I’m both surprised, and not so surprised at the simplicity of his setup.

I thought it would be cool to keep you guys updated on my reviews. My first assignment was to review Finger Balance from Coconut Island.

You can check out the review here!

CineXPlayer does the following:

• Transfer your Xvid movies to your device instantly (no conversion needed)
• Play your movies anywhere, anytime, with no data connection required
• Enjoy the full quality and cinema experience

How to load Xvid AVI Movies using iTunes:

The original PS3′s design was very unique, and interesting.  It was often compared to the George Foerman Grill, and accused of stealing its design characteristics.  But damnlag.com writer Steven Bogda posted an image of the “Parks Building” in Osaka, Japan which looks VERY similar to the design of the original PS3.

I think this was the motivation behind the console’s design!  What do you think?

Source [Damnlag.com]

Since Apple limits the FaceTime video-conferencing feature to work over Wi-Fi only, it is up to independent developers to give us a 3G fix.  Luckily, with Comex‘s jailbreak, it is now a reality.

Here are the 3 simple steps:

1. Jailbreak your iPhone 4 by launching mobile Safari, and going to http://www.jailbreakme.com > and “Slide to Jailbreak“
2. Purchase and install My3G through Cydia, or this page ($3.99)
   
3. Use FaceTime. That’s all there is to it
   

WARNING: For those on a tiered data-plan (IE: AT&T in USA), be very careful, as video conferencing and streaming will use up around 3 MB’s per minute (test conducted by 9to5 Mac).

This Jailbreak not only does the iPhone 4- but all iOS devices on 3.1.2 firmware, or newer.

So basically iOS devices running anything from 3.1.2 to 4.0.1 are supported.

Just go to jailbreakme.com from mobile Safari and “Slide to Jailbreak”.

Haven’t been able to do it yet since everyone’s hitting the servers at once, but I’ll report back soon!

NOTE: Not all jailbreak apps will work on iOS 4.  Most of them are still being ported over from iOS 3 so check this chart before installing any apps from Cydia!

UPDATE 1: I finally got through to the site, and was able to Jailbreak flawlessly.

UPDATE 2: My MMS functionality seems to have gone away- no camera button in Messages.app.

Update 3: Looks like my FaceTime button is gone as well, and replaced with “Hold”. I’m not too worried, as I’m sure fixes for MMS, and FaceTime are coming real soon- you’ve been warned!

Update 4: All MMS + FaceTime issues have been fixed.  So if you’re a new Jailbreaker, just go to jailbreakme.com from mobile Safari, and “Slide to Jailbreak” as usual.

If you’ve already Jailbroke- just launch Cydia and it should prompt you to update, this should fix MMS + FaceTime issues.  You may need to enable FaceTime by going to “Settings > Phone > Facetime [ON]“

Back in the days of analog signal, there was much room for improvement in A/V, COAX, and other cables.  Manufacturers would gold-plate the connectors, provide special shielding to avoid RF interference, and even use gas injection in the cables.  This was all good, as they pass analog signal back and fourth, and these methods have been scientifically proven to aid signal quality.

But let’s remember, HDMI is DIGITAL- so it’s basically sending 1′s, and 0′s back and fourth.  So you have two scenarios; either the cable works perfectly, or it doesn’t work at all.

Monster constantly boasts and brags about their HDMI cable engineering methods, but in reality, you can get a $10.00 generic HDMI cable from eBay, and get the same picture quality as an $80.00 Monster HDMI cable. Again, because it’s all digital!

Take CD-Rs for example- it wouldn’t matter what brand of CD-R you use to burn your music, it will sound the same as all the other brands. This is because it’s using 1′s and 0′s to play the music- the quality of the sound is determined by the quality in which your music files have been encoded and ripped using.

Certain vinyl records sound better than others since vinyl was analog.  So the quality of the physical record was a big factor.

So if you recently bought a PS3 or something, and the HDMI was idiotically not included in the box, do yourself a favor and use my eBay link below, and click the Best Buy link for a nice chuckle.

eBay
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Best Buy

1. Stock.XCHNG

2. Unprofound

3. Morgue File

4. Photo Rogue

5. Open Photo

6. Free Media Goo

7. Free Range Stock

8. Every Stock Photo

Thanks to [friedbeef] for the list

Open a blank Notepad file

This is a cool way to take notes.  I have a Notes.txt saved on my Desktop at work, and every time I need to note anything, I fire up this file and type it up.  I have a date, and time stamp inserted each time for future reference.

Comex has publicly released FRASH, a port of Adobe’s Flash 10.1 for Android.  It has been cooked to run natively in Safari!  It does not support video playback at the moment, but Flash sites, and games seem to be running pretty well.

You want to get in on the action?  Here’s how:

0. Make sure your iPad is jailbroken. It’s pretty easy — just run Spirit and you’re done.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby.
2. Decide how you’re going to get files onto your iPad. For Mac users, it’s dead simple — just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your iPad in the Finder’s Sharing list. Windows users can try out this guide at iClarified to get OpenSSH installed and running and use WinSCP — it’s just as easy. Either way, the login is “root” and the password is “alpine.” Remember, you can seriously screw things up while you’re in there, so be careful!
3. Once you’ve got access to the iPad’s filesystem, navigate to /var/root/Media as shown here:

4. Once there, open Media and create a folder called “Cydia.”
5. Open the new Cydia folder and create another new folder called “AutoInstall”
6. Upload Frash to your new folder.
7. Restart your iPad a couple times.
8. You’re set! Now just navigate to a page in Safari with non-video Flash content and hit the F logo to play it. Again, no video for now, but games and other simple content works. We did have a few crashes here and there, but it’s early code, and things are bound to get better.

[via Engadget]

There is an iPhone version in the works as well, so sit tight!

Videos of Frash running on iPad, and iPhone: