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iPhoneNotes 0.6 is out now with a brandnew icon (thank you verry much Cola Sheep).
The bad appostrophe bug is fixed too. Check it out http://www.v1ru8.net/iphonenotes

Today I can release a new version of iPhoneNotes. It supports now colored notes on your iPhone. Have a look at the product page

iPhoneNotes 0.4 is out now! See the product page for more information.

I’m glad to release a new version of iPhoneNotes today. I fixed some bugs and since 0.1.1 I’ve added some new features like auto-update and a Bonjour browser. iPhoneNotes is now Universal Binary!
Download: iPhoneNotes 0.3
Changelog:

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Since I’m developing the iPhoneNotes application i worked alot with the iPhone Notes database. This database is the data-source for my app. But it has a terrible layout:
CREATE TABLE Note (creation_date INTEGER, title TEXT, summary TEXT)
CREATE TABLE note_bodies (note_id INTEGER, data, UNIQUE(note_id))

• column note_id is assigned to the rowid from the Note table (don’t like that but it works)
• In the Note database is the title of the note stored. And in the summary column is the content of the note store if it isn’t too big (absolutely don’t understand why?!?!)
• the data column from the note_bodies database contains the content of the note always. But in a really strange pseudo HTML format. Every line is in a div element and sometimes it has a br element at the end of the line. The problem is that these div tags are not every time closed correct. So it is impossible to parse it with an XML parser.(I hate things like that)
• Because the content of the note is stored twice it has a terrible data redundancy! I don’t understand why that is needed.

So Apple please update the notes application in version 2.0. The actual note’s db is not how things should be done!

Since apple is building and updating the iPhone software they’ve forgotten to deal with the Notes on your iPhone. They’ve just backed up them and thats not enough for me. So today I release an application to manage the iPhone Notes on your Mac.
Currently implemented features:

• Download notes from your iPhone
• View the notes
• Edit (change,add and remove)
• Save them back to your iPhone

All that is currently just possible with a jailbroken iphone and installed OpneSSH over WiFi. But I’m trying to support a cable based notes transfer which should work with every iPhone.

Known issues:

• Works just with 1.1.3 or higher
• Only over WiFi with a jailbroken iPhone
• Sometimes nothing sows up. Just try to download the notes again and have a look at the log window

Download here: iPhoneNotes 0.1.1

This software is totally free and comes with absolutely no warranty

Update:
Version 0.1.1 added with fixed resizing problem.

Now I’m using the iPhone firmware 1.1.3 for almost three weeks. Now it’s time to write a short blog post about it.

It’s definitely the best update since the iPhone is on the market. It has a much improved stability and it’s much faster then all prior releases. The cover flow does not anymore crash all the times! I’m very happy with the new links in your springboard feature, that’s super! The lyrics feature is pretty good when you are watching podcasts!

The google maps locate me feature is not working very good. Most time it displays a radius of over 20km. But one time it helped me actually finding a location :-). Although i must say i love the paper scrolling effect in the new maps app. Please make more suggestive use of the core animation technology.

So now I’m waiting for the SDK. I have already an idea for an iPhone app but maybe it will take till summer to realize it because I will never have the time to work on it ;-). However I hope i can release an other iPhone tool soon. Be patient!

Recapitulatory i can say the update was absolutely worth it. Till it is so easy to update with ZiPhone (actually it’s even easier then it was on my last blog post) everybody should update!

After I got some problems with anySIM during the update from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 (be sure to be in airplane mode during unlocking with anySIM and installing iWorld from the Installer to get SMS and Phone working) it is now finally working.
The main fixes for me in this version are:

• Localized - keyboards and auto correction*
• Receiving SMS’s from the mailbox
• EDGE settings are now stored properly*
• TIFF exploit fixed (now I’m sleeping better) *

However that’s all it’s not really more. Or have I forgotten something? I don’t think so. In the daily usage it’s not a big change, maybe it is a bit faster and more stable but that’s all.The problems I get during the update (missed up that airplane mode thing) were it not worth. So I would not do it again!

* workaround for 1.1.1 is also available