Today at a Town Hall meeting held at its Cupertino headquarters, Apple unveiled its vision for the future of the iPhone and third-party application development. The first announcement was about the iPhone's new support for the enterprise, including a ...
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I admire Apple from afar. Poor people like me who also know a little something about technology can never like Apple -- impoverished computer nerds are incompatible with Apple because our skinny wallets force us to see through all the cult-like fanciness, straight through to those outrageous price tags. The first thing we ask ourselves is: why would I pay almost twice as much for this o.k. (performing) food at this restaurant with the beautiful, exquisite atmosphere, when I can learn the recip

Head on over to CrunchGear to follow our live coverage of the Apple iPhone SDK event, which is being held at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino and will begin at 10am PT. We’ll be sure to report back here about all the juicy details once things are all done, but CrunchGear is the place to follow the minute-by-minute action. Update: Here are some highlights as they come in. (Read the full coverage on Crunchgear, where Michael Arrington is literally phoning it in, sending us updates via

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Apple today unveiled tools for outside developers to make software programs for its iPhone, a move intended to widen the appeal of the multifunction device. Previewing the iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, Apple announced the beta release of the software, offering new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to private corporate networks.

"We're excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community with potentially thousands of native applications for iPhone and iPod touch," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPhone's enterprise features combined with its revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface and advanced software architecture provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform ever for a mobile device."

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Fortune has posted an interesting interview with Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The interview covers a huge range of topics including the iPhone, management, retail strategy and product design and testing. In the discussion with Fortune Jobs notes that his top staff meet every Monday to review the entire previous week at Apple. “So what we do every Monday is we review the whole business. We look at what we sold the week before. We look at every single product under development, products we’re having

In a move that anyone even remotely familiar with Apple could have seen coming from miles away, even with the SDK Apple wants complete control of what Apps make it onto the iPhone and iPod Touch and complete control of distribution. I don’t think this tidbit has been confirmed, but how likely is it Apple is going to open up any portion of their business model?

It’s not the news that AT&T will sell refurbished iPhones that is surprising, it’s the specific part of the rumor that says the 4GB iPhones will again be available, after being discontinued when Apple announced the slash in the price of the 8GB version.

The source of this rumor is Boy Genius Report, which have proven to be reliable with Apple rumors in the past. Armed with an internal memo from Apple…

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Refurbished iPhones at COR Stores. For a limited time, select COR stores in the New England Market will offer refurbished iPhones (both 4GB and 8GB) for a special price. These devices are good as new and give customers the opportunity to experience the revolutionary iPhone with big savings. New activations only, upgrades with Manager approval. Refurbished iPhones will only be available to purchase in select COR stores across the Northeast Region and will be available while supplies last. Please reach out to customers that have recently purchased an iPhone to see if they are interested in activating an additional iPhone at a discounted equipment cost. Please note no in-store sales materials should be ...

Refurbished AT&T Apple iPhones are now on sale with a 2 year contract. The prices of the refurbished AT&T Apple iPhones will be $199 (4GB) & $249 (8GB). Of course, Apple has been offering the used handsets for a while now, but AT&T has not offered them at their stores.

So, if you were thinking of getting an iPhone, you may want to think about a refurbished AT&T Apple iPhone - they’ll work just fine (they’re under warranty), and are a lot cheaper. Apple replaces all non-working parts, and even parts that just look bad.

AT&T has been selling refurbished phones for some time now, so it does make sense that they would start selling the refurbished AT&T Apple iPhone, their top selling handset.

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Yes, I love it. It is literally one of the coolest gadgets I have ever owned, not kidding! Set your Apple-prejudice aside and rejoice with me in my geeky happiness! :P Truthfully, I am not an Apple fanatic. I probably won't ever buy a Mac. One of my favorite hobbies is gaming and not every game I want to try or play has a Mac version, at least not right away. That and I have more experience troubleshooting a PC. When the iPhone initially came out, I thought the idea was cool but wasn't up fo

So, when is the 3G Apple iPhone coming? Well, according to recent rumors, the 3G Apple iPhone may be available by the middle of this year. It actually wouldn’t be a huge shock, seeing as Apple would like to sell as many iPhones as humanly possible.

While not much is known at the moment, rumor has it that Infineon will be making the 3G Apple iPhone chips. Well, I guess we won’t know until an official statement has been released, so all we can do now is hope.

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According to some sources, Apple is apparently planning to release the iPhone in Ireland on March 14.

Irish O2 will be the official carrier and will sell the handset for 399 EUR and 4...

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Here’s a good how to guide for iPhone v1.1.4 Jailbreak and SIM unlock guide. This iPhone jailbreak and SIM unlock guide will work with any firmware version you’ve got installed. The one catch is that you will not be able to use Google Maps My Location feature when you unlock your iPhone. But, read on if you want to go ahead an unlock it anyway.

How to jailbreak iPhone v1.1.4 and SIM unlock:

Connect your iPhone to iTunes.

Hit the “Update” button.

Let your iPhone do it’s thing. Go grab a soda or something, it’s going to take a while.

Download iNdependence 1.4 beta 5 here.

Put iNdependence in your “Applications” folder.

Start up iNdependence.

Go to the “Jailbreak” tab and hit the “Perform Jailbreak” button.
If you want to unlock it, go to the “Activation / SIM” tab and hit the “SIM Unlock” button.

To activate your iPhone, goto the “Activation / SIM” tab and hit the “Acivate” button.

That’s it! You’ve now got a jailbroken iPhone with v1.1.4

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March 6 will be the next special event by Apple. Phonemag is attending the event and giving us a live blogging on the event. If you are interest on the upcoming announcement, including the iPhone software roadmap, iPhone SDK and new enterprise features, check out phonemag blog for the detail next week.

Apple is holding a town hall style meeting at its headquarters on March 6th. The big topic will be the iPhone SDK. Details about a new roadmap and enterprise features.

“Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features,” Apple said in an invitation sent to reporters.

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Apple may consider selling the iPhone unlocked or, at least, in another way besides giving exclusivity to one carrier per country.

The Apple iPhone has been experiencing relatively lukewarm sales since it launched in Europe, complemented by equally lackluster turn over in the U.S. Despite it, Apple still expects to sell ten million units this year. Apple COO Tim Cook assures a group of Goldman Sachs investors that their target would be met, reasoning that “Apple is not married to the single, exclusive-carrier model,” which apparently will lead to increase sales.

It is not wholly surprising should Apple begin selling iPhones unlocked or distribute them to other carriers. There have been hints of a possible change in the iPhone business model. For one thing, Apple does not seem to interested in fighting back against unlockers, releasing the 1.1.4 update for the iPhone, which, according to users of unlocked iPhones, caused no harm their jailbroken unit.

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A new Apple iPhone haptics app allows you to get the small vibrations on your iPhone when it’s touched. Is it worth getting the Apple iPhone haptics app? I guess it’s up to the individual user. While it may be a fun feature to have, it does use up your battery life faster.

“We’re far from convinced that this is going to improve speed or accuracy for most folks — not to mention battery drain concerns — but hey, maybe the delightfully pleasant sensation alone is worth it.”

As of now, the Apple iPhone haptics app is still in it’s testing stage, but it’ll soon be available to the general public.

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Apple plans to host a Town Hall meeting at its headquarters on March 6 to provide details on the iPhone SDK, including the software roadmap and information about new enterprise features.

Apple has released a new revision of firmware for the iPhone. While Apple officially claims that this rather large update addresses only a few random bugs, many in the industry seem to believe that it also is the first step towards supporting iPhone SDK applications.
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For iPhone and iPod Touch users, it's time to get your gadgets another firmware update. Apple recently launched its 1.1.4 firmware. Apple stated that the software would basically improve the performance of your iPhone's and iPod Touch and eliminates the bugs of the previous software. Although a lot of users with the updated firmware do [...]

Someone made an analysis of Australian law, particularly Australia’s competition law. The iPhone has undergone a similar challenge in Europe but in Australia, iPhone’s practice of only letting one wireless provider distribute the iPhone under a two-year contract might actually stick.

Dale Clapperton and Stephen Corones of Queensland University of Technology believes the iPhone could be illegal in Australia if it is distributed in the same way it is distributed in the U.S. and Europe. They published their analysis at the QUT Law And Justice Journal. Australian competition law allows handset lock in but not in the way Apple does it with the iPhone. Much of the price of other handsets are subsidized by wireless carriers in exchange of a contract. It does not work the same way with the iPhone. Apple, in fact, gets a significant cut of the subscription earnings.

“Where the carrier has not subsidised the cost of the phone, there seems to be no legitimate pro-competitive justification for locking the phone to the services of that carrier, especially where that locking is permanent and not just for the duration of the initial contract,” the article said.

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Apple has released a new firmware update v1.1.4 for the iPhone.

The update will allow it to run third-party apps created with the upcoming iPhone SDK, which btw is still not available. You can download the new firmwar...

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You can get the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch firmware upgrade v1.1.4 starting today. The iPhone / iPod Touch firmware upgrade is available via iTunes 7.6.1.9 - it seems to be paving the way for an SDK coming up in the next few weeks.

Also, the new iPhone and iPod Touch firmware upgrade does not seem to affect jailbroken handsets - meaning your unlocked phone should still work fine after this upgrade.

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No one knows exactly if firmware 1.1.4 paves the way for SDK but it is now available. The update is all of 162.1MB, so besides the bug fixes Apple must have something bigger in store.

For legitimate AT&T iPhones and iPhones subscribed to their exclusive providers in Europe, there has been no reported problems so far. GFor unlocked iPhones, there has no report of upgrade problems. Jailbroken iPhones still work with the upgrade, and it has been reported that ZiBri jailbreak works as well. So has Apple finally given up on jailbreakers. Are unlocked iPhones coming next?

The update is also available for the iPod Touch.

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It's not a software development kit, but there is something new today for iPhone owners.

Apple released OS X firmware update 1.1.4 Tuesday for the iPhone, saying little about the new features. The last update, 1.1.3, introduced a few new capabilities such as the ability ...

After successful of iMac and MacBook, now Apple Inc. launch their new MacBook into the market wth catch phrase ‘The World’s Thinnest Notebook’ and introducing Apple MacBook Air . Featuring ultra slim design with 0.4 ~ 1.94 cm thickness.

The MacBook Air equipped with 13.3 inch LED backlit wide screen display, full-sized backlit keyboard, integrated web camera iSight and wide track pad supporting multi-touch gesture.

Running on 1.6 GHz or 1.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, the MacBook Air adopts 4MB L2 cache, 2GB memory and 80GB HDD while supports 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth network. Offering up to 5 hours of battery life, it is available for 1,990,000 Korea Won.

New software brings Microsoft Windows SideShow content to Apple’s iPhone, Windows Mobile phones, Nintendo DS, Wii, and other popular devices. ControlThink introduces ThinkRemote Community Edition, software that offers consumers access to Windows SideShow content from electronic devices found in nearly every home. Consumers can now access Windows SideShow content such as weather, stocks, photos and more with their everyday electronic devices including Apple’s iPhone, Nintendo DS and Windows Mob

There are a lot of companies that deal with cell phones in the market today, each with their own expertise and feature. On the physical design of the cell phone, Apple leads the way. On making these phones more affordable and yet increasing its Web utility, Google is making its major contribution. On infrastructure, Microsoft [...]

iLuv unveiled their latest portable multimedia player which named iLuv i1155 during CES 2008. iLuv i1155 is an adopts 8.5 inch wide screen portable multimedia player for your iPod and DVDs which playback from DVD or your iPod video.

Come with iPod full remote control, touch sensitive function keypad controls and integrated clock for your iPod classic (80GB and 160GB). The clock also integrated into iPod nano 3rd generation (4GB and 8GB) and iPod with video (30GB, 60 GB and 80 GB).

With adjustable stand with latches fo desktp use and different viewing angles make iLuv PMP i1155 more comfortable. You can watch your favorite video on TV through video output and also come with buit-on powerful stereo speakers. The enhanced user interface come with detailed controls featuring with convenient OSD (on screen display), multiple subtitle, angle and audio functions.

How do you like that? According to Google, Apple iPhone generates 50 times more searches than any other mobile device...

Well, it's quite predictable, and the cause is obvious here: the iPhone is a very popular In...

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It looks like we’ll soon see support for Flash on the AT&T Apple iPhone. The new iPhone SDK, which is due to release in around a week, will very likely have upgrades to support Flash Player. Now, you may wonder why Apple didn’t add Flash support for the AT&T Apple iPhone in the first place. Well, it’s most likely because Apple and Adobe are not on the best of terms. They’ve been feuding somewhat over the last few months over different issues.

But, hopefully this all comes to pass and we’ll be able to access mobile Flash on our AT&T Apple iPhone handsets in the very near future. Judging by how many flash based programs are out there these days, we’ve certainly been missing out.

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Apple sure knows how to advertise. Just to let you know, from now on their iPhone will be known as the official "American Idol" handset.

You see, this year's show is mainly sponsored by Apple, so there y...

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If you’ve been looking for instructions on how to tether your iPhone to your laptop - look no further. The instructions below are quite long, but you’ll be happy once it’s over and you’ve got your iPhone’s data connection on your laptop (NOTE: will only work with Leopard running laptops for now - sorry).

“WHAT YOU WILL NEED

1. A WiFi-enabled notebook running Leopard
2. A jailbroken iPhone, running the BSD Subsystem
3. My port of BIND/DNS from here: http://www.zdziarski.com/iphone/

HOW-TO

Step 1: Create an Ad-Hoc Network

Leopard has the ability to easily create ad-hoc networks on-the-fly. You’ll
need to create one of these so that the iPhone and your notebook can share
a WiFi network connection.

To create an ad-hoc network, click on the airport icon on the menubar in
Leopard. Select “Create Network…”. You will be prompted to “Create a
Computer-to-Computer network”. You can name the network anything you like -
we will use “Tethering”. Once you have named it, click “OK”.

NOTE: The iPhone appears to have difficulty connecting to an ad-hoc network
that is password-protected (e.g. WEP encrypted). You’ll want to avoid
requiring a password to join the network.

Step 2: Set the Notebook’s Local IP

At this point, your ad-hoc network has ...

Item: Apple Ipod Classic Location: by Charlie Brown Review: My wife recently won an Ipod Classic by entering an online contest.I have to say that after using the Ipod I am thoroughly satisfied with the Apple product.The design is super sleek and sexy.It has a flat screen with a touch pad interface.The Ipod is capable of storing 80gb of multimedia such as music,pictures,album art,and video.Navigation is extremely easy and everything is categorized flawlessly.It boasts interesting features

Found this on YouTube. The iPhone has been available in Asia for quite some time. The hardware isn’t much but the software has some interesting innovations that Apple would do well to learn from. I like the menu bar on the left, which reminds me of the widget dock on the new Samsung TouchWIZ UI. The tactile screen buttons directly at the button of the screen gives you quick access to Menu, Messaging, Phonebook, Calling and Music Player. The Iphone needs refinement but it works well enough to make this blogger believe that OS X is not the only user-friendly mobile OS in the market.

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I love my Xbox 360s, I think Popfly rocks (Silverlight will bring much needed competition to Flash). Plus, I can’t live without Exchange and its server-side rules. I love my Microsoft mouse more than any other mouse in the world. Surface looks totally awesome, too. Microsoft does some amazing things - very amazing things. My choice, however, for a primary desktop operating system is no longer Windows - it’s Mac OS X. Duh. It’s rather difficult to admit that officially, if only because… well,

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AppleInsider has uncovered a patent filing from Apple (located here) that's a cross between what we've known as an "enhanced podcast" and the step-by-step driving directions found on the maps application that is on the iPhone and iPod touch....

According to T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan, the company will soon start selling the iconic iPhone in Austria, namely by mid-2008.

He also stated that T-Mobile plans to release a Google A...

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The Apple iPhone display screen seems to be bubbling on many handsets. These small bubbles are pretty annoying as they can make it hard to see something on your display screen. Well, luckily Apple is on the ball with this one.

No, don’t try fixing this problem yourself, all you have to do to fix your Apple iPhone display screen bubbling is take it to a Apple retail outlet. They’ll fix it no questions asked (or replace it). Pretty impressive customer service, but hopefully they’ll be able to fix this issue in future iPhones that are sold.

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The iPhone and iPod Touch may soon get support for Flash Player. The devices has a dedicated app for YouTube, which converts videos to H.264 format for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but neither supports Flash files natively. Some people, understandably, do not have Flash at the top of their list of priorities. Apple opted for a dedicated YouTube player instead, perhaps, allowing users more use of the battery while still enjoying one YouTube. Other sites using Flash like YouTube has been iPhone-proof but that may change very soon. This rumor came to GearLive from reliable sources. It makes sense as well so it’s highly likely.

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Cnet reviews the AT&T Apple iPhone 16GB: “The AT&T Apple iPhone 16GB is a lovely device with a sleek interface, top-notch music and video features, and innovative design touches. The touch screen is easier to use than we expected, and the multimedia performs well. But a host of missing features, a dependency on a sluggish EDGE network, and variable call quality–it is a phone after all–left us wanting more. For those reasons, the AT&T Apple iPhone 16GB is noteworthy not for what it does, but how it does it. If you want an iPhone badly, you probably already have one. But if you’re on the fence, we suggest waiting for the second-generation handset. Even with the new $399 price for the 8GB model (down from an original price of $599) and $499 for the AT&T Apple iPhone 16GB model, it’s still a lot to ask for a phone that lacks so many features and locks you into an iPhone-specific two-year contract with AT&T. We’ll be more excited once we see a version with–at the very least–multimedia messaging and 3G.”

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How to unlock your Apple iPhone version 1.1.3 - (Note: this Apple iPhone version 1.1.3 unlock is only tested to work with new iPhone’s already installed with the latest firmware, not those who upgraded to the latest version):

“geohot’s Apple iPhone 1.1.2 software unlock
yes, this is what you have all been waiting for
now fixed to support version 1.1.3

1. Download these:
gunlock and the secpack from http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/ or the blog

the 4.02.13 fls from http://george.zjlotto.com/index.php/baseband/

2. Downgrade your phone to 1.0.2. See all the great tutorials online to do this.

Your baseband won’t be downgraded, this is normal. This will probably work on other versions too, but 1.0.2 doesn’t lose wifi on bb access.

3. Kill CommCenter and run “gunlock secpack ICE04.02.13_G.fls”

4. Reload CommCenter. For some reason my phone was in brick mode. Use the elite team bricktool to get out.

5. Enjoy your 1.1.2 OTB unlocked iPhone

If you want to contribute to the person who discovered these exploits and wrote this tool
paypal geohot@gmail.com”

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This is the new AnySIM v1.3 software for the Apple iPhone; it will unlock your phone so you can use any SIM card (iPhone version 1.1.3). Phones Review gives you a brief explanation on how to use any SIM card in your iPhone, they say “the iPhone has to have baseband 4.03.13_G firmware, you can find this out by going to settings – general – about – modem firmware” read more here on how to unlock an iPhone with the software. Source: Read Bookmark to: Written by Daniel f

Horay! Apple update their babe Iphone ! if you miss an Apple with big big storage now your dream come true! the latest version from Apple Iphone come with a 16GB storage upgrade along with a price of $500. The catch however, is that you have to sign up with AT&T on a contract. Upps.. thats not available at my country :(

Apple could be gearing up for a late February event, according to a report out Thursday.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported that Mira Mobile Television, a West Coast television production firm, is hiring in preparation for an Apple event to be held at the end of February. TUAW notes that ...

The new virus that attacks the Safari browser of the iPhone and iPod Touch is similar to the previous virus. The virus exploits a vulnerability in Safari via a Denial of Service. When you browse to a site containing the malicious script, the virus is triggered eating up memory in your iPhone or iPod Touch and causing it to crash. There’s no word from Apple yet.

The new virus has been predicted and more vulnerabilities in the iPhone and iPod Touch are likely to be exploited once the SDK gets implemented. All new 16GB iPhones and 32GB iPod Touches are affected by the virus as well as devices with 1.0.2 up to 1.1.3 updates.

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Just got an iPhone and wow is it great. I'm no longer addicted to crackberry.

Apple today added new models of the iPhone which have double the memory, doubling the amount of music, photos and videos that customers can carry with them wherever they go. The iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model for $399.

If you’re wondering how you can create free Apple iPhone ringtones, look no further than GarageBand software. First thing you need to do is upgrade to the latest version of GarageBand, which is 4.1.1, then restart your computer.

OK, now that you’ve got the latest version of GarageBand, creating free Apple iPhone ringtones is a breeze! Here’s what you need to do:

1. “If you’re using a song from your iTunes library, just open GarageBand, open iTunes, and simply drag and drop the song from iTunes to a new track in GarageBand.

2. Click the Cycle Region button pictured above, which will activate the region loop tool.

3. Now adjust the length of the region to the section of the song you want to export to iTunes as a ringtone (40 seconds long or less), again as pictured above.

4. Finally, when you’ve got everything set the way you want it, just go to the menu bar and click Share -> Send Ringtone to iTunes. GarageBand will automatically convert the song to the proper format and sync it to your iTunes library as a Ringtone.”

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Buying Apple Iphone Accessories Tuesday 5 February 2008 @ 9:49 pm The following extract is from a series of articles, videos tips and information about iPhone … Although the launch of the Apple iPhone was only a couple months ago, the companies that make Apple accessories have been quite busy preparing several really useful and necessary add-ons to protect and enhance your new iPhone. With a minimum investment in an Apple iPhone of $399, one of the first things to do is protect it, espec