Apple iPhone School

With the new year, comes a new writer to Apple iPhone School. We are very excited to be adding David to the team! By day, David is a High School Chemistry teacher…go Chemistry!! By night, he is a lover of all gadgets but is partial to his iPhone 3G (which he stood in line for on that wonderful July day). He is an experienced blogger, check out his blog, and that combined with the love for his iPhone has led him to become a part of our writing team. David does bring a new perspective to the table as he has a stock (unjailbroke) iPhone 3G. Look forward to reading his reviews of App Store apps and iPhone accessories.

Happy New Year from everyone here at Apple iPhone School!! We hope you had a great 2008 and we are looking forward to what 2009 will bring! We can already look forward to one things…an iPhone 3G unlock (YAY!!) and I’m sure we will see many new accessories, applications and maybe even some changes to the iPhone and iPod Touch!? I look forward to an exciting year!

Merry Christmas to all of our readers! I hope you’re having a great day! We’d love to hear what you got for Christmas today, especially if it’s an iPhone, iPod Touch, accessories or iTunes Gift Cards. Of course let us know if it’s not iPhone related too. I got an upgrade on our video editing software so look for better videos from us in the future.

Well, after a long night of travel last night, we reached our destination. So today, with a little bit of down time before all the Christmas craziness begins, I have updated another guide on our f.a.q page. It is a detailed guide on how to add sources to Cydia. This includes step-by-step instructions on how to install additional sources using Cydia and how to manually add your own sources to Cydia. You can check out the How to Add Sources to Cydia guide HERE. If you are looking for more source…check out our Sources Page. It contains a list of sources available for both Cydia and Installer.

I added another guide to our f.a.q page. This is a very basic guide on how to install applications using Cydia. I will continue to add more guides on how to use Cydia as I update the f.a.q page to be more firmware 2.x friendly…not that all those Installer guides aren’t useful!

I’m sure most of you already know what firmware is running on your iPhone or iPod Touch. However, for those of your who do not know and would like to, I have added a new page to our F.A.Q page with instructions on how to do just that. Check out our How to know what firmware is running on you iPhone or iPod Touch page for more info.

Hey guys, as you already know, in between writing articles and working on the new website, I have been working on updating our F.A.Q page to be more relevant to the 2.x firmware. Tonight I updated our “How do I change the dialer on my iPhone?” There honestly is not a lot of difference in modding your dialer from firmware 1.1.x to the 2.x firmware…the steps are basically the same and the modded folder (MobilePhone.app) is still the same. So, if you used to manually change your dialer on 1.1.x firmware but haven’t given it a shot on the 2.x firmware…you can check out the instructions. The only thing I will say is that some dialer files are made for specific firmwares so make sure you are downloading a dialer that is for the firmware you are running.

Hey guys, I have been spending the day updating some things on our F.A.Q page...making them more relevant to firmware 2.x. You may have noticed that I posted an updated article on how to manually add themes to your iPhone or iPod Touch. As I update some of guides, I will post the updated versions. Otherwise, keep an eye on our F.A.Q page as I continue to update it.

Note: I also updated our OpenSSH page making it relevant for both 2.x firmware and 1.1.4 and below firmware.

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at AppleiPhoneSchool.com! We hope everyone has a great day full of relaxation and time spent with family! Doug and I traveled all last night and are spending today with family! YAY!

Side Note: Doug broke his iPhone while we were traveling last night (updating Installer…do not ask me why he updated Installer!!) and had to restore to firmware 2.2 with no computer to sync with iTunes (we brought my laptop). So, his iPhone isn’t jailbroke and he is feeling very sad!

Although this was recorded in HD, it has been resized and compressed to make it a smaller file size. The file is still large because of the length of the recording. If none of those excuses are acceptable, I blame it on a PC. Someday I will have a mac…

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Doug has updated our Jailbreak Page with the latest information about jailbreaking firmware 2.2. He has also updated our Firmware Page to include firmware 2.2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Also, for those of you who haven’t seen it…he recently updated our Twitter Page as well. Check it out!

Guys…I’m soo excited. I sat down to write a few posts as we travel and what happens, I look down and I have 3G on my iPhone!!! We do not have 3G where we live (we are supposed to have it no later than Thanksgiving) but we are currently going through Minneapolis, Minnesota and for the first time we have 3G!! YAY!! So, I took a few screenshots and Doug did a quick network test using iNetwork Test (an App Store app). We are currently getting around 1304kbps download where we normally get between 50-150kps. So…I was totally excited. It is amazing what a difference there is when you have 3G!! Everything seems to run faster…even just loading all my text messages! Let us know in the comments what you think of your 3G or lack there of!
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G4TV.com recently did a video on iPhone applications. The kewl part is they used some video and screenshots from our site to do it! Let me know if you see any more from our site. Here’s the two I found… and the video:

Those of you who follow our Twitter (ahhyeah & bporter) most likely already know the scope however, for those of you who do not follow our Twitter (shame on you!) I will give a quick run down. I’m pregnant (YAY!) and for some reason my body thinks that pregnancy is some sort of disease that needs to be killed off, leaving me sick morning, afternoon, evening, middle of the night…basically whenever I am awake. However, my body is finally starting to realize that pregnancy is here to stay for a while and is easing up a bit. Which means it time for me to get back into the swing of things! It is going to take me a few days to get caught up and get back into the routine but, in the next week or so AppleiPhoneSchool.com should be back to it’s old self…at least on the days that I’m not puking my guts out, or feel like I’m going to! We also have a new writer who we will be introducing to you guys in the next few days. So, that is cool! Enjoy the site and if you have a pregnant wife, give her an extra kiss!

As I said in our video podcast, we recently did a case study with Mosso, our hosting provider. This in turn spawns interviews with news and blogs. Grid Today is a website all about the type of hosting that Mosso provides. Derrick Harris recently interviewed us and published the following article as a result.

In some ways, it is the story of the American dream: husband and wife from a small Iowa town embark on a project as a hobby; project slowly builds a following; and, before you know it, the project becomes the most popular entity in its niche, turning a side project into a profitable business. Continue reading »