I don’t really pay attention to smart phone’s that seem to come and go. Not that I am an Apple fan boy, but nothing compares to my iPhone. I can do video editing if I wanted, then still drop to shell and do a nmap scan, even use Metasploit. But then I saw this story on someone getting an NES emulator.

It’s not for the faint of heart, as it’ll require you to gain root access to your Pre followed by compiling FCEUltra and then tweaking a few display settings to get the games to run at 320×480 resolution. But if you’ve gotten your hands dirty before and you know your way around Linux, it’s a fairly straightforward five-step process. Actually, the fifth step is “Play your favorite games.” So that’s an easy one.

I now have a new found respect for the phone, but I doubt it is enough to ever think about getting rid of my precious iPhone. And yes, the iPhone does have an NES emulator.

(Via CrunchGear)

I have to admit that I have an obsession with Underworld on the iPhone. And the ability to be notified of drug deals is exciting. But this thing just has disaster all over it. The only way I can see the push system working, is sadly if they make it only available on non-free apps.

With WWDC and presumably the release of iPhone OS 3.0 just around the corner, Apple has deemed it time to begin stress-testing their Push Notification servers. We just received a letter from a (very) trusted source, in which Apple invited them to download a pre-release version of the Associated Press iPhone application, specifically tuned to make a high number of background push requests.

Upon adding the application, an iPhone-wide “Notifications” toggle is added to the iPhone OS 3.0 Settings screen, along with the option to toggle Notifications on an app-by-app basis.

Problem is that every notification pushed to your phone goes through the Apple servers. Thousands Millions of Twitter notifications will surely bring the system to a grinding halt within hours.

(Via MobileCrunch)

I remember when Myst came out on the Mac. I was actually pretty young, but a friend of my dads had it. We went over and played it for hours. The graphics were truly amazing at the time, it pulled you into the story like nothing else could. Then it come for my wonderful PC. I hated it . . I could never figure out how to do a damn thing.

Now all those wonderful feelings can be experienced again. Myst enters the app store today at a very nice price of $5.99. But what it lacks in price it makes up for in size. The app downloads at 730mb, but needs a whopping 1.5gb to play!

Here is some more info from 9to5Mac

- All the original Ages & gameplay

- High quality images (better than original Myst)

- Full music & sound effects

- Original movies & animations

- Auto-save (when quitting or phone call)

- “Bookmark” system to save & restore progress

- Swipe to turn

- Auto-zoom in certain close-up areas

- Quick access to hint guide

We even have a video too:

(Via 9to5Mac.)