Following on the UK’s O2 and Germany’s T-Mobile announcement that they will be bringing their respective European nations the much-heralded Apple iPhone, France’s Orange has just announced their intention to bring the iPhone to the crepe-eating, mime-loving population of France. We’re not surprised, but at least it’s official now. France Telecom’s spokeswoman said, “We have…
Avast ye maties, take pirate pictures of your friends with your iPhone
There’s nothing like a goofy picture to brighten the hum-drum of daily life. And, in celebration of “Talk Like A Pirate Day,” TUAW has released a natively-installed iPhone application that will make a pirate-worthy snapshot out all of your friends’ smiling mugs. The Pirate.app can be downloaded as a stand alone or downloaded (and automatically…
Apple taps T-Mobile as German iPhone carrier
Following on yesterday’s official announcement that the UK iPhone will be the responsibility of UK wireless carrier O2, Apple today announced that the German iPhone carrier will indeed be Deutsch Telekom’s T-Mobile – as we expected. Germany and the UK will see Apple dopping the iPhone simultaneously on November 9. T-Mobile Germany reportedly agreed to…
iPhone may get TV-out feature with update – O2 iPhone shows TV-out options
So, Engadget already had a chance to get their hands on an O2 iPhone and posted up a nice gallery of the UK JesusPhone. That’s all well and good, but there’s one little thing that caught our eye. It looks like the O2 iPhone has a new section in the “Settings” menu – the “TV…
iTunes bumps up to version 7.4.2 – breaks ringtone renaming workaround/hack
Fans of the filename-extension workaround to get iTunes to recognize your homemade ringtones for uploading to the iPhone will be sad to hear that Apple has again updated iTunes. Why would anyone be sad to hear that a new version has been released? Well, the new iTunes 7.4.2 basically kills the ringtone-renaming-workaround (and all software…
Apple announces O2 as UK iPhone carrier – just like we expected
Well, it looks like the Apple Press Event in London was exactly what we expected – that is to say, Apple has just announced their European partners for iPhone distribution. This would have been a huge announcement had we not been expecting both O2’s partnership with Apple and Apple’s official announcement at the London press…
BMW uses unlocked iPhone at Frankfurt Motor Show? Runs on Vodafone, not T-Mobile
While, we still believe it’s T-Mobile that will carry Apple’s handset in Germany (and possible some other countries), BMW’s iPhone at Frankfurt Motor Show obviously uses some other carrier. It’s Voda…(fone). Or, the German automaker uses the unlocked device. Hey, don’t blame BMW – they just wanted to demonstrate how their car computer sings with…
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to sell iPhone in five European countries?
Well, at least they will if the Financial Times Deutschland is on the money with their report. It looks like Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will not only be hocking the iPhone for Germany, but for five other European countries as well. Without citing their source, Financial Times Deutschland is reporting that will be part of T-Mobile’s…
Use your iPhone as a wireless modem – tether your iPhone to your Mac laptop with Tinyproxy
iPhone-toting mobile warriors needing an easy (albeit slow) method to get their Mac laptop hooked up to the internet have a friend in Tinyproxy. Now, we’ve covered iPhone tethering (“tethering” refers to a method that allows your laptop to use your mobile phone’s wireless data connection to surf the web, check email, etc.) before, but…
O2 inks iPhone deal with Apple – 40% revenue kickback secured
In the latest round of European iPhone dealings, it looks like Spain’s O2 wireless carrier has inked a deal with Apple to exclusively deliver the iPhone to the UK. We’ve been expecting this for a while now, but the interesting thing here is that O2 has reportedly agreed to kickback 40% of revenues to the…