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Is this what's in the next iPhone update?
Filed under: iPhone, SDK, iPod touch
The iPhone Blog is reporting what's purported to be in the next, and hopefully imminent iPhone update to version 3.1. As we've reported, developers were seeded with the beta Tuesday.
Here's the list:
Voice Control now works over Bluetooth
Updated AT&T profile to 4.2 (MMS is now enabled)
Improvements to OpenGL and Quartz.
iPhone vibrates when moving icons
Non-destructive video editing means trimming a clip no longer saves over the original video but gives you the option to "Save as copy..."
APIs to allow third party apps to access videos and edit them.
Updated modem firmware to 5.08.01
If true, it will put smiles on a lot of iPhone owners' faces. The omission of Bluetooth voice control seemed downright silly. Losing your original video after an edit seemed pretty counter-intuitive as well. It also appears MMS will appear in the update, but that only matters if AT&T turns it on.
No firm dates for the update of course, but if the above is accurate it will be a good one. Thanks Brad for the tip
TUAWIs this what's in the next iPhone update? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jul 1, 2009 4:19 PM (2 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
Apple releases 3.1 beta for iPhone SDK
Filed under: iPod Family, Developer, iPhone, SDK
Apple has released a 3.1 beta for the iPhone SDK. Both the SDK beta and firmware are available for testing and development to paid members of the iPhone developer program. As pre-release software, any details about this new release remain under NDA.
A pre-installation advisory and beta release notes are available as per Apple's usual release strategy. As before, you cannot use the 3.1 SDK to create applications for submitting to the App Store, so if you plan to download it be prepared to create a separate installation directory.
The new release comes just on the heels of the public 3.0 firmware. Its full-dot-number indicates that it contains more than just minor bug fixes (a relatively minor revision would probably be listed as 3.0.1). Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
TUAWApple releases 3.1 beta for iPhone SDK originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jul 1, 2009 1:15 AM (2 days, 19 hours, 1 minute ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
YouTube mobile uploads increased dramatically since iPhone 3GS
Filed under: iPhone
When the video recording capabilities of the iPhone 3GS were announced, I really looked forward to using the direct YouTube uploads to share things that no one else cared about, like my dog or my nephew. It seems like many other 3GS owners had similar ideas.
The YouTube blog is reporting that since the 3GS was released last friday, uploads have increased from mobile devices by 400% per day. They even list some of the many videos that have been uploaded since the 3GS release that range from boring to annoying.
I know that these mobile uploads of videos have a pretty limited audience, and most people watching them will wonder why they were ever uploaded in the first place. However, it does make sharing special (or mundane) moments with family and friends much easier, and I for one am happy to have the option.
[via MacRumors]
TUAWYouTube mobile uploads increased dramatically since iPhone 3GS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 29, 2009 5:49 PM (4 days, 2 hours, 27 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
AT&T's 3G upgrades to improve iPhone service
AT&T is upgrading its network and using 850MHz spectrum to beef up its 3G wireless network, which should help alleviate dropped calls and slow network connections for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S users.
Apple said this week that it sold more than a million of the iPhone 3G S model worldwide this past weekend ...
Originally posted at News - Wireless
Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 24, 2009 6:43 PM (9 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
It's hard to believe that we're approaching the two-year anniversary of the original iPhone. I don't think it is hyperbole to say that the iPhone has completely transformed the mobile computing space. This is especially clear when evaluating mobile Wi-Fi usage data.
Today, Boingo Wireless released a data snapshot of mobile device access on its airport network of Wi-Fi hotspots. According to Boingo, airports are the number one venue for Wi-Fi access worldwide, so they make for a good data point when evaluating Wi-Fi usage.
For the past 24-months, Boingo has tracked its airport Wi-Fi data and the increase in mobile device uptake is astonishing. It's also driven almost entirely by the iPhone and the iPod touch.
Since May 2007, mobile device usage has gone from accounting for 0.1% of Boingo's airport Wi-Fi connections to 26.1%. In two years, the smartphone has gone from a non-entity to accounting for 1/4 of all of Boingo's connections.
Boingo has also tracked what type of devices associate with Boingo operated airport Wi-Fi hotspots. In 2007, the first year the iPhone was available, the iPhone only accounted for 1% of all mobile devices. Windows CE (Windows Mobile), was the leader in 2007, with 66% of mobile device connections. In 2008, the iPhone accounted for 51.7% of all mobile devices, with the iPod touch coming in second with 42.4%. For the first five months of 2009, the iPhone has taken an astounding 89.2% of all mobile devices accessing Boingo's airport hotspots. The iPod touch has dipped to 4.7%. I talked to Jeremy Pepper from Boingo PR and he said that they think the drop in the price of the iPhone is the reason iPod touch access figures have dipped, with the iPhone taking its place.
Although these figures are only from one Wi-Fi access source, the number of users that access Wi-Fi at the airport provides what I consider a good sample for data collection. In two years, not only has the mobile access space increased 261x, the iPhone OS accounts for nearly 94% of all mobile connections.
No wonder every other phone manufacturer is desperately trying to play catch-up!
TUAWiPhone dominates Boingo airport access study originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 24, 2009 6:17 PM (9 days, 2 hours ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
Those tears of joy shed by iPhone loyalists are turning into cries of grief with the announcement by AT&T that it will impose a $200 fee to upgrade to the next-generation iPhone, which lands in stores Friday.
For iPhone 3G users who are not eligible for subsidized pricing, the upgrade “tax” brings the grand total to not $200 or $300 — but a hefty $400 or $500 for the iPhone 3GS, depending on the model (16GB or 32GB, respectively).
But tech geeks and criminal masterminds share one philosophy: They understand there’s a way around everything. You don’t have to pay that extra fee, iPhone 3G customers. Here are a few quick, painless methods to shave off that $200.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
source Wired published Jun 23, 2009 10:14 PM (9 days, 22 hours, 3 minutes ago) tags: iphone 3GS (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
Estimates of 500K iPhone 3G S weekend sales too low by half
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Apple Financial, iPhone
It's a good thing Gene Munster shaded his anticipatory numbers a bit over the weekend, otherwise he'd be in the market for a new crystal ball. As mentioned yesterday, the signs were pointing to a bigger opening weekend for the latest handset from Apple, and the results did not disappoint: in a company press release this morning, Apple announced sales of 'over a million' iPhone 3G S units through Sunday 6/21. Also noted in the brief release were the six million downloads of the iPhone 3.0 software update; no details on the number of iPod touch users who have also updated.
In addition to the raw number -- impressive enough -- there are two other tidbits in this release that bear mentioning. One, it's got a quote from Steve Jobs; this reinforces the notion that El Jefe Esteban is on his way back to the iCEO seat on a more active basis, as reported in the Wall Street Journal on Friday. Two, it looks like bloggers and journalists aren't the only ones having a problem with the odd spacing on Apple's latest product name; the press release repeatedly refers to the new phone as the "iPhone 3GS." We feel your pain.
[via AllThingsD]
TUAWEstimates of 500K iPhone 3G S weekend sales too low by half originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 22, 2009 8:37 PM (10 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
iPhone 3G S and Pre head-to-head benchmarks: iPhone wins
published Jun 22, 2009 8:34 PM (10 days, 23 hours, 42 minutes ago) (linked on 33 personafile product pages)
Microsoft extends XP downgrade availability to 2011. When will it end?
published Jun 20, 2009 12:13 AM (13 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes ago) (linked on 10,133 personafile product pages)
AT&T makes it easier for iPhone OS 3.0 users to use WiFi Hot Spots
Filed under: Wireless, Odds and ends, Internet, iPhone
Among the many wonderful (and sometimes frustrating) new features of iPhone OS 3.0 was one that was announced today by AT&T. The company now supports auto-authentication for 3.0 users who are connecting to AT&T WiFi Hot Spots. While the Hot Spots are nothing new, the simple logon is a iPhone OS 3.0 feature that went live today.
Any customer using a qualified iPhone data plan has unlimited access to more than 20,000 AT&T WiFi Hot Spots. Previously, using the Hot Spots required a two-step authentication process that required receiving an SMS message. Now you connect your iPhone to the network at a Hot Spot one time, and the auto-connect capability is set up for you. From then on, all you need to do is walk into the Hot Spot, and you'll be automatically logged in with a secure connection. (One-click logon capability for the AT&T wireless sites was offered for iPhone 2.x devices via Devicescape's Easy Wi-Fi app, but it has disappeared from the App Store.)
This is a big step in the direction that AT&T seemed to be taking when they started boldly moving into the WiFi Hot Spot market, in terms of making sure that AT&T customers can easily and seamlessly move between AT&T's wireless network and the WiFi Hot Spots. Most iPhone users can now walk into any McDonald's, Starbucks, or Barnes & Noble location and immediately take advantage of WiFi speeds and bandwidth.
For more information about the location of the Hot Spots and how to connect, visit the AT&T WiFi site here.
TUAWAT&T makes it easier for iPhone OS 3.0 users to use WiFi Hot Spots originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 19, 2009 6:10 PM (14 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
iPhone 3G S: first impressions on buying, smudges and what's in the box
Filed under: iPhone
It's here, it's here! Check out the gallery below for what's in the box. Same as usual: headphones (the earbuds with volume control), sync cable, manuals (one called "Finger Tips" -- cute), the phone and a metal tool for popping the SIM out. The Finger Tips manual is updated to show off the new features in the 3G S. Oh, and there's no dock in this box. It is much smaller nowadays, and probably saves a ton on packaging. Update: whoops, forgot to mention that you do get a wall plug (2-prong, very tiny) for charging.
My in-store experience was great. Once I got into an Apple Store within less than 30 minutes I had activated the phone and had my first MobileMe sync done. The creative specialist I was talking to was eager to show me anything else I wanted, but there was a big line and I know what's what. Something I thought was interesting: the very first thing he did once I removed the plastic on the phone itself was to touch and sorta swipe at the screen. "No smudges!" he said with a smile on his face. When the 3G S was first announced we speculated about the oleoresistant surface, and it looks like that's a feature Apple wants to quietly promote.
I also tested the smudge-resistance on my admittedly greasy face and fingers (I once killed a Mighty Mouse within a month, if that's any indication). Sadly there's no official metric for resisting smudges, but on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being "smudges if you look at it" and 1 being "rub it on a pizza and it still squeaks" I would rate the new iPhone at a 5. The 1st-gen, which I had been using, I would rate at a 9. So there is an improvement. See the gallery for a little bit of testing.
How has your 3G S experience gone so far? Update #2: yes, this is the first iPhone I purchased. My previous iPhone was an aftermarket 1st-gen iPhone. So all of this is new to me, thanks for pointing that out.
Gallery: 3G S Impressions pt 1
TUAWiPhone 3G S: first impressions on buying, smudges and what's in the box originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 19, 2009 6:06 PM (14 days, 2 hours, 10 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
Augmented reality: iPhone 3G S killer app?
Layar running on Android, but the iPhone 3G S could up the augmented ante.
(Credit: SPRXmobile.com)
While video recording, more storage space, faster processor speeds, and better games have been the main calling cards for the iPhone 3G S, the biggest reason to upgrade may be yet to come--and it has to do with the seemingly most innocuous feature of all, the magnetometer.
Imagine a browser in which you view the real world through a camera lens and a heads-up display picks out interest points amid the living cityscape. This type of augmented reality has been the stuff of science fiction, but the cell phone browser Layar by Dutch software developer SPRXmobile claims to make it real. See the video for yourself.
Layar takes the sort of GPS POI data in current map-based apps, like ATMs, houses for sale, or nearby hotspots, and displays them overlaid on the landscape as seen through the camera lens.
It's debuting later this month for Android phones in the Netherlands--not exactly a huge starting demographic, but if it works, this could be the start of something big.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 17, 2009 4:23 PM (16 days, 3 hours, 54 minutes ago) (linked on 836 personafile product pages)
Good-bye, rabbit ears? Not so fast
Congratulations! You've successfully made the switch from analog to digital TV. So is it good-bye to rabbit ears? Not quite!
Retro TV antennas may not bring in a perfect picture, but they can bring back some great memories.
(Credit: CBS)
Whatever your view of television, be it couch potato casual or flat-screen fanatic, Friday was a special occasion. And even if you didn't give it the kind of warm reception some Chicago students did on Friday night, complete with champagne toasts, you knew it was the end of an era, if for no other reason than all those incessant reminders we've been giving you, like "The Big Switch From Analog To Digital TV" or "Flipping The Switch To Digital TV".
In these days of cable and satellite, you probably thought it was time for a requiem for the old rabbit ears. Not so fast.
"The antenna is alive and well," said Michael Godar, who runs one of the nation's few handmade antenna companies out of a TV repair shop in Gilbert, Ariz.
And he says that, even at the dawn of the Digital Age, there's plenty of life in that old antenna.
"There was almost a sport (in) adjusting your antenna on your TV," Sieberg said.
"Oh yeah, battling it--you know, especially when you had a remote control," Godar laughed. "You'd change the channel and then get up, adjust the antenna!"
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Originally posted at News - Digital Media
published Jun 15, 2009 4:07 PM (18 days, 4 hours, 10 minutes ago) (linked on 3,795 personafile product pages)
Intel Celeron, Core i7, and Atom lineup leaked?
published Jun 15, 2009 3:17 PM (18 days, 4 hours, 59 minutes ago) (linked on 8,357 personafile product pages)
Palm and Verizon looking to take shine off Apple and AT&T
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone
In a minefield of failed "iPhone killers" one is making some headway on fulfilling that murderous promise: the Palm Pre.
Perhaps it's no surprise: the Palm Pre was conceived by a team that includes plenty of Apple alumni, including Jon Rubenstein, who was made Palm's CEO yesterday to replace Ed Colligan. (John Gruber reminds us of one of Colligan's more famous quotes.) Rubenstein used to be the general manager of Apple's iPod division.
Not only that, but Fred Anderson, Lynn Fox, and Mike Bell are all connected (if not employed by) the re-energized Palm. Valleywag's Ryan Tate says it's no wonder, then, that the Pre syncs with iTunes right out of the box.
Competition is good, though, right? We'll see improvements to both the iPhone and the Pre because of the products' competitive relationship with each other. Look at the rivalry between Canon and Nikon: The result? Awesome cameras both. In the end, the customer wins.
This is true with carriers, too, as exclusivity agreements begin to expire. There were rumblings that the Pre would be released on the Verizon network around Christmas, but blowback from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse pushed the rumor mill's schedule back a month to January 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Watercooler talk suggests that the iPhone's exclusivity agreement with AT&T expires around the same time for U.S. customers, but the Magic 8 Ball says that we might not see an iPhone for Verizon until both they and AT&T finish their LTE networks.
If you're using a Pre with your Mac, especially if you're taking advantage of the iTunes sync capability, let us know in the comments how it's going.
TUAWPalm and Verizon looking to take shine off Apple and AT&T originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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published Jun 15, 2009 3:12 PM (18 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes ago) (linked on 836 personafile product pages)
Budget shopping tips: Digital SLRs
Older models are frequently good enough. Just make sure you're not paying last year's list price.
There are a lot of good reasons to pay the extra bucks for a digital SLR over a point- and-shoot, including better photo quality (especially in low light), faster shooting, ...
published Jun 11, 2009 4:13 PM (22 days, 4 hours, 3 minutes ago) (linked on 501 personafile product pages)
iPhone 3G S In Depth: Why the 'S' means more than 'Speed'
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple, iPhone
What makes up a rumor? The common recipe starts with some truth or factual information, adds a healthy dose of hearsay, and then gets topped off with a 'pinch of this and a dash of that.' Then someone else starts with that entire rumor as their 'factual information', and adds to it from there. Pretty soon, you've got 100 different flavors in the wild, and some of them don't even taste remotely like the original dish.
The recent storm of rumors surrounding the iPhone 3G S turned out exactly the same way. Several of them shared some common elements, such as a better camera, video editing, and a compass. But beyond that, the features were anyone's guess, especially when it came to the physical appearance of the device. When Apple broke the news that the appearance was identical to the existing 3G, I really had to wonder: how many times have we seen someone using the new iPhone, and not even noticed?
And then there was the name: iPhone Video, or iPhone 3GS? Just plain 'iPhone'? Whatever the case, it is a given that the name would reflect one of the most important aspects of the device. After all, the iPhone 3G takes its name from its 3G radio, and the 4th-generationsorry, 5th or 5.5 gen iPod were oft referred to as the "iPod Video" due to their video capabilities. So it stood to reason that if the most obvious feature of the new phone would be video recording (and possibly editing) capabilities, it could easily be called the 'iPhone Video'.
What is interesting, though, is that Apple instead chose to name it 'iPhone 3G S', stating that the 'S' stands for faster speed. But even a quick perusal of the specs on Apple's website will tell you that speed is far from the only improvement over the original 3G. Of course, there are the obvious features that Apple pointed out: video recording & editing, an auto-focus camera, voice control and dialing, and a digital compass, just to name a few. But what about all the other features listed on the website. How do they compare to the iPhone 3G?
Read on for a head-to-head comparison of the new features...
Continue reading iPhone 3G S In Depth: Why the 'S' means more than 'Speed'
TUAWiPhone 3G S In Depth: Why the 'S' means more than 'Speed' originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 11, 2009 3:36 PM (22 days, 4 hours, 40 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
The dying goodwill toward AT&T
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, WWDC, iPhone
Congratulations! When Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0 next week, we'll finally be gaining the following features ...
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)! ... unless you're on AT&T.
Tethering! ... unless you're on AT&T
A brand new 16GB iPhone 3G S for only $199 with a two-year contract! ... unless you're on AT&T and already own an iPhone 3G.
AT&T has long been the subject of grumbling from the community of US iPhone users who want to use their phones legitimately. Ever since the original release back in 2007, it feels like AT&T has been trying to play catch-up when it comes to service and tower availability. But, the release of the iPhone 3G S might be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I can walk down to my local AT&T store and pick up a cheap handset for less than $100 that will have MMS. AT&T knew this day was coming. The company may wail and gnash its teeth, complaining that it aren't ready for this, but it should be, especially since Boy Genius Report tells us that all AT&T needs to do is manually remove the opt-out code!
It was even apparent during the keynote yesterday that Apple sounds pretty disgusted with how far behind AT&T is dragging them. Notice the absence of any AT&T personnel on stage. Had AT&T been on the ball to begin with, it most likely would have taken center stage -- boasting about all the improvements that would garner shiny new services for iPhone users and more money for the corporate coffers. But it didn't, and the tension coming from Apple during the moments when MMS and Tethering were announced was pretty tangible. Apple had all of these features that people have been begging for ready to go, and now Cupertino is forced to wait for AT&T to finish twiddling its thumbs and do what it should have done two years ago. I wouldn't even be surprised if AT&T somehow found a way to block copy/paste!
A small footnote on Apple's iPhone page indicates that MMS support from AT&T will be coming later this summer. Another note on the 3.0 software pages says that tethering isn't available in the U.S. and some other countries, although Engadget cites AT&T sources who say it's coming -- there just isn't anything to announce yet.
Then there comes iPhone pricing. Those expecting a repeat of last summer's offer to replace their current iPhones with the latest model on the cheap are being sorely disappointed. You can read full details on that kerfuffle thanks to one of the recent additions to our team, Michael Jones. However, our commenters do have a point with that one -- those who bought the first generation iPhone paid the full price right off the bat, but later buyers were able to get the iPhone 3G at a subsidized price. Like with any other subsidized phone with any other carrier, you'll have to pay a pretty hefty price for the privilege to upgrade before you're eligible. For me, that'll be in October 2010. By then, the iPhone 3G s4π will most likely be out. Still, people aren't happy with this one either.
The ramifications for AT&T will come when it sits down at the negotiation table with Apple to extend its current gig as exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the United States. Apple won't forget that AT&T didn't have key features in place when they needed to be there. If Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, or any other carrier can convince Apple that they would be ahead of the game while AT&T lags (and, believe me, it wouldn't be that hard of an argument to make), Apple will take its toys and go elsewhere. And loyal iPhone users would follow. I know I would.
TUAWThe dying goodwill toward AT&T originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple - iPhone 3G | 16GB, Black (iPhone)
published Jun 9, 2009 8:40 PM (23 days, 23 hours, 36 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
iPhone 3G S: Built for speed
Filed under: Hardware, WWDC, iPhone
It's no big surprise, and John Gruber even got the name right.
Apple announced the new iPhone 3G S today, featuring faster processor speed, built-in video capture and editing, voice dialing and voice command, built-in compass, and of course it will be running iPhone 3.0. There's a much better camera in the iPhone 3G S as well. Here are the details:
Price (new): 16GB -- US$199, 32GB -- US$299 Capacity: 16GB or 32GB Case color: Black or White Dimensions: 4.5 inches x 2.4 inches x 0.48 inches (115.5 mm x 62.1 mm x 12.3 mm), 4.8 oz. (135 gms) Camera / Video:
3 megapixels
Autofocus
Tap to focus
Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
Photo and video geotagging
iPhone and third-party application integration
Cellular and Wireless:
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Location:
Assisted GPS
Digital compass
Wi-Fi
Cellular
Power and Battery
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
Talk Time: 3G - Up to 5 hours, 2G - Up to 12 hours
Standby time: Up to 300 hours
Internet use: Up to 5 hours on 3G, Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback: Up to 10 hours
Audio playback: Up to 30 hours
More pricing information and details will be posted shortly here on TUAW.
TUAWiPhone 3G S: Built for speed originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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published Jun 8, 2009 9:05 PM (24 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes ago) (linked on 12 personafile product pages)
Windows 7 not likely to jolt PC market
Microsoft's top Windows business executive said Monday that for all his excitement about Windows 7, he doubts the release of the operating system will lead to a significant spike in PC sales.
"History would tell us that generally as you ship a Windows release into the market...the bump is very modest," Microsoft senior vice president Bill Veghte said in a "fireside chat" at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference. "You will see a little bit, but it is modest."
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source CNet published Jun 8, 2009 3:48 PM (25 days, 4 hours, 28 minutes ago) (linked on 10,133 personafile product pages)
Sprint CEO says Pre deal is longer than six months
The Palm Pre will be in consumers' hands starting Saturday.
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)
Update 7:55 a.m. PDT:Comments from Dan Hesse's presentation at the press event here have been added to this story.
NEW YORK--Verizon Wireless's claims that it will be offering the Palm ...
Originally posted at News - Wireless
published Jun 5, 2009 3:53 PM (28 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes ago) (linked on 831 personafile product pages)
WSJ: Steve Jobs return is on track for end of June
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Cult of Mac, Steve Jobs, Apple, One More Thing
In its sometime role as a broadsheet hybrid of Us magazine and the New England Journal of Medicine, we have an update tonight from The Wall Street Journal on the condition of everyone's favorite iCEO. Steve Jobs, according to the story (subscription required on the web, free to read on your iPhone), is recovered from his health crisis and on track to return by the end of June. While some speculate that he might choose to surprise the audience at WWDC with a One More Thing moment, two sources for the WSJ story say that the plan is to wait a bit longer.
Steve's return is likely to be coordinated with a product launch or other public event later in June, say the sources. That event probably won't be the announcement of the next-gen iPhone, which the paper pinpoints for the keynote address on Monday with availability close to the two-year anniversary date for the original iPhone purchasers (pretty sensible; anyone who bought a first-gen for the premium price is a likely candidate to shell out for a replacement). The WSJ cites someone who has seen the new phone in person, reporting a faster processor and the expected video editing capabilities.
Equally importantly, the story points out that the long Steveless months with Tim Cook at the helm have shown investors and customers that the Apple train is still on track. AAPL is up 68% since Steve announced his leave of absence in January, vs. a 24% uptick for the NASDAQ index. Granted, Apple stock took a bit of a hit around the announcement of the leave, dipping to a low of 78.20 on 1/20, but it's up at 143.74 as of today's close.
[via Macrumors]
TUAWWSJ: Steve Jobs return is on track for end of June originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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published Jun 5, 2009 3:48 PM (28 days, 4 hours, 28 minutes ago) (linked on 398 personafile product pages)
Jazz up your shower curtains with custom photos
(Credit: Photo Shower Curtain)
Here's a new way to exhibit your photos, if not yourself in the buff. Photo Shower Curtain has a service that prints pictures onto shower curtains that you can hang in your bathroom. If you're wondering whether the ink will fade after a hot ...
published Jun 3, 2009 4:33 PM (30 days, 3 hours, 43 minutes ago) (linked on 2,352 personafile product pages)
T-Mobile: New Android device in early summer
Just got an interesting little e-mail from T-Mobile USA. The note was short and sweet--and vague--but the carrier has announced its plans to release its next Google Android device in early summer. The handset will be a "follow-on" device to the T-Mobile G1, so we're guessing it's the ...
published Jun 2, 2009 5:31 PM (31 days, 2 hours, 45 minutes ago) (linked on 831 personafile product pages)
The iPhone Blog is reporting what's purported to be in the next, and hopefully imminent iPhone update to version 3.1. As we've reported, developers were seeded with the beta Tuesday.
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Apple has released a 3.1 beta for the iPhone SDK. Both the SDK beta and firmware are available for testing and development to paid members of the iPhone developer program. As pre-release software, any details about this new release remain under NDA. 
When the video recording capabilities of the iPhone 3GS were announced, I really looked forward to using the direct YouTube uploads to share things that no one else cared about, like my dog or my nephew. It seems like many other 3GS owners had similar ideas.
It's hard to believe that we're approaching the two-year anniversary of the original iPhone. I don't think it is hyperbole to say that the iPhone has completely transformed the mobile computing space. This is especially clear when evaluating mobile Wi-Fi usage data.
It's a good thing Gene Munster shaded his anticipatory numbers a bit over the weekend, otherwise he'd be in the market for a new crystal ball. As mentioned yesterday, the signs were pointing to a bigger opening weekend for the latest handset from Apple, and the results did not disappoint: in a company press release this morning, Apple announced sales of 'over a million' iPhone 3G S units through Sunday 6/21. Also noted in the brief release were the six million downloads of the iPhone 3.0 software update; no details on the number of iPod touch users who have also updated.
It's here, it's here! Check out the gallery below for what's in the box. Same as usual: headphones (the earbuds with volume control), sync cable, manuals (one called "Finger Tips" -- cute), the phone and a metal tool for popping the SIM out. The Finger Tips manual is updated to show off the new features in the 3G S. Oh, and there's no dock in this box. It is much smaller nowadays, and probably saves a ton on packaging. Update: whoops, forgot to mention that you do get a wall plug (2-prong, very tiny) for charging.
In a minefield of failed "iPhone killers" one is making some headway on fulfilling that murderous promise: the Palm Pre.
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What makes up a rumor? The common recipe starts with some truth or factual information, adds a healthy dose of hearsay, and then gets topped off with a 'pinch of this and a dash of that.' Then someone else starts with that entire rumor as their 'factual information', and adds to it from there. Pretty soon, you've got 100 different flavors in the wild, and some of them don't even taste remotely like the original dish.
Congratulations! When Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0 next week, we'll finally be gaining the following features ...
In its sometime role as a broadsheet hybrid of Us magazine and the New England Journal of Medicine, we have an update tonight from The Wall Street Journal on the condition of everyone's favorite iCEO. Steve Jobs, according to the story (subscription required on the web, free to read on your iPhone), is recovered from his health crisis and on track to return by the end of June. While some speculate that he might choose to surprise the audience at WWDC with a One More Thing moment, two sources for the WSJ story say that the plan is to wait a bit longer.
