This is pretty cool. Dude took a jailbroken iPhone 3GS and hooked it up to a laser pico projector to create a pretty sweet gaming setup. Game on the floor, game on the walls, game in the toilet.. the world is your oyster with this snazzy little contraption!
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Comments Off on Rumor: Ad agency working on iPhone HD campaign for Verizon launch this Summer
You gotta love the Apple rumor mill. One day after Engadget unearthed court documents confirming that AT&T’s contract as the sole carrier for the iPhone was for a 5 year term comes a rumor via CrunchGear that an ad agency called Landor Associates was busy working on an ad campaign for the iPhone HD in […]
Continue reading...Monday, May 10, 2010
Comments Off on AT&T’s contract as exclusive iPhone carrier in the US valid until 2012
So much for all the hype and buzz regarding the iPhone hitting Verizon in 2010, or 2011 for that matter. Engadget drudged up some legal documents from an ongoing case which spell out in plain English that Apple’s contract with AT&T designates Ma’ Bell as the only authorized iPhone carrier in the US until 2012. […]
Continue reading...Monday, May 10, 2010
Comments Off on Domestic Android sales surpass iPhone sales for first time during 1Q of 2010
For the first time, sales of Android based devices here in the US were greater than iPhone sales during a given quarter. According to data released earlier today by the NPD group, Android sales during the 1Q of 2010 represented 28% of all smartphone sales while iPhone sales represented 21%. Leading the pack, as usual, […]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 9, 2010
Comments Off on Video of iPhone casing and middle plate hit the web
The Columbia-based iPhone and Blackberry repair shop SmartPhone Medic recently posted a video showcasing the outer shell and metal middle plate of the upcoming iPhone 4G. And whadya know, it’s a dead ringer for the “stolen” iPhone that found its way onto the front page of Gizmodo a few weeks ago. Steve Jobs is expected […]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 8, 2010
Comments Off on Rumor: MobileMe to become free service
MacDailyNews reports that they’ve received an unsubstantiated rumor saying that Apple is soon planning to offer users its MobileMe service, which now costs $99 a year, for free. In case you’re unaware, MobileMe is a nifty service from Apple that lets users sync all of their email, contacts, and photos up in the cloud for […]
Continue reading...Friday, May 7, 2010
Comments Off on Already claiming victory over Sony, Nintendo now sees Apple as “enemy of the future”
For the longest time, Nintendo executives either ignored or dismissed the growing impact of gaming on the iPhone platform. They would consistently scoff at the quality of the games while at the same time assert that the two companies served entirely different demographics. But with gaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch emerging as a […]
Continue reading...Friday, May 7, 2010
Nokia today filed yet another lawsuit against Apple today, alleging that Apple’s iPhone and iPad 3G infringe on 5 of their patents. In a press release issued today, Nokia detailed the patents at issue: The patents in question relate to technologies for enhanced speech and data transmission, using positioning data in applications and innovations in […]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 6, 2010
AT&T’s exclusive contract to sell the iPhone was largely expected to expire on June 29, 2010. That being the case, many were hoping that a CDMA version of the device capable of running on Verizon, largely considered the most reliable and robust cellular network in the country, was just around the corner. Unfortunately, now comes […]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 6, 2010
Earlier this week, a number of sources reported that the FTC was attempting to figure out which regulatory body would be investigating Apple for alleged anti-competitive behavior stemming from their decision to disallow apps developed with cross-platform development tools – such as the Flash to iPhone compiler in the just released CS 5 suite of […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Comments Off on New clues in iPhone OS 4 Beta point to 720p video recording
Delving into the newly released iPhone OS 4 Beta 3, developers have discovered that new API’s which allow them full access to video capture data also give include the ability to record video at much higher resolutions than the current 640×480 resolution on the iPhone 3GS. The pertinent data strings read: AVCaptureSessionPreset640x480 AVCaptureSessionPreset1280x720 So it […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Comments Off on Ellen DeGeneres apologizes to Apple for iPhone spoof
Well this certainly is a weird ass story. Talkshow host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres recently ran a spoof of an Apple iPhone commercial where she encountered a number of problems accomplishing even basic tasks on the device. The video is below, and as you’ll soon see, is undeniably harmless, benign, and all in good fun. […]
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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