Every once and awhile a ‘whoopsie’ sneaks out. It happens to all of us. And as a web designer by trade, I can empathize with the team over at Bell on this one. Check out the screenshot above, captured from the Bell site recently. Clearly the carrier has some misconceptions about their iPhone 3GS offering……
Twitter for iPhone goes live on AppStore, replaces Tweetie 2 on AppStore
The AppStore is a continuously changing landscape of mobile apps as far as eye can see, especially when it comes to updating apps like Tweetie 2. As you might recall, the popular Twitter client for the iPhone was bought out by Twitter itself. Following that deal, Tweetie 2 was unceremoniously taken down from the AppStore…
More next-gen iPhone pics, videos leak
Maybe Steve Jobs is too busy with his war on Flash because another potential next-generation iPhone prototype has hit the Interwebs. This latest leak comes from Vietnam, which has been a hotbed of Apple rumors and leaks lately. This one actually turns on the screen and, from the brief amount of time we see it,…
Slaker Radio 2.0 for iPhone coming soon with music / station caching feature for offline use
As expected, Slacker Radio is preparing to unleash a major 2.0 update to their iPhone app that will bring with it an offline music listening mode that caches hours of music to your iPhone, and we’ve got some preview details on the upcoming app. While some streaming music services put an essentially limitless library of…
Prince of Persia Classic Coming to the iPhone
If you’re a child gamer of the 80s, then you might recall a game called Prince of Persia. The game was a breath of fresh air compared to the majority of platformers at the time. When every other game was trying to be a Super Mario Bros. clone, the original Prince of Persia stunned players…
iPhones Replacing BlackBerrys at Standard Chartered Bank
UK-based, Asia-operating Standard Chartered Bank is allowing its 75,000 employees to replace their BlackBerry with iPhones if they prefer. Although RIM has been riding high on consumer sales lately, they still have a massive installed base of enterprise customers. Standard Chartered is far from the biggest bank in the UK, but it’s still a significant…
Visa launches iPhone case that enables wireless payments, NFC style [Japan is laughing at us]
Visa, the company that probably gave you a few debt issues as a young college student, is releasing an iPhone case that enables wireless payments. Here’s how it works: The case is a glorified microSD card reader. The microSD card is what holds all the NFC circuitry required to make payments. It’s built by DeviceFidelity.…
Hauppauge’s WinTV Extend allows iUsers to watch live TV on the go
Hauppauge Digital, developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, wants a piece of the iAction. So they’ve announced that their WinTV-HVR TV tuner boards for PCs can now stream live TV over the Internet to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch; or any other Mac computer for that matter. The streaming is…
Pacha VIP Guide helps iPhone users get around Ibiza, augmented reality style
Summer is approaching and who knows, you may end up on Ibiza partying all night long. Pacha, the 43-year old Ibiza club and music brand, certainly hopes so, hence they’re working on a dedicated iPhone app – Pacha VIP Guide, which will be much more than “yet another guide to Ibiza.” The trick is in…
iPhone OS to Integrate NFC Facebook Friending?
BlackBerry, webOS, and Android are all pretty tightly interwoven with Facebook, pulling in stuff like profile pictures for caller ID, and populating the native address book with whatever e-mail addresses, calendar with events, and phone numbers that happen to be available. We already knew contacts and events will be included in OS 4, but a…