Jul

8

iPhone Week Is Here!

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July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I have been on vacation for a week, and it was amazing; the iPhone hype was everywhere.  So, there I was, sitting on a boat in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, checking my email, when a fellow tourist leans over and asks me about the new iPhone coming out soon.
In the airport, on […]

Apr

18

New iPhone Firmware Features

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April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Feature reports are trickling in regarding the new features of the soon-to-be-released iPhone firmware 2.o.  I have already share reports that the new firmware will likely feature contact searching (which is sorely needed), but it also appears that the new firmware will allow you to save images from the web in Safari.
I am talking about […]

Mar

19

Flash is / is not Coming to the iPhone, The Saga Continues

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March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do you remember a few months ago when there was a rumor surrounding Flash being released with iPhone firmware 1.1.3? That didn’t happen.
Then, do you remember when, a few weeks later Steve Jobs came out and said that Flash was not the right product for the iPhone? That was final(ish).
Then, did you hear […]

Mar

14

iPhone SDK and iPhone Development

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March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Apple is reporting that in the first four days of availability, there were over 100,000 downloads of the iPhone Software Development Kit. Think about that, it is staggering.
That means that well over 100,000 people will be developing software and […]

Mar

10

Will Search Come to iPhone 2.0?

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March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

Chalk this one up to rampant speculation and eagle-eyed observation.  The iPhone obsessed folks over at blargKaboom did some close-inspection of the recent SDK Roadmap press release.
While the new features of firmware 2.0 were being discussed, there was the following screen shot.  It seems that one of the great features tucked away for our summer […]

Mar

6

Apple iPhone SDK – It’s Official and it’s Free!

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March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

At Apple’s software development kit release event today, there were plenty of details and lots of good news.  Here are the highlights:
The SDK itself

You need Mac OS X Leopard
It only runs on An Intel-based Mac
It features a modified version of Xcode
It is free, but the fee to set-up a application distribution chain will set you […]

Mar

5

Flash is/is not Coming to the iPhone

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March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I wonder if this is the final answer.  As is the case with all rumors, they are in fact rumors.  There has been talk on the internet and this site regarding Adobe’s Flash coming to the phone in the near future.  Well, Steve Jobs may have finally laid the smack-down on those rumors.
In an article […]

Mar

3

iPhone Firmware 1.1.4 May Hose Batteries

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March 3, 2008 | 1 Comment

There are numerous reports circulating through the Apple Support Forums and various other internet sites regarding the effects of iPhone firmware 1.1.4 on our batteries. Apparently, upgraded iPhones are documenting a 10% - 15% reduction in battery life.
The battery life reduction seems to equal a strength increase to the iPhone radio. If you […]

Feb

27

Apple iPhone SDK News

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February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Reuters is reporting that Apple is sending out those golden tickets to all of the major media and technology outlets for a press conference on March 6.
Here is a snippet from the invitation:
“Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features,”
The announcement is only […]

Feb

26

Firmware 1.1.4 Released - Updated

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February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today, Apple released iPhone 1.1.4 for the iPhone and iPod touch. In the extensive minimal changelog, all that we get is “bug fixes.” There are reports that systems seem “snapier” and there are conflicting reports of the accuracy of the Google Map App being more / less accurate. Exchange support is also […]

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