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Entries from October 2008

AT&T’s Free iPhone Wi-Fi Hot Spots Now Active at Starbucks and Other Locations

Date October 30, 2008

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On October 29th, AT&T had announced for the second (or is it third?) time, that there will be free Wi-Fi hot spots available to all iPhone users at Starbucks locations, as well as other [...]

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Rogers sells 255,000 iPhone 3G’s, Bringing in an Extra 191,000 Subscribers

Date October 29, 2008

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Rogers has successfully brought itself an extra 191,000 customers, thanks to the arrival of Apple’s iPhone 3G to Canada.
The company announced that, since the introduction of the iPhone in Canada in July, that they’ve sold 255,000 [...]

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Firmware 2.2b2 Seeded to Developers; No, Still No Copy & Paste

Date October 26, 2008

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As far as we know, Copy & Paste, like landscape note taking/messaging, proper MMS, and turn-by-turn directions are still on the iPhone’s bucket list, but like bucket lists, it seems to be the sort of thing [...]

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Dev Team Crack 3G Baseband, Unlock Approacheth

Date October 26, 2008

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You heard that right.  It’s been three and a half months since the 3G was released, which is an indication of how tough a nut the 3G’s baseband was to crack.  However the dev team haven’t given up, and their [...]

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Polar Bear Farm Celebrates One Year; Offers Four Free Apps via App Store

Date October 23, 2008

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Polar Bear Farm is today celebrating their 1 year anniversary. Polar Bear Farm has four applications on the App Store as of today, and in celebration of their 1 year anniversary, is marking them [...]

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AppLoop Makes it Extremely Easy to Develope Applications

Date October 23, 2008

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App Generator from AppLoop makes it easy to convert your site to a mobile app in less than two minutes.
AppLoop is a new service that allows anyone with a web browser and RSS feed to create an application, and [...]

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The iPhone Application Graveyard is Where All Rejected App Store Apps Rest in Piece

Date October 23, 2008

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Peter Hosey, especially known for his Growl (App Store) and Adium (pre-App Store) applications, has had the idea of starting a website where he can display any and all iPhone applications that Apple [...]

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The iPod Turns Seven

Date October 23, 2008

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The Apple iPod celebrates its 7th birthday today, and will without a doubt celebrate many more.
Apple’s iPod lineup has surely changed since its debut announcement in 2001, with more and more choices to choose from as the years went by. Generations and generations [...]

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O’Reilly’s iPhoneLive Conference Postponed

Date October 23, 2008

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OReilly’s iPhoneLive Conference, which was scheduled for November 18th, has been postponed until further notice.
The conference will be rescheduled for another day, that day being unknown at this time. There is no explanation as to why there has been an postponement, but as [...]

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Saving a Life with an iPhone will Cost You

Date October 21, 2008

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Have a look at a wonderfully written post by Steven Sande via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (see here or via source link) sharing the three best first aid / medical assisting applications available on the iPhone App Store.
“If [...]

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Google Brings Localized Ads to the iPhone

Date October 21, 2008

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Despite Google’s recent introduction of the Android mobile operating system, they’re still working with Apple to bring new things to the iPhone.
My guess as to why they are still working with Apple’s iPhone would have to be its popularity worldwide. [...]

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Bogus Beer Battle Brewing

Date October 20, 2008

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It’s a serious case of potential infringement of intellectual property, and yet it almost couldn’t be more absurd.
In this corner, you have Steve Sheraton and Hottrix — you may not be intimately familiar with the names, but I’m certain everyone has heard of [...]

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Trend Micro to Launch iPhone 3G Web Browser?

Date October 20, 2008

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Straight from the Not Bloody Likely files comes this tidbit from security firm Trend Micro, known widely for their online and offline antivirus software and internet security packages.
According to Arabian Business, Trend Micro CTO Raimund Genes has apparently revealed [...]

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Long Time No See?

Date October 20, 2008

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Yeah, I know.  Not only have I been a relative stranger around here the last few weeks, we’ve slowed to a crawl too.  We seem to be doing this too often, but I do apologize for the relative lack of activity around here.  [...]

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