Archive for January, 2008

Tom Krazit of CNET and Eric Savitz of Barrons Deny the Jesus Phone

January 25, 2008 - 2:25 pm Comments Off
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Daniel Eran Dilger
According to speculation published by pundits, Apple’s iphone sales have fallen into a mysterious time portal somewhere between Apple selling them and AT&T activating them. The conclusion reached by these wags is that Apple lied about actually selling them and really only pushed them into the channel to fake the appearance of demand, as Microsoft did this year with the Xbox 360. They’re wrong, here’s why.

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An iPhone Tale: Surviving A Semi Encounter

January 25, 2008 - 11:24 am Comments Off
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Usually when an iPhone meets a semi the end result is technology road kill. This seems not to be the case though for photographer Mike Beauchamp’s iPhone. He delivers to us a tale and photographs of his iPhone-semi experience and…

The $20k iPhone Case…Need We Say More?

January 23, 2008 - 6:56 pm Comments Off
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How much do you love your iPhone? Really, how much? How about $20,000 worth? That’s the cost you’ll incur when you slide your mobile into this new, limited edition gold and diamond iPhone case from Case-mate. We kid you not…

iPhone Enterprise Support?… What News?

January 22, 2008 - 2:05 pm Comments Off
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According to ZDNet Australia, and others, today, IBM is nowhere near ready to release a Lotus Notes version for the iPhone, despite many rumors recently. We reported those rumors to you here, so following up is in order. IBM enjoys…

$100,000 iPhone Heist = Dumb Crooks

January 21, 2008 - 5:46 pm Comments Off
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It goes without saying that many criminals are just plain dumb. That mold fits with some guys in New York who were just nailed by police for stealing nearly $100,000 in iPhones. The theft, as reported by WCBS, was in…

Firmware 1.1.3 For iPod Touch… What Will It Do?

January 19, 2008 - 11:33 pm Comments Off
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The New 1.1.3 Firmware update for the iPod Touch has also been made available, and it does very nearly make a Touch, an iPhone with no phone, camera, or bluetooth. The Mail, Maps, Weather, Stocks, and Notes applications are identical…

XtremeMac Debuts New iPhone Chargers

January 18, 2008 - 1:08 pm Comments Off
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XtremeMac wants to make sure you can keep your iPhone charged no matter where you go. To that end the accessories maker was showing off this week at MacWorld two new iPhone charger solutions – the InCharge Home and InCharge…

IBM plans Lotus release for iPhone

January 17, 2008 - 4:19 pm Comments Off
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The Associated Press reported today that IBM is officially planning a version of Lotus notes for iPhone, as well as a “Microsoft Office-like software, known as Lotus Symphony”. A formal announcement is expected next week at an IBM conference in…

iPhone 1.1.3 Update… Drag and Drop Media Into The iPhone

January 17, 2008 - 12:29 am Comments Off
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Here is a nice feature for iPhone that wasn’t in the 1.1.3 “Press Kit”. If you update your iTunes to 7.6 you can “Manually Manage Music and Videos” for the iPhone. This means that you can drag and drop music…

QuickTate Texts You iPhone Voicemail

January 16, 2008 - 2:12 pm Comments Off
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A tech start up has unveiled at MacWorld a rather interesting speech-to-text service for the iPhone which lets you have your voicemail dictated to text and then sent to you. The service is called QuickTate and it’s currently in free…