iPhones Talk

iPhone vs Motorola Droid: Let the battle begin

Andrew Wells — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:27:47 +0000

The reviews are finally starting to come in and when all is said and done, it appears to be a draw. The bottom line here is that Verizon had to do something to stop all of the tech freaks from running over to AT&T and Motorola had to do something to get back some [...]

Get a SmartCase with Battery for Your iPhone That Will Double the Usage Time

Philip King — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:53 +0000

IvySkin have released their new SmartCase for the iPhone featuring a battery as part of the packaging for the iPhone and makes the claim to offer double the amount of battery life that the regular battery currently offers. For anyone who has been out on a long night or that has used their iPhone a [...]

Is the iPhone Going Green?

Maggie Mills — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:48:25 +0000

Well they may not be, but there is an app for that! There is a new iPhone app that is about to hit the stores that will enable the iPhone user to measure wind speed. While some will question the usability of such a program, those that are into renewable energy are frothing at [...]

iPhone Number One in Touch Screen Phones

Philip King — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:22:10 +0000

While there are still quite a few die hard traditional phone users out there, the smart phones have all but taken over the industry. Blackberry and the iPhone are far and away the two most popular, but while most Blackberries still feature a keyboard, the iPhone is strictly a touch screen. Its success [...]

AT&T lodges complaint against Verizon for aggressive advertising against iPhone

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:43:51 +0000

In the soon-to-be-dismissed department, AT&T filed a complaint against Verizon for its recent advertising involving the “there’s a map for that” and other iPhone-suggestive taglines in their recent advertising for the Motorola Droid. The complaint wants an injunction against Verizon for showing a map of 3G coverage with blank spaces where AT&T support is supposed to [...]

Apple officially announces the 100,000 app mark in the App Store

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:39:46 +0000

In an amazing bit of news today, Apple officially announced the crossing of the 100,000 app available mark in the App Store. Here’s a snippet from their press release (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/11/04appstore.html): — “The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is clearly a major differentiator for millions of iPhone and iPod touch customers around the world,” said [...]

New iPhone Public Radio App with Pause and Rewind of Live Streams

Maggie Mills — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:44 +0000

Today, it is a rare occasion when you see anyone carrying any form of radio with them at all. Most people have all of their favorite music downloaded to an MP3 player or their iPod and listen to what they want, when the want it. But what about those of us that still [...]

iPhone is a Bargain in the United States

Philip King — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:23:34 +0000

To think that most people complain about a phone that costs a few hundred dollars when it has all of the abilities that the iPhone has! Well if you were living in China, you would really be shaking your head because the iPhone splashed into China stores with a hefty four figure price tag. [...]

iPhone, video games and the Nintendo ripple effect

Rob Goodchild — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:08:44 +0000

Game giant Nintendo is feeling the effects of the iPhone, as their latest profit report indicates a 50% decline in profits as its portable Nintendo DS system sales fell quite steeply as it fields new competition from the iPhone and iPod Touch. The sad statistics: Their 133 billion yen profit last year at this time [...]

Windows 7/Intel chipset issues with iPhones

Rob Goodchild — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:49:21 +0000

Apple’s discussion board has been jumping a bit about Windows 7, and it isn’t because they’ve all converted from Apple’s OS to Windows suddenly; it’s because many of them have been experiencing weird errors and issues with their PCs freezing out the iPhone when using Windows 7 in conjunction with the Intel P55 USB chipset. [...]

DOOM Is Finally Available for the iPhone, Marvel Hits the Store as Well

Maggie Mills — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:40:51 +0000

The timing was perfect as the long awaited DOOM title has finally been released. Those of you that were lucky enough to get it when it first hit the market were treated to a great Halloween weekend of one of the most anticipated titles yet for the iPhone games applications. For only $6.99, you [...]

Verizon and Motorola Plan an Attack Against the iPhone

Philip King — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:30:07 +0000

It was only a matter of time before someone else jumped into the ring to face off against the iPhone. Up until now, Blackberry and the iPhone have been getting along fairly well in the battle for phone supremacy. Both cater to different markets and seem to be quite happy with where they are [...]

Be a Dummy: Fake iPhones for $20 each?

Rob Goodchild — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:12:06 +0000

File this under strange: a website called iPhonedummy.net is selling extremely realistic looking but non-functional iPhone dummies - for $20 each. Yes, take your time, read that again. As incredibly useless as that sounds, there are a lot of practical uses for this thing. Of course, many of the uses are evil/deceptive, but we’ll ignore [...]

iPhone 3GS manufacturing boosted 20%, according to sources

Philip King — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:55:26 +0000

Several blogs have published claims indicating that Apple has pushed up its manufacturing orders for the iPhone 3GS by up to 20%, definitely suggesting people are not tired of the device, and demand and sales continue to be very strong. According to one article from DigiTimes (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091027PD219.html): “Apple has increased fourth-quarter orders for the iPhone 3GS to [...]

Historic Earth: Another actually useful app for the iPhone

Maggie Mills — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:48:58 +0000

Historic Earth is a mapping app that permits you to overlay historic maps on modern maps, which can make for fascinating study and underscores one of the ways the iPhone can be a great research tool and school aid. It claims one of the largest collections of geo-coded maps of any app anywhere. Historic Earth allows [...]

NASA app released to the App Store

Maggie Mills — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:56 +0000

NASA, the US spec agency dedicated to the exploration of space, has announced the release of an iPhone application available for free download right now. The app enables people to be updated to the very latest in NASA happenings, including real-time updates of orbit locations of NASA spacecraft in real-time (sounds like something a spy [...]

App Store: 100,000 approved apps mark passed

Philip King — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:07:32 +0000

Apple’s now famous App Store has passed the 100,000 approved iPhone app mark. Truly amazing to think about. The mark is an “unofficial” milestone of sorts, however, as the count of currently available apps stands at only 92,000 or so. The difference results from the removal of applications from the App Store by either Apple or [...]

AT&T stating 3.2M iPhones activated last quarter

Philip King — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:04:58 +0000

AT&T published its much-awaited earnings report for the third quarter 2009, where they activated an astounding 3.2 million iPhones,the highest such number in the iPhone’s brief history. AT&T even stated (in a figure that must be scary even to them) that 74% of their “smartphone device” activations last quarter were iPhones, and 40% of those [...]

ReelDirector brings improved video editing and effects to the iPhone

Maggie Mills — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:13:13 +0000

Yes, the 3GS does include basic editing tools, but very basic, and no effects at all (stitching, etc). Now that all changes with the release of ReelDirector for the iPhone. Nexvio’s iPhone app makes up for Apple’s omissions by adding in the ability to add titles, basic video effects and, most importantly, clip stitching as well. [...]

Nokia sues Apple relating to iPhone patents/technologies

Philip King — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:08:28 +0000

If you can’t really beat ‘em, sue ‘em. That’s apparently what Nokia has decided in the latest lawsuit against Apple filed today. Nokia announced that it is lodging a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone violates 10 Nokia-held patents related to cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. Odds are it’ll get settled with some amount of legal [...]