The market of the mobile backup batteries for the iPhone and iPod is getting overcrowded. Lately, we’ve heard about a new company called Wireless Input which prepared such a product called iPWR, touting it to have “1.8 times the capacity of similar products on the market.” As a result of the built-in 1800mAh battery, iPhone…
Downgrade your iPhone 3G baseband from 2.30 to 2.28!
They did it! No, it wasn’t the venerated iPhone Dev Team that figured it out. The folks at ModMyi have posted an iPhone 3G baseband firmware downgrade utility, developed by “pH,” that should give bricked iPhone 3G owners new hope. Thanks to pH and the “pHasebandowngrader” utility, the iPhone 3G baseband firmware version 2.30 can…
AT&T rumored to have killed SlingPlayer for iPhone
We may not be seeing the SlingPlayer iPhone application coming to the iPhone AppStore anytime soon. Boy Genius Report has posted a tip that claims Apple has just killed the SlingPlayer for iPhone application. The nameless tipster claims that AT&T had requested Apple pull the plug on the SlingPlayer iPhone app. Apple’s iPhone and, more…
iPhone 3.0 component breakdown – Who supplies what for third-gen iPhone
Only in a world where an intimate obsession with mobile phones is considered a job requirement do we find ourselves intrigued by handset component breakdowns. And, in that world, the iPhone reigns the hype-king. For instance, DigiTimes has just posted a breakdown of component suppliers for the upcoming third-generation iPhone – the iPhone 3.o, as…
wikiHow Launches Open Source iPhone App
From the folks at wikihow.com and Keishi Hattori comes a new application for the iPhone. wikiHow is ‘the world’s how-to manual’, and thanks to this new free app, you can load up a plethora of helpful articles and how-to’s no matter where you might be. Search, browse or store more than 50,000 how-to articles for…
AT&T Looking to Extend iPhone Deal With Apple to 2011?
Rumors have it that AT&T is currently in talks with Apple to extend their exclusive US agreement to sell the iPhone. No doubt AT&T views the iPhone as a cash cow, and rightly so, as the iPhone has sold more than 17 million units worldwide to date. Maintaining an exclusivity deal with Apple will be…
Corbeau/Blackmail iPhone app makes creation of threatening messages a snap
Ever wanted to write threatening messages (just for fun, of course), but didn’t know where to start? No more, your problems are solved with a new iPhone application called Corbeau — the name comes from French for “crow,” which is slang for someone who sends anonymous notes. With this unique app, you’ll be able to…
Star Trek gets an unofficial iPhone theme; Jailbroken devices, only
The new Star Trek movie is about to hit the theaters and if you wanna show off just how dedicated fan you are, you could Star Trek-ize your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s not an official theme, though, but it does look decent. Scrap that I love it, or that’s just a Star Trek fanboy…
Apple rolls out new iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3
Yup. We’re definitely marching closer to the iPhone OS 3.0’s launch in the middle of this year. On the way there, Apple will likely keep releasing beta-updates of the iPhone OS 3.0 to iPhone developers. The latest, the iPhone 3.0 OS Beta 3, is now available to iPhone devs to tinker with. iPhone OS 3.0…
Phanfare’s Photon iPhone app offers iPhone-to-Print service
Ever wished you could print that perfect vacation picture straight from your iPhone? Sure, you could synchronize your iPhone photos with your desktop, and then upload the photos to a photo-printing service, and then order yourself a hard-copy of said photos. Or, if you like things a little simpler, you could download Phanfare‘s new Photon…