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People line up for iPhone 3GS debut in Japan
Apple released its new iPhone 3GS in Japan on Friday. According to the Asahi Shimbun, more than 200 people lined up at Softbank Mobile Corp.'s Omotesando store in Tokyo. The Japan's launch is a week after Apple introduced the new iPhone in the United States and Europe. It's reported more than ...iPhone 3GS boosts mobile YouTube uploads
Google says that mobile uploads to YouTube have increased by 400% just in a week, thanks to iPhone 3GS' technology. Looks like mostly iPhone 3GS users are also the big fans of the video-sharing site. Google has announced that uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased by 400% since last ...MMS on first-gen iPhone: how badly do you want it?
Dear first-gen iPhone owner, how badly do you want MMS on your phone? Thanks to hacking community, now you can enjoy MMS capability on your original iPhone with default SMS/MMS app and O.S 3.0! Gizmodo wrote: ...here we are with a truly integrated MMS experience courtesy of the all-powerful hacking community. Granted, ...Chillingo’s Knights Onrush Review
From the publishers of great games such as Toki Tori, The Quest, CS.One, Zen Bound, SpIn and many many more, comes the next big "easy to pick up and put down" game, Knights Onrush . Knights Onrush is on sale now in the AppStore for $.99 or 80% off their ...Facebook for iPhone 3.0 coming soon
Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon, adding some more cool features like Events listings, Notes, Pages, and photo albums. But, according to Joe Hewitt, lead engineer for Facebook’s iPhone application, Push Notifications is in development but it won't make it into 3.0 -- so we should wait until ...iPhone 3.1: Better video editing, Bluetooth voice control, vibrating icon moves
Following the iPhone 3.0 software released just about two weeks ago, Apple has recently pushed out its iPhone 3.1 software with the accompanying SDK for developers. The update improves video editing, app integration and extra speed boosts as well as some minor tweaks. What’s new in iPhone OS 3.1 Beta build? Video ...iPhone 4.0 revealed: Event based modes, scheduled and intellingent device
Apple has recently pushed out its iPhone 3.1 software for developers, just about two weeks after the iPhone OS 3.0 released. And now, we are talking about the next generation of Apple device: iPhone 4.0. What?! Yes, that's revealed based on recent Apple patent fillings. Some new patent applications include event-based ...iPhone overtaking Nokia in mobile ads
Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple in mobile ads share, BNET Technology reports. According to statistics from AdMob, Apple's iPhone received 49 percent of ad traffic in May, compared with 32 percent for Nokia. Why is mobile ad share important? Because in ...First iPhone 3GS jailbreak hits the web
The first ever iPhone 3GS jailbreak application has finally been released by long-time Apple hacker, George Hotz. It’s currently Windows-only (7 not supported), the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with the 3.0 firmware. The process was amazingly simple. To get started right now, go to purplera1n.com. Download it. Make ...Get Astraware Solitaire and some free fireworks
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch
Last week, Handmark announced the release of Astraware Solitaire [App Store] for iPhone and iPod touch. Solitaire features a dozen different games, including the classics Klondike, Free Cell, Canfield, and Pyramid. As with most of Astraware's games, the 12 solitaire games are nicely animated, easy to play, and hard to master. The game is currently on sale for just US$0.99, so grab it before it goes up to the normal price of US$4.99. I personally love playing solitaire as a way to pass time on planes and while waiting for meetings to start. After installing Astraware Solitaire on my iPhone 3GS, I erased four other solitaire games that just didn't match up to the quality and variety of play. The new Trophy Deck feature will keep you playing for weeks, trying to collect all of the cards by achieving goals.
Since it's Independence Day here in the U.S., you might also want to download Handmark's free fireworks app, featuring patriotic backdrops, festive fireworks, and music. From all of us here at TUAW, have a safe Fourth of July weekend!
Get Astraware Solitaire and some free fireworks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Get Astraware Solitaire and some free fireworks originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iPhones ahoy! Making calls on cruise ships, updated
Filed under: Wireless, Odds and ends, Internet, iPhone, iPod touch
TUAW reader Troy sent an email the other day stating that he'd found one of our posts from last August to be very helpful. In Using your iPhone on a cruise ship we talked about Cellular At Sea and getting your iPhone to send and receive pricey calls from many cruise ships. How expensive are they? Last year, they were running about US$0.79 per minute. This year, they cost about the same.Troy's email got me thinking about how to make cheaper phone calls on cruises, since I'll be on two cruise ships next year. Since last August, we've seen Skype for iPhone / iPod touch [App Store] appear, and for US$2.95 a month you can make unlimited calls to the USA and Canada over a Wi-Fi connection. That's great, but you're going to need to pay anywhere from $0.30 to $0.75 per minute for that Wi-Fi! And another big dead fly is floating in that soup -- the bandwidth on cruise ships is so incredibly low that your calls may not even go through using Skype or another VoIP app.
Unfortunately, things haven't improved much in this realm since last year. My recommendation? Buy the biggest onboard Wi-Fi account you can afford (more minutes = cheaper per minute) and use it with your iPhone or iPod touch for emails, Tweeting your friends, using IM, and checking TUAW. If you want to send voice messages to your pals, record them in the new iPhone OS 3.0 voice memos app or (if you have a 3GS) with video, and then email the messages over Wi-Fi. Your friends can respond the same way.
If you absolutely must have a two-way conversation, your cheapest alternative is going to be to wait until you're in a port, then use one of AT&T's international calling plans (or another carrier's plan if you're not in the US) or see if you can use Skype at a portside bar with free Wi-Fi. You probably don't want to use the ship's on-board satellite phone service at the US$6.99 to US$10.99 per minute rate!
Do you have any other hints for cheap communications afloat, other than sending postcards from ports? Let us know in the comments.
Thanks to Troy for reminding us about cruise ships and iPhones
iPhones ahoy! Making calls on cruise ships, updated originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
iPhones ahoy! Making calls on cruise ships, updated originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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SportsTap adds push notifications to new version
SportsTap – a leading sports scores and information portal app for the iPhone – has been updated and now has push notifications enabled, yet another app to follow this lead. We’re very happy to see this one updated, as SportsTap has been a favorite app of many since its days as a web app. Many [...]Scattered iPhone overheating issues could see some relief from new patent
As reports of battery problems causing discoloration on the white model iPhone 3GS continue to grow, a patent from Apple published for the first this week looks to address both internal and external elements that could have adverse effects on a device’s power source. Apple continues to adopt non-user-replaceable batteries across its entire line of mobile [...]Facebook 3.0 iPhone update brings facelift and new features, but no push (yet)
Here’s what Facebook for iPhone 3.0 looks like—pretty nice. Besides the new giant button home screen, you’ll be able to actually RSVP to events and create new photo albums. No push yet, but here’s the full list (from the website): 1. The “new” News Feed 2. Like [...]Ultrasn0w to get iPhone 3GS unlock thanks to old hack
Thanks to an unaddressed security flaw, the iPhone Dev Team have announced that they will soon update their ultrasn0w unlocking tool to work on the iPhone 3GS. The exploit, known as 24Kpwn, was first discovered in the iPod touch 2G, and used in the redsn0w tool to jailbreak that PMP. Now, ...What?! $11,000 insane iPhone bill!
Beware. If you brought your iPhone when travelling out of the country, please consider the roaming fees. Let's learn about Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage case. He was surfing the Internet while on a trip to Canada for a few hours, AT&T charged him for some $11,000! They shut down his ...Video: iPhone 3GS disassembled
Just discovered an interesting video on iPhone 3GS disassembled process. According to the site, it's iPhone 3GS comprehensive take apart and repair directions for the touch panel, battery and LCD replacement. "Do not try this at home," the site warns :-) Click here to view the embedded video. [via DailyMobile.se]Quick App: CNNMoney.com News, Stocks, and Video for iPhone
CNNMoney.com News, Stocks, and Video [free - iTunes link] for iPhone (and iPod touch) is the latest big name entrant into the App Store financial news and media space. Leveraging their brand and resources, it looks like CNN.com’s mobile site while working like an iPhone app. iPhone-likeness aficionados may take a few blinking moments to adjust, but it’s a deliberate design decision that will no doubt appeal to the massive user-base of CNN.com’s existing web services.
TiPb had a chance to test drive CNNMoney, and from a pure content standpoint it’s impressive. When you first launch, you’re greeted with the News dashboard. At the very top is a rotating stock-ticker, then a sampling of latest news, stocks, videos, etc. Users can easily check or uncheck specific content options, and drag them around to re-sequence them in whatever order they prefer. (I immediately put technology news at the top).
The content itself isn’t merely a feed. In an effort to give mobile users the best experience possible, both statistical measures like popularity and hand-picked curation on the part of CNN Money’s editors determine which stories and in what order they’re made available to the iPhone app. Also, stories loaded into the app are cached locally in case you need to go offline (i.e. on an airplane).
The free app is supported by advertising, but when there is no appropriate or available ad, rather than filler or “house ads”, CNN Money cuts users a much-appreciated break and removes the ad space completely.
My Stocks is pre-populated with a few high profile favorites but can be easily customized. Tapping a stock brings up a details and graph view. As is typical with online stock reporting, quotes are delayed roughly 15 min. Once you’ve viewed a stock quote, a new section pops up on your dashboard News tab called Last 3 Quotes, and as the title indicates, it keeps track of your most recently views stocks.
Videos shows thumbnails and a brief description of the story. CNN Money typically produces over a dozen unique video segments a day, and they load quickly and look good on the iPhone.
The Add/Remove tab lets you do the content re-arrangement mentioned previously.
It should be noted that while CNN Money is compatible with iPhone 3.0, and the system-wide Copy functionality works fine, it doesn’t yet support push notification alerts, or automatic HTTP video stream optimization. Hopefully we’ll see these in an update. Along with a good James Earl Jones rendition of “This is CNN”.
Screenshots after the break…
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Quick App: CNNMoney.com News, Stocks, and Video for iPhone
