If you’ve been holding off on updating your iPhone to firmware v1.1.2 because you’ve gotten attached to your iToner ringtone maker, then you’ll be glad to hear that Ambrosia Software has released an updated iToner application that will now support your iPhone v1.1.2. iToner allows you to upload (drag-and-drop) custom-created MP3, MP4, and AAC files…
Archives for 2007
iPhone trumps BlackBerry in latest Consumer Reports
There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of official consumer-electronics rank-lists that are putting the iPhone near, or at the top, of the page this holiday shopping season. Time Magazine named the iPhone the “Invention of the Year” and the No. 1 gadget in their “Top 10 Gadgets” list. The iPhone has taken the top-spot…
Nokia patents MagSafe like charger for their mobile devies
Apple fans who have purchased a laptop in the past year or two are familiar with MagSafe technology which dislodges the charging cable if enough force is applied; this is enabled by the use of magnets. Nokia is trying to do the same thing, but on their mobile phones. I don’t really see how this…
Avaya gives iPhone some enterprise prowess – Avaya one-X Mobile coming to iPhone
The iPhone isn’t exactly an enterprise device, that much is truth. But, that doesn’t stop throngs of businesspeople from insisting that their IT department support their new-fangled iPhone. Avaya’s taken heed and has plans to bring their Avaya one-X Mobile platform to the iPhone. Support for the year’s hottest handset is expected to come in…
Palm predicts even larger loss; to stop forecasting sales and profit – it’s that bad
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the embattled manufacturer of the Palm “Treo email phone” (what, it’s not a smartphone anymore?). Palm is now predicting even greater losses than they had previously forecasted, based on those unforeseen warranty repairs and the delay of Verizon Wireless’s Palm Treo 755p. The lowered forecast…
Wired’s Editor-in-Chief gets slammed with huge iPhone bill – dimwit
You would think that the head-honcho of one of the US’s premier technology rags is fairly proficient with the latest gadgets and doo-hickeys. Especially those gadgets that he actually uses everyday. You would think that, and you’d be wrong. Kevin Allison, of the Financial Times, has reported that, “Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, the…
Bluetooth SIG leaks another HTC NEON – HTC NEON200
Remember that recently FCC-leaked HTC NEON100? Well, we’ve barely had time to digest that little tidbit of HTC Touch-based information, and now the just-as-leaky Bluetooth SIG goes and gives us another sneak peak at another HTC NEON in the pipeline. The HTC NEON200 has surfaced at the FCC website and, like its sibling HTC NEON100,…
Update your LG Voyager’s firmware at the nearest Verizon Wireless Store
If you’re the proud owner of Verizon’s newest flagship handset, you may have noticed a couple niggles with the LG Voyager‘s user interface. Well, you’re not the only ones to have noticed – it seems Verizon’s been hard at work to make sure that Voyager delivers an experience that rivals the iPhone’s (even with a…
Apple recruits native iPhone application hacker for iPhone SDK team
It looks like all that pioneering in the world of native iPhone applications hasn’t gone unnoticed by the higher-ups at Cupertino. Delicious Monster’s Lucas Newman, developer of the first-ever native iPhone application Lights Off, has been tapped by Apple to join their iPhone SDK development team. The iPhone SDK, as you should well know by…
Intuit to offer iPhone-optimized Quicken for $3/month on January 8
In an effort to grab hearts and minds of the iPhone owners and to get some press attention along the way, Intuit has announced they will be launching web-based version of its popular personal finance application Quicken specially tailored to fit the screen of the Apple’s handset. If everything goes according to the plan, iPhone…