Apple: iPhone News and Discussion Thread
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I think they've probably been working on it for a while
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I figure if I decide I like it and am willing to pay for the data plan I could unlock it (they seem to sell for even more when unlocked) and sell my 3 for at least what the 4 would cost me from AT&T (with the contract renew).
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Dev team warns about iTunes releases as well, in case the software breaks JB capability. I think 9.2 broke Spirit capability, did it not? I can't go back and read about it because work has blocked all this shit and labeled it 'Hacking.' Stupid fucks.
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So skyfire submitted their iPhone browser app to the app store.
What's great about it is that it has the capability to play flash videos by converting and compressing the videos into html5. They think they should be approved because they followed all of apples guidelines.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/s...val-we-wait-f/
that it gets approved. But I doubt it will :thumbsdow
What's great about it is that it has the capability to play flash videos by converting and compressing the videos into html5. They think they should be approved because they followed all of apples guidelines.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/02/s...val-we-wait-f/
Skyfire submits iPhone browser for App Store approval, we wait for the Flash to hit the fan
Posted Sep 2nd 2010 8:44AM by Tim Stevens
There was a time when Skyfire on Windows Mobile meant full Flash all the time. The 2.0 version on Android reigned that in a bit, really only supporting Flash video and little else, something Android 2.2 users no longer need to worry about. iOS users, however, do still spend their days ruing websites with such content, and so that's the market Skyfire is targeting next. The company has submitted a version of the browser for App Store approval, transcoding Flash video such that the phone only sees HTML5, with content coming in over H.264 adaptive streaming. As such, video is said to be compressed an average of 75 percent, in theory allaying any concerns about this thing being a bandwidth hog. In other words: there's no reason for this to not be approved, right? Right! However, something tells us things may not be so easy...
Show full PR text
Flash Coming to the iPhone? Skyfire Submits First Mobile Browser to Apple Capable of Playing Flash Video
Skyfire's Cloud Technology May End Public Standoff Over Flash on "iDevices"
Mountain View, CA – August 31, 2010– Skyfire is submitting a mobile browser to Apple's App Store capable of playing Flash video while adhering to all Apple's guidelines regarding HTML5 open-video standards on Apple devices.
Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone follows on the heels of Skyfire's recent launch on Android, which has now become one of the most popular third-party browsers on Google's mobile platform, with nearly a million downloads in its first three months.
Skyfire 2.0 is the first mobile browser built for the social media generation and makes the mobile Internet experience faster, Flash-enabled and fun, including smart media recommendations.
What's in Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone:
· Flash Video –The "Video" icon enables users to play millions of Flash videos around the web that otherwise do not play on mobile. This unlocks content trapped behind those error messages with question marks and blue Legos by transcoding the Flash content into HTML5 on Skyfire's servers.
· Related Content – The "Explore" icon brings the most relevant content on the Internet to a user's fingertips based on what they are viewing at the time. The Explore button pulls video, buzz, news, images and other sites from the wbased on what is on the current page.
Adherence to Apple's Standards:
Skyfire for iPhone was built in tight accordance to Apple guidelines, including the use of a WebKit browser core shared with Safari, and h.264 adaptive streaming.
Skyfire's famed cloud-computing technology translates Flash video on the fly from millions of web sites into HTML5 formats, and supports iOS devices via Apple's HTTP live streaming standard. Skyfire also avoids the concerns raised in Steve Jobs' recent essay regarding Flash on mobile devices. By optimizing Flash for iPhones and network conditions in the Cloud, Skyfire improves performance and maximizes battery life while playing video. The browser also avoids alternate runtime environments and other security vulnerabilities.
"We're excited to submit a mobile browser for iPhone and iPod Touch that addresses Apple's concerns regarding Flash deployment on mobile devices," explains Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire. "Rather than enabling Flash, Skyfire will translate videos into Apple standards. Skyfire supports HTML5 but at the same time, we recognize that the transition to HTML5 for 100 million Flash publishers will take years. We hope to bridge that gap and solve a problem for consumers who want access to millions of previously-unavailable videos on their iPhones."
An Advantage for AT&T:
Not only does Skyfire enable Flash video while adhering to Apple's guidelines, it offers a major enhancement to video data compression for AT&T. Skyfire compresses video data by an average of 75%, reducing buffer time, enhancing battery life and easing the network congestion that has caused user complaints in major metropolitan areas.
Be First in Line:
iPhone users who are interested in learning more about Skyfire on iPhone should find us on Facebook, or follow @Skyfire on Twitter to stay updated or sign up for an e-mail alert as soon as Skyfire 2.0 is approved for iPhone.
About Skyfire:
Skyfire is the creator of the Skyfire mobile browser, and has a mission to enable the "full internet" including rich media on mobile phones. The browser won the Best Mobile Application-People's Voice at the 2009 Webby Awards and was named a Top App of 2009 by the New York Times' Gadgetwise. Skyfire is based in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. For more information, visit www.skyfire.com, or follow Skyfire on Twitter attwitter.com/skyfire.
Posted Sep 2nd 2010 8:44AM by Tim Stevens
There was a time when Skyfire on Windows Mobile meant full Flash all the time. The 2.0 version on Android reigned that in a bit, really only supporting Flash video and little else, something Android 2.2 users no longer need to worry about. iOS users, however, do still spend their days ruing websites with such content, and so that's the market Skyfire is targeting next. The company has submitted a version of the browser for App Store approval, transcoding Flash video such that the phone only sees HTML5, with content coming in over H.264 adaptive streaming. As such, video is said to be compressed an average of 75 percent, in theory allaying any concerns about this thing being a bandwidth hog. In other words: there's no reason for this to not be approved, right? Right! However, something tells us things may not be so easy...
Show full PR text
Flash Coming to the iPhone? Skyfire Submits First Mobile Browser to Apple Capable of Playing Flash Video
Skyfire's Cloud Technology May End Public Standoff Over Flash on "iDevices"
Mountain View, CA – August 31, 2010– Skyfire is submitting a mobile browser to Apple's App Store capable of playing Flash video while adhering to all Apple's guidelines regarding HTML5 open-video standards on Apple devices.
Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone follows on the heels of Skyfire's recent launch on Android, which has now become one of the most popular third-party browsers on Google's mobile platform, with nearly a million downloads in its first three months.
Skyfire 2.0 is the first mobile browser built for the social media generation and makes the mobile Internet experience faster, Flash-enabled and fun, including smart media recommendations.
What's in Skyfire 2.0 for iPhone:
· Flash Video –The "Video" icon enables users to play millions of Flash videos around the web that otherwise do not play on mobile. This unlocks content trapped behind those error messages with question marks and blue Legos by transcoding the Flash content into HTML5 on Skyfire's servers.
· Related Content – The "Explore" icon brings the most relevant content on the Internet to a user's fingertips based on what they are viewing at the time. The Explore button pulls video, buzz, news, images and other sites from the wbased on what is on the current page.
Adherence to Apple's Standards:
Skyfire for iPhone was built in tight accordance to Apple guidelines, including the use of a WebKit browser core shared with Safari, and h.264 adaptive streaming.
Skyfire's famed cloud-computing technology translates Flash video on the fly from millions of web sites into HTML5 formats, and supports iOS devices via Apple's HTTP live streaming standard. Skyfire also avoids the concerns raised in Steve Jobs' recent essay regarding Flash on mobile devices. By optimizing Flash for iPhones and network conditions in the Cloud, Skyfire improves performance and maximizes battery life while playing video. The browser also avoids alternate runtime environments and other security vulnerabilities.
"We're excited to submit a mobile browser for iPhone and iPod Touch that addresses Apple's concerns regarding Flash deployment on mobile devices," explains Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire. "Rather than enabling Flash, Skyfire will translate videos into Apple standards. Skyfire supports HTML5 but at the same time, we recognize that the transition to HTML5 for 100 million Flash publishers will take years. We hope to bridge that gap and solve a problem for consumers who want access to millions of previously-unavailable videos on their iPhones."
An Advantage for AT&T:
Not only does Skyfire enable Flash video while adhering to Apple's guidelines, it offers a major enhancement to video data compression for AT&T. Skyfire compresses video data by an average of 75%, reducing buffer time, enhancing battery life and easing the network congestion that has caused user complaints in major metropolitan areas.
Be First in Line:
iPhone users who are interested in learning more about Skyfire on iPhone should find us on Facebook, or follow @Skyfire on Twitter to stay updated or sign up for an e-mail alert as soon as Skyfire 2.0 is approved for iPhone.
About Skyfire:
Skyfire is the creator of the Skyfire mobile browser, and has a mission to enable the "full internet" including rich media on mobile phones. The browser won the Best Mobile Application-People's Voice at the 2009 Webby Awards and was named a Top App of 2009 by the New York Times' Gadgetwise. Skyfire is based in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. For more information, visit www.skyfire.com, or follow Skyfire on Twitter attwitter.com/skyfire.
that it gets approved. But I doubt it will :thumbsdow
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Okay, I don't know anything about Iphone. 
I will be getting an Iphone 4 sometime next week... should I wait until the new updated phone to come out, or shouldn't matter.
I don't feel like reading 100 pages worth info here.
I will be getting an Iphone 4 sometime next week... should I wait until the new updated phone to come out, or shouldn't matter.
I don't feel like reading 100 pages worth info here.
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J/K Go ahead and get your phone. I wouldn't wait. I've had three since reading info presented here.
Anyone else having problems with Netflix on the iPhone 3G? I found something very interesting with the app. When the app was released I was so excited, but that quickly went away when I couldn't get the app to play video properly. Regardless if I was connected via Wifi or using 3G, video would load, but stall/skip and many times it would autorewind to a point of the video that I had already watched and continue doing this repeatedly. What was equally strange is that the UI of the app was also really slow when clicking on elements in a table view, etc. So I gave up on it.
I don't know what tempted me to do this, but I put my phone in airplane mode, turned wi-fi back on, tried netflix and it worked beautifully. I was able to watch an entire epside of Futurama without it stalling at all. To add, the lag I was experiencing with clicking on items in the app in lists, table views, etc, was gone. The app was much more responsive. I need to do some more testing to see if I am still having problems with using the app when the phone antenna is turned on. I'll report back on that later.
Anyone else experience something along these lines with their 3G and Netflix???
I don't know what tempted me to do this, but I put my phone in airplane mode, turned wi-fi back on, tried netflix and it worked beautifully. I was able to watch an entire epside of Futurama without it stalling at all. To add, the lag I was experiencing with clicking on items in the app in lists, table views, etc, was gone. The app was much more responsive. I need to do some more testing to see if I am still having problems with using the app when the phone antenna is turned on. I'll report back on that later.
Anyone else experience something along these lines with their 3G and Netflix???
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Anyone else having problems with Netflix on the iPhone 3G? I found something very interesting with the app. When the app was released I was so excited, but that quickly went away when I couldn't get the app to play video properly. Regardless if I was connected via Wifi or using 3G, video would load, but stall/skip and many times it would autorewind to a point of the video that I had already watched and continue doing this repeatedly. What was equally strange is that the UI of the app was also really slow when clicking on elements in a table view, etc. So I gave up on it.
I don't know what tempted me to do this, but I put my phone in airplane mode, turned wi-fi back on, tried netflix and it worked beautifully. I was able to watch an entire epside of Futurama without it stalling at all. To add, the lag I was experiencing with clicking on items in the app in lists, table views, etc, was gone. The app was much more responsive. I need to do some more testing to see if I am still having problems with using the app when the phone antenna is turned on. I'll report back on that later.
Anyone else experience something along these lines with their 3G and Netflix???
I don't know what tempted me to do this, but I put my phone in airplane mode, turned wi-fi back on, tried netflix and it worked beautifully. I was able to watch an entire epside of Futurama without it stalling at all. To add, the lag I was experiencing with clicking on items in the app in lists, table views, etc, was gone. The app was much more responsive. I need to do some more testing to see if I am still having problems with using the app when the phone antenna is turned on. I'll report back on that later.
Anyone else experience something along these lines with their 3G and Netflix???
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supposedly this should get your 3G "back to normal". 
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Ooo I wonder if AVRCP will allow Ford sync vehicles to control iDevices
"AVRCP is designed to provide a standard interface to control TVs, hi-fi equipment, or others to allow a single remote control (or other device) to control all the A/V equipment to which a user has access. It may be used in concert with A2DP or VDP."
http://bluetooth.com/English/Technol...ges/AVRCP.aspx
"AVRCP is designed to provide a standard interface to control TVs, hi-fi equipment, or others to allow a single remote control (or other device) to control all the A/V equipment to which a user has access. It may be used in concert with A2DP or VDP."
http://bluetooth.com/English/Technol...ges/AVRCP.aspx