iPhone News and Review

A US security consultant has used a security-testing tool to crack the iPhone. The exploit allows a hacker to control an iPhone remotely.

Farrow demonstrated how he used HD Moore’s Metasploit tool to gain root access to the iPhone and install an application that can record conversations on and near the iPhone, transforming the device into a spy tool. It also allowed him to remotely access recently modified files, locally stored emails and view the iPhone’s web-browsing history.

“Using a specially crafted web page utilising an iPhone exploit (now patched) he gained root level shell access to the phone — which means he could do anything that the iPhone is capable of from his laptop,” explained Jarno Niemelä, security researcher for the security vendor, F-Secure.

“This exploit actually involved you doing something with the iPhone, or in this case, I do something with the iPhone to get the exploit to work. This is not at all unusual. Most PCs are actually exploited because people visit a website and wind up being exploited,” Farrow told US business and technology publication, Fast Company. (more…)

The Apple iPhone packs the Safari web browser, giving full xHTML rendering and JavaScript through a WiFi or EDGE connection. Google Maps is also available for mapping and directions, and a ‘widget’ system gives you instant access to the information that matters to you. The Heat is a gleaming slider phone with an electrostatic touchpad, but has all the right geeky qualities.

The touchpad is set so you can customize its sensitivity (super, high, medium, low) for navigation through a simple finger tap, which means no more pushing extra hard while trying to navigate through applications. (more…)

Google’s long-anticipated mobile plans finally emerged this week in the form of Android, the company’s mobile Linux platform.

However, despite the short time that has elapsed since the platform’s announcement, a debate has already been sparked around the security of its development. Can the open-source model produce secure code? Will phones based on Android, dubbed “Gphones” by many, be more or less secure than Apple’s iPhone, which has been developed using proprietary software? What will Android’s developers be able to do to stop authors of malicious code for mobile devices capitalising on its openness?

Security vendor McAfee, which produces proprietary security software for mobile devices, has been quick to defend open-source practices for developing mobile code. McAfee is a member of the Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation, a group of companies formed to develop an open mobile-device software platform. Many of the companies in the LiMo Foundation have also become members of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which Google has formed to develop and promote Android.

Jan Volzke, global marketing manager for McAfee Mobile Security, said that Linux is not new to the mobile arena and maintained that secure coding practices can successfully be built into the Android development process.

“Japan has a large deployment, with 60 percent of phones powered by Linux. McAfee protection has been integrated in the majority of these mobile Linux phones for many years,” said Volzke. “For any mobile-device platform, security should not be a developer option but a mandatory requirement. Consumers — as well as operators — expect devices to be safe from the outset, with no effort required from them.”

Volzke said security can be built in from the beginning of the development process by collaboration between security companies, although, at the moment, McAfee is the only security player in the LiMo Foundation. (more…)

1. Download the latest version DVD to iPhone Converter + iPhone Movie/Video Converter Suite, and install it. You can know more about it by referring here.

2. Insert the DVD you’d like to convert to your computer’s DVD drive.

3. Click ‘File’ menu and ‘Open DVD’, or directly hit ‘Open DVD’ button to load the DVD. Set the profile to be iPhone 480*320 mpeg-4 video which is the default DVD video quality. (more…)

After all the big hullabaloo, Apple finally launched its much hyped iPhone to the service of mankind. And the first glimpse of this phone makes a statement clear that the handset is for those who admire beauty with brain. In a tremendously stylised self, this phone offers surprising features all within its slim profile. With a high resolution, touch-screen display and a load of advanced software applications, the Apple iPhone is ready to help you experience the best of mobility every time.

In simpler terminology, the phone is a culmination of a mobile phone, an iPod and a mobile Internet communicator. It comes loaded with a unique Mac OS X a powerful platform to realise many a multimedia dreams. The phone is devoid of any stylus or a keypad and is assigned with proximity sensor and accelerometer sensor. With the aid of a vibrant 3.5 inch widescreen, you can browse through the long list of features of this phone just with the touch of your fingertips. And there is a virtual QWERTY keypad helping to enter all your data fast and accurately. (more…)

After so much rumor and hype, the most anticipated Apple iPhone finally launched in the global mobile phone market. According to Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple company, its a revolutionary phone and offers features that have never been incorporated in any other handsets in the same line up. The company has already got huge popularity with its iPod – a slim and sleek MP3 player that delivers superb sound quality, more space to accommodate and are available at an affordable price range.

As mobile phones have become a necessity in our daily lives, it was really an intelligent decision to launch an Apple iPhone. As far as phone design and features are concerned, its a Widescreen, touch-controlled iPod, a mobile phone as well as an Internet communicator – all three broad stuffs have been squeezed into a slim profile. (more…)

It has been said that ?where there is a will, there is a way.? That sentiment is well served by being applied to the purchasing of today?s cell phones and other electronic gadgets. The term techo-geek, short for Technology Geek, no longer applies to just the pocket protector using, braces wearing, non athletic, characters pictured in the TV shows and Movies. Now, this once derogatory term can be applied to the masses at large with no negative connotation whatsoever.

We all love our cell phones and PDAs and that love is only getting stronger as or lives demand our input in events at various locations simultaneously. As new technology provides more and more ?stay in touch capacity.? We quickly fill that capacity with a new task that we add to our list. Technology is only feeding the internal human desire to do as much as possible, as fast as possible, while on the move.

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Apple’s iPhone will be available soon in stores and consumers are lining up to purchase the gadget. It looks like it’s going to be a Nintendo Vii big fuss kind of story. But there are some factors one should consider while waiting in the line in order to buy this device.

First of all is the price: The iPhone will cost about $499 for the 4-gigabyte model, and $599 for the 8-gigabyte version and that’s only the gadget. You’ll have to take in consideration a service plan as well. AT&T, the carrier Apple chose to work with, announced that its iPhone service plans will start at $59.99 a month, with a minimum two-year contract. You’ll have to pay a $36 activation fee as well and if you have to switch service providers, you may also have to pay an early-termination fee.

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