Apple absolutely crushed its second quarter, as the company produced its best non-holiday quarter every with profits of $3.07 billion thanks to the staggering success of the iPhone. The company sold 8.75 million iPhones in the quarter, a massive 131% increase from the same period a year ago, primarily thanks to increased sales in Asia…
iPhone OS 4.0 beta 2 now available
The latest version of the iPhone OS software is available to developers now and 4.0 beta 2 doesn’t seem to add anything major but does fix a few niggling problems with the previous build. First of all, you can now pop up the music controls by hitting the home button twice when music is playing,…
Multitouch comes to HTC resisitve handsets!
Feeling left out of the multitouch party if you have a Windows Mobile phone with a resistive screen? Yeah, it’s going to take some hacking, but you’ll soon be able to get some multitouch goodness on your HTC handset with Windows Mobile and a resistive screen thanks to the wizards in the XDA community. Developer…
iPhone 4.0 to have Facebook integration?
We all knew iPhone OS 4.0 would have a few surprises and it looks like it will have some stronger social networking integration from Facebook. After digging around in the 4.0 code, the website Gunning for Safety found: It looks like Apple plans to implement Facebook’s Events into the iPhone’s Calendar app, as well as…
Thief steals man’s iPad, finger
Bill Jordan of Aurora, Colo. was probably a happy little clam with his brand new iPad but little did he know that the magical tablet would lead to some horrific events. Jordan was leaving a mall with his iPad in tow when some scumbag attacked him in a parking garage trying to take the device.…
Steve Jobs: If you want porn, buy Android
Apple CEO Steve Jobs seems to have porn on the mind, as he reportedly told an e-mailer that other platforms are more suited for the naughty business. Apple customer Matthew Browing sent Jobs an e-mail concerning the blockage of an app from a Pulitzer winner and he also said Apple shouldn’t be a moral police…
GetJar boosts developer tools
While Apple and Android get most of the attention in the mobile application space, GetJar has quietly carved out a nice niche for itself targeting the millions of feature phones out there. The company introduced Wednesday a mobile app conversion tool that should make it easier for devs to test and track their programs. Although…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 could hit AT&T in late July
It looks like the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 may be hitting AT&T in late July or early August, according to a post from Engadget. If you recall, the X10 looked like a killer device when it was first announced because the Android-powered handset features a large 4-inch capacitive touchscreen, a 1 GHz processor and a…
Palm Ares boosts app development
It’s not all bad news for Palm, as the company just introduced its Ares development tool to enable developers to create applications within a browser. Palm will be hosting the development environment in the cloud, which should significantly lower the barrier to entry. Palm’s App Catalog really needs the boost too, as it only has…
The hits just keep coming – Palm loses key executive
Well, it just keeps getting worse for struggling Palm. After seemingly getting its inventory removed from Radio Shack, an SEC filing revealed the company will be losing its head of software and services. Michael Abbott, the senior VP in question, will be leaving the company April 23. According to sources, he played a large role…