Next Gen iPhone: Screen Leaks Re-Confirm Video Recording, Voice Control, More!

When it rains, it pours, and when it’s pouring, and leaking, that makes a flood. No sooner did some video-recording iPhone 3.0 screen shot confirmation get posted, than BGR whipped out a slew of their own.

Double confirmed now? And will it require that next gen iPhone hardware?

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Next Gen iPhone: Screen Leaks Re-Confirm Video Recording, Voice Control, More!

Citrix introduces App Receiver for iPhone

Citrix's App Receiver will bring an important tool to iPhone-using IT staff which will help them remotely access files. John C. Welch takes a look at how it works and how it compares to other solutions.

Google Voice coming soon to the iPhone

Google Voice, the recent reincarnation of GrandCentral that gives you voicemail transcription, call control and so much more, is about to hit iPhones by way of an app. Good news for all iPhone users. The app comes with a dialer, which dials out (from your Google Voice number), and rings your iPhone to connect both sides. [...]

Survey: Consumers intrigued by iPhone 3.0, not worried by Jobs

A survey shows that iPhone 3.0's new features make many consumers more likely to buy an iPhone, while the hypothetical departure of Apple's CEO isn't a cause for concern.

Skype for iPhone

Skype's long-awaited iPhone client has its limitations. But if you're willing to accept them, it's a fine tool that extends the iPhone's communication capabilities while adding voice talk features to the iPod touch.

Next Gen iPhone: Video Recording Confirmed + Digital Compass, Auto-Focus Camera, and Voice Control

MacRumors has scored the scoop, showcasing what looks to be actual screen-shot caliber evidence of video recording in iPhone 3.0, and other information showing digital compass technology and voice control coming as well.

Most of these rumors have been around for a while, especially the camera and video recording bumps. A digital compass, like the Android G1 uses to automatically rotate Google Street View when you physically turn the device around, would likely require the next gen iPhone hardware pretty much everyone expects to see come WWDC in June anway. Voice control, especially voice dialing, would be another box checked off the old “missing features” straw-man we — and everyone else — likes to batter about.

With lots of exciting new features still being “discovered”, what other goodies will 3.0 code diving reveal?

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Next Gen iPhone: Video Recording Confirmed + Digital Compass, Auto-Focus Camera, and Voice Control

Illusion Labs goes to the big screen

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

This is only slightly Mac-related but it is really cool. We've posted about two of Illusion Labs' popular iPhone games here on the site: Touchgrind is a 3D simulation of a touchboard, and Sway is a really fun little platformer-esque swingathon that has you swinging from side-to-side using the touchscreen. Both games are pretty original in how they use multitouch controls, and so when Illusion Labs got their hands on a big tabletop touchscreen, there was only one thing to do: blow the games up and play them in a big way.

You can see how it looks above -- seems like a lot of fun. And it makes you think, too -- multitouch seems to be where its at for the future of user interfaces, and the iPhone is really a breeding ground for testing out the technology and coming up with new ways to use it. It may be a long time before we all have huge multitouch screens like this in our kitches and living rooms, but considering how ubiquitous the iPhone already is (and the fact that almost anyone with some time, $100, and an idea can publish an app on the App Store), we can start seeing the kinds of applications that will live on those screens right now.

Illusion Labs goes to the big screen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Illusion Labs goes to the big screen originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone Video Recording Interface, Digital Compass, Voice Control and Auto-Focus Camera

Since the release of Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, users have been scouring the configuration files looking for evidence of future iPhone capabilities. The possibility of video recording has seemed increasingly certain with files for video uplo...

NIN iPhone App Makes Bono Pee His Pleather Pants

If you are a Twitter addict and are following Trent Reznor (Yes, it really is the one and only TR), you would be well aware that the official Nine Inch Nails application is making it’s way onto the App Store any time now, for FREE.

You may be thinking “many bands have apps in the App Store”, which may be true. But to be honest, they are pretty poor attempts. If anyone can get a iPhone application done the right way, it would be Reznor.

“Anyone who’s an executive at a record label does not understand what the internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact — no idea, I’m surprised they know how to use e-mail. They have built a business around selling plastic discs, and nobody wants plastic discs any more.”

For a full run down on the app from the man himself be sure to check out the video on wired.com. This is an app that any NIN fan will not want to miss.

If you’re Bono, however, you’re well warned to avoid this one, especially after yesterday’s RIM shot…

[Via Wired.com and thanks to Phil for the title!]

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NIN iPhone App Makes Bono Pee His Pleather Pants

Apple Updates Xserve to Nehalem Processors

As rumored, Apple has updated its Xserve line of servers to the latest Intel Nehalem processors. Apple claims the new Xserves deliver up to twice the performance of the previous system.

Using Intel "Nehalem" Xeon processors ...

Next Gen iPhone Alert! We Have Front Facing Camera Video iChat Rumor!

This is not a drill! We finally have someone, likely with no actual knowledge of the engineering or design of the next gen iPhone, going on record as saying:

his sources indicate Apple is readying a new iPhone that will ship in June with an upgraded camera that could deliver big improvements to the iPhone experiences, including both still and video capabilities “with possibly another camera on the front for video chat.”

iChat on the iPhone has been a perennial favorite among rumormeisters before every new launch, real and imagined, just like iPhone nano speculation. Speaking of which…

Apple Insider’s coverage of Barclay’s Capital analyst Ben Reitzes’ predictions doesn’t stop there, of course, as we also get the prerequisite low end iPhone nano-ized rumors, the high end video iPhone Pro rumors.

Some of these are logical inferences, some are wishful thinking. We’re thinking — why let analysts have all the fun? What are you wishing for? Do we want Mobile iChat video? Could AT&T even support it in iPhone numbers? And if Apple isn’t going to fracture the platform with different screen sizes, are features a realistic way to differentiate their offerings?

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Next Gen iPhone Alert! We Have Front Facing Camera Video iChat Rumor!

iTunes Variable Pricing Live, More Countries Supported

As previously reported, Apple has deployed variable pricing on the iTunes App Store today. This means songs can be priced at $0.69, $0.99 or $1.29 based on the artists' popularity.

True to supply-and-demand economics, the price of m...

Apple Store Down! 2TB Time Capsule? Unicorn Tears?

If it’s a Tuesday, it’s even odds Apple might be launching some new iteration of some wonderifical product. Could be something as small as a new iPod color or Mac processor speed bump, or as big as a complete re-design (without buttons, ‘natch!). Or it could be nothing — routine maintenance is such a Tuesday tease.

We’ll know soon enough. In the meantime, we’ll just speculate it might be a new 2TB version of the iPhone friendly Time Capsule router+hard drive, or maybe Apple has finally decided to sell their iUnicorn tears directly to the public?

We’ll know soon enough, but please do drop your guesses, expert and outlandish, in the comments…

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Review: CanIAffordIt for iPhone

Essentially a simple expense tracker and calculator, CanIAffordIt works well enough, but it is no substitute for judgment and self-restraint.