One of the Apple iPhone 3G’s headlining features, aside from its support for 3G data connectivity, was its integrated GPS receiver. Using assisted GPS positioning, the iPhone 3G locks onto your precise location with ease. Unfortunately for Egyptian iPhone 3G hopefuls, Apple has killed off GPS in the Egyptian iPhone. According to the New York…
Conflicting Reports Confuse on iPhone 3G Wal-Mart Rumors
A $99 4GB iPhone 3G from Wal-Mart? Some say it will happen. Others expect the rumor to fizzle out. Let’s take a look at what’s being said. There had been rumors that Apple was preparing to sell a cheaper, entry-level iPhone 3G for just $99 in the near-term. The rumor ties into confirmed reports that…
Google Bringing AdWords to Mobile Browsers – iPhone and G1 get AdWords
The mobile space is a brave new world for online advertisers. As the mobile advertising ecosystem matures, advertisements on mobile phones and mobile web pages will become more and more prevalent. The latest development in mobile advertising is Google’s announcement that they are know displaying AdWords text and image ads on the iPhone, T-Mobile G1,…
TheCarrot.com goes iPhone
TheCarrot is a new application for iPhone and iPod Touch that allows users to track their health, nutrition, and fitness information right from their shiny gadgets. Furthermore, the app also allows quick access to TheCarrot.com’s “useful life tracking site to help enhance a user’s well-being.” In addition, the app helps users easily track such “things”…
Apple’s iPhone App Store gaining traction, sees more than 2 million downloads per day!
The iPhone software distribution model, is burning up the intertubes with more than 2 million application downloads every day. According to a recent analysis by CNBC‘s Jim Goldman, Apple is seeings demand for its iPhone and iPod Touch applications actually increasing, despite pundits that have suggested that initial Apple App Store demand was merely a…
Tactile silicon case allows visually impaired people to use the iPhone
Here’s an interesting idea. A designer named Bruno Fosi envisioned the silicon case pictured above to allow visually impaired people to use the iPhone. The case is engraved with modified bas-relief buttons that correspond to a modified homescreen and is should work in tandem with a specially prepared application to add accessibility functions like text…
Yahoo upgrades mobile Flickr with iPhone-optimized video
Yahoo is responding to growing mobile demand, and users that are uploading pictures and video more frequently from their mobile phones, with a renewed push for their mobile Flickr website. The upgraded mobile Flickr touts an mobile-friendly format and even supports video streaming through a smartphone’s mobile web browser. Most notably, the upgraded mobile Flickr…
iPhone as gaming console – Playing iPhone games on TV
The iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch have proven themselves as capable mobile gaming platforms. With the widespread availability of intuitive motion-controlled games through the iPhone App Store, it’s no wonder that iPhone games are encroaching on gaming console territory. Freeverse, maker of the iPhone game Moto Chaser, has developed a proof-of-concept demonstration that allows…
Glu Mobile’s Bonsai Blast hits AppStore
Following the release for the Android platform, Glu Mobile is bringing Bonsai Blast to the iPhone and iPod Touch users. The addictive puzzle challenges players to shoot and match colored marbles to clear more than 90 Zen levels. But Bonsai Blast is not a simple match-three marble popping game — it also features walls to…
Easy WiFi makes AT&T WiFi HotSpot login easy for iPhone users
iPhone owners that just can’t be bothered to go through AT&T’s WiFi HotSpot registration process before taking advantage of the free (for AT&T iPhone users) AT&T WiFi HotSpot offer will be glad to hear that a new iPhone application can take care of all the logging in trivialities. Easy WiFi, from DeviceScape, stores your AT&T…