Wish you knew where your friends and family were at all times? Have you heard of Loopt yet?
Loopt is a mobile phone application that enables users to spy on see the location of their friends on an interactive map (see image below). The application also allows you to message friends in your general area and setup automatic alerts to notify you when friends are nearby. …
A massive new online business is scheduled to launch on July 11: Apple’s App Store – an online hub for third party iPhone and iPod Touch applications.
Beginning later this month, developers will begin to upload apps to the store accessible by iPhone users or to a new section of the iTunes Store, sharing revenue from app sales with Apple in a 70/30 split. These apps will be in addition to the 1,700-odd apps already developed for the iPhone’s Safari web browser.
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The latest version of the iPhone, the long-awaited 3G version was announced yesterday at the Apple WWDC developer’s conference and get this, the 8GB version is only $199. Yes, there are going to be some miffed 1st gen iPhone owners out there. Oh well, Jobs is going to turn the world into an iPhone toting crowd yet.
Perhaps the most notable new feature is the built-in GPS. Here’s a rundown of the other new features (courtesy of our friends at Methodshop):
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We’ll start off with the bottom line here and that is this is not a real product, but only a proof of concept. Sling has been toying with a ‘jail broken’ iPhone to prove that the SlingPlayer can run on it. So far, they’ve produced SlingPlayer for other mobiles like Windows Mobile, Symbian-based cells and Palms.
Now that there’s an actual iPhone SDK, hopefully, this can become a reality soon enough. TV on an iPhone or iPod Touch could look pretty sweet.
There’s no doubt that an iPhone update is imminent. But while nearly everyone has agreed on that, nobody knows anything definite about the specifics… except that the new iPhone will be compatible with the Microsoft Exchange email services. There’s a link on the main Apple.com iPhone page where you can apply to be a beta tester.
In regards to the iPhone, here’s what we know today:
This may be quite a leak if it turns out to be true, but take a close look at this photo. Do you see the Apple logo? Recognize the approximate size? Yep, it’s an iPhone, but this time in white and very curvy.
A couple of Dutch Apple fan sites released this pic and more this week. I’m waiting for Apple’s lawyers to hit the fan and get these taken down; anyone interested in forming a pool?
This is simply wicked cool. Although I’m not a huge fan of the iPhone, in terms of it being a cell phone, I’m immensely impressed by its touch screen interface. Here’s an example of that interface being put to amazing use by a company called Earthscape, who produces a virtual Earth app that is similar to Google Earth. Take a look at this video which shows how you can get the Earth to spin by moving the phone around.
“This morning I had to go buy another copy of OS X Leopard (my original copy got scratched). As I walked closer to the Apple Store on 5th Avenue I was somewhat surprised to see a line of about 50 people waiting in line. The 3G iPhone announcement isn’t rumored to happen until June 9th right? Are these people going to wait in line for over 2 weeks or do they know something we don’t?
I asked the security guard by the Cube what was going on and he said it was for the iPhone. That’s all he knew and he very was annoyed at me for asking him about the iPhone line. I doubt I was the first person to ask. …
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Rumor on the streets is that Blackberry is readying an iPhone lookalike with the focus being on having a full touchscreen, which would be a major departure from the traditional full QWERTY keyboarded Blackberry we’re all used to seeing.
This may be called the Thunder, and may have EVDO and HSPA capabilities. I guess we’ll see!
That’s not a real image, btw, just a mock-up.
Still doubt that the 3G iPhone is coming soon?
This settings screen with a 3G toggle switch (see image below) was found in the latest beta release of the iPhone’s 2.0 firmware.
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