Push Any Notification from your Mac/Windows to Iphone using GROWL

Yes you can now push any notification which Growl shows on your system to iphone.

If you are not familiar with GROWL, it is an application which run on Mac and Windows and display messages on your system in a beautiful window. For example when Email arrives or FTP transfers completed or your new song begins to play etc.

The catch is that you need a system which will remain ON (live on internet) and your system will push notifications to your iPhone and iPhone will receive notification through PROWL Application on your iphone.

You need to register at PROWL server which is FREE.

How this works:

Your system sends any notification through GROWL to PROWL Server. PROWL server push notification to your iPhone through Apple PUSH Service.

For detail instruction how to setup this on Windows:

http://cybernetnews.com/push-gmail-iphone/

and for MAC

http://lifehacker.com/5309573/set-up-push-gmail-on-your-iphone

iPhone 3g, OS 3.0 and Pakistan Carriers (Warid, ufone, Zong..)

If you have recently upgraded your iphone 3G to OS 3.0 and you live in Pakistan then here are the steps to follow to get most our of your iPhone:

1. Jailbreak your phone by using RedSn0w and then unlock your iphone using Ultrasn0w Software from DevTeam. Apple has not launched iphone in Pakistan so we don't have any other option...Sorry Apple!

2. Turn on your MMS & tethering. To turn on Tethering visit here and select custom carrier, I use waridTel, so APN is warid. Yours differ. Check your mail from iphone and download the file which is send by the site and click install. You will then see Tethering option available in Settings->General->Network

3. To enable MMS simple put the MMS settings (as shown in the pic.) in Settings->General->Network->Cellular Data Network.


4. Caller ID Fix, You will notice that some of SMS does not have names, To fix this go into the Cydia and download CallerID and Format (iSpazio) Fix for OS 3.0.

5. More Later.......

iPhone Files (AppStore) and iFile (Cydia) Complete File Browser and Viewer

I have tested various viewers for iphone including Air Sharing, Mobile Studio, Riddle Documents, Picture Safe etc.

I found the best Viewer and File Browser is "Files" which is available at App Store. You can Swap pictures as in built in Photos Application for iphone, create your own folders to arrange your documents and picture and can easily transfer file from your PC or Mac. You can even set password.

The Cydia app iFile is replacement for Finder or Windows Explorer on your iPhone. You can copy/move files to anywhere. You can set owner permission. iFile also allow you to transfer files through its Web Server also. With iFile you can create new Folders or Symbolic link. I have created a Symbolic link in Documents folder to my Files Documents, so that now I can easily copy files to Files Application or vice versa using iFile.

Best part is iFiles also allow you to send multiple email attachments using built in iPhone mail client and it is FREEEEEE.

iFile is exceptional Browser will all abilites which Files is best viewer, although iFile also allows you to view documents or play videos but Files Picture swap feature is hard to beat.

iFile also allows to create Zip archive. I now use iFile instead of MobileFinder. iFile also allow you to copy marked files or folders.

Google Maps on Mobile now have Pakistan Maps

Google Maps application on Mobile (Symbian and iPhone) now have detailed Pakistan Maps. They show all major buildings, Petrol Pumps, Hospitals etc. I was surprised to see that Maps are in quite detail. I can not find any these maps in Pakistan. How Google has managed to do this?

Sadly they are not available in PC version of Google Maps nor they are in detail in Google Earth. All major cities are covered.

You can download google maps application for Symbian phone free of cost from google site. iPhone comes with built in maps application.