WOW!, its been months since i posted to this blog, and now looking at it I have 60 comments, 500 spam and 19 plugins to update

I must really apologize for not updating the site or making any announcement of the state, for that I am truely sorry. I must also thank SRASC (Scott) for occasionally posting updates to the site. And most of all thank you to the ~600 or so subscribers and members that have stuck around.

I have been thinking of selling the site recently and was made a few good offers. But I am also thinking of updating the site and covering a wider range of topics and phones.

Let me know what you guys think.

1. Would you like to see more phone brands discussed a covered on MyTriniPhone?
2. Would you like to have an iPhone/Phone Accessory Store?
3. Improved Forums and Tutorials Sections?

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Apple will not return a stolen iPhone to to the original owner after the thief took the phone in to get serviced due to the victim’s failure to file a police report. 

After getting her iPhone stolen, one reader relayed to Consumerist the tale of her failed attempts to try to get it back from AT&T and Apple. The crime happened on the subway in New York city, after which the victim promptly called the police who searched the area to no avail. 

Several weeks later the victim received an email from Apple notifying her that someone had filed a request to replace her broken phone through Apple Care. Her email was linked to the serial number of the phone so she received all messages regarding service and warranty work. After hours spent on the phone with Apple and AT&T she was notified since a police report was never filed she doesn’t have sufficient evidence to get her phone back. 

“So I call AT&T… and over the course of 12 hours I speak to a bunch of people who are all very sorry that this is the situation I’m in, but their hands are tied — they have to honor the warranty and it does not matter that it’s clear the phone is mine. They would need the authorities to tell them to do otherwise,” writes the victim. 

Despite the fact that she went to the precinct and had the authorities call Apple to verify her story, Apple stuck to its guns. To Apple, she has no real way of proving that she is still the owner of the phone. Apple has refused to act on her behalf and instead chose to honor the warranty agreement.

(come on Apple!)

(via AppleInsider.com)

Oh & as this is the 1st post of the new year, Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas to you and yours from MyTriniPhone.com
(of course an iPhone had to be used in the post)

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Lately there has been alot of video recording apps released in the App Store that delivers for iPhone 2G & 3G owners that Apple neglected. Here’s a run down of them all against the incumbant Cycorder from Cydia creator Saurik.

Frames Per Second (maximum)
iVideoCamera - 3
Camcorder - N/A
iVidCam - 7
Cycorder - 15

Length
iVideoCamera - 1:00 
Camcorder - long as space holds
iVidCam - long as space holds
Cycorder - long as space holds

Resolution
iVideoCamera - 160×213 
Camcorder - 320×426
iVidCam - 360×280
Cycorder - 384×288

Price
iVideoCamera - $0.99
Camcorder - $0.99
iVidCam - $1.99
Cycorder - free

My thoughts are that iVideoCamera was 1st but now looks like the worst. Only 3 frames per second, for a minute & the smallest resolution makes it to me an easy avoid.

Camcorder was aright. Better than iVideoCamera but with no ability to transfer your videos anywhere doesn’t make it cut in my book.

iVidCam was the next to come. Out of the non-jailbroken available video recorders it has the best maximum FPS, matches Camcorder for video length but beats it for resolution.

Then of course there’s Cycorder, which is available only via jailbreaking. It has more than twice the maximum frames per second than any other video recording app available (only beaten by the 3GS’s 30 FPS), ties with Camcorder & iVidCam in terms of video length and beats them with resoution. To top it all off, its free.

So I think the choice is obvious, if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone 2G & 3G & already have Cycorder then there’s no need to get rid of it. If you don’t already have it, then get it. However if you aren’t tech savy enough to jailbreak an iPhone then I think you’d be happy with iVidCam.

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Slashdot reported last week on research published by Swiss iPhone developer Nicolas Seriot about security holes in unjailbroken – that’s UNjailbroken – iPhones that could potentially compromise email accounts, browser history and even keytaps held in cache. The closed and unmodifiable nature of the stock iPhone OS means that malware could be carried by any app: even one legitimately purchased and downloaded from the App Store. 

In a talk on iPhone privacy in Geneva, Seriot described how a malicious application could harvest personal data on a non-jailbroken iPhone (PDF) without using private APIs. The presentation makes several suggestions to Apple on how to make the native iPhone environment more secure. For one thing, Seriot asserts that the keyboard cache oniPhones should be a OS service rather than being easily available to any app. He also recommends that the WiFi connection history be better hidden, and that the App Store reviews process be expanded to search for potential misuse of data. 

Seriot also makes the case that jailbroken iPhones can actually be more secure than stock iPhones, for the simple reason that jailbreakers have access to firewall software. The iPhone worms that were in the news not too long ago made headlines because they attacked jailbroken iPhones, but only those which still had the default SSH password. Once secured and running a firewall, jailbroken devices are harder to break into remotely than non-jailbrokeniPhones. This, of course, clearly contradicts Apple’s position that jailbroken devices are more vulnerable, and so may encounter resistance in the mainstream industry press. 

Users of all iPhones – jailbroken and not – should be wary of programs from untrustworthy developers, according to Seriot: especially professionals like like attorneys, doctors, finance officers who are legally bound to safeguard the privacy of data under their control. Interestingly, he also asserts that user reviews in the App Store are crucial, since customer experiences could save others from attack or validate the integrity of a program. After the recent scandal about faked reviews on the App Store, Apple would do well to keep better control of user feedback: as a security measure, if for no other reason.

(via TheiPhoneSpot.net)

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Ustream announced Wednesday the availability of Ustream Live Broadcaster in the iPhone App Store. The company touts that it is the first live broadcast software made available for the iPhone and iPod touch. With it, anyone can broadcast live video from their phone. 

“The Ustream Live Broadcaster is a free app that enables live streaming on 3G or Wifi, and users can notify their Twitter communities when they start broadcasting, and interact with their viewers using chat or Twitter through Ustream’s Social Stream,” the company said.

The application is said to require the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS with iPhone OS 3.1 or later. It allows polls, works in portrait mode, can auto-record, and can record and save for upload later. Recordings can be shared on Ustream, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The free 6.1MB download is available through iTunes.

(Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t Qik (available in Cydia & now the App Store for a while now) do the same thing?)

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Available via the Big Boss repo in Cydia, iClassic brings the iPod classic interface down to the click wheel to your iPhone/iPod touch. You can choose whether you want a black or white iPod classic, among its customizing features. The shake to shuffle feature of some of the latest iPods is there as well. Make note though that this is not a replacement app of sorts to the iPod app already pre-installed.

I chose the black personally (goes with my actual black iPod classic).

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iPhones with modified software could be vulnerable to a new, malicious worm that can allow remote access and control without the owner’s knowledge or permission.

It is estimated that hundreds of users are currently affected by a worm that targets users of “jailbroken” iPhones who live in the Netherlands and use the bank ING Direct. But security company F-Secure told the BBC that the currently isolated issue could easily jump to thousands of handsets. The worm is reportedly spread between phones when they share the same Wi-Fi spot.

In order for an iPhone to be vulnerable to the new worm, they must have willingly modified their handset’s software to allow them to run unauthorized code. Phones can be jailbroken to run applications or modify the system in ways not approved by Apple.

The worm only affects jailbroken phones that have SSH (secure shell) installed, without the default password — “alpine” — changed. It employs the same method as a previous worm, Ikee, that was not malicious. Instead, the wallpaper-changing prank simply changed the user’s background to a picture of 1980s pop star Rick Astley, who sang the 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

But the new worm reportedly has botnet functionality and connects to a Web-based command and control center based in Lithuania.

For now, the worm is only aimed at customers who live in the Netherlands and bank with ING Direct. The online bank intends to put a warning on its Web site.

This summer, a text messaging exploit was discovered by security researcher Charlie Miller that could allow someone to take control of the iPhone. Apple quickly fixed the issue. The exploit exposed the iPhone completely, giving hackers access to the camera, dialer, messaging and Safari.

[via AppleInsider]

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