Loopt told us that it has just pushed out some updates for its iPhone and BlackBerry apps and I thought there were a few noteworthy new additions. The biggest change is that the location-based social network now lets you interact with events and friends all from within the map screen (supposedly a first for LBS…
Majority of kids will use touchscreens by 2015
It looks like the kiddos will be very touchy feely with their computers, as a report from Gartner says more than half of the computers purchased in 2015 for people under 15 will sport touchscreens. Devices like the iPhone, iPad and Nexus One are making people comfortable with touch on mobile computing but Microsoft has…
iPad Does What Nintendon’t; Super Nintendo Emulator on iPad
In case you haven’t caught on by now, I’m pretty excited about the iPad. I’m especially excited about it’s gaming potential, which you probably knew already from my last two articles. I’m going to keep the iPad gaming train a-rollin’, but this time, we’ll be looking at an app that isn’t an official app, but…
iSuppli says iPad BOM component costs hit $260
The iPad is being sold by Apple for a starting price of $499. That’s a fairly low price-point for a new Apple computing gadget. But, how does that translate into profits for the tablet maker? Well, a new bill of materials (BOM) analysis from iSuppli pegs the base iPad 16GB model with a component cost…
Get yourself ready for iPhone 4.0 – IntoMobile breaks down what you should expect
Apple will be unveiling the next-generation iPhone operating system Thursday and the 4.0 version is bound to be packed with goodies. We’ll be giving you up-to-the-minute coverage of the announcement but we thought it would be good to let you know what the IntoMobile team has heard and what’s on our own wish list for…
New Apple patent reveals NFC enabled iPhone [And iPod Touch, iMac, Apple TV and Apple Remote]
See that funky looking N in the top left hand corner of that iPhone? That’s the official NFC, now known as N-Mark, logo. Apple patent 20,100,082,784, which was filed in September 2008 and published last week, is called “System and method for simplified resource sharing” and that’s exactly what NFC enables. When two NFC devices…
TSA: Apple iPad is airport security friendly
Fancy yourself a jet-setting globe-trotter with reason enough to carry an iPad onto the airplane? Well, even if you’re not some sort of big-shot with frequent flier status on multiple airlines, you’ll probably be glad to hear that the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – you know, those barely literate security agents tasked with screening…
ABI: 6 billion apps will be downloaded in 2010
The smartphone application space is going to explode this year, as ABI Research said there will be nearly 6 billion apps downloaded this year. That’s a sizable jump from last year, when 2.4 billion mobile programs were downloaded. This skyrocketing growth is due to the larger overall adoption of smartphones as well as the introduction…
Apple responds to WiFi issues to iPad users, offers little help
WiFi issues on the iPad are one of the few problems users have been seeing. Some have trouble keeping a connection, and some people have not been able to to connect to WiFi at all. Well, an official statement from Apple has been released onto their forums. Well, it’s more of a FAQ that they…
eBay shows Apple iPads selling for $5,000!
The iPad is available directly from Apple for a base price of $499. The entry fee buys you a 16GB model with WiFi-only data connectivity. But, that’s only going to be an option for those of us in the US – the iPad is initially a US-only device. What do you do if you’re overseas?…