Sep 01
JustinUncategorized
Today, Apple held their annual music “September Event.” Among the announcements were iOS 4.2, new iPods (Shuffle, Nano, and Touch), iTunes 10, and a new Apple TV. To begin, let’s get one thing clear. I don’t care about the iPod Shuffle or Nano. They’re basically nothing but generic MP3 players given Apple branding. As for the new iPod Touch, it’s what everyone expected it to be, more or less exactly. That said, I’m still shocked Apple finally gave in and gave it a camera. As for iTunes 10, I’ve sorta lost a bet here. I said it’d be called iTunes X, like Mac OS X and QuickTime X. It seems I was wrong. Once again, I’m shocked. Especially considering the new icon. At first, I thought “The new icon really isn’t all that great and doesn’t really go with OSX.” Then I realized, it’d look great next to the QuickTime X icon. So why not make the names match?
Next up is the new Apple TV. I almost lost another bet here. I said it would be called iTV, however with the assumption that it would be based on iOS, simply because of the current naming of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. And with all the correct rumors about the iPod Touch, and with all the rumors that the new Apple TV would be iOS-based, we can come to the conclusion that Apple would have made the new Apple TV iOS-based, if they could be bothered with the massive (some people I’ve spoken with said it would amount to billions of dollars) cost of licensing the iTV name from some British TV station. Needless to say, spending that much on licensing a name is ridiculous, especially considering the already taken names iPhone and iPad have been shared with Apple for far less. And since Apple must retain its i[Device] naming convention for all iOS devices for the sake of consistency, they instead decided to make an inferior product out of the new Apple TV. For starters, this whole “lack of storage” thing. It means I have to boot up my computer every time I want to watch TV on it. And in my case, this is a massive inconvenience. I have to enter three different passwords on my PC before I even see my desktop. Or, I could install iTunes on my home server and leave it running all the time. But iTunes is seriously bloated, and I’d really rather not. Not to mention, most people don’t have home servers. Then there’s the decision to have it not run iOS. This means no apps. Apple just said that the iPod Touch outsells both the DS and the PSP. Clearly, iOS is a great gaming platform (strangely enough, in opposition to the desktop version of OSX, which has always been considered crappy for gaming, but to be honest, slowly seems to be changing thanks to things like Steam for Mac). If only Apple decided to compete with Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo for the living room gaming market. They’d do great, for numerous reasons. First off, no massive, bloated console. Second of all, no discs. Why do people prefer iOS to an actual portable console? Because they don’t have to constantly swap discs around. They just go to their SpringBoard and select what they want to play. So the new Apple TV does nothing to make the TV anything other than the “idiot box.” It’s still just as dumb as it always was.
Next, and finally (I saved the one that affects me personally for last), we have iOS 4.2. What’s with Apple, the iPad, and “x.2” releases? My theory is they’re actually trying to convince people to jailbreak. Since its release, the iPad has had only two lousy updates that do absolutely nothing. I’m still on the 3.2 it shipped with. The iPad was made to multitask. And if you don’t believe me, you’re only lying to yourself. I like having Wyse PocketCloud (see my last post) run in the background while I’m doing stuff like IRC or Twitter. So what do I do? I use ProSwitcher. When Apple fails to deliver, someone else steps in, but usually with a rather crappy implementation. ProSwitcher tends to be inefficient, and backgrounded apps crashing is inevitable. The developer isn’t at fault here though. He did the best he can without having the iOS source code. However, not all jailbreak apps are “crappy implementations.” If Apple were ever to release a file manager for iOS, it should be almost exactly like iFile. Back to the original topic, the iPad is also by far the most costly iOS device. Mine cost me $500, and some cost close to $1000. So their “world-class service” for this top of the line device involves waiting half a year for an update cheaper devices have already had? Cheaper devices that can live much more easily without multitasking. I said that if Apple includes some truly amazing iPad-exclusive feature in 4.2, maybe it’ll justify their delays. They’ve proven this isn’t the case. They’re adding printing support. Would it be nice? Yeah. Is it worth a six-month wait? Absolutely not. At the most, what they should’ve done was released iOS4 for iPad along with its iPhone/iPod Touch counterpart, then released printing support in a later update. iOS 3.2 is utter crap, and that’s putting it lightly. Everything crashes, no native multitasking, requirement of a configuration profile to use strong passwords, and so on (fortunately, Apple’s finally learned something about security and included it by default in iOS4). The iPad is a great device, and with enough hacks, it’s almost perfect. 9/10. Native folders and multitasking would bring it to 10/10, so why a six-month delay for printing Apple?
Anyway, assuming comex’s usual release timeframe, and assuming iOS 4.2 is released early on in November, one could guess that it’ll be jailbroken sometime in December. If this is the case, I may finally write my Colloquy review and publish it for Christmas. Isn’t it ridiculous that due to Apple’s screwing around, I’ll have waited about half a year just to write one review?
Aug 28
JustinUncategorized
I bet you thought you’d never see the day I write this review. Think again. 
That said, that Colloquy review I promised is probably still a long way off.
Anyway, this is my first review in almost five months and my iPad’s debut on my blog. 
Now, let’s get started!
Okay, so the first question many might ask is “What’s Wyse PocketCloud?”
Wyse PocketCloud is an RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client app for the iPhone and iPad.
What’s RDP?
RDP, or Remote Desktop Protocol, is a protocol used for remotely connecting to a Windows computer.
It’s the reason I prefer Windows servers to Linux servers. It beats SSH for administration quite a bit.
And try using SSH for the stuff I’m demonstrating in this review. 
This review isn’t exactly intended to describe the RDP protocol itself though, so if you want that, look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol
Now that we’ve established what RDP is, let’s look at the app itself. While I have it on both my iPad and my iPhone, I’ll review it exclusively on my iPad. The interface is nearly identical on both.
Wyse PocketCloud’s list of computers
Wyse PocketCloud provides a simple list of connections. Just tap one to connect.
Tap the plus sign to add a new connection.
Or, if you want to edit an existing connection, tap Edit on the side.
The connection editor
The Nickname field is the name that will show up on the connections list and should be set to something that will help you identify the server.
For those who have only one server (A good 80% of people who have any use for this app), this’ll be the case. For people like me who have more than one server, it’s more important to come up with useful names.
The Host field needs to point to either the IP or the DNS name of the server.
The Username and Password fields are your Windows username and password on the server.
You can choose between various resolutions. I prefer iPad Landscape, but use whatever is best for you.
If you need it, there’s also an option to use the console or admin mode.
PocketCloud’s global settings
The Settings tab at the bottom displays a list of global settings, including performance options and various other settings.
As seen here, one of Wyse PocketCloud’s most useful options is remote sound support, which I’ll show a good use for in a bit.
For the rest of this review, I’ll be connected to my home server. In case you’re wondering what “ZNC” is, it’s an IRC bouncer.
Bad things would happen if I were to close it, so just ignore it.
PocketCloud’s advanced mouse controller
Now let’s look at PocketCloud while it’s actually connected to a server.
Click the arrow icon two from the left at the bottom to toggle the advanced mouse controller I show in the screenshot.
Among other things, it can left-click (center button), right-click (top right button; shown below), and bring up a keyboard (immediately below the left-click button).
Using the advanced mouse controller to right-click
However, these aren’t the only (or, in my opinion, the best) ways to left- or right- click something.
You can left-click simply by tapping on something. You can double-click by doing this twice in quick succession.
You may zoom in and out on the screen by “pinching” in or out.
PocketCloud, using Spotify
Seen above is perhaps my favorite use for this app.
Thanks to its sound support, it makes a great alternative to Spotify’s app, which requires an expensive premium subscription with their service.
But… it can’t play in the background, right?
Unfortunately not. But (and I won’t cover this in my review, but go ahead and do it anyway ), if you jailbreak your iPhone or iPad, you can use ProSwitcher to background PocketCloud and enjoy Spotify in the background. It’s hacked together, and it has its occasional issues, but it’s better than paying $20/month for a crappy premium service you really don’t need.
A better way to right-click
Here, I right-click using an easier method. Just select the right mouse button icon, fourth from the left, at the bottom (by the way, you can toggle the bottom bar with the arrow icon at the far right), then tap whatever you want to right-click.
PocketCloud, with keyboard
Second from the left in that bottom menu bar I was talking about earlier, is a keyboard icon. Tap it to bring up the keyboard (shown above). Tap Done to dismiss it. The usual “dismiss keyboard” button won’t do it right. Go ahead and try it if you’re stubborn though. 
With the keyboard open, just tap where you want to type, and type. It also provides a few essential function keys.
The horror. The word “Facebook” has appeared in a screenshot in one of my reviews. I’m scarred for life. Oh yeah, the screenshot is of PocketCloud’s action menu.
Most likely, you’re wondering “What does the icon all the way to the left do?” It brings up the menu shown above. I don’t know what the top two options do to be perfectly honest. I’ve never had a use for them. One could assume “Desktop Snapshot” takes a screenshot, but I normally just press Power + Home to take a screenshot.
Anyway, that just about wraps it up. I’m not supposed to provide a detailed description of all the app’s features. I don’t write instruction manuals. I write reviews.
Editor’s Rating: 9.5/10
I’ve yet to write a negative review of anything, and I never plan on it.
Why?
I only review apps that don’t suck.
Wyse PocketCloud is no exception.
I personally use Wyse PocketCloud for all my remote administration (and remote Spotify listening ) needs.
It provides all the features one would expect from an RDP client, and in some cases works even better than Microsoft’s official client (which isn’t available for iOS anyway, and probably never will be, considering they’re going to try to push Windblows tablets soon enough =/). Seriously though, MS should look at this app to see how things should be done. Sometimes, I can’t connect to my home server using the official client, but PocketCloud does it just fine. That said, the one thing I’d like to see added to this app is VNC support. If it had this, implemented as well as its RDP functionality, it’d get a perfect ten.
End review
A note to MS, entirely irrelevant to my review (and yes, I like to overuse italics; deal with it). Just drop Terminal Services licensing already. If someone has Windows Server, they shouldn’t have to get additional licenses to unlock basic functionality. That’s just REALLY gay. You noticed I’m using console mode in those screenshots? Yeah. Terminal Services expired on me once, and after I got a hack working, I was too lazy to switch back.
Ending with that last line, this review was 1105 words, and I wrote it in about an hour and a half (counting the time it took to take screenshots). Why can’t school papers be that easy? 
As for my next review, I’ll finally do Colloquy, if Apple gets on the ball and releases iOS4 for iPad at its media event on Wednesday, and comex will hurry up and jailbreak it. I promise I’ll explain why when I write the review.
Aug 14
JustinUncategorized
I suppose after all that’s happened over the last week, you’re probably wondering “What the heck is going on?”
And I suppose I owe you an explanation.
As many of you already know, I was fired from M1 for causing 10 minutes of server downtime.
Obviously, this forced me to find a new host.
At first, I said I’d be down for months to years, but it came out to less than 24 hours.
I was offered hosting by Chris of FreeResellers (thanks!), but due to the lack of the full control I’m used to, and the inability to run certain things I need to be able to run, I decided to purchase a VPS from UCVHost.
So far, I’m quite impressed.
As always, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Anyway, what does this mean?
A. It means I’m not under Tom’s control anymore. I’m free!
B. I’m having to shell out $32.50/month. (so much for “free,” huh)
C. I can now offer various services, as described below.
First off, I’d like to announce the return of the TiNternet IRC.
It’s at the same place, although we lost the databases, so we had to start from scratch.
tinternet.justindaigle.com port 6667 in #coffeeshop as always.
Anyway, join and register. Let’s make the third incarnation of the IRC the best yet (and hopefully the last).
Did I mention (mainly for a certain lazy person) that I finally got aliases working?
Secondly, we have TiNterDNS, my new DNS service.
For those who don’t feel like reading the rest of this, just point your DNS to 174.37.165.180.
So, we all know what DNS is, right?
It resolves host names into IP addresses.
And it’s free, flawless, and everyone’s happy, right?
Wrong.
You normally have to pay $10/year for domains, and you’re limited to certain TLD’s.
TiNterDNS plans to change that.
Why? Doesn’t OpenNIC already offer this?
Yes. And we have no intention to compete with them. Actually, we use OpenNIC as an upstream DNS, meaning you can take advantage of OpenNIC by using TiNterDNS.
This handy little diagram should explain it quite well:
Actually, for me, you can add “Home Server” between “TiNterDNS” and “You.” I have a DNS server set up on my home server as well.
So the all-important question comes up.
Why should I use this?
I’d be asking too. But here’s why.
We’re better than the “official” DNS (and as my diagram illustrates, you still have access to them anyway, so why not? We couldn’t work without them, because then TiNterDNS would suck and nobody would use it ). We don’t require you to pay outrageous yearly charges for domains. Just go to the forums (which I’ll discuss in a bit) and ask for one.
We’re better than OpenNIC. We don’t limit you to certain TLD’s that have to be voted on before you can use them (even then, they only have eight right now).
You’re free to be as creative (or as not-creative) as you want. However, we won’t let you use TLD’s that overlap official or OpenNIC ones. Sorry, but this could cause problems. The staff reserve the right to make exceptions, and so far we’ve already done so. tinter.net redirects to the forum if you’re using TiNterDNS. We don’t think anyone will miss it. It’s just some crappy German site. I plan to make one more exception in the near future, and document them all on the forums. Don’t worry, these exceptions won’t be very common. I’ve had these two planned since the very beginning.
For those of you who read all this and don’t feel like looking back up, once again, it’s at 174.37.165.180.
Finally, for the first time in over two years, justindaigle.com has its own forums.
http://justindaigle.com/forum/
Why? Your forums always suck.
I’ll be the first to admit it.
But these forums have a fundamental difference from past forums.
Past forums were a product of boredom.
These are a product of necessity for a support offering for the TiNternet services.
Anyway, for now, I’m running the forums, the IRC, and the DNS all on my own.
Most of the old IRC staff are welcome back.
I’ll staff the forums as necessary.
Finally, the DNS will have maybe two people running it at the very most. This results from the requirement of having administrative access to the server to manage it.
Meaning you have full access to the files on my site, the DNS, the forums, and anything else I may happen to be working on. I don’t give this out lightly.
Don’t even ask. Asking = instant “No.”
If you have to ask, you’re not one of the VERY few people I’d trust for the position.
A couple of final notes.
I DO have more reviews planned. I actually have two lined up right now. One I can do at any time, and the long-awaited Colloquy review I’ll do as soon as iOS4 for iPad is released and jailbroken (I do have a reason for this requirement; perhaps I’ll explain it with the review).
Finally, as far as my personal life is concerned, I start my senior year in high school next Wednesday.
I’m also taking a few college courses, and I’m quite excited about this. I’m quite ready for my first taste of college life. I’ve been ready.
Jul 19
JustinUncategorized
That was fast, wasn’t it?
TiNternet IRC in its previous form is no more.
After an unexpected power outage yesterday, I decided TiNternet needed to be moved to a real server, so it’s been moved to M1.
The move was seamless, and chances are you won’t notice any difference. All databases and config files were simply copied over.
Officially, it’s no longer called TiNternet, but I’ll always refer to it as such.
Also, I’ve updated my blog to WordPress 3.0. Doing so was long overdue, and I finally got around to it.
You should notice no change, as the theme I’m using and all my plugins should still be working.
My advice to you if you have a blog you plan on updating: Backups.
Something did go wrong during the update, and if I didn’t have a backup ready, I would’ve been screwed.
Oh, and a little over a week ago, I finally got a car! 
It’s a silver 2008 Chevy Cobalt.
This morning I had to get up at 7:15AM for recall service on the power steering motor. Considering I usually don’t get up for another five hours or so after this, today’s dragged on quite a bit. Not to say today was bad or anything, just long. And it’s only 7PM.
All this to say, join the not-so-new, improved TiNternet IRC, still on tinternet.justindaigle.com port 6667. If you were on the old one, your nicks/vhosts/channels will all still be intact.
Oh, and I’m about to hit 2000 Twitter posts. Might be worth checking into.
http://twitter.com/jrdaigle1000
Just some random updates on my life.
Did you waste about two minutes reading that? Probably.
Do I care? No. It’s my blog. I can write whatever I want.
Jun 28
JustinUncategorized
Edit: For those who don’t feel like reading through a bunch of crap, the server is tinternet.justindaigle.com, port 6667.
Be sure to join our official chat channel, #coffeeshop.
Yes, I’ve set up an IRC server.
Yes, there’s already plenty of IRC servers out there.
So you may be asking, what’s the point?
Well, I’m on 4-5 servers at any given time, and to be honest, I’m not happy with them.
So I set up my server and decided it would be different.
A. It’s 100% uncensored. I hate going on some server where warez talk isn’t allowed and even people I know are pro-warez get hypocritical about it and flame you out for supporting it. A note on the whole “uncensored” thing though. It really only applies to the official chat channel, #coffeeshop. The help channel, #help, is expected to stay on-topic, and chanops may run their channels as they choose.
B. On other servers, channels and nicks expire after a period of not being used. Personally, I want to know that my nick/channel will still be mine when I come back. I hate it when things expire from not being logged into. It actually happened to my DynDNS account a few days ago. On the TiNternet server, you don’t have to worry about this.
If you want to look at the config entries themselves, notice they’re commented out.
Anyway, the address is tinternet.justindaigle.com, port 6667.
Be sure to join #coffeeshop, the official chat channel.
And of course, it’d be appreciated if you told everyone you can. We’ve paved the way by being 100% uncensored and not having expirations on nicks/channels, but to truly be the best, we need a good community of users. Feel free to create your own channels about anything, and if you need help, just ask in #help.
Jun 18
JustinUncategorized
If you’re reading this, the DNS for my site has updated for you, and you’re accessing the copy of my site on the new server. Congratulations!
You’re also quite lucky. The DNS hasn’t updated for me yet, and I’m writing this post from the server itself (the first time in ages I have done so).
Anyway, if you’re reading this and you’re not an M2 Hosting client, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about.
If you are an M2 hosting client, and your site isn’t working, point your domain to the new server’s IP, 91.121.152.14.
If your site still isn’t working, it’s most likely a database issue that you’ll need to tell me about.
Anyway, due mostly to the fact that I still don’t (and probably never will have) a car, I’ve been bored all summer so far and I’m personally handling most of the server move.
So far I’ve just seen a few movies and that’s about it. Not being able to go on an out-of-town vacation sucks.
That concludes my first post on (and from) the new server.
May 04
JustinUncategorized
Okay, so this isn’t the big iPad review everyone was expecting. And what I’m about to say isn’t what anyone wants to hear. I decided not to finish my review of the iPad. Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons, namely that I accidentally lost a good chunk of the review, that there’s already numerous iPad reviews out there, and reviewing each included app in the detail I normally give app reviews would simply be too complicated, I’m not going to publish the review. As for my opinion on the iPad, suffice it to say the biggest reason I decided to cancel the review is that I’m too busy enjoying my iPad to write a long blog post about it. It does quite well as a laptop replacement though, as I’ve been using my iPad for most things I’d ordinarily use a desktop or laptop for.
Now for the main point of this post.
In the past, I’ve written reviews of my favorite apps. Now, assuming I don’t get too much demand, I’ll review any app the app’s developer requests me to. The only requirement is that I’m provided with a promo code for the app. I have past experience reviewing apps, as seen in my SoundHound and IM+ reviews. If an app has both iPad and iPhone versions, or is at least optimized for both, I’ll deal with both in the same review. Considering both my iPhone and my iPad are jailbroken, I will also review SOME jailbreak apps under the same conditions. However, I will do this at my own discretion. If I feel the app is harmful to my devices, I will refuse to review it. A few badly-written jailbreak apps HAVE caused me trouble before, so I am a bit cautious as to what I do and don’t install.
If you’re interested in my review services, please contact me at justin [at] justindaigle [dot] com.
Also, I’ve hidden my last post. Comex has released Spirit, so it no longer serves a purpose. It also was made the target of comments by a fake Geohot and a [questionably] fake Comex, as well as numerous ignorant hate comments.
Apr 28
JustinUncategorized
I know this is a whole 18 days late, but I just got the disc of pictures last Friday (and nah, I haven’t been busy the whole time… 10% busy, 90% lazy).
It was fun, and I had a great time regardless of the fact that the food wasn’t exactly the best (mini-review of Pujo Street Café anyone? ).
The after party was also… interesting, although suffice it to say I’m not all that happy about people who screw up the perfectly ordinary game of ping-pong into something it’s not.
I documented it to some extent on Twitter, this tweet being my favorite:
http://twitter.com/jrdaigle1000/status/11976330565
On an unrelated note, I’m most likely going to replace the ThinkTwit widget on the side over there with the official Twitter one. ———->
Also, I’ll be publishing my review “Sent from my iPad” as soon as a jailbreak is released. I’ll have my work cut out for me, since I had quite a bit of it written up, I had issues with the WordPress app, and managed to lose a good portion of the review. Originally, I just had to jailbreak, get the iWork apps, add them to the review, and publish it, but I now have to rewrite the vast majority of the review. I’m really hoping for a jailbreak on Friday, so if that’s the case, expect the review some time this weekend. Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait…
Apr 12
JustinUncategorized
Perhaps many of you have made the same mistake I have: upgrading to iPhone OS 4.0 thinking there will be a jailbreak soon, then realizing it won’t happen until summer. And to make things worse, it’s buggy.
Well, I got myself into this mess, I got myself out. I’ll explain how and hope it’ll help some people out there. This information does NOT apply to the iPod Touch (as it doesn’t have a baseband) or the iPhone 3GS with the new boot ROM (since 3.1.3 can’t be jailbroken on it, and the combination of a jailbreak and 3.1.3 are required for this guide).
First off, here’s what you need:
1. An iPhone that isn’t a 3GS with the new bootrom (I did this on my 3GS with the old bootrom)
2. An iPhone OS 3.1.2 IPSW
3. An iPhone OS 3.1.3 IPSW
4. blackra1n
5. A Mac (sorry; see the next requirement, it’s Mac-only; ah well, it’s always fun to rub the occasional Mac-only application in the face of Windows users )
6. Pwnage Tool
7. [3GS only] SHSH’s on file on Saurik’s server
I know there’s other guides for downgrading from 4.0 out there, but they all involve iRecovery, which as far as I know isn’t supposed to work on the 3GS. Maybe someone can correct me on this. Either way, if you happen to have all the prerequisites I’ve listed, this should work for you.
Sorry I don’t have screenshots, but this obviously isn’t something that’s easy to do at will. This was something I had to do once and hopefully never again.
Now, let’s get started, shall we?
1. Make sure you have the entry for Saurik’s SHSH server in your hosts file.
74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com
2. Open iTunes, connect your iPhone, and Control-click on Restore. Then, select your 3.1.2 IPSW to restore to it. Let it restore. It’ll quit with an error in the middle of “Restoring iPhone firmware.”
Why?
It quits with an error while attempting to restore the baseband. It won’t let you replace the 4.0 beta’s 05.13.03 baseband with 3.1.2′s (or 3.1.3′s for that matter, which is why we’re going the indirect route).
3. Your iPhone will now be in recovery mode, demanding you connect it to iTunes. But, it’s actually running a fully-functional 3.1.2. Let’s get it to work now. Run blackra1n on it. Once it finishes, you’ll be greeted by a functional 3.1.2, but it can’t communicate with the new baseband so it can’t function on a cellular network. Time to fix that.
4. Run Pwnage Tool, using your 3.1.3 IPSW. Select your iPhone model, and when it asks that it’s already pwned select yes. In theory, you could just put it in DFU mode while you were still in 4.0 and answered no to this, but I didn’t get to test that method, so I can’t say if it works in practice or not. Assuming you have a regular AT&T contract, answer yes to that as well (or whatever the supported carriers in other countries are if that applies to you). Now, build the firmware and wait for it to finish.
Why Pwnage Tool here?
Pwnage Tool, especially the newest release, rebuilds the firmware and removes the baseband update, since it’s assumed by default that baseband updates are bad for people who want to use Pwnage Tool. Meaning it will restore without an error this time since it won’t try to overwrite the baseband. And yes, we’re almost done.
5. Place your iPhone in recovery mode.
Not sure how?
6. Open iTunes, and restore to your new custom firmware.
7. You should now have a jailbroken 3.1.3 that can communicate with the 4.0 beta’s baseband that you’ll unfortunately never be able to downgrade from.
8. Restore from your latest backup to get all your precious settings, contacts, and messages back.
Having trouble?
If you’re like me, you’ll encounter the misfortune of getting an error that says something about “the backup operation failed.” I have no idea what causes this, but disconnect your iPhone and reconnect it. Somewhere in all this, it should have re-activated your iPhone. Now, right-click your iPhone in iTunes and select “Restore from backup.” Now restore. It should work this time.
I hope this helps some of you who were in the same boat as I was.
Two announcements.
1. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Needless to say, this opens numerous review and tutorial opportunities.
2. Speaking of pictures, my school’s prom was Saturday. I should have a picture from it to post here soon.
Mar 31
JustinUncategorized
IM+ is probably the best instant messaging application for the iPhone. Sure, there are official AIM and Yahoo clients, but no client for Windows Live Messenger. Instead of bothering with a bunch of separate clients, why not use an all-in-one? As usual, I received a “free review copy,” but if that isn’t an option for you, it’s $9.99 in the App Store. Upon adding one or more accounts and signing in, you will be greeted with your contacts list. 
The IM+ Contact List Tapping the “i” icon to the right of any contact will provide you with details on the contact. 
A contact’s details, with the address removed for privacy reasons You can also opt into push notifications when a contact signs in. Unless you disable push notifications for the entire application, IM+ will send push notifications whenever you receive a new message from any contact, whether you have enabled push notifications upon their sign-in or not. This keeps you signed in even while the application is closed, and delivers messages, even while you’re doing something else. Tapping on the contact’s name will start a conversation. 
A conversation Conversations appear using a familiar chat bubble interface, somewhat similar to the iPhone’s Messages app. You can tap the caret-shaped icon to access options to invite contacts and send photos. 
The Status tab You can use the Status tab to switch between pre-defined statuses or create your own. The latest version of IM+ also finally supports multi-chat. 
A demonstration of IM+’s new multi-chat ability, showing a conversation with the fictional Miles Stone and a fake Steve Jobs While multi-chat is a step in the right direction, I’d still like to see proper Windows Live Groups support, although no other third-party client has it yet. Something I’d also like to see would be the ability to change your display name and picture from within IM+ as opposed to using a desktop client for these tasks. Overall score: 85/100
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