The iPhone’s conspicuous lack of a physical keyboard is at once a draw for those in-the-know and a deal-breaker for the virtual-QWERTY-wary. By nixing a physical keyboard from the iPhone’s design, Apple has been able to further their minimalistic design philosophy with the iPhone and iPhone 3G. But, clean lines and sleek style come at…
Apple places order for 50 million NAND flash memory chips, causes worldwide NAND supply reductions
When Apple hits the NAND flash memory market for some binge-shopping, the world pays attention. Apple is the NAND market, at least on this planet, and the iPhone-maker routinely affects global flash-memory supply with their massive orders. The latest such NAND flash-memory order to shortchange the rest of the world’s flash-memory buyers is Apple’s 50…
Flash Lite meet iPhone, iPhone meet Flash content
While still nothing close to a fully-acceptable Flash-based browsing experience, Thomas Joos has managed to bring Flash Lite to the iPhone. The porting of Flash Lite bodes well for the possibility of having real-deal Flash support on the iPhone in the future – whether Apple will officially support such an undertaking is unclear, perhaps a…
Make your iPhone virtual keyboard look like it’s MacBook Air
Love the MacBook Air’s keyboard? Who doesn’t – it’s probably the best keyboard I’ve seen so far. Heck, even Steve Jobs said it’s the best keyboard Apple ever made, and you know he cares about the details… Anyway, what do you think about having that kind of keyboard on your iPhone? Naturally, you won’t get…
TiVoRemote updated to include a new GUI and some handy features
Remember TiVoRemote, the application that lets you control your TiVo from an iPhone/iPod Touch? Well, it’s been recently updated and now looks way much better. Aside from the improved user interface, TiVoRemote v0.23 also brings some neat features. For instance, it can now detect TiVos in your house (in case you have more than a…
Telstra bringin iPhone 3G to Vodafone-averse Aussies
Competition is a good thing. It not only offers consumers the freedom to choose whatever service or product fits their needs, but it also sets the stage for price-wars in the on-going battle between companies to capture as much market share as possible. In the end, consumers win – more service options, better prices, tasty…
China Mobile iPhone negotiations again underway
The problem that the original iPhone had in cracking the potentially lucrative Chinese market was that it came leashed with a now-unreasonable revenue-sharing business model from Cupertino. China Mobile wasn’t too keen on sharing revenue on a handset that it couldn’t be guaranteed would be a China Mobile exclusive. Now, with the iPhone 3G following…
Most smartphone consumers looking to buy iPhone 3G, says report
We can’t wait for the iPhone 3G to hit market, and it seems most of the US smartphone consumer market is thinking along those same lines. RBC Capital Markets has just released the results of a study that indicates a majority of consumers in the market for a new smartphone are seriously considering the iPhone…
iPhone 3G guided tour now available at Apple
For all you iPhone 3G hopefuls gunning for a shiny new Black or White-clad iPhone 3G come July 11, Apple has posted guided tours to help make the wait just a bit more bearable. The video details everything you need to know about your iPhone 3G and what the iPhone 2.0 OS firmware will offer…
AT&T announces iPhone 3G pricing details – Contract-free iPhone 3G coming for $599 and $699
Helping to usher-in July’s arrival for summer, AT&T has just announced their iPhone 3G pricing details. We’ve already known for some time that AT&T would be offering their iPhone 3G at $199 and $299 price-points for the 8GB and 16GB variants of the iPhone 3G, respectively. But, today’s announcement sheds more light on the AT&T…