Sure, when I gripe about my MobileMe experience and suggest that people hold-off on adopting Apple’s new “push data” service, few listen (or cared). But, when Walt Mossberg goes on record as saying that MobileMe isn’t yet ready for prime-time, the world listens (and probably cares). Such is life in the blogosphere. Am I bitter?…
iPhone 2.0 OS jailbreak and what it means for multi-tasking applications
If you’re the type to abide by the rules and let Apple decide which applications you can and cannot run on your iPhone, then you’ll be just fine running third-party applications from the AppStore that don’t run in the background. Sure, they might offer you a saved-state feature that launches the application in to the…
Winpwn 2.0 brings iPhone 3G jailbreak to Windows – Pwnage Tool 2.0 for Windows
Can’t bear the thought of letting your GPS-toting, 3G-capable iPhone 3G keep living the straight-and-narrow life of official iPhone applications? Worry not, dear iPhone 3G jailbreaker. Pwnage Tool 2.0.1 was released to make your iPhone 3G jailbreak aspirations a simple few-click process. What, you don’t have a Mac, you say? Good news! The Windows-version of…
Carling goes Viral Mobile Ads with the iPhone
The Independent has an amusing little story about Mobile Advertising, and more specifically, the efforts of one brewer to combine Mobile Viral Ads, Apps, and the iPhone! Carling, a well-known beer purveyor in the UK, has created the iPint application for the iPhone – which you can get free on iTunes. Why, you might quite…
(PRODUCT) RED iPhone coming this Christmas?
Red iPhone may be introduced during the upcoming Christmas shopping season. It’s still a rumor, but it makes perfect sense as about that time all the hype surrounding the iPhone 3G launch may start to slow. With the device like this, Apple could further push its sales forward. Apparently, the iPhone 3G in red will…
Extend your iPhone 3G’s battery life
With the new GPS receiver and 3G radio sucking the life out of your iPhone 3G’s battery like there’s no tomorrow, you’ll likely have noticed shorter battery life compared with the first-generation iPhone. If the iPhone 3G is your first foray in to the world of Apple phoning, then just accept that whatever battery life…
City Guide iPhone application gives iPhone things to do in Washington DC
What’s the plan for tonight? You’ve likely come across that particular question every now and again. Whether you’re trying to decide where to eat, where to drink, or where to kick back and take a load off, rallying the troops to get off the couch and in to the social scene can be difficult. The…
iPhone application features cut and paste – Rich text editor with cut/paste functionality
Just as I got done griping about how Apple needs to re-prioritize the iPhone 2.0 OS development goals and bring cut-and-paste functionality to the forefront – ahead of turn-by-turn GPS navigation – I found this new iPhone application that boasts just such a feature. Granted, cut/paste functionality in this application isn’t a system-wide implementation, like…
Apple bringing iPhone 3G to 20 additional markets on August 22
As expected, Apple has announced that they’ll be expanding their global reach by introducing the iPhone 3G to 20 additional markets next month. Despite handset shortages and sell-outs, Apple is committed to launching the heralded handset in over 70 global markets, including markets in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and Europe. Following on AT&T’s…
AT&T: Apple iPhone 3G launch sales double that of iPhone
Regardless of iPhone 3G activation woes and product shortages that has Apple backlogging iPhone 3G’s at its retail stores for weeks, AT&T has announced that they’ve sold almost twice as many iPhone 3G’s in the first week and a half of sales than during the same period last year. AT&T posted a healthy $0.63 per…