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Ya,i knew iPhone/iPod touch 2.2 firmware is released, i knew the new upgraded features are:

  • Enhancements to Google Map, Google Street View
  • Public transit and walking directions
  • Display address of dropped pins
  • Share location via email
  • Decrease in call setup failures and dropped calls– Enhancements to Mail
  • Resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
  • Improved formatting of wide HTML email
  • Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
  • Improved stability and performance of Safari
  • Improved sound quality of Visual Voicemail messages
  • Pressing Home button from any Home screen displays the first Home screen
  • Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings

But if you are Jailbreak iPhone user, and you still need those applications which can only run from Jailbreak iPhone, don’t upgrade 1st, wait for the iPhone jailbreak dev item to look into the details first. These are their advice :

  • Pwnage technique (and therefore the Jailbreak) isn’t affected, but PwnageTool and QuickPwn do not support this release as yet, so DO NOT install 2.2 using iTunes as you will lose your jailbreak
  • If you apply this update and you previously relied on PwnageTool or QuickPwn to activate your phone, it may become temporarily deactivated and unusable (until we release the new version of PwnageTool or QuickPwn).
  • If you apply this update and you have third-party (non AppStore) applications  that you rely on they will stop working.

So just wait for a moment, don’t panic, good thing must wait, i want my iPhone to be use Cycorder to record video, no matter what, i won’t use original official firmware that unable to install 3rd party “kicked out from App Store” apps.

简单来说先不要紧张升级iPhone2.2固件,如果你是使用“越狱版”iPhone/iPod Touch,因为可能会导致到你无法在jailbreak了或使用那些被“踢出”app store的软件了,如Cycorder录影软件。按iPhone jailbreak team的指示与回应,耐心等待一阵子,我们很快就可以使用2.2版,我会等,毕竟我要我的iPhone可以使用Cycorder and Swirly MMS这些软件,不然我的iPhone好傻,竟然不能录影。

iPhone-Dev.org advice

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Nope, it is not from Apple, not China too, and definitely it is not a Mac Pro mini. It just a mac fans who modified a broken MacBook, took it aparts and do some modification, become a small tiny multimedia machine.

不是,它绝对不是来自Apple,也不是中国,更加不是真正的Mac Pro mini. 它只是由一个Mac发烧友,使用坏掉的MacBook的零件改装而成的多媒体小型电脑。

Where the casing come from? It is a Maccally G-S350SUA Aluminum External Enclosure (for 3.5 hard disk) that look like a Mac Pro.

也许你会好奇那外壳从哪里来?其实是一个类似Mac Pro设计的外接硬碟的壳

Read his blog post to find out more details.

I’m not sure the performance but this guy really awesome if he really did this.

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Some of you knew Mac OSX Leopard is able to run from PC, but required some hacks. Refer to my old post : OSX Leopard on PC - 在PC运行OSX - Hackintosh

Many of them just hack the OS, without changing the casing or the appearance of their Laptop (well you know, hold a Acer/Dell laptop but run OSX Leopard, it just look a bit weird.)But some people they just like to mod stuff, and this Taiwanese guy managed to mod a MSI Netbook U100 become a mini MacBook, he called it as “MacBook Nano”.

你们有些人知道Mac OSX Leopard可以在PC上运行,但需要一些hack与安装和设定。可以参考我这篇旧文章 OSX Leopard on PC - 在PC运行OSX - Hackintosh

但大部分的人都不过是改装OS,很少会去把外壳和键盘也做改装。(你也明白如果你抱着的是Acer/Dell笔电,但运行OSX Leopard,就是怎么看都怪怪的)但有些人就是喜欢改装,好像这位台湾人把MSI netbook U100改装成Mini MacBook,并称它为”MacBook Nano”.

Steve, if you build this there will be no surprise since a taiwanese guy did it 1st.
He done pretty well i think, I wouldn’t mind to get one if this is really sell from the market. Haha, but i believe soon or later those China business man going to clone this.

Steve,如果在这过后你真的也发表类似产品的话,那就没有惊喜了,因为一个台湾人先快一步了。
我猜他应该做得不错,我不介意买一台如果市场上有卖的话。哈哈,但我相信很快那些中国翻版商会看到这商机。

Original is mod from this:
原来的样貌是这样的:

But if you really need a Mac, buy real Mac. If you have a budget limit, Mac Mini or refurbished mac is a budget choice. Because if you really want a maximize performance Mac, real one is always better than hack one, i ever tried to built one for testing purpose, from my personal experienced, i would say real Mac is much more better than hack one.

More photos, view from here
or the mod process here

但如果你真的需要一台苹果,买真的苹果吧,如果你有经济上的限制,也许可以考虑Mac Mini或refurbished mac,会是不错的选择。因为如果你真的要一台完全发挥苹果OSX效能的机器,真的永远比hack的好,我尝试过做一台翻的来做测试用途,按我个人经验来看,我会说真的Mac永远必hack的好多多。

更多图片,参考这里
改装过程,看这里

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I always extend my laptop desktop screen to the external LCD screen, especially when work from the studio. I used to use my PowerBook G4 to connected to the LCD screen and work, but it may slow down the system, so seldom use it. But now since i use a new MacBook, the speed is so much different, 13″inch are design for a portable reason, if you work from studio, it is better to connect a external LCD screen, say 17″inch above, to extend the desktop working space, you will feel much more comfortable.

一直以来都有习惯使用外接LCD银幕工作,尤其是在工作室使用笔电时,但以前的Powerbook如果外接LCD银幕,系统好像有点被拖慢的感觉,所以很少用,现在转换新版MacBook,速度也变快很多,13″inch还是比较适合在外出工作时使用,在工作室里,还是外接17寸或以上的LCD银幕工作会比较舒服。

Of course, i’m not using “mirror display” but “extend desktop space”, which mean i can have more wide screen to work on, so i can use my LCD screen for library image search, web browsing, email reading, chatting, debugging etc. And still work on my MacBook 13″inch screen when needed. So i don’t have to use those “Spaces” app, windows switching or minimize method to switch window.

But on disadvantage : more radiation effect~!!!

当然,我不是使用”mirror display”,而是”extend desktop”把桌面扩大到另外一个萤幕,这样我的LCD银幕就可以拿来浏览图片Library、网页、电邮、聊天、做测试等等,然后在MacBook的13寸银幕上做其它作业。而不必使用那些switch视窗,还是minimize window的方法来作业,方便很多。

但有一个坏处,就是…..更多的辐射~!!!

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Smlue always created a very cool and fun iPhone app, like this Ocarina, the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. Is a simple application which transforms your iPhone into an ancient wind instrument that you can actually play. The controls are simple enough. Four dots represent holes in a traditional ocarina. Holding down the holes in combination or by themselves changes the pitch, creating notes.

More detail, read here

Smule每次都设计很好玩的iPhone App,像这个Ocarina就是其中一个,而且是第一个真正为iPhone制作的乐器,它的控制其实很简单,四个点就像那些传统的ocarina乐器一个有几个孔,以不同的按法按下几个孔就可以吹出一段很有趣的音乐。

更多详情,参考这里

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