iPhoney is apparently a way to test out how an app will look on the iPhone:

http://marketcircle.com/iphoney/
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/06/21/iphoney-iphone-web-simulator/

I don't get how Petri is using the term though. Maybe he is emulating an
iPhone on his Palm Pilot? ;)

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Tim Fournet wrote:
> What is this "iPhoney" you speak of? I'm not aware of such a device. At 
> first I thought you just made a typo when you meant "iPhone" but you 
> keep doing it, so it must be a different product
> 
> 
> 
> Petri Laihonen wrote:
>> To clarify.......  
>> I did not use Amarok to make the tones.....   Normal audio command line 
>> tools would do, or iTunes itself.
>>
>> To transfer the tones into the iPhoney, that is the difficult part 
>> without iTunes. The whole scheme is designed so that average user go buy 
>> a song from Apple, then selects part of the song as ringtone, then buys 
>> that again. So you have to pay apple twice.
>>
>> petri
>>
>> Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>   
>>> yes....  That is easy.....  I made ringtones for iPhoney before it was
>>> released.
>>> NOT using the iTunes is the key part for the process.
>>>
>>> There are very cumbersome instructions on the web about how to do it via
>>> Amarok, but that only works for pwned devices, if correctly detected.
>>>
>>> Petri
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim Fournet wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Also, as another member of this list showed me, you can easily convert 
>>>> any mp3 into a ringtone using iTunes, just a couple renaming tricks and 
>>>> dropping into the right folders. I don't have the exact steps, but he 
>>>> may want to chime in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nashid Hasan wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>> All the free ringtones you want for iphone at http://audiko.net/
>>>>>
>>>>> --Nash
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/29/08 9:05 AM, "Petri Laihonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     There is potential with that device, if it would work....just lots of
>>>>>     work..... ATT wireless infrastructure also needs to step up to match
>>>>>     their claims.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Are the RDP apps free, or does one have to pay "taxes" to apple like
>>>>>     with every turn you make on the street?
>>>>>     If they are free, where did you found them? Especially I may be
>>>>>     interested about connecting to windows server via ssh tunnel. With
>>>>>     Nokia
>>>>>     smartphones, you have been able to do that for
>>>>>     years.....unfortunately I
>>>>>     don't have one anymore.....  I wore one out in 5 years.... and got
>>>>>     sent
>>>>>     this one to replace it.....  bad trade overall.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Another drawback with FW2.0 for me was that now I can not hear it
>>>>>     ringing anymore......   Upon a call, first thing I hear, if at all, is
>>>>>     the vibrating noise against the table, then perhaps a bit of ringing
>>>>>     sound when concentrating to it.
>>>>>
>>>>>     As a mobile content provider, it is not too great either.....  I have
>>>>>     created a method where I can provide wallpapers to non-pwned
>>>>>     iPhone (Now
>>>>>     that Safari is partially fixed in FW2), but I doubt Apple will
>>>>>     never let
>>>>>     third parties to provide ringtones. I can not expect every customer to
>>>>>     know how to pwn their iPhoneys....
>>>>>
>>>>>     Petri
>>>>>
>>>>>     Tim Fournet wrote:
>>>>>     > I'm liking my iPhone, especially with 2.0 firmware. I've got
>>>>>     push/pull
>>>>>     > contacts/email/calendar with Zimbra, and it's amazing. I can use the
>>>>>     > iPhone take a photo of someone for their phone book entry, and
>>>>>     watch as
>>>>>     > it pops up on the web interface within about 3 seconds. There are
>>>>>     > finally some decent SSH and RDP apps as well.
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > On my work desk, I've got Fedora 9, Vista, and an IGEL thin client
>>>>>     > running Linux
>>>>>     > At home, I've got Vista for games (TF2) and a Fedora laptop for
>>>>>     > email/surfing/SSHing
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     >
>>>>>     > Petri Laihonen wrote:
>>>>>     >  
>>>>>     >> Yes...
>>>>>     >> I have that iPhoney too, but I find it sooo.... paperweight with
>>>>>     sexy
>>>>>     >> UI. Extremely crippled thingy.... Luckily I did not have to pay
>>>>>     for it.
>>>>>     >> Now, after upgrading to the firmware 2.x.x, the mail application
>>>>>     crashes
>>>>>     >> every time.....  Apple seems to care none, which is their normal
>>>>>     >> policy.  So  I need to pwn it to be able to fix the mail app.
>>>>>     "Hackers"
>>>>>     >> have posted instructions to the fix about 1.5 months ago...  
>>>>>     >> Unfortunately there is no Linux based pwn tool, and trying to
>>>>>     connect
>>>>>     >> and manage the phoney via windows in virtual machine simply does 
>>>>> not
>>>>>     >> work. (Its detected and that's all, no real connection can be
>>>>>     established.)
>>>>>     >>
>>>>>     >> Petri
>>>>>     >>
>>>>>     >> Shannon Roddy wrote:
>>>>>     >>  
>>>>>     >>    
>>>>>     >>> Laptop: OSS with ubuntu/vmware.  XP only when absolutely
>>>>>     >>> necessary,which is maybe twice a month.
>>>>>     >>> Home: ubuntu
>>>>>     >>> Work: ubuntu/solaris 10
>>>>>     >>> Cell:  read the sig below.  ;-)
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>> On Aug 28, 2008, at 15:27, willhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>     >>>
>>>>>     >>>  
>>>>>     >>>    
>>>>>     >>>      
>>>>>     >>>> What is your primary desktop OS?
>>>>>     >>>> 1.  At home
>>>>>     >>>> 2.  At work
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