Hacks

All about iPhoneInterface

All about iPhoneInterface

We’ve gotten iPhoneInterface to compile and run in the Hackszine.com lab (er, my living room). Kudos to the #iphone team; this is pretty cool. In its current form, it doesn’t look like it will compile on Mac OS X (Update: the latest version compiles fine on Mac OS X!). For the moment, it’s calling directly […]

Text-mode YouTube

You’ll probably never have the desire or need to download and watch a YouTube video on a text-only console, but doesn’t it make you feel better knowing that it can be done? The trick is to use the AAlib ascii image library as an output device for mplayer, using the -vo parameter: mplayer -vo aa […]

Pocket PC iPhone conversion

Call it superficial, but you can really help your Pocket PC’s self esteem by giving it a face lift. It’s still Windows Mobile on the inside, so most of your apps will look and function as before, but a few free downloads will get you home screen and dialpad themes, an iPhone-like contacts list, and […]

Activate iPhone on a prepaid plan

Activate iPhone on a prepaid plan

There’s a way to avoid the standard AT&T contract plan and sign up for pre-paid minutes on your iPhone. With this hack, you can activate your phone for a fixed amount. Even after you’ve used your prepaid minutes — or remove the sim card entirely — the phone will continue to function as a WiFi […]

Client-side SQL database in Javascript

Client-side SQL database in Javascript

I was thinking today about how a person might go about creating a rich offline web application for devices like the iPhone, where your application may need to run entirely from cache from time to time. In the extreme example, you could imagine an application that stored its data entirely on the client side, and […]