[geeks] iPhone interface

[Shannon Hendrix]

On May 18, 2009, at 06:21 , Lionel Peterson wrote:

> On May 18, 2009, at 5:24 AM, Jonathan Groll <lists at groll.co.za> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 02:36:58PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>> I don't really care where the keyboard is. What I hate is the   
>>>> #*@(&#(!@
>>>> auto-complete "to make my life easier." It seems like you can't  
>>>> turn  it
>>>> off, or edit the words so my text messages are full of wrong words
>>>> because the stupid thing won't let me correct the words.
>>>
>>
>> What I care about is ssh. Is there a good ssh client for the iPhone?
>> Does the client provide a control and alt key (I'm an emacs user)?
>>
>> A very geeky question, I know, but this *is* the geeks list.
>
> There is a app called Touch Term that has a free version as well as  
> a paid version - a web search (or iTunes search) should turn up  
> specifics, but the free version suffices for occasional use (but I  
> don't recall trying to do any "heavy lifting" with it). It does  
> telnet and SSH.
>
> There's also a few handy network tools, including a ping 'scanner'  
> that will scan /24 range of addresses (for example  
> 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.255) and highlight IP addresses where a  
> response is returned).

There is also an ssh server in the iPhone which you can access if you  
jailbreak it, among other things.

Also the rumor is that Apple is opening up the dock connector in V3  
software so developers can connected their own devices.

For examplle: Targus folding keyboard... yeah baby... :)


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