iPhone SDK: No Jailbreaking, iPhone Controlled RX-8, MMS Works In 3.0, Woz Voted Off DWTS
By SRASC at 2 April, 2009, 1:44 pm
Bunch of stuff I didn’t get to post due to watching the local football team getting 3 goals against them.
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The latest iPhone SDK agreement now forbids developers from jailbreaking or creating apps for jailbroken phones, according to an ArsTechnica report.
The new iPhone Developer Program License Agreement states the following:
(e)You will not, through use of the Apple Software, services or otherwise, create any Application or other program that would disable, hack or otherwise interfere with the Security Solution, or any security, digital signing, digital rights management, verification or authentication mechanisms implemented in or by the iPhone operating system software, iPod touch operating system software, this Apple Software, any services or other Apple software or technology, or enable others to do so; and
(f) Applications developed using the Apple Software may only be distributed if selected by Apple (in its sole discretion) for distribution via the App Store or for limited distribution on Registered Devices (ad hoc distribution) as contemplated in this Agreement.
This means that registered developers can no longer jailbreak their own phones or help others to jailbreak their phones. Developers are also forbidden from using the iPhone OS, SDK, and any other developer tools to create applications that are distributed anywhere but the App Store or via Ad Hoc distribution
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Jonathan Oxer has customized his Mazda RX-8 allowing it to be controlled remotely via an iPhone or iPod touch web app.
His objective was to have his vehicle connected live to the Internet 24×7. To do this he used an Alix-1 motherboard, a USB hub, a charge circuit, and a deep cycle 28A/h sealed-lead-acid battery. The system was installed in the trunk of the vehicle is charged using an “intelligent” battery charger which tops up the battery whenever the vehicle is running.
Oxer then connected various systems to the computer such as: OBD-II interface, 3G mobile broadband, Ignition Manager, Wifi, RFID reader, GPS, and Audio.
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The car’s webserver provides a password-protected web interface optimised for full-screen display on an iPod Touch or iPhone running the SOPODS full screen web browser. The web interface has three screens: 1) Control, which provides a top-down view of the car with buttons for start, stop, lock, unlock, accessory power, and boot release; 2) Telemetry, which displays real-time data acquired from the engine management system such as RPM, vehicle speed, coolant temperature, throttle position, etc; and 3) Location, which uses a Google Maps mashup to display the current location of the vehicle on a map using current GPS data.
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Receiving and playing back video MMS has been confirmed working in iPhone OS 3.0, according to a BoyGeniusReport.
What everyone has been wondering, however, was how the iPhone would handle videos sent over MMS. We’re happy to report that you can receive and play videos over MMS just fine.
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Steve Wozniak has been voted off Dancing With The Stars in a double elimination episode that aired tonight.
Woz was voted off after an Argentine Tango that scored him only 12 points. The other contestant to be voted off was Holly Madison who scored 16 points from the judges.
Last week Steve’s samba earned him a score of 10, the lowest in 6 seasons of the show. The judge said it was the “worst samba I’ve ever seen!”
This week’s performance of the tango didn’t earn much better review with comments such as “this stunk”.
Throughout the show Steve has remained optimistic, upbeat, and thankful to all those voting for him.
You can take a look at last night’s performance here.
Oh and one more thing, it seems that iTunes has been updated, very slightly, from 8.1.0.51 to 8.1.0.52. No changes are mentioned from what I could see up till the time I posted this.
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