It seems that the venerable iPhone 3G has been overtaken by the RIM BlackBerry Curve (in all of its “83xx” variants) in the first quarter of the 2009 US smartphone popularity contest. According to NPD, RIM’s US smartphone market share increased some 15% to give the BlackBerry-maker a 50% smartphone market share, knocking the iPhone…
New iPhone OS 3.0 beta hints at ‘Find My iPhone’ MobileMe app
With the release of the latest iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4, we’re getting confirmation that Apple will be building out a new MobileMe web-app to support the “Find My iPhone” location-tracking feature in the upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS. The “Find My iPhone” feature hasn’t yet been announced by Apple, but there’s little doubt that the…
Skype for iPhone works well over AT&T 3G
A buddy recently let me in on a little secret. You can use the Skype iPhone application over a 3G connection – and it works damn well! No wonder AT&T banned Skype from making calls using its 3G data network. The release of the Skype iPhone application caused quite a stir as carriers around the…
JD Power: Apple iPhone Tops in Consumer Smartphone Satisfaction!
JD Power, and their mysterious associates, has just released their 2009 Consumer Smartphone Satisfaction Survey results. The winner? Apple and their iPhone/iPhone 3G. No contest, game over, thanks for playing. The iPhone recently topped JD Power’s 2008 Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study, so it doesn’t surprise us that Apple took top-billing again, thanks to…
UK: iPhone concert at Wembley Stadium!
Well this is some fairly crazee news – apparently there’s a composer in the UK who has been working with Take That, who also happens to have a bit of an affinity for the iPhone – so much so that he is going to perform at Wembley with it (presumably as an opening act for…
Study: Apple iPhone more playful than productive
Love and hate. Those are pretty much the only two emotions tied to Apple’s iconic iPhone. Those that love it will praise the UI, web browser, huge display and multi-touch. Those that hate it will lament all day about the iPhone’s lack of physical keyboard, quality camera and feature-lacking iPhone OS. Whatever camp you happen…
Appled Sued for Censoring iPhone Hackers
Apple was none too happy when BlueWiki page OdioWorks hosted conversations on how to have your iPhone work with something other than iTunes, and had sent some legal muscle after the site, who claimed the parties in question violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA’s) prohibition on circumventing copy protection measures. Luckily, the Electronic Frontier…
Apple has Tablet, iPhone Lite in the Wings for Verizon?
Everybody and their grandmother are asking when the iPhone is coming to Verizon Wireless. With over 80 million wireless subscribers in the bag, it’s clear that much of America is still an untapped iPhone market. We heard yesterday that Apple was negotiating with Verizon for the next iPhone product, and now BusinessWeek is claiming to…
SushiGuru from Globetrotter Designs Arrives in the App Store
Anyone that knows me will understand I have almost daily cravings for Sushi. Naturally, not wanting to bankrupt ourselves, the lady and I end up at a local Sushi joint maybe once a week for a table full of delicious food. Now, thanks to a new app called ‘SushiGuru’ from Globetrotter designs, we can know…
Manage Your Football Club (MYFC) Now Available in the App Store
You may remember me mentioning this iPhone app some time ago, building up a bit of ‘buzz’ about it. Seems as though I’ve missed the launch by a few days here, but nonetheless, Manage Your Football Club is now available in the App Store! A must-have for any football fan (soccer for us North Americans…