iPhone Porn Star App

Porn anyone? Well the App store has just the fix for you. Apple announced that they would approve the porn store app developed by GrindHouse Mobile and the stars themselves. The apps, featuring adult actress Sunny Leone and  Pet Aria Giovanni of Penthouse, seem to be more of a way for fans to keep up with the latest from their favorite porn divas. Sunny  Leone’s app features a blog, sets of photos, and personal videos, along with a Premium section through which updates are pushed to your phone. Giovanni’s App seems to be similiar for the most part.

Apple has had some controversy with its App Store approval process, since it began accepting submissions from third-party developers. Some apps include, Eucalyptus e-book reader because it could permit access to the Kama Sutra, an ancient text known for its description of sexual encounters and positions. And an app from the widely known group Nine Inch Nails was rejected because of sexually “objectionable content” in a song.

All in all, the app is pretty tame although GrindHouse did admit that in their first attempted at having the app approved, they were “a little too ‘hot’ for Apple’s compliance department.” GrindHouse revamped the application so that they could meet the necessary guidlines that needed to be met to have the app accepted on the App Store.

The My Keypad iPhone App from Honeywell Security is compatible with their security control panels and has the appearance of the actual physical keypad used to arm or disarm your security system at your home or office. This is a nice touch and also shows how the App Store is accepting more practical applications for business people. My Keypad is a part of Honeywell’s Total Connect application that allows home owners and business owners to control their security system via web browser.

My Keypad is available to all Total Connect subscribers. Once you enter your passcode on the Honeywell secure web site, you can arm and disarm your system remotely, silence the system, check the status of the security system, and bypass doors for unexpected maintence or service calls. In addition to that, you can turn lights off and on, control garage doors, and even open warehouse doors. Nice move Honeywell…

Unlocked iPhone

We believe that Apple will be releasing the iPhone 3.1 update at or following tomorrow’s “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” special music event, the members of the Dev-Team has posted a reminder for Jailbroken & unlocked iPhones:

If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock. In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).

A custom IPSW is needed to update to this firmware so that the baseband won’t be upgraded allowing users to continue using their unlocked iPhones without issue.

So, jailbreakers and unlockers, DO NOT UPDATE USING iTunes! You’ve been warned.

A new Texas law that takes effect September 1, banning the use of cell phones in school zones, will be enforced in Houston after signs are posted.

Notice of the new law was posted on the city’s web-site, to give drivers fair warning about the restriction. But, the Legislature required municipalities to post signs warning drivers about the law before it can be strictly enforced.

“Once the signs do go up, Bellaire police will be doing the same thing we do at the high school every year – where there is a two-week grace period we don’t write tickets. We usually give out warnings,” officer Quimby of the Bellaire police department said.

The City of West University Place last year banned cell phones in the school zone in the city, near West U Elementary.

Although West U’s ban prohibited even the use of hands-free devices, the new state law does allow such devices to be used with cell phones in school zones. Drivers also are permitted to use their cell phones anytime they need to call 911, Quimby noted.

Also, drivers can use cell phones if they are stopped in a school zone.

AT&T announces that September 25th will be the release date for MMS capabilities for the iPhone. As stated by AT&T in June, MMS will be included in Text Messaging charges, not a charge in itself. AT&T also says that this delay was due to the building of a stronger network to handle the heavy MMS demands. This is long over due for iPhone users on the AT&T network. T-Mobile users have been able to use MMS since the release of iPhones OS 3.0 in June. That makes absolutely no sense, seeing as the iPhone is “exclusive” to the AT&T network and you have to unlock it to use it on T-Mobiles network. And they wonder why people jailbreak and unlock their iPhones. Thanks AT&T for being backwards as usual…