Media-philes will probably know all too well the iPhone’s shortcomings in the video output department. The iPhone and iPhone 3G are only capable of barely-HD 480i video-out resolutions, making it woefully inadequate for playing back movies or TV shows on large TVs and pretty much any decent computer monitor. But, that’s all about to change…
Chrysler’s GEM Peapod moves at the speed of iPhone
The iPhone, with its mass-market appeal and inviting user interface, has helped spark a wave of smartphone awareness in the past couple years. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who’s never heard of the iPhone, let alone someone that doesn’t know someone else with an iPhone in their pocket. Apple’s iPhone has become so…
Hulu prepping ‘badass’ streaming video iPhone application!
Hulu has been pushing hard to broadcast their streaming TV broadcast to every corner of the web. So, what’s next? The iPhone, of course! According to the Silicon Alley Insider, Hulu is making a move into the smartphone space with a streaming video iPhone application. The Hulu iPhone application would give iPhone users mobile access…
Useless Saturday Fun: iDare for the iPhone
Remember that game you used to play in grade school where you would flatten your hand down on your desk, stretch your fingers as far apart as they’d go… and then try and tap the desk in between your fingers as fast as you could without poking your hand? I certainly remember lots of kids…
Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid Coming to the App Store This Summer
Fans of the extremely fun and challenging ‘Rolando’ game for iPhone will be pleased to know there is a ‘Rolando 2’ in the works! Titled ‘Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid’, the new title will build upon the huge success of the original with a bunch of new adventures and puzzles for us to…
Apple iPhone patent application hints at dynamic UI and front-facing camera!
Patent application filings can be dry stuff. But, when Apple files for a new iPhone patent, the world listens. Up at bat this week is a new Apple patent application that hints at a future iPhone outfitted with a front-facing camera and a dynamic UI that changes based on motion detection. While the front-facing camera…
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 gets QuickPWN’ed (jailbreak)!
What, you can’t wait a measley couple of months for Apple to put the polishing touches on the iPhone 3.0 OS? Following on the release of QuickPWN 3.0 Beta 2, the most recent iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 3 release has already been jailbroken through QuickPWN! While not an official jailbreak solution from the iPhone Dev…
Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra – Geeky iPhone-playing MoPhos
The iPhone has become more than just a phone. And, thanks to a wide range of iPhone applications that help transform the iPhone from phone into mobile gaming console to musical instrument, the iPhone is being used in innovative ways that Steve Jobs likely never envisioned. Take these MoPhos for example. The Stanford Mobile Phone…
The Wall Street Journal Goes iPhone
The Wall Street Journal has joined the iPhone App crowd by releasing their very own title in the App Store. The app joins the BlackBerry application that was released last August. The Wall Street Journal for iPhone delivers exactly what you would expect… Pop it open to view ‘what’s news’, with buttons to easily navigate…
Downgrade your iPhone 3G baseband from 2.30 to 2.28!
They did it! No, it wasn’t the venerated iPhone Dev Team that figured it out. The folks at ModMyi have posted an iPhone 3G baseband firmware downgrade utility, developed by “pH,” that should give bricked iPhone 3G owners new hope. Thanks to pH and the “pHasebandowngrader” utility, the iPhone 3G baseband firmware version 2.30 can…