Apple Working with Verizon on two New iPhone-like devices?

Star Trek iPhone case mod is pure Vulcan logic

Andy Clement's Star Trek iPhone case mod lets you express your inner Trekkie using nothing more than super glue and a Star Trek pin.

Star Trek iPhone case mod is pure Vulcan logic

Andy Clement's Star Trek iPhone case mod lets you express your inner Trekkie using nothing more than super glue and a Star Trek pin.

Microsoft’s “Pink” smartphone could rival iPhone on Verizon

digg_url = http://digg.com/gadgets/Microsoft_s_Pink_Smartphone_To_Rival_iPhone_On_Verizon'; It's crazy, we know. Just hours after hearing shockingly believable whispers that Apple's white-hot iPhone 3G could be sashaying over to Verizon Wireless, in flies a Wall Street Journal report asserting that the suits in Redmond are (also?) in talks with America's largest carrier. 'Course, we've heard rumors that Microsoft was banging out a smartphone behind closed doors for centuries now, but much to our chagrin, there's no mention of "Zune" in "Project Pink." Instead, we're told that said handset in a touchscreen-based multimedia phone that will aim to extend the Windows Mobile OS while "adding new software capabilities." Not surprisingly, we're told that Windows Marketplace would be front and center on the phone, and potentially most interesting is this tidbit: "a third-party is expected to make the device." Hey HTC -- seen any strange calls originating from the 425?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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Microsoft's "Pink" smartphone could rival iPhone on Verizon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft to Launch iPhone Rival on Verizon Early Next Year?

In a brief report (subscription required), The Wall Street Journal claims that Microsoft and Verizon are in talks to launch an iPhone rival in early 2010. MarketWatch summarizes the report:

The Microsoft phone, code-named "Pink," is...

Mobile Access Server in Snow Leopard

In the upcoming Snow Leopard Server, it seems that Apple will be introducing a new feature called Mobile Access Server which would allow iPhone users an alternate way to access corporate resources and services.Although it has been know for some time that Apple would be providing some sort of Remote Access features ...

Review: Notebooks for iPhone

With copious in-app help available to get you started, and a usable interface, Notebooks works well for jotting down any notes you can't afford to forget.

Apple to bring “lite” iPhone and tablet to Verizon soon?

BusinessWeek cites two sources reporting that Verizon might get an iPhone “lite” and a connected touchscreen Apple tablet as early as this summer. This sounds like the real thing this time, folks. We’ve heard talk like this for a long time, but BusinessWeek isn’t going to stick its neck out for rumors that aren’t at least [...]

Apple sued once again - for censorship?

A site host for a wiki covering iTunes database exploration has opted to fight back against repeated legal threats from Apple by suing the iPod maker in court on grounds of censorship. The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) legal counsel helped site manager OdioWorks LLC file the lawsuit in a Northern District of California court on Monday [...]

Amazon grabs developer of popular eBook app for iPhone

Online retailer Amazon.com has purchased the development firm behind the most popular eBook reader application for Apple’s iPhone in a bid to extend its reach of the digital book market beyond its Kindle device. The old saying “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” comes into play here. Lexcycle, makers of the Stanza application for the [...]

EFF Powered BluWiki Sues Apple: Leave Our iTunes Database Hacks Alone!

Apple Insider reports that the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is helping OdioWorks LLC file suit in an attempt to get Apple to stop threatening to sue them. Complicated much?

OdioWorks, which runs the free and open wiki service BluWiki, wants to bar Apple from repeatedly threatening its own legal action simply for letting BluWiki users host a wiki for iTunesDB, a project to learn about iTunes’ database file system and create third-party software that can replicate the sync functionality of iTunes for iPhones and iPods without forcing users to run Apple’s own media software. Over the course of several months, Apple has claimed the very existence of iTunesDB violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s rules on circumventing copyright locks and, in November, successfully frightened OdioWorks into taking down the wiki entries.

EFF says it’s legal to hack code to increase competition — i.e. to allow an iPhone to work outside of iTunes. Is it also legal to hack bank accounts and transfer large sums of money so my net worth is more competitive with Bill Gates?

Not the same thing, of course, just pointing out that while I’d personally love Apple to open-source more of their code, the way they’ve done with OpenCL, CardDAV, CalDAV, etc. it’s still their code. As much as I don’t want to live in a corporate-controlled world where big business owns the rights to math, I also don’t want to live in a world where the over-entitled populace thinks they can take whatever they want. Because, if either side gets too extreme, what’s to stop them from targeting me next?

Other than the fact that I’ve never made or hacked any code worth stealing or knowing…

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EFF Powered BluWiki Sues Apple: Leave Our iTunes Database Hacks Alone!

MobileMe Hackery: Salma Hayek Edition

Lately all has been quiet in regards to Apple’s MobileMe service and shady activities. In the past we’ve told you about a few separate cases of phishing scams going around. Well today we’ve heard that Oscar nominated actress, Salma Hayek’s account has been hacked.

Honestly, this is something that is really not that difficult to do, especially depending on how much information you have about a person. Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account was famously hacked last year using information from Wikipedia, as have several other celebrities.

In this particular case, all that was needed was Salma’s birthday and the answer to her security question which just happened to be “What is my favorite character?”. Just in case you were wondering what the answer was, it was “Frida” which was Hayek’s most popular role in a movie. (And yes, I’m sure it is now something a bit tougher to figure out so don’t bother trying.) In the end, that is all of the information that was needed to gain access to all of her emails, calendar information, etc…

Moral of this story, choose your security questions and answers wisely… And if you’re well known, make up a fake set of answers, memorize them thoroughly, and don’t tell anyone else.

[Via Macworld]

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MobileMe Hackery: Salma Hayek Edition

iLauncher for iPhone makes you more dangerous than a dictator with an inferiority complex

You might think that everything that could possibly be said or done with USB missile launchers had already been said and done, but you'd be wrong -- dead wrong. The next (final?) frontier for these staples of modern cube warfare has arrived in the form of an iPhone app, iLauncher, that'll allow you to control your PC-connected arsenal from afar over WiFi. It's the coolest use of a phone as a deadly weapon since James Bond ghost rode a Bimmer in Tomorrow Never Dies using some crazy one-off Ericsson, but air / ground supremacy doesn't come cheap: expect to spend $2.99 to nab this off the App Store.

Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds

iLauncher for iPhone makes you more dangerous than a dictator with an inferiority complex originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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More rumors: Verizon + Apple frenzy grows with BW story

Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

In addition to the earlier reports regarding a potential alliance between Apple and Verizon, BusinessWeek has released a story where Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam reveals that he has been in discussion with Steve Jobs in the past six months.

The result, the magazine claims, could be two iPhone-like devices using Verizon's CDMA network. One would be a lite version of the iPhone, the other a 7" screen "media pad" -- which would let users listen to music, view photos and high-def videos and place calls over WiFi. The media pad, according to BusinessWeek, is supposed to be smaller than Amazon's Kindle, but with a bigger touchscreen. The so-called iPhone lite would be smaller and thinner than the existing handset. One of these devices could be introduced as early as this summer.

It's not clear if either or both of these hypothetical devices would get around the AT&T exclusivity for the iPhone by being 'different enough' from the existing model. Still, the media pad concept aligns nicely with reports from manufacturers that a new portable product is in the works.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

More rumors: Verizon + Apple frenzy grows with BW story originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

More rumors: Verizon + Apple frenzy grows with BW story originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Review: iPhone trivia apps

We take a look at a trio of iPhone trivia games, with Ben Stein: It's Trivial taking home the grand prize in this showdown.