When Yahoo! rolled out its push-email service (the only push email service specifically tailored and developed for the iPhone) oh so long ago, we were all a bit disappointed in the push service’s performance. Or, actually, it’s the lack of performance that left us in want of some push email. Well, it seems that Yahoo!…
Go macro with your iPhone; and the largest iPhone flash you’ll never use
There are all manner of iPhone camera hacks and attachments out there, but nothing as quite as home-brew as this macro-lens hack. Armed with a dead camera’s lens package, a bit of tape, and some paper-clip creativity, Colin Devroe conjured up this iPhone macro-lens camera attachment from scratch. The macro-lens hack purportedly takes decent up-close…
South Korean CEOs name iPhone as the most inspirational gadget
South Korean CEOs went through Time Magazine’s “Inventions of 2007” to pick the most inspirational gadget on the list. Guess which device got most of the votes? Yap, it’s the iPhone which was favored by 26.4% of respondents — or about 155 CEOs (out of 590). And best of all, the poll was conducted by…
Mailcurve – the refined email service
Mailcurve have announced a new email service for iPhone users, that subscribes to the concept of “refined email” – I could tell you what this is, but the guys at Mailcurve do it so much better: Sending and receiving email on your iPhone is great now… but hundreds of emails arriving on your phone isn’t…
Apple trying to patent iPhone UI pinch
“Trying” bring the keyword here. You see, in order to score a patent from the USPTO (a process that can four years or more), the patent seeker has to demonstrate “a new and useful process, machine or a composition of matter.” Does the iPhone’s multi-touch pinching gesture qualify as a useful process? Well, “It seems…
iPhone contracts may be illegal in Australia – Apple may be forced to sell unlocked iPhones in Australia
Apple wants iPhone customers to not only buy their handset locked to an exclusive wireless operator’s network, but Apple has been forced to re-evaluate their business model when it released the iPhone in France. Telecom regulations in France required that Apple and Orange sell unlocked versions of the iPhone if the pair wanted to launch…
LinkedIn goes mobile; iPhone optimized version available
Social networks aren’t going away anytime soon – and the mobile space is the next frontier. Following on Facebook’s mobile version launch recently, the professional social network LinkedIn has announced that they have gone mobile. The LinkedIn mobile site is available at http://m.linkedin.com/ – and if you use your iPhone to visit the mobile version,…
Another iPhone usability study – InUse says that iPhone is easy to use, most preferred
To beat this particular cat to death, research firm InUse has just published another iPhone usability report. The iPhone’s user-interface (which defines the user experience) is the most unique and arguably the most attractive on the market, but just how does it fare against the top competitors? Quite well, quite well indeed. InUse pitted the…
iPhone makes a cameo appearance at 80th Annual Academy Awards – Oscar loves the iPhone too
Did you catch the “Oscars” last night? With nearly a billion (that’s billion with a capital “B”) viewers, the 80th Annual Academy Awards was no doubt a huge opportunity for Apple to get even more coverage for the iPhone. Last night we saw “No Country for Old Men” go home with a handful of awards…
iPhone Custom – the baddest case modification EVER
Sure, you can slather your smartphone (or even not-s0-smartphone) with all manner of precious metals and cover in obscene displays of bejeweled wealth, but come one, do those gaudy, tasteless handsets look any better than their “before” pictures? Hardly. The point of those tacky monstrosities isn’t to show off your “style” or how “cool” your…