The iPhone applications survivor kit: what you need to have (part 1)

Jan 2, 2008

The iPhone applications survivor kit: what you need to have (part 1)

Applications for the iphone and ipod touch are growing like bad grass, faster than you can kill it and every single day you notice new and amazing services, tools and utilities for this new platform. We collected a bunch of them, those that we believe are the most important ones to hang out… In the next part we will add business related applications. Please notice that this applications can damage your iphone, a fresh restore could help but act wisely, we are not affiliated with the designers/programmers or vendors of these applications, we only provide this list as an recommendation, we are not receiving any kind of endorsement from their respective owners. We really don’t know them, but appreciate their time.

WIF, INTERNET AND NETWORK

GOOGLE MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR THE IPHONE
Google announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and more. To use the application, iPhone users simply point their web browser to http://www.google.com.

To accomplish this, Google is taking advantage of browser technologies (like AJAX) that made Gmail and Google Maps possible on the desktop. In supporting these advances in web technology, the iPhone’s Safari browser not only delivers an excellent mobile Internet experience; it enabled our product and engineering teams to create an optimal Google experience on a mobile device.

Google’s overall goal is to provide users with access to information, wherever they are. This commitment is device-independent, and we are working to develop new mobile technologies that are faster, easier to use, and available on more devices. A recent example is My Location (http://google.com/gmm/mylocation.html), a Google Maps for mobile feature that shows users their location directly on the map with or without GPS. To see the full range of mobile products and services available from Google, visit http://mobile.google.com.

MOBILESCROBBLER

MobileScrobbler connects your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch with the Last.fm social music website. As you listen to music on your device, MobileScrobbler sends the title, artist, and album to the Last.fm website. Last.fm uses this information to suggest new music, new friends, concerts, and events based on the music you listen to.

Features
Scrobble tracks as you listen on your iPhone / iPod touch
Queues songs for submission when offline and automatically submits them the next time you connect
Listen to Last.fm radio over EDGE or wifi (wifi strongly recommended)
Tag songs as ‘love’ or ‘ban’
View album artwork and artist data for songs as you listen
View lyrics for the currently playing song
View upcoming concert events and add them to your calendar
All data is cached for offline viewing

Requirements
A last.fm account
A wifi connection is strongly recommended for listening to last.fm radio.

For more information go here.

DEVICESCAPE
Using Devicescape, owners of the iPhone and iPod Touch can seamlessly connect to fast and inexpensive Wi-Fi networks and public hotspots at café’s, university networks, muni networks, and many more.
Devicescape eliminates the need to launch a browser to enter user names and passwords on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Your user name and password are entered just once and stored on a secure server and, after that, Devicescape enables you to automatically connect to any supported network within range.

Devicescape works at hundreds of thousands of hotspots worldwide by supporting more than 400 public networks including the largest carriers in the world such as T-Mobile and AT&T, municipal and free networks, and nearly 100 university and college networks. Consumers can manage and expand their Wi-Fi coverage by adding more hotspots and networks by visiting Devicescape’s web site at devicescape.com.

Instructions to install Devicescape on the iPhone and iPod Touch are available at: www.devicescape.com/download. Devicescape works on both the 1.0.x and the 1.1.1 firmware releases for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Devicescape is free for consumers. In addition to the Apple iPhone and the Apple iPod Touch, Devicescape supports Mac OSX, PCs with Windows XP and Vista, Windows Mobile 5 & 6 Smartphones, Nokia Nseries and Eseries phones, and the Nokia Internet Tablets, with many more devices planned.

STUMBLER
Stumbler lets you view the wireless networks in your area. While right now Stumbler only handles 802.11 networks, soon you should see Bluetooth and GSM capabilities as well.

Stumbler is still in a early Alpha stage, but it is fully functional, and pretty stable.

Planned Features
Auto Scanning
Manufacturer detection
Logging
A-GPS
Raw 802.11 packet capture (monitor mode)
Download Stumbler here

INSTANT MESSAGING
APOLLO IM
iPhone Instant Messenger Client
Featuring support for MSN, .Mac, and ICQ accounts, a gorgeous new chat UI that replicates iChat, available/away ability, custom status messages and much more.

Download Apollo IM here

iCHAT FOR THE IPHONE IN JAVASCRIPT
Log in with your AOL IM account. No data is logged, but all of your information does pass through my server. I am not harvesting any information. This app is server intensive, so I’m limiting sessions to 10 minutes for now.

Use your mouse to flick (drag and release) your buddy list up and down like you’re supposed to on the iPhone. Click a buddy to start a conversation. You can open multiple conversations… flick left/right to change conversations.

Download iChat for Iphone in JavaScript here

SMS
SMSD iPhone SMS Delete And Forwarding Application
This application much like Wetool addresses some of the shortcomings of the SMS messaging application on the iPhone. The major features which are included on SMSD which Apple has neglected to add are deletion of individual messages, forwarding of SMS messages to groups of people and a built in character counter. The application is at version 0.09 but apparently seems stable in regards to the advertised features.

Features
Delete individual messages
Different views for incoming and outgoing messages
Templates
Backup all message through mail.
Compose new messages. (Apple got this right.)
Reply to messages. (Well, Apple did not miss this one.)
Forward messages.
Support for concatenated SMS (long SMS).
Send/Forward messages to multiple contacts.
Character counter.
Send Contact Information through message.
To install manually:

Put the extracted zip dir (SMSD.app) in /Applications on iPhone. From v0.09 onwards, you will also have to copy com.amrut.iphone.SMSD.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons. And last but not the least, dont forget to set executable permissions for SMSD and SMSDNotifier files.

Screenshots:

weTool For The iPhone
Aaron Jang has released weTool, a native iPhone application that enables you to delete individual sms and call entries along with the ability to forward SMS messages to multiple recipients, a feature that Apple hasn’t implemented as of yet. It also gives you an option to save your sms messages to your notepad and the transition effects between switching screens is pretty cool. The download is only available as a pxl file on hackint0sh Now available on Installer. Point Safari at or add Source via Installer at http://app.weiphone.com/installer/. Two downloads are below with the first download having a circular rotation transition between screens and the second having a page flip transition effect. Let Aaron Jang know which transition effect you like better on the poll so maybe you can influence him to incorporate it in his newer release. According to Aaron, he’s got more than 15 different page transitions. Hopefully those will be available on future releases. V0.3.7.1 now available with 17 different user selectable transitions along with a different menu system.

Home Screen: V0.3.7.1

SMS List:

Menu To Forward SMS Message To Multiple Recipients.

WEISMS
WEISMS is a native SMS application for iPhone, with following enhancements

Search your message
Forwarding received message
Delete message one by one
Send message to multi-recipients
Send contact information via SMS
Support smilies in Message
User could create pre-defined texts and append them into message
i18n support
More …

Download it here

GAMES
NES EMULATOR

Guide to NES Emulator on the iPhone and iPod Touch, complete with video tutorial on how to add roms and where to get them. Please remember to have a backup of your information because if you don’t follow instruction you can make your iphone unusable and must repair it with a restore with itunes…

Installation

Roms Downloading

Geting Roms to your iPhone

Adding More Roms

PSX4IPHONE

There is a new hack in town that let you emulate games for the playstation 1 in your shiny new iphone. It has a good compatibility rate and features save states and a dynarec for added performance.

Here is the download address: http://zodttd.com/forum/index.php?topic=154.0

VIDEO

compatibility list (the list is bigger at the )
Some of the games that are working just fine in the iphone:

Buster Bros Collection
Buster Bros Collection
Driver
Final Fantasy Tactics

Gran Turismo
Need For Speed 3
Wipeout 2
Wipeout XL
Wipeout XL
Xenogears

command and conquer
gran turismo 2
grand theft auto 2
metal gear solid vr missions
final fantasy origins
game:kings field 2
command and conquer red alert
gran turismo
Crash Team Racing
Tekken 3

for installation go here

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