As expected, the AppStore is showing Apple’s take on an iPhone-as-remote-control application. Dubbed, “Remote” (iTunes link), the native application, available through the AppStore gives users the ability to control iTunes directly through their iPhone. “Remote” is available for free and requires that your iPhone and iTunes-computer are hooked up to the same WiFi network. From…
Twitterific hits iPhone
We’ve been using all manner of iPhone applications to get our Twitter fix from time to time. Native applications, web-apps, it’s all good. Well, it’s about to get that much more “gooder.” With Apple already taking the wraps off its highly-anticipated AppStore ahead of the US iPhone 3G launch, IconFactory is offering their Twitterrific native…
Update to iTunes 7.7 and get jiggy with AppStore!
That’s right. AppStore is live, folks. Update your iTunes to v7.7 (just hit the “Check for updates” option) and you’ll find a shiny, new icon leading you down Apple cash-corridor. There are way to many applications to even try and preview them for you here – especially with a variety of free applications, like AIM,…
Apple launches cloud-based push-computing with MobileMe
Not that cloud-computing is anything new, but Apple’s new MobileMe service has just taken off as the replacement to Apple’s .Mac information synchronization service. Announced last month as a complement to the iPhone 3G launch, MobileMe is expected to give on-the-go Mac users some push-emailing support. MobileMe allows you to keep all your data in…
First iPhone 3G hits market, gets dissected
It was inevitable. As soon as the first batch of Apple iPhone 3G hardware started to hit the streets, a few intrepid iPhone 3G fans from iFixit.com went down to New Zealand to land themselves a new iPhone 3G – with the goal of disassembling the phone and baring all those iPhone 3G guts for…
This might be wrong…
But there’s just something hilarious about the person who thought up this little “passage.” Apparently so enamored with the coming of Steve Jobs’ next-generation iPhone 3G, O2 forum user anthonyb found himself in Apple. “Our Steve, which art in Cupertino, hallowed be thy IPhone; thy corporation come; thy will be profitable, in 22 countries as…
AppStore launching with more than 500 iPhone apps!
It’s not just the iPhone 3G people wait, it’s also the long awaited AppStore. In case you already haven’t jailbroken your iPhone/iPod Touch (shame on you), you certainly have reasons to rejoice as you will finally be able to try out some of the native apps on your beloved handset/media player. According to the man…
Study: Apple’s iPhone 3G to have “tsunami” effect on consumer smartphone market
The iPhone 3G will be launching at 8am local time on July 11. And, as soon as sales go live, the US is going to see a tremendous shift in the smartphone market. According to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, consumers are looking more toward the iPhone 3G than either the RIM-made BlackBerry lineup…
Apple: iPhone 3G activation to take 15 minutes, be prepared to wait in line
A recent interview with Apple’s retail chief, Ron Johnson, has shed some light on Apple’s plans for getting customers in and out of Apple stores with iPhone 3Gs in-hand. The purchase and activation process is expected to take no longer than 15 minutes, and Johnson is hoping many customers will be able to walk out…
More iPhone 3G unboxing pics and video – iPhone 3G comparison
Looks like the Boy Genius has come through again with another pre-release handset. This time, the stakes are higher, with the Boy Genius revealing the iPhone 3G in its full retail-packaging glory. BGR has posted pics of the iPhone 3G unboxing ritual, as well as side-by-side comparison shots of the iPhone and iPhone 3G. And,…