Posts tagged with iphone
KT iPhone Expected To Sell Well
Posted on November 22, 2009 8:59 AM
Will Apple’s iPhone be able to work its magic over in Korea? Well, KT certainly thinks so, as it is expecting to sell around 100,000 to 500,000 units once the iPhone is released in Korea. The official pricing hasn’t been announced just yet, but analysts predict that it will be priced around $300 to $345 together with a contract. While the iPhone only sold about 200,000 units in Japan, that doesn’t seem to have deterred Apple from offering the iPhone in Korea. Now we’ll have to sit back and see if this works out for Apple and KT.
iPhone Sales Increasing In Europe
Posted on November 21, 2009 10:16 AM
It seems that the increased number of iPhone carriers over in France has led to a boost in sales for the cell phone. This indicates that a similar situation might happen in the UK, which Apple will certainly be hoping for. A report shows that Apple’s value market share in France made a significant jump, thanks to the phone’s availability on Bouygues Telecom and SFR. With O2’s exclusivity deal expiring earlier this month, Orange has launched the device and managed a first day sales of 30,000 units, putting the iPhone well on course to dominate the world.
Qualcomm Demos FLO TV On iPhone
Posted on November 21, 2009 8:02 AM
Qualcomm has demonstrated a sample receiver that would bestow the iPhone and iPod touch the ability to receive FLO TV reception. While the receiver itself is probably as large as the iPhone, there’s no mention as to whether the size is due to it being a test/demo unit, or if that’s really the size required to make it work. There isn’t any information as to whether such a device is planned for production, but it’s always good to see companies try and stay ahead in terms of tech.
iPhone controls wheelchair
Posted on November 20, 2009 8:49 PM
Dynamics Controls managed to integrate an iPhone with its power wheelchair electronics, allowing iPhone or iPod touch owners in such a wheelchair to navigate using their device instead for a different experience. This solution also will show off the current speed, battery life and relevant wheelchair information in an easy-to-understand manner at a glance.
Gameloft to slow down on Android games
Posted on November 20, 2009 6:37 AM
Gameloft is famous for their range of mobile games, but they have just revealed that they will be slowing down on Android game development due to a lack of potential revenue and slow adoption of the platform. According to Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort, “We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like … many others. It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone. Google has not been very good to entice customers to actually buy products. On Android nobody is making significant revenue.” Oh, is this a big blow to Android as we all know that games do sell hardware. Would this result in a snowball effect for buying more iPhones?
Logic3 iStationGo Travel Speakers
Posted on November 19, 2009 11:09 AM
Logic3 has unveiled its new line of portable speakers, namely the iStationGo. The speakers are foldable, and together with its rounded edges, should fit into your bag rather well. The iStationGo ships with a protective cloth carry case and 4 AAA batteries. A 3.5mm headphone jack allows the iStationGo to be compatible with almost every MP3 player out there, and you’ll get 15 hours of juice from the batteries. Your color options for pink, blue, silver and black. You can pick up the iStationGo from Logic3 for £19.99.
Fiddle With Your Mercedes Via iPhone
Posted on November 19, 2009 9:04 AM
It’s great to see that Mercedes is keeping in touch with the latest technology, especially cell phones. Testament to that is the partnership of Mercedes-Benz USA and Hughes Telematics Inc to come up with mbrace, a new telematics offering that allows you to connect your iPhone or BlackBerry to the car. You’ll then be able to lock or unlock your vehicle, locate it in a crowded parking lot or in city streets through a map on your phone, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Too bad the system doesn’t allow your phone to drive the car around, or you could be vying to be the next 007.
iPhone blows air now
Posted on November 19, 2009 4:56 AM
Many relevant applications have taken advantage of the iPhone's microphone to blow air into it, but how about turning the tables this time round? There is a new application in town that relies on the speaker to blow air out instead without having to rely on additional peripherals or attachments. According to the developers, the speaker is powerful enough to "blow out candles, herbs, and refresh your skin during hot summer nights." How long will the speaker hold up in the long run if this app were to be used regularly?
AT&T Hits Back At Verizon With New Ads
Posted on November 19, 2009 1:24 AM
While it seems that AT&T’s lawsuit against Verizon over its “there’s a map for that” advertisements doesn’t seem to be able to stop Verizon just yet, AT&T has also hit back with its own advertisements. Hiring film actor Luke Wilson, the ad will guide viewers through a chart comparing several aspects of the 3G networks. Wilson also credits AT&T with having the fastest network, the ability to use voice and Internet at the same time. Anyways, talk is cheap, check out the video and see for yourself.
Verizon Hits Back At AT&T
Posted on November 17, 2009 9:42 AM
It was fairly obvious that AT&T wasn’t happy with all those ads that Verizon has been putting out lately, and the lawsuit against Verizon just served to confirm that. Now it seems that Verizon is hitting back at AT&T, by issuing a memorandum of law, responding to AT&T’s temporary restraining order which attempts to block the coverage map-based ads. Part of the statement reads “AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon's 'There's A Map For That' advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon's ads are true and the truth hurts." Ouch!
App Store Takes Off In China
Posted on November 17, 2009 8:24 AM
While most people would think that the lack of Wi-Fi, coupled with sales of “only” 5,000 iPhones at launch would be disappointing, it seems that the App Store is doing rather well in China, despite all the hurdles that it’ll have to clear. Let’s not forget that the current official iPhone in China only sports 3G internet and users who want to purchase stuff from the App Store will need to have a credit card from a Chinese bank. Of course, if the news that there will be a new iPhone sporting Wi-Fi in China will certainly help boost the App Store business in that region and the possibility that the iPhone will be released on China Mobile will make it even better.
Few Thousand iPhones Stolen In Belgian Heist
Posted on November 17, 2009 7:45 AM
If you find that the iPhone 3G or 3GS that you ordered from Mobistar is taking a long time to reach you, maybe it’s been stolen (of course, not directly from you). According to latest reports, some thieves climbed a fire ladder to get to the roof of the warehouses where the iPhones were kept, and got away with about 3000 to 4000 iPhones, estimated worth about $3,000,000. Mobistar has apparently contacted their supplier and should be getting a new batch of iPhones within a few days, but the company is rather eager to restock, before their currently inventory runs out.
Google Earth for iPhone 2.0
Posted on November 16, 2009 11:26 PM
Google Earth for iPhone has been updated to version 2.0, where among the new features include support for 31 languages (Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Hebrew included). With this update, you can now view custom maps (created by your or by others) through the My Maps interface. Apart from that, whenever you touch an icon, a tiny glow will appear under your finger, letting you know just which icon you have selected. Makes us wonder why there is no Android equivalent just yet...
Windows Mobile Loses Serious Market Share
Posted on November 15, 2009 10:19 AM
According to market researcher Gartner, Windows Mobile lost a whole 28 percent of its smartphone market share between last year’s Q3 and this year’s Q3, dropping from 11 percent to 7.9 percent. Apple’s iPhone unsurprisingly rose from 12.9 percent to 17.1 percent, as did RIM’s share jump from 16 percent to 20.8 percent. Symbian’s share dropped about 10 percent from 49.7 to 44.6, and Google’s Android stands at 3.9 percent share. With the recent rise of Android’s popularity, Microsoft might need to buck up or risk losing more business.
Flash 10.1 Coming To Android In 2010
Posted on November 15, 2009 8:55 AM
We already know that Adobe has promised webOS users that they’ll get Flash 10.1 on their devices in the first half of 2010, and now it looks like Android users will be getting the same deal too, as a message from Adobe reads: “Adobe Flash Player 10.1 is coming to Android 2.0 and future releases in the first half of 2010." Now hopefully Apple will succumb to the pressure and allow Adobe to offer Flash on its iPhone.
Recycled Mac And iPhone Jewelry
Posted on November 15, 2009 2:40 AM
Want some jewelry that emphasizes that you’re a serious Mac-addict? Well, the folks over at PowerBook Media make a living out a repairing old Macs and iPhones, so they obviously have plenty of spare parts. With that in mind, they’re offering earrings made from iPhone home buttons, and also the power buttons from aluminum, black anad white MacBooks and MacBook pros. They’re going for $14.95 per pair, so it’s a lot cheaper than buy an iPhone and ripping the home button out, right?
Apple Looking For In-house Game Developer
Posted on November 14, 2009 9:25 AM
Folks who have been wanting to join Apple will want to sit up and take notice of Apple’s latest job listing. The advertisement seeks a full time employee with 3-4 years of video game development experience. Candidates will need to have shipped at least one AAA title to be eligible. Does this mean that Apple wants to get more serious about game development on its iPhone platform? So far Apple has only released 4 applications on its iPhone App Store, and the only game amongst that is Texas Hold ‘Em that is going for $4.99.
Yamaha Debuts New Stereos
Posted on November 13, 2009 10:27 AM
Yamaha has announced 2 new mini audio systems that support the iPhone and iPod, namely the MCR-140 and MCR-040. The MCR-140 is rather unique because that it can playback music from and iPod wirelessly through Yamaha’s proprietary yAired standard, which is quite cool, especially since Yamaha claims that yAired has no delays and better quality audio over that delivered by Bluetooth. Both the devices sport a CD player, front USB panel, FM radio and auxiliary audio jack inputs. Expect to pay $400 and $280 for the MCR-140 and MCR-040 respectively.
NASA Chemical Sensor For Your iPhone
Posted on November 13, 2009 9:44 AM
It seems that more and more folks are jumping on the iPhone bandwagon, and since NASA has already released an iPhone app, it shouldn’t be too surprising to see that NASA has come up with something else for the iPhone: a hardware device that plugs into the docking port of your iPhone, allowing it to detect and identify low concentrations of certain dangerous chemical substances. It can then send the detection data to another phone or computer via telephone communication or Wi-Fi.
Walky for the iPhone
Posted on November 13, 2009 9:04 AM
Yuta Sugiura alongside his fellow colleagues at the Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, recently came up with a totally radical control scheme for robots and virtual characters, dubbing it Walky for the iPhone. You will of course need to own an iPhone in the first place, where the handset's multitouch surface comes in handy to help guide your robot's movements, where you can use it to control a range of movement including walking, turning, jumping, kicking and other - as long as your finger gestures continue to make their presence felt on the iPhone's touchscreen display.
