Thursday, June 12th, 2008
I love Qik on my N95. I shoot videos fairly often with it, and it's a superb little tool. Today, Qik announced that a version is coming out for the iPhone!
According to Mashable, the alpha version is expected next week, presumably only for jailbroken iPhones. It's assumed that they're making ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
TomTom has announced that they have a software solution for the 3G iPhone that "runs on the iPhone already", though they haven't given a specific release date.
This could certain cause some headaches at Garmin. Their Nuvifone looks pretty neat, but will reportedly cost $500 with a contract, which suddenly looks ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There's been a ton of news today about the new iPhone, so I thought I'd try to give a brief summary:
The good
July 11 release
3G, as expected.
GPS. There are already some great looking applications to take advantage of it.
$199 for the 8 gig model, $299 for the 16 gig. They both ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I've always felt that the big hold-up to quality gaming on the iPhone was going to be the lack of buttons. You simply need that kind of control for a lot of games. Enter the iControlPad.
This thing looks cool. It attaches to the dock connector on the bottom of the ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
(via Digital Earth Blog)
The Google Earth Blog has a great story today about a Google Earth-like product that is in the works for the iPhone. The company is called Earthscape. They have a desktop product which is in beta that they hope will compete with Google Earth. However, the iPhone ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
It's not a huge surprise, but Gizmodo has revealed the official launch date of the 3G iPhone. From their site:
someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th.
Also, the phone won't be available ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The CEO of Intel Germany, Hannes Schwaderer, apparently confirmed that a larger iPhone (or a mini-tablet) is coming soon. The quote from MacRumors:
As part of an Intel event for the 40th birthday of the semiconductor company at Munich’s BMW World, Germany managing director Hannes Schwaderer confirmed today what has long ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
It's been widely reported that the online Apple store has completely stopped selling iPhones. This would seem to indicate that the 3G iPhone is coming soon. It's widely believed that the new iPhone will been unveiled at WWDC 2008 (June 9-13), but now it appears the phone may be released ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
It sure looks that way. It's hard to tell if it will be an embedded GPS or simply support for an external unit, but it appears the support will be built-in.
From IntoMobile:
There are also references to strings mentioning satellite status, GPS time, type, position, accuracy, latitude, speed, magnetic variation, etc., ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
According to TG Daily, the pricing structure for the 3G iPhone will be:
8GB - $399
16GB - $499
32GB - $599 (maybe)
The phone will feature a slightly thinner body and a less "plasticky" case. They expect the phone to be released at WWDC 2008 (June 9-13), which lines up pretty well with ...
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