that is far from perfect,compared to the native recording on the iPhone 3GS. Users will be limited to one-minute segments at 3 frames per second, while the resolution is just 160×213, which is 10 times less than the 3GS’ 30-frames-per-second capability. Also, you can only shoot clips up to a maximum of one minute in length. The developer, Laan, claims the next update will bring improvements to the frame rate, resolution, and clip length.

iVideoCamera has some solid strengths, too, like the ability to share video to multiple sources quickly and easily. Like with the iPhone 3GS, 3G and 2G users who are shooting with iVideoCamera can export their recordings to YouTube, and in fact get more sharing options, including Facebook and Vimeo posting. Twitter integration is said to be coming soon. Future updates are also said to be bringing frame rate and resolution quality improvements.

There is a good chance that Cycorder capable of a maximum of 15 frames per second will be able to deliver a ligitimate applicaiton to App Store. So iPhone 2G and 3G owners might not have to wait long before a decently able video app makes its way into their upgrade-reluctant hands.

iVideoCamera is now available from the App Store for $1

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In the past few months there have been multiple worms released into the wild that affected inadequately protected jailbroken iPhones. However a Swiss iPhone developer has published research that indicates that there are also security vulnerabilities affected un-jailbroken devices too. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise to most as it was only a matter of time.

The developer, Nicholas Seriot has created a proof of concept app called SpyPhone to demonstrate how Apple’s own APIs can be used to read and edit user’s address books, gain access to the user’s web surfing history or even recent location information. Although this is not as bad as what can be done with root permissions to the device, it can still effect users, especially when they think they are safe.

For the attacks to work, the application with the malicious code would need to get through the App Store approval system, however this wouldn’t be very hard as pointed out by many developers, as Apple doesn’t check source code but does have a kill switch on every app. The code would be delayed, so that it only beings to work so many weeks after the app is released or it could be an encrypted payload.

Nicholas Seriot detailed these possible iPhone privacy risks in a talk he delivered in Geneva, during which he also outlined possible defense strategies, suggesting that Apple should design the iPhone OS to require users to authorize read or read-write access by iPhone applications to potentially sensitive on-device information such as the Address Book, add firewall functionality to the device and ensure the keyboard cache is not as readily available to third-party applications.

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O2 will now unlock your iPhone if your contract has expired or you’ve been had a Pay As You Go iPhone for 12 months.

Sine O2 lost exclusively of the iPhone to Orange and Vodafone early next year. O2 have said they will unlock the device.

However it comes with a price, customers will have to pay £15 to get the code to unlock the device.

This makes me believe there must be a similar method, as used on other phones to unlock the device via a code which will be calculated by O2.

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There has been news today of yet another iPhone worm that affects users who have unsecured SSH installed on their device.

Security Company, F-Secure, has unearthed this latest worm for the iPhone which targets people in the Netherlands, as it did before with the first exploit of unsecured SSH. It targets users who use their iPhone to online bank with ING. Much like a phishing attack, it redirects the bank’s users to a look-a-like website with a log-in screen.

The worm only affects jailbroken devices as before, and only devices with SSH that has the default password are affected. This latest worm is more serious than the ones prior, as they were created to warn people, that things such as this could happen. The security company, F-Secure, have also said that it can behave like a botnet and send itself to other un-secure devices on a local WiFi network.

The phone can be controlled by the hacker remotely without the knowledge or permission of the user. Hackers can ring people, text people, copy your contacts or what ever they wish with your device if it’s left open. At the moment it’s only spreading around the Netherlands, but soon enough malicious hackers will most likely take advantage of the users who don’t change the default password.

A spokesperson for ING Bank said that a warning was going to be put on the bank’s official website.

“We are also briefing call centre personnel,” she added. “It’s important to remember that the worm only affects jail-broken phones and it is only aimed at customers in the Netherlands.”

If your device is jailbroken and you believe SSH maybe, or is installed then please read this guide to secure your device. Many other guides will not fully protect you as they only change the mobile user password and not the root.

If you wish to read more from F-Secure on this issue click here.

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Emoji permite emoji iconos en tu iPhone y el iPod touch fuera de Japón. No requiere el dispositivo para ser Jailbroken y es un simple clic. Una vez que se ha ejecutado el programa, usted tendrá acceso a un montón de iconos lindos para todas sus necesidades de escribir.

para que quede activado en tu iphone es necesario que vayas a ajustes, despues general, enseguida teclado, teclados internacionales despues al japones y activas iconos Emoji. y ya tendras activados los iconos. pero el inconveniente es que solo lo recibirá el icono, cuando lo mandas a otro iphone o ipod touch, en ningun otro telefono lo recibiras o quiza ni llegue el mensaje.

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Finanzas Sistema Financiero ha arrojado luz sobre un nuevo problema que se refiere a la seguridad de todos los teléfonos inteligentes como el iPhone el Nokia N95. 

Los datos sensibles en el correo electrónico puede ser muy importante, también vinculado a las cuentas de PayPal y artículos similares, para las que el problema es muy grave. Por el momento, estas pruebas se realizaron en el iPhone 3G actualizado a la última versión del firmware, el Nokia N95, la inclinación de HTC y el G1, todos con éxito.

El consejo es escuchar muy cuidadosamente antes de usar el iPhone con un punto de acceso wifi público.

Si jailbreak el iPhone, la primera cosa que Absolutamente necesario hacer es cambiar la contraseña de sistema de archivos por defecto.

 Como la gente normalmente no se molestan en cambiar la contraseña después de realizar una jailbreak, es muy fácil para los hackers para obtener acceso a alguno jailbroken iPhone / iPod Touch en una red pública.

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The Intel P55 Express chipset had an issue that caused iPhones unable to sync. Gigabyte has issued a BIOS update fixing the problem. The Intel P55 is Intel’s latest midrange chipset and is for Core i5 and Core i7 machines. The other two P55 motherboards, ASUS and MSI were also affected by the bug and there is an update for ASUS BIOS but it’s not the official fix. Hopefully both ASUS and MSI quickly update the BIOS to fix the issue.

iDashboard v1.0 has been released by WyndWarrior, it’s an iPhone utility which mimics the widget functionality of Mac OS X.

A multi page dashboard for your iPhone! Features a world clock, a calendar, a weather widget, a working calculator, lockscreen dashboard, and double-tap Dashboard. Also will have available widget packs for download in Cydia. Customization features include: wall-papers with auto-dim and the ability to change wallpapers through the photo app.

Steven Troughton-Smith is developing a similar application, which is not yet released.

Over the past week there has been a lot of news over unsecured SSH on iPhone. First about the Dutch hacker who wasscanning the network for jailbroken users who had not changed their default SSH password. Now a hacker who goes by the name of “ikee” from Australia, created a worm that changes the home screen background to Rick Astley.

As I’m sure your aware by now this only affects users who have jailbroken their phone and installed OpenSSH, not just general users or who have jailbroken their device. If you have jailbroken your device and have got OpenSSH installed please read this guide on how to change your default password to ensure none of these worms or hacks will affect you.

ikee says this is how the worm spread: “The code itself is set to firstly scan the 3G IP range the phone is on, then Optus/Vodafone/Telstra’s IP Ranges (I think the reason Optus got hit so hard is because the other 2 are NAT’d) then a random 20 IP ranges. I’m guessing a few phones hit a range that another vulnerable phone was on.”

Once one phone is infected it searches for phones with the default password and then begins the process again.

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Well there is a rumor out that Apple will be releasing the 3GS iPhone in an 8Gig model for x-mas. Now how true is that, well no one seems to have a definite answer. According to Boy Genius Report they have heard from sources at AT&T there is plans of this. When we checked in to this rumor (in which BGR is pretty solid in their information) we received different feedback. There has not a response yet from our Apple source and our AT&T source has not yet heard of this being rumored.

All of those iPhone users out there are eager to get the 3GS because of the faster processor and if you are like me you want the better/improved battery life. As for now we can only wait and see what BGR hears or if Apple or AT&T makes an announcement on the release. But as we all know depending how well the sales are through the year and how tough the competition is anything is possible. Until next time keep your ears to the ground and eyes on the screen.