If you’ve been seeking real GPS on your iPhone (not the fakey mobile tower triangulation method), your wait is over. Okay, at least in February, and that’s if PartFoundry can actually get the unit actually shipping. If it does, the US$89 unit will snap into the iPhone port and imbue your little electronic friend with actual GPS capabilities. There appears, however, to be a catch of sorts. I don’t have any direct experience with the iPhone, much less with a JailBroken one, but apparently the dongle only works if your iPal is cracked. Hmm. Maybe someone can explain that to me?

written by Tyler Regas \\ tags: gps, iphone, news

I was scanning the headlines at MacWorld and I found this article. It references a report made by Arbor Networks ASERT team, who seem to have it bad for Apple for some reason, which states that the iPhone will be a major security target in ‘08. Its odd that I couldn’t find the report MacWorld was referring to, but hey. Those guys are on the ball. Right? I’m reading a short blog entry at ASERT’s own site and they reference a report from Symantec [!] which discusses security trends for 2008 (talk about the pot calling the kettle black, then slapping the stove). Here’s a snippet from the report where they discuss Google’s Android project:

“In contrast, Apple’s iPhone has currently taken a reverse model approach where third-party on-device applications are not allowed, preventing the vast majority of malicious code for the average user—those that haven’t unlocked their phone.”

Wow! That makes sense. Of course, I generally don’t go to the company whose entire business is invested in selling security products to get my security news. Apparently Arbor Networks does, though. I can’t help but think that someone, somewhere read something the wrong way. Personally, I tend to take things as they come and not freak out because someone told me to… or in this case, someone told someone else something, reversed it, mixed up the attribution, and then didn’t give proper attribution.

Hmmm…

written by Tyler Regas \\ tags: iphone, mobile, news, security