Big Tuesday coming: iTunes 8 and iPhone 2.1?

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

It's widely believed that iTunes 8 will be unveiled on Tuesday, but a growing number of people think we'll see the release of iPhone 2.1 on Tuesday as well. Even juicier, Apple has reportedly kept a few features of 2.1 hidden from the developer seeds in order to keep them a ...

More EA games coming to the iPhone

Friday, September 5th, 2008

As you know, EA is releasing Spore for the iPhone this Sunday.  Now they've just announced a handful of other games that will be coming out: Yahtzee Adventures EA Mini Golf Lemonade Tycoon Mahjong Monopoly: Here & Now The World Edition SimCity Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 Need for Speed Undercover The Sims 3 What a line-up!  I'd love to ...

Apple event scheduled for next Tuesday, September 9

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Apple will host an event titled "Let's Rock", next Tuesday at 10am in San Francisco. It's expected that they'll have some updates to the iPod line, as well as possibly an update to their MacBooks.  We'll find out on Tuesday.

iPhone officially landing in Best Buy on September 7

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

We presumed that September 7 would be the launch date, and that has proven to be correct.  According to iClarified, the phones will be in over 900 stores on the 7th. There will be a limit of one phone per customer, and pre-orders will not be taken.

Tethering plan coming for the iPhone?

Friday, August 29th, 2008

It's just a rumor right now, but it appears that a tethering plan may be coming to the iPhone after all. Despite being up in the app store briefly (a few times), NetShare app was eventually pulled because it didn't comply with the TOS.  Now it seems that AT&T may be ...

New iPhone bug is being way over-blown

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

What's with all of the blogs killing Apple about this latest iPhone bug?  Granted, it's certainly an embarrassing situation to have another bug on their hands, but is it that big of a deal? For example, here are some of the headlines: Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk Major ...

Study confirms that the iPhone 3G radio isn’t to blame

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Despite all of the buzz we've seen lately, including a hastily-assembled firmware update, it seems that that hardware in the iPhone 3G is pretty solid. A Swedish company decided to find out, and took their iPhone to a test facility made for this kind of thing.  They ran a variety of ...

Earthscape brings Google Earth-like goodness to the iPhone

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

The Earthscape app has been released, and it's pretty slick.  The price tag is perhaps a bit high at $9.99, but that's still a reasonable price for a lot of people. Check out the intro video below, read a detailed review on Digital Earth Blog, or go get it in the ...

iPhone 2.0.2 Firmware Released

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Seemingly out of nowhere, Apple has released firmware version 2.0.2 for the iPhone.  As with the last update, this one simply addresses "bug fixes".  It's believed that this update addresses some of the 3G connectivity problems, but that hasn't been confirmed. If you find any noticeable differences, please let us know ...

iPhone firmware update coming to fix 3G woes

Friday, August 15th, 2008

For those of you having problems with 3G reception and dropped calls, help is apparently on the way.  After a few days of bickeringa bout whether it was a hardware or software problem, Apple seems to be working on a firmware update to fix the problems. According to IntoMobile, this fix ...