Google demo offline GMail webapp for iPhone: Video Demo

Vic Gundotra, VP of engineering at Google, demonstrated an offline-capable webapp for the iPhone 3G this morning that allows full access to a user's GMail even while the handset is in airplane mode.  The app - which Gundotra described as a "technical concept" - relies on HTML5's AppCache and Database ...

BeejiveIM is Pricey But an Awesome Instant Messaging iPhone App

Phone different Podcast Episode 34

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Rene and Chad fill in for Dieter and Mike this week, covering Mobile World Congress, the latest with Google and GPS, more MobileMe, Jailbreaking illegal, and the rest of the news. Listen in!

News

• Dieter’s at Mobile World Congress, and so is Turn by Turn GPS, and so is Flash “Full” but iPhone Safari already supports CSS animation
• iPhone going multi-core, AT&T Going 4G/LTE, Chargers going Universal (should Apple Ditch the Dock?)
• Next Gen iPhone Rumors: Could matte black be the new back? Push Notification waiting on Snow Leopard Server? Or will it multitask?
• iPhone update: 2 tiny little MicroCell (Femtocell) PNGs
• Apple owns 51% of the mobile web and boast 20,000 Apps in 7 months
• Google-palooza: Offline GMail Proof-of-Concept, Edit Google Docs spreadsheets, optimized Google Books and Gmail Tasks, Latitude later but Google (Active)Sync now!
• Amazon Making Kindle App for iPhone?
• Apple Brass Says: iPhone growing, no iPhone Nano, no iPhone Slider, what about re-releasing the iPhone 2G? And Jailbreaking should not have a DMCA exemption
• MobileMe adds Large File Sharing and improves Outlook Sync but what else do you want to see in MobileMe 2.0?
• Mighty Marvel Motion Comics coming to iTunes!

Store

Chad loves the Case-Mate Dockster Leather Case for iPhone 3G

Credits

Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast.

Our music comes from the following sources:

• I Called You — iPhone Remix by Pete Leidy
via Sneakmove iPhone Ringtone Challenge
• Relaxation Spa Treatment by Dan the Automator via Wired 12.11: Sample the Future
• Wataridori 2 by Cornelius via Wired 12.11: Sample the Future
• DC 3000 by Thievery Corporation via Wired 12.11: Sample the Future

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

Phone different Podcast Episode 34

Video: Apple’s iPhone and Bluetooth keyboard get together, have a good ole time

Not that we've never seen a jailbroken iPhone get cozy with a keyboard before, but this is just a match made in heaven. Not according to those who matter in Cupertino, mind you, but since when have you renegade hackers cared about those folks? The video waiting down in the read link shows off an Apple Bluetooth keyboard interacting with an iPhone 3G, but it seems that you'll have to wait a bit longer before the general public gets instructions / files / etc. in order to replicate.

[Thanks, Ralf]

Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals

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Around SPE for 22 Feb, 2009

It’s been quite a week for SPE, we wrapped up a bootload of live coverage of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. With details on Windows Mobile 6.5, the new HTC Magic Android phone, the new Ovi Application Store at Nokia Experts, and even a sneak preview of a GPS App for the iPhone, we were chock full of breaking mobile news.

This week we’ll be bringing you more of the same, of course. Be sure you are paying special attention to CrackBerry.com, as this will be a HUGE week for CrackBerry Nation. This coming Thursday, February 26th, the site officially turns 2 years old!! And when CrackBerry.com turns another year older, it doesn’t mean a day of celebrating, it means a week birthday festivities! Whether you’re a BlackBerry owner or not you’ll want to stay glued to the site for great contests, deals and giveaways each and every day. If you’re not a daily visitor but want to follow the action, you can always subscribe to the CrackBerry RSS feeds or follow the site on Twitter at @crackberry.

Speaking of giveaways, time is running out for your chances to win a Nokia N85 or E71 at Nokia Experts, so be sure to head over and learn how to enter this week.

Android Central

This was a big week over at Android Central because MWC brought new devices, new features, and so much Android news. The biggest news of the week had to have been the announcement of the HTC Magic–a great looking, full touchscreen device–the Android device that many have been waiting for. We got our hands on it and came away pretty impressed. You can catch up on all of Android Central’s MWC coverage here. What was arguably more exciting for current Android users is that paid applications are now available in Android Market! The quality of apps have literally grown overnight! Games like Guitar Hero and apps like Quickoffice are already on the Market with many more exciting apps to come.

Nokia Experts

This past week Dieter sent in reports from Mobile World Congress, including the new Samsung Omnia HD, the Nokia N86, and Nokia E75 and N97. Though it’s not as flashy, the most interesting MWC news might have been all the details on Nokia’s new app store, the Ovi Store. Nokia Experts is still in the midset of their launch contest too, so be sure to check out your chances to win a new Nokia phone!

PreCentral

PreCentral.net was also in on the Mobile World Congress action, where Dieter got a chance to get his mitts (barely) on the GSM Palm Pre. We also brought you a Full Palm Pre Feature Roundup and learned that Palm and O’Reilly have begun releasing a ton of development information for the webOS. We still don’t have a release date for the Palm Pre pinned down, but after getting another chance to see it in person (in GSM no less!), we have to say we’re starting to get antsy!

The iPhone Blog

While Mobile World Congress tried to ignore our iPhone, Dieter still scored us a pair of eyes-on DocsToGo for iPhone, and Sygic Turn-by-Turn GPS. Google continued their lovefest with editable spreadsheets and an offline Gmail demo. Multicore processors, likely iPhone-bound were also sneak-peaked, and while Apple was busy wolfing down every scrap of RAM in the world, was the next gen case already leaked?

And with the voting done and your voices heard, why waste time with the Oscars? The TiPb Reader’s Choice Awards are being unveiled TODAY!

TreoCentral

Over at TreoCentral we heard that the Treo Pro might be available through Bell Canada on February 27th for as low as $99.95, with a 3-year plan. We also learned that while at MWC, ACCESS announced and demonstrated a broad range of mobile solutions, including Version 3.0 of the Access Linux Platform (ALP), which was announced in October. ALP supports “Hollywood-style” graphics and add LiMo (Linux Mobile) support while retaining compatibility for the legacy Garnet OS.

WMExperts

Life at WMExperts last week could be summed up in three words: Mobile World Congress. And our own Dieter Bohn was there in Barcelona, Spain. The biggest announcement of the event was Microsoft and Windows Mobile 6.5.. HTC also was there, announcing the Touch Pro 2 and the Touch Diamond 2. Dieter logged a total of 528 miles on the showroom floor and saw too much new stuff to round up in this space, but you can find all of the Mobile World Congress coverage here.

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

Around SPE for 22 Feb, 2009

Best Buy Offering iPhone Discounts of as Much as $100 to ‘Reward Zone’ Members

Best Buy this week is offering significant discounts on the iPhone to current members of its Reward Zone loyalty points program. Regular Reward Zone members can save $50, bringing the price to $149 for the 8 GB model or $249 for the 16 GB models. P...

Blurry Cam Alert! Is This a Sneak Peek at Google Latitude for the iPhone?

Google recently announced their Latitude service, which lets you and your friends share your location, and while they’ve made it available to some platforms, the iPhone version hasn’t surfaced yet… Or has it?

A tipster has sent us a photo of what looks to be Latitude integrated into the iPhone Map App. Now, we know that Apple, not Google created the Map app. Based on Google’s back-end data, to be sure, but Apple made the interface. So, if Latitude is coming by way of Maps, Apple is going to have to be the one who releases it — and that means it won’t be until another firmware update (2.3 at the earliest, 3.0 at the outside).

However, last we heard Google was going to release it themselves, as part of their awesome (yet controversial) Google Mobile App. If that’s the case, unless they’re planning a massive redesign that happens to look just like the Maps app, then we’re not sure what we’re really looking at up there.

What do you think? Real? Real fake?

And either way, would Latitude be better combined with Maps than with Google Mobile?

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

Blurry Cam Alert! Is This a Sneak Peek at Google Latitude for the iPhone?

TiPb Give-Away: Movie Challenge (Oscars Special Edition!)

The great folks at Redwind Software have been gracious enough to provide TiPb readers with a fun Oscar day give-away. Know your trivia? Prove it right here and you’ll win promo codes (US only, sorry!) for BOTH their Movie Challenge AND their Movie Challenge: Oscars® Special.

That’s right, 1 give-away, 2 games, 10 winners. And all you have to do to win is… answer some trivia questions!

We’ll post 1 set of questions at a time (10 sets total), and the first forum member to answer the set will win 1 copy of BOTH games. Then we’ll post the next question, until we’ve posted all 10, all 10 have been answered, and we have our 10 winners.

Ready for the first set of questions?

1a: What actor was cast as Marty McFly in “Back To The Future”, and even filmed for a few weeks, before ultimately being replaced by Michael J. Fox?

1b: For which movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Best Director Oscar®?

Know the answers? Head on over to our forums and win your promo codes now!

This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.

TiPb Give-Away: Movie Challenge (Oscars Special Edition!)

Jailbreak App: 5-Row QWERTY Keyboard Adds Another Row of Keys and New Keys like Tab to iPhone’s Virtual Keyboard

Review: iConvert for iPhone

Among the many options for converting measurements, currency, temperature, and other data, iConvert is among the better ones. It’s easy to use, and it makes converting from one measurement to another a breeze.