With Apple having kicked off their ringtone making service through iTunes today, many iPhone owners out there will opt to make their own ringtones for free. Choosing to save a buck or two on every ringtone sounds pretty enticing, but it comes with one caveat – you have to do a little renaming of the…
iTunes Music Store starts to offer ringtone-compatible songs – Ringtone service is now live
Apple has gone live with their iTunes ringtone-making service today. Songs have started to pop up in the iTunes Music Store with that telltale icon indicating that the song is eligible to be converted into a ringtone through iTunes (of course). Again, the iTunes ringtone service will cost you another $1 on top of your…
Sketches lets you draw on your iPhone
Just in case you wanted to draw something on your iPhone, to jot down notes or to add a detail on top of a picture you shoot with the camera – now you can do it thanks to Sketches. The newly spotted native iPhone application extends the usefulness of the built-in touchscreen by adding the…
iTunes updates to version 7.4.1
iTunes 7.4 has barely been out long enough for people to get used to the idea of iTunes-compatible ringtones for our iPhones. Now we’re already working with iTunes version 7.4.1. So, what’s different? Not much, apparently. Aside from the fact that any previously home-made ringtones that you uploaded using that slick .m4r file-renaming-workaround are now…
Apple considering bid on upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum?
Wow, all the big-hitters are getting in the game. What game are we talking about? Well, the game that would have Google and Apple battling it out over the rights to a slice of the radio spectrum that we like to call the 700Mhz spectrum. The upcoming FCC auction has sparked interest from all manner…
iPhoneSIMfree iPhone unlocking software goes retail – go forth and unlock your iPhones!
It’s finally happened. After much anticipation and speculation over how the common-folk will get to unlock their iPhones, we finally have an answer. iPhoneSIMfree is hocking their unlocking software through third-party resellers the world over. Wireless Imports will be handling orders in the USA, 1digitalphone will serve up the software to sauerkraut lovers (Germany), iPhoneWorldwideUnlock…
It’s official – Apple has sold 1 million iPhones
Apple’s done it – they’ve gone Platinum with their #1 single, the Apple iPhone. In the first of what’s likely to be many milestones for the iPhone (and its successors), the iPhone has just hit the one million unit mark. Apple said in a press release that they sold 1 million iPhones just 74 days…
iTunes WiFi music stores goes live today?
While this is still unconfirmed, the source is the always highly informed Boy Genius, hence we’re publishing it. Apparently, today is THE day when Apple will launch its recently announced iTunes WiFi store, enabling iPhone — and future iPod Touch — owners to buy songs directly from their devices. Naturally, the new version of iTunes…
Apple licenses InterDigital’s technology; 3G iPhone coming soon?
You may not know InterDigital’s products as they are more known for their patent portfolio. Hack, they’ve even clashed with Nokia who apparently used some of InterDigital’s technology in the N75. Now we have Apple signing the seven-year licensing deal with InterDigital, presumable to get all the needed patents for the 3G iPhone. According to…
T-Mobile Germany leaks 16GB iPhone with 3G HSDPA – may launch November 12
Right, this is technically still in the realm of rumor and hearsay, but, seeing as how T-Mobile Germany has pretty much been confirmed as Germany’s iPhone carrier, we can’t help but think that this one’s got some credibility. The T-Mobile Germany website had previously leaked an iPhone-specific page, and now it seems they may have…