At least that’s what we can infer from the new Japanese magazines dedicated to the barely month-old iPhone 3G. There are undoubtedly a good number of Japanese feature-phone fans that just can’t justify leaving behind their NFC- and mobile TV-enabled devices for the iPhone 3G. But, with no less than four different iPhone 3G magazines…
Palringo iPhone app gets push-to-talk functionality
Roughly a month ago we’ve covered Palringo multi-network IM client for the iPhone. Now they’ve announced the addition of the vocal instant messaging functionality (aka push-to-talk) to its rich messaging application to make it even more usable for the end-users. Palringo’s CEO Kerry Ritz said that they’ve “completed the suite of ways in which people…
iPhone 3G coming to Turkey via Turkcell
Turkey’s leader mobile operator, Turkcell, has announced that it will bring the iPhone 3G to the country. The official release says that the shiny handset will be available to the operator’s both prepaid and post-paid customers. Turkcell’s CMO Lale Saral Develioglu said that they are very excited to be working with Apple to bring the…
Apple gives MobileMe customers another 60 days of service
MobileMe is something of a stain on Apple’s iPhone 3G launch festivities. Having bitten off more than they could chew, Cupertino struggled to get their iPhone 3G fleet activated, iPhones updated, and MobileMe up and running all at the same time. Needless to say, there are MobileMe customers still bitter over their first (for many)…
Apple pushes out Apple iPhone OS 2.0.2 through iTunes
Well that sure was quick. It seems like just an eye-blink ago that Apple released their iPhone 2.0.1 OS for iPhone and iPhone 3G owners looking to get enhanced performance out of their sometimes laggy iPhones. And, following on the iPhone Dev Team’s release of the iPhone 2.0.1 OS-jailbreaking solution, Pwnage Tool 2.0.2, Cupertino has…
iPhone Dev Team working on restore-less Pwnage Tool – QuickPwn jailbreak without restore
Pwnage Tool is an amazing testament to the iPhone hacking community’s (namely, the Dev Team) ability to crack Cupertino’s code for the betterment of iPhone users worldwide. Unfortunately, the Pwnage Tool jailbreak solution that creates custom iPhone OS packages (ipsw files) requires that you perform a full “Restore” on your iPhone before getting access to…
Paragon Software brings PONS dictionaries to iPhone/iPod Touch
Paragon Software is bringing the popular PONS dictionaries to the users of Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. A series of PONS dictionaries are about to hit the AppStore — including PONS Advanced English, PONS Advanced French and PONS Advanced Italian. Paragon’s SlovoEd engine is running the show in the backend, making sure the PONS dictionaries…
Artificial Life’s MobileBooster adds iPhone/iPod Touch support
Artificial Life announced that its mobile development tool MobileBooster now extends support to the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms to help developers in mobile application and game development. A new extension module for MobileBooster enables support of iPhone and iPod touch embedded applications. MobileBooster maintains snapshot builds along with change logs for effortless release management…
HSBC to order 200,000 iPhones for its staff?
iPhone is now ready for business use and some companies may consider shunning BlackBerrys and other smartphones in favor of Apple’s baby. That could help getting some media coverage while boosting retention at the same time. After all, iPhone does sound more like fun (as opposed to “work”) than any other smartphone out there. Still,…
Lenovo and Intel launch Zumobi Olympics mobile widget
Again we’re talking about the Olympics and how companies are trying to take advantage of the summer games to grab some media attention. Today we bring you the story of two large companies, Lenovo and Intel, which have partnered to release a free mobile widget through Zumobi. The cool widget showcases content from Lenovo’s “Voices”…