Chalk up another win for Cupertino. With the mobile phone newcomer Apple having recently been declared the No. 2 global smartphone manufacturer, passing RIM on it’s way to the runner-up spot, it should come as no surprise that Apple’s iconic iPhone 3G is becoming increasingly more popular around the world. And, the iPhone’s popularity has…
Rocketship Apple: calendar
And lo we continue on the somewhat now maligned journey of Rocketship Apple – the plan to port an entire home network over in to only Apple tech…. Past instalments have seen the installation of Airport Extreme go (mostly) without hitches, and then the deployment of the iPhone Booster rocket go with … er ……
Mybefia.com Delivers On-Demand iPhone App Store Metrics
Came across Mybefia.com this evening, and I have to admit it is pretty cool. The site allows you to compare app rankings from within the App Store, Alexa style. You can add up to 3 apps at the top of the site, and view the app’s rank for the current week. You can also view…
Rocketship Apple: email
So here’s the follow-up post to explain what went completely pear-shaped with the process of moving to an all-Apple device and network tech deployment at home…. This particular posts refers to one of the services I hold most important – that of email handling, and delivery across multiple devices… so where do I start….? Well,…
Rocketship Apple: iPhone booster blows!
KABOOM! KER-POW! KER…ER…SPLAT? Yep, the iPhone journey was going far too smoothly, and being the ‘realist’ that I am, I was kinda expecting something to go wrong – however, this far wrong, I was not prepared for! What the hell am I talking about? Well, as some of you who follow IntoMobile daily, I’ve been…
Apple Takes 2nd in Smartphone Market Share, But Q4 Looking Good for RIM
You may remember Will’s post from friday on Apple leapfrogging RIM in market share according to recent studies. I’ve been reading a bit about that lately and simply wanted to provide my take on it, plus add a lovely chart for you all to see where the numbers are at. As you can see in…
iPhone hacker discovers iPhone crashing bug
The iPhone is apparently still a big target for would-be malicious hackers. With the iPhone 3G now available around the world, and Apple now the second largest smartphone manufacturer, users would be wise to double check any webpage or media that they view on their iPhone. The latest security bug comes from an enterprising iPhone…
Canalys: Apple outpaced RIM in smartphone market share
For all you Apple naysayers that just didn’t believe Apple’s claim that their iPhone 3G sales were enough to make Apple the second-largest smartphone vendor (by sales) in the world, a new report confirms Cupertino’s assertion. Apple recently announced that their Q3 2008 sales figures for the iPhone 3G surpassed those of RIM’s BlackBerry lineup,…
Official AT&T iPhone tethering solution coming soon, says AT&T CEO
Motion blur FTW. While it’s nothing like a solid (or even vague) launch window, AT&T’s CEO Ralph De La Vega was quoted as saying that AT&T would be offering an official iPhone tethering solution “soon.” While unofficial iPhone tethering solutions have been available on jailbroken iPhones for some time now, and there was even an…
JD Power: iPhone is tops among business users
When the iPhone launched, the world scoffed at the first-ever Apple mobile phone’s lack of physical keyboard or any real enterprise support. Business users around the world brushed aside the iPhone as a casual fad that would never amount to any real significance in the mobile space. Lo and behold, the iPhone 3G brought serious…