USB Drive: Use your Jailbroken device as a normal USB memory stick, with some caveats

Since the iPhones (and their cousins iPod Touches…) were first released, one of the biggest complaints I’ve heard from those who have them (myself included) is that unlike the previous iPods Apple had released, the iPhone could not be used as a USB drive to store and transfer files. Even with the advent of jailbreaking, all of the solutions to this that I’ve found up until now have required that you have iTunes on the device- something that isn’t feasible for people like me whose work computers are solidly locked down such that iTunes cannot be installed on it (and even if it could be installed, there would be trouble if there were an audit of the computers). USB Drive from Dmytro is the first true solution to use the iPhone (or presumably a similarly jailbroken Touch) as an honest-to-goodness USB storage device.
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The Appcast #54: February 21st, 2010 – Voice Recognition Search Apps

This week’s show: Voice Recognition Search Apps. We take a look at apps that are meant to help you look for what you want with just the sound of your voice.

Episodes can be downloaded by clicking the Episodes tab above.

Intro Music: Borderline D.U. Mix  from Mixter Two – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing by Brad Sucks.

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The Appcast #53: February 14th, 2010 – Magellan Premium Car Kit

This week’s show: The Magellan Premium Car Kit Review. Bob adds to his GPS application roundup by looking at the Magellan Premium Car Kit hardware for use with the Magellan GPS application.

Episodes can be downloaded by clicking the Episodes tab above.

Intro Music: Borderline D.U. Mix  from Mixter Two – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing by Brad Sucks.

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Pastefire expands app/service capabilities

We got an email earlier today from the folks who developed the Pastefire application letting us know about the new features that they’ve added to the app and improvements they’ve added to the service in general. Of greatest interest to me is the fact that the ‘copy zone’ has been expanded out to a full 999 characters, making it a much more useful service for me to type things up on the computer for posting to blocked sites via the iPhone.

The newest version also adds push notifications and the ability to specify to automatically launch some features (like sending mail or SMS) via the transferred content. Full details can be found on the Pastefire page and on the Appsfire Blog.

And just to prove how useful this actually is- this entry was typed up and transferred with the Pastefire app.

The Appcast #52: February 7th, 2010 – Cat and Dog Apps

This week’s show: Cat and Dog Apps. We take a look at apps that might help out pet owners as well as some silly animal apps.

Episodes can be downloaded by clicking the Episodes tab above.

Intro Music: Borderline D.U. Mix  from Mixter Two – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing by Brad Sucks.

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Firmware updates and thoughts on paid Jailbreak apps

3.1.3 Firmware is latest in the game of tennis between Apple and Jailbreakers- but the losers in the game could be those of us who have paid for jailbreak apps that we’d lose forever if Apple succeeds in eliminating Jailbreaking.

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The Appcast #51: February 1st, 2010 – iPad Discussion

This week’s show: iPad Discussion. We take some time to discuss the iPad and it’s app potential.

Episodes can be downloaded by clicking the Episodes tab above. Intro Music: Borderline D.U. Mix from Mixter Two – I Don’t Know What I’m Doing by Brad Sucks.

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