While there are literally a hundred different new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS that’s due to hit market in a few months’ time, the discovery of a new iPhone-tracking feature comes as a genuine surprise. iPhone developers have apparently been teasing apart the developer release of the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, and have…
Next Gen iPhones to get OLED Displays from LG?
Much rumor and speculation has been bouncing around for some time now surrounding the next gen iPhone. Today, more news that LG has been asked by Apple to supply different sizes of organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens. While Apple denied the OLED rumors last year, this rumor certainly comes as no surprise. My only…
Mobile phones most searched online, Apple iPhone leads the pack
Data mining is a powerful tool. When applied to web traffic data, interesting trends start to emerge. And the latest trend seems to be cellphones. Go figure. Hitwise has come out with the latest web search trends that shows mobile phones as the most searched for consumer electronics across the web. By looking at data…
Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 and the unannounced Podcast features
Apple did say yesterday that there were over 100 new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS. Then they left us hanging after demonstrating just a handful of new features. But, we’d prefer it that way. There’s nothing like a long presentation filled with application demonstrations to lull us to sleep. So, as they do…
Apple posts iPhone 3.0 OS webcast for public consumption!
If you felt left out of the party yesterday, as Apple introduced the next-generation iPhone 3.0 OS, cheer up, the good folks in Cupertino were kind enough to post up a Quicktime video stream of the entire event. In the presentation, Apple unveiled a few key features in the upcoming iPhone platform that many iPhone…
Apple finally brings Copy/Paste to iPhone with iPhone 3.0 OS!
It’s that time of year again when Apple previews their next major update to the iPhone OS. Apple managed to undermine Sprint’s Palm Pre webcast last week by announcing the iPhone OS 3.0 on the same morning that Palm and Sprint had expected to have the hype-machine all to themselves. Today, Apple took us on…
AT&T To Sell Refurbished 16GB iPhone 3G’s for $149
Word is spreading that AT&T stores in the New York, New Jersey area are getting Refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs in stock, with a pricetag of $149 on a 2-year contract. Not bad. The tipster is ‘new’ for the folks over at BGR, so they’re a little hesitant to confirm this as fact or fiction at…
Apple TV getting set for games?
As we all know from a lot of reported news, Apple has had mucho success with games on the iPhone – and it looks like they might be extending that to Apple TV in the near(ish) future…. CNET is reporting that a set of patents filed at the USPTO shows a wireless controller for…
iPhone app iHeartRadio helps grow Clear Channel audience
It seems that embracing the mobile market, especially iPhone users, has helped boost Clear Channel’s audience by 15%. With over 900 radio stations throughout the United States, Clear Channel’s reach is considerable over terrestrial broadcasts, and the company’s “iHeart Radio” iPhone application only broadens that reach. iHeart Radio, available for free from the AppStore, streams…
Dockers brings motion-sensing ads to iPhone games!
In the world of advertising, you’re either innovating and creating, or you’re dead in the water. At least that’s what we hear. After what we have to presume was a brain-storming bonanza in Dockers’ marketing department, the clothing maker has announced the launch of their new “motion sensitive” Dockers advertisements for the iPhone. The new…