Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
Apple Day – Apple, iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTouch, iMac, iBook
When a system update caused service failures and bugs in T-Mobile customers’ unlocked iPhones, the users emailed T-Mobile to alert them to the issue. Even though T-Mobile doesn’t offer the iPhone, they fixed the bugs and gave the users a service credit for the inconvenience. More: continued here
Celebrities are just people like the rest of us: they send e-mail, they have iPhones, and occasionally they find themselves at the mercy of ill-intentioned hackers. More: continued here
A mobile analytics firm has published new findings which show the iPhone taking the majority of the app market — especially when it comes to the sheer number of users.Examining 8 million users and 100 apps, researchers at Flurry hint that Apple’s handset has a conspicuous market share lead among developers, the number of apps…
Apple has been conducting ongoing research into how to further improve their mobile device interfaces as evidenced by a couple of patent applications published over the past couple of weeks. Two different patent applications reveal a couple of different approaches to movement-aware interfaces found on portable devices. More: continued here
Apple’s iPhone has emerged as a serious videogame platform, fulfilling the long-held promise of mobile phone gaming and positioning itself as a legitimate competitor to handheld consoles. More: continued here
In this week’s show mobile software and hardware debut at CTIA in Las Vegas, Canada looks to recycle more e-waste, Intel launches new processors, FujiFilm shows off a prototype 3D camera, the European Commission prepares to investigate how online data is being used and a brain machine controls robots. More: continued here
Apple’s announcement last week of a new operating system for the iPhone – iPhone OS 3.0. Aside from being your mobile business assistant, the iPhone may also become your medical assistant in the near future. Two of the more interesting applications are for blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring. More: continued here
The beta version is still slow and has a ways to go before it can compete with Apple’s iPhone-ized Safari browser, but these are forgivable shortcomings, given its beta status.No, the real problem with Fennec is that it’s available only for one platform: Nokia’s N810 Internet Tablet. Who cares about that device? More: continued here
he iPhone 3.0 software includes the ability to copy-and-paste, a landscape keyboard, and push notifications. However, none of these updates were as revolutionary as the new features Apple offered to iPhone application developers. The one to watch however is the ability to purchase items within an application. More: continued here
Apple has added 3D position and transform capabilities to WebKit, along with the 2D CSS-based transform abilities added some time ago. However, Apple allows access to these advanced 3D abilities only via Mobile Safari. If Apple enables the features on the desktop, they could kickstart the development of a whole new class of visually rich…
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If Apple’s mobile handsets are destined to become world-class gaming devices, one supposes this kind of thing is to be expected. Somehow, though, the Racing Wheel for iPod Touch showcased by Hama at CeBIT09 seems over the line, doesn’t it? Then again, I’m not a gamer, so maybe I’m just driving outside my engine qualification….
French software development company Visuamobile is planning to launch an iPhone app called ELIZA AI, based on the 1966 artificial intelligence computer program trained to respond to questions like a therapist, that is by asking other questions. Though the program is dated, Leca says the Eliza iPhone app still had the same effect that surprised…
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In its first detailed look at web market share for cellphones, a research firm has found that Apple’s iPhone represents a staggering 66.61 percent of mobile traffic while its competitors have only just gained a foothold. More: continued here
Speaking of iPhone art (see our colleague Nicole Martinelli’s post following this one), iCloseBy.com, developers of several popular Apple iPod Touch and iPhone apps, announced an ‘Emotional Networking’ wireless world art project Friday. iWallFlower.com is a web site which displays in real time, drawings being made by iPod Touch and iPhone users from around the…
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Apple issued a store-wide prohibition on all AppStore support for Emoji Friday, according to a report at ArsTechnica. Emoji, the cute graphical images favored by many heavy SMS text users and a standard part of mobile communications in Japan, are “hidden” on iPhones sold outside Japan. However in recent months, third party apps and other…