Archive for July 27th, 2008

Msn Messenger para el Iphone

Ahora si, si querías chatear por Messenger en tu Iphone podrás hacerlo, pues salio la nueva app Palringo, esta aplicación te permite conectarte a el Messenger y a varios otros mensajeros instantáneos, además es gratis. Una opción interesante es que esta aplicacion te permite enviar fotografías sacadas en ese momento con […]

More ads coming soon to iPhone, iPod touch apps

We haven’t spotted many ads so far in Apple’s two-week-old iPhone app platform…
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All hands on deck as Apple stores everywhere open at 8am and some will reserve phones for pre-qualified purchasers

Apple’s retail stores will now open at 8 am in all locations to help alleviate the iPhone 3G backlog. … [visit site to read more]
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We got an iphone. (actually, 2)

Best computer ever. We got 2 of them. Violet loves it as well… this is her flipping through pictures with the touch screen (mainly pictures of her). 
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NY Times’ Pogue slams Apple over ‘MobileMess’

On July 16, Apple took the very unusual step of sending an apology to all MobileMe members…
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Apple admits to lost MobileMe messages,it is a rocky start to mobileme

Apple admits to lost MobileMe messages,it is a rocky start to mobileme Posted by Gadgetboy in July 26th 2008 Apple’s Push-like MobileMe launch has been such a debacle that they’re now in damage control mode. As a result, some poor soul has been tasked by Steve Jobs to post status updates […]

Breaking News: iPhone Dev Team Downgrade iPhone 3G’s Modem Firmware

Breaking News: iPhone Dev Team Downgrade iPhone 3G’s Modem Firmware The iPhone Dev Team has just published a post claiming that they have been able to downgrade iPhone 3G’s modem firmware to an older beta firmware version. They haven’t unlocked iPhone 3G so far, but the latest news gives an indication […]

yooZoo Apple iPod Nano 3rd Generation Full Face Crystal Hard Case - for Apple iPod Nano 3G MP3 Player - Ozone Clear

yooZoo Apple iPod Nano 3rd Generation Full Face Crystal Hard Case - for Apple iPod Nano 3G MP3 Player - Ozone Clear Made to protect all the areas of your new Apple iPod nano 3G MP3 player with video. You’ll enjoy the clean look, and low profile of this case, as it protects […]

Mossberg: Apple’s MobileMe far too flawed to be reliable

After a week of intense testing of [Apple’s MobileMe] service, I can’t recommend it, at least not in its current state…
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Microsoft attempts to polish Vista turd

Microsoft is really taking the gloves off this time. ZDNet is reporting that it will spend $500 million…
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2 Ways to Take Screenshots From Your iPhone

Ever wanted to know how to get great screenshots from your iPhone? It’s really easy. With the iPhone 2.0 software, you can simply hold down the Home button and press the top (on/off) button. The screen will flash and the screenshot will be saved to your iPhoto library. That’s quick and simple, for sure, […]

Editorial: Five Lessons Learned from iDay 2.0

Sure, you know that for a few hours iTunes couldn’t activate iPhone 3G, the day it came out. Big deal. The lessons that Apple really needs to learn have taken longer to uncover, but we’ll run them down. Now that Apple is admitting that MobileMe’s launch was a failure, it’s time to go […]

Steve Jobs admits Katie Cotton lied for him [Great Moments In Pr]

“You think I’m an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he’s above the law, and I think you’re a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs told New York Times writer Joe Nocera, in the course of Nocera’s reporting on Apple’s cult of secrecy. The top subject, of course, is Jobs’s […]

AT&T reports solid Q208 results highlighted by strong wireless growth, Apple iPhone 3G launch

AT&T Inc. today reported solid second-quarter results highlighted by strong wireless growth…
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ diet secrets

In an industry where so many leaders resemble talking sides of beef, Jobs’ trim figure is noticeable…
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Big iPhone or Small MacBook?

Rumors are again stirring about a new Apple product that one consultant believes will be available this fall: a touchscreen MacBook. It would, in theory be dubbed the MacBook touch. As in iPod touch. MacDailyNews says they received the tip from the same anonymous source who had previously leaked information about Apple’s wireless iTunes Store a week […]

Case Mate Naked Case 2 Review

I’m gonna keep this short and sweet, much like the Naked Case 2. The clear case is best at protecting the iPhone (Gen 1 only) from scratches and the occasional bump. Because my testing didn’t include risking the virility of my iPhone I can’t say whether or not it would withstand a […]

have gadgets you can be proud of

This past week, I’ve spent more time than the usual amount, which is quite a lot already, on my Mac, due to the fact that this week I had to post this month’s worth of my AP summer course work online. When you spend endless hours doing something you begin to notice every […]

Apple’s Phone 2.1 update to bring turn-by-turn GPS navigation?

Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 2.1 software update will bring improvements to the GPS functions…
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New York Times Explores the Secrecy of Apple and the Health of Steve Jobs

Talking Business - Apple’s Culture of Secrecy - NYTimes.com This is a deceiving headline from the New York Times.  The story is more on the health of Steve Jobs and when should a company disclose… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! […]

Mobile news startup Verve Wireless gets $3 million investment from Associated Press, others

It’s not everyday that the Associated Press picks up investment property on the news front. Which makes this latest investment all that much more interesting. The Associated Press has gone in with other investment firms to pump $3 million in to the mobile news startup Verve Wireless. Verve specializes in getting traditional newspapers […]

The HiPhone on Google Adsense

So I was checking a recent post to my other site for formatting etc and one of my Google Ads was for the HiPhone! Check it out, it’s the China HiPhone that you can ‘Buy from China’ for $158.80, and of course that’s with the 30% savings.. talk about a blatant rip-off, they just added […]

The iPhone, Now in Green(er)

The iPhone, Now in Green(er)Seeded on Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:19 PM EDT (worldchanging.com) Inside each of the more than one million 3G iPhones sold so far, you’ll find a lithium-ion battery. No big surprise there. But what’s different here from early model iPhones is that the batteries are not soldered in place. That’s good […]

IPod Swing Speakers are swish

IPod Swing Speakers are swish Posted by Gadgetboy in July 26th 2008 Here’s another iPod speaker are your disposal that hooks on to your iPod Nano, Classic or Touch. The Neoneco Swing speakers from Korea provides (ear-splitting) sound at a battery life of 10 hours, which seems good […]

Apple doing the right thing by communicating

In infrastructure we face outages of systems at any time.  When people can’t get to their applications, data, or email one of the most important things we can do is to communicate openly and honestly with them until the issue is resolved.  People tend to be a little more understanding of the issue if they at […]

QRCode Commando Patch

QRCode Commando Patch July 26, 2008 at 8:58 pm · Filed under Design, Mobile, Style, Japan, Software, Typography, Product, Online, Art, Modern, iPhone ©2008 tikaro It was only a matter of time before someone made a QR Code commando patch! This is going to be added to my TAD […]

Analyst Gartenberg: Microsoft ‘Zune phone’ unlikely

Rumors persist about a Zune phone. I say it’s totally unlikely for a pretty simple reason…
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ABC News covers rumored ‘MacBook touch’ while Enderle claims Apple iPhone hasn’t made a dent in RIM

After a mention of a mysterious ‘future product transition’ on an earnings conference call…
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Are Apple and China incompatible?

The Beijing Olympics begin in two weeks. But for Apple, the China games have already begun…
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Apple shares rise after NY Times reports CEO Steve Jobs is ‘cancer-free’

Apple Inc. rose as much as 3.9 percent in Nasdaq trading after the New York Times said Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs…
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Google CEO Schmidt: Apple’s iPhone good for Android

The success of the new iPhone has Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt excited about his company’s own mobile efforts…
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Apple releases iPhone 2.1 beta to registered developers only

Apple has posted a beta of iPhone OS 2.1 to its iPhone Dev Center. The beta firmware also has a new SDK, allowing developers start working with the new functionality. However, according to several developers, only those that have paid $99 and been accepted to distribute apps can access the beta firmware and related […]

5 Very Vintage Mac Products

Were you one of the lucky nerds who happened to snag an iPhone 3G a week ago when it launched? Did you scoff and make jokes about the possibility of “thinking about picking up an 8GB instead of the 16GB.” Well listen up young whippersnapper and let me tell you about the days before […]

Mossberg takes shopping trip in Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod touch

The single best feature in Apple’s second-generation iPhone 3G isn’t the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature…
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Red iPhone coming this Christmas?

iPhone Savior is reporting - via an unconfirmed source - that a possible (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition iPhone 3G…
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Does Steve Jobs’ value to Apple eliminate his right to medical privacy?

Decades ago, Jobs was a private citizen until teaming up in 1976 with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne…
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All they want to talk about at MobileBeat conference are Apple’s iPhone and App Store

Though almost every discussion at the MobileBeat conference in Sunnyvale, Calif., on Thursday centered around the iPhone…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation blasts defunct Yahoo! Music; calls for refunds, apology

Just over a month after consumer backlash caused MSN Music to rescind its decision to deactivate the digital rights management…
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How to type “Leo Laporte” on The iPhone

Leo Laporte has been complaining about the iPhone not letting him typing “Laporte” on the iPhone. As of recent, Laporte still complains that iPhone 2.0 still won’t let him type his last name. This one goes to Leo Laporte and all The Laportes in the world: Typing “Leo Laporte” on iPhone […]

Selling 2 Painted Apple IIe Monitors

I promise I won’t post every time I’m unloading some junk, but I thought the readers of my blog would appreciate the 2 Apple IIe monitors I just posted on Craigslist. My wife, Samantha, painted them and they were our only TVs for 3 years! The Apple IIe was the first computer […]