Adium 1.3 released
Multi-service, open source and free chat client Adium received a new point release tonight, with new features and a redesigned interface for viewing contact information.
Adium 1.3 features the following goodies:
- Get Info Window is now called the “Contact Inspector”
- The aforementioned Contact Inspector has a newly redesigned interface that allows for faster retrieval of contact information
- Facebook chat is now integrated into Adium 1.3
- Standard contact window list now features a search box (found by pressing command + F)
- Improved MSN support with personal messages
- Speed improvements
- Multiple bug fixes
To download this new revision of Adium, just visit the Adium website and click the download link. If you would like a complete list of all the changes in Adium 1.3, just visit the Version History page. [Read]
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iPhone 101: Re-downloading an application
Has a sync somehow gone terribly wrong and you’ve lost your favorite paid application for your iPhone or iPod touch? Well, if you didn’t have a backup of it in your iTunes library, fear not. Apple has designed the App Store to allow for re-downloading purchased applications.
All you have to do is navigate to the application that you originally bought in the App Store and tap “Buy.” You will have to enter your password, and the App Store will return you to your home screen where it displays a message saying that you’ve already bought this application and are entitled to an additional free download. After you tap “OK,” your app will begin downloading.
Now you don’t have to fret about losing your favorite iPhone or iPod touch application.
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iPod touch 2.0 update now for sale, for real
Blessed are the patient, for they shall pay $9.95 (or $10.79, with sales tax depending on your billing address) and download the iPod touch 2.0 Software Update (store link), and yea they shall wait some 20 to 30 minutes for the 226 MB of new firmware to descend from the high Akamai and bestow App Store access upon them. In point of fact, also blessed are the impatient who remained awake and clicked the “Upgrade” button every five minutes up until 12 am ET, which is about when everything started to get moving.
Downloading it now, gallery below, first impressions to come. We have a warning from reader Paul that his upgrade to 2.0 (on an iPhone first-gen, not a touch) nuked his Address Book data, so be sure to back up before you upgrade your devices. We also have a tip from Cody that Canadian would-be buyers of the 2.0 update and App Store goodies must use a credit card; iTunes gift cards are not working to place the order.
Note that there is a new SLA accompanying this upgrade, as one might expect (PDF here). If you’re hungry for more as you wait for your upgrade to download and run, you can browse the list of iPod touch-compatible apps or check out our First Looks so far.
Update: Installed, resynced and bought some apps — all working as expected except for Mail, which is hanging on start and kicking back to the main screen. Going to try wiping it down and resyncing if I can. A note to the commenters who are suggesting pulling a torrent of the new firmware instead of coughing up the $10… c’mon, are you going to risk your $300 iPod’s health on a pirated software update? It’s $10. Give up cigarettes or something. Thanks to everyone who sent this in. [apple]
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Get your 2.0 firmware on … early!
Just as the MobileMe software was found early, so has the iPhone 2.0 firmware! Yes, you heard me correctly, you can now download the long-awaited, much-anticipated, 2.0 firmware. MacRumors reports that you can download the 2.0 firmware by clicking this link (iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw).
Before you just up and download this random file from Apple’s website, note this knowledge base article in which Apple notes that your iPhone/iPod touch will be erased in order to perform the 2.0 install.
“Normally if you choose to update, the iPhone or iPod touch software is updated but your settings and media are not affected. If your device currently has a software version prior to 2.0 (1.x) and you are updating to software version 2.0 or later, all data on your device will be erased in order to perform install the new software. In this case, iTunes will offer to create a one-time media backup of your device depending on what content is on your device and what content is stored in the iTunes Library you are connected to. You should ensure that you have enough free space on your Mac or PC to accommodate a backup that matches the capacity of your iPhone or iPod touch (4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB) if you proceed with the this backup,” explains Apple.
To install this update, you must download the ipsw file and iTunes 7.7. Open iTunes and clicking the option + clicking the check for update button will prompt iTunes to ask for the ipsw location; once you’ve done that, iTunes will begin the firmware update.
Auntie TUAW’s note: we would recommend you wait for the “official release” of the 2.0 firmware; it’s not a good idea to go poking around on Apple’s servers and download random files for installs.
[via MacRumors]
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Will Steve Jobs allow a download of Firefox 3 on the 3G iPhone?
It was many months ago now that I moved to Mozilla Firefox on Windows from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, now days I work on an Apple Mac computer and although I find Safari better than IE it still lacked the add-on applications that you can get with Firefox. Now in the mobile phone world the Apple iPhone is ruling with its ability to browse the web almost like a desktop computer, I have had an iPhone since its release and often browse the web while walking down the street. Come July 11th, the 3G iPhone will be in my pocket. Read the rest of this entry
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