The best kinds of rumors come straight from the hardware source. The latest Adobe Flash rumor to hit the iPhone-scene is actually based on images shown on Apple’s own iPhone 3G webpage. It seems that a depiction of the website Lonely Planet on an iPhone 3G shows Flash-enabled content flawlessly rendered on the screen. There’s…
Apple looking to hock iPhone 3G on university campuses
As if peddling the latest iPhone 3G hardware through AT&T stores as well as Apple’s retail stores wasn’t enough, Apple is reportedly considering a plan that would have Apple iPhone 3G handsets being sold where Apple is arguably more popular than the general population – college campuses. In a push to extend Apple’s already-tight relationship…
AT&T rolls out BlackBerry Bold 9000 website
While many potential AT&T customers are eagerly awaiting Apple’s July 11 launch date for the iPhone 3G, it’s easy to forget that the No. 1 US wireless carrier is set to bring other tempting handset offers to market. Enter the BlackBerry Bold 9000. AT&T has just gone live with an official webpage to help whet…
Sprint announces Samsung Instinct at $200
Apple and Steve Jobs threw us all a slight curveball by announcing an incredibly low-priced iPhone 3G – even Sprint, was taken for a loop. Not to be outdone by Apple and AT&T, Sprint has announced its new price-point for its iPhone 3G-fighter, the Samsung Instinct. Sprint wants you to seriously consider spending your $200…
AMD nabs OpenGL ES 2.0 conformance certification for mobile graphics
Graphics in the mobile space are no longer relegated to the 2D-dominated gaming landscape. With nVidia throwing their hat in to the mobile computing-ring in their Tegra mobile platform, traditional processing powerhouses are treading on new ground. AMD’s latest announcement has the Intel-rival ushering in a new era of 3D graphics on mobile devices –…
OpenMoko FreeRunner gets reviewed
OpenMoko is still having a bit of trouble getting their Neo1973 successor, the OpenMoko FreeRunner, shipped out to eager Linux-phone fans. But, the folks over at Monochrome Mentality are keeping the Linux-fire stoked with a review of the OpenMoko FreeRunner. From the get-go, the OpenMoko FreeRunner exudes a more minimalist style-approach – with simple, yet…
Verizon rolls out Exchange Server push email support with RemoSync
Push email on mobile devices, once the exclusive domain of BlackBerry-maker RIM, is really starting to catch on. And, with push email services gaining more and more traction among the smartphone masses, it makes sense for carriers to roll-out their own push-email services – for fear of their inevitable decline to serve as a “dumb-pipe.”…
NerveGas details sure-fire method to wipe personal data from iPhones
With the iPhone 3G slated for arrival early next month, I’d imagine that many of you early iPhone-adopters are getting ready to hock that year-old iPhone of yours in preparation for the next-generation iPhone. I’m planning on selling my iPhone on the secondary market (ie. Craigslist, eBay) to help subsidize the already low price of…
Apple to put P.A Semi chips to work in iPhone
The thing about parallel processing is that there’re only so many cores that can be effectively used together. With chips eschewing stratospheric clock-speeds in favor of multiple processing cores, the challenge in reaching faster processing speeds has shifted from hardware problems to software problems. It all boils down to just how effectively any given software…
Majority of iPhone applications in AppStore will be free
How’s that for some serious iPhone support from the development community? A survey from WWDC indicates that most, around 70%, of iPhone developers are planning to give away their hard work for free through Apple’s AppStore. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster found that “the average cost of iPhone apps on the App Store to be…