A new patent application filed this week by Apple suggests the iPhone maker is looking to use the device’s accelerometer to detect possible theft of the hardware.
In a application entitled “Acceleration-Based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices,” Apple describes a system that would analyze movement via a device’s accelerometer to determine whether a theft [...]
Reported by TUAW: A number of iPhone users who have updated to iPhone OS 3.1 are finding themselves unable to access their Microsoft Exchange accounts due to device incompatibility with Exchange’s server-side encryption.
While the iPhone 3GS supports this device-level encryption, other iPhone and iPod touch models do not. Non-3GS devices had been able to access [...]
As part of the iPhone/iPod Touch 3.1 Software update released during Apple’s rock and roll event, Mobile Safari gained anticipated anti-phishing features currently present in its desktop version.
However, security firm Intego is criticizing the feature’s inconsistency as being worse than if the feature hadn’t been included at all.
“We’ve had a number of people test [...]
While most predictions of late suggest Apple will end its exclusive iPhone arrangement with AT&T next year, a new analysis bucks that line of thinking.
In a new report filed Thursday, iSuppli Corp. predicts that Apple will extend its exclusive deal with AT&T next year, based on anticipated growth of High Speed Packet Access technology being [...]
Sure, Apple’s iPhone OS 3.1 includes a couple of new goodies like iTunes-based App management, but if you like your Jailbroken or Unlocked iPhone, sit tight until Dev-Team gives the all clear. You could otherwise lose your unlock for good.
“If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your [...]
While the iPhone is often heralded as the “savior” of smartphones, reception of its marriage with U.S. wireless carrier AT&T has been decidedly less positive. As customers’ complaints with the network have increased, AT&T, of late, has begun to fight back.
In truth, AT&T has been the proverbial whipping boy in its relationship with Apple. As [...]
AT&T plans to offer faster wireless data connections on its 3G network to customers, including iPhone users, when it enables High Speed Packet Access 7.2 technology in a half-dozen cities by the end of 2009.
The upgrade delivers theoretical peak speeds twice that of the carrier’s existing 3G network. Deployment will begin in Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago, [...]
Apple and its exclusive US wireless provider AT&T could soon deliver new carrier-specific features to iPhone users through a future software update in a bid to increase customer satisfaction.
At least one of the enhancements, according to those claiming knowledge of the matter, would be similar to the Visual Voicemail feature made popular on the iPhone [...]
It isn’t the only solar charging case on the market, but Novothink’s Solar Surge is the first to receive an official thumbs up from Apple, and thus noteworthy indeed.
The case features an integrated solar panel that should yield 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network or 60 minutes on EDGE after 2 hours [...]
AT&T has confirmed that multimedia messaging capabilities will come to the iPhone a few days late, on Sept. 25 — just after the end of summer — bringing to an end months of waiting and speculation.
The service will be available with a software update on the launch date. The update will arrive for customers as [...]
While AT&T and Apple have remained silent on the absence of tethering and MMS with the iPhone, a new report provides insight on the effect an influx of bandwidth-heavy mobile users have had on the wireless network.
Digging into customer dissatisfaction with the AT&T network, The New York Times revealed that the carrier has struggled to [...]
Apple is rumored to have struck a deal with the music industry and obtained the right to sell “ready-made ringtones,” and company officials are reportedly rushing to have them available for next week’s event.
Music industry sources reportedly told CNet that Apple will announce and begin to sell pre-cut ringtones at its press event Sept. 9, [...]
Chinese site Sina has snapped a ton of clear photos of the Dell Mini 3i, their China-only Android-based smartphone.
It looks like a genetic experiment between the Palm Pre and the iPhone, twisted in an rather unholy (and bulky) fashion into a Frankenstein amalgamation of smartphones. Dell was already told this wasn’t a good idea, [...]
Microsoft announced Tuesday that hardware equipped with Windows Mobile 6.5, its latest smartphone platform to compete with Apple’s iPhone, will be available to consumers on Oct. 6.
In a post on the official Windows Mobile blog, Apple’s rival to the north declared that hardware equipped with Windows Mobile 6.5 will arrive in just five weeks. The [...]
Rockstar Games announced Monday that it would port its portable version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars from the Nintendo DS to the iPhone. The game is expected to arrive this fall.
“Chinatown Wars is a perfect match for the iPhone and iPod touch. We are very excited to bring this incredibly ambitious version of Liberty [...]
The Federal Communications Commission signaled this week that it will look into major U.S. wireless carriers in an attempt to increase competition, innovation, and consumer protection in the market.
“Wireless mobility has become central to the economic, civic, and social lives of over 270 million Americans,” an FCC press release stated. “We are now in the [...]
Following weeks of speculation and false reports, Apple and China Unicom have finally hurdled the Great Wall for a three-year deal to sell the iPhone.
Multiple reports have confirmed the agreement on behalf of both China Unicom and Apple. According to The Wall Street Journal, the carrier will offer two versions of the iPhone in the [...]
Mobile advertising firm AdMob has released its July 2009 Mobile Metrics report along with a supplemental presentation in which the company reveals the results of a survey of over 1,100 iPhone, iPod touch, and Android users to obtain data on application usage.
The study reveals that iPhone users download approximately 10 applications per month on average [...]
New reports forecast that Apple will sell 50 million phones in 2011, and more than 80 million in 2012, as worldwide expansion and popularity of the iPhone continues to grow.
Apple shipped 13.7 million iPhones in the 2008 calendar year, and the number continues to grow. Last quarter alone, the Cupertino, Calif., company sold 5.2 million [...]
For a company known to masterfully drum up free press and unparalleled buzz, Apple’s recent struggles in the App Store public relations game have been uncharacteristic. But company executive Phil Schiller appears to have set out to change the tide.
A flurry of e-mails sent out by Schiller in recent weeks gathered a great deal of [...]
