We’re getting used to the idea of celebrities using the iPhone. It’s slick and one of the most beautiful handsets on the market today. However, we were kinda surprised to learn the former U.S. president Bill Clinton is an iPhone user — that’s because we’ve never seen him as too tech savvy. It’s Al who…
Apple teams up with Intel to use Silverthorne chipset in next-gen devices
Apple and Intel. Once rivals, now the bestest of friends – or at least it appears that they’ve gotten all chummy. And, it looks like the partnership has grown even stronger. Apple has reportedly committed to using Intel’s 45nm Silverthorne mobile chipset in Apple’s next-gen device for 2008. We’ve heard that Apple was looking to…
iPowerRush – another iPhone battery life extender
Not satisfied the battery life of your iPhone? You can always grab one of the battery extenders. Previously, we wrote about the juice pack, and now it’s the iPowerRush that promises to boost the battery life of your beloved handset for another 10 to 15 hours. As you can see from the image above, simply…
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo confirmed to be negotiating with Apple for iPhone
We previously reported that the largest wireless operator in Japan has been in talks with Apple to bring the coveted iPhone to the island-nation’s NTT DoCoMo network. Well, today we get confirmation straight from NTT DoCoMo that Apple is indeed working with the Japanese network to bring those edgy-Japs a bit of minimalist-style. “It is…
Ambrosia Software updates iToner to v1.0.4 – iPhone v1.1.2 support is here
If you’ve been holding off on updating your iPhone to firmware v1.1.2 because you’ve gotten attached to your iToner ringtone maker, then you’ll be glad to hear that Ambrosia Software has released an updated iToner application that will now support your iPhone v1.1.2. iToner allows you to upload (drag-and-drop) custom-created MP3, MP4, and AAC files…
Avaya gives iPhone some enterprise prowess – Avaya one-X Mobile coming to iPhone
The iPhone isn’t exactly an enterprise device, that much is truth. But, that doesn’t stop throngs of businesspeople from insisting that their IT department support their new-fangled iPhone. Avaya’s taken heed and has plans to bring their Avaya one-X Mobile platform to the iPhone. Support for the year’s hottest handset is expected to come in…
Wired’s Editor-in-Chief gets slammed with huge iPhone bill – dimwit
You would think that the head-honcho of one of the US’s premier technology rags is fairly proficient with the latest gadgets and doo-hickeys. Especially those gadgets that he actually uses everyday. You would think that, and you’d be wrong. Kevin Allison, of the Financial Times, has reported that, “Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, the…
Apple recruits native iPhone application hacker for iPhone SDK team
It looks like all that pioneering in the world of native iPhone applications hasn’t gone unnoticed by the higher-ups at Cupertino. Delicious Monster’s Lucas Newman, developer of the first-ever native iPhone application Lights Off, has been tapped by Apple to join their iPhone SDK development team. The iPhone SDK, as you should well know by…
Intuit to offer iPhone-optimized Quicken for $3/month on January 8
In an effort to grab hearts and minds of the iPhone owners and to get some press attention along the way, Intuit has announced they will be launching web-based version of its popular personal finance application Quicken specially tailored to fit the screen of the Apple’s handset. If everything goes according to the plan, iPhone…
Unlocked iPhones from France’s Orange still locked – Round 3
Ok, so first we got reports that unlocked iPhones coming out of France’s Orange network were actually only kind of unlocked. You see, the iTunes-based unlocking method for Orange iPhones still requires Apple’s blessing to roam free on non-Apple-sanctioned networks. It looked like Orange and Apple had colluded to give unlocked-iPhone customers a semi-unlocked handset…