There was a time when patents were issued to devices and ideas that were novel and contributed to innovation. Well, at least that’s how it used to work in the US. However, with the recent USPTO patent describing a “smartphone” having been awarded to a patent-holding firm, it’s clear that we’re no longer in an…
Rogers Canada offers unlimited data plan – hints at possible iPhone arrival?
While us Yankees have been enjoying the iPhone’s grace’s since day one (that is, launch day), our friends to the North have yet to get the iPhone to officially cross the border. There are likely innumerable unlocked iPhones surfing Rogers’ network, but no official deal has been struck between Apple and Rogers. Rogers Canada is…
Fake Chinese iPhone – C-002 is the REAL iPhone killer
Sure, every handset vendor and their grandmothers are putting out their own iPhone-killers, but leave it to the Chinese to make a real iPhone killer. While others are concentrating R&D resources on design and UI tweaks (remember, the future of mobile is the user experience), the Chinese-made C-002 basically takes Apple’s iPhone design and stuffs…
Apple iPhone keeps getting stronger in smartphone segment
With only one product and a late-year launch, Apple has really done well for itself with the iPhone. The fastest-growing segment in the mobile phone industry is the smartphone segment, and it’s been growing every year – growing 72% over 2006. And, a new report from Canalysis estimates that Apple became the world’s third-largest smartphone…
Mobistar to bring iPhone to Belgium?
Well, if negotiations pan out, Belgium’s second-largest wireless operator could be poised to strike a deal with Apple. The end-game? To bring the iPhone to Belgium, of course. Mobistar’s CEO stated that they could make an iPhone-deal with Apple this year. However, the statement was tempered by the fact that Belgium just isn’t high on…
Apple kicks up iPhone storage to 16GB for $100 more
That’s it. I never thought I’d say this, but this is the first time that I sincerely feel like getting rid of my iPhone 8GB. It’s just not as appealing as it once was. Calm down. The only reason I say this is because my iPhone 8GB is no longer the big-kid on the iPhone-block.…
Apple posts employment listing for iPhone Visual designer
The iPhone user interface is at once visually appealing and incredibly intuitive. But, as much as I love the iPhone interface, especially that on-screen keyboard (the combination of capacitance multi-touch and predictive text allows me to type at 30 wpm – how do you compare?), there are bound to be improvements with the next-generation iPhone.…
AT&T EDGE network is down – AT&T data network blackouts rolling through Midwest and Southeast US
[Update] It looks like the tech-heads at AT&T have no idea what left AT&T EDGE and UMTS data customers without their precious data connection. Leave it to a multi-billion dollar company to not know what caused their data network to take nose-dive for 9 hours. If you’re in the Midwest or Southeast US and you’re…
Ecamm iPhone Drive 1.4 – update to iPhone Drive is live
Fans of the iPhone Drive software from Ecamm will be glad to hear that the Ecamm has released a free update (for registered owners, that is) for their iPhone Drive software. Ecamm kicks up iPhone Drive to v1.4 with a few new features. For those that don’t already know, iPhone Drive turns your iPhone into…
iPhone lacks 802.1x support – sign this petition to make Apple support it
So, add this to the list of features that the iPhone is missing. It seems that the iPhone won’t play nice with the college/university-favorite 802.1x network access control standard. The 802.1x IEEE standard is used to secure wireless networks and filter access to the network. Fortunately, there’s this here petition to help convince Apple to…