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Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

In a very special episode of Remainders, we’ve got: A Verizon-iPhone quote from somebody who would actually know something (Verizon exec!), the anti-COFEE tool DECAF revealed as a hoax, Xperia X10 at the FCC, and (no lie) Three Walrus Moon. Verizon iPhone Rumor From a Non-Analyst (Whaa?) Analysts can blah blah blah about the Verizon…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Rēmote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote

New Kinetic has an RF attachment accessory for the iPhone that gives it all the power of a universal remote, except way, way better. This is the universal remote we want. https://gizmodo.com/all-giz-wants-a-real-universal-remote-331711 The accessory plugs into the docking port on an iPhone (or presumably iPod Touch), and includes features like an extensive library of IR…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s tragically undersupported app roundup: Unicorns, summoned! Bing, Bunged! Human beings, shot to death! Fancy cars, fancily raced! Food quanities, measured relatively! Everything, copied and pasted! Keyboards, questionably revolutionized! And more… https://gizmodo.com/at-t-has-spent-less-on-network-construction-and-capital-5428717 The Apps Honorable Mentions Raytheon: This is a company that’s actively developing iPhone apps for military field use; that they’re making…

Tech News John Herrman

Surprisingly, iPhone Takes Over the Weird Japanese Smartphone Market

According to Impress, the iPhone has taken over 46.1 percent of the Japanese smartphone market. This is extremely surprising, because the Japanese are known for being impervious to alien cellphones, preferring their weird mobiles. The two top spots are Apple’s: The iPhone 3G commands the ranking with 24.6%, while the iPhone 3GS tops at 21.5…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Why I Am Not Surprised

Here is the top of the Educational category in the Apple Store, earlier today. [Sent by Max Justicz]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Free Dragon App Gives Voice to Your iPhone Searches

Dragon Search is a voice search app that aggregates results from Google, Wiki, Twitter, YouTube, and iTunes, and more. It’s good for free, and free for now, so get on it before they start charging. After Dragon Dictation, this is the second app that Nuance has released gratis for a limited time this month. The…

Tech News Brian Barrett

On the First Day of Christmas, My iPhone Gave to Me…

Apple takes advantage of all my weaknesses in their new Christmas-themed iPhone ad. It’s not only whimsical and cutesy, but it also mentions cookies, coffee, and several feet of snow. What more could a gal want? Maybe I’m just so enamored with this commercial because my home smells of freshly baking cookies or maybe it’s…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

FSJ’s Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity

Fake Steve Jobs’ new “chat” with AT&T’s Randall Stephenson from a few days ago has him hitting brilliant new heights. He really nails why AT&T’s network failures are so infuriating. This is essential reading, if you missed it. https://gizmodo.com/fake-steve-a-not-so-brief-chat-with-randall-stephenson-5424620 While I’m ranting, let me ask you something, Randall. At the risk of sounding like Glenn…

Tech News Adam Frucci

I Want to Play Raytheon’s Air Traffic Control Game for the iPhone

Raytheon’s love for the iPhone doesn’t stop at One Force Tracker—their awesome real time battlefield positioning application. They are also releasing a really cool looking game that would make fans of Flight Control drool. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-as-a-friend-and-foe-tracking-war-machine-5428126 The Vectoring and Separation advanced learning game is designed to simulate New York City’s Islip airspace, giving air traffic controllers…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

AT&T Has Spent Less on Network Construction and Capital Expenditures Every Quarter Since the Q4 2007

If you like your links hyper, here is that AP story, AT&T’s financial sheet [PDF], and the post in which Fake Steve Jobs originally pointed out this disparity. Namaste.

Tech News Joel Johnson

Swedes Camping Outside Apple HQ Asking Steve Jobs to Approve Their App [Updated]

This is absolutely crazy. There’s a Swedish invasion at the Apple Campus in Cupertino, waiting for Steve Jobs to come. They are employees of the SVT TV channel—the Svenska equivalent to the BBC—broadcasting live now—to Sweden. Here’s why: Dear Steve Jobs, We at SVT (the Swedish public service broadcaster) would like to ask you a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iWikiphone: The Social Networking Site For Frustrated App Downloaders

iPhone owners often feel they’re part of a special club. A cult, non-members would say. As that club’s grown very crowded recently, you may feel the need to join iWikiphone, a new community for iPhone users. UPDATE As App Store reviews are often short, uninformative and seemingly populated by idiots, this social networking site could…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Microsoft and Palm Treading Water While Other Mobile Platforms Grow

It’s a great time to be in the smartphone business, unless you’re Microsoft or Palm. According to the latest data, they’re hardly doing any business at all. This chart from Fierce Developer shows that while Apple and RIM have been booming, and Symbian and Android have shown decent growth for smaller players, Palm webOS and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The iPhone as a Friend and Foe Tracking War Machine

This is One Force Tracker, a cool military iPhone application that shows friends and foes over maps in real time, and provides with secure communications. This is how it works, according to Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems’s CTO J Smart: This is hypothetical, but if there is a building with known terrorist activities, it could…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

EyeTV 3 Users Can Now Stream Live TV From Home to iPhone For Free

Elgato’s EyeTV Live3G web app lets you stream live television from your Mac to your iPhone for free. It’s similar to the iPhone app they announced in October, except that it allows for 3G streaming, not just wireless. Available now, here. [Elgato] https://gizmodo.com/eyetv-iphone-app-allows-for-streaming-over-3g-through-b-5383752

Tech News Brian Barrett

Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You’re Going While Texting

Texting while walking is dangerous, as you can’t see what’s in front of you. The Type n Walk iPhone app, as predicted on April 1st, solves that by using the camera to make the phone transparent. Sigh. [TypeNWalk via BoingBoing] https://gizmodo.com/despite-being-an-april-1-gag-txtnwalk-mobile-app-is-sw-5195440

Tech News Adam Frucci

Have A Perfect Day With Lou Reed’s iPhone App

What does Lou Reed have to do with the iPhone, apart from his songs being sold on iTunes? Better sit down and brace yourself for the coming news—he’s designed an app. For the nearsighted. Ok, so it’s not just for the nearsighted, with the Lou Zoom app promising to “bring style and clarity to your…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Control Your Mac With an iPhone, the Patent

A newly unearthed Apple patent application describes a process in which an iPhone could control a MacBook or iMac, remotely. Essentially, the iPhone establishes a connection with the computer, then it can control the OS in a similar manner to a TV remote. Using a virtual d-pad, users navigate through apps, open them remotely and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Official Bing App Hits the iPhone

Microsoft’s search engine Bing, despite its similarities to Arby’s, is pretty great—and now it’s come to the App Store to invade iPhones and iPods Touch. https://gizmodo.com/has-anybody-used-bing-to-find-the-nearest-arbys-whoa-5426550 The app features some of the hallmarks of Bing, like the endless image search, image of the day and voice control. Some key features: * Daily image from Bing.com…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an “Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme”

We’ve told you about Operation Chokehold, the attack on AT&T’s network scheduled for Friday, but now AT&T has something to say about as well. They’re not exactly happy and throw around words like “irresponsible,” “pointless,” and “nothing amusing.” Ouch! https://gizmodo.com/operation-chokehold-a-plan-to-destroy-at-t-this-friday-5426142 This is what an AT&T spokesperson contacted by Cult of Mac said about the plot:…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Rēmote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Surprisingly, iPhone Takes Over the Weird Japanese Smartphone Market

Why I Am Not Surprised

Free Dragon App Gives Voice to Your iPhone Searches

On the First Day of Christmas, My iPhone Gave to Me…

FSJ’s Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity

I Want to Play Raytheon’s Air Traffic Control Game for the iPhone

AT&T Has Spent Less on Network Construction and Capital Expenditures Every Quarter Since the Q4 2007

Swedes Camping Outside Apple HQ Asking Steve Jobs to Approve Their App [Updated]

iWikiphone: The Social Networking Site For Frustrated App Downloaders

Microsoft and Palm Treading Water While Other Mobile Platforms Grow

The iPhone as a Friend and Foe Tracking War Machine

EyeTV 3 Users Can Now Stream Live TV From Home to iPhone For Free

Type n Walk App Lets You See Where You’re Going While Texting

Have A Perfect Day With Lou Reed’s iPhone App

Control Your Mac With an iPhone, the Patent

Official Bing App Hits the iPhone

AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an “Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme”

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