The iPad is garnering a lot of attention but it likely won’t match the debut of the original iPhone, according to the odds at online bookmaker YouWager. The site says the iPad has a 72% probability of taking longer to sell one million units than the original iPhone. As you recall, it took the original,…
Brief: Bharti Airtel finally getting the iPhone 3GS; no date or price given
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest operator with over 124 million customers, has announced that they’re going to carry the iPhone 3GS. They’ve been selling the iPhone 3G since August 2008, and the iPhone 3GS was released internationally during the summer of 2009, so people there are probably a bit anxious. Will they get the new iPhone,…
New Apple patent hints at iGroups location-based social network
Location-based social networks are all the rage these days. Any mobile app worth its salt has some sort of tie-in with geo-location data. Apple may soon be jumping into the social networking waters themselves. A new patent application hints at Apple’s plans for a new type of location aware social network that gives groups of…
New Square-Enix RPG, Chaos Rings, Releasing on the iPhone This Year [Update]
It’s been nearly a month since Square-Enix released Final Fantasy I & Final Fantasy II on the iPhone, but it seems like they’re already planning on releasing another RPG on the platform some time this year. According to a job posting on Japanese developer Media.Vision’s website, the game is called Chaos Rings and will be a 3D title whose story…
Microsoft clarifies Windows Phone 7 multitasking
With Microsoft’s MIX 2010 winding down, we’re starting to get some clear messages about Windows Phone 7 Series. One of the major issues near and dear to my heart is multitasking, and Microsoft appears to be taking cues from Apple because third-party programs won’t be able to fully run in the background. According to our…
PocketMac for BlackBerry 5.0 Now Available
The folks at PocketMac have announced the release of of PocketMac for BlackBerry, version 5.0. This new and improved version brings many new features, including a redesigned synchronization engine that was designed from scratch for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The app syncs quicker, the interface has been made simpler, and overall the darn…
HTC flat out says “Apple, you’re wrong” and presents their history as a company as proof of innocence
When Apple sued HTC earlier this month, you could hear mobile phone geeks around the world going “that’s not right.” HTC’s software innovations, mainly Sense UI, bear almost no resemblance at all to Apple’s iPhone user interface. Does their hardware look a bit like the iPhone? Maybe, but then again just look at what’s out…
Apple gives iPhone devs more scheduling freedom
One constant complaint I hear from iPhone developers is that it is very difficult to manage limited-times promotions. This may seem like a minor issue but there could potentially be lots of marketing dollars associated with this effort, and not having a firm launch time can be a major problem. It looks like Apple is…
Top 3 St. Patty’s Day iPhone Apps
Are you wearing your “green” today? If you’re not, you should be – you wouldn’t want to risk the wrath of drunken St. Patrick’s Day celebrators pinching you repeatedly for not respecting the booze-fest that is St. Patty’s Day. And, if you have an iPhone, you won’t want to be caught without these Top 3…
LinkedIn updates iPhone app
When I talk to iPhone people about why the platform is better than Android, they always say iPhone apps are more polished and robust. This line of logic can be cut down with most apps, but the LinkedIn program on the iPhone is clearly superior, and the business social network has just added new features…