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You Might Pay for Everything With Your iPhone and iTunes Account Soon

Near-field communication is old-hat technology to seamlessly pay for stuff with phones in Europe and Asia. Now, it might finally take off here. First, Google and now, according to Bloomberg, Apple’s building NFC payment systems for iPhone and iPad. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-near-field-communication-5707321 Richard Doherty, director of the consulting firm Envisioneering Group, says that Apple’s planning to let…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Verizon Will Offer a $30 Unlimited Data Plan for the iPhone

Though Verizon has been quite clear about its aim to end the all-you-can-eat model, the WSJ confirms that the company will offer a $30 unlimited data plan for the iPhone come next month. Phew. Let Verizion iPhone hysteria recommence. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-unlimited-wireless-data-plans-5492176 But this ain’t forever. Lowell McAdam, Verizon’s COO, said that the unlimited data plan…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

TiltShift Generator for iPhone

http://viddler.com/v/ iPhone photo apps these days have some sort of setting for “tilt shift,” the popular photographic effect that makes scenes look like elaborate (and adorable) sets of miniature models. TiltShift Generator actually lets you control the miniature-making parameters. What is it? TiltShift Generator, iPhone, $1. Beginning as a popular web and Adobe AIR app,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

White iPhone 4 Pops Up On AT&T Database As Scheduled

Boy Genius has grabbed an image of AT&T’s Online Account Management system that clearly shows white iPhone 4s of 16GB and 32GB flavors. Best Buy showed something similar last week! So expect it this spring, just before iPhone 5. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/white-iphone-4-delayed-canceled-or-both-5674799

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple’s Latest iPhone Commercial Glosses Over a Few Details

Awww. Look at the two iPhones, one mimicking the other. Apple would have you believe these two phones are something akin to the smartphone arena’s perfect synchronized swimming duo, but they aren’t exactly the same phone just yet, are they? https://gizmodo.com/at-t-please-let-us-hotspot-our-iphones-5731721 Keyword yet, given some of the features found in iOS 4.3 (lot hotspots for…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Almost Everybody’s Still Using Dumbphones

There’s a lot to pull out of this chart. Like, are AT&T’s abysmal Android numbers compared to other carriers solely due to the iPhone? The bigger takeaway, maybe, is that there’s a lotta people left to be converted to smartphones.* Which is something we usually forget. But let’s chomp on some prickly iPhone/Android questions that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s thank-goodness-it’s-the-end-of-the-week app roundup: Goo, sculpted; TiVo, controlled; places to eat, discovered; Twitter, relaxed; history, revisited; PBS, appreciated, and much, much more. iPhone To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-jan-21-5740153 iPad To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/ipad-apps-jan-21-5740192 Android To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/android-apps-january-21st-5740261 We…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Stop Panicking, You Can Still Open Up Your iPhone With A $2.35 Screwdriver

Earlier there was worry that Apple’s freaky “pentalobe security screws” would prevent us from opening up our iPhones. Turns out that we’re only $2.35 (plus shipping!) away from tampering with our gadgets again thanks to a wholesaler. https://gizmodo.com/apples-making-it-impossible-to-open-up-your-iphone-by-s-5738887 Keep in mind that there’s no guarantee that this wholesaler isn’t some shady operation and looking to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

This Calculator Case Plus Your iPhone Equals Gimme

It’s not the calculator your mom bought you in 5th grade, it’s an iPhone 4 case with a retro decal. The calculator doesn’t actually work (it’s not even three dimensional) but still pretty cool for $19.50. [Etsy via Chip Chick]

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

Verizon’s First Overly Dramatic iPhone Commercial Is Here

The Verizon iPhone’s official and it’s almost here. That makes it entirely reasonable for Verizon to make a ridiculously dramatic commercial to remind us that there are still weeks to go before the agonizingly long wait is actually over. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/the-verizon-iphone-is-here-5730527

Tech News Rosa Golijan

For Those of You with Zero Self-Control, the Phone Prison

You just can’t help yourself, can you? After a night of ruinous drinking, you come home and dial that ex, wailing for them to take you back. Or maybe you need to kick the Angry Birds addiction. Lock ‘er up! Or, as the Cell Phone Lock Up‘s sellers envision, torture your friends with the thing:…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Are You Sure You Want Multitouch Gestures On Your iPhone?

Multitouch makes everything better, right? Well, maybe probably definitely not. Here’s a fellow demonstrating Apple’s new not-ready-for-the-public four finger gestures on an iPhone. And he looks absolutely ridiculous. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-ipad-multi-touch-gestures-wont-be-enabled-when-5738167 On the iPad? Sure! The four- and five-finger gestures baked into the new beta of iOS 4.3 look great—there’s plenty of real estate to accomodate a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Ping Goes the iPhone! You’ve Got Mail—Snail Mail

Living in the digital-world definitely has its downsides, often resulting in you losing patience with delivery men when they fail to deliver mail within the allocated window. Here’s how to rig your mailbox for sending iPhone alerts. [Make via BB]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Twimon, I Choose You: the Fun Twitter iPhone App That Rips Off Pokemon

This Twitter app is so bonkers, I don’t even know where to begin. *deep breath* Ok, so it has MONSTERS and like POKEMON, your monsters ATTACK your followers’ monsters and…oh god, I miss the days of Twitter SMS. The app itself is a free download, but you can pay for monster eggs inside the game…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 and New Pre-Release Apple TV Software Now Available to Apple Developers

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center along with new pre-release Apple TV software. We’re taking a look and will let you know what’s new since the last beta. [Apple—Thanks, Mike!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Is a New Texting Plan AT&T’s First Verizon iPhone Counteroffensive?

According to this leaked photo over at Gear Live, AT&T’s going to be reworking its messaging plans next week. The $5/200 and $15/1500 texting plans will disappear, and in their place? A simplified system that beats Verizon’s messaging offering handily. Apparently AT&T will have two new message plans, as shown on this purported Best Buy…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Most Popular iOS Apps of All Time

Of all of the hundres of thousands of apps to inhabit the App Store’s shelves over the years, these are the most-downloaded ever. And yes, a fart app made the cut. Along with some other surprises. Aside from iFart Mobile anchoring an… unusual paid iPad app list (especially given the completely different Top Paid iPad…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Your iPhone’s Accelerometer Can Control This Tank

While you won’t exactly be able to fight battles with it, you’ll still have plenty of fun with the Desk Pets TankBot. It’s a cute $20 toy which can be fully controlled by any iOS gadget. The gadget comes with a little dongle which you’ll plug into your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch headphone jack…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iPhone Battery Pack Draws Power From the Yellow Sun

The Eton Mobius is more than an iPhone case. It’s also a battery pack with an 1800mAh battery that can double your battery life, and a solar charger that gives you 20 minutes of talk time per sun hour. [Geeky Gadgets]

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

Apple Sells a Crazy 7 Million iPads During the Holidays For Record Earnings

If you were wondering just how huge the iPad was this holiday, the answer is very. Apple sold 7.33 million tablets last quarter on the way to a record profit of $6 billion. And we haven’t even mentioned the iPhones. In the company’s last quarter of selling the iPhone through a single US carrier, Apple…

Tech News Brian Barrett

You Might Pay for Everything With Your iPhone and iTunes Account Soon

Verizon Will Offer a $30 Unlimited Data Plan for the iPhone

TiltShift Generator for iPhone

White iPhone 4 Pops Up On AT&T Database As Scheduled

Apple’s Latest iPhone Commercial Glosses Over a Few Details

Almost Everybody’s Still Using Dumbphones

This Week’s Best Apps

Stop Panicking, You Can Still Open Up Your iPhone With A $2.35 Screwdriver

This Calculator Case Plus Your iPhone Equals Gimme

Verizon’s First Overly Dramatic iPhone Commercial Is Here

For Those of You with Zero Self-Control, the Phone Prison

Are You Sure You Want Multitouch Gestures On Your iPhone?

Ping Goes the iPhone! You’ve Got Mail—Snail Mail

Twimon, I Choose You: the Fun Twitter iPhone App That Rips Off Pokemon

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 and New Pre-Release Apple TV Software Now Available to Apple Developers

Is a New Texting Plan AT&T’s First Verizon iPhone Counteroffensive?

The Most Popular iOS Apps of All Time

Your iPhone’s Accelerometer Can Control This Tank

iPhone Battery Pack Draws Power From the Yellow Sun

Apple Sells a Crazy 7 Million iPads During the Holidays For Record Earnings

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