Don Lindsay, a designer previously in the employ of Apple and Microsoft, is now working under BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, and good thing, too – the BlackBerry UI could sure use a makeover. There’s some contention over whether Lindsay worked on the iPhone or not, but even if his experience limited to OS X, it…
Free iPhone App of the Day: Catcha Mouse from Odasoft
Some quick free (and fun) iPhone gaming here for you this weekend. Currently sitting in the #1 position for free apps in the App Store is Catcha Mouse from Odasoft. The game is a simple puzzle game. Stop the mouse from escaping via one of the holes by laying down mousetraps. Block his patch and…
Apple: Almost 1 Billion iPhone Apps Served, and counting…
If you had any doubts about the iPhone AppStore’s furious success over the past year, you should know that Apple is well on its way to its 1 billionth iPhone application download. Apple is making a big deal, as it should, about its 1 billion iPhone app downloads. In fact, Apple will be celebrating its…
Tap Tap Revenge: Coldplay Edition Debuts in App Store
Really? REALLY? A new game from Coldplay? Yes, its true. A new game is available for the iPhone via the App Store featuring the popular band. At first I assumed this was more of a straight out ‘promo’ piece with updated news, streaming videos, etc… But the good news here is that the game is…
New iPhone on schedule for June launch!
It’s almost an accepted fact that Apple will be launching the new iPhone, possibly two new iPhones, this June or July. Given Apple’s short history with iPhone launches, it makes sense. Today, the Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting that component suppliers are now shipping iPhone parts to hardware integrators. The ship dates are an apparently…
Video recording, digital compass coming to new iPhone!
The latest iPhone rumor borne of the iPhone OS 3.0 betas points to the possibility that new iPhone hardware will include video recording capabilities and a magnetometer. Of the possibly two new iPhones coming out this Summer, at least one of them may sport the same “digital compass” technology as the T-Mobile G1 (most notably…
Analyst: Apple readying two new iPhones for mid-Summer, tiered data from AT&T
As we wait for Apple to drop new iPhone hardware on us come this Summer, we can’t help but to try and make sense of the scraps of info we’ve gathered on the next-generation iPhone. The iPhone 3.0 OS betas have already yielded some juicy hints of two new iPhone variants coming down Apple’s product…
Teenage iPhone market on the rise
Apple has the uncanny ability to resist economic downturns surprisingly well, and the latest survey from Piper Jaffray proves that even the teenage demographic is following that trend. In the face of dour economic conditions, teenage iPhone marketshare is on the rise. The “Taking Stock with Teens” survey shows that eight percent of teens are…
Apple Sued Over Multitouch
Heh. Apple, who has so veraciously defended the multi-touch technology on the iPhone, is under attack for patent infringement by Taiwanese Elan Microelectronics. Elan had been talking with Apple about licensing multi-touch on Macbook, iPhone and iPod Touch for the last two years, but that’s clearly gone nowhere. Elan had traded legal blows with another…
Fido To Sell ‘Refreshed’ iPhone 3G’s
A little while ago Fido announced that they would be starting to really push their current iPhone 3G models out the door. It was yet another simple sign that a next-gen iPhone was on the way. Now, for those still looking to get a great deal on an iPhone, Rogers’ discount carrier Fido has announced…