Apple Introduced a New iPod touch Lineup today, September 9, 2009. “At just $199 the iPod touch [8Gb model] is the most affordable gateway to Apple’s revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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Emulators on iPhone, C64 coming to the App Store
A Commodore 64 emulator that was previously rejected has been approved after the developer made changes to align it with Apple’s SDK. Then rejected again. Manomio’s $4.99 C64 title was rejected in June despite having lined up all the proper licensing rights.
iPod Touch & iPhone TV Video Out not working after OS 3.0 upgrade
Hello, I’m an iPod Touch first generation. I was just upgraded to OS 3.0 and now I refuse to work with any cheap AV-Out Composite cable you can find on eBay, Amazon or any other supplier. Apple has been using lock-out chips to control third-party video accessory development and effectively preventing older, less expensive accessories… →
Nokia, Apple iPhone and RIM are the real players in the smartphones market
Apple’s iPhone held onto a 13.7% share of global smartphone unit sales in Q2 2009, outpacing Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, which now claims just 9% of the market, according to Canalys. Canalys specialises in delivering high quality market data, analysis and advice to the world’s leading technology vendors. The results of their research can be summarized… →
New iPod Touch and Nano with Cameras likely to be introduced on September 9
Apple will hold its annual iPod and media centric event for the week of Labor Day, scheduling the keynote for Wednesday, Sept. 9. Expected to be a part of the event are “Cocktail” Apple’s full-length album download bundle with extras, and a new iPod touch and iPod nano, both sporting cameras, to be released together… →
Microsoft: Windows Mobile 6.5 vs. iPhone
Windows Mobile 6.5 will include Internet Explorer to reportedly provide a “better web experience” than the iPhone. How’s that? Simple: they are including Flash support. Microsoft compromised on Flash adoption in Windows Mobile 6.5 recognizing Adobe’s dominant position in the Web’s multimedia market, accepting not to push for adoption of its own Silverlight technology that… →
Apple releases iPhone 3.0.1 update to fix SMS exploit
Firmware 3.0.1 is now available for the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS through iTunes. The update is around 300MB. Apparently, there is no new features or fixes other than the text message exploit patch. The technique involves sending only one unusual text character or else a series of “invisible” messages that confuse the phone… →
App Store improvements: better search engine, categorization, keywords support
Apple finally admitted that improvements were needed in helping users locate iPhone apps on the App Store. Developers are now asked to enter up to 255 characters of keywords, separated by commas, which will be used for search in the App Store on the iPhone and iPod touch. “It is important to enter keywords for… →
iPhone OS 3.1 SDK to support Augmented Reality
iPhone 3.1 Beta 3 is now accessible to those with an existing developer account. Apple also released a new iPhone SDK for OS 3.1. iPhone OS 3.1 adds Bluetooth and video features. Users can now invoke Voice Control using a Bluetooth headset rather than a wired headset or the built-in microphone. When editing video clips, users can… →
App Store submissions: how to avoid Apple's rejection.
When Apple reviews your app, they will eventually give you some Submission Feedback, people around the web is collecting them as an unpublished set of rules and clarifications from Apple’s App Review team that can cause your iPhone app to be rejected.
iPhone OS 3.0 adoption rates: how many iPhone and iPod Touch users are upgrading?
During the WWDC keynote, Apple stated that more then 40 million iPhone OS devices are around, which obviously includes the iPhone and iPod touch. Of those 40+ million devices, according to Apple’s announcement dated June 22, six million had the new OS installed within the first week after its release. That is about a 15… →
New iPod Touch coming soon, featuring a camera, faster CPU and faster graphics
Rumors about a new iPod Touch to be introduced in a special event in September have been around for a while. The new device should feature a camera, probably a smaller one like the iPhone 3G. Since the main focus of the iPod Touch marketing are games, the device will probably also feature a faster CPU… →
Is Steve Jobs healthy and back to work on the tablet-sized iPhone OS powered device?
UPDATE: Steve Jobs returns to work after near 6-month leave, working at Apple a few days a week, from home otherwise. Source: Reuters For those who didn’t notice, Apple’s latest press release about the iPhone 3GS initial sales success reported a quote from Steve Jobs. “Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,000 applications… →
iPhone 3GS "secret" hardware revealed: tear-down video
The “secret” hardware specifications of the iPhone 3GS where finally unveiled by dismantling the headset and were available on the internet just a few hours after the first iPhone 3GS was sold. The new iPhone speed bump is supported by a new CPU (ARM Cortex A8) running 200MHz faster then its predecessor, and is also… →
iPhone 3GS is the most successful iPhone ever, sales even better then anticipated.
“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.” – Steve Jobs While benchmarks have shown that Apple’s iPhone 3GS is so fast that it outpaces Palm’s self-proclaimed fastest smartphone, the Pre, also sales of the new iPhone model are… →