RIM may still be the market leader when it comes to smartphones, but Waterloo had better watch its back. The iPhone, she’s catching up! The latest survey results from ChangeWave seem to suggest that short-term demand for the iPhone is far outpacing RIM’s BlackBerry offerings – that bodes well for Apple significantly increasing their smartphone…
Apple iPhone patent applications hint at live object identification and loads of other cool features
Apple’s published patent applications always makes for interesting reading. The iPhone maker’s latest patent applications hint at some really cool features possibly coming down the pipeline – chief among them, a live object identification technology that will allow you to point your iPhone camera at a real-world object to pull up information about that object.…
Al Jazeera English gets an iPhone app
Ok, we get it. Every media outlet wants to have its own iPhone app. Latest company to join the trend is Arabic TV news station – Al Jazeera. They’ve launched a dedicated application in English, “covering the world, bridging cultures and setting the news agenda.” To use the app, all you have to do is…
The Hidden Park iPhone game helps kids explore world’s parks
Australian developer Bulpadok has recently released the iPhone game for kids called The Hidden Park (costs $6.99). Of course, it’s not the children that will buy this app, but their parents, which will guide their little boys and girls through a fantasy world of trolls, fairies and genies. Anyway, here’s how it works and why…
Instaviz iPhone app gets an update with iPhone OS 3.0 Support
Instaviz, the popular diagram sketching software for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, has been updated recently. Version 1.4 sings along iPhone 3.0 software and also adds several neat enhancements to the mix. For example, there are now separate Browse and Edit modes. The former enables faster navigation around a diagram, while the latter features…
reQall iPhone app updated with push notifications
If you’re not an Evernote fan like I am, you may love reQall. Their iPhone app has been updated, as well, taking advantage of the push notification feature found in the iPhone OS 3.0. As a result, the application will inform you about the upcoming tasks, even if you’re not using it at that moment.…
Geeks Only: Understanding the iPhone 3GS
Anand Lal Shimpi published his 16 page “Understand the iPhone 3GS” article yesterday, and if you’re the kind of person who would like to know more about the new Cortex A8 processor inside Apple’s latest mobile phone, then this is a must-read article. You’ll get a crash course on single issue, versus dual issue processor…
iPhone Dev Team goes live with redsn0w jailbreak for iPhone 3GS!
It’s the battle for the iPhone 3GS jailbreak! With iPhone hacker Geohot’s purplera1n iPhone 3GS jailbreak utility already live and in the wild, the iPhone Dev Team has decided to go ahead and release their redsn0w iPhone 3GS jailbreak solution early. The Team had initially intended to wait until Apple pushed out the iPhone 3.1…
Jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3GS with purplera1n and ultrasn0w!
The original iPhone hacker has returned to work his magic on the iPhone 3GS and its iPhone 3.0 OS. Thanks to George Hotz, the iPhone 3GS is now officially jailbroken and ready to take full advantage of its faster processor and boosted RAM stores! That also means the iPhone 3GS can now be unlocked to…
Colorware does the iPhone 3GS, too
Almost missed this… Colorware is doing the iPhone 3GS, too. That’s kinda expected, considering that the device is basically identical to the iPhone 3G, which is already on the color-customization company’s menu. Price wise, to change the back of the iPhone, you’ll have to pour out $150, $20 for the frame and button (each), and…