Last Stand Stan has two different modes of game play: Campaign and Survival. Game play is pretty basic as you are fixed in one location (the center of the screen) and must blow away anything that moves. In the Campaign mode you will battle your way through 20 levels and four different bosses (happening at every 5th level). Along the way the game will become progressively more difficult but you will also pick up weapons such as a laser or an EMP Blast to help you survive. You should be careful however, as ammo is severely limited so make sure you use it sparingly!  Secondly, the survival mode is basically a regurgitation of the campaign mode except that you play until you die. For you high-score junkies it might be better to finish the campaign mode because all the weapons you receive will be carried onto the survival mode.

Last Stand Stan features simple one-touch game play. Enemies will be attacking you from 360 so all you need to do is simply tap where you want him to shoot and he does so accordingly. In addition, you can drag your finger on the screen and he continuously shoot until you either ran out of ammo or remove your finger. I do wish this game allowed my hero to move around the screen instead of being stuck in one location.

The graphics and sound are well designed. The ships are detained and the animated effects from the explosions and gun fire are top notch. Everything flowed quite freely and I didn’t experience any hiccups along the way. Also the sound effects are similar to any type of space shooter you can find on the market.

Overall Last Stand Stan is not bad. The enemies are varied (9 different types) with different bosses should keep you occupied for a while. The game does get repetitive (as does any shooter) but if you’re a fan with the genre you might not mind. This game is rated very highly in the appstore with 199 reviews with an average of 4.5 stars so I wouldn’t hurt to try as it’s only $.99 in the Appstore today.

Availability:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Price: Free

Reviewed at version: 1.2

Developed by: LastStandStan.com

iPhone Game Review: Last Stand Stan - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2011/04/04 (RSS)

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Voila! You’ll see that Apple has released the much awaited iPhone OS 3.0 for your iPhone.

Here are the complete list of OS 3.0 features mentioned in the OS 3.0 screen.

iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update

This update contains over 100 new features, including the following:

• Cut, Copy & Paste with shake to undo
• Landscape keyboard in key applications
• Enhanced Messages application
  - Send and receive photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS*
  - Forward and delete single or multiple messages
• Added search feature in Mail, Calendar, Notes and iPod
• Spotlight search across iPhone
• Support for CalDAV and subscriptions in Calenda
• Improvements to Safari
  - Performance
  - HTML 5 support
  - HTTP Streaming audio and video
  - Auto-fill usernames and passwords
• New Voice Memos application
• Sync Notes with a Mac or PC via iTunes
• Internet Tethering over USB and Bluetooth*
• Browse and download movies, TV shows, and audiobooks from the iTunes Store**
• Stereo Bluetooth***
• Wi-Fi auto login
• Enhanced Stocks application
• More Parental Control options for Apps, Music, Movies and TV Shows
• iTunes account creation and login**
• YouTube account login and access to subscriptions, ratings and favorites**
• Shake to shuffle
• New languages, dictionaries, and keyboards
• Find my iPhone and Remote Wipe via MobileMe (subscription required)**
• Support for more Exchange policies
• Create and send Exchange meeting invitations
• Search mail on server (Exchange Server 2007 and supported IMAP servers)
• Search LDAP company directory
• VPN on demand and VPN proxy support
• Encrypted configuration profiles
• Encrypted iTunes backups
• 1,000 new developer APIs, including:
• In App Purchases
• Apple Push Notification Service
• Accessories support
  - Peer to Peer Connectivity
  - Embedded Maps
  - iPod Library Access
• Bug fixes

Products compatible with this software update:

• iPhone
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3G S

* Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S and requires support from your wireless provider.
** Not available in all regions or in all languages.
*** Compatible only with iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S.

For feature descriptions and complete instructions, see the user guide for your iPhone at:
Apple – Support – Manuals

For more information about iPhone, go to:
Apple – iPhone – Mobile phone, iPod, and Internet device.

To troubleshoot your iPhone, or to view additional support information go to:
Apple – Support – iPhone

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:
Apple security updates

Jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.0

If you’d liketo jailbreak your iPhone OS 3.0, you may want to hold your horses until QuickPwn and PwnageTool 3.0 is released by Dev Team. In the meantime, you can check out the ultrasn0w – 3.0 unlock software demo shown last night.

iPhone OS 3.0 Available for Download - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/06/17 (RSS)

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Here are some of the important features announced

• Video – 30fps VGA video with in-phone editing support
• HSDPA – 7.2Mbps on supported carriers
• Camera – 3 megapixel, autofocus, autoexposure, tap to focus, better low light sensitivity
• Improved battery life – in Wifi mode, Internet surfing mode, etc
• Turn-by-Turn direction support – in Google maps and via apps like TomTom
• Performance – reporting almost twice the speed in most operations
• Colors – Black and White

iPhone 3GS Videos

• New iPhone 3GS TV Ad
• iPhone 3GS Guided Tour

Pricing in US

iPhone 3GS has been announced at the following prices and will be available on June 19.

• 32GB iPhone 3GS – $299 with contract
• 16GB iPhone 3GS – $199 with contract

The current iPhone 3G will continue to be available at

• 16GB iPhone 3G – $99 with contract

So, the $99 iPhone rumor was correct after all. It was a little disappointing to not find the front facing camera but the rest of the features are enough to make me go out and buy a 32GB iPhone 3GS! How about you?

If you have been holding off on buying a iPhone so far, I’d say iPhone 3GS makes a pretty good case for buying one.

iPhone OS 3.0

iPhone OS 3.0 will be available on June 17th for download via iTunes. And you can read about iPhone 3.0 new features here. if you have a jailbreak iPhone, please wait until the Devteam releases Quickpwn 3.0 or Pwnage 3.0 before updating your iPhone OS!

iPhone 3GS Available Worldwide on June 19 - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/06/08 (RSS)

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• Engadget Live blog
• Gizmodo Live blog
• Ars Technica Live Blog

If you missed any of the live blogs, after the event is over you can find the WWDC 09 keynote video here.

Also, if you are on Twitter – follow me at @TopiPhone to get updates as the keynote progresses.

We will be back with more updates soon. Stay tuned.

3 Good WWDC Live Blogs to Follow - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/06/08 (RSS)

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Are you ready for the long list of features (over 100) that are coming in iPhone 3.0?

New Features For Us

• Cut, copy & paste – Works for both text and photos. You can copy multiple photos to Main. Shake to undo/redo a paste.
• A2DP Stereo Bluetooth – pair iPhone to a stereo Bluetooth device
• MMS – forward and delete multiple messages
• Spotlight - search across all your content and apps that support Spotlight
• Search in Mail, Calendar & iPod – special search interfaces including searching in IMAP servers
• Tethering – built into iPhone OS 3.0 – careers will determine pricing
• Auto-login for WiFi hotspots
• Landscape Keyboard – in more apps like Mail, SMS & Notes
• New Calendar types – Gmail and Yahoo friendly CalDAV support
• Note syncing with iTunes in Mac and PC
• Autologin in Safari – remembers username/passwords
• Shake to shuffle – in iPod while listening to music to change tracks
• Parental control – adult content filters to movies, TV shows, apps plus websites and music.
• Enhanced App Store – app subscriptions, purchase additional content like travel guides to new cities, levels to games, etc.
• YouTube account support
• Form auto-fill
• New Stocks app – with news stories and landscape view

New Features for Developers

Developers get over a 1000 new APIs.

• Peer-to-peer connectivity over Bluetooth for gaming and info-swapping
• Ability to take payments within Apps to give access to paid content
• Allows call out to Google Maps
• Turn-by-turn GPS information on iPhone without needed 3G connectivity or Google
• Push notification – finally
• iPhone 3.0 apps can access VOIP via WiFi connectinb
• Audio recording, streaming video
• Access iPhone/iPod music library from other applications

Features that didn’t make it

• No background apps – we still have the jailbreak app Backgrounder (of course QuickPwn 3.0 will have to come out then)
• No better way to arrange and manage apps in your home screen – thank God for jailbreak apps like QuickGold & Categories.

It’s plainly an incredible iPhone OS release with over 100 new features and over 1000 new APIs for iPhone developers. With the imminent competition from Palm Pre in the coming months, Apple has answered back addressing a lot of the long overdue features such as copy/paste, push notification, MMS, etc.

iPhone OS 3.0 will be a free upgrade to iPhone 3G users. iPhone 2G users can also upgrade to 3.0 but won’t have some features like A2DP due to hardware limitations.

iPod Touch 2G users can also upgrade to iPhone 3.0 by paying $9.95. Also, the Bluetooth has been unlocked in iPod Touch in 3.0 firmware.

Apple has again proved that they can listen to their users and respond back, albeit in this instance a little late. If this is a little too late remains to be seen. But, I can’t wait to get my hands on iPhone OS 3.0 that’s set to come out this Summer of ’09.

iPhone OS 3.0 New Features Announced - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/03/17 (RSS)

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If you are a Mac user or have access to a MacBook, read on as you can use PwnageTool 2.2.5.

If you are a Windows user and rely on QuickPwn to jailbreak/unlock your iPhone, we have to wait a little longer for QuickPwn 2.2.5. Do not update to 2.2.1 via iTunes or use the current Quickpwn version to jailbreak.

Things to Remember while Jailbreaking Firmware 2.2.1

Don’t let all these version numbers throw you off. Just read it over and over again until you understand and before starting with the jailbreak.

• If you have a iPhone 3G running 2.2 firmware, only use the custom ipsw using PwnageTool 2.2.5 to update/jailbreak 2.2.1 firmware
• Yellowsn0w – the iPhone unlock Cydia app will not work with firmware 2.2.1′s baseband (02.30.03). You have to use the custom 2.2.1 ipsw which doesn’t update the baseband.
• Yellowsn0w has been upgraded to version 0.9.7 – so remember to use that from Cydia

Also, make sure you read the different issues and how to fix them over at DevTeam blog before you start.

Here are the download mirrors for Pwnage 2.2.5

Mac PwnageTool

• http://iphone-dev.fgv6.net/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://iphone.schwarzmetall.cn/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://rabstalk.bplaced.net/mirrors/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://jmcoon.net/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://downloads2.ipod.backshot.eu/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://www.iphone-storage.de/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg
• http://miphone.ca/iphone-dev/PwnageTool_2.2.5.dmg

Mac QuickPwn

• http://iphone-dev.fgv6.net/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://iphone.schwarzmetall.cn/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://rabstalk.bplaced.net/mirrors/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://jmcoon.net/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://www.iphone-storage.de/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://downloads2.ipod.backshot.eu/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg
• http://miphone.ca/iphone-dev/QuickPwn_2.2.5.dmg

Windows QuickPwn

• Coming soon – Do not update via iTunes or jailbreak yet
  

I hear there are some significant sync speed improvements with firmware 2.2.1 over at Twitter from those who have updated already. Do you see that as well?

You can follow us at @TopiPhone to receive recent updates on the release of QuickPwn 2.2.5 for Windows.

DevTeam Releases PwnageTool 2.2.5 to Jailbreak 2.2.1 - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/01/30 (RSS)

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With so many of us using Gmail primarily as the email provider as well as to store and manage our contacts, it becomes hard to not have those contacts in your iPhone contact list.

Yes, you could open up Gmail and then try to find it but it can’t beat the ability to sync your Gmail contacts with iPhone without a lot of effort.

NuevaSync does just that. Nuevasync allows direct, over-the-air, native synchronization with public PIM and calendaring services including Google.

NuevaSync supports not just Gmail contacts but also

• Google Calendar for calendar events
• Google Contacts/Gmail contacts for contacts
• Plaxo for Contacts

NuevaSync supports the following devices

• Apple iPhone 2.0
• Apple iPhone 3G
• iPod Touch 2.0
• Windows Mobile based PDAs and smartphones

Support for push email is supposedly coming soon. The first time you sync with Nuevasync it could take a little while but after that it should only take a few seconds.

Gotcha’s for iPhone users

• If you can’t edit your calendar events after a sync, check your sync configuration email address and make sure it’s right
• If you found 2 copies of some contacts, it looks like a iPhone firmware issue but a resync should fix the duplicates.
• If your Google Calendars come up with a different color in iPhone, you have to change it in GCal as you can’t change it in the phone.

Also, check out the Apple-specific page at Nuevasync.

Sync Your Gmail Contacts & Google Calendar with iPhone - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/01/29 (RSS)

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My answer: way too many times. The touch screen in my iPhone 3G is the best feature ever but I can’t quite get to everything with my gloves on.

That’s when the I was luckily contacted by the creator of this ingenious gloves – Etre Touchy and he sent me these to try on.

Now, this is about the only glove I use when I am out using my iPhone. Etre Touchy gives me a fun and practical way to keep my hands from freezing yet leave my thumb and index fingers open so I can do everything with my iPhone!

In fact, it even helps operating our recent Canon SX10 IS – digital camera purchase with ease when we shooting outdoors.

Plus, as you can see in the picture it is pretty stylish as well! Don’t you think? At $22.74, this is definitely worth a buy considering the annoyance we go through trying to work our iPhone or iPod Touch.

I was looking in Amazon for other options as well and here is a few I found that look promising for this winter. Here are a few:

• Freehands® Leather Gloves for IPhones
  Also with open thumb and index finger but the cover flips back for only the times you need
• Lowepro Lycra Photo Gloves with Control Dots
  The control dots in your fingers help with the touch screens

I’d love to hear how you manage to use your iPhone in the winter. Wouldn’t one of these gloves make a lovely gift for your better half?

Best Gloves for iPhone & iPod Touch – Etre Touchy - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/01/15 (RSS)

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One great news about this iPhone 3g unlock solution – yellowsn0w is that it works on iPhone firmware 2.2′s new baseband. We did pass on the earlier warning that this might not work but Dev Team got it to work on 2.2′s baseband (02.28.0.0) as well.

We successfully unlocked our iPhone 3g yesterday and here’s how we did it. I’ll add some screenshots to this post as soon as I get a chance.

Ingredients

• iTunes 8
• iPhone firmware 2.2
• QuickPwn 2.2
• Jailbroken iPhone 3G

Quick iPhone 3G Jailbreak & Unlock Recipe

Please note that this is what worked for us and it might be a little different for you. I am making this a quick recipe as this is very similar to the steps we followed for quickpwn 2.1 jailbreak.

Jailbreak iPhone 2.2

Skip to next section if you have already updated to 2.2 and jailbroken your iPhone 3G with QuickPwn 2.2 or PwnageTool. If you have updated 2.2 via iTunes but not jailbroken yet, start with step 5.

1. Undo hidden apps via BossPrefs
2. Uninstalled Categories (this proved to be a problem when we updated to 2.1 and may not be needed with this update)
3. Backed up everything via iTunes (consider using AptBackup Cydia app to backup your app settings)
4. Used iTunes to update to 2.2
5. Downloaded Quickpwn 2.2 and launched it
6. Follow the instructions in QuickPwn
7. Once the iPhone is in recover mode (DFU mode)
   • hold your home button for 5 seconds
   • hold down the home and power button for 10 seconds
   • release the power button and continue to hold the home button to see the jailbreak progress and then let go of the home button
8. Once the iPhone restarts, you should see the Cydia and Installer in the Home Screen
9. Now, you have a jailbroken iPhone 2.2!

Unlock iPhone 3G

The beauty of the iPhone unlock solution, yellowsn0w is that it is available as a Cydia/Installer app! Once installed, it runs as an unobtrusive daemon in your iPhone. This means that you can add/remove this app via Cydia anytime.

1. Open Cydia -> Manage -> Sources -> Edit -> Add
   Add this repository URL http://apt9.yellowsn0w.com/ and return to Cydia.
2. Now Search in Cydia for ‘yellowsn0w‘ and install it.
3. Reboot your iPhone 3G with a different SIM
4. A few seconds after reboot, you should get a signal with the new carrier!
5. You have unlocked your iPhone 3G!!

Word of caution

Yellowsn0w is in version 0.9.4 and is considered beta software. This means that for some of us it may not work. It could be specific carriers or specific sims. But, do provide feedback to the Dev Team so they can improve this software for all of us.

Also, the above linked post has tons of comments from folks trying to unlock and is a minefield of good information to check out if you had issues doing this.

What a great effort by the Dev Team. You have our congratulations and wish everyone here a Happy New Year!

Update: 01/05/09

Dev-Team has updated yellowsn0w to version 0.9.6 beta. If you have had problems unlocking before, please try again with this new version.

How to Jailbreak 2.2 & Unlock iPhone 3G? - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2009/01/02 (RSS)

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If you have a first generation iPhone, QuickPwn 2.2 & PwnageTool 2.2 would have already worked for you. But, those with iPhone 3g had to hold off from upgrading to firmware 2.2.

Why you shouldn’t have updated your iPhone 3g to 2.2 via iTunes?

iPhone 2.2 firmware contained a baseband update – 02.28.00. Dev Team warned against updating to this firmware using iTunes as this would prevent you from unlocking your iPhone 3G with the software (dubbed yellowsn0w) they are going to release today.

But, there was a workaround. You could have created a custom 2.2 firmware with PwnageTool (Mac only) that contained the older iPhone 3g baseband. This will allow you to unlock your iPhone 3g now with yellowsn0w.

If you have already updated to 2.2 via iTunes, you are out of luck in 2008. Dev Team did warn us butthe team loves hacking and chllenges. I have no doubt that they will be able to hack the new baseband as well and provide an unlocking solution. But, just not yet.

Jailbreaking vs Unlocking

Do these 2 terms confuse you? No worries.

Jailbreaking: Apple intentionally locked you to download apps only from AppStore. Jailbreaking your iPhone lets you install apps from outside AppStore and customize your iPhone to your heart’s content. Two jailbreak apps that let you do this are – Cydia & Installer. Some of the things you can get with jailbreaking are Record video in iPhone, Categories, Backgrounder, Quickgold, Winterboard Themes, Podcaster, etc. Check out our jailbreaking how-to post to get an idea on what’s involved.

Unlocking: This has to do with AT&T. iPhones are locked so it works only with AT&Ts network. Usually carriers including AT&T will unlock your phone after you have been through a certain period in the contract so you can use the same device even if you switch carriers. Or even just travel outside the counrty. But not for iPhones. But, Dev Team is here for our rescue. iPhone 2g was unlocked a long time back but iPhone 3g proved a little bit harder but we are finally going to see that change today. Once you unlock, you can just switch the SIM card in your iPhone and use it on any carrier.

Happy New Year

We’ll come back with a post on how to unlock your iPhone 3g shortly after the software release. Until, then we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year!

iPhone 3g Unlock Releasing Today - Originally published in Top iPhone Resource on 2008/12/31 (RSS)

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