Following on news that Verizon is having trouble keeping the Droid Incredible in stock due to supply issues that smartphone maker HTC is having with the Samsung-sourced AMOLED displays, we’re now hearing that Apple passed up the the chance to use AMOLED on its next-generation iPhone HD (4G) because of concerns over component supply. The…
Apple rides iPhone success to trump Microsoft in market capitalization
News of Apple’s latest milestone has just hit the wires, and it looks like Apple is riding the iPhone wave to overtake Microsoft as the largest tech company in the world, as far as market capitalization is concerned. The Cupertino-based iPhone maker has just hit a market cap north of $227 billion, as Microsoft’s stocks…
Mobigame Brings Truckers Delight Game to the iPhone; Yes, THAT Truckers Delight
Ah, Truckers Delight (NSFW!). A simple little story about a trucker who goes on an adventure to fornicate with a beautiful woman in a Corvette. During his travels, he eats poodle poop, makes a bouncer his bitch, and travels through the poop shoot of a giant woman. All in the name of love and with…
AT&T confirms iPhone launching in June to employees
In a not-so-surprising move, AT&T has apparently confirmed to its employees that Apple will indeed be launching their much anticipated and widely leaked iPhone HD (or 4G, or just iPhone 4, whatever you want to call it) in June. With Steve Jobs expected to take the keynote stage at this year’s WWDC conference and AT&T…
AT&T could lose up to 40% of iPhone users to Verizon, says analyst
If Apple brought its iPhone to Verizon, as often rumored, AT&T could face a massive defection of customers, according to Davenport & Company analyst Drake Johnstone. The analyst said AT&T could lose as many as 40% of its iPhone subscribers to Big Red for various reasons. The main impetus to switch would likely be network…
Internet Controlled Soda Machine Sells on eBay for $76
Retrofitting old junk with new guts always grabs my attention. That’s why, when MIT computer science grad Chris Varenhorst re-jigged a dirt cheap soda machine to his specifications, I had to chuckle. So what did he do? Chris not only managed to hook the machine up to the internet, but he also made the soda…
iPhone 3GS Screen Repair is so easy… Even a 10-Year-Old can do it!
What do you get when you cross a cracked iPhone 3GS screen with a bright 10-year-old boy? Answer: you get iPhone repair at a huge discount. Enter ‘Brett’ (pictured above), nephew of CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy and son of the founder of iPhone and iPad game house MobileAge. Naturally, Brett is into gadgets, and…
iPhone app development now possible on Windows with DragonFireSDK
A company called Zimusoft has an interesting product called DragonFireSDK, which enables Windows users to join the iParty. Yap, that means they [Windows developers] will be able to make apps for Apple’s mobile platform (which BTW runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) without having to buy a Mac. According to Zimusoft’s press release,…
iConji is an icon-based messaging app/service that crosses the language barriers
A company called Over the Sun is launching what they over-hype as a “revolutionary social networking application” called iConji Messenger. Touted to bring the new way to communicate with friends across town or around the world, the new application/service replaces text with a vocabulary of 32×32 pixel pictographs whose meanings are translated into several languages.…
Low iPhone 3G inventory hints at iPhone 3GS price drop
If you’ve been waiting for the next-gen iPhone HD / 4G to drop next month at Apple’s WWDC conference so that the iPhone 3GS will drop in price, we’ve got good news. Apple stores in the US and abroad are reportedly seeing their iPhone 3G stock running low, with restocking measures nowhere to be seen.…