Digitimes, which has rumour creditability like the previous US President George W. Bush’s approval rating in the last few months into his presidency, has said that they have a list on who will be making certain parts for the rumoured Apple iPhone Generation 3,based around the fact that Apple released a new one when Version 2.0 of its operating system came out.
Topic: iPhone
Apple brings out version 3.0 of iPhone OS – now with copy and paste!
Apple has announced a multitude of new features on its preview of the iPhone OS 3.0, including several developer features that weren’t available and will allow those who are registered developers will get their hands on the new OS before the rest of us could get one.
Rose : iPhone to have Copy and Paste in Version 3.0
Kevin Rose, from Digg and Diggnation fame, has said that Apple will be bringing in copy and paste functionality, a feature that has been absent in the current and previous versions of the iPhone OS, in the latest version when it showcases it to the press on the 17th of March.
SlingPlayer for iPhone announced
MACWORLD 2009 : Sling Media, the people who created a box that allows you stream your cable from your house to your computer (and portable devices), has announced that it will make an iPhone application that would allow you to watch your cable from the iPhone itself.
iPhone 3G sells at Wal-Mart on Sunday; $99 iPhone lives on – at AT&T
After rumours started flying that Wal-Mart will sell the iPhone in the US for just US$99, and then turned into nothing since it wasn’t true; AT&T is selling the iPhone 3G 8G for $99 – on a 2-year contract. Also, if you get it now before the end of the year, you can get an extra $50 off the price! That is pretty cheap. It should be noted that this is a refurbished iPhone.
Case maker publishes iPhone nano protector – could there be iPhone nano after all?
RUMOUR MILL : XSKN, a third-party case maker, has rekindled rumours of an iPhone nano and has started taking orders for a protective case holder for the rumoured gadget, even though there has been no confirmation from Apple – as expected since its nearly time for the all important, and final year, for the Apple keynote at Macworld at San Francisco.
iPhone Dev team unlocks iPhone 3G
The iPhone Dev Team have announced that they have managed to unlock the iPhone 3G, a task that was seem to be impossible by many, and this is soon going to be packaged in a new application similar to QuickPwn. Codenamed “yellowsn0w”, the release date will be available to all on New Year’s Eve 2008. As well, you will need to have an iPhone 3G with the baseband firmware 2.11.07 or earlier.
Google reveals top searches of 2008 – “Obama” takes Google’s top fastest rising crown (in the US)
Following a similar move made by Yahoo, Google has announced that results of its “Fastest Rising” and top search queries from its Zeitgeist; with results from worldwide, the United States and 34 other countries, including New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia (and if you’re scared about your privacy, don’t worry, Google says that no personal data was used).
Ducking iPhone – teach your iPhone how to swear!
Remember the days of the T9 keyboard, where it would correct words if you spelt it incorrectly (or an easier way to spell). Well, one of the features was that you can create a custom dictionary and teach your phone how to swear – and that was absolutely fun.
iPhone 2.2 jailbroken – still no support for the iPod touch second-gen
There is some good news who want an jailbroken iPhone 3G, you can do it now with the latest update to PwnageTool and QuickPwn from the iPhone Dev Blog. However, there is a catch – if you want to have the potential to use soft unlock, you must NOT use QuickPwn – and not use the official updates without using PwnageTool.
Bacon for your iPhone? Um…
Who said that bacon is just for eating? You can now have a bacon iPhone sleeve for just 25 Euros, including VAT, but without the shipping charges. Design by Antje, she claims that each sleeve is not the same, and everyone will have a different bacon motif. I should also tell you that it is not really bacon, but felt – but you should already know that.
iPhone bug could cause problems?
Apple could have a serious security threat on its current firmware for the iPhone, and possibly the iPod touch (since they basically share the same OS), if a report from MacNN is true. According to their report, a group of iPhone developers have identify a bug that could lead it granting access to third party code.
iPhone subsidiary costs Optus $44 million
Optus has spent $44 million on subsidising the iPhone to make it cheaper, according to its parent company Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), during the first quarter when the iPhone was released. However, its not all bad news for Optus – 55 percent of the iPhones were sold as Optus as the carrier.
Rumour Mill : New iPhone firmware has podcast downloads
AppleInsider is reporting that a leak in the new iPhone 2.2 firmware will see a podcast download function in bulit with the phone, instead of requiring to use iTunes on your main computer. The function is said to use Wi-Fi to download the latest episodes of podcasts by pressing a “Get More Episodes” link. However, it is unknown if you will be able to subscribe to a show as well.
Hudson brings three iPhone games for free – limited time only
For a limited time only, Hudson has made three iPhone/iPod Touch games for free during the Tokyo Game Show. This means that this deal ends on October 12 (Japan Time). The games are: Aqua Forest, Neo Same Game and Catch the Egg. So download them now from the App Store.