Archive for August, 2009

FCC sights now set on Google along with AT&T and Apple?

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

While Apple and AT&T have long been seen as the suspects in a Federal Communications Probe into the blocking of Google Voice from the App Store, Google, rather than playing the role of victim, may also be under fire after each company files comments Friday. A new report from USA Today states that Apple, AT&T and

Apple looking into in-call file transfer ability

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Apple has explored the ability to transfer a file from one cell phone to another during a connected call, according to a new patent filing revealed this week. Similar to an application revealed in June, the new filing includes descriptions for sending text messages, e-mails, contacts, documents and more to a caller while two phones have

Vent about the a lack of an official Audible app on Twitter, get introduced to Bookmark

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Just chalk this up as yet another reason why I love Twitter, just tweet a though and you may get a reply with a nice alternative. The other day I mentioned that I thought it was strange that we have not seen a dedicated iPhone app from Audible and in turn I was introduced to

TomTom releases a car kit promo video, teases us with a cool looking device, still does not tell us how much it will cost

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

With the TomTom app now available in the App Store, we are left waiting for more information regarding their car kit. Normally, I would just say that a car adapter is a car adapter as they are pretty much standard fare, but in this instance the TomTom mount is actually going to benefit the ability

Qik gets updated, now slightly less crippled it allows for 3G video uploads

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

With no real way to tell if this update is just a coincidence in timing with all of this recent FCC information, the Qik app has just been updated and is now slightly less crippled. The update, which brings Qik up to version 3.98 now allows for uploading of video using a 3G connection. In

App Store: A few games that are currently on sale

Friday, August 21st, 2009

As Friday afternoon is quickly approaching and the weekend is ready to begin, I have a quick little post to highlight four iPhone/iPod touch games that are currently on-sale. First up is Frogger from Konami Digital Entertainment (App Store link). This one is on sale for $0.99, which is down from $5.99. (via AppAdvice) I just

iPhoneFreak App Review: PicPosterous

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Just recently I have begun using Posterous to capture some of my less-than-blogworthy goodies and based on my recent use I was happy to see the introduction of the PicPosterous app. For those unfamiliar with Posterous; in short, it is a super simple blogging service where users can upload by email, bookmarklet, direct posting and more.

Skype loving iPhone users can now feel better, Skype is now being restricted with Android

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Yes, that is an Android related image over toward the right hand side of this post, and it was posted with a little joy because I do think this marks the first time that an Android logo has been displayed here at iPhoneFreak. Now normally, I would think that anything to do with Android would send

Denied! Palm rejects Apple’s “no stealing employees” offer

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Ed Colligan, the former chief executive of Palm, reportedly rejected an offer years ago from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to agree to not hire each others’ employees. The information comes from a U.S. Justice Department investigation that obtained communications between the two CEOs, according to Bloomberg. After rejecting the offer, Colligan reportedly told Jobs that what

MS to tackle Apple with two new mobile releases

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A new report from Taiwan states that Microsoft intends to debut a touch interface for Windows Mobile 6.5 in early 2010, along with version 7 later that year to compete with the iPhone. Citing sources at Taiwanese handset makers, DigiTimes reports that Microsoft will launch the latest upgrade to Windows Mobile on Oct. 1, 2009, but