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The new features in iPhone OS 3.0

Apple just presented iPhone OS 3.0. This is a major upgrades of the iPhone firmware, which will offer many new features. Here is a quick summary of the main new features announced by Greg Joswiak, vice president of marketing for the iPod/iPhone division and Scott Forstall, vice president of iPhone software division.

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PdaNet now works over USB

I discovered yesterday a really interesting feature in the latest version of PdaNet : the iPhone's Internet access sharing through PdaNet now works over USB !

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PdaNet: a modem without SOCKS

After Netshare, iPhone Modem, SOCKS Relay or OpenSSH, which allow the use of the iPhone's Internet connection to access the Internet from a computer with software compatible with SOCKS proxy, a new solution has just made its appearance on Cydia: PdaNet. Yet another SOCKS proxy? No!

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New version of iPhone Tunnel Suite

iPhone Tunnel Suite version 2.6 (Beta) has been released yesterday. This new version has a redesigned interface, without the Windows that had to stay in the background, an improved integration of WinSCP and PuTTY (no more need to connect manually), a SOCKS proxy (for connecting to the Internet from a PC via the connection of the iPhone).

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Use your iPhone as a modem, or almost...

Today, most smartphones can be used as wireless modems either via Bluetooth or via USB. On the iPhone, Apple has chosen not to offer such features, probably to please mobile operators (inevitably, with an unlimited data plan, it is very tempting to use the connection of the iPhone on a laptop...). However, there are several ways to circumvent this limitation.

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