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This is not a publicity shot from the next Vin Diesel movie. It’s a real action shot of the Yamam, the Israeli Special Police Unit. It’s not the unit who killed the activists in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, however. Or that’s what we think, because the Yamam’s activity is often classified and attributed to other…
Remember PadRacer, the iPad racing game that uses iPhones as controllers? Well, that particular gaming setup just got a bit better and a lot more expensive, because you can now combine two iPads into a large display. [iTunes]
The Apple iOS 4.0 (formerly referred to as iPhone OS 4.0) has gone gold master and is available to iPhone developers now. We’ll do our usual rundown of what’s new soon, so keep an eye out. [Apple]
Apparently an image on Apple’s website showed the iPhone Mail app offering to open files in “Keynote.” The image has been removed, but seems like a hint that the iWork suite will come to the iPhone. [Pocket-Lint via Engadget]
If the Canon EOS 5D Mark II was good enough to film the entire season finale of House on, there it should be more than adequate to use as a Skype webcam. But how? Fortunately, Canon fanblog Planet5D has put together a video how-to explaining just how you use it for Skype, or as a…
This is how evil BP is. First they kill the fishes. Then they kill the squids. And finally they kill Mario and all my childhood memories and make me eat all the oily fish and squids. [Flickr-Thanks David!]
A yottabyte is one septillion bytes. To save all those bytes you need a data center as big as the states of Delaware and Rhode Island. It doesn’t seem like much, until they tell you the price tag: $100 trillion. How much is $100 trillion? Too much to imagine but ,to give you some sense…
OK, so the details are all out in the open, so the $10 million question is this: this summer, would you rather buy an iPhone 4 or an HTC Evo? Remember, you’ll be stuck with your choice for two years, so make it count! Would you rather have an iPhone 4 or an HTC Evo?online…
Deals went up late today because the interwebs have been swirling with talk of some new Macintosh telephone, or something? I haven’t gotten around to reading about it yet; I got caught up in marathon reruns of MASH again. Top Deals: • 32″ Proscan 32LB45Q 1080p LCD HDTV for $299.99 plus free shipping (normally $410…
It didn’t warrant a keynote mention, apparently, but Safari 5 is here. The big new feature, besides speed—it’s a whole 3 percent faster than Chrome—is Safari Reader, which reformats web articles into a single view, sorta like Instapaper. Oh, and extensions, finally! It should be rolling out like nowish according to the release—though the Apple…
The one question Apple never answers at keynotes—their opinion is implicit—is always the most pertinent: Should I buy this new thing? Here’s a simple guide: Steve Jobs lobbed a few surprises today, but the majority of iPhone 4’s new features were established back when we published it in April, and when Apple showed the world…
We’ve heard how the media feels about the iPhone 4, but we really wanted to know what the people were saying. Here are some of our favorite Tweets on the topic—some smart, some silly, and some sassy. via @jonlim via @dkruta via @athonkymckay via @mythiceuphoria via @jayvonphillips via @engerz via @unmarketing via @estellehart via @funnyordie…
This is a photo taken with the new iPhone 4’s backlit sensor camera. Click to see it at its original 2,592 x 1,936 resolution. Apple claims the photo is not retouched, so what can we learn from it? Everything is set on automated. This is the EXIF data: Aperture: 2.97 Color space: Uncalibrated Date and…
Like any good pundit, I took a stab at what Apple might present today at WWDC. And like everybody else, I was mostly wrong! New iPhone? Check. But take a look at everything Apple left on the table. UPDATED: Not all rumors are created equal, so we’ll stick to everything we thought had at least…
AT&T’s upgrade offer for iPhone 4 is “generous,” as Steve Jobs put it. Any iPhone owner eligible for an upgrade any time this year can upgrade immediately—up to six months early. But maybe you shouldn’t. You’re probably familiar with the standard contract-subsidized phone. By tying yourself to a carrier for 2 years, they pick up…
Five point security Torx, like old Nintendo carts. [Via Arn]Click to view
Now that iPhone 4 is official, it’s clear where the iPad is gonna be heading. Steve Jobs even gave us a couple clues. Cameras First, it’s obvious that the next iPad will have a front-facing camera. Steve said that “Apple will ship tens of millions of FaceTime devices this year so there’s going to be…
Apple’s next iPhone has finally been re-revealed. It’s called iPhone 4 and it’s just about everything we’d expected. Here are the best bits of news and information—aside from Steve Jobs’ WWDC meltdown: iPhone 4: The Definitive Guide The iPhone’s Retina Display Explained iPhone Video-Calling (Also Known As FaceTime) Explained The iBooks Update (Complete With PDF…
Most of the media is getting their hands on the iPhone 4 for the first time. So what do they think? The screen seems like the biggest standout feature, but then again, no one could really test the camera. Gizmodo “As a person who never really liked the round mound of a back in the…
Click to viewWe’re getting a video-calling feature called FaceTime on the iPhone 4, but how does it look? Here’s a look at Steve Jobs’ demo earlier today. [Slashgear] Click to view Follow Everything iPhone on Facebook From the best iPhone apps and games to the biggest iPhone news stories and all the tips, tricks, &…
