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  • #302
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Goods new
    http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/truphone-demos-voip-for-iphone/


  • #303
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    PowerHouseDan wrote:
    Goods new
    http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/26/truphone-demos-voip-for-iphone/

    In layman's language what the hell does that mean?!?!?!


  • #304
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    bobbysands81 wrote:
    In layman's language what the hell does that mean?!?!?!
    Basically, a company has got VoIP to work on the iPhone.


  • #305
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    bennyx_o wrote:
    Basically, a company has got VoIP to work on the iPhone.

    What's VoIP???

    Sorry mate!


  • #306
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    bobbysands81 wrote:
    What's VoIP???

    Sorry mate!
    Voice over IP, basically allows you to make calls over your internet connection (or WiFi on the iPhone)

    I'm not upto scratch on the whole VoIP thing but I'm sure someone else will come along and explain it better.


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  • #307
    hshortt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,587 ✭✭✭hshortt


    bobbysands81 wrote:
    What's VoIP???

    Sorry mate!

    Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol) it means you can make and receive calls using just WiFI and not your mobile provider. i.e. calls using the internet.

    Have a look at www.skype.com who would be one of the biggest providers of free VOIP software.

    cheerio
    Howard


  • #308
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    Cheers folks, so it basically means that you could make free calls???


  • #309
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    Not necessarily free calls, but it's an awful lot cheaper than mobile rates.


  • #310
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    If two iphones had the software then yes you could make free calls...

    Beta wont be released for 4 weeks though.

    bobbysands81 wrote:
    Cheers folks, so it basically means that you could make free calls???


  • #311
    bobbysands81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,229 ✭✭✭bobbysands81


    Might be of interest to some...

    http://technoessence.com/technoaward/#more-86


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  • #312
    dmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭dmn


    powerhousedan:

    is it possible to receive mms with meteor on iphone?
    when i logged into the mymeteor.ie site is showed up that i have an apple iphone but there were no settings in the drop down list to send.


  • #313
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    No its not possilbe to receive mms with the iphone at the moment, dunno weather a 3rd party software will make it possible or apple but no can do... Yeah same with me with Meteor knowing i have a iphone...Noisey BAS*****

    dmn wrote:
    powerhousedan:

    is it possible to receive mms with meteor on iphone?
    when i logged into the mymeteor.ie site is showed up that i have an apple iphone but there were no settings in the drop down list to send.


  • #314
    dmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭dmn


    PowerHouseDan wrote:
    No its not possilbe to receive mms with the iphone at the moment, dunno weather a 3rd party software will make it possible or apple but no can do... Yeah same with me with Meteor knowing i have a iphone...Noisey BAS*****
    Ah that's sh*t now cause i used to receive my emails via mms through that 085*******@mms.mymeteor.ie thingy


  • #315
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Afraid so... You think they would make it as standard but nope...i just use email instead but its a pain not being able to send pictures etc via mms


  • #316
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Cant you just receive your emails via email now?

    dmn wrote:
    Ah that's sh*t now cause i used to receive my emails via mms through that 085*******@mms.mymeteor.ie thingy


  • #317
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    I must say that truphone software(using it on my e60) is fantasic i am making free landlines calls..Perfect quality... and its only now i find out... Hrmmmm


  • #318
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Thinking of buying an iphone?

    I myself have used www.unlockthatiphone.com that are also many reviews on the company.

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    http://www.appsafari.com

    http://www.applists.com/index.cfm

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    Other:

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    http://limitededitioniphone.com/ great site for fixes

    http://aft.donutsoft.com Great for webtexts as mymeteor wont send texts via online with iphone donutsoft does.


  • #319
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Apple has released the iPhone 1.1.1 Software Update to iTunes.

    The 154MB download warns that "If you have modified your iPhone's Software, applying this software update may result in your iPhone becoming permanantly inoperable."

    Apple previously released a press release saying that users who specifically had SIM unlocked their iPhone should not proceed with the update as it may cause irreversible damange to your iPhone.

    Apple's website has been updated with a new video that shows off the latest features of the iPhone update. The video is titled "Wi-Fi Music Store. Ringtones. And more."

    New Features include:

    - iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
    - Louder speakerphone and receiver volume
    - Home Button double-click shortcut to phone favorites or music controls
    - Space bar double-tap shortcut to intelligently insert period and space
    - Mail attachments are viewable in portrait and landscape
    - Stocks and cities in Stocks and Weather can be re-ordered
    - Apple Bluetooth Headset battery status in the Status Bar
    - Support for TV Out
    - Preference to turn off EDGE/GPRS when roaming internationally
    - New Passcode lock time intervals
    - Adjustable alert volume

    Update: Though it was hoped Apple would only be targeting SIM unlockers, the update is confirmed to have broken all 3rd party applications installed via Installer.app. Note that the iPhone will also re-activate itself after installation of the firmware.


  • #320
    unlockthatiphon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭unlockthatiphon


    What a crappy update!!

    There is absolutly nothing there that should make anyone want to update, just keep your phones the way they are for now guys.


  • #321
    unlockthatiphon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭unlockthatiphon


    Ok, Story So Far!!

    Firmware version will not brick your iPhone. It will however render it useless until software to activate, jailbreak and unlock it is developed!!

    Basically here is the story, as far as i am aware, you CANNOT upgrade the iPhone if an AT&T sim is not present in the iPhone, i think this is a good gesture from Apple as not to accidently damage unlocked iPhones.

    When an unlocked iPhone is upgraded, it goes back to the Activatio Screen on the iPhone so it needs to be re-activated! This is fine you might say, lets just re-activate it!! There are 2 problems here:

    1: None of the previously working activating software will activate it

    and

    2: If your iPhone was unlocked using anySIM, you CANNOT re-activate the iPhone even using the Original AT&T Card. When anySIM is run, it messes up the IMEI code of the iPhone and the IMEI is what apple checks your sim against to activate the iPhone.

    If however, you used the iPhoneSimFree app to unlock the iPhone, it CAN be activated using the original sim ad the IPSF unlock does not mess up the IMEI.

    Now for some good news, if you can get your hands on an iPhone that still has firmware 1, 1.1 or 1.2, you can still unlock it without too much hassle. You cannot do the restore and upgrade in iTunes however as it will upgrade the phone to 1.11. You will need to download the following file, "iPhone1,1_1.0.2_1C28_Restore.ipsw", then go to itunes and hold the SHIFT key while you click restore. This will allow you to browse to a Restore file. Click on the above file and it will restore the iPhone to 1.02 firmware, then you can just follow the normal unlocking procedure.

    By the time the 1.11 firmware iPhones actuallt hit the shelves of Apple shops, which will be in about 3-4 weeks time, there will be software to either unlock them from that firmware version, or we will be able to downgrade them to 1.02, either way we should be fine.

    Lastly, for now at least, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE YOUR IPHONE TO 1.11 as if you succeed, you could be waiting awhile to use the iPhone again.


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  • #322
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    PowerHouseDan wrote:
    If two iphones had the software then yes you could make free calls...

    Any handsets (having truphone installed) with an active truphone connection get free truphone user -> truphone user calls, so any of your mates using it on their supported Nokia's, and they are working on Windows Mobile too... and also the iPhone as you pointed out :)
    PowerHouseDan wrote:
    I must say that truphone software(using it on my e60) is fantasic i am making free landlines calls..Perfect quality... and its only now i find out... Hrmmmm

    *cough* ;)
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055136518


  • #323
    rc28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    Just to update on my brother's iphone. He unlocked it sucessfully using the free method and it works perfectly. Now i want one! I know someone else going to new york in a month so what i want to know is if, by then, all iphones come preloaded with the 1.11 firmware is it likely there will be new unlock methods for that version. Also what about the activation process, will there have to be new activation software made?


  • #324
    unlockthatiphon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭unlockthatiphon


    Hi rc,

    There is a very very very good chance that you WILL be able to unlock the iPhone by then so dont get to worried about it. The problem so far is that Apple have encrypted this version of the firmware where they havnet any of the others.

    Nate True, the creator of iBrickr has already extracted some of it so its only a matter of time before where good to go with 1.1.1.


  • #325
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭Elessar


    "Life finds a way"


  • #326
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    Hey all,

    I just had a look at the meteor price plans for data. http://www.meteor.ie/billpay_calls.html#wap

    It works out at €4.92 per mb using GPRS. Is this how much it's going to cost me when I use my iphone for browsing the web, retriving e-mails etc?


  • #327
    skearon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭skearon


    jamieh wrote:
    Hey all,

    I just had a look at the meteor price plans for data. http://www.meteor.ie/billpay_calls.html#wap

    It works out at €4.92 per mb using GPRS. Is this how much it's going to cost me when I use my iphone for browsing the web, retriving e-mails etc?

    Your post isnt exactly iphone related so the mods may want to move it

    However for €20 per month you can get 100mb

    http://www.meteor.ie/business_windows_mobile_email.html


  • #328
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    Dont you have to be on bill pay for that. Being honest i asked Meteor to turn off edge/gprs on my account cos it was eating my credit.


  • #329
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    Thanks for the advice.

    Also, I just set up my iphone a few mins ago.

    I notice none of my SIM contacts appear on the iphone? Is it possible to transfer them from the sim to the phone or do I have to enter several hundred contacts in manually?


  • #330
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    What phone have you got besides the iphone? It is not possible to copy sim contact to phone, or access the sim contact from phone you have to use ie nokia manager etc

    jamieh wrote:
    Thanks for the advice.

    Also, I just set up my iphone a few mins ago.

    I noice none of my SIM contacts appear on the iphone? Is it possible to transfer them from the sim to the phone or do I have to enter several hundred contacts in manually?


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  • #331
    PowerHouseDan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭PowerHouseDan


    What i ment if you sign up before end of sep you get free landline calls untill the end of year

    DubWireless wrote:
    Any handsets (having truphone installed) with an active truphone connection get free truphone user -> truphone user calls, so any of your mates using it on their supported Nokia's, and they are working on Windows Mobile too... and also the iPhone as you pointed out :)



    *cough* ;)
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055136518


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