And the 3G iPhone rumors keep coming in. The latest rumblings in the Apple community hint toward Australia getting the iPhone in June. According to MacTalk, Apple resellers down-unda have started to get word from Cupertino on how to handle the iPhone launch at the end of June. A June launch of the iPhone in…
New iPhone SDK beta reveals details on next-gen iPhone 3G chip – Infineon powered 3G iPhone
Following on previous rumors that the next-generation 3G iPhone will be powered by a 3G cellular communications chip (cellular baseband) from Infineon, the new iPhone SDK beta reveals that the 3G chip powering the 3G iPhone may indeed be sourced from Infineon. The makers of ZiPhone have found, after drudging through the new iPhone SDK…
Apple iPhone SDK Beta 3 is out!
Apple just released the iPhone SDK Beta 3. Included in the new version is a new tutorial, various bug fixes and “support for the latest iPhone OS.” Beta 2.0 firmware is extended, as well. Hop over to developer.apple.com/iphone, grab the SDK and start wrapping up the apps you’ve been working on. 😉 Kudos for the…
Two-thirds of Chinese aware of Apple iPhone
In a country that hasn’t even seen the official launch of the iPhone, more than two-thirds of the Chinese population is aware of the iPhone. There are so many iPhone clones coming out of Chinese factories, it’s almost impossible not to ignore the counterfeit side of things. Perhaps the prevalence of China-made iPhone copies has…
Walt Mossberg doesn’t really know when the 3G iPhone will launch – no solid 3G iPhone launch date
It was nice to think that Uncle Walt had an inside line on Apple’s plans to launch the 3G iPhone in just a couple months, but that’s where it ends. The seasoned gadget reviewer has just done an about face on his comment that the 3G iPhone will launch in 60 days. Apparently, the comment…
NetBlender lets you control your Blu-ray Disc player with iPhone – transfer movies to iPhone
Blu-ray is the de facto disc-format of the next-generation. With the fall of HD-DVD, Blu-ray has recently gotten a significant boost in market share and consumer deployment. The newest technology for Blu-ray players will soon allow you to use your iPhone’s sleek and industry-leading UI to control movie playback and the Blu-ray player itself. NetBlender…
Simba – another GPS solution for the iPhone
It’d be great if the 3G iPhone hit the scene with a legit GPS receiver in tow. But, should the 3G iPhone fail to materialize and GPS hardware, it would be nice get GPS functionality via a hardware add-on. The latest iPhone developer to get cozy with GPS, Simba, is showing off their beta-stage GPS…
iPhone Dev Team releases PwnageTool Application – Install custom iPhone firmware .ipsw bundles
Remember that cool video we showed you a while back that had an iPhone getting “pwned” by and iTunes-installed firmware? The clever iPhone hackers out there showed off how to make your iTunes application install a pre-jailbroken firmware onto your iPhone. Now, the iPhone Dev Team has released their iPhone PwnageTool Application that puts the…
T-Minus 60 days for the 3G iPhone says Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal just said that the 3G iPhone will come out in 60 days. I believe him. Fast forward to the 6 minute and 50 second mark. [Via: 9 to 5 Mac]
3G iPhone to sport a black case?
We’re not sure whether to believe this or not, but apparently the image above represents the upcoming 3G iPhone. The bad thing we hear is that instead of using a metal, Apple may opt for the plastic case. That’s a plastic case with glossy black finish, but still, the material would make the iPhone less…