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apple

iPhone World Map Charts Jobs' Giant Game Of Risk

It's tough to keep track of the iPhone's slow global release, so one Apple fan assembled all the data into one easy to read map. If the country is red, then they either have the iPhone or will be getting it this summer. (Note: Switzerland, Spain and Poland are still just rumored, not official).

It's like one of those pandemic maps from the movies. You see the military general plotting two little red dots. Then four. Then eight. And then, all of the sudden, the dots have covered the general's body, spewing puss across the room in all directions. [Apple 2.0]

2:30 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Mark Wilson
8,115 views, 31 comments

iphone

AT&T Changes its Mind Again, No Hotspot Access for iPhone Users

AT&T has flip-flopped yet again on the issue of iPhone customers getting free access to AT&T hotspots. While yesterday the iPhone plans page clearly stated that access to the hotspots was included with all plans, that statement is now gone again. Hey, AT&T: why don't you make up your minds and be clear about this? This is ridiculous. [AT&T via I4U]

11:57 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Adam Frucci
4,919 views, 33 comments

Latest by apeguero: Native American givers! more »

iphone games

Raging Thunder iPhone Racing Game Shows Tons of Potential

If you needed some indication as to how much power the iPhone had for games, this Raging Thunder demo should make you giddy for what's to come. Not only does the game use the accelerometer, which acts as a more-than-adequate wheel, everything's rendered in pretty decent OpenGL 3D graphics as well. It's no GTA4, but you can download it from Installer.app now. If Zune can do multiplayer Wi-Fi games, the iPhone should too. And maybe, just maybe, multiplayer games over the internet? [ModmyiPhone via TUAW]

9:00 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Jason Chen
5,672 views, 41 comments

Latest by config6: I am really impressed. It crashed the hell out of my phone but it was cool up until that point. I love it when giz has a story about something I can try immediately. more »

iphone

iPhone / iPod TiVoRemote App Makes Telnet Control Easy

Remember when we showed you an iPhone controlling a TiVo over IP by means of Telnet? Well, over at the TiVo Community Forum, a user named Duckfin has compiled a "quick and dirty little program" that gives the iPhone and iPod touch a proper TiVo Remote. The app which is named TiVoRemote, no surprise there, actually makes practical use of TiVo's Telnet control feature. But as with most apps these days it does require a jailbroken iPhone / iPod. For installation and info hit the jump.
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7:45 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Christopher Mascari
4,718 views, 21 comments

Latest by matto: I wish there was some way I could use my lawn mower as a remote control for my DVD player. It would be so much easier to use. more »

streaming media

Native Orb App Brings Live TV to Your iPhone

The OrbLive streaming media app is for everyone who is sick of waiting for a Sling Mobile client on their iPhone. As you may (or may not) know, Orb pulls files off your PC and streams them to any device with an app or web browser capable of accessing the Orb interface. From there you can stream music, video files, and if you have a TV tuner card, live TV. While Orb was previously accessible via Safari, this new, official app is supposed to be an easier, more intuitive way to get your media on the go. It does require a jailbroken iPhone, however. Check out the video of the client in action. [Orb via Register Hardware] More »

5:41 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,949 views, 24 comments

Latest by jesseg: go jazz! more »

3g iphone

100+ iPhone 2 Designs I Guarantee Steve Jobs Won't Unveil Anytime Soon

I recently challenged you all to come up with the most ridiculous iPhone 2 concept designs possible, and boy oh boy did you ever deliver. What you're about to see is over 100 of the most impractical, nonsensical and flat-out retarded cellphone designs the world has ever seen. No, you won't be seeing any of these on stage at WWDC next month and you certainly won't see them at the Apple store, but hopefully the sheer insanity and creativity of your fellow readers will tide you over until the real thing drops. Enjoy.

2:31 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Adam Frucci
34,790 views, 29 comments

Latest by geedots: How come the gallery doesn't show all of them? I have to manually search through to find mine. Bummer. more »

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First Gen iPhone Shortage Hits NYC

At the Apple store on NYC's West 14th Street this morning, I caught this line, 30 people deep (my conservative estimate). I asked an employee what they were waiting for, and he told me "the iPhone." When I incredulously said it wasn't coming—we suppose—for another month, he said it wasn't the 3G iPhone, but "the one that came out last June. It's been out of stock all week." I asked him if he thought anyone should tell these poor saps that they should hold off for a month—before their dreams are crushed—but he just said "I don't think so." He couldn't actually confirm whether or not replenishments were on their way.

1:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,613 views, 38 comments

Latest by literato: @Noobs-R-Us: Right. Sure that many of them were at the store to buy iPhones for their friends from overseas. more »

at&t

Free AT&T iPhone Wi-Fi Is Officially Back

The flip floppery AT&T iPhone Wi-Fi access has finally been made official, with AT&T adding a note on their own iPhone plan page that reflects the free Wi-Fi. That's 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, some of which are at Starbucks, some of which are at a Barnes and Noble. Finally, now with wireless access, you've got something to read at Barnes and Noble. [AT&T]

11:55 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Jason Chen
5,604 views, 26 comments

Latest by faslane: @man_in_gauze: I have the unlimited plan and get the "stock" 200 text with it, I think you have to pay the extra 10,20,30 bucks for the amount of extra "texts" you want. Faslane more »

iphone

iPhone Stocks Being Replenished, Not Sold Out, Say UK Retailers

Despite the rumors of iPhones being out of stock in the UK, it's not really true—according to the retailers themselves. Reghardware has spoken to both O2 and Carphone Warehouse, and both say they're just tackling getting more 16GB iPhones for their online departments. Apple themselves have stock and O2 and Carphone Warehouse have iPhones available in their high street stores. Does this info mean they won't be getting any more 8GB versions, though? Well, we can speculate that, but we don't know. It also leaves us wondering what this news does to the iPhone 2.0 rumors. [Reghardware]

11:50 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,490 views, 11 comments

Latest by ijonathan: Can somebody explain why Jobsy had to announce the first iPhone 6 months ahead of time to avoid disclosing it in FCC filings (at least thats what they told us), but this time around everyone is epxecting it to be more »

unconfirmed

.Mac Push Email Coming To iPhones

According to what look to be leaked screens of the upcoming iPhone firmware, .Mac push email could be coming to the iPhone. A new "Fetch new data" button will lead to the list of email accounts (in the picture here). Notice that some are listed as "fetch" while .Mac is listed as "push." And while we realize that even the hardcore Apple fanbase tends to steer clear of .Mac, there are bound to be like, 5 or 6 people who are just thrilled. [TUAW]

10:30 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,804 views, 44 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: @Shenzhov: im really not much of a Windows fan, but I've never had to re-install Windows to get something to work. All the BS about how Mac 'just works' really gets on my nerves. Windows was designed more »

cellphones

SIMable May Be Easiest Way to Unlock 3G GSM Phones

A company called SIMable has produced a little chip that they call the "10-second solution" for unlocking carrier-tethered GSM handsets. The gimmick is that, instead of unlocking the phone itself—and risking invalidation of your warranty— the chip works on the SIM card, provided you punch a hole in the SIM. More »

9:30 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Wilson Rothman
11,572 views, 23 comments

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iPhone Stocks Run out in UK, No More Until 3G

NEWS-14507-e8e2785af00f932d62ee235d8d91e1c9.jpgBoth 8GB and 16GB models of the iPhone are out of stock in the UK, according to both the O2 and Carphone Warehouse websites, although units are still ready to ship from the Apple Store online. I guess they're clearing the decks for the 3G version. Just tell us cuando, cuando cuando, Apple. [Pocket Lint]

5:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Addy Dugdale
1,704 views, 22 comments

iphone

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Even though there's no love lost between NBC and iTunes, that doesn't mean NBC doesn't love you! At least if you've got an iPhone or iPod touch. They're streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in QuickTime, for free, with NO ads. They work, nicely, but the major catch is that if you exit Safari, you've gotta re-DL all over again, and the files are huge, so is this Wi-Fi only, really. This looks weird for NBC, but it's really not. More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By matt buchanan
15,814 views, 28 comments

Latest by alxx86: quality is shit compared to the BBC Stream more »

sprint's $100 million mistake

Sprint Spending $100 Million to Kick iPhone in the Nuts (iPhone Wearing Cup)

Starting May 9th, Sprint will begin a massive, $100 million marketing campaign aimed straight at the iPhone's nether regions. Stacking its 3G Instinct against the iPhone, Sprint hopes to show that EVDO and GPS make their product way better than anything coming out of Cupertino. The problem isn't that the Instinct is necessarily a bad phone, or that Sprint is a worse service than AT&T. It's that Sprint's series of commercials will cost the company $100 million to promote a message that will most probably be a moot point in one month if/when Apple announces their 3G iPhone. Here's their second commercial: More »

1:10 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Mark Wilson
121,420 views, 156 comments

iphone

Italy's iPhone to Have Two Carriers: The End of Exclusivity?

Following Vodafone's announcement that it would be bringing the iPhone to ten more countries, including Italy, Telecom Italia issued its own short and sweet press release: "Telecom Italia announced today it has signed a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Italy later this year." So that's two separate companies laying claim to the Italian release of the iPhone, which sounds like the end of Apple's exclusivity deal to us. There are even rumors that a third Italian carrier is thinking about it: "evaluating the market opportunity," as Wind's website puts it. Dare we hope that this news also implies unlocked iPhones? [Gadget Lab]

10:50 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,418 views, 29 comments

Latest by mendo: @flyboy: TIM is no longer the company of our State. Not it's a private company (with many advantages based on their monopoly, but still private) more »

iphone sdk

iPhone SDK Beta 5 Now Up: Bug Fixes, Updated OS Support

Besides supporting the latest iPhone OS version, beta 5 doesn't do a whole lot else besides throwing in small tweaks to the UI, tweaks to the developers tools and some bug fixes. No big feature addition like last time, but you gotta update if you're making iPhone apps. You just gotta! There probably won't be very many more of these before the next iPhone's out. More »

11:29 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jason Chen
4,672 views, 8 comments

Latest by Leonard Nimrod: @Paradise: The only issue is with plugins, but as the article states most are JS and may be allowed. Still, plugins aside, Mozilla could actually build in a version of Flash 9 into the browser for full flash support, but more »

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Unlocked iPhones Putting Gadget Activation Company Out of Business

Hey, you there, with the unlocked iPhone. I bet you're feeling pretty good about it, satisfied you're totally getting over on the Death Star. But have you ever thought about the little(r) guy, the outside contractors doing the flooring, you might be screwing over? Cause you are. Synchronoss makes the activation magic happen for the iPhone, as well as a lot of other gadgets. But the millions of unlocked iPhones floating around—a trend they expect to get worse—is costing them a quarter of their revenue, nearly $30 million. That bit of news today nuked their stock value by 44 percent, meaning you guys are basically killing the company. Do you feel so righteous now? Oh, okay. [Alley Insider]

6:33 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By matt buchanan
6,358 views, 76 comments

Latest by geowrian: @graffiksguru: Using your example, the $700 price tag is an acceptable solution. Just offer a $300 discount or whatever for signing it up with AT&T for 2 years. It still offers a major incentive to get AT&T, but also gives more »

iphone

Rumor: AT&T Says No Employee Vacations Between June 15 and July 12 For the 3G iPhone

According to cellpassion, AT&T's pulling a similar move as Apple did last year, disallowing any employee vacations for a period from June 15 to July 12. If this is true, there's only one reason why AT&T would do this: the 3G iPhone. Why did they pick June 15 when the keynote for WWDC is June 9? Beats me. It seems more and more likely that the phone is coming, however, so don't buy anything until after June unless you want to be a sad sack. [Cellpassion]

2:29 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jason Chen
6,749 views, 50 comments

Latest by literato: @frigg: "3G" means that the phone uses the third generation network for mobile communication. I don´t know the name of the network in the US, but here in Europe its calle UMTS. As you can see, calling it 3G is easier more »