Iphones

This week in Apple: Mac software updates, Walmart iPhones, and more Mac clones — If you were wishing for a $99 iPhone from Walmart, you may want to start letting yourself down now. This week also brought us news about the upcoming Macworld Expo, Mac software updates, iPhone developer gripes, and yet even more Mac clones. Read More...... [Tags: apple mac, expo mac, gripes, iphone, iphones]

Apple's Holiday Pitch For The iPhone: We Have Great Games (AAPL) — Nintendo's (NTDOY) DS may be beating Sony's (SNE) PSP in the portable game console fight, but there's a new kid in town: Apple (AAPL), which is increasingly touting its iPhone and iPod touch as a place to play games. At a San Jose "iPhone tech talk" event, Engadget heard Apple's John Geleynse call the iPhone a "gaming console," and reports Apple is planning a series of events with game publisher Electronic Arts (ERTS) to talk up the iPhone's capability for games. And then there's this new Web ad for the iPod touch in the works, riffing off its TV commercials,... [Tags: aapl, e reader, electronic arts, engadget, free apps]

Gifts for Geeks Under $100 — This is Hunter White’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit - your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own: Last year I sent Chris a top ten list for Xbox 360 gifts for the holidays. This year it is a top five list for gifts under a 100 dollars each. In the economic crisis we are experiencing, we all have to save... [Tags: amazon store, clock, economic crisis, five minutes, geeks]

iPhone sold through Wal-Mart this month? — After rumors surfaced last week regarding a $99 iPhone sold through retail giant Wal-Mart, Bloomberg has apparently partially confirmed the speculation, reporting that "two store representatives saying the world's largest retailer will carry two models of the Web-surfing handset this month." The store will reportedly start selling iPhones on ...... [Tags: bloomberg, iphone, iphones, models, saying the world]

iPhone projector graffiti — The Zeptotools blog posted this demo of an iPhone application they are hoping to release. I haven't used the application or seen it outside of this video, but I like the idea of adding whiteboard features to the iPhone by sending screen data to a nearby laptop with an attached projector. What would really be something is if someone extended this idea to allow multiple iPhones to draw collaboratively to a single projector screen. Zeptotools developers blog Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in iPhone | Digg this!... [Tags: blog, demo, developers, graffiti, iphone]

Rumor: Walmart Getting a 4GB, $99 iPhone? [Rumors] — This rumor has been popping up and hitting me in the face all day, from all angles. Wired, Boy Genius, and Engadget have all reported it as a strong rumor, while some sites are claiming it as fact. What's the story? The story is, there is no story. At least, not yet. There has been no official announcement and as our own lovable Jesus said, a $99 iPhone doesn't really mesh with Apple's pricing strategy. Times are tough, certainly, but the iPhone is still selling quite well and there's really no need for Apple to go this route. On the... [Tags: amp, angles, apple, boy genius, brochure]

SitOrSquat tells you where to go (literally) — SitOrSquat is a handy service that helps you find the nearest public bathroom. Unlike MizPee, which has been doing this since October of last year, SitOrSquat has gotten its act together enough to put out two great apps for iPhones and Blackberry phones. The key benefit of these being the inclusion of GPS, which narrows down where you are with just one click. If you're in a hurry--which is inevitable when using a service like this, this feature is immensely helpful. In addition to its GPS locating, the mobile application lets you take photos of the facilities from your... [Tags: apps, bells and whistles, blackberry, central library, deal breakers]

Flickr Updates Mobile Site, Adds Video Playback for iPhones — Flickr is rolling out a new and improved version of its mobile website, the company announced Thursday. In addition to some enhancements to the mobile site's user interface, the update adds video playback capability -- something previously missing from the Flickr mobile experience. Video playback will only work on the iPhone and iPod Touch right now, but Flickr plans to add support for other smart mobile devices in the coming weeks and months. A strong mobile experience in a must for the photo-sharing site, especially now as camera-equipped mobile devices become ubiquitous. Almost everyone carries around personal photos and... [Tags: entire community, flickr, frontdoor, guitar hero, interface enhancements]

'Tap Tap Dance" an iPhone stage for hot musicians (AFP) — AFP - A "Tap Tap Dance" videogame built exclusively for Apple's hip iPhones was launched Thursday, challenging users to stay in rhythm with songs by tapping the device's screen in time to the music.... [Tags: apple, iphone, iphones, music, musicians]

What Is Your Favorite TV Tech Show of 2008? — It is a great year for TV Tech, kids! To get this Best of 2008 party going, we'll be looking at the geeky goings-on of the boob tube. There's always a cell phone trade-up on Gossip Girl, not to mention a profusion of posts on the namesake blog and secrets passed around on flash drives, while on Lipstick Jungle, the well-connected ladies vie for the latest Apple product. And let's not forget the BlackBerry bunnies of The Hills! But less likely veterans made a play for the geekiest show honor as well; 30 Rock integrated iPhones, while The Office geeked-out... [Tags: apple product, blackberry, bluetooth, boob tube, bunnies]

EFF Seeks DMCA Exemption for iPhone Jailbreaking — Electronic Frontier Foundation asks Copyright Office for a DMCA exemption for cell phone jailbreaking -- liberating iPhones and other handsets to run applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker. Hundreds of thousands of iPhone owners have jailbroken their iPhones in order to use applications obtained from sources other than Apple's own iTunes App Store. - If it were legal, would it be a jailbreak? The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is requesting a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) exemption for cell phone users who jailbreak -- or hack -- their devices to run third party applications from... [Tags: apple, cell phone users, copyright office, digital millennium copyright act, dmca]

Apple's unexpected iPod shortage spreading — Although Macs and iPhones were seen as Apple's ticket to a healthy holiday quarter, the electronics maker has reportedly been struck by surprising demand for iPods and is now scurrying to restock some of its reseller channels.... [Tags: apple, holiday quarter, iphones, ipod shortage, ipods]

Turning Japanese: iPhone Hack Has Emoji Working Overtime — Emoji.  They're the bastard offspring of Pokemon and Hello Kitty: graphic emoticons that are all the rage amongst the Land of the Rising Sun's tween population.  And for the longest time -- possibly for good reason -- Japanese iPhones didn't offer Emoji support.  Well, that's not entirely true: it was included in the iPhone 2.2 firmware on the SoftBank network, but not for anyone else.Turns out a simple patching process will give you access to something on the order of a gazillion Emoji emoticons: You need to edit the file /User/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist on the device -> whether you use a... [Tags: all the rage, bastard offspring, boolean, emoji, emoticons]

Apple’s Reduced iPhone Production Hurts Infineon — Buried in the long, confessional press release from Infineon (IFX) about its woeful outlook is a tidbit that appears to confirm recent reports that Apple (AAPL) has slowed production of the iPhone. In the release, Infineon reports that “revenues in the Wireless Solutions segment” in the December quarter “are anticipated to be strongly negatively impacted by the weakening of global demand and, in addition, by a reduction in demand at one specific customer.” (emphasis added.) Infineon provides Apple with the HSDPA wireless data chip used in the iPhone. Analysts note that in the September quarter, Infineon actually outperformed expectations due... [Tags: aapl, channel inventory, citigroup, craig berger, data chip]

Apple’s iPhone is the star in a series of charts published Tuesday by Needham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf. The first is a quarter-by-quarter snapshot of the worldwide smartphone market that shows a sharp uptick in Apple’s (AAPL) share set against the downward drift of its major competitors — Nokia’s (NOK) Symbian, RIM’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Mobile. The second chart shows the same data without Symbian — which lets you zero in on the competition between the iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. In this chart, the rise in Apple’s market share after the July release of the... [Tags: 3g, aapl, charles wolf, drift, grabs]

Apple's Top iPhone Game Seller: Apple (AAPL) — Leading Apple's (AAPL) best-selling iPhone games list: Apple. Apple said today that its Texas Hold'em poker game is the most-purchased iPhone/iPod touch game so far, beating games from the likes of Vivendi, Sega, Freeverse, and Pangea Software. What does this mean? Apple isn't disclosing how many copies of its game it sold for $5. (We know it's more than 500,000, but that's it.) So we don't know how much revenue or profit Apple got from its game -- not enough to matter, anyway. We also don't know if Apple actually built the app or if it contracted another company to... [Tags: aapl, apple iphone, electronic arts, freeverse, game platform]

List of Most Downloaded iPhone Apps is Full of Frivolous Crap [IPhone Apps] — With Apple hitting the 10,000 app milestone, they've just released the stats for the most downloaded apps in a number of categories. And boy, they sure do prove that you people like frivolous, stupid crap on your iPhones. Seriously, Koi Pond is the top paid app overall? No wonder we're in a recession, all that money spent on Koi Pond could have bailed out one of the big three automakers. And why isn't Bloom in the top music apps? Get on board with Bloom, people. Here's the full rundown: Top Paid Apps (Overall): 1. Koi Pond 2. Texas Hold’em 3.... [Tags: audi a4, bejeweled 2, big three automakers, bubblewrap, crash bandicoot nitro kart]

No, the iPhone Doesn’t Appeal to Business Customers at All … [Digital Daily] — $500 fully subsidized with a plan! I said that is the most expensive phone in the world and it doesn’t appeal to business customers because it doesn’t have a keyboard which makes it not a very good email machine. …Right now we’re selling millions and millions and millions of phones a year, Apple is selling zero phones a year. In six months, they’ll have the most expensive phone by far ever in the marketplace and let’s see … what’s the expression? Let’s see how the competition goes. – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the iPhone, Jan. 2007 “Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone... [Tags: aapl, apple, business customers, ceo steve ballmer, charles wolf]

Behind the scenes: Unlocking iPhones in Vietnam — In a small workshop on a quiet block in Hanoi, Tuan Anh Do runs a bustling business unlocking iPhones and other mobile handsets. CNET News.com's Dong Ngo paid a visit and was impressed by what he saw... [Tags: dong ngo, hanoi, iphones, mobile handsets, quiet block]

iPhone as Medical Device — Learn how Researchers at the University of Calgary and beyond are using their iPhones.... [Tags: iphone, iphones, medical device, university of calgary]