Archive for the 'iPhone News' Category

According to survey, 40% of Blackberry owners want to switch to an iPhone

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Crowd Science, a Silicon Valley-based research firm, just released the results of a recent survey it conducted, and found that nearly 40% of all Blackberry users would rather have an iPhone. “Nearly 40% of Blackberry users continue to prefer Apple’s iPhone as their next smartphone purchase, but a third of them would also switch to the

‘Secret’ iPhone developer agreement made public

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Before developing an application for the iPhone, a developer must agree to a list of terms set forth by Apple’s legal department. Until now, these terms have remained pretty “hush hush,” as mandated by the terms themselves. You may recall that NASA recently developed an application for the iPhone, and just like any other developer,

Nearly 10% of Microsoft employees use iPhones

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal released a comprehensive profile of iPhone usage within Apple’s rival corporation, Microsoft. Surprisingly, it was discovered that nearly 10,000 Microsoft employees (roughly 10% of the company’s employees) accessed their works e-mails via iPhone last year. Some Microsoft workers take pains to hide their iPhones. While rank-and-file workers tend to

Rumor resurge: Multitasking coming to iPhone OS 4.0

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Multitasking on the iPhone, its a rumor that seems like it will not go away until it comes true. And recently that rumor has come forward once again, this time its coming courtesy of an Apple Insider report. According to the details; “Apple this summer will go a long way towards silencing critics and catering to

Homer Simpson Uses an iPhone!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

If you make it onto The Simpsons, then you’ve really made it as a pop-culture icon.  At the beginning of the episode broadcast on the 31st January, in the post-credits/pre-show interlude, the iPhone took center stage, helping to create one of the funniest ‘Couch Gags’ we have seen for a while! Watch it below, laugh,

Apple sues HTC for 20 patent infringements

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against HTC Corporation (formerly High Tech Computer Corporation) today for infringing on twenty of its patents. According to an Apple press release, the patents in question involve the iPhone’s “user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.” “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something

Kevin Rose demos “Square” for the iPhone [Video]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Last month, Digg-founder Kevin Rose posted a very interesting demonstration of Square, a small device, that, when coupled with an iPhone app, allows the user to accept credit card payments via the iPhone. Enough of my jabbering, check it out: I can guarantee you that we’ll be hearing a whole lot more about Square once it

D&G Hoping to Broaden Appeal by Streaming Show to iPhone

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The iPhone has been considered a fashionable phone ever since it was launched.  Its sleek looks, combined with the always-cool Apple logo, have made it a popular choice with the tech-savvy fashionista.  Now, Dolce & Gabbana plan to make good use of the iPhone being in the hands of their desired customer base, by broadcasting

Two New iPhone 3GS TV Spots Debut

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

It’s that time again, when two new iPhone 3GS TV ads appear!  Played during the Winter Olympics coverage last night, these are not further entries into the ‘There’s an app for that’ canon, but standalone spots showing versatility. The first has been named On Hold, and is the more interesting of the two, for it appears

Apple quietly bumps up the over-the-air download limit to 20MB

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

With little official word coming from Apple, it seems that the over-the-air download limit has been increased from 10MB to 20MB. That means iPhone users will now be able to download apps and podcasts up to 20MB in size using a 3G connection. As to why this was done, well, some are speculating that it