Archive for April, 2009

Worms coming to iPhone, anyone to play?

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

Like there was a lack of all time classic games on the iPhone, Team17 is bringing Worms to the holy grail of your iPhone’s and iPod’s 3.5 inch touch touch screen.

Three quarters of U.S. operator’s new mobile customers last quarter chose the iPhone

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by john

AT&T Inc.’s Mobility unit might as well be called the “iPhone carrier.” That, essentially, is what it’s become as nearly three quarters of AT&T’s new wireless contract customers last quarter were iPhone users - an extremely large amount of influence that one product has over AT&T. Being so closely tied to the iPhone carries risk, should the phone lose its chic status or competitors catch up with similar bells and whistles. In addition, the dependence illustrates how badly the telco needs to maintain its exclusivity agreement with Apple Inc

Video: iPhone Racing Game - 2XL Supercross

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by john

The 2XL Supercross was built from the ground up to push the graphics and physics potential of the iPhone and iPod Touch to the max. The game was created by the designers of Motocross Madness, ATV Offroad Fury and MX Unleashed.

iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4, iTunes 8.2 pre-release launched

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

Apple have released pre-release iPhone OS 3.0 beta 4 for developers along with iTunes 8.2. Both pre-release versions offer some key changes.

Apple WWDC09 sold out

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

As expected, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference for 2009 has sold out. In the June 8th event, iPhone and Mac OS X developers could use the opportunity to code alongside Apple’s own IT team. The event is also expected to coincide with Apple releasing the iPhone and iPod touch firmware 3.0

iPhone vs Asus Netbook Extreme Typing Test in a Rally Car

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

If you are a long time iPhone user who is used to its on-screen virtual keyboard, you might find the need of a physical keyboard unnecessary. However, some folks insist that its one of deal breakers

Microsoft reiterates what we knew: no first-party handset, no Zunephone

Posted under Editorials on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

Filed under: Multimedia, Windows Mobile While avoiding the juicier questions surrounding the mystery of Project Pink and its potential ties to Verizon for maximizing Pink’s launch, a Microsoft spokesperson has issued new comments that reiterate the stance Redmond has held from time immemorial: there’s no Zunephone, and furthermore, there won’t be any Microsoft-branded phones.

Microsoft fans flames with non-response to iPhone-alike rumor

Posted under Editorials on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

There’s a reason most companies have a policy against responding to rumors and speculation. When a company responds to a rumor with PR-speak it simply spawns more speculation. Of course sometimes that’s exactly what a company wants to do — fan the flames, keep the hype going, etc

Palm Pre: $138 to build according to iSuppli

Posted under Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by admin

Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Palm OS With the economy in the tank (still) and the heat on, cost and profit margins are more important than ever to companies hoping to stave off the inevitable, apocalyptic doom of recession. Well, iSuppli’s released an estimated report of how much its costing Palm to cobble together the Pre — about $138, as it turns out. iSuppli has positively identified just two of the Pre’s suppliers thus far — that Texas Instruments OMAP chip, which runs Palm $11, and Qualcomm’s wireless chip — but they’ve formed a general picture of what’s under the hood for the estimate

AT&T’s “new” video streaming terms are a non-issue

Posted under Editorials, Reviews on Thursday, 30 April 2009 by john

Filed under: Multimedia, ATT There’s an awful lot of hubbub going around today about “new” terms in AT&T’s wireless contract agreement that seemingly forbid streaming video from your television to your PC or your phone — in other words, using a Slingbox — which would seem to be a rewrite of language added and pulled a few weeks ago. Here’s the problem: the terms aren’t new, and they don’t forbid video streaming.

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