It’s natural for our gadgets, including the Apple iPhone 4, to get a little hot every now and then. It’s normal with usage and especially when charging. While we’ve all heard the horror stories about our toys catching on fire, however, it’s still a little shocking to see it happen. One would imagine that engineers…
Apple struggles with iPhone 4 demand
Apple can’t seem to manufacture iPhone 4 units as fast as customers want to buy them. While this is generally a good problem to have, the shortages could have a tangible impact on how many units Apple sells over the next few quarters. Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu told investors that the supply shortages will…
Backordered iPhone 4 Units Now Being Shipped
So you were sitting back during the pre-order fiasco thinking to yourself that you’ll wait until the rush is over and you’ll get your iPhone 4 with no problems. Now that you’ve learned your lesson, perhaps you’ll be happy to know that backordered iPhone 4 handsets have started shipping. While they were initially supposed to…
How To: Make a DIY iPad stand from pencils and rubber bands
These days, you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone actually using a pencil for writing, but it seems there’s still a healthy market for pencils being used as iPad stands. That’s right, we said it. An iPad stand made out of pencils. Forget paying for an iPad stand that’s only capable of holding your iPad…
FaceTime could be coming to iPod Touch
One of the coolest new features of the Apple iPhone 4 is the ability to do two-way video calling. This FaceTime feature may soon find its way on to the iPod Touch, if you believe a buyer for a large U.K. retail chain. An audio and telecom buyer for the chain John Lewis has been…
Arcade classic R-Type coming to iPhone
If you’ve been playing games since the 80s, either at home or at the local arcade, then R-Type is a game you might be familiar with. It looks like millions of iPhone owners are soon going to be receiving a refresher course as EA Mobile has announced they’re bringing the timeless classic to the iPhone…
PSN Go brings the Playstation Network to your iPhone next week
There are a number of iPhone apps available on the iTunes Store that allows Playstation 3 owners to check on their friends list, trophy details, and other things available on the PSN, but none are as good or as a complete experience as Microsoft’s official 360 Live app. It looks like a new iPhone app…
Apple’s elusive White iPhone 4 caught in the wild
As Apple fans continue to snatch up record numbers of the Black iPhone 4 smartphone, we have yet to see the company start officially pushing out the White iPhone 4 units to the public. Apple cites manufacturing difficulties as the cause for the delay of White “iPhour” launch, but that hasn’t stopped one Japanese “source”…
Hulu Plus on iPhone – Is it worth the extra cost? [video]
It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for Hulu to go live with their iPhone and iPad app, and now that the Hulu Plus app is finally available, we’ve been lucky enough to take it for a spin. Hulu Plus will cost you an extra $9.99 per month for the convenience of being able to…
Get Flash on your jailbroken iPad now with Frash
Remember how we told you you’d have to wait a bit longer to get the iPad port of Adobe Flash 10.1 Player, dubbed Frash, on your personal iPad? Well, it looks like we were wrong about that. Despite stability issues, the developer’s (@comex) warnings that it’s not ready for public consumption, and the inability to…