Steve’s announcement of global iPhone sales wasn’t the only thing that caught our ear this morning. Remember that iPhone v1.1.3 firmware that was leaked a little while back? Well, it looks like Apple has gone official with the new firmware, complete with an enhanced Google Maps (Locate Me), support for multiple-contact SMS text messages, web-clips…
Apple iPhone on market for 200 days – sells 4 million units worldwide
We’ve been waiting on Steve to drop the iPhone-sales-bomb on us for quite some time, and with his keynote today at Macworld, we finally have some solid sales figures to quote. On the 200th day of sales of the Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs announced that the Cupertino geeks have moved something like 4 million units…
Apple to announce iPhone’s debut in Canada later today?
After hearing a few rumors about the iPhone’s debut in Canada in the past, today we may have some real information from the man himself. According to Bloomberg, Jobs&Co will announce a partnership with Canada’s Rogers Wireless, the country’s largest mobile service provider, and bring iPhone to its brothers and sisters on the North. RBC…
SlingPlayer Mobile coming to iPhone/iPod Touch?
The SlingPlayer Mobile client is a great way for SlingBox users to place–shift their TV programming right onto their mobile phone. With Palm Treo and RIM BlackBerry devices already rocking SlingPlayer Mobile clients in Palm OS as well as flavors, SlingMedia has their crosshairs set on the iPhone (and iPod Touch). Senior sources at Sling…
China Mobile and Apple break off iPhone negotiations
It looks like Apple’s plan to bring the iPhone to China’s 1 billion-strong population is on the ropes. Following previous rumors that China Mobile and Apple had fallen out of negotiations, China Mobile has reportedly called-off negotiations with Apple. China Mobile has been negotiating with Apple to bring the iPhone to Asia for the past…
iPhone web traffic to Google outpaces all other smartphones
iPhone, Safari, web-browsing. There’s not much that needs to be said about the iPhone’s web-surfing prowess. We’ve lauded the Apple phone’s web-browser time and time again, and it seems the iPhone-owning population is really putting it to work. The New York Times is reporting that iPhone web-traffic to Google has surpassed that from BlackBerry and…
iPhone as webcam – iPhoneCam turns your iPhone into a wireless Mac webcam
If you’re already a Mac-user, chances are you already have a built-in iSight camera to do all the web-cam legwork for you. But, if the “cool factor” of having a built-in webcam on your MacBook Pro’s display bezel has started to wear, there’s good news. Mac/iPhone developer Ecamm has released a sneak-peak of their new…
Steve Jobs’ Keynote Leaked: 16 GB iPhone, Japan launch, stealing 30% of devs profits with new SDK?
According to this leaked rough draft of Steve Jobs’ keynote to take place at MacWorld in less than 24 hours the 16 GB will launch for $500, Japan will get the iPhone with NTT DoCoMo and the SDK for the iPhone platform will be shown off. Two categories of programs can be available for users:…
David Lynch doesn’t like the idea of watching a movie on the iPhone
When you think about it, you shouldn’t be surprised that David Lynch doesn’t like the idea of watching a movie on the iPhone. The famous American filmmaker, painter and who knows what else argues “you will never experience a film on a telephone.” He continues, “it’s a such a sadness that you think you’ve seen…
Make iPhone applications on your Windows machine – Windows Binary Toolchain Installer
Third-party, native iPhone applications are all the rage recently. And, with Apple’s forthcoming iPhone SDK on the horizon, we’d imagine that a lot of Windows-users are going to be gunning for a head-start on developing for the iPhone’s Mac OS. Unfortunately, an out-of-the-box iPhone development toolchain has been limited to Mac users – until now.…