By now it should be pretty apparent that Apple is on a hell-bent drive to hammer the iPhone home. With the incredible 500,000+ unit first-week sales figures, we’re sure Apple is sittin’ pretty with all the iPhone orders that are likely still coming in. But, with all these new iPhone orders, Apple’s demand for supplies…
O2 iPhone spotted in the UK!
We’ve got another development in the “deal, or no deal” saga between O2 and Vodafone vying for the privelige to work with Apple in the exclusive iPhone distribution deal for the UK. Apparently, TUAW got reports of some Brit tipster giving them the down-low on having spotted an iPhone, on the O2 network, out in…
iPhone file system hacked – ‘How to Escape Jail’
The intrepid crackers over at #iphone have released a step-by-step tutorial on how to gain access to the iPhone’s file system. In their document, titled “How to Escape Jail,” the hackers outline how to use the recently released iPhoneInterface software to get at that file system. Why is this so important? Well, this sought-after access…
Shenzhen Aishide Industry Company to sell the iPhone in China
According to China Tech News the iPhone is coming to mainland China! No price point or release date, but I bet the clones with their pirated operating systems will be more open than the iPhone. [Via: Textually]
Major iPhone update in works?
According to the post on Howard Forums, Apple will release a major update for the iPhone soon. Apparently the new firmware version will bring several improvements, including: File browser Disk mode support More REAL applications are coming, including the special version of iWork and iChat Search for files, aka mobile Spotlight Widescreen keyboard in every…
Apple to introduce iPhone in Japan by the end of 2008?
Our Japanese readers may have the world’s coolest and most advanced handsets at their disposal, but for an iPhone they will have to wait for at least a year. According to the unnamed Apple employee, Jobs&Co will release their flagship product across the Pacific by the end of next year. Somehow that makes sense, as…
gOffice adds word processor to the iPhone
Who says you can’t do word processing on the iPhone? Well, I do… or at least that was the case ’till now. Thanks to developer Kevin Warnock, iPhone users can now actually write something on their beloved handset. gOffice is a Safari-optimized web app using which users can edit Microsoft Word documents directly from the…
Sena launches premium leather iPhone cases
Still looking for the right case for your iPhone? Maybe Sena Cases has something you like… Just today, the California-based handheld device accessory designer Sena Cases announced its series of premium leather iPhone cases. If you’ve been using their cases before, you know they know their job in terms of quality and looks — all…
iPhone CPU supports hardware Java acceleration, yet it is turned off, why?
Java applications running a bit slow on your mobile? You probably don’t have Jazelle in there, a technology created by ARM that speeds up the execution of Java applications and lowers RAM consumption by a factor of 8. It also allows for multiple Java applications to be run with minimal overhead. Why is such an…
Twitter for the iPhone – PocketTweets for your mobile Twitter fix
If you’re on Twitter and you have an iPhone, boy, do we have a bookmark-worthy site for you. We can’t stand going without our Twitter fix for more than a few minutes, so it’s a good thing PocketTweets has launched their iPhone-optimized website for mobile Twitter access. The web-based Twitter client gives your iPhone the…