The rumours of an Apple iGuide/iSlate have been swirling for eons now, and have reached fever pitch over the last couple of weeks. If you needed any more confirmation beyond rumoured launch windows, reports from manufacturers, and footprints over the web, Google China’s ex-president, Kaifu Lee, claims to have seen the device itself, and describes…
Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone Releasing Late January; Zombies Beware!
Zombies will soon be walking all over our virtual lawns as PopCap Games announced Plants vs. Zombies will be making its way to the iPhone / iPod Touch in late January. The news came from an unlikely source, namely a follow-up comment on PopCap’s Facebook page. If you still haven’t played PopCap’s addictive, yet simple…
AT&T still has 3 days to offer iPhone tethering in 2009
Well, it’s more like 2.5 days at this point, but who’s counting? With just two full calendar days left in 2009, AT&T has little time to make good on their promise to offer iPhone users a data tethering plan in 2009. It’s not looking likely, but we’re still holding on to the hope that AT&T…
Apple trademarks ‘iGuide’ brand, tablet rumors continue to swirl
As we close in on the rumored launch window for the Apple Tablet, speculation continues to swirl around the mythical slate-style computer. The last episode of the Apple Tablet Rumor Show had Apple considering the iSlate brand as the questionable name for its tablet device. In this episode, we’re hearing that there’s another possible trademark…
Nokia complains to the United States International Trade Commission about 7 patents Apple violated
Here we go, first it was Nokia suing Apple over violating 10 patents, then Apple countersuing Nokia for 13 patents, and now here we are, days before 2010, and Nokia not only countersues Apple for 7 additional patents, but they file a complaint to the United States International Trade Commission. Read the press release yourself:…
Apple’s Tablet to be called iSlate, possibly with Foxconn touch panels?
There’s still nothing official coming out of Cupertino, but that hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning out rumors about an Apple-made tablet computer with a giant multi-touch display. So far, we’ve heard that the tablet might sport a 10.7″ touchscreen, run the iPhone OS, and could end up looking like a big iPhone. Now,…
AT&T halts online iPhone sales in NYC
It’s not entirely clear why, but reports have confirmed that AT&T has stopped selling their iPhone through via onlines sales to anyone in the New York metro area. The iPhones are still being sold in AT&T and Apple stores throughout the area, but is blocking online iPhone orders from anyone with an NYC zip code.…
VoiceCentral bringing Google Voice back to iPhone, the ‘Screw Apple’ edition
Following its not-so-subtle exile from the AppStore, the Google Voice app VoiceCentral will soon make a return to the iPhone as a new web-app. VoiceCentral developer Riverturn calls their reincarnated app the VoiceCentral Black Swan Edition. Okay, so maybe it won’t be called “Screw Apple” edition, but the return of VoiceCentral to the iPhone is…
Brief: Rumour: Apple to ship 5 megapixel iPhone, and move 40 to 45 million iPhones total, during 2010
Taiwanese site Digitimes, whose track record regarding rumours is actually quite good, is reporting that OmniVision, the company who makes the CMOS image sensors that go inside the iPhone 3G and 3GS, is expecting to supply with 40 to 45 million cameras for iPhones during 2010. An unknown percentage of those will be 5 megapixel…
Review: Twin Blades for iPhone
For the past couple of years, slaying zombies has taken video games by storm. There’s nothing more satisfying than murdering thousands of zombies in the comfort of your own home. Twin Blades is a 2-D, side scrolling hack-n-slash where you’re slaying zombies across a number of levels. If that didn’t sell you, you do it…