DirecTV is really pushing hard to bring their DVR-scheduling service to the mobile space. Following on DirecTV’s recent launch of their web-based DVR control-interface, DirecTV has gone live with a bona fide iPhone application in the iTunes App Store. The DirecTV iPhone app allows iPhone-toting DirecTV customers to control their home DVR (Digital Video Recorder)…
Volkswagen Launches iPhone Optimized Website Featuring Access to Emergency Roadside Assistance
Fans of ‘Das Auto’ will be very pleased to know that VW has launched a mobile site optimized for viewing on the iPhone. You can check it out from your desktop at http://www.vw.com/mobile/iphone. For best results on your desktop, you may want to shrink your browser window to roughly the size of an iPhone display…
Apple selling contract-free iPhone 3Gs for home activation!
AT&T isn’t the only place to get your hands on a contract-free iPhone 3G, it seems. Apple, ahead of its expected next-generation iPhone launch in June, has started selling iPhone 3Gs free and clear of any commitment to AT&T. Apple’s 8GB iPhone 3G is being sold for $599, with the 16GB iPhone 3G variant boasting…
Apple patent application hints at “stealth” iPhone biometric security
Keep it simple. That’s Apple’s guiding design philosophy in everything they do, the iPhone included. In its latest bid to keep the iPhone simple, Apple has filed a patent application for a technology that would stealthily hide biometric security sensors in gadgets like the iPhone. Rather than forcing security-conscious iPhone users to authenticate themselves through…
The Masters Tournament iPhone Application Coming Soon to the App Store!
I’m an avid golfer. In the spring, summer and fall I can often be found on the course playing a quick 9 or full 18 to take the edge off a solid day of work. With golf on the brain, I always get pumped come April… why?… Because my very favorite golf tournament of the…
No QWERTY, yet UK iPhone users love on-screen keyboard!
No, there’s no study that measures how much UK iPhone users actually “love” their iPhone’s on-screen keyboard. That would be silly, measuring love. What we can do is look at mobile email adoption rates among UK iPhone users to indirectly measure how iPhone owners in the UK feel about their virtual keyboard. New data from…
Apple sued again for multiple iPhone patent infringements
Apple’s highly-visible iPhone is great for the company’s bottom line. Unfortunately, it makes for a great lawsuit target. Apple has again been sued on claims that the iPhone treads on multiple patents ranging from media consumption through iTunes, the AppStore and even the iPhone’s camera image sensor. Affinity Labs has filed suit against Apple for…
iPhone dominates the IGF Mobile Games Awards
The iPhone trumps just about any other mobile gaming platform when it comes to bang-whiz graphics and gameplay. And, as yet another testament to the iPhone’s widely accepted role as a console-smashing gaming platform, the IGF Mobile Games Awards has given out just about every single award to an iPhone gaming title. The Independent Games…
Charmin’s SitOrSquat iPhone application makes it easy to find a pooper
Toilet-finding iPhone applications are really starting to gain traction. As the de facto king of the porcelain throne, it makes sense for toilet-paper giant Charmin to get in on the pooper-finding action. To that end, Charmin has released their own toilet-hunting iPhone application – the SitOrSquat iPhone application. The apparently sexist iPhone application (although, “SitStandOrSquat”…
Orange and Apple tie up for Broadband and laptops respectively?
How very interesting this one is ……! According to Mobile Today, Apple and Orange are in final discussions to sell Apple’s Laptops with Orange network access, starting this summer! It will mean a subsidy of the cost of the Laptops for taking out a mobile broadband subscription (which, given the price of Apple kit,…