Let’s give a nice round of applause to GetJar, as the independent, multi-platform application store said it has seen more than 1 billion downloads, the most outside of you know who. The company offers free apps to a variety of devices around the world and it said some of its most successful downloads include Facebook,…
iOS 4 for iPhone 3GS Jailbroken in No Time At All
We haven’t really had a chance to breathe since iOS 4 was announced at WWDC yesterday, but the new operating system has now been jailbroken for the iPhone 3GS. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise since iPhone OS 4 was jailbroken with the quickness, but if you’re running iOS 4 Gold Master and you’ve…
Superphone shootout: what’s the best smartphone for this summer?
Apple’s iPhone 4 looks like it will be a killer device but there are a plethora of good smartphones on all of the major carriers. We take a look at some of the hottest handsets that will go head-to-head this summer season, so read on after the jump for a breakdown of the coolest new…
Foxconn Considers Price Hikes to Offset Wage Increases
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should be pretty familiar with what’s going on at Foxconn, maker of the iPhone, these days. Working conditions and wages have been rather poor and it has been attributed to a recent string of suicides. It got so bad, in fact, that Foxconn made its workers sign…
Video: Apple posts the full WWDC keynote; watch Steve announce iPhone 4
Whether or not you’re an Apple fan, you’ve got to admit that Steve Jobs sets the bar for what an amazing presentation should be in today’s age of being stuck in meeting, staring at PowerPoint. Last night I wasn’t tuning into the live blogs, I had better things to do, but even if I tune…
Steve Jobs D8 Video Interview Now Available, Full and Uncut
When Steve Jobs took the stage at the D8 conference last week, we were treated to all kinds of morsels of wisdom and a look into the mind of Jobs. Topics covered included the inception of the iPad, which was actually in Jobs’ plans well before the iPhone was first announced, and the issue of…
This is the iPhone 4 doing FaceTime 2-way video chat
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…
Apple says iPhone 4 hardened glass doesn’t need full-body case protection, buy a ‘bumper’ instead
The new iPhone 4 has escaped its curved-body roots in favor of a thinner, more flat design with hard edges. Some may not like the new look, but I find the thing down right sexy. Now with the hardened glass display and back plate protecting the iPhone 4’s innards, you don’t even need a full…
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.…
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…