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The Fastest (and Slowest) Way to Charge an iPad

The flipside of the iPad’s seemingly inexhaustible battery life is that the length of time it takes to recharge it is best measured in epochs. Turns out, some methods work better than others. There’s a lot of ways to recharge an iPad—thank you, USB—but the iPad is finicky. For a portable, it has high power…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

Yes, Apple And AT&T Really Did Sign A Five-Year Agreement In 2007

There were rumors that AT&T and Apple have a five-year exclusivity agreement for the iPhone, but Engadget dug through court documents and found confirmation that such an agreement really was signed in 2007. Of course, things might’ve changed since 2007 and the agreement could’ve been altered plenty of times, but at least now we know…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

AT&T Takes a Commanding Lead… In Dropped Calls

AT&T may have improved their dropped call performance lately, but they’ve still got a lot of work to do. According to a recent survey from ChangeWave Research, AT&T customers experience 3x the percentage of dropped calls as Verizon users. Ouch. https://gizmodo.com/how-much-less-at-t-is-sucking-5521043 Maybe the least surprising part of the survey was that those dropped calls led…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Android Surpasses iPhone’s Sales for Q1’2010

NPD Group’s smartphone survey* puts total iPhone’s sales for the first quarter at 21%. That’s third in the ranking. Second position goes, for the first time, to the Android platform, with 28%. El Número Uno belongs to BlackBerry, with 36%. According to Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD, the bigger factor in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple iWatch Concept Needs To Be Made

Bluetooth watches that sync up to phones aren’t anything new, but this iWatch concept does what all the rest fail dismally at—look beautiful. It figures then that it’s just a concept, cooked up by an Italian design firm. ADR Studio has “tried to imagine a new Apple style product,” called the iWatch. It has an…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How To Turn Your iPhone Into A Laser, Fan Or Flashlight

When the heat of summer arrives all those iPhone doubters will be left sweltering and swooning when you pull out your iPHONE FAN. German company HMB TEC has created peripherals that plug into the headphone jack, controlled by special apps. There’s that aforementioned fan, which costs 19.90 € (see the first YouTube video below to see…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How To: Jailbreak Any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad

So, you’ve heard about jailbreaking, and it sounds intriguing. And dangerous. (But mostly just intriguing.) Here’s how to hack your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad—yes, iPad—into an unrestricted, freshly empowered mega-machine. Jailbreaking: The What and the Why In buying an iProduct, you’re accepting that its fate will be dictated by Apple. They control what kind…

Tech News John Herrman

This Week’s 10 Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s churlish app roundup: Fruits, thwacked! Fingers, hacked! Golf balls, smacked! Quiz questions, cracked! Three dimensions, tracked! Your personal translator, sacked! These apps are fantastic: Fact. If you’d like to view this gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-10-best-iphone-apps-5533620 Qrank: Bar quiz-style trivia played against other people, in real time, online. You…

Tech News John Herrman

Nokia Sues Apple Over iPad and iPhone-Related Patents

Nokia sued Apple again today, claiming that the iPad and iPhone infringe on five of its patents. The two companies have been throwing lawsuits back and forth for months, making this just the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter feud. https://gizmodo.com/apple-countersues-nokia-5424231 The specific technologies cited by Nokia include enhanced speech and data transmission, using positioning…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iPhone 3G Shown Running Android

After hacking the first-gen iPhone to run Android, David Wang has uploaded a video proving he can do the same magic trick with the iPhone 3G. What’s the bet he’ll try his hand on the iPhone 3GS next? https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-now-runs-android-5521580 It’s a bit more rough and ready than the previous port, but Wang’s video proves browsing,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Visa payWave Cases To Turn iPhones Into Credit Cards

Since using a regular RFID-enabled credit card isn’t flashy enough, you’ll soon be able to slip your iPhone into a special Visa payWave case along with a memory card and simply wave it at cash registers to pay for things: The technology will be possible thanks to a protective iPhone case that will include a…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video

Speaking to TechRadar, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold conceded that Flash is essential to today’s web and will be for the foreseeable future. But for internet video, he says, there are alternatives that won’t make your laptop a stove top. Everyone’s been pitching in their two cents on the matter of Flash, and now Opera…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

No iPhone for Verizon This Year, Says Analyst

Sorry, Verizon users. If you wanted the new iPhone 4 this year, you better start looking around in beer gardens. According to BroadPoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall, AT&T has extended its exclusive deal thanks to their bargaining with the iPad: https://gizmodo.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone-5520164 AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad. [AT&T’s negotiated a 50%…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Make Your Own MicroSIM

Have a SIM card that, for some reason (the iPad), you’d like to chop down to MicroSIM form? It’s possible, just follow this handy tutorial. (You pretty much just cut the casing very carefully, keeping contacts intact.) [JohnBenson via DVICE]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Apple Wants Your Heartbeat to Unlock Your iPhone

The iPhone’s password security system works just fine, but compared to what Apple has in the works it’s downright rudimentary. A recently filed patent indicates that our iPhones may someday identify us by the beating of our hearts. Biometric security has found its way into other devices already, what with finger-swipe laptops and face/voice recognition…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Next iPhone’s Latest Feature: 720p Video

With a few lines of code, it seems, at least one of the specs of the next iPhone is settled. According to video capture presets tucked away in the iPhone SDK, 720p recording is in the cards. https://gizmodo.com/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone-5520471 The evidence is fairly clear: AVCaptureSessionPreset640x480 AVCaptureSessionPreset1280x720 These presets, buried in the iPhone SDK, don’t guarantee HD…

Tech News John Herrman

FixPix Toy iPhone App Is Made of 100% Delicious Pixels

FixPix is one of those toy apps for iPhone that are so simple that they are almost stupid. And yet, its 8-bit pixel art is so pretty that I can’t wait for it to be released. Watch it in action: As you can see, it’s s simple visual puzzle game. To pass from one stage…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What’s New In iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3?

We’ve warned you: iPhone OS beta builds are for developers—they can leave your device useless for day-to-day tasks. Naturally this means we’re playing with the latest build, iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3, and are keeping track of changes. https://gizmodo.com/warning-iphone-os-4-0-beta-2-is-not-a-toy-5520921 We’ve just barely started to check for what’s new, but we wanted to share the good…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Turn Your iPhone Into a Double-Sided Translation Machine

Instead of giving you a one-way translator so you can show someone what you’re trying to say and hope they can respond in a way you understand, the Converse iPhone app allows for two-way conversations. It works by each person holding one end of the phone. They each have a keyboard for writing in their…

Tech News Adam Frucci

iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3 Ready For Download

Attention, developers! Apple’s got the third beta of iPhone OS 4.0 and its SDK available for download here. No word yet on what’s changed from the previous release, but if you’re registered with the iPhone Dev Center, get to it. If you’re one of the rest of us, the official public release is expected this…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Fastest (and Slowest) Way to Charge an iPad

Yes, Apple And AT&T Really Did Sign A Five-Year Agreement In 2007

AT&T Takes a Commanding Lead… In Dropped Calls

Android Surpasses iPhone’s Sales for Q1’2010

Apple iWatch Concept Needs To Be Made

How To Turn Your iPhone Into A Laser, Fan Or Flashlight

How To: Jailbreak Any iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad

This Week’s 10 Best iPhone Apps

Nokia Sues Apple Over iPad and iPhone-Related Patents

iPhone 3G Shown Running Android

Visa payWave Cases To Turn iPhones Into Credit Cards

Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video

No iPhone for Verizon This Year, Says Analyst

Make Your Own MicroSIM

Apple Wants Your Heartbeat to Unlock Your iPhone

The Next iPhone’s Latest Feature: 720p Video

FixPix Toy iPhone App Is Made of 100% Delicious Pixels

What’s New In iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3?

Turn Your iPhone Into a Double-Sided Translation Machine

iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3 Ready For Download

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