Testing the new WordPress for iPhone app on my - guess what - iPhone. Looks good so far!

Update:
After the initial impressions you quickly realise the shortcomings and things that need to be done to the app until it does all the important things. For example moderating comments or being able to change things in your blog such as de-/activating plugins without the need of Safari.

Also I’d to be able to arrange my photos in posts how I want them to appear. Just like in the normal web interface. Oh, btw, anyone got a good gallery replacement? The stock 2.6 gallery which you can see below isn’t really nice.

But for a 1.0 release WordPress for the iPhone does the basic stuff right, which is posting an entry and inserting photos. The latter isn’t beautiful but it gets the job done. One more thing: using the Twitter tools plugin always creates the “New blog post”-tweet even though you haven’t yet published the post. So if you see random posts/tweets around the web containing “!$title$!” you know where they might be coming from.

The new iPhone PwnageTool for the iPhone has been released just a few hours ago. It jailbreaks and activates both iPhone generation. It unlocks only first-gen iPhones! It DOES NOT (yet) unlock the iPhone 3G.

Everything you do after this next line is totally up to you. I won’t take any responsibility if the iPhone eats your children or does anything else! PwnageTool 2.0 as of this moment is only available for Mac OS X. Read the rest of this entry »

All I have to say is: Facebook finally noticed it. I already wrote about StudiVZ and Facebook a couple of times. It was just a matter of time until this had to happen. What leaves me wondering is why it took Facebook so long.

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In the gaming world this past week has been all about E3 in LA. But just like the recent years it didn’t manage to bring really stunning news. Of course there were things like Final Fantasy coming to the Xbox 360, but most of the “news” only were updates on titles we already knew existed.

Don Reisinger, a person I’m wondering about how he manages to get all that stuff out like he does, did a recent podcast about this at CNET.

All three major players, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, didn’t really show any special new things. Nintendo is going to jump on the Singstar-Guitar-Hero-Rockband bandwagon, doing Wii Sports Rev 2 and of course didn’t forget to mention how great they are.

Sony announced a price drop of their console (as did Microsoft just a day before E3) and how cheap, 30 Dollars to be exact, some of their games are getting. There also was the announcement of their video store, congratulations. Oh yeah, they also said they’re awesome.

And then there was Microsoft, the first major press conference of the whole show on monday. I really thought they had some major things to show considering the 360 price drop on sunday. Boy, was I wrong. For the US the inclusion of Netflix might be major news, for the rest of the world, not so much. Then there was Final Fantasy XIII, which - at this point - won’t be released for the 360 where it has many fans: Japan. Other than that? Well - you guessed it - they mentioned they’re doing fine.

Of course the show generated many news (and videos) and gave the people there the possibilty to play some of the upcoming games, but overall E3 looks like a show where old news were getting some more hot air.

By the way - this is for the people covering it: if you’re doing a “live ticker” you have to say thanks for sites like Engadget/Joystiq, because you can virtually xerox them. Show them some love, it’s not such a bad thing.

Apple suit: Psystar’s Mac clones must be recalled

Apple’s list of grievances against Mac clone maker Psystar spans 16 pages, but, in the end, its argument boils down to the one expected. Psystar, Apple says, had no right to do what it did, and should be stopped and forced to pay.

In its lawsuit, a copy of which was seen by CNET News courtesy of our colleagues at ZDNet, Apple alleges copyright infringement, inducement of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, as well as a couple of other legal claims. It seeks any profits earned by Psystar from its Open Computer, triple damages for willful acts, a permanent injunction against the sale of the product, as well as recall of those units already sold.

Who saw that one coming? It took Apple how long exactly until they got this on its way? They really must have had too much to do with the iPhone, MobileMe, etc. A sign of negligence for one of Apple’s roots, aka OS X?
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Looks like Apple has removed all mentions about push mail from their MobileMe site. It has been removed from the MobileMe Mail features list too. Now your mail is “in sync”. But they forgot the mentioning at their enterprise site, where they are talking about Exchange push mail. Microsoft by the way doesn’t call it push mail per se, they call it “Direct Push“. Trademark on the name “push mail”? RIM, anyone? I couldn’t find anything on the fly about RIM owning that name. I’m trying to get in contact with Apple to find out what’s happening here. Screenshots after the jump.

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Some of you might have wondered what I was doing when I posted about going to do late night photoshoot of an industrial park. Well, the answer is pretty simple. I went to the Landschaftspark Duisburg again. This is an old industry area that is open to the public for no cost at any time of the day and, I actually believe, of the year. You can walk inside of many of the industrial plants and enjoy the park feeling of it. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft today announced at their E3 press conference that the Xbox 360 software, also called dashboard, will get updated in fall. One of the new features will be an improved Gamercard which, as of now, only includes your photo and some stats about you and your games. This feature will get overhauled in fall by an avatar system which also will make it more prominent in the user interface.

From Engadget/Joystiq coverage:

The new look and feel is more fun, more social, and simpler to use. You’ll have a Gamercard, but there’s also something new… it’ll be more personal with avatars. Express your personality and style, share it with your community and friends. … pants, shirts, hats… everything you need, it’s all here.
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Create, share, and have fun with all of your friends… but avatars are just the beginning. The new Xbox is tailored for the living room. Here we are at the community channel — instead of a list of friends, you actually see them. You can chat with or send messages to your friends, but there’s something new: create a Live party, private groups of up to 8 people, always connected and chatting as a party.

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