Massachusetts based Quattro Wireless, a competitor to AdMob that was recently bought up by Google to the tune of $750 million, was purchased by Apple for $275 million according to sources that have informed Kara Swisher from The Wall Street Journal. While Google is busy making blue text that only 1 out of every 100…
Report: Apple to ship tablet in March with $1,000 price tag
Whether you call it the Apple Tablet, the iSlate, the iGuide, there’s no denying that rumors surrounding the fabled Apple tablet device has reached a fever pitch. It’s gotten to the point where the Wall Street Journal has apparently confirmed through “people briefed” by Apple that the tablet computer will be unveiled later this month…
Let’s Golf for iPhone goes FREE today
It wouldn’t feel right ringing in the first official work day of the new year without a free iPhone game to show you. Today’s free iPhone game is “Let’s Golf.” Thanks to Gameloft you can download their popular iPhone golf game for free on the App Store. You get the full version of the game,…
Apple Magic Mouse spotted controlling jailbroken iPhone!
The iPhone might not officially be able to pair with a wireless Bluetooth keyboard or a wireless Bluetooth mouse, but the jailbroken iPhone community isn’t going to let that stop them. Thanks to the open source Bluetooth stack project BTstack, we now have video of an Apple Magic Mouse controlling an iPhone over Bluetooth. Seeing…
Nokia files another patent infringement lawsuit against Apple
Nokia is really pushing hard to put the hurt on Apple’s legal team. Nokia first sued Apple in late October for allegedly violating 10 wireless patents held by Nokia. When Apple pushed back and counter sued Nokia for 13 wireless patents, Nokia turned right around and sued Apple for an additional 7 patents while simultaneously…
Apple’s ‘iSlate’ Tablet Specs Leaked?
The Nexus One might be on the tip of mobile industry’s tongue right now, but that hasn’t slowed the number of alleged Applet “iSlate” Tablet rumors coming to light. And, this latest Apple Tablet rumor is a doozy. The folks over at PhoneArena have gotten their hands on what purports to be a Apple internal…
Next generation iPhone 4G to get 802.11n WiFi?
It’s a bit early in the year to start with next generation iPhone rumors, but we’re not complaining. New rumblings along the iPhone grapevine suggest that Apple is working to add support for the faster 802.11n WiFi standard in its next iPhone – we’re calling it the iPhone 4G for the time being. The rumor…
Apple to add Latitude-like location tracking features to iPhone Maps?
It wasn’t too long ago that we were criticizing Apple for keeping Google’s friend-tracking Latitude service off the iPhone’s Maps application. While the rest of the smartphone world got updates to its Google Maps for Mobile application that allowed them to keep tabs on the location of friends and family, the iPhone was left to…
Review: James Cameron’s Avatar for iPhone
Movie tie-in games have had an ongoing track record of not being good. There have been a few exceptions in the long history of video games, but more often than not, movie tie-in games will be bad. Avatar was released almost two weeks week ago and it’s already made it to ‘Best Films of the…
New Year 2010 resolutions from our fave mobile phone makers
A new year is a time to reflect on our achievements in the past dozen months and to set goals for the coming 12 months. That goes for regular folks and multi-national corporations alike. In the spirit of fixing what’s wrong with their mobile phone businesses this year, our favorite cellphone manufacturers have submitted to…