The iPhone 4’s front-facing camera isn’t just hanging out to help you take self-portrait pics, it’s hanging out to help you do some good ole fashioned 2-way video calling – Apple calls it “FaceTime.” Thanks to some technical jiggering of the iPhone OS, excuse us, iOS 4, the iPhone 4 and all future Apple phones…
iPhone 4 uses stainless steel frame as antenna for WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, GSM/3G (Badass)
One of the juicier little bits of info about the iPhone 4 that Steve Jobs dropped today was that the iPhone 4 uses its stainless steel frame as cellular and WiFi antenna, much like the way the iPad was confirmed to be using its LCD frame as the antenna for its WiFi and cellular radios.…
iPhone 4 and the New Retina Display: What’s the Big Deal?
Normally when Apple uses words like “magical” and “revolutionary”, I roll my eyes. So much of what they do has come before – they’re simply iterating in an especially stylish way. That’s good, don’t get me wrong. They’re moving technology beyond function and into fashion, thus popularizing what us niche geeks have been enjoying for…
Hands on with Apple’s new iPhone 4 and the feature-packed iOS 4 (HD Video)
What, you didn’t think we’d leave Apple’s WWDC 2010 Conference keynote without getting some hands-on time with the slick new iPhone 4 and its feature-ladden iOS 4, did you? Following Steve Jobs’ keynote earlier today, press types such as ourselves were invited for a first look at Apple’s latest iPhone iteration, and given its powerful…
Zynga Announces Farmville Releasing on the iPhone This June
It looks like the rumors floating around the ‘net about Farmville coming to the iPhone came true during this morning’s WWDC keynote as Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus announced Farmville will indeed be coming to the iPhone later this month in time for its 1 year anniversary. All 35 million Farmville players will feel right at…
iMovie for iPhone 4 Turns You into a Passable Videographer
The iPhone 4 brings with it a ton of new features and hardware, one of which is a new 5-megapixel camera with flash. The new camera doesn’t just take sweet pictures as we saw in today’s presentation at WWDC, but it also shoots 720p HD video at 30fps (we’re normally used to seeing 24fps on…
iBooks updated, headed to iPhone 4 and iOS 4 with PDF support and wireless book sync
Today at the WWDC, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced an magical update to its iBooks application, as well as announcing that the iBook app was headed to the just-unveiled iPhone 4. While it’s nothing revolutionary, the enhancements to the eBook app should prove to be very helpful. First off, they’ve added support for reading PDF…
Get Your Rock Fix On-The-Go With Guitar Hero for the iPhone
If you were keeping track of today’s live blog from WWDC, then you might have caught a glimpse of a new game from Activision taking center stage during the keynote. Guitar Hero has finally come to the iPhone! Guitar Hero was built exclusively for the iPhone and takes full advantage of the iPhone platform’s functionality.…
Netflix App for iPhone Available this Summer
Following the iPad app, Netflix announced an iPhone app for their subscription-based video streaming service at WWDC today. Netflix was pretty forthcoming about working on the iPhone app, and have confirmed that it will be available for free sometime this summer. The iPhone app will include personalized recommendations, and remember where you left off watching…
Live: Apple WWDC 2010 – iPhone 4G / HD unveiling!
So here we are at Apple’s WWDC 2010 Conference to see the iPhone 4G / HD debut as Apple’s latest iteration of the iPhone. That’s right, it’s that time of year again when Apple shows the world what they’ve been secretly (or not so secretly) working on over the past year or so. We’re bringing…