iPhone News

  • iPhone browsing could be faster with Opera -- if Apple approves (CNN) - The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple's iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.
  • German Publishers Question Apple's Rejection of Nudity (International Herald Tribune) - German publishers are worrying that Apple’s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship, particularly when it comes to nudity.
  • Five Great Apple iPhone and Mac Accessories (PC World) - Cool iPhone accessories aren't just for Apple fanboys. Herea re five cool new toys -- from crazy cases to a gizmo that turns an iPhone into a point-of-sale system.
  • iPhone mania sees app creators miss out (The Australian) - MEDIA companies looking to tap the digital wave have become too obsessed with creating applications for Apple's iPhone.
  • New York Times: Google and Apple brawl based on bruised egos (Geek.com) - You don’t need to be a particularly astute analyst of the current tech landscape to notice that things are getting downright icy between Google and Apple. Although Google CEO Eric Schmidt was one of the first people to congratulate Jobs on the iPhone, Google’s own forays into the mobile phone arena with their Android operating [...]
  • Apple will replace iPads that can’t hold a charge anymore for just $99 (Geek.com) - A common complaint amongst gadget dorks, the iPhone has no user replaceable battery… and the iPad’s no different. However, a subtle change of wording in Apple’s Battery Replacement Service FAQ indicates that there is a difference in the way Apple will go about replacing iPad batteries: if your iPad starts experiencing diminished battery life, Apple [...]
  • Apple's New iPhones May Offer Multitasking (eWeek) - Intelligent multitasking? The newest Apple iPhones, due out this summer, will add multitasking to their long feature lists, according to a report. Analysts agree it’s likely, while citing the downfalls. iPhone teardown expert Aaron Vronko anticipates a true Apple-style addition: multitasking re-envisioned.
  • Nokia asks court to dismiss Apple’s breach-of-contract countersuit, says the real issue is patents (Geek.com) - Six months ago, Nokia filed a complaint against Apple, claiming that Cupertino had ripped off a number of Nokia’s mobile phone patents wholesale in creating the iPhone. Apple immediately counter-sued. Now, both companies are immersed in a huge legal battle that will take years to resolve. The heart of the issue is that Nokia says Apple [...]
  • Analysts find iPhone use heaviest on nights and weekends (Geek.com) - You just don’t see Apple’s iPhone being used as an enterprise phone by many companies, although some Fortune 500 companies have started bowing to internal pressure and deploying them as company phones along with the venerable BlackBerry. Despite this, studies show that the iPhone is still mostly used by people in the comfort of their [...]
  • Apple iPhone apps usage shifts into high gear at night, on weekends (Macworld UK) - Maybe iPhone users aren’t wasting countless hours at work fiddling with their smartphone apps after all. New research conducted over the past two months shows that US Apple iPhone users mainly use their apps at night and on weekends, indicating the smartphone apps are currently used more for personal than work purposes.
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    Quick Look @ iPhone

    * Height: 4.5 inches (115 mm) * Width: 2.4 inches (61 mm) * Depth: 0.46 inch (11.6 mm) * Weight: 4.8 ounces (135 grams) * 8GB or 16GB flash drive * 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display * 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi * Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously * Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) * Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) * EDGE * Bluetooth 2.0+EDGE