LinOSX TechnoMash

It took some time to get the correct MMS settings for the iPhone but below is a screenshot of the exact settings to be used with Vodafone in Delhi when using SwirlyMMS for the iPhone. The same settings should work with Vodafone users in the rest of India and I would love to hear from those of you who have gotten it working. Unfortunately, SwirlyMMS doesn’t yet allow receiving MMS messages but the developers are working on adding that feature in soon.

A splinter dev team released iBrickr for Windows and Apple OS X to jailbreak Apple iPhones with firmware 1.1.13. This jailbreak will only work on phones that have been upgraded from firmware 1.02 to 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 and then to 1.1.3. This jailbreak will NOT work on OTB (Outta The Box) 1.1.3 iPhones. As with all jailbreaks and other hacks, you could very easily end up with a nice $400 paperweight, so be very careful if you decide that you absolutely must jailbreak your iPhone.

Be warned that this jailbreak DOES NOT allow unlocking of 1.1.3 iPhones. There is currently no unlock for the 1.1.3. It’s possible that IPSF will work but so far, there hasn’t been any confirmation. If you need any unlocked iPhone stay with 1.1.1.

Get info and download iBrickr for Apple OS X here and you can download iBrickr for Windows here.

I recently arrived in Bangalore for a few day visit and drove past one of the new Staples office superstores. Walking into the store, I noticed all of the Staples branded items readily available at Staples stores in the US. What I liked was Staples has an “Apple Store” within. The US Staples stores don’t sell any Apple computers but this one did. The prices were marginally higher than what’s available at a pure Apple Store in the US but that’s to be expected with shipping costs and duties levied by the Indian government.

The staff was very polite needs some additional training on being able to answer customers’ questions and understanding/speaking both local languages and English. Overall, I was happy with my browsing experience. I would have purchased a few things if the store was in Delhi but I had no room to carry any purchases back to Delhi. I was told that the first Delhi Staples Superstore will be opening in March. Where? No idea.

All of us at Teknatus want to wish all of you a very happy, healthy, peaceful, and prosperous 2008.

Best of luck in the coming year to all of you.

-The Teknatus Team