Qik, a popular iPhone application to stream live video, has arrived in the App Store without streaming capabilities. 

Unfortunately, the company has had to seriously restrict the app’s capabilities in order to get approved by Apple. Currently, the application only works over Wi-Fi, though a 3G version has been submitted for approval. 

Here’s what it can do… 

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Upload videos from your iPhone’s Camera Roll 
First, this version of Qik allows you to pull videos right from your iPhone 3GS Camera Roll and upload them to your Qik account. So if you’ve recorded videos with the iPhone 3GS native camera, you can share those via Qik, too. Qik is the only iPhone 3GS app to let you share videos from your camera roll straight to your blog, website, Facebook, YouTube, and all the other networks Qik integrates with. 

Automatic uploading 
Once you’ve stopped recording, your video upload begins automatically - without the hassle of pushing any more buttons or filling out any form fields. 

Shoot video in portrait or landscape mode 
Qik is the first mobile video app to let you frame your videos either horizontally or vertically. w00t! 

Location sharing while uploading video 
Finally, Qik is the only iPhone 3GS mobile video app that lets you share your location while streaming video from your phone. So if you’re partying downtown, you don’t need to give your friends any address or directions - they can just check out the location information from your Qik stream to see where you are and join in the fun. (Of course, if you really don’t want them crashing the party, you can turn off the location sharing feature. ) 
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This version of Qik is available free from the App Store. For those with jailbroken iPhones you can download the fully functional version using Cydia. 

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Spock said it best: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…”

Summary:

We can jailbreak the 3GS right now.  But making our jailbreak public at this point in time would benefit relatively few people.  It would in fact be detrimental to many more people than it would help.  So we feel it’s best to keep our version of the jailbreak out of Apple’s sights for the time being.

Details:

If you already have a 3GS phone and have already done a full USB dump or captured your img3’s signed with your ECID, then you’re in great shape.  You will always be able to jailbreak.  But many people who plan on getting a 3GS do not yet have one. For instance, many people are waiting for their existing contracts to mature to the point where they get a price break on the 3GS.  Many people are trying to sell their 3G before they can buy the 3GS.  There are parts of the globe where you can’t even buy a 3GS yet! The reasons are varied, but they are many.

The nature of the 3GS hardware allows Apple to stop IPSWs from being usable unless you’ve already gotten the signed chunks they send to you based on your ECID (a unique chip ID).  You cannot get these signed chunks without knowing your ECID, and you don’t know your ECID until you’ve bought your 3GS.

The jailbreak requires at least one signed iBoot-family img3 for your device.  And that iBoot needs to have an exploitable bug.  It’s an all-or-nothing deal…you either have your signed exploitable iBoot ready to use, for now and forever — always jailbreakable — or you have nothing.

Here’s the critical point, the reason why we’re delaying our version of the jailbreak: Once the jailbreak is out, Apple will fix the iBoot-family bug we use to accomplish it.  They will simply stop signing the old iBoots and only sign the fixed ones.  If you bought your phone after Apple has done this, there’s nothing you can do…the jailbreak isn’t going to work for you.

It is possible that Apple will find the bug we use without our handing it to them on a silver platter (via a public jailbreak).  In that case, we will have delayed our jailbreak for “nothing”.  But we’d rather be safe than sorry!

Apple is surely coming out with a 3.0.1 firmware release shortly. They need to fix ultrasn0w.  They need to fix some UI issues.  3.0 is buggy and 3.0.1 is coming.  We’re going to wait and see what 3.0.1 brings before figuring out the release date for our version of the jailbreak.

In the meantime, we have some remaining 3.0 jailbreak issues to investigate, including push notification.  Thanks for being patient with us while we took a 3GS “timeout”!

(via The iPhone Dev Team Blog)

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Apple announced it’s all new iPhone 3G S - apparently the “S” stands for speed. It seems to share the same shape and design as previous iPhone, but thats where the similarities end. It’s fast, really fast - launching apps 2x faster, in fact 2.9 times faster to view most websites when compared to previous iPhones. Support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA. The battery life has also been bumped up to 9 hours vs 6hrs of talk time.

The new iPhone 3G S also now sports a 3MP auto focus lens and auto white balance and exposure, simply tap to focus and balance exposure. The new camera has better low light sensitivity, you can also now auto macro to objects as close as 10 cm. The biggest change is that the new iPhone and 3.0 firmware can capture video at 30 fps VGA with audio with auto focus, white balance, you can also trim your video’s and share to MMS, email, MobileMe and YouTube.

The new iPhone 3G S now has built in voice control, hold down the Home button, say “Call Andy” for example and the device will ask for confirmation and make the call. Voice control can also be used to control iPod playback, simply say “play songs by “, “play song list”, “what’s playing now?” or “play more songs like this” to invoke the Genius.

There is also a new compass that will allow you to know your position and what direction you are facing at all times.

Pricing will start at $199 for the 16GB version and $299 for the 32GB iPhone 3G(S), both models available in black and white, and the old iPhone 3G will be priced at $99 US and is effective immediately. The new iPhone 3G(S) will be available from June 17th in the US, Canada France, Germany, others - in July and August and will ship to 90 countries.

Click here for the guided tour just put up on Apple’s Website

Specs:

Size and weight¹

Height:

4.5 inches (115.5 mm)

Width:

2.4 inches (62.1 mm)

Depth:

0.48 inch (12.3 mm)

Weight:

4.8 ounces (135 grams)

Cellular and wireless

• UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Location

• Assisted GPS
• Digital compass²
• Wi-Fi
• Cellular

Power and battery

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery³
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

• Talk time:⁴

  Up to 12 hours on 2G

  Up to 5 hours on 3G

• Standby time: Up to 300 hours⁵
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  Internet use:

  Up to 5 hours on 3G⁶

  Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi⁷

• Video playback: Up to 10 hours⁸
• Audio playback: Up to 30 hours⁹

Camera, photos, and video

• 3 megapixels
• Autofocus
• Tap to focus
• Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
• Photo and video geotagging
• iPhone and third-party application integration

(image via Engadget)

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