Mobiles reviews - apple

HSBC to order 200,000 iPhones for its staff?

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:19:51 +0000

iPhone is now ready for business use and some companies may consider shunning BlackBerrys and other smartphones in favor of Apple’s baby. That could help getting some media coverage while boosting retention at the same time. After all, iPhone does sound more like fun (as opposed to “work”) than any other smartphone out there. Still, I [...]

Apple iPhone 3G software update to fix signal reception issues

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:08:04 +0000

There have been scattered reports of some iPhone 3G users experiencing less than stellar 3G signal reception and call-performance on their gloss-finished iPhone 3G handsets. The carriers are blaming Apple’s hardware. Apple points the finger at carrier’s network issues. In the end, the customer gets stuck with sub-par wireless reception on their brand new iPhone [...]

AT&T selling iPhone 3G online

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:43:57 +0000

Why wait in those long lines to get your hands on the iPhone 3G when you could just put in an online order for one of the year’s hottest handsets? AT&T has kicked off online sales of the iPhone 3G through its online storefront, but only to their business suit wearing customers. While the rest of [...]

Best Buy to sell iPhone 3G on September 7

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:02:56 +0000

Apple is apparently pushing to increase sales of the already popular iPhone 3G. Best Buy has reportedly inked a deal to sell the iPhone 3G starting September 7 in 970 of its US stores and 16 Best Buy Mobile outlets. The announcement comes on the heels of Best Buy’s joint venture with European mobile phone [...]

AT&T iPhone 3G contract obligation and canceling your iPhone 3G contract

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:28:05 +0000

We’re going to go out on a limb here and assume that there are a lot of you legit iPhone 3G owners out there lamenting your contract obligation to AT&T and their iPhone-only rate plans. Unlimited iPhone data plans are now $30, as opposed to the original iPhone’s $20 unlimited data plan. Monthly rate plans [...]

iPhone 3G boosts Japan’s SoftBank customer counts

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:39:49 +0000

Who said the iPhone would struggle to find traction in the super-competitive Japanese wireless market? That’s right, just about everyone. Following on new sales estimates that point to 3 million iPhone 3Gs in the wild, a new study from from TechOn, dubbed “iPhone Affects KDDI’s Net Subscription Growth,” points to incredible new subscription growth on SoftBank, [...]

iPhone 2.0.1 OS update causing GPS problems?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:10:47 +0000

Here we go again. The latest iPhone 2.0.1 OS has apparently been causing problems for some iPhone 3G users. Previous reports indicated that some people were having problems using their iPhone 3G’s GPS hardware, trying to get a reliable lock on their position. We even posted a potential fix to the iPhone 3G GPS problems here. Well, [...]

Apple sees $30 million in AppStore first month revenue - iPhone applications bring in $1 million every day

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:29:42 +0000

Apple’s iPhone 3G launch was admittedly less than a smooth sailing operation. iPhone 3G hopefuls are still lining up for hours to get a chance at owning a piece of Apple-history. MobileMe users have only recently gotten their push data service up and running acceptably. The iPhone 2.0.1 OS has just been released (and the [...]

Apple iPhone 3G - 1 month, 3 million units sold

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:25:40 +0000

Forget 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first weekend of sales, a new report indicates that Apple has moved 3 million of the iconic iPhone 3G handset since its launch exactly a month ago. According the report, from Fortune and Michael Cote, of Cote Collaborative, Apple has shipped more than 3 million iPhone 3G. [...]

Apple iPhone application “I Am Rich” video demo

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:05:33 +0000

What does a $1,000 iPhone application look like? While we’re not in the business of snatching up iPhone applications with four-figure (well, it’s $999, so the app is at the high-end of three-figures) price-tags, a YouTube user was kind enough to post a video demonstration of the now-infamous “I Am Rich” iPhone application that is famous [...]

Steve Jobs confirms remote iPhone application disabling

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:00:29 +0000

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs confirmed that Apple did indeed build a remote iPhone application disabling feature into the iPhone’s Mac OS. The remote application disabling feature has been referred to as the “Blacklist” feature because it allows the iPhone to connect to Apple’s servers to check for any [...]

iPhone Dev Team releases PwnageTool 2.0.2 to jailbreak iPhone 2.0.1 OS - iPhone and iPhone 3G can run free!

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:40:13 +0000

Avoiding that new, performance-enhancing iPhone 2.0.1 OS update for fear of losing your jailbreak applications? Don’t want to risk not being able to unlock your iPhone 3G after updating to the iPhone 2.0.1 OS? Well, good news, you iPhone hacking fiend, you. The always reliable iPhone Dev Team has released their latest PwnageTool update. PwnageTool [...]

iPhone blacklist can only prevent core location services?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:09:23 +0000

It seems that there’s an alternative explanation to the discovery of an iPhone feature that allows the handset to phone home (connect to an Apple server) and check for unauthorized applications. The “Blacklist” feature, as it’s been called recently, checks the iPhone’s installed application against a known list (a blacklist, if you will) of malicious [...]

Did Apple borrow their iPhone3G design from Samsung’s LCD TVs?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:25:13 +0000

(Before I begin - apoogies for the poor quality photo - this is from my supposedly excellent 5MP Mobile camera!) The other day I was stood looking at our Samsung LCD TV, and something struck me - it looks ALOT like a new iPhone turned on it’s side - scarily so in fact. The only differences [...]

Google Translate goes iPhone - Translate 24 languages on your iPhone

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:24:11 +0000

In a globalized world where information on the latest and greatest mobile gadgets can come from any corner of the planet, in any number of foreign languages, Google Translate has become one of those indispensable tools of the internet. Google Translate not only allows you to translate single words across 24 different languages, but it [...]