Three new LG phones coming to Verizon

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Three new phones from LG are coming to Verizon in the near future. All three look to be pretty good phones.  The LG Dare (pictured on the right) is somewhat of an iPhone clone, the LG Decoy feels a bit like a Nokia N95, and the LG Chocolate 3 is more ...

2.0 Firmware for iPhone coming on June 27th?

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Thanks to some sharp eyes at iClarified, it appears that the 2.0 firmware could be coming out on June 27th.  Apple's Australian iPod touch page had some text that read "Shop for hundreds of applications made for iPod touch.  Available June 27." The text has been removed, but you can see ...

TomTom coming to the 3G iPhone

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 ...

Details on the new iPhone

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 ...

Live updates from WWDC 08

Monday, June 9th, 2008

I'm following a few great live feeds from WWDC, and highly recommend them.  A handful of the much-touted live feeds are having issues, but these two are holding up pretty well: http://www.macrumorslive.com/ http://live.iphonebuzz.com/ If you don't want to follow it all in real-time, we'll write a full summary of new iPhone news later ...

Get your iPhone to feel like a PSP

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 ...

3D Earth product coming to the iPhone?

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 ...

3G iPhone launch date confirmed — June 9

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 ...

Intel confirms larger iPhone and/or tablet?

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 ...

3G iPhone release imminent?

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 ...