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Possible New iPhone Specs Leak: Faster Processor, Memory Bump, and FM Radio

According to a forum poster on a Chinese gadget site, the new iPhone is set to include some upgrades we’d expect, but also some we definitely wouldn’t, most notably an FM radio. This purported screenshot, showing “model MB717LL 9,” definitely shows 32GB of storage, which seems pretty reasonable. The poster adds that the new iPhone’s…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 12

Amazon Optimizes Kindle Store for iPhone Browsers

It’s not exactly the same as letting you buy Kindle books through the Kindle iPhone app, but it’s useful: iPhone users can now shop for Kindle titles through a store optimized for iPhone Safari. [AppleInsider] https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-now-also-an-iphone-app-5164031

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 11

Greenpeace iPhone App Helps You Find The Best Recycled Toilet Paper

Despite butting heads with Apple in the past, Greenpeace is jumping on the iPhone bandwagon with an app based on their Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide. https://gizmodo.com/electronics-industry-analyst-group-dismisses-greenpeace-313411 Essentially, the app gives iPhone users a quick and handy guide to finding the greenest toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, and paper napkins sold at the supermarket.…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 11

BitTorrent App for iPhone Gets Rejected on Anti-Piracy Grounds

Adding to their anti-boobies policy—which apparently may disappear with the new application parental controls in 3.0, Apple has rejected a BitTorrent application for the iPhone stating that it may be used for piracy: https://gizmodo.com/why-iphone-3-0s-parental-controls-could-secretly-be-its-5239720 This category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights. We have chosen to not publish…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 11

iPhone Temperature Warning Needs Autodestruction Countdown

I thought this temperature warning screen—which says “iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it”—was a funny fake. Turns out it’s completely real: This message appears when the operating temperature has become too hot. This is a safety mechanism that protects the components of your iPhone 3G. If this message appears, you should…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 11

WSJ: Unlimited Data Phone Plans Are Doomed Thanks to the iPhone

The complicated tango between the iPhone and AT&T’s network isn’t a new story, but the latest stats—web browsing eats 69 percent of phone bandwidth—highlight the fragility of networks, allowing fresh portents of doom. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-iphone-3g-internet-use-below-expectations-us-gu-5051910 The WSJ’s math runs like this: AT&T charges iPhone 3G customers the same $30 a month it charges every other smartphone…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 11

Geeky Maestro Conducts Belkin-Connected Gadget Orchestra

Here’s an oldie but goodie to start your morning. Seems that with a little bit of time, a duffel bag’s worth of gadgets, and a Belkin headphone splitter, one could create a satisfying little hook. If one were so inclined anyway. The setup features various music apps (like the quirky Elektroplankton) playing on a Nintendo…

Tech News Jack Loftus May 10

An iPhone App Developer’s Take on Piracy: Work With Pirates, Not Against Them

The creator of iCombat weighed in with his thoughts on newly-popular piracy of iPhone apps with an interesting conclusion: It’s not worth the trouble to police the pirates, and they might even prove helpful. https://gizmodo.com/crackulous-allows-for-app-store-piracy-5144751 iCombat, a take on Combat for Atari (that we quite liked), suffered from a huge ratio of pirates to legitimate…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

The Week in iPhone Apps: ONE. LAST. TIME.

Hey guys. So this is my last time doing the iPhone apps column, because it’s my last day at Gizmodo. So it’s only fitting that we enter the DANGER ZONE. That’s right, I’m moving on to other place in the internetosphere as of today (more later), and I will of course be leaving the weekly…

Tech News John Mahoney May 8

New Star Trek Game Beaming to iPhones

EA has just released a Star Trek game for the iPhone/iPod touch. Star Trek, while pretty enough in these screens, looks to be a pretty standard shooter. You steer the Enterprise with the accelerometer, tap the screen to fire and, if you live, watch Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk embrace after, at long last, cleansing…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 8

The Most Useful iPhone App That Might Never Exist

Just try to tell me you don’t need that phone app at least once a day. Click to view [Slate V via 9to5Mac]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 7

Balloon Simulator Lets Fanboys Blow Their iPhones, At Last

Fanboys rejoice, because now there’s an application that will let you “blow, touch, and play” with your iPhone: MyBalloon, an almost-perfect balloon simulator. Let the bad puns begin. Like the really cool iSteam, MyBalloon is one of those nice iPhone toys that will let you do a silly thing for $0.99. It also uses every…

Reviews Jesus Diaz May 7

Apple Caves In: NIN’s iPhone App Approved Without Alteration

Straight from the twitter account of the man himself, the NIN iPhone app has been approved and will be available sometime later today “unchanged” from the version that Apple found objectionable. https://gizmodo.com/heresy-apple-rejects-trent-reznors-nin-iphone-app-upda-5237936 So, it appears that Apple has caved in to the criticism, further illustrating that their approval system is all kinds of messed up.…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 7

AT&T Considering a $10 Cut On Entry Level iPhone Plan

According to Cote Collaborative, AT&T will reduce the price of the entry level iPhone monthly plan from $69 to $59 when a new model is introduced in June. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-mywireless-app-lets-you-easily-manage-your-account-5242450 The move would be designed to head off competition like the Palm Pre, but whether this information is based on any insider information or just market…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 7

The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed, The Wazabee 3DeeShell

The gadget: Wazabee 3DeeShell, a screen filter that turns your iPhone screen into a 3D photo viewer. The price: $50 The price, again: $50 (seriously?) The verdict: My eyes are now all screwed up. Seriously. The Wazabee 3DeeShell is essentially an iPhone case built around one key feature: a 3D screen filter. Obviously it can’t…

Reviews Mark Wilson May 7

iPhone Beta 5 Odds and Ends: No More MMS, Better YouTube?

The official script may have minimized it as a maintenance release, but some users are finding out that iPhone Beta 5 contains more than bugfixes. So far: YouTube’s improved, and hacked MMS is no more. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-3-0-beta-5-is-out-now-5243450 The guys at winandmac say they’ve noticed a change in the YouTube app’s stream handling. Now, instead of defaulting…

Tech News John Herrman May 7

iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 Is Out Now

Can you feel that? That electricity in the air? Yes, it means that the final release of iPhone OS 3.0 is closer than ever, and here is iPhone beta 5—build 7A312g—to demonstrate it: [Updated] Click to viewAnd of course, it comes with a new beta of the SDK and iTunes 8.2. We will update this…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 6

Hands On: Need For Speed Undercover Polishes Up iPhone Racing Games

EA just released Need For Speed Undercover, a surprisingly polished racer, to the iPhone App Store. Is it worth your $10? I’ve personally found most racing games on the iPhone to be seriously difficult to control, with the steering controls sending me veering back and forth across the track with no chance of winning. NFSU…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 6

iCooly Clip Case / Stand For the iPhone 3G

If you are looking for an iPhone stand that is a little more sophisticated than a couple of paperclips, you might be interested in the iCooly clip stand. https://gizmodo.com/the-paperclip-iphone-ipod-touch-stand-5057005 As you can see, the clip in on the back of the case is the heart of the iCooly. It can be rotated and positioned for…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 6

Kindle DX vs Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

The Amazon Kindle DX is 10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″. Bezos says it’s for reading newspapers, magazines, journals, and your own PDF documents more easily. But how does it stack against its deadtree counterparts? While the Kindle may be good for magazines and journals—although the lack of color is a major drawback for me—it will…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 6

Possible New iPhone Specs Leak: Faster Processor, Memory Bump, and FM Radio

Amazon Optimizes Kindle Store for iPhone Browsers

Greenpeace iPhone App Helps You Find The Best Recycled Toilet Paper

BitTorrent App for iPhone Gets Rejected on Anti-Piracy Grounds

iPhone Temperature Warning Needs Autodestruction Countdown

WSJ: Unlimited Data Phone Plans Are Doomed Thanks to the iPhone

Geeky Maestro Conducts Belkin-Connected Gadget Orchestra

An iPhone App Developer’s Take on Piracy: Work With Pirates, Not Against Them

The Week in iPhone Apps: ONE. LAST. TIME.

New Star Trek Game Beaming to iPhones

The Most Useful iPhone App That Might Never Exist

Balloon Simulator Lets Fanboys Blow Their iPhones, At Last

Apple Caves In: NIN’s iPhone App Approved Without Alteration

AT&T Considering a $10 Cut On Entry Level iPhone Plan

The Worst Product I’ve Ever Reviewed, The Wazabee 3DeeShell

iPhone Beta 5 Odds and Ends: No More MMS, Better YouTube?

iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 Is Out Now

Hands On: Need For Speed Undercover Polishes Up iPhone Racing Games

iCooly Clip Case / Stand For the iPhone 3G

Kindle DX vs Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

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