iPhone 3G puts Apple among top 10 phone vendors
Apple's third quarter sales for its only cellphone, the iPhone, have vaulted the company into a top ten list of phone suppliers, ousting BlackBerry maker RIM in the process, research group Strategy Analytics says. A Thursday report said Apple's increase to 6.9 million handsets shipments found Apple, along with Samsung and Sony Ericsson, as one of the only major phone makers on the list to increase...
published on Thursday, the 30. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
PageSpinner 5.1 boosts Leopard, iPhone support
Optima System says it has released v5.1 of PageSpinner, its web-editing suite. The software supports code such as HTML, PHP, CSS and JavaScript, and has integrated functionality with Apache and Mac OS X's Terminal. The v5.1 update is said to improve compatibility with Leopard, including cosmetically. Users can also insert links for iPhone-ready video formats....
published on Friday, the 19. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
Sony Ericsson G705 brings full HTML, UMA
Sony Ericsson used the opening of the second CTIA show of the year to launch the G705. The device is another of the cellphone maker's 3.2-megapixel slider cameraphones but is fairly unique among Sony Ericsson phones in supporting full HTML web browsing as well as an iPhone-like tilt sensor that auto-rotates to landscape view. The handset also combines its HSDPA-based 3G access with Wi-Fi to prod...
published on Tuesday, the 9. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
OS X iPhone may overtake Symbian by 2010
The current rate of growth for estimated iPhone sales may lead to its operating system being more popular than Symbian in as little as two years, according to projections based on both official and estimated data. Although Symbian reports 19.6 million cellphones from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others having sold with its operating system installed during its last quarter, the figure represents a gr...
published on Wednesday, the 3. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
iPhone antennas work properly, Bold sees 3G issues
Thorough testing of the iPhone 3G's various antennas have revealed that they are not the cause of users' 3G woes, after three of the devices were run through trials in a $100,000 test chamber similar to ones used by Motorola. When placed in the chamber, the iPhone demonstrated no irregularities when sending or receiving 3G data, showing only a 2 dB variance from a Sony Ericsson P1 and Nokia N73. G...
published on Wednesday, the 27. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
iPhone 3G's connectivity put to the test
In spite of complaints, the iPhone 3G fares reasonably well in terms of reception, says a Swedish firm specializing in wireless test chambers. Bluetest recently used an advanced chamber to test the iPhone 3G's antenna and compare the results with two other popular 3G phones. Each of the three devices -- the iPhone 3G, Nokia N73 and Sony Ericsson P1 -- were placed individually placed into a chamber...
published on Monday, the 25. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
Forum Activity: August 4, 2008
Shapes and CSS? Cuil - can it tackle Google? Trouble getting the iPhone 3G How to clean un-used downloaded items Yet another Macbook vs. Macbook Pro thread…
published on Monday, the 4. August 2008, apple-blog
Missing Sync for Symbian debuts
Mark/Space has announced The Missing Sync for Symbian, offering Mac-sync support for Symbian OS mobile devices from Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. Mark/Space already offers the Missing Sync for BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile and others, and now adds Symbian OS support, with a brand new feature, called Proximity Sync. Billed as "syncing with...
published on Tuesday, the 29. July 2008, macintosh-news-network
Sony Ericsson sales drop, iPhone to hurt sales
Sony Ericsson on Friday reported spring quarterly results that confirm a continued drop in the company's influence. The cellphone designer today said it has largely met its lowered predictions and shipped 24.4 million phones between April and June, or a two percent drop from the same season a year earlier. Net income for the company was also near...
published on Friday, the 18. July 2008, macintosh-news-network
Missing Sync for iPhone now on Windows
Mark/Space on Thursday unveiled a new product for Windows that allows iPhone users to transfer contacts and calendar information from most BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm OS devices, as well as select units from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola that use the Symbian OS. Mark/Space says that The Missing Sync for iPhone works with both current g...
published on Thursday, the 26. June 2008, macintosh-news-network