Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Carrier-unlocked iPhones, once thought to be an impossibility (given Steve Jobs’ stance on the iPhone’s business model), will be hitting France this holiday shopping season (November 29). Those same wireless regulations that sparked speculation about the iPhone possibly being barred from French soil will require that Apple…
Steve Jobs: You want an iPhone SDK? Wait until February
It seems good ole’ Stevie Jobs has pulled a bit of an about-face on his policy of keeping the iPhone’s Mac OS a closed-system. Apple has published a note from Stevie on their Hot News Page that basically details Mr. Jobs’ plan to release a full Software Development Kit (SDK) for the iPhone this coming…
iPhone Dev Team announces the free iPhone v1.1.1 software unlocking solution!
Following on iPhoneSIMfree’s recently released unlocking software for the iPhone v1.1.1 firmware, the intrepid iPhone Dev Team has just released their own unlocking solution for iPhones with the most recent v1.1.1 firmware. AnySim v1.1 is the one and only free unlocking solution for the iPhone v1.1.1. The hack works only with previously unlocked (virgin, if…
It’s official – Apple and Orange launching iPhone in France on November 29
We’ve known this for quite some time now, but we were starting to wonder if Apple and Orange were ever going to announce their deal. France’s wireless regulations and Apple’s revenue-sharing demands were rumored to have put the deal on thin ice, but those issues seem to be a thing of the past. Apple and…
Greenpeace: Apple’s iPhone is killing our Green Earth
We support protecting the environment as much as the next person, but sometimes Greenpeace can get a little annoying. This time around, the Eco-protectionist group is whining about some harmful chemicals found in Apple’s iPhone. Turns out, the iPhone contains “toxic brominated compounds (indicating the presence of brominated flame retardants) and hazardous PVC.” Greenpeace took…
Apple prepping iPhone SDK for January release?
The latest round of rumor and hearsay surrounding the iPhone’s development future comes from Businessweek. According to “sources familiar” with these matters, “Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008, enabling programmers to create games, business-productivity tools, and countless other applications for the device.” The iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) is…
iNdependence v1.2.2 released – iPhone v1.1.1 activation/jailbreak GUI for Mac OS X
If you’ve been holding off on trying to tackle the not-so-easy jailbreaking process for your iPhone v1.1.1 – or if you’ve held off on the v1.1.1 update because the jailbreak process was a bit daunting – today is your day! The good folks from the iNdependence team have released their iPhone v1.1.1-compatible activation/jailbreak GUI solution…
Apple files for second pressure-sensitive touch display patent
Following on Apple’s recently published patent application for a pressure-sensitive touchscreen display, the Cupertino electronics uber-designers have filed for yet another patent application that details yet another “input-output unit capable of both location sensing and force sensing operations is provided.” The patent application, titled “Force and Location Sensitive Display,” outlines a method of detecting location…
Keep track of your car’s fuel efficiency with the iPhone
There’s a new web-based application/service for the iPhone that allows you to keep track of the fuel efficiency of your car. It works quite simple and all it requires is that you start with a full tank of gas and every time you add an entry you should refill the tank. Kinda strange, but I…
AT&T prepping new iPhone color? Deep Red?
What’s this? AT&T is planning on pushing a new iPhone color? Well, if Engadget Mobile‘s anonymous tip (the best kind of tip) pans out, AT&T has indeed started to stock “Deep Red” colored iPhones. In what is purported to be an internal inventory sheet from AT&T, we can clearly see AT&T’s new “Deep Red” iPhones.…