The thing about updating to the newest iPhone firmware is that you’ll likely have to leave behind all those snazzy third-party, jailbreak-requiring applications and you’ll likely have to do without other third-party applications until they’re updated to work with the new firmware. Such is the cat-and-mouse game that Apple insists us iPhone users play. Well,…
Apple iPhone generates 50 times more Google searches than any other mobile device
In yet another iPhone-validating statistic, Google announced at Mobile World Congress Barcelona that Google search traffic from iPhones was 50 times greater than search traffic from any other mobile device. We already knew that the iPhone sent a lot of traffic to Google, but this is just outrageous. It seems that iPhone users are addicted…
400,000 unlocked iPhones in China
No wonder Apple’s revenue sharing negotiations with China Mobile for the iPhone didn’t go as planned. China Mobile itself is claiming that something like 400,000 unlocked iPhones are already in use on its network. With the iPhone black market doing as well as it is in China, Apple would be hard pressed to guarantee iPhone…
LiveSpeakR makes your iPhone loader while on the go
LiveSpeakR is yet another portable speaker solution for iPhone. However, unlike other similar products (like for instance DLO’s portable speakers), this one prides itself to be “designed for the iPhone user, by the iPhone user.” Not sure whether that really counts, but the company behind the project, D & G Solutions, argues these will be…
iPhoneDrive becomes MegaPhone; Allows users to access, edit and create notes
We’ve already covered iPhoneDrive in the past. The new version is out and it also has a new name – MegaPhone. Some cool new features are there as well. First and foremost, now you can access, edit and create new notes right from your Mac. You can even drag an HTML into the window with…
Third-party app turns iPhone into a touchpad
Don’t you just love the iPhone developer community? They keep pumping new apps without the official SDK and any support from Apple. Today we spotted a new native application called Touchpad that — as you can assume for yourself — turns your iPhone into a wireless touchpad. Now you’ll be able to control your PC’s…
Just when you thought the iPhone couldn’t get more coverage – iPhone is now official “American Idol” handset
Product placement is the best way to subtly (sometimes not so subtly) advertise your wares to a captive audience, and Apple really knows how to advertise. In case you haven’t gotten enough of the iPhone in the past months, you’ll be getting blasted with yet another advertising campaign during your “American Idol” broadcast. You see,…
BBC iPlayer coming to iPhone soon; Flash to hit iPhone?
Europeans always get to have all the fun. Even with the iPhone, it seems. The BBC has announced that they will be launching their iPlayer streaming TV service for the iPhone in the next few weeks. Lucky Brits will be able to watch their favorite BBC TV shows on their iPhones via the coincidentally-named iPlayer…
Tether your iPhone to your Leopard machine – use iPhone EDGE data on your laptop
It may not be a fast data-connection, but your iPhone’s EDGE data service can prove invaluable if you’re stranded and in need of wireless data ASAP. Jonathan “NerveGas” Zdziarski has just released a new method to tether your iPhone to your Leopard computer (laptop). For the uninitiated, “tethering” your iPhone to your laptop allows you…
Use CoverFlow to view everything on your iPhone
Apple’s CoverFlow view is slick indeed. Paired with the iPhone’s capacitance multi-touch display, CoverFlow really shines. Well, it shines in the iPhone’s album/music browsing function and nowhere else. It’s just a shame that CoverFlow wasn’t more fully developed to work in other iPhone features – thanks, Apple. And, that’s why we love the third-party iPhone…