Samsung channeled iPhone launch envy towards Anycall Haptic 2 launch event
The launch events for both models of the Apple iPhone are no doubt among the best ones in the history of the industry. People lined up for hours on end just to be among the first to own this new and admittedly sexy piece of technology. Everybody seemed happy about it, except for 1) The [...]
EVDO iPhone coming to Verizon in 2009?
The iPhone then, and the iPhone 3G now, were both announced and released exclusively under AT&T’s network. A lot of people were not happy about it then, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it now, since most of them are having problems with AT&T’s 3G network.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Apple just opened [...]
Apple files patent for method to automagically pair Bluetooth-enabled devices near each other
Currently, the method of pairing Bluetooth devices is ridiculously simple. You just activate Bluetooth, search for the other device you’d like to pair with, enter a PIN, and you’re all set! But the wizards at Apple think they can make it even simpler, eliminating the need for PINs or any of that year-2000 crap.
In a [...]
More details about China Mobile’s downgraded iPhone without Wi-Fi and 3G
China Mobile’s refusal to bow down to Apple’s domineering ways, as far as bringing the iPhone 3G to market in China is concerned, has been well documented. Well, it looks like the situation with China Mobile and Apple is about to change, but not in the way that everyone has expected.
According a report from the [...]
Fully unlocked iPhone 3G now on sale directly from Apple in HK
Without any fanfare, at all, Apple has apparently made the iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong fully unlocked, directly from its online store.
As you can imagine, the selling price of these fully unlocked units are higher than those of locked, carrier subsidized units, with the 8GB models selling for $5,400 HK ($692) and the 16GB [...]
Qantm College UK announces iPhone game development course
Qantm College in the UK wants to give its students a head start in the booming iPhone games development market by offering what it claims is the world’s first iPhone game development course at their Islington Campus. They poke fun at the idea by saying music and games are now all in a day’s work.
In [...]
Apple iPhone home activation to make a comeback, but still in hack-proof form
Part of what’s been keeping contract-tied iPhone 3Gs unlock-proof so far is the mandatory process of in-store activation. This process was only introduced with the release of the new model and was not present when the iPhone was first released. As you can imagine this is not good for the hacker community and generally anyone [...]
iPhone App Review: Band
There are many great iPhone applications that can be downloaded for free from the app store. But if you try them out, you’ll find that most of the paid applications are actually worth their prices as well.
Take this application from Moo-Cow-Music, for example. It’s called Band, and it could quite possibly be one of the [...]
Apple admits the iPhone 3G ultracompact USB power adapters might be crappy and recalls them
It’s not everyday that a giant manufacturer admits one of its products can be thrown into the garbage can. Especially when that manufacturer is Apple, which humbly announced that its ultracompact USB power adapter, shipped together with the new iPhone 3G, might cause serious problems to those who use it.
Apple says that, “under certain [...]
QuickPwn 2.1 for Windows now out
The iPhone dev team is showing some love for Windows PC-using iPhone owners by finally releasing version 2.1 of QuickPwn, its iPhone unlocking and jailbreaking software.
Now a lot of people are going to ask, what’s the point of jailbreaking? The point is, well, it’s there, and if you can’t find it then it’s probably not [...]