What would you do if you’re a famous rap star? You have all that money, you need to show off it a bit. Scrap that, you need to show everyone just how rich and cool your are. People expect that, or not… Anyway, popular rapper Pharrell Williams decided it’s time to grab a new phone.…
Apple looking to bring full Microsoft Exchange support to the iPhone
If Apple’s newest job listing is any indicator, the techies at Cupertino are looking to bring on a new employee to finally bring Microsoft Exchange functionality to the iPhone. Apple is apparently looking for a “motivated, highly-technical Exchange test/sync engineer with excellent problem solving and communication skills,” who will be joining “a dynamic team responsible…
Video recording on the iPhone gets real
Or at least as real as a proof-of-concept application can get. The iPhone’s lack of video recording was an interesting omission that didn’t really make sense. Battery issues shouldn’t be, well, an issue. There’s really no extra hardware involved. And every other decent cameraphone has video recording capability. So, it’s up to the third-party iPhone…
Google optimizes Picasa Web Albums for iPhone
Apparently, Picasa was not one of the Google’s apps and services optimized for the iPhone. So, they’ve decided to change that and voila… iPhone and iPod Touch users can now access the special version of Picasa Web Albums right from their shiny gadgets. You can browse and search your albums, get a full view of…
Copernic Mobile updated to include the iPhone support
You’ve probably heard about Copernic and their popular Desktop and/or Web Search client. Like many other companies on the market, they too want to get some media attention by affiliating their offering with Apple’s hyped handset. Hence, the latest update of Copernic Mobile includes a new iPhone/iPod Touch optimized user interface. Everything remains the same…
TomTom developing GPS module for iPhone?
We can’t tell you how much we love grainy spy-shots and questionable rumors. Like this one, for example. The image you see to the right shows what looks to be a TomTom-made GPS module plugged in to the bottom of an iPhone, with GPS navigation prompts displayed on the screen. With the iPhone SDK slated…
IntoMobile’s 3G vs EDGE webpage load-time shootout – just how slow is the iPhone?
Right, we all know just how much faster 3G data speeds are in comparison to EDGE speeds. Theoretical speeds are one thing, straight-up throughput numbers are impressive, but what about the most important aspect of any device’s wireless data connection – actual web-browsing performance? Unless you’re one of the harder-core mobile warriors that uses their…
Time magazine does it again; Awards Apple iPhone as the top gadget
Roughly a month ago we saw the Time magazine awarding Apple iPhone with its “Invention of the Year” title. Now they did it again — in their “Top 10 Gadgets” list, iPhone is listed as the number one gadget. Interesting enough, Palm Centro is the only other mobile phone on the list and holds the…
H2O Audio iFR Sport Combo protects your iPhone better than any other case
While iPhone is one of the most beautiful devices on the market today, its shiny body make it easy to slip from a hand. Hence we see a growing number of products that are designed to protect Apple’s handset against hostile conditions, impact shocks, drops, sweat, marring and/or scratching. One of the latest such cases…
Make music with your iPhone – control Pro Tools in real time with the iPhone
This is most definitely one of the coolest third-party iPhone applications that have yet to hit the third-party application market. The iPhone’s capacitance-based multi-touch screen is perfect for on-the-fly, simple manipulation with a brush of the finger. So, it makes sense to put it to good use – like controlling your Pro Tools setup so…