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YouTube On a Mobile Browser, Please

That new iPhone commercial brags about it having a great browser. Mactards have even speculating that the iPhone has Flash support, because the NY Times website’s video player appears to load up fine. But the commercial also skips over the agonizing four-minute load time it would take to cache all those ads, images, flash movies,…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 7

Another New iPhone Ad Touts Browser Features

Adding to the three iPhone ads we’ve already seen, this new Apple ad brags about how great the browser is. Is it really that great? The world will see come June 29. Still, we have to commend them on doing a good job showing off what could just be a line item on a tech…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 6

An Insider’s iPhone Hands-On & New Details

A proven inside source of mine points me toward his posting on a forum describing his hands-on with the iPhone. Here’s are his non-fanboy impressions along with some new details: •”It does have email and it is already set up for AOL/GMAIL/HOTMAIL etc.. and you can use your own POP email address.” •”Not worth the…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 6

OMG There’s a Curtain at an Apple Store!!!

Gumshoe Richard Blakeley heard through the grapevine that something was afoot at the Cube Apple Store in Midtown Manhattan, so he headed up there to see what was going on. What he found was a big black shroud covering something he couldn’t get access to. When he tried, he was accosted by jackbooted Apple Store…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 6

iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T’s Operation “Fine Edge”

An AT&T employee who works on Operations tells us that the carrier ordered a last-minute beefing up of its EDGE throughput, latency and coverage in anticipation of the iPhone. The operation, internally referenced as “Fine Edge” will continue until June 15th, and has been going on for as many as 6 weeks. EDGE is slow,…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 4

2001: A Space Odyssey and iPhone Fan Fiction

This fan fiction ad shows the iPhone sitting in for the Monolith in this 2001: A Space Odyssey mashup. I don’t need to see more fake iPhone ads, when the hype is already so high. But the attention to detail in this one is phenomenal. It dials Mission Control, shows the moon on Google Maps,…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Lam Jun 4

3rd Party iPhone App SDK to Launch at WWDC

Last week at D, Steve Jobs told Mossberg 3rd party apps would come later this year. And a lot of geeks were happy, but lots didn’t believe him, either. John Markoff of the NY Times backs up the story, and claims that some sort of SDK will be unveiled at WWDC. https://gizmodo.com/official-third-party-iphone-apps-later-this-year-264603 A person briefed…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 4

The Three New Apple iPhone Ads Teasing Us With the June 29th Release Date

Here are those Apple iPhone ads, seen on 60 minutes just now. They all confirm the iPhone’s June 29th release date and they all show lots of gorgeous video of the iPhone in use. This video is called “Never Been an iPod,” and talks about all the new things you can do on the iPhone,…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 3

Pacific Catch, the SF Restaurant In the iPhone Ad

I’m about to bring iPhone obsession to a whole new level with this post. After watching the iPhone Calamari ad, I found myself starving for seafood. I couldn’t help but notice after the 10th viewing that the featured restaurant, Pacific Catch, is one I’ve been to before. Parking sucks balls in the neighborhood, and the…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 3

iPhone Coming June 29th: Legit, Not-a-Rumor, Totally For Reals, 100% Official

iPhone out June 29th. This ad was spotted during 60 minutes, gives proof at the end. . The videos of the ads are available here. iPhone Release [WirelessInfo]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 3

Break Out the Fire Hoses: Only 4 Million iPhones Shipping This Year

Remember all the fun you had standing in line to get a Wii because Nintendo couldn’t put them out fast enough? Sweet, because if you want an iPhone, you’re going to get to do it all over again. On top of no pre-orders, Merrill Lynch (respectable analysts, but analysts nonetheless) is estimating that Apple will…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 2

What iPhone Third-Party Apps Would You Like?

While the dust is still clearing from yesterday’s All Things D (as in Digital, Damned, Drowsy, completely Delightful and even Dildonic at times), the best news for me has been Jobs’ announcement that Apple is planning to open the Mac OS X Messiah-phone to developers. To achieve their need to balance security and openness, my…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 31

Official: Third Party iPhone Apps Later This Year

Click to viewFrom the D Conference Q&A: https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-at-d-now-264586 Question: We’d love to write apps. Will it open up? Steve Jobs: This is a very important trade-off between security and openness. We want both. We’ve got good ideas, and sometime later this year, we can open it up to third-party apps…

Tech News Jason Chen May 30

iPhone Data Plan at $30

Today, much of the tech press is interested in speculating on the iPhone’s data plan. Here’s something new to add to the conversation. Last week, when a Cingular business sales rep told me that the date for release was June 11th, she also told me that the data plan would be $30 bucks. I have…

Tech News Brian Lam May 29

Quanta Does Or Does Not Have Contract To Make First And/Or Second Gen iPhone

The closer we get to the iPhone’s launch (June 11th? June 20th? June 37th?), the more everybody gets excited over the smallest scraps of information pertaining to the Phone of Phones. Today’s hot-and-heaviness surrounds the quasi-announcement that Quanta, would-be maker of the OLPC, is also the would-be maker of the iPhone. Initial reports simply focused…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 29

Mysterious Google iPhone Apps Still Un-Unveiled

Briar Dudley of the Seattle Times interviewed Glenn Lurie, AT&T President of National Distribution, about the Jesus Phone. The meat of the piece kinda sorta confirms that there are more unannounced iPhone apps, which we kinda sorta heard about during the Q2 earnings call. The Apps, specifically from Google, are presented in the context of…

Tech News Brian Lam May 28

LG Prada as Verizon’s “iPhone Killer”? (LOL)

TheStreet.com claims that the LG Prada, a phone we definitively declared not as good as the iPhone, is going to be Verizon’s answer to AT&T’s exclusive. Scott Moritz of The Street says he just confirmed that Verizon will release a version of LG’s phone here in the States. Whether that will be Prada or something…

Tech News Jason Chen May 28

The iPhone Gets Cloned Again

Remember that Michael Keaton movie where he clones himself, but every time he makes a new one the clones get dumber and dumber? Well, these iPhone clones are kind of like that. The newest Chinese duplicate of Apple’s prize phone is called the P168. Incidentally, in case you’re wondering why it’s called 168, the numbers…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26

Apple Stock Moves On Nothing…Again

“Apple Rises After IPhone Media Report “. OMFG. This CNBC lady reports on a rumor from some two-bit mall employee and the stock goes up. Investing is emotional, yes, but how much confidence can you really get from a ball of fluff like the June 20th report? https://gizmodo.com/cnbc-says-iphone-on-june-20th-plus-other-guesses-with-263717 It ain’t news. Late June has always…

Tech News Brian Lam May 25

CNBC Says iPhone on June 20th (Plus Other Guesses with Unreliable Sources)

Here’s that video of CNBC claiming June 20th is the day the Jesus Phone rises from the mist formed from the sputtering of millions of rabid fanboys. Almost all the gadget and Mac sites are writing about this, and incorrectly saying the source was an analyst. That’s just not true. Watch the clip. Their source?…

Tech News Brian Lam May 25

YouTube On a Mobile Browser, Please

Another New iPhone Ad Touts Browser Features

An Insider’s iPhone Hands-On & New Details

OMG There’s a Curtain at an Apple Store!!!

iPhone Data to be Boosted by AT&T’s Operation “Fine Edge”

2001: A Space Odyssey and iPhone Fan Fiction

3rd Party iPhone App SDK to Launch at WWDC

The Three New Apple iPhone Ads Teasing Us With the June 29th Release Date

Pacific Catch, the SF Restaurant In the iPhone Ad

iPhone Coming June 29th: Legit, Not-a-Rumor, Totally For Reals, 100% Official

Break Out the Fire Hoses: Only 4 Million iPhones Shipping This Year

What iPhone Third-Party Apps Would You Like?

Official: Third Party iPhone Apps Later This Year

iPhone Data Plan at $30

Quanta Does Or Does Not Have Contract To Make First And/Or Second Gen iPhone

Mysterious Google iPhone Apps Still Un-Unveiled

LG Prada as Verizon’s “iPhone Killer”? (LOL)

The iPhone Gets Cloned Again

Apple Stock Moves On Nothing…Again

CNBC Says iPhone on June 20th (Plus Other Guesses with Unreliable Sources)

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