showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “The Competition: Windows Mobile 6.5 Launches Oct. 6″, “5474″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5474″, 290, 0);

Image via The iPhone Blog
Microsoft has officially announced that the next skin point release for their handheld operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, will launch on Oct. 6 and include App Store Windows Marketplace for Mobile (catchy!) and MobileMe MyPhone [...]

Posted in Miscellaneous, News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Apple, China Mobile Still in Talks Over iPhone Distribution in China”, “5465″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5465″, 290, 0);

Wireless carrier China Mobile has confirmed that the company is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom last week announced a distribution deal for the handset.
[iPhone Alley] [...]

Posted in Apple Corporate, News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “What Mac OS X Snow Leopard Means for the Future of the iPhone”, “5443″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5443″, 290, 0);

On Friday, Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, their latest computer operating system (which is jailbreaker safe!), and for the first time focus wasn’t on fabulous new consumer-facing features, but on internal [...]

Posted in Analysts and Predictions, Miscellaneous, Opinion Editorials, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “AT&T Gets a Fuzzy Signal on Apple’s iPhone”, “5440″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5440″, 290, 0);

Did AT&T get a sour apple when it snagged the iPhone?
[Wall Street Journal] Maybe. AT&T’s exclusive right to offer Apple’s smart phone over the past two years has attracted new customers, and at least initially enhanced the [...]

Posted in News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Apple Says Exploding iPhone’s Not Their Fault”, “5427″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5427″, 290, 0);

Apple says it’s not to blame for a series of exploding iPods and iPhones, according to a report published on Friday. The company has been under fire, so to speak, for devices overheating and shattering across Europe and the U.K. [...]

Posted in Miscellaneous, News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “GPS Nails iPhone Thieves Shopping at Wal-Mart”, “5424″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5424″, 290, 0);

[Zdnet] “All right, buddy gimme the iPhone, credit cards and PIN numbers.”
“Yes, sir, here you are.”
“Now, get outta here.”
That was more or less the conversation in the appropriately named Pittsburgh neighborhood of Shadyside, home to an Apple store.
Back home, [...]

Posted in News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Why AT&T Can’t Keep Up With iPhone Data Demand”, “5405″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5405″, 290, 0);

As has been discussed here ad nauseum, AT&T’s network has been stressed by the iPhone. Since the users of Apple’s device tend to use the internet more than owners of other smartphones, AT&T’s data network gets bogged [...]

Posted in Miscellaneous, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Speech to Text Coming To iPhone?”, “5393″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5393″, 290, 0);

According to a patent filing, Apple is working on speech-to-text technology for its iPhone and iPod product lines. Speech recognition could be the holy grail for data entry and retrieval on mobile devices, especially as they continue to shrink in size.
[InformationWeek] [...]

Posted in App Development, In The Works, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Are iPhones Really Exploding All Over the World?”, “5385″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5385″, 290, 0);

Image via Gizmodo
We have done some research, and it appears than the rumors of iPhones exploding all around the world—”world” as in “France, UK, and Belgium”—are greatly exaggerated.
[Gizmodo] Here are all the known cases, and Apple’s official answer:
In France
• [...]

Posted in Hardware Related, News Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Sirius XM Announces XM SkyDock Adapter for iPhone, iPod Touch”, “5382″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5382″, 290, 0);

On Thursday, satellite radio provider Sirius XM announced the launch of XM SkyDock, an accessory that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to receive live XM and “The Best of Sirius” satellite radio in their vehicles. [...]

Posted in Application Related, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “iPhone will drop in China on Friday”, “5379″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5379″, 290, 0);

Daily Finance is reporting today on the iPhone’s pending release in China. We’ve been reporting on this gradual deal for a while now. Back in July it looked like the deal might be delayed until 2010, but earlier this month, [...]

Posted in Breaking News, Miscellaneous, News Related, iPhone 3G S, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “Apple Progressing Toward iPhone Release in China”, “5363″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5363″, 290, 0);

SinoCast Daily Business Beat reports that Foxconn, Apple’s Taiwanese manufacturing partner for the iPhone, has begun production of a China-specific iPhone lacking Wi-Fi connectivity.
Two production lines in the Foxconn Shenzhen plant are producing 90-coded mobile phones, device that looks like [...]

Posted in Apple Corporate, News Related, iPhone 3G S, iPhone Related No Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “iPhone Falls in Water Whilst Videotapping, Videotapes Whole Occurance”, “5346″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5346″, 290, 0);

This may or may not be true, but apparently Twitter user George Ruiz was taking his first video using the iPhone 3GS when he accidentally dropped in the nearby pool. Video provided at the end of this post.
UPDATE: [...]

Posted in Recognition, Videos, iPhone 3G S, iPhone Related 2 Comments »

showOdiogoReadNowButton (”70772″, “iPhone 3GS Exploit Found, Unlock Immenant”, “5341″, 290, 55);

showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (”70772″, “5341″, 290, 0);

According to the iPhone Dev Team, there is a well known loophole that has been found in the iPhone 3GS. The loophole is known as the 24Kpwn exploit, and was first found in the iPod Touch 2G, which seems to have [...]

Posted in Important, In The Works, Jailbreak, News Related, Recognition, iPhone 3G S, iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone Related No Comments »