7
Nov
Posted on 2008 under Rumors |
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Remember NetShare app on AppStore which allowed surfing the web using iPhone’s WiFi/3G? This tethering app was removed by Apple with 2-3days. Rumors pointed finger at AT&T which might have influenced Apple in getting rid of this app.
TechCrunch has shared this news in its blog:
In an interview with Michael Arrington at the Web 2.0 Summit, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega let it be known that an official, AT&T sanctioned method of using the iPhone as a 3G modem for a laptop is on the way “soon”.
Lets wait and see how soon can we start seeing NetShare like apps on AppStore.
[via - TechCrunch]
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Tethering
29
Oct
Posted on 2008 under Firmware Versions, Rumors |
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Apple wants to now increase iPhone app users participation in determining the usefulness of any app they download from AppStore. The latest 2.2 Beta SDK has revealed this unique feature which shows how Apple is seeking to increase customer participation in reviewing iPhone apps. This new feature was revealed by iPhoneHellas.gr. If this is true, we will have rate all apps that we delete after a while. This feature would show up in 2.2 firmware update.
[via - iPhoneHellas.gr]
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rate app
29
Oct
Posted on 2008 under Rumors |
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Remember Podcaster.app, which was rejected by Apple last month? Podcaster.app replicated the Podcast feature of iTunes and that was the only reason it was rejected by Apple, many bloggers felt. And now, TUAW has shared another hidded feature in 2.2 firmware. On the air downloading of podcasts directly to your Podcast tab of iPod.app is now going to be possible after 2.2 update. Though this seems to be a rumor, when it appears on TUAW, its almost confirmed. Lets see how this works:
A tipster shared with us some screenshots of the new firmware, including what appears to be the ability to download podcasts directly to your iPhone (and presumably your iPod touch). This could tidily explain why Apple rejected the Podcaster app last month. The option to “get more episodes” doesn’t appear to work in this firmware build, however.
[via - TUAW]
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Podcaster.app,
Podcaster
23
Oct
Posted on 2008 under Apple, Rumors |
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You are right, I got to keep this blog of mine totally dedicated to iPhone. But I couldn’t resist covering this Rumor from Gizmodo. Amazing looking gadget that has been leaked by Apple - few call it iPhone State few call it Macbook Nano. What ever it is, it just looks mind blowing. Over to the picture that has made my day:
Thanks Gizmodo, for sharing this news. Here is the brief:
When asked about netbooks during his “special guest” appearance on Apple’s quarterly earnings call, at first Steve Jobs seemed pretty down on the whole category, saying that there are “not a lot of them getting sold,” and Apple’s “entrance into that category” is the iPhone. But then he admitted that Apple is going to “wait and see” how the category evolves and “we’ve got some pretty interesting ideas if it does evolve.” MacBook touch tablet? Wild speculation, go!
[via - Gizmodo]
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iPhone State,
netbooks,
Macbook Nano
13
Oct
Posted on 2008 under Apple, Rumors |
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iPhone might have Voice Commands in the near future. iPhoneAlley has found these two patents from Apple that was published by US Patent and Trademark Office, which states that Apple is considering adding voice controls as a standard option in the iPhone.
The document describes the use of a hardware addition to the device; a “voice-to-command analyzer,” that would be capable of distinguishing voice commands from meaningless noise or normal talk, which would save other hardware components the burden of making the translations.
[via - iPhoneAlley ]
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Voice Commands
20
Aug
Posted on 2008 under AppStore, Rumors |
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You must have heard about iPod Nike app which used to integrate Nike shoes with iPod and provide various statistics to nike owners. And now, Nike has been involved in developing an amazing app which integrates with iPhone. These images have been shared by iphon.fr and gizmodo. Gizmodo has this to say - From what we can skim, Nike+ users will get all of the nifty performance graphs right on the phone (before this stuff was available on the web only). But the biggest improvement over the old Nike system may be Google Maps support:
[via - iphon.fr and gizmodo]
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iPhone Nike,
Nike+
4
Aug
Posted on 2008 under Rumors |
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This might become the news of the month. iPhone might morph itself in a smaller form this Christmas. If this article on Daily Mail, from UK is to be believed “The Daily Mail claims the new device will retail at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers and will be available exclusively from O2 in the UK”. Here is what Daily Mail had to say:
Apple is about to launch a ‘nano’ version of the hugely successful iPhone. It is expected to be in the shops in time for Christmas. The product will be launched in the UK at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers by O2, the mobile phone group owned by Spain’s Telefonica. ‘This will be a big one,’ said an industry source.
Another report on MaCNN says - One claim hints that the iPhone nano will feature a touch wheel on the back and display on the front so that numbers will be dialed from behind. Sources also speculate that, “a cut down version, with the candy bar shape of iPod nano music players, would be a huge hit as a Christmas gift.”
If you are wondering how the nano might look. This picture from informationarchitects might ring some bell. There are tons of probable nano images floating around the web. This seems to be closest 
Another one from Flickr:
[via - Daily Mail and MaCNN
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iPhone Nano,
Nano
25
Jul
Posted on 2008 under Firmware Versions, Rumors |
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This insight comes from Gearlive.com. These guys have found that the 2.1 SDK throws some insights on the upcoming additional features in the GPS module of iPhone 3G. The present feature list under iPhone 3G GPS is just the beginning. More features would get added with every firmware release. Here is what gearlive has to say:
A few new things we are seeing in this version of the software is the addition of a bunch of Core Location features that track the direction you are heading, and the speed you are traveling. Looks like we might see a turn-by-turn GPS app after all on the iPhone 3G.
[via - Gearlive.com]
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GPS
24
Jul
Posted on 2008 under Rumors |
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You might get to see red iPhone 3Gs this holiday season. Thanks to TechCrunch for this news. It might turnout to be just rumor. But its worth mentioning in this blog anyways. Here is what TechCrunch has to say:
Rumors have been propagating through several popular Mac blogs that Apple will be releasing a red iPhone 3G model for the holiday season. Apple has released several products for this campaign previously, including (PRODUCT) RED iTunes gift cards, a red 8GB iPod Nano, and a red 1GB iPod Shuffle.
[via - TechCrunch, photo via - MacBlogz]
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Red iPhone 3G
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