TiPb Presents: Phone different Podcast #36

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Speculation on the 3rd Generation iPhone, plus: Just can’t get enough of that tasty iPhone 3.0 Beta! Listen in!

News

• iPhone: the Next Generation
  • Next Gen iPhone to Sport Entry-Level-Laptop Class CPU?
  • AT&T Leaks! New iPhone to be Announced this June?
  • Next Gen iPhone to Have Video Recording and Higher Megapixel Camera?
  • Next Gen iPhone to be an Internet Screamer? (802.11n? 3.5G HSPDA+?)
  • Apple to use OLED in Next Gen iPhone Screens?
  • iPhone 3.0: Code References iPhone Gen 3 and 4 Hardware? And iPod touch Gen 3? And iProd 0? iFPGA?
  • Imagination Details PowerVR Graphics Multi-Cores Destined for Next Gen iPhone?
  • Apple Releases HD Movie Purchases in iTunes but… Got iTunes HD? And an Old Display? — NO HD FOR YOU!
  • “iPhone HD” and the Problematic Shift to Resolution Independence?
  • When in the World is WWDC 2009?

iPhone 3.0: The Week After

• Preview: iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 1 Software Walkthrough
• iPhone OS 3.0: What it Means for Gamers
• iPhone OS 3.0: What is Means for Business
• TiPb Advisory: Non-Devs, Don’t be too Quick to Load the Beta

And in Other News…

• Apple Bluetooth Headset Discontinued… but TiPb’s got you covered!
• Carmack Cometh! Legendary id Brings Wolfenstein, Doom, More to iPhone
• Facebook Connect comes to iPhone… and Connects iPhone to Facebook Scrabble
• AT&T Finally Unleashes the iPhone 3G With No-Commitment Pricing
• iPhone 3G in Canada: Rogers Wrecking 6GB Accounts, Fido Ditching iPhone 16GB?

TiPb Forums

• Will you use the iPhone 3.0 landscape keyboard? by Casper TFG
• iwill we ever get GMAIL PUSH?? by jaguar11
• Check out TiPb’s Developer Forum

Thanks to Paul, Mike, and Matt for writing and calling in!

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

TiPb Presents: Phone different Podcast #36

App Store, iTunes come under fire in new lawsuit

The App Store and iTunes are the target of a new lawsuit that claims Apple is infringing on patents.

TransDock micro connects iPhone to car’s FM radio

DLO's TransDock micro connects your iPhone to your car's radio, and charges its battery.

Is Apple Really Charging Developers 100% of App Refunds? Not So Far.

Techcrunch ran one of their big, blazing headlines today reporting “Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Could Bankrupt Developers”. They cited Apple’s contract which allows for Apple to charge developers 100% of a refund, even though devs only get 70% of the payment to begin with. Under that model, developers would get hit for 30% extra each time an App Store purchase was refunded. Not nice, for certain. But apparently also not (yet?) the case.

TiPb contacted several developers to find out what was going on. While some were aware of the potential for a 100% refund charge back, none had experienced it. Uniformly, they reported very few refunds, and when they did occur, charge backs only for the same 70% cut Apple had originally passed along to them.

For now, at least, Apple is eating whatever processing, administration, and other charges that occur out of their own, 30% cut.

In general, all the developers we spoke with hadn’t seen many returns and didn’t seem to consider this a huge problem right now. This might be because the process of getting a refund is not easy to begin with. If that changes, as recently discussed on Twitter, it could become a greater concern.

As to Techcrunch’s other charge, that a refunded app becomes unusable, we’ve been unable to find an occurrence of that in the real world. If you’ve had a refund on any apps, let us know if it goes dead, keeps working but won’t upgrade, or stays the same.

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

Is Apple Really Charging Developers 100% of App Refunds? Not So Far.

Redbox puts the kibosh on community-developed iPhone app

Filed under: Video, iPhone, App Store

Davis Freeberg over at Zatz Not Funny has a detailed post this morning on the takedown of the Inside Redbox Mobile app for the iPhone, which was removed from the App Store at the request of Redbox. If you've never heard of Redbox (I hadn't myself before this morning), it runs DVD rental kiosks in hundreds of supermarkets and other retail locations -- you can walk up, rent a movie from the vending machine, and then return it to any other Redbox kiosk.

It's not 100% clear why Redbox objected to the iPhone app; could be a trademark issue, could be that the tool made it too easy to track and use free movie promo codes that ordinarily would require a bit of research. Since most of the functionality is accessible via the redbox.com site anyway, it's fair to ask why Redbox wants to make things more difficult for its customers. Perhaps the rental company has its own iPhone app planned, or it just wants to sort out a few issues with the Inside Redbox developers before giving the green light.

If you used the Inside Redbox app, let us know about your experience.

Redbox puts the kibosh on community-developed iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Redbox puts the kibosh on community-developed iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cinemizer Plus video goggles get ‘Works with iPhone’ approval

Carl Zeiss' Cinemizer Plus video goggles, due out in May, have gotten Apple's "Work with iPhone" approval.

Report: iPhone email usage doubles other smartphones in UK

iPhone users beat out other smartphone users in the U.K. in all categories when mobile media access was measured in a recent report.

Orange to Offer Subsidized MacBooks With Mobile Broadband Contracts in UK?

Mobile reports that UK mobile provider Orange is in final negotiations to offer heavily subsidized MacBooks to customers signing up for two-year mobile broadband contracts.

A deal is understood to be close to completion, with the deta...

Review: Face Melter for iPhone

Developer Nico Becherer has done a fantastic job making a fun, easy-to-use image editor that lets you magnify and distort pictures with a few simple controls.

iTunes Store Variable Pricing to Begin April 7th?

The Los Angeles Times reports that implementation of variable pricing in the iTunes Store will occur on April 7th.

The world's largest music store, Apple's iTunes, plans to boost the price of many hit singles and selected classic trac...

AT&T Adds International Features Online for Your iPhone

We’ve all heard the horror stories about the iPhone and international traveling. Whether it was data related or voice related, iPhone users have been slapped upside the head with huge bills.

Well now AT&T customers can rest a bit easier — you can now access all of AT&T’s international features online when you log into your account. So if you plan on traveling internationally any time soon be sure to head on over to your plan features and make the appropriate changes. While this will not save you tons of money, at least it will save you a phone call to AT&T’s customer service. That’s a good thing right?

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

AT&T Adds International Features Online for Your iPhone

Sponsored Post: Macheist Bundle — $627 of Apps for $39

Sponsored Post: Macheist Bundle — $627 of Apps for $39

Not strictly speaking a sponsorship but a referral — if you want a Macheist bundle, and decide to buy through TiPb, you get the same great Mac software bundle for $39 and we get a small percentage for sending you their way.

If you’re not familiar with Macheist, they’re the sometimes controversial, always entertaining Mac software marketers who put together variety pacs of Mac apps at super-discounted prices. I’ve bought the previous two bundles, and I bought this year’s bundle as well. I never really have use for all the apps, but there’s always one or two that are worth the price of the bundle all by themselves (this year, for me, it’s Acorn, WireTap Studio, Espresso, and maybe Kinemac).

25% of the sale price goes to charity, and for iPhone users on the Mac, this year’s pack contains PhoneView, which lets you access SMS logs, your call history, disk storage, and more. Also bundled up are iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of Goo, LittleSnapper, Acorn, Kinemac, WireTap Studio, and — and still to be unlocked — BoinxTV, The Hit List, and Esperesso. If you’re one of the first 25,000 buyers (currently at 20,017!) you get Big Bang Board Games thrown in. And with the guys at Macheist, you never know what else might pop up.

Want a ton of great Mac software at a mind-boggling price and support TiPb at the same time? Go check out Macheist now!

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Sponsored Post: Macheist Bundle — $627 of Apps for $39

Quick App: Convertbot Unit Converter for iPhone

Tapbot was kind enough to give us a sneak-peak at Convertbot, their latest app, which converts units of power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, volume, work, angle, area, currency, length, and mass with the same kind of fun, fantastic interface they brought to their previous app, Weightbot (see our interview).

Rotate the wheel, old-school iPod style, to pick your category, tap to lock in the first unit, confirm, tap to lock in the second unit, confirm that, and you’re ready to go. (You can also tap the center button to change the direction of conversion at any time — i.e., miles to km, km to miles).

Rather then the generic keypad, Convertbot drops down it’s wheel to reveal a custom job, complete with backspace.

It’s a simple application done with a lot of care and consideration. It’s the kind of app we need more of. Full gallery after the break.

Convertbot is now available for $0.99 via the iTunes App Store.

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

Quick App: Convertbot Unit Converter for iPhone

Review: More streaming radio apps for iPhone

While Radio Paradise, Slacker Radio, College Radio Tuner, and Tuner Internet Radio are all designed to stream Internet radio to your iPhone or iPod touch, each of these apps offers a completely different focus with varying degrees of success.