In a country where the leading wireless operator has over 350 million subscribers (more than the entire population of the US), China is a dream wireless market for handset vendors. So, is it any wonder that we keep hearing about China Mobile and Apple? We have to wonder, were Apple and China Mobile ever in…
Review: Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) Portable Speaker for iPhone
Digital Lifestyle Outiftters, otherwise known as DLO, recently launched their Portable Speaker for iPhone and we’ve been lucky enough to score one for ourselves. The DLO Portable Speaker for iPhone is exactly what you’d expect it to be – it’s portable, it’s a speaker-dock system, and it’s made for the iPhone. The iPhone’s built-in speakers…
Meizu M8 miniOne finally caught in the wild – sort of
Ahh, the almost mythical Chinese rip-off of the iPhone. We’ve been seeing prototype mock-ups and renderings of the Meizu M8 miniOne ever since the iPhone launched, but we’ve yet to get our hands on one. The problem? There just isn’t a finished version of the Meizu M8 iPhone clone in the wild. The closest we’ve…
Steve Wozniak: battery life is cop-out for 3G on iPhone
Why didn’t Apple include 3G on their current-generation iPhone? Obviously because the 3G radio would sap battery power like it was water – Apple said it, so it must be true. Right? Actually, I’ve thought about this a good deal and I’ve come up with my own conspiracy theory as to why Apple didn’t bring…
What happens to the iPhone stopwatch after 1000 hours?
Well, the world ends. Planes crash, computers fail, people starve, it’s the apocalypse. Seriously, we don’t know how this kid came up with the idea to run the iPhone’s stopwatch for 1000 hours (whether he did so legitimately or just started the stopwatch and changed the date/time in iPhone preferences is debatable), but it’s interesting…
O2 Ireland: iPhone and iPhone plans are expensive, but worth it
Sure, the iPhone is expensive, everyone knows that. I actually paid a significant premium to be one of the first few iPhone adopters, and I’m sure there are a lot of people in Ireland that will be just as eager to own an iPhone. However, the problem with the iPhone plans on O2 Ireland are…
Native P2P torrent software hits iPhone
Well folks, peer to peer file transfer is hitting the iPhone, big time! An iPhone hacker ported code from the Transmission site to run on the iPhone’s ARM microprocessor. And while this is still extremely preliminary software, we’re kinda sure it will develop over time — especially when Steve bless us with the 3G iPhone.…
Select AT&T stores to offer refurbished iPhones with new activations from $199
It seems some AT&T stores have refurbished iPhones for sale. Apparently, there are 4GB and 8GB versions available and you can grab them for $199 and $249 respectively. That’s with new activations only, but it’s a steal nevertheless. According to AT&T’s internal memo, refurbished iPhones are “good as new” and have nothing to do with…
iPhone v1.1.4 jailbreak, activation and SIM unlock guide – Mac AND Windows [Update]
If you’re rocking the newest iPhone firmware – or want to rock the newest iPhone v1.1.4 firmware – you’ll probably want to look into jailbreaking that sucker. This guide applies to all iPhones, new and old. It doesn’t matter when you bought your iPhone, it doesn’t matter what firmware you’re currently using. The only limitation…
More iPhone bait – Oklahoma Christian University offers Apple MacBook and iPhone to new students
Not to be outdone by the other religious college‘s move to entice new students with a free iPhone, Oklahoma Christian University is now offering incoming freshman a new Apple MacBook and a choice between an iPhone or iPod Touch (presumably for those that don’t want to activate the iPhone and pay for service – cough,…