Apple Upset at Rogers for iPhone Pricing?
Last week we mentioned that most consumers are so upset at Rogers for the high iPhone data tariffs that they have started an online petition that numbered 10,000 strong and growing. Now it’s been rumored that Apple itself is joining the mutiny.
Boy Genius Report, the source of many legit rumors, has brought to light that [...]
29% of Japanese consider exchanging current phone and data plan for iPhone
Its functions seem interesting. Its design is superior. Its interface seems easy to use. These things and more are the reasons why people in Japan are excited about the SoftBank Mobile’s July 11th iPhone launch.
In a survey conducted by Kakaku.com which lasted from June 19th to June 25th of this year, 50.9% of all respondents [...]
Google Talk optimized for iPhone
They say looks can be deceiving. Well, so can blog post titles. Not this blog post’s title, but rather, one from the Official Google Mobile Blog that goes “Google Talk for the iPhone”.
Sure, it’s really an introduction of “Google Talk for the iPhone”. But as it turns out, it’s just another optimized mobile web [...]
Apple wants to teach us Multi-Touch gesture language
For all the greatness of the iPhone/Multi-Touch user interface, it’s actually pretty limited.
After all, how many gestures can you use on your iPhone or Multi-touch enabled Macbook touchpad ? Tap, resize/zoom, scroll/browse, drag& drop , pinch, few more?
Well, in a patent application “Multi-touch gesture dictionary” Apple has already indicated that much more of the gestures [...]
Apple Orders 50 Million NAND Chips from Samsung, Others get Shafted
Samsung has decided to significantly reduce its supply of NAND flash chips to many of its customers in favor of being able to fulfill an order of 50 million it just received from Apple.
These NAND chips are 8 GB-equivalent and will be primarily used in the iPhone.
However, Samsung claims this drop in supply isn’t just [...]
AT&T iPhone Pricing Revealed
A press release this morning confirmed AT&T’s pricing structure for the iPhone 3G to be released on July 11. While the prices for qualified upgrades and new activations were revealed by Jobs during WWDC, the prices for non-qualified upgrades and no-contract options were not.
New activations and eligible upgrades will get the 8 GB for $199, [...]
Whrrl lets Motorola and Samsung in on the fun, adds new features
As more and more mobile applications become social, it’s only right for the phone makers themselves to want to get a piece of the action. This is their business, after all, and not keeping up with what’s trendy is like not continuing to breathe.
But anyway, Pelago just announced that their software product called Whrrl soon [...]
Another AT&T memo leak says iPhone 3G will be sold bricked, requiring in-store activation
Adding further evidence to earlier reports that the iPhone 3G, at least as far as AT&T retail stores are concerned, will have to be unboxed, opened and activated on the spot at the point-of-sale, here is an internal AT&T memo regarding a new desktop icon that will play a huge part on the July 11th [...]
Neil Young leaves Electronic Arts to launch NGMoCo for next-gen iPhone games and more
When you’re part of one of the biggest game publishers in the world, and you realize that the next generation of gaming lies on a device called the iPhone, what do you do? While you’re mulling over your answer, let me tell you what Neil Young did. He left his company (Electronic Arts) to launch [...]
Telstra’s Australian iPhone prices revealed
So you’re in Australia and you want to buy an iPhone? I may not be able to tell you exactly where to go when the launch date finally arrives, but at least I’ll let you know how much cash money you’ll have to bring with you.
Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom operator, has just announced the details [...]