FlyTunes has released a new internet radio service that allows access to thousands of high quality music channels that you can personalize and enjoy on your iPhone/iPod Touch using Wi-Fi or Edge. The service is free but will be using targeted advertising for support. FlyTunes has kindly sent me a link for readers to use and try out the service. Registration is quick and doesn’t take more than a minute. Click on the “FlyTunes Invite” link below using your iPhone/iPod Touch to test it out or input: http://www.flytunes.fm/External/Registration.aspx?user=kameron@iphoneskinning manually in your mobile browser.

FlyTunes Invite

Video Demo Of FlyTunes

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Mike Beauchamp’s story (in the comments section) of his iPhone’s encounter with a semi.

Excerpt:

Much to my surprise, as I approached, I heard the familiar sound of my ringtone — the iPhone was alive and ringing! As I picked it up and cradled it gently in my hands, I saw the screen displaying my caller ID — the screen still worked! I slid my finger gently over the answer slide and paused as I held the tattered and torn device to my ear — my heart must have skipped a beat when I heard my mom’s voice at the other end of the phone — the phone still worked!

STE Packaging has issued an alert regarding upgrades to Installer.

From STE Packaging:

Alert – Please Read – Very Important – Pass This On
The release of the 1.1.3 firmware has caused a ton of headaches for developers and package maintainers. Many packages store media and preferences under /var/root/Media and /var/root/Library. With the release of 1.1.3, most packages will now need to store that stuff under /var/mobile/Media and /var/mobile/Library.

For developers, they have to write their apps to be firmware version aware, so that they can read/write from the correct location, depending on what firmware they are running on. For packagers, we have to install/uninstall that stuff from the right place, depending on the firmware.

It’s a nightmare.

Nullriver has released the full 3.0 version – no beta any more – of Installer.app. This release allows packagers to install the stuff mentioned above into ~/Media and ~/Library and Installer.app will put it in the right place, based on the firmware of the device.

This version ofInstaller.app also provides packagers with the ability to check how much free space is available, before installing, so that we don’t fill up the root partition any more. It also adds features that will help in migrating applications out of /Applications to other locations. There is more – this release is really chock full of stuff to make life easier for all of us.

It is imperative that you upgrade to Installer.app 3.0 as soon as possible. By that, I mean NOW. Right now, today. I am going to start releasing package updates today that will rely on the new features. They will not install correctly on older releases of Installer.app. If you run into any trouble and find you need to manually download and install Installer.app, get it from here, which always points to the latest version. Other repositories will start using these new features shortly, too, so it really is in your best interest to upgrade right this minute. If you do not, and you have an issue installing any of my packages, my response will be “please upgrade, try again, and only come back if you still have a problem”.

To prevent this kind of chicken-and-egg issue in the future, one new feature in this release is the ability for the package maintainer to specify a minimum Installer.app version required for the package to install. Unfortunately, this time, we can’t really use it, because the older Installer.apps don’t understand that feature.

For a full listing of changes in this release of Installer.app, please see the “Featured” page in your current Installer.app.

Jailbreakme.com has been updated with some new features to make upgrading even easier. Here are the new features that have been implemented:

An interesting video of Edward Tufte’s opinion on the iPhone’s UI. I’m not quite sure I agree with him though regarding his opinion of the weather application. In this case, I believe that less is indeed more.