Sun  had received 16 prototypes from the assembly line at Foxconn. He was responsible for shipping the devices to Apple. Over the next several days Sun discovered the device was missing. According to reports, the young man reported the missing device and was then subjected to illegal search of his home. Sun was then detained and physically abused according to some reports.

The case has yet to be translated into English by any major news source so many details are still unclear. Some sources have reported that this was not Sun’s first indiscretion which may have contributed to the harsh actions taken by Foxconn, his employer.  According to surveillance footage, the young man leaped from his apartment window to his death. Chinese authorities are continuing their investigation into this tragic death.

Apple is known for its ability to create new and exciting technologies so it is no surprise that an employee in the position Sun was in would be under extreme pressure to keep his work a secret. I can’t help but wonder however, could this be something more malicious?

Any thoughts?

Sources: Digital Beat, Switched.com

I welcome any ideas/suggestions for future growth (feel free to comment here) and we will be moving a few new ideas through in hopes to better provide for the community.

In this next day or two please bare with us as I move the site to new servers.

Thanks for sticking by Sleepers.net and we look forward to great things in the future!

Matt

First up are the two most complained about shortcomings from the iPhone since day one.

Cut, copy  and paste. This long overdue feature seems to be implemented very cleanly but still begs the universal question, “Really? Took that long?”

Multimedia Messaging. Again, a feature that most dumbphones have already, yet was fully lacking in this otherwise powerhouse device. The bad news here is that this feature is included in the OS, but AT&T still will not be capable of turning it on until “later in the summer”. A point that makes you wonder, is this some bass ackwards marketing stunt, or is someone asleep at the wheel?

The rest of the features of the OS are new additions that make you wanna forget about the first two epic FAILs.

iTunes now supports the rent and purchase of movies, downloaded TV shows, iTunes U access as well as giftcard redemption. Sweet, those last minute creepy uncle Charlie Christmas presents won’t go to waste!

Tom Tom is on board the new OS providing turn by turn directions. Catching up with the likes of VZ Navigator and Sprint Navigation this feature should help level the field with the other smart phones already implementing this. The details of service/cost/features/etc are scarce at the moment but things should get clearer as we get closer to release.

Peer- to -Peer connectivity is available in the new OS allowing games to be played between other iPhones in the proximity and should not require pairing or anything more complex then a simple search.

iPhone locator service will be available to MobileMe users, allowing them to find their lost iPhone on a map via a computer. Or, if need be, send the phone a message giving instructions to call you so that anyone who might find it knows to get in touch with you. The phone will also be capable of emitting a locator noise even if the speaker is off. Also available is the remote wipe feature allowing those who suspect their iPhone to be stolen to remove all data from it remotely. Ya know, in case you’re all up into the espionage stuff, or you’re worried people will see how many times a day you text the phrase LOL.

Tethering is also on the radar in this release. However, AT&T will be the bottleneck of progress again by their announcement that this feature will be available in the future. Again, asleep at the wheel fellas or just like to laurel-rest?

Finally for you devs out there the newest round of integratable pieces may tickle your fancy. OS 3.0 will include the option to embed purchases, Google Maps and Push notifications. Yes nerds, drool away.

All in all, good positive release. Would be nicer to not have to wait for AT&T to get their crap in order, or to have to qualify a few of these with, “Shouldda been there from the start” but in the grand scheme of things a good forward step in the right direction. But for those out there that can’t ever get enough here are a few honorable mentions in bullet form:

* Stereo Bluetooth

* The ability to forward text messages and delete individual messages in a thread

* Forward meeting invites and contacts

* A voice memo recorder

* A shake-to-shuffle feature like on the iPod Nano

* Wi-Fi auto log-in

* Http streaming audio and video

The new bells and whistles on the “S” include 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 30fps video, extended battery life, compass and a 3MP cam. Plus a barely pronounceable Apple-ism called a “fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating” which is either a nifty new coating that keeps your iPhone shiny or an excellent source of calcium, we’re not sure at the moment.

Pricing for the 3G-S is $199/16G and $299/32G, which will be available June 18th. And that wallet friendly $99 old school 3G is available now.

For those who drool over detailed tech specs be sure to check out the nifty comparison chart over at Engadget Mobile, here.

You can download the latest version of Kryptes on your iPhone by opening your existing version, clicking Update when you are prompted, and then click the Update button.  Voila, done.

If you don’t already have Kryptes, you can go to Cydia, add one of the following sources:

1. http://www.kryptes.net/kryptes
OR (not both)
2. http://repo.sleepers.net/cydia

Then search for Kryptes and download.

Features Added:

• Comments section added for users to post their thoughts on each app, theme, and or ringtone.
• Rating system now available on the actual application.
• Sleepers renovated their depiction pages to be a little cleaner.

New Repo Addition:

Simple SDK

Thanks for your support!

- Matt (flex)

Repos:
We’ve added yet another repo to our ever-growing list.

Zane App Inc

Which has contributed approximately 40+ applications to our application.

Feature Reminder:

For existing repositories, please remember you can add web-based links to your websites for your debian packages.   If uses are navigating your site on the phone they can download these packages straight from your site.  Kryptes will handle all debian file downloads direct from your website.   We’ve setup a mock page below:

http://repo.sleepers.net/kryptes_pages.php

View in your mobile browser and you will clearly see how this could work for you!

Thanks for all your help!

Matt (flex)

A special thanks to everyone who made videos about Kryptes, but since bbsipodtouchhelp was the first we figured a post and link to his YouTube profile was in order.

Thank you for the video and keep up the great work!

PS. Ignore the crash, we are pretty sure this is fixed now

Here is a list of the upgrades that took place over the last week:
Features/Updates for the new package:

1 - KDownloader Beta:

Kryptes now allows site downloads for our developers.  They can post their deb file in the following format on their own websites:
kryptes://theirdomainname.com/path/to/debfile.deb?title=MyTitle&packagekey=com.whatever.yourpackage&version=1

Things to note:
[title] = Alphanumeric with NO spaces or special characters.
[packagekey] = must match package key of deb file.
[version] = Numeric, no spaces or special characters.

2 - Stylistic Upgrades:
Ok, everyone saw the mis-alignments and various oddities with how things were oriented.  Well now that should be remedied for the most part.

3 - Downloading files:
We have changed the way Kryptes downloads files which should prevent a lot of the crash reports that we received in this past week.  We have also bogged down on some other memory issues that could be the cause of this.

4. - Worth Mentioning
Any repo using target=’_blank’ in their depiction pages will NOT work in Kryptes.  They are planning a fix for this in the next upgrade however, for now if you want your links to work, don’t use it.

Please do let us know either by posting here or sending in emails as you have done before. We look forward to your feedback!

Below is a list of the respective hosting repos:

1. http://njustin.co.cc
2. http://iz3​ro.uuuq.co​m
3. http://PwnCenter.com - Another automated repository run by our friend Nick Frey - Nice work Nick!
4. http://www.blog.com.es
5. http://winterb​oarder.com - This repo boasts very nice, professional designed themes and wallpapers.

Even though we did receive over 40 repos to the system many of them did not work and we were unable to add them as a source. IF you did submit a repo and do not see it in the list please resubmit and we will attempt to re-add you to the Kryptes source.

Everyone please remember you are a default source in Kryptes. We are working on an update that will help with the identification of your repo in the package listing/detail area.

Thank you for your submissions and we hope this helps increase your overall package distribution.

In Cydia:

• Load Cydia
• Go to Manage > Sources
• Press on Edit
• Press on Add
• Enter: http://www.kryptes.net/kryptes
• Press on Add Source
• Press Done

After you complete these steps you will be taken back to the Source page, you should see www.kryptes.net as a source, simply press on the Kryptes Source then the package and then press install.

Again, we would like to thank everyone for their on going support…