This is a follow up to my earlier blog.

Do you wish to use your iPhone to access Flash based applications? So far you are out of luck. According to the recent news article from CNET, “Flash 10 coming to most smartphones in 2010″. And iPhone is not on the list.

But why wait? With the upcoming Citrix receiver for iPhone, you will be able to run Flash based applications not only from iPhone but also from many other popular mobile devices. Initially the focus will be to support business applications.

The Citrix technology also adds another additional layer of security by only transmitting the display to the mobile devices. A typical flash based business intelligence report may contain sensitive data. If downloaded directly to a mobile device, the data may be vulnerable to leaks. For business users,the added security may be important.

Here is a quick preview of what is to come.

Here is the iPhone friendly version

A business intelligence application is demonstrated above. You can find the demo application at this Adobe web site.

If you know any Flash enabled web application/sites that may be useful when accessed from iPhone, could you let me know by posting comments?

Please check out our iPhone project community site for more details.

The new version’s features offer:

• Faster performance (in opening an email, navigating, or searching).
• Ability to open recently read messages.
• Compose emails over a weak or non-existent, network connection.

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo, Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s Business Division, hinted that the company may be planning to bring a version of its Office productivity suite to the iPhone. When asked whether Microsoft was committed to getting its major productivity applications onto the Web and on mobile devices, Elop said the company recognizes the growing demand from smartphone users, pointing out how many people now access their Facebook accounts with their iPhones because the device, and others like it, had made it practical to access on the go. After interviewer Tim O’Reilly asked Elop directly whether this meant the iPhone would get access to a mobile edition of Office, he said, “not yet, keep watching.” Elop also announced that Microsoft plans to launch an ad-supported online version of Office sometime after 2009; it is unclear whether an iPhone version of the software would be created as a web application or as a standalone app.

Looks like all that pent-up demand for SlingPlayer for iPhone has caused the suits at Sling to go mad with greed — the company just posted up a page saying that owners of every older SlingBox save the Slingbox PRO will have to upgrade to a Slingbox SOLO or Slingbox PRO-HD in order to stream to iPhones. Yes, this is totally ridiculous: we’ve been told that the limitation is purely money-driven and that previous builds of the iPhone client worked just fine with older Sling hardware — hell, if a Palm Centro can stream off the original Slingbox, there’s no reason at all the vastly more powerful iPhone can’t hack it. Sling’s offering a $50 credit to owners of older hardware, but honestly, we can’t say some token coupon is going to take away from the bitter taste of a forced upgrade here — unless Sling comes up with legitimate technical reason for crippling such highly-anticipated software like this, we’d say it’s about to piss off a lot of formerly-happy Sling customers.

Posted by Engadget by Nilay Patel,  [Via SlingCommunity; thanks David]

It seems oddly appropriate to talk about security today. Between malware and identity theft, everyone has more to think about these days. Many services are adopting multi-factor authentication in order to better protect their users. This generally involves a little dongle attached to your keychain that reads out a new, random number after a short period of time.

In a multi-factor authentication system, you input your password and the number off this device. The first factor of authentication is your password (which can be compromised, often through social engineering—that is, tricking you into revealing it) and the second is your possession of this device (otherwise you can’t know the number).

While this works marvelously, your key ring starts to look like a janitor’s after you collect more than a couple of these devices. If only there were a way to get that functionality out of something you already own and carry with you everywhere—like, say, your iPhone. It’s with that in mind that VeriSign released an iPhone app for this very purpose.

For now, the VeriSign app is primarily for use with eBay, AOL, and Paypal. In the future, your bank could support it. If you’re like me and you play World of Warcraft, there’s another app available for keeping your account safe from gold farmers: Blizzard’s recently released Battle.net Mobile Authenticator. I’ve been using it for a few days now with no problems.

Take today as a reminder that it’s never too early to start securing both your computer and your online transactions. Besides, you know you get a little satisfaction out of having yet another little icon waiting there for your use.

More important: Will Apple CEO Steve Jobs present — or at least make an appearance — at WWDC? His medical leave is not scheduled to end until “late June,” so maybe not. But we wouldn’t be surprised if Steve made a cameo, either to show off the new iPhone or to announce that he was retiring as CEO.

WWDC, the premier technical event for developers and IT professionals innovating with Apple platforms, will take place June 8-12.  Over 1,000 Apple engineers will be at Moscone West Expo Hall in San Francisco to present the latest Apple technologies.

The Hongkiat’s post discussed about:

1. How to Disable iPhone 3G GPRS or Edge Connection
2. How to Set Content Restriction
3. How to Customize iPhone Wallpaper as Google Calendar and Notes
4. How to Train your iPhone to Learn New Words
5. How to Select Other Domain Name Endings
6. How to Take Screen Shot
7. How to Hide SMS Preview
8. How to Increase the Volume of the Ringer
9. How to Save Images in Safari and Mail
10. How to Insert Extra Punctuation Keys
11. How to Force Quit An App
12. How to Switch Punctuation Keys to Alphabet Keys Quickly
13. How to Fast Forward/Rewind Music & Video
14. How to Access iPod Controls or Phone Favorites Instantly
15. How to Maximize iPhone Battery Life
16. How to Erase iPhone Data Thoroughly
17. How to Backup Your iPhone Contacts
18. How to Design iPhone Themes
19. How to Access the Scientific Calculator
20. How to Share Your iPhone Apps with Others
21. How to Use iPhone as External Disk
22. How to Create Free iPhone Ringtones Using iTunes in Windows
23. How to Convert Videos for Your iPhone
24. How to Sync An iPhone with Multiple Computers
25. How to Migrate Cell Phone Data to iPhone 3G

1. How To Disable IPhone 3G GPRS Or Edge Connection

   Tap “Setting – General – Network – Cellular Data Network”. In the “APN, Username and Password” field, simply type in some words so iPhone will not pass the correct values to service providers. Restart your iPhone if necessary.

   

2. How To Set Content Restriction

   You can set restrictions for iPod content for the use of some applications on iPhone. For example, parents can restrict explicit music from being seen on playlists, or turn off YouTube access entirely.

   Just go to “General – Restrictions” then tap Enable Restrictions and enter a four-digit passcode to restrict your content.

   

3. How To Customize IPhone Wallpaper As Google Calendar And Notes

   gCalWall Lite enables users to add their upcoming Google Calendar appointments to their home/unlock screens.

   

4. How To Train Your IPhone To Learn New Words

   You can train your phone to “remember” words if you type them repeatedly, but this tutorial will teach you a better way to train your iPhone to learn new words on the fly.

5. How To Select Other Domain Name Endings

   When you type a website URL in the address bar, you can now hold down the “.com” button to get a selection of other domain name endings and tap on any of the endings to insert them in the address bar. [via tuaw]

   

6. How To Take Screen Shot

   Hold the “home” button, then hit the “power/sleep” button, the screen will momentarily flash, and the iPhone’s current screen contents will be saved to the Camera Roll.

   

7. How To Hide SMS Preview

   With Show SMS Preview disabled you will only get a generic “New Text Message”.

   Go to “General > Passcode Lock” and enter a 4-digit passcode. After that disable “Show SMS Preview”.

   

8. How To Increase The Volume Of The Ringer

   Your iPhone’s ringer volume issue can be resolved by using a custom ringtone rather than ringtones currently available on the iPhone.

   

9. How To Save Images In Safari And Mail

   Just touch and hold an image in Safari or Mai, an action sheet will be presented to enable you to save the image. The image will get stored in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.

   

10. How To Insert Extra Punctuation Keys

    Touch and hold the punctuation key and you get a set of additional keys to choose from.

    

11. How To Force Quit An App

    Have you ever been using an app and it’s become completely frozen? You can actually apply a force quit on it by pressing the Home button for at least six seconds.

    

12. How To Switch Punctuation Keys To Alphabet Keys Quickly

    Mode changes in between the punctuation keys and alphabet keys are pretty annoying. To solve it, just press the “.?123″ key, but don’t lift your finger as the punctuation layout appears. Slide your finger a half inch onto the period or comma key, and release. The ABC layout returns automatically.

    

13. How To Fast Forward/Rewind Music & Video

    Press and hold the skip forward/back arrows to fast forward or rewind rather than skip tracks. Also, press on the album art to manually FF/rewind.

    

14. How To Access IPod Controls Or Phone Favorites Instantly

    Go to “Settings – General – Home Button”. You can customize by double-clicking the Home Button goes to Home, Phone Favorites or iPod Controls.

    

15. How To Maximize IPhone Battery Life

    Here’s how to live with the iPhone’s battery life while using it a whole lot.

    

16. How To Erase IPhone Data Thoroughly

    A method that should wipe out almost all remnants of your personal data.

    

17. How To Backup Your IPhone Contacts

    A neat application dubbed IDrive Lite that allows you to backup, share and restore all your iPhone contacts completely free of charge if you’ve updated your iPhone software to 2.0.

    

18. How To Design IPhone Themes

    If you’re bored with your default iPhone theme and plan to get more funky on it, you can visitiPhone Theme Generator and grab your own customized theme. It also provides a very good guide on how to install the theme into your iPhone.

    

19. How To Access The Scientific Calculator

    To access the scientific calculator, just rotate your iphone sideways into landscape orientation while using the calculator.

    

20. How To Share Your IPhone Apps With Others

    Melvin Rivera has a great step by step set up, so if you are a multiple iPhone family then you may want to head on over and check it out.

    

21. How To Use IPhone As External Disk

    DiskAid is a tool (freeware) for PC and Mac which enables to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as external Disk. With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders via USB between your device and your Computer.

    

22. How To Create Free IPhone Ringtones Using ITunes In Windows

    A few steps you can actually convert a DRM-free song into a ringtone using only iTunes in Windows.

    

23. How To Convert Videos For Your IPhone

    An useful resource for converting videos online as well as off. This tutorial also teaches you on how to copy videos to your iTunes and iPhone.

    

24. How To Sync An IPhone With Multiple Computers

    This tutorial allows you to add music/videos/podcasts from multiple machines.

    

25. How To Migrate Cell Phone Data To IPhone 3G

    Fone2Phone can help you migrate contacts, events, tasks, notes, bookmarks, photos, music and movies to the iPhone 3G.

With the application, millions of students and learners accustomed to logging in to their institution’s Blackboard platform every day can now tap in to mobile learning opportunities by receiving updates and alerts on grades, assignments, tests and other information from courses as well as groups and organizations of which they are part on their iPhone or iPod touch.

The app’s benefit include:

• A seamless learning environment
• Extended to the places and devices learners prefer
• Through a secure, centrally hosted service

According to Michael L. Chasen, president and CEO of Blackboard, the app is part of their effort to help students more deeply engage in the educational experience that are not bound by time or place.

A number of features are to be included within the update. Notable mentions include the cut & paste feature. Others detail the upgrade of operating system to bring the iPhone to be more “people-centric”. The goal here to see the features available through alternate phones and manufacturers (like HTC Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2).

Arm your calendar, set your alarms, cancel all appointments! This will be ‘the’ day for existing iPhone users. More over if there is no need to get my hardware it will be that little more magical. Live blogging will be available with SlashGear live through http://live.slashgear.com from 10am. There may be a few surprises from Apple on this one… No excuses people!