Rogers’ discount carrier up in Canada, Fido, has put out some interesting news surrounding the iPhone 3G. Apparently Fido is planning to discontinue sales of the 16GB iPhone model, and are gearing up to deplete their stock at the beginning of April. They will not be reordering any new iPhones once stock is gone. That…
Apple and AT&T sued for slow iPhone 3G data speeds
This is really getting out of hand. Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Apple and AT&T, charging that both companies misrepresented the data speeds and performance of the AT&T 3G network and iPhone 3G smartphone. The lawsuit follows numerous others filed against Apple and AT&T in regards to disappointing 3G performance. Apparent iPhone 3G…
Newber’s plug pulled after iPhone AppStore delays
Apple’s known for doing a lot of things well. Apple is also unfortunately known for taking their sweet time in reviewing some iPhone apps for entry into the iPhone AppStore. Some developers have been waiting months on end with nary a word from the iPhone maker about where the potential iPhone application stands. In fact,…
New iPod shuffle doesn’t have DRM in headphones – apparently…
Apple is rebuffing those that are complaining in respect of it’s new iPod shuffle’s supposed hardware DRM. The kerfuffle all kicked off when Apple released the new shuffle, and put all the buttons on the in-line headphones/remote. iLounge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation said they found a chip behind the buttons, and assumed it…
iPhone App of the Day: Cribbage Premium
Not sure if there are any Cribbage players out there, but I used to play quite a bit with friends and family. My skills are a little rusty, but now I’ll be able to brush up thanks to a couple of Cribbage apps for the iPhone. Cribbage Premium from Trivial Technology allows you to play…
Palm on the Wrong Kind of Roll: Reports Loss for 7th Quarter In-A-Row
Palm has reported losses that fell well short of analysts estimates for the third-quarter of 2008: The net loss expanded to $95 million, or 89 cents a share, from $54.7 million, or 53 cents, a year earlier, Palm said in a statement on Thursday. Excluding costs for stock-based compensation and other items, the loss of…
iPhone Push Background Notification – A multi-tasking compromise?
Apple announced this week that the iPhone 3.0 OS would include support for push background notifications. The iPhone maker was expected to go live with background notifications late last year, but missed that mark as they retooled the background notification system. The push-data service will allow inactive iPhone applications to receive updates from a server…
Apple still talking to China Mobile on iPhone deal
It’s the same old song and dance between Apple and Chinese wireless carriers. In the latest round of we-said they-said negotiations surrounding the iPhone, China Mobile’s CEO Wang Jianzhou confirmed that Apple and China Mobile were still in talks to bring the iPhone to China, but no deal has yet been made. Wang told reporters…
Next-generation iPhone may pack multi-core graphics processing!
The next-generation iPhone is starting to generate a significant wave of hype – and it hasn’t even been announced yet. Such is the game that Apple and its fan-base love to play. Rumors are swirling around the intertubes that hint at all sorts of high-tech features being crammed into the next hardware iteration of the…
AT&T to offer Apple iPhone 3G sans contract!
Sprint cleaning? Perhaps. AT&T is apparently looking to move a good number of iPhone 3G stock over the next month or so. Internal training documents point to a renewed iPhone 3G sales push that will have Big Blue peddling iPhone 3G’s without contract to existing AT&T customers. The new promotion will give current subscribers with…