Now I am a comfortable Mac OS X user. More than a user I am a huge fan of it. I was a power user of Windows and I used to write system software using Visual Basic and Visual C++. To be honest I was big fan of Win32 API. Mostly I create lot of activeX controls for companies and I have even released few controls as open source. After moving to web I have stopped sharpening my development skills on system side. Mostly not having time and the patience to learn new things.
For the past 6 months I was getting an interest to learn Cocoa (Objective-C) programming. One of the main reason is to write some personal software for Mac and to get into iPhone application development. The adoption rate for Macs is increasing steadily and it is a good idea to learn how things are done there.
I tried all different methods online to learn and nothing was successful. So I decided to go on shopping for big list of books through which I am sure I will at least learn a bit
Yes I am little crazy I have bought books worth around USD150. I have posted the books above in the same sequence in which I am planning to read. I am half way to complete cocoa for dummies and I should say I know a bit how Xcode works now
Past few weeks I was hunting for a good car stereo / receiver which has good compatibility with iPhone / iPod. I checked out the model Kenwood KDC BT7539U at Carrefour Deira Dubai and I was really happy to see the features mentioned in the box. I read couple of reviews online and I was so happy to see everything was working 100% perfectly with iPhone.
The above video is not exactly for the my model but it has the same features for iPod connectivity. So I bought this unit and I am 100% happy customer. iPod connectivity / control and iPhone blue tooth connectivity – 100%. Some features listed below
General Features
TDF(Preset Key-less & Large Display & Attractive Illumination Design)
3 Line Mono Full dot FL Display
Security Code function
Rotary Encoder & Multi Control Wheel for Easy Operation
Key Illumination (Blue)
Manual Dimmer Function (Sub Illumination ,3step)
Demo Mode
Digital Clock (24H)
Display Off mode function
Supplied with Remote Control Unit (RC-547)
2-way Telephone/Navigation Mute
Spectrum Analyzer
Emotional Illumination Effect
Auto Dimmer Function (Display, on/off)
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Audio Features
Maximum Output Power : 50W x 4 (MOSFET Power IC)
2.5V 3 Preouts
AUX Input (Rear)
Subwoofer Level & Low Pass Filter Adjustable
Built In Amp Mute Function
System E’s(HPF & LPF)
System Q:Sound Control with Pre-programmed Tone Curves
Separate Bass/Mid range/Treble Control & Source Tone Memory
AUX Input with Optional Unit (CA-C1AX or KCA-S220A)
Fader & Loudness Control
Attenuator (-20dB) with Smooth Volume Return
Dual Zone Source & Volume Control
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Single CD Features
AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) Files Playback created by ex. Apple iTunesTM for Windows
WMA (Windows Media Audio) & MP3 Files Playback with ID-3 Tag Display
Multi-session Disc Playback
Folder Name Manual Search Function without Stopping Audio-play
24bit D/A Converter
0-bit Mute
CD Text Ready
CD-R/CD-RW Compatible
Supreme
Random/Repeat/Scan Play
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USB Features
USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Ready
iPod 1 wire Direct Connection with Optional cable External Media Control Features
Dual External Media Control Capability (with Optional KCA-S220A)
DNPS (Disc Name Presets) with Compatible CD Changers
CD Text Ready with Compatible CD Changers
Direct Access with Remote
Random/Repeat/Scan Play (Disc/Track)
Optional Apple iPod Interface Ready (KCA-iP500)
Bluetooth Built-in (Hands-Free Profile /Audio Profile)
Yesterday morning I got the news from Engadget. I was bit scared to upgrade and I could not wait any more. Please read this blog which can guide you completely on jail break your iPhone.
You can download the Pwange 2.0 which is used to prepare the 2.0 update firmware and you can use the update to restore your iPhone to new 2.0 firmware.
These are the things I did before I started the operation 2.0
Download the firmware using iTunes
Make a directory under your user mkdir ~/Library/iTunes/”Device Support” ;
Download Pwnage tool
Download the boot loaders 3.9 and 4.6
Prepare the firmware update file using Pwnage tool. After preparing the firmware it places the file on your desktop named something like “iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Custom_Restore.ipsw”. The file name may differ and I am not very sure about it.
Now you can close your Pwnage tool and iTunes if it was opened.
You have to bring iPhone to DFU mode. To do that keep pressing power and home button as long as possible. It will kind of blackout and again it will boot and you have keep pressing. After like 15 secs you can see a image like below
Now open iTunes and it will go into iPhone recovery mode. Please click on restore button with option key pressed. Now it will show you a file dialog to choose the restore file. Please select the firmware generated by Pwnage tool.
Sit back and relax while the iTunes restores the new 2.0 firmware, activated, jail broken, and ready to use.
Everything works for me. I even bought MotoRacer game and it is awesome
All the best with your upgrade and thanks to iPhone dev team and hats off to their work
After watching AppleWWDC 2008 Steve Job’s keynote it is very evident that we will not get iPhone in this region any time sooner. In around 70 countries iPhone will be available during this year. One such country which does not get is United Arab Emirates. What is stopping Apple to expand their products to Middle. Every other company in the world is make U.A.E as their product’s distribution hub.
Seeing the performance of the application on an iPhone I am really thrilled to jump into Cocoa programming language. I am sure it is going to be a little hard to being with. That is there with all programming language. Why not give it a try..!!!
After hearing the new 3G iPhone there are so many number of people at my office who have an iPhone is ready to sell and to get a new 3G iPhone. It is mainly because of the new features like 3G, GPS, and enterprise solution it is offereing. I am praying so much that iPhone dev team comes up with jailbreak for the new firmware version
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Today I upgraded my blog to latest WordPress 2.5. You have no idea what they have done to the WordPress. It is really great and lovely. I really like the new interface and media manager integration. Most of the functionalities what my organizer plugin did is of no use now. Thanks to WordPress team
After a very long time I sat down and update the pda plugin. While doing so I got little greedy and tried to add a simple iPhone theme to it. It is far away from beta version. Still lot more to go. I am still finding a best method to do the plugin with nice ajax features and animation what iPhone would support. Still far more to go on the theme. For a 4 hours of work it works pretty well. I know what are all the bugs in it but I will try to mend it and release a new version end of next week.
wp-pda plugin is now fully compactible with latest WordPress 2.5. I would like to get feedback from you all. Thanks for supporting the plugin so far
and hats off to their work 
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