Nokia plans to dump Symbian for Linux. This is part of a strategy to beat the iPhone, Reuters reports. Rumors say the N900 will be using Maemo Linux instead of the Symbian S60 interface and that it is part of a larger stragety that will replace Symbian on some or maybe all high-end Nokia smartphones in the near future. Next week’s Nokia World Show will probably show the first signs of this strategy.
Linux users have been a bit dissapointed since the release of iPhone Firmware 2.0+. Since then they have been unable to synch wirelessly. The problem is the encryption of the library database. Read on for a howto.
» Howto sync your iPhone 2.0+ with Linux
The guys from the iVDR-Project came up with a pretty amazing “WebApp” to control your Linux-VDR using your iPhone or iPod touch.
iVDR even comes with a pretty cool streaming client.
Mocha VNC Lite is a new Free App Store application that allows you to remotely control your Pc or Mac or Linux from just about anywhere that you have a internet connection. The application is based upon the standard VNC.
» App Store – Mocha VNC (remote control your computers from the iPhone)
Linux Installer is a toy made by the DAVTEAM.
It’s not a new toy but today it got moved from the DAVTEAM source to the bigboss source.
As i haven’t showed it to you before, i thought let’s show it to you.
The app doesn’t actually install linux onto your iPhone, but if you wan’t to fool your friends and pretend your installing Linux on your iPhone or iPod then you can try this toy.
» Linux Installer toy
Let me first explain what Pwnage is.
Pwnage is the tool made by the iPhone Dev Team.
It’s sole purpose is to hack the iPhone/ iPod touch so you can run your own modified firmware on it.
Pwnage patches the bootloader so you can run unsigned code.
This is a very big achievment for the development community, as now, we can run anything on our precious litle iPhone or iPod touches.
So what’s so different about Pwnage and Ziphone?
Ziphone hacks and opens current firmware so we can run our installer and insert our non Apple aproved simcards.
» Pwnage Tool Delayed
iPhone hacker Niacin has just released his version of iBooter.
Running on Mac, Windows and Linux, iBooter offers an interactive diagnostic and customization tool that talks directly with Apple’s iPhone bootloader.
With it you can set environmental variables, write a custom picture to the display (faboo if you’re tired of that USB plug and the iTunes logo), run USB commands and diagnose why, for example, your iPhone isn’t booting correctly.
