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Dec 3, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:58 AM ETDecision on iPhone exclusivity delayed a day
We know you will cry your eyes out over the news that the Hamburg district court which was supposed to today announce their decision on T-Mobile's exclusive deal with Apple for distributing the iPhone in Germany has instead delayed their decision until tomorrow. I know, I know: killer. A injunction...
Dec 3, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:38 PM ET
Track exchange rates in Stocks
Do a lot of traveling? Have a hard time keeping track of your pounds, Euros, kroner, rupees, etc? Wouldn't it be nice if there were an easy way to consult your iPhone and get the latest currency figures, without having to resort to digging through web pages? A clever tipster...
Dec 4, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:40 AM ET
T-Mobile regains exclusivity
The news, for you fans of the unlocked iPhones, is not good. As we mentioned yesterday, the German court which was ruling on whether or not T-Mobile could be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in Germany delayed its ruling until today. Now we have that ruling. Sorry, Vodafone. The...
Dec 5, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:23 AM ET
Apple gets voicemail from Klausner: "See you in court."
iPhone lawsuits: the gift that, in this holiday season, keeps on giving. We spin the wheel of litigation and it ticka-ticka-tickas to land on "patent infringement." The plaintiff in this round, Klausner Technologies, claims that the iPhone's Visual Voicemail feature infringes on its intellectual property, specifically U.S. Patents and 5,283,818....
Dec 5, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:37 AM ET
Google launches integrated iPhone environment
Just because Google's planning on launching their own mobile phone platform next year doesn't mean they can't show a little love for the iPhone in the meantime. While the company has developed mobile versions of many of its web-based apps, it's now taken the next step, bundling all of its...
Dec 5, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:29 PM ET
Orange sells tonnes of iPhones
Sounds like Orange CEO Didier Lombard has a pretty good shot at meeting his goal. Before the iPhone's launch last week, Lombard made estimates that Orange would sell between 50,000 to 100,000 iPhones before the end of the week. Well, the first sales numbers have rolled in and according to...
Dec 5, 2007 - Posted by Philip Michaels at 7:40 PM ET
Time keeps on slipping
Reader David Oglesby has inadvertently discovered a way to make your iPhone defy time itself. Here's a copy of the letter he sent to Apple that explains the whys and wherefores: I entered a repeating event for every Friday at 9:30 a.m. from September to May of next year. I...
Dec 6, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 10:22 AM ET
Syphone helps you track SMS conversations
Sure, iTunes'll back up your iPhone's data and let you restore it, but one thing it won't do is let you manage much of that data on your Mac. Take SMS messages, for example. With the iPhone's "threaded conversation" model, I find myself less likely to delete text messages. I...
Dec 7, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:42 AM ET
Singapore shops threatened for carrying unlocked iPhones
Apple's pretty serious about controlling the reselling of unlocked iPhones. Not only have they instituted restrictions on their end of how many phones can be purchased and by what methods, but they're also going after the other end of the process and reputedly going after retailers who sell the unlocked...
Dec 10, 2007 - Posted by Dan Frakes at 2:23 PM ET
Mactracker on your iPhone
If you've ever worked in Mac IT, or even supported a small collection of personal Macs, you know how useful Mactracker can be. This handy utility, which I reviewed for Macworld a while back, provides detailed information about nearly every product Apple has ever released--from Performas to Power Macs,...
Dec 10, 2007 - Posted by Dan Frakes at 4:01 PM ET
Tabs in Mobile Safari
One feature I miss on the iPhone version of Safari is tabs; on my desktop computer, I'm lost without the ability to open multiple Web sites in the same window. If you're in the same boat, check out Inventive Labs's Tabulate. Rather than a native application requiring you to...
Dec 11, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:25 PM ET
Report says iPhone target in 2008
The iPhone is one of the most prominent cell phones ever released. While its sales of just over a million (as of the last quarter) might pale next to the handset market in total, it's undeniable that its profile is among the very highest. And, of course, there's the matter...
Dec 12, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:33 PM ET
iPhone and Lexus LS460 only mix partially
Reader Norm has a bit of a beef with the iPhone's Bluetooth support—namely, it has some limitations with his brand new Lexus LS460. Though the compatibility page from Lexus says that the iPhone works with the handsfree mode in the car, it doesn't support Norm transferring his phonebook entries to...
Dec 12, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:07 PM ET
Picasa for iPhone makes a pretty picture
Google's torrid love affair with the iPhone continues as the big G rolls out a new iPhone-optimized interface for its online photo-sharing site, Picasa. According to Joe Walnes, a software engineer with Google's mobile division, the decision to do an iPhone-specific version of Picasa came about where all good ideas...
Dec 12, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 5:06 PM ET
Apple re-ups iPhone limit
The folks from Cupertino haven't exactly been shy about their plans to sell as many iPhones as possible this holiday season. you may remember a certain furor erupting over a $200 price-drop to everybody's favorite gadget back in September. iPhone owner numero uno (aka Steven P. Jobs) said at the...
Dec 13, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:15 AM ET
Record a wee bit of video on your iPhone
We could make a meal with all the complaints about features that Apple left off version 1 of the iPhone—okay, maybe a frozen pizza, if you consider that a meal—but third-party developers continue to be eager to fill in the gaps. I was somewhat perplexed as to why, despite having...
Dec 13, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:56 PM ET
Unlocked iPhones actually kinda sorta locked?
Remember the unlocked iPhones Apple was forced to sell—for legal reasons—in France? Turns out that all may not be quite as rosy with them as was previously thought. According to the folks over at iPhone Atlas, while the phones do not have a SIM card lock, meaning that you can...
Dec 14, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:55 AM ET
Garage Band update brings free custom ringtones to the masses
Finally, our long national nightmare is over. For so long we've been forced into either buying our ringtones on iTunes at the outrrrrageous price of $1.99, using third-party apps like Ambrosia's iToner, or other clever loopholes, to load our iPhone up with custom ringtones. But with the update to Garage...
Dec 17, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:31 AM ET
Orange lock-in questions continue
Oh, phone unlocking: why must you be so contentious? Last week, we caught whiff of a suggestion that the unlocked iPhones being sold in France, while able to accept any French provider SIM card, might be locked to only cards from that country, and thus wouldn't work with providers elsewhere...
Dec 18, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:41 AM ET
iPhone turning Japanese?
Now that we've seen the iPhone released in the promised European markets, it's time to begin discussing the rest of Apple's plans for global domination. They've promised to expand into Asia in 2008; there have already been some whispers about their negotiations in China. Now, there's word that Apple's in...
Dec 18, 2007 - Posted by Christopher Breen at 1:05 PM ET
Jailbreaking OTB 1.1.2 iPhone
Not terribly long ago I provided instructions for jailbreaking an iPhone that had been upgraded to iPhone software version 1.1.2. In short order the comments area was choked with questions regarding iPhones that shipped with 1.1.2. Could they also be jailbroken? Seems likely to me, thought I, but am I...
Dec 19, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 12:04 PM ET
Intuit launching Quicken for iPhone
Sure, tracking your expenses on your iPhone could be pretty handy: after all, oftentimes you're out and about when you're buying things, and keeping track of receipts to enter them later can be a pain. But how much is such functionality worth to you? Intuit's betting on you be willing...
Dec 19, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:29 PM ET
Review: Agent 18 DiamondVest for iPhone
Agent 18, purveyor of fine cases for the iPod, has thrown their hat into the iPhone ring with a number of models for Apple's handset. Among them is the DiamondVest, a $25 silicone skin billed as featuring a "rugged design." The DiamondVest comes only in black; it's easy to slip...
Dec 20, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 3:00 PM ET
Review: Incase Leather Folio for iPhone
Holster cases are often the choice of those who need to be able to get at their phone at a moment's notice. Incase's $40 Leather Folio for iPhone is a horizontally-oriented holster case for your iPhone, and while it may not be the quickest draw on the block, it's still...
Dec 21, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:53 AM ET
Third parties working on Arabic support for iPhone
Around the time of the iPhone's release, we noticed that MobileSafari did not support viewing certain character sets: specifically Hebrew and Arabic. While one third-party group has been working on bringing Hebrew to the iPhone, we weren't aware until more recently that people have also been working at compatibility from...
Dec 24, 2007 - Posted by Philip Michaels at 4:18 PM ET
Millions and millions
We know Apple was hoping to sell a lot of iPhones this holiday season. What we don't know -- and probably won't until next month's Macworld Expo keynote at the earliest -- is just how many Apple did sell. The folks at 9to5Mac think the answer to that last question...
Dec 24, 2007 - Posted by Philip Michaels at 4:48 PM ET
Is iPhone on the agenda at Expo?
While we are on the subject of Expo-related iPhone speculation, let's close out the pre-Christmas posting calendar with an item on whether we can expect any iPhone product announcements from next month's keynote. Some analysts suggest that we can, according to this Seattle Times article, which offers a grab bag...
Dec 27, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:56 AM ET
Phoning the question
You've had your iPhone for about six months now, but what have you really done with it? Checking your mail, surfing the web, listening to your music, and watching videos is all well and good, but what about using it for something productive—like a marriage proposal? iPhone user Claude M....
Dec 27, 2007 - Posted by Dan Pourhadi at 1:52 PM ET
Game on: PlayStation on your iPhone
In a mere two months, developers are supposed to get access to the famed iPhone SDK, which should let them develop a myriad of useful -- slash-freakin-sweet -- apps for our beloved iPhones/iPod touches. In the meantime, though, a team of brave guerrilla devs are fighting The Good Fight without...
Dec 27, 2007 - Posted by Philip Michaels at 4:52 PM ET
The iPhone: Remember When
He's probably too modest to mention it himself -- or else he doesn't know that I've published it -- but Dan Moren, who produces most of the content 'round these here parts, has written a year-in-review article about the iPhone over at the Mothership. (Dan also looks at the year's...
Dec 31, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 11:11 AM ET
Purported 1.1.3 iPhone firmware leaked
We'd be remiss if we didn't say something about all those screenshots and videos of iPhone software 1.1.3 floating around the web. The features shown therein seem pretty plausible for the most part: we know Google's already rolled out its "My Location" service to other cell phone platforms, and given...
Dec 31, 2007 - Posted by Dan Moren at 2:32 PM ET
iPhone tips and taking control
Using the iPhone is, for the most part, pretty simple. But even the simplest of gadgets can have a learning curve: raise your hand if your VCR is still blinking 12:00. If you're looking for some help navigating the ins-and-outs of the iPhone—if, for example, you got a brand new...
Dec 31, 2007 - Posted by Dan Pourhadi at 5:35 PM ET
Get Hotmail on your iPhone
Newsflash: People still use Microsoft's relatively-unimpressive Hotmail email service. And if you're a Hotmail user and sport an iPhone, you may have run into difficulties checking your Hotmail account on the phone via Mail. But if you're thoroughly entrenched and have hundreds of contacts, switching to a new, iPhone-friendly email...
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