Today, France Telecom-owned Orange released a short announcement: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Orange’s African markets later this year. Again, we see that exclusive country deals are out — Switzerland, Egypt,…
New Apple patent application renews speculation for location-based iPhone data networks
Remember that Apple patent application that hinted at the Cupertino-based fruit-company working with Starbucks? Right, well it’s looking ever more likely that Apple will come through with a location-based solution allowing iPhone owners to interact with their surroundings. The previous patent application surfaced in December. The USPTO documentation outlined a method by which iPhone users…
AT&T limiting iPhone sales to one per person, credit card required
With iPhone stock dwindling to near-bare levels and completely unavailable in some places, AT&T has started to cut back on bulk iPhone purchases. AT&T has announced that customers can purchase a maximum of one iPhone per person – and all transactions will require a credit or debit card. According to an internal AT&T memo, “Effective…
iSlsk – Soulseek P2P sharing client goes native on iPhone
The iPhone is a veritable computer running Mac OS in your pocket. As such, the iPhone can now lay claim to having a natively installed P2P sharing application – iSlsk. Installing the iSlsk application opens up a whole world of peer-to-peer music-sharing on the hundreds of thousands strong Soulseek network. Nir Arbel, a former Napster…
Intel Germany Chief reportedly confirms Intel Atom-powered iPhone with larger display, Intel categorically denies claims
Like the game of “telephone” that we all played as a kid, executive statements can sometimes get jumbled and misconstrued on its way to the printing presses. It seems that may be what happened when Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer reportedly confirmed the existence of an Intel Atom-powered iPhone variant with a larger (720×480) display…
Xtand makes iPhone stand proudly alongside iMac
Xtand is a beautiful stand for your iPhone, which looks like something made by Apple. As a matter of fact, this stylish cradle has iMac-like solid aluminum construction that makes me think why it didn’t come in box alongside the iPhone. Unfortunately, it won’t charge your beloved handset, but it will help you enjoy movies…
iDial adds rotary phone dialing to your iPhone
Here’s something for those that crave to go back in time, at least virtually. Thanks to the third-party native app called iDial, iPhone users can add an old-school rotary-type dialing to their beloved handsets. As you can see from the screenshots above, the application looks just the way you can imagine it, even displaying the…
AT&T: 20Mbps 3G network by 2009 – HSPA release 7, here we come!
While many AT&T customers are enjoying the No. 1 US carrier’s HSDPA (HSPA in some areas) 3G network, AT&T’s 3G speeds are still relatively slow compared to their counterparts in Europe and Asia. Following AT&T’s HSUPA upgrade to their 3G network this year (creating a true HSPA network), Big Blue has announced on Wednesday that…
Intelliscreen brings “Today Screen” functionality to iPhone
The iPhone lacks many things that have come to be taken for granted by many mobile enthusiasts. A functional “Today Screen” that displays at-a-glance information is one of the features that Apple failed to include in their first handset offering. But, that doesn’t mean the prolific iPhone developer community is going to sit idly by…
AT&T selling refurbished iPhone 8GB and iPhone 16GB
Get ’em while their hot (and available)! While Apple’s online storefront is still bare when it comes to iPhone stock, AT&T has started to offer customers a last-ditch batch of refurbished iPhones in the days leading up to the next-generation iPhone launch. If the prospect of a newer, 3G-adled iPhone launch doesn’t faze you, AT&T’s…