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Whas has Google done with its June 2011 PR update

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:06:00 +0000

Don't get me wrong, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but can't understand why this blog has just been awarded a PR4, despite having hardly any incoming backlinks.

Very strange, I might even go as far as concluding that they want to devalue the worth of PR, if there ever was any, so that webmasters take less heed of it. That would certainly be a kick in the teeth for link sellers!

Interested in hearing other views.

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Windows Phone 7 retains free Last.fm service

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:23:00 +0000

Come February 15, the application versions of Last.fm will no longer be free, except for Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7 users.

A post on Last.fm's website has outlined it will no longer be offering its radio service for free within applications and home entertainment devices, unless you are an Xbox Live user or own a Windows Phone 7 handset.

This means if you have Last.fm Android or free iPhone version, when February 15 arrives the service will require you to upgrade to its new premium service.

Don't despair, though. The change to the mobile applications may mean your radio listening is no longer gratuit, but you will only have to pay a measly £3 a month, about the same as it would cost to buy a pricey cup of coffee or sponsor a badger.

And let's remember Xbox Live itself is a premium service, costing a few quid a month. We're not so sure why Windows Phone 7 has remained free, but we aren't complaining.

Why the change? Quoting the post from the Last.fm website, the company said, "On the Last.fm website an ad-supported, free-to-listeners model is what supports our online radio services in the US, UK and Germany.

"In other markets and on emerging mobile and home entertainment devices, it is not practical for us to deliver an ad supported radio experience, but instead, we will migrate to what we believe is the highest quality, lowest cost ad-free music service in the world."

So is anything else affected by the change? Apparently not. "This change only affects the radio component of Last.fm’s services on mobile and home entertainment devices.

Other features of our service — like scrobbling, music and event recommendations, social networking and community forums, and Last.fm’s wiki-based artist information pages — remain free to users worldwide."

The Last.fm application is free to download.

Source: Know Your Mobile

Paying With Your iPhone - Swipe Payment System Technology Close?

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:57:00 +0000

Reports are emerging that future Apple iPhones ( as well as perhaps the iPad) could have capabilities to spend electronically by a swipe system within the iPhone.

It's rumoured that the fifth generation white iPhone 5 will have these capabilities. The launch date just for this new innovation is anticipated around June 2011. Many technology experts are suggesting that the iPhones will include Near Field Communications (NFC) to make this capability possible.

This new technology could mark the start of the finish for using plastic charge cards via a payment system integrated into your iPhone. It will be interesting to find out how credit card companies react and what impact it has on their own business.

Although it's not yet sure Apple have formed any handles NFC, typical sense says that Near Field Communications would like to hook up with Apple and spend money on this advancement.

Recently there have been several statements released through high technology sites including Tech Radar (in the last few days) and Crone Consulting suggesting this rumour will end up reality.

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Apple iPhone 5 & iPad 2 Rumours

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:59:00 +0000

The free iPhone 5 along with the free iPad 2 may be having a unique graphics core, the PowerVR SGX543, furnished by Imagination Technologies and launched last January 2009.

Apple Insider says that reliable sources inform that Apple should have something on chip (SoC, either A5 or A8) that may utilize SGX543 instead of the ageing SGX535 that has been driving the iPhone since 3GS.

The SGX543 is the very first graphics processor IP core that is based on Imagination's new PowerVR Series5XT architecture, one that can support multi-core and boasts some impressive performance figures, for instance 35 million polygons in each second and 1Gpixels per second fill rate at 200MHz using one core.

By comparison, the SGX535 found from the Apple iPhone has been said to become clocked at 200MHz which has a pixel fill rate of 500 million pixels per second plus the power to move 28 million polygons per second.

An eight-core SGX543MP8 clocked at 400MHz are able to achieve 532 million polygons per second and also a fill rate of more than 16Gpixels per second. Imagination Technologies says that as much as 16 SGX543 can be combined on a single SoC and interestingly refers to the SGX543MP being a GP-GPU solution.

Apple is stated to travel from one core to two cores, possibly with the SGX543MP2, an alternative that delivers almost twice the amount of 1 SGX543 transparently with very little strength overhead (within terms of dissipation and electrical power had).

The hands of time speed will probably be doubled likewise to 400MHz so that the iPhone 5 (and iPad 2) graphics could be as much as 4 times faster versus the current model; oddly enough, rumours have pointed to your quadrupling on the onscreen resolution for generation iPad tablet.

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Simplyfreeiphone announces Free iPhone 4

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:52:00 +0000

The web's number one iPhone incentive rewards site Simplyfreeiphone has added the free iPhone 4 to it's fantastic range of Apple products.

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Super 7 Free iPhone App

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:22:00 +0000

The next generation of line-drawing games has arrived with Super 7 for the free iPhone 4, free iPod Touch and free iPad.

Today only, the iTunes App Store offers downloads of Super 7 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for free. That's $1 off and the lowest total price we've seen. In this app, you draw lines between numbered discs to add them up to 7s.

Source: i4U

Verizon iPhone 4G Release Date in 2010 & Twitter For iPhone Has Caching Problems: Report

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:34:00 +0000

Speculations are skyrocketing over Verizon iPhone release date these days and AT&T's recent decision to almost double early termination fee for iPhone has added fuel to the fire.

A lot of people are expecting iPhone 4G release date at WWDC in June 2010 while there are others believing that iPhone will be released with Verizon by fall 2010.

Twitter acquired Tweetie a little over a month ago in order to give better facilities to the users of the world's largest social networking site. Tweetie was believed to be the best Twitter client for iPhones, while some argued that it is the best way to use Twitter.

Twitter announced that it would soon relaunch Tweetie as Twitter for iPhone-and the first (free) version under that name is now available in Apple's App Store. Tweetie's last version was Tweetie 2.0, and the latest version will be called Twitter for iPhone 3.0.

The new official Twitter app for iPhone and iPod touch offers some new search and retweet features over its predecessor Tweetie 2. But the new application has some caching problems that some users had been experiencing ever since starting using Tweetie 2 from the original Tweetie 1 according to tech website beatweek.com. The glitch gives problems while loading up the latest tweets within the app and also during exiting the app.

Users said that most recently displayed tweets are from hours or days ago and they have to reload the Tweets from scratch. However, the good news is that this bug is affecting a minority of Tweetie 2 users. But according to beatweek.com the bug is still present.

Source: LA News Monitor

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Release Date For Verizon iPhone 4G

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:18:00 +0000

Will the iPhone 4G be available in June 2010?

We all know that Apple is top of the pile when it comes to self-promotion. The World is almost hanging on Steve Job’s every word and waiting for the lastest innovative release, the most recent being the Apple iPad Tablet.

What next? How about an iPhone 4G using iPhone OS 4.0?

Not that there is anything wrong with the iPhone 3GS but that is currently only available on AT&T in the USA. They will need to get up to speed to be able to offer 4G and 4G LTE speeds could be available in 2011.

However, Sprint and Verizon are ahead of the game and there is a rapid movement of people seeking the Verizon iPhone. With rumors of an iPhone 4G release date of “June 2010″ searches for Verizon iPhone will no doubt go viral very shortly. Indeed, only yesterday rumors grew about an iPhone 4G with CDMA capabilities for the Verizon Network.

Also eagerly awaited is the Apple 4.0 OS. Will that give people the ability to run two or more apps together like Google Android OS? Watch this space!

UK users will have to be even more patient but rest assured, once it is released, SimplyfreeiPhone will be showing you how to get a free iPhone 4G!

Vodafone launches £25 SIM-only iPhone deals

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:12:00 +0000

Vodafone has introduced new SIM-only iPhone deals price plans that are great for existing iPhone owners, giving anyone already using an iPhone the chance to hook up to a contract from £25 per month. Read on for more details…

For the £25 per month tariff, iPhone owners get 900 minutes of talk time, unlimited texts, 1GB of mobile data and unlimited Wi-Fi access on a deal lasting 12 months.

So, as well as bringing the fight to the other networks in terms of iPhone network performance, it looks as if Voda is tempting existing iPhone customers with a tasty SIM deal. And that’s after shifting 100,000 iPhones in its first 10 days on sale.

For more information on the £25-per-month iPhone-loving deal, check out the SIM-only section on the Vodafone website.

Source: FoneHome

O2 launches new Apple iPhone deals

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:53:00 +0000

Customers with Apple iPhones can take advantage of O2's new sim-only packages.

Network operator O2 has unveiled a variety of new packages for its Apple iPhone deals and sim-only customers.

O2, which is a subsidiary of Telefonica, has announced that anyone who already owns one of the Apple handsets - or any other smartphone - will be able to take advantage of its new offers.

These will start from £15 per month, which gives O2 customers 300 minutes and unlimited texts, data and Wi-Fi usage, subject to signing a 12-month contract.

At the top end of the scale, consumers can have unlimited calls, texts and data for £45 per month on taking up a 12-month agreement.

Anyone without a smartphone can still benefit from new O2 packages, including a £10 per month, 30-day rolling contract giving 100 minutes and unlimited texts.

"Customers' habits are changing, with more texts being sent and data being used than ever before," said Sally Cowdry, marketing director at O2.

This news comes after O2 was found to offer the fast average web browsing experience in the City of London.

Visit Mobiles.co.uk for more information.

Opera wants to bring faster web browsing to iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:13:00 +0000

Browsing the web on the iPhone may be getting a whole lot faster if Opera is able to get their mobile web browser past the beady eyes of Apple's App store approval team.

Web browser developer Opera Software has designed a free iPhone compatible version of their popular Opera Mini web browser which they believe is up to six times faster than Apple's default iPhone browser, Safari.

The browser will also provide savings for iPhone users who travel the globe. "For many users on pay per MB or while roaming, Opera Mini will reduce browsing cost up to 90%" said Julie Sajnani, senior communications manager, Opera Software.

"Opera Mini is designed with usability in mind," added Sajnani. Additional features include tabbed browsing, speed dial and password manager.

Opera Software will give press members a preview of its iPhone web browser at the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC) on February 15.

"This is a unique opportunity to introduce the fast, feature-rich Opera Mini experience for the iPhone, and to showcase our latest beta releases of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini on other platforms and devices," said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software in a February 10 statement to the press.

More than 31.9 million users use Opera Mini to surf the web on their mobile devices. Opera is hoping to further increase their market share by bring their mobile browser to the more than 42 million people that use the iPhone across the globe.

A secondary web browser will come as a welcome breath of fresh air for iPhone users who are currently locked in to using Apple's default mobile web browser, Safari. But first, Opera will have to submit the application to Apple's App store and pass through their strict approval processes.

"We hope that Apple will not deny their users a choice in Web browsing experience," said Julie Sajnani in a February 10 email to Relaxnews.

The company was unable to provide any further details on the availability of the application but said they did not foresee any problems passing through Apple's approval process.

Mozilla is also working on a mobile version of its popular desktop-based web browser Firefox. The company hopes to bring its browser to Android-powered mobiles in the future.

Source: The Independent

More iPhone Deals

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:42:00 +0000

Vodafone have extended its pre-Xmas iPhone deals offer and anyone pre-ordering an iPhone from Vodafone will get free Vodafone to Vodafone calls.

The free calls to other Vodafone customers will be available throughout the duration of the customers’ contract, making it one of the best iPhone deals.

Vodafone hope the free calls, as well as free texts available on all but the cheapest tariff; will lure customers to their network over O2 and Orange, who also offer the iPhone.

The iPhone is a splendid mobile device and has achieved massive success worldwide, although we’re slightly disappointed we haven’t seen more of a price war.

Source: 3g.co.uk

iPhone on Vodafone from 14th January 2010, Pre-Order Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:16:00 +0000

Vodafone will start selling the iPhone in Britain next month, offering customers a free handset for £35 a month on a two-year contract, disappointing consumers hoping for a high-street price war over the device.

The pricing plan comes as a surprise because it does not give Britain's second-biggest mobile phone company a competitive advantage, especially on an 18-month deal, where it is slightly more expensive than its rivals.

"I don't think this is about the best iPhone deal – I think this is a network quality war," said Vodafone UK's chief executive, Guy Laurence. "At the end of the day, customers will seek out the best deal and we are competitive, but it is about the quality of the network. We have spent a year optimising the network for the iPhone.

"It's very simple: now you can get the iPhone on a network you can rely on."

The arrival of the iPhone on Vodafone brings the number of mobile phone companies supplying the device in Britain to four. Vodafone customers who register interest before it goes on sale on 14 January will get free calls to other Vodafone users for the life of their initial contract.

Orange started selling the iPhone last month, ending O2's two-year exclusive grip on the handset, then Tesco arrived this month, complicating matters by opting for 12-month contracts and demanding consumers shell out several hundred pounds for the device itself.

Vodafone's "entry-level" prices for the iPhone over 18 months are about £15 more expensive than Orange and O2, while Tesco does not offer an 18-month contract.

Vodafone's entry-level prices over two years are about £40 cheaper than O2 but almost £75 more expensive than Orange. Different handsets, however, have been pitched by different networks at different price points and with varying bundles of texts and minutes.

The basic iPhone 3G is cheapest with Orange over 18 months, at £624.98, and with Tesco over two years – provided consumers renew their 12-month contract – at £702. But most consumers are likely to want the 16GB version of the faster iPhone 3GS. That is cheapest with Tesco, where it costs £800 over two years for consumers who renew their 12-month contract.

The 16GB iPhone works out at £829.64 for Orange customers, £869 on Vodafone and £909.35 on O2.
Variety of packages
But the packages on offer are very different.

For that price, Tesco offers £60 of calls and texts a month – which works out at about 600 minutes or 1,200 texts – while Vodafone offers 300 minutes and unlimited texts per month and O2 gives customers 600 minutes and 500 texts. In stark contrast, Orange offers just 150 minutes and 250 texts.On the face of it, Tesco and Vodafone offer better '"value'" than Orange or O2 on the iPhone 3GS 16GB over two years. Some people have been put off Tesco Mobile, however, by the fact that it uses O2's network to run its service and the company has been suffering network capacity issues in recent months, especially in London.

With Britain's newest network, 3, having made it plain that it wants to get its hands on the iPhone but unlikely to get it for several months and with T-Mobile having counted itself out of the race for the device for the foreseeable future, the arrival of Vodafone completes the range of choices for UK consumers.

Vodafone is offering all three versions of the iPhone on 18-month and 24-month contracts, the same as Orange and O2. Vodafone's 18-month tariff starts at £30 a month, but consumers will have to pay for their iPhones. The basic iPhone 3G – which has 8GB of memory and a 2 megapixel camera – costs £99, the iPhone 3GS 16GB – which has a 3 megapixel camera and a faster processor – costs £189 and the iPhone 3GS 32GB - which has double the memory capacity - will cost £290.

Over the length of the 18 month contract, therefore, consumers will pay £639 for the iPhone 3G, £729 for the 16GB version and £820 for the 32GB version.

The equivalent 18-month entry-level prices on O2 are £625.73, £713.82 and £803.07. For Orange the equivalent prices are £624.98, £712.98 and £802.48. To get a free iPhone 3G on Vodafone, customers must sign up to an 18 month contract at £40 a month.

Vodafone is also offering all three devices on 24-month contracts. At the basic £30-a-month contract the iPhone 3G will cost consumers £59, the iPhone 3GS 16GB £149 and the iPhone 3GS 32GB £239. Over the two-year period, therefore, consumers will pay a total of £779 for the iPhone 3G, £869 for the 16GB iPhone 3GS and £959 for the iPhone 3GS 32GB.

The equivalent prices for O2 are £822.24, £909.35 and £997.43 and for Orange they are £704.64, £829.64 and £929.64. To get a free iPhone 3G on Vodafone customers have to spend at least £35 a month on a two year contract.

Tesco started selling the device last week and while it grabbed headlines by being the first operator to make the phone available on a contract at £20 a month and lasting just a year, consumers have to pay £222 to buy the basic 3G handset or £320 for the 16GB version of the faster 3GS handset and £407 for the 32GB version of the device.

Over the life of an annual contract, therefore, the 3G phone on Tesco costs £462, the 16GB 3GS £560 and the 32GB version 3GS £647.

Expanding the price over 18 months in order to compare the Tesco deals with O2 and Orange, the iPhone 3G on Tesco costs at total of £582 over a year and a half, the 16GB 3GS costs £680 and the 32GB 3GS costs £767. All these prices are lower than the equivalent prices from O2 and Orange, but only by £35 to £40 over 18 months. Compared with Vodafone's 18 month prices, Tesco is about £130 cheaper.

It is not possible, however, to get an 18-month contract with Tesco so either customers would have to renew their 12-month contract or opt for Tesco's more expensive 24-month contract from the outset.

Doubling-up the 12-month contract leaves the 3G costing £702, the 16GB 3GS £800 and the 32GB £887 over two years.

Anyone signing up to Tesco's 24-month contract, at £60 a month, in contrast, will get the iPhone 3G and the 16GB 3GS for free – rather begging the question why anyone would want the basic 3G phone – while the 32GB version costs £50. Over 24 months, therefore the cost to a consumer of the 3G and 3GS 16GB devices would be £1440 and the 32GB £1490.

O2 sells the basic iPhone 3G for £96.89 on an 18-month contract at £29.38. The 16GB version of the iPhone 3GS is £184.98 on the same contract and the largest 32GB version £274.23. Over the year-and-a-half of the contract, therefore, the devices cost £625.73, £713.82 and £803.07.

O2 gives the iPhone 3G away for free on a 24-month contract at £34.26 a month while the 16GB iPhone costs £87.11 and the 32GB version £175.19. Over the two years, therefore, the prices for O2 are £822.24, £909.35 and £997.43.

Orange sells the basic 3G iPhone for £96.50 on an 18-month contract costing £29.36 a month; the 16GB 3GS costs £184.50 and the 32GB version £274. Over the lifetime of the contract, therefore, the three versions on Orange cost £624.98, £712.98 and £802.48. Or a mere 75p, 84p and 59p cheaper than O2.

Orange gives the iPhone 3G away free on a 24-month contract at £29.36, while the 16GB version of the 3GS costs £125 and the 32GB costs £225. Over the two years, therefore, the prices for Orange are £704.64, £829.64 and £929.64.

Source: The Guardian

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noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0000

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Orange sells 30,000 iPhones on first day

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:29:00 +0000

Orange sold more than 30,000 iPhone yesterday as it put the device on sale for the first time.

An Orange statement claimed it had smashed the first day record sales for a handset in the UK. However, this was disputed by an O2 spokeswoman, who said it had sold “considerably more” iPhones on its first day offering the handset.

Orange’s launch of the iPhone 3G and free iPhone 3GS has been backed by an aggressive multi-million-pound marketing campaign, You’re Covered, developed by creative agency Fallon, which claimed its 3G network covers more people than any of its rivals.

Rival operator 3, the only one of the UK’s top four operators not to have announced an iPhone distribution deal, immediately hit back with a formal complaint about the validity of the claim with the Advertising Standards Authority.

Orange has also launched a free iPhone app dedicated to its popular Orange Wednesdays two-for-one cinema offer which features discount vouchers along with a range of film-related content.

Source:News Media Age

iPhone 3GS: Orange UK Release date

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:35:00 +0000

According to a recent article on SlashGear it seems that the UK carrier Orange will begin selling Apple’s iPhone 3GS’ from November 10th, this release will be exactly one day after O2’s exclusivity ends

No details regarding pricing have been revealed by Orange yet, however with multiple UK carriers soon to be offering the handset it is thought that there will be a price war.

In attempt to beat some of their competitors to the massive demand for the iPhone it is thought that Orange may look into offering accessories and pre-installed applications with their iPhones.

For more information regarding the launch of the iPhone 3GS on Orange check out SlashGear.

Will you be purchasing an iPhone 3GS on Orange? If not, why not?

Vodafone to sell iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Vodafone has moved with impressive speed to shore up its position in Britain after winning the right to sell Apple’s iPhone from next year, a deal that should stop the flow of its high-value customers to rival networks.

When Orange revealed that it would be selling the mobile phone in time for Christmas, analysts feared that Vodafone could be left out in the cold as consumer demand for the handset has shown no sign of slowing down. There is going to be a fight for the best iPhone contract!

However, Vodafone quickly moved to plug the gap in its handset range after signing a deal with Apple late on Monday evening to sell the iPhone in the UK and the Republic of Ireland from 2010.

The rush to sign up to sell the iPhone once O2’s exclusive deal with Apple ends in November shows that the bargaining power has shifted back toward device makers, such as Apple and Nokia, and suggests that subscriber acquisition costs — a key metric for the financial performance of mobile phone operators — are set to increase accordingly.

Mark James, an analyst with Evolution Securities, said: “If you get exclusivity of an iconic product like the iPhone, then you can take market share in spades and the manufacturers know that. I don’t think operators hold the cards any more and the issue for the networks now is that all roads lead to costs.”

Operators across Europe, if not worldwide, have struggled to differentiate themselves on service and brand, meaning that signing deals for must-have devices has become paramount, Mr James said. As a result, networks may have to switch their focus from cash preservation and defending their market share to fighting for high-value subscribers.

Cazenove, the investment bank, argued that while the iPhone was “critical” in terms of retaining high-value customers and enhancing an operator’s brand image, the handset could weigh on the profitability of companies that sell it. “We expect weaker margins as operators compete aggressively to attract iPhone users,” it said.

The average subscriber acquisition costs for prepay and contract customers in Britain is about £75. However, that figure is weighed down by the provision of low-end and mid-range phones. Vodafone and Orange’s iPhone aspirations could drive that higher, Mr James said. The two companies hope that rising costs will be offset by much higher data usage by iPhone owners, who use the handset to access the internet and download applications.

This week, Apple said that two billion applications had been downloaded via its store after half a billion were downloaded in the last quarter alone.

Such statistics will cheer Orange and Vodafone, which want to dispel fears that they are entering the iPhone party too late.

While Orange customers have been registering to receive an iPhone for Christmas, Vodafone users can register their interest in the device from today but will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on the mobile phone.

Like Orange, Vodafone has stayed silent on pricing details, although it is widely assumed that competition for iPhone customers could result in lower prices, given the experience in other markets where exclusivity deals have come to an end.

Source: Times Online

Apple rejected Voice app for iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:38:00 +0000

Google Inc. says Apple Inc.'s top marketing executive rejected its Google Voice application because it duplicates the dialer on the iPhone and could be used as a replacement.

Apple earlier denied it rejected the program, and said Friday that the two Silicon Valley companies are still discussing the application.

Google Voice lets people pick a new iPhone number, then route incoming calls to cell, office or home phones. It also lets users place calls from within the application.

Google says Phil Schiller of Apple told Google's Alan Eustace, a senior vice president, during a July phone call that Apple rejected the program.

That's according to an updated letter from Google posted on the Federal Communications Commission's Web site. A previous version redacted the specifics.

Source: Top News

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Iphone update kills Exchange access

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:30:00 +0000

OWNERS OF OLDER IPHONES and Ipod Touches will be in for a nasty surprise if they decide to update to the latest OSX for Iphone 3.1.

The point release - which is supposed to improve security, reliability and fix bugs - also stops all devices older than the brand new iPhone 3GS from accessing some Microsoft Exchange 2007 servers, according to reports.

Users are telling us that after installing the update, a message informs them: "Policy Requirement - The account [account name] requires encryption which is not supported on this iPod/iPhone". Although the encryption policy is a server side option, thousands of users have been succesfully syncing to these servers for many months without problem.

Which leads us to conclude that Apple devices have been misleading Exchange servers into thinking that they are capable of carrying out the level of on-device encryption demanded by their system administrators when they quite clearly are not.

The fact that Apple has been loudly extolling the virtues of the iPhone as a business class device whilst potentially compromising the security of companies all over the world is beyond irony. And any business that has decided to offer Apple devices to its employees for use with Exchange 2007 servers will now have a major headache to deal with.

The immediate solution seems to be either to turn off the need for on-device data encryption - which as anyone who has ever lost a mobile phone will agree is an entirely bad idea - or to upgrade every one of your Iphone-toting employees with a shiny new 3GS. Which is very nice for Apple's Iphone shipments and will make for some happy employees, but does nothing to improve business bottom lines in such troubled times.

The only other option is to 'downgrade' to OSX for Iphone 3.0. All very well if you know what you are doing and a) have a suitable Itunes-recoverable backup, b) use Time Machine and are happy to revert your entire sytem to a previous state or, c) are willing to install a back-up from a dodgy P2P or Usenet download.

It's not clear whether these older devices are capable of offering data encryption and can be fixed with a further update, as Apple is remaining tight-lipped about the problem.

But unless the Cupertino company wakes up and smells the cappuccino, it will do untold damage to the fragile relationship it has built with the few companies - not including the herd of media darlings with £100 haircuts - brave enough to dip their toes into Apple waters.

With much of the marketing surrounding the release of Snow Leopard relying on promises of Exchange support out of the box, we have to wonder whether Apple has betrayed the trust of business users once too often.

Source: The Inquirer

HTC Touch HD to Run Google Android OS?

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Taiwanese handset maker HTC, known for its success selling phones powered by Google’s Android platform, may be prepping its updated Touch HD to run the OS as well.

Handset maker HTC is reportedly working to release the update to the company’s Touch HD smartphone, currently running on the Windows Mobile operating system (OS), which is instead powered by Google’s fledgling Android OS. Technology blog Register Hardware quoted sources from the company saying the company is making the switch for the handset, for which a release date hasn’t yet been set.

The source also said the updated handset will use a faster 628MHz Qualcomm chip and feature a 3.8-inch touchscreen. HTC’s decision may not come as great surprise to some, as the company has launched previous handsets with Android, including T-Mobile’s G1 (the first phone to the market that used the Android mobile device platform) and the Vodafone Magic, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February and Hero (the first Android device to support Adobe Flash).

Earlier this month, wireless carrier Sprint announced the availability of the long-awaited HTC Touch Pro2 on September 8, this Tuesday, when customers can grab the smartphone for $350 including a two-year contract. The device offers Windows Mobile 6.1, TouchFlo user interface and entertainment options like Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming, as well as Sprint’s exclusive sports applications NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.

Google’s platform, which has experienced a relaxed rate of acceptance in the mobile ecosystem, is nonetheless establishing a foothold. In April, T-Mobile, the U.S.’s fourth-largest wireless network operator with 32.1 million customers, announced it had sold one million G1 Android smartphones since its debut in October 2008. Facing intense competition from the Apple App Store, Google also bolstered Android on the application side. Earlier this year, Google announced a mobile-friendly version of its Product Search application, emphasizing its utility for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Product Search allows users to type whatever they’re searching for into the search bar and receive results pulled from a variety of shopping sites.

However, HTC isn’t quite ready to migrate completely over to Android, if the company’s recent announcement in collaboration with Sprint is any indication. Announced earlier this month, the HTC Touch Pro2 features a 3.6-inch WVGA variable-angle tilting touch-screen,a wide, slide-out keyboard that is larger than its predecessor—and the Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. Features like TouchFlo 3D bring information important to the user—such as quick access to contacts, messaging, e-mail and weather—to the top level of the user interface, and battery life has been expanded by 20 percent.

Sprint claims their mobile broadband network (inclusive of data roaming) reaches more than 271 million people, 18,652 cities and 1,838 airports. The company boasts it has three times the coverage of AT&T’s current 3G network and more than 20 times the coverage of T-Mobile’s current 3G network, both based on square miles.

Author and Source: Nathan Eddy | eweek)

Version 3 of Facebook App for iPhone Released

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Facebook for iPhone has just the big 3.0 - the new version is a major update to the social networking app, with lots of new features. read on for more details of one of the premier timewasting apps for the iPhone.

The new Facebook app has just hit the App Store, bringing with it some great new features and some improvements to the existing one.

The new iPhone app has much better photo handling - you can zoom into opics, create new photo albums and upload photos to any album. 3GS owners will now be able to upload video directly from thei phones too.A new home screen will let you arrange profiles into different pages that you can flip between just like the iPhone home screen.

The app also integrates better into the ‘phone’ function of your iPhone. You will be able to call or message people directly from your Friends list and you will no longer lose messages that you were typing when you get an incoming call.

Some users are reporting that the App Store is still listing version 2.5 as current - if this happens to you, you can delete the app from your phone and then download it again - you shuld get the correct version 3.0.

Source: Mirror UK

Free Sims - Is It Good To Talk?

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:16:00 +0000

I'm always looking for new ways to make a few pennies and never realised before just how many free sim cards offers are actually affiliate links.

There is obviously something in it for the networks if they are willing to give away money to get sign-ups, especially those who offer incentives for click through rather than activated cards.

So yeah, it's good to talk, go fill your boots!

Apple reveals 5.2m iPhone sales in Q2

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Apple has reported impressive revenue and profit growth in its financial results for Q2 2009.

The company generated revenues of $8.34 billion during Q2 (its third quarter), up 12% year-on-year. Meanwhile, its net profits jumped 15% to $1.23 billion.

iPhone was the star of the quarter, with 5.2 million being sold. The figure includes the new iPhone 3GS, which launched in June.

While the year-on-year jump in iPhone sales is a huge 626%, that's largely down to the fact that the free iPhone 3GS didn't come out until July last year, meaning that sales weren't spectacular during Q2 of that year.

Apple says it sold 10.2 million iPods in Q2 this year, down 7% year-on-year. It's tempting to suggest that mobile handsets - including the iPhone - are finally cannibalising iPod sales - something that's been predicted by analysts for some time.

Last week, Apple announced that it now has 40 million iPhones and iPod touches in consumers' hands and capable of accessing the App Store, which has now generated more than 1.5 billion app downloads.

Source: mobile-ent.biz

O2 May Lose Exclusivity On iPhone Contract

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:07:00 +0000

O2 could soon lose its exclusive deal to distribute Apple’s iPhone contract, it has emerged.

Theregister.co.uk, a technology website, reports that T-Mobile UK, the German-owned operator that is the fourth-biggest player in the British mobile market, is in talks with Apple about a distribution agreement for the free iPhone 3GS.

This would end the exclusivity that O2 has enjoyed since the iPhone was launched in Britain in 2007.

Theregister.co.uk said that the talks concerned only distribution of the iPhone 3G and that, regardless of the outcome of Apple’s talks with T-Mobile UK, O2 would retain exclusivity for the iPhone 3GS — the newer, faster model launched by Apple last month. It said that it was also possible that Orange could strike a distribution deal with Apple.

There has been speculation for months that Apple wanted to end its exclusive distribution deals for the iPhone, a move that would also hit AT&T, the handset’s distributor in the United States. Most industry analysts believe that consumer loyalty is primarily to Apple, rather than to network operators such as O2 and AT&T.

Rival operators to the incumbents in France and Germany already offer the iPhone.

The news comes two weeks after it was revealed that Vodafone and O2 have both expressed interest in buying T-Mobile UK.

Ronan Dunne, UK chief executive of O2, said yesterday that Telefónica, O2’s Spanish parent company, was watching developments with interest. He said: “We haven’t explicitly said whether we are participating in anything. To my knowledge, there isn’t a formal [sale] process go-ing on.”

Article Source: Times Online

£900 for an unlocked iPhone 3GS

noreply@blogger.com (Gadgets4Nowt) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:22:00 +0000

This give you even more reason why you need to get your free iPhone here at Simplyfreeiphone.........

According to: P C Pro

Play.com is selling unlocked iPhone 3GS handsets in the UK - but the handsets come at the eye-watering price of £900.

Despite rumours that it was losing its exclusivity, O2 remains the sole official iPhone network in the UK, forcing customers of the other networks to jump ship if they want to get their hands on the Apple device.

However, Play.com appears to have got its hands on a batch of unlocked models. The 32GB model is shipped without a SIM card, and can allegedly be used on any UK network. One customer leaving a comment on the Play.com site claims to have had no problems connecting to the Orange network with the device.

The £900 price tag may seem incredibly steep, but it's actually not that much more expensive than the cost of buying the device on contract from O2.

The 32GB device costs £274.23 on a £29.38 per month contract with O2, which lasts for 18 months, giving a total cost of ownership of £803.07.

However, buyers of the unlocked handset will of course have to pay the monthly/pay-as-you-go tariff on the network of their choice.

Play.com may well be looking to cash in on demand for the iPhone 3GS, with stocks reportedly running low at O2.