RAZR has been the most popular handset around the world all this while. This has become history. iPhone has beaten Motorola’s RAZR to become the most purchased handset in the US. AppleInsider has shared this news:
The shift puts an end to the RAZR’s three-year run atop the market, with the Motorola handset falling to the second slot, followed by Research in Motion’s Blackberry Curve, LG’s Rumor, and LG’s enV2, respectively.
“The displacement of the RAZR by the iPhone 3G represents a watershed shift in handset design from fashion to fashionable functionality,” said Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis for NPD. “Four of the five best-selling handsets in the third quarter were optimized for messaging and other advanced Internet features.”
This new iPhone ad went on air last week. I don’t know why I like adding iPhone ads to my blog. I dont have any answer, if you ask me. Might be because, being in India, I don’t get to see these ads
This time Apple covered Shazam, the song finder app:
If you intend to buy this app, check out few features:
Shazam
When you hear a song and wonder what it is, Shazam [AppStore] is there with the answer. Hold your iPhone to the music and within seconds we’ll tell you the artist and track name.
You can use Shazam to:
- Identify music anywhere: from the radio,TV, film, or in a store
- Save your Tag history: build your own soundtrack
- Buy music you hear: your Tags link directly to iTunes
- Music Videos: see related videos on YouTube
- Capture the moment: personalize your Tags with Photos
- Share the moment: send your Tags to friends via Mail
This is amazing. You got checkout MyBefia.com to get a feel of how revolutionary these types of widgets are going to be. You got to enter the iTunes link of up to 3 applications and get their head to head metrics. Or just enter only one application’s link and get it compared to its most similar competitors.
This is good for all those executives who need laptops regularly to think laterally or differently while looking for a better solution for their problems. If you have been using mindmapping tools and have depended on softwares like “MindMapper” from mindmapper.com, you got to check this iPhone mindmapper app. Its called MindMaker and costs $4.99. This is what the developer has to say:
Mindmaker is the first mindmapping application for the iPhone Platform.
Quickly create, view, modify and rearrange conceptual maps for notetaking in brainstormings and meetings or to sketch out ideas and concepts.
Features Include:
Create, edit, mode and delete nodes quickly and intuitively.
Navigate your map by dragging your finger.
Export mind maps to OPML and Freemind formats.
Backup files online and access them with your Mac or PC.
This time its CastCatcher Internet Radio’s version update got rejected by Apple. The reason being “Too much bandwidth”. I really don’t understand why Apple should be bothered about bandwidth issues, when the user is ready to pay for it. Moreover if its on WiFi, it wouldnt even cost a dime. Apple seems to decide whats good for us… crazy. This is no good. Here is what return7 have shared on their blog:
CastCatcher Internet Radio cannot be posted to the App Store because it is transferring excessive volumes of data over the cellular network, which as outlined in the iPhone SDK Agreement section 3.3.15, is prohibited
Right. Except for the fact that every other radio app works over cell network as well AND Apple has approved THREE prior releases of CastCatcher. We’ve emailed them and are hoping to resolve this quickly. CastCatcher does not burden cell networks any more than any other radio application. Ridiculous.
iPhone users have more reason to cheer. A new study by SquareTrade finds that the iPhone is 2 times more reliable than Blackberry after one year of ownership.
SquareTrade, which sells extra warranties for cell phones and other devices, looked at the failure rates of 15,000 phones covered under its plans. The malfunction rate for iPhones after one year is 5.6 percent, compared to 11.2 percent for the Blackberry and 16.2 percent for the Treo.
I just downloaded this mindblowwwing app. You got to check out this video. I won’t say anything else
Let me share with you something more:
Ocarina [AppStore] is the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone. Both experts and beginners will be amazed by this innovative player. Ocarina is sensitive to your breath, touch and movements, making it even more versatile than the original.
• Blow into your microphone to generate music
• Hold down combinations of the holes to change your pitch
• Tilt your phone from front to back to change the vibrato depth
• Tilt your phone from side to side to change the vibrato rate
Did you know that there is a way to change the funny looking font of Notes.app? Thanks to macosxhints for sharing this video link:
Here is how to do it:
Enable in Settings/General/Keyboard/International Keyboards the Japanese keyboard.
When you type something with it in Notes it will change the font from Marker Felt to Helvetica.
Hi, I have been using this awesome invention called iPhone in Bangalore, India from November 2007 and have gone nutzzz over this.
Nuts to an extent that I have started my own blog on iPhone. I will be covering various developments happening around Apple iPhone. Will cover everything and anything which is even remotely connected to the iPhone. But will put more emphasis on iPhone news and buzz from an Indian perspective.
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