Rumor: Wal-Mart to sell 4GB iPhone for $99
A new rumor presents the possibility that discount chain Wal-Mart may carry a special run 4GB iPhone 3G as part of its agreement to begin selling the touchscreen handsets later this month.
published today, 4 hours 13 minutes ago, appleinsider
Apple files patent for hover-ready touchscreen
Apple has developed technology that would let an iPhone or similar device be controlled by hovering fingers nearby rather than just touches alone, a new US patent filing shows. The system would include the company's familiar capacitive touchscreen technology but would also introduce numerous infrared or similar sensors that can gauge the relative position of fingers, a whole hand or an outside ob...
published today, 4 hours 33 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Truephone launches VoIP app for iPod touch, iPhone
Truephone has launched a new VoIP application that enables an iPod touch to be used as a phone. If equipped with a microphone and headphones, the device can make phone calls to Google Talk or Skype users, another Truephone-enabled iPod touch, or certain Nokia handsets, from anywhere in the world where a Wi-Fi connection is available. Other features include instant messaging to Skype and MSN, along...
published yesterday, 15 hours 23 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Amazon Mobile for the iPhone shops?and remembers
Amazon creates a mobile shopping application for the iPhone and iPod touch that can use the iPhone's camera and wisdom in the cloud to remember and identify items that you run into. Read More...
published yesterday, 16 hours 53 minutes ago, ars-technica
Apple enables promotional iPhone/iPod apps
Developers should now more easily be able to offer promotional copies of apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, reports say. Apple has enabled a system which, after an app has been approved for sale, allows developers to send free download codes to as many as 50 individuals. The codes can be redeemed within any current version of iTunes, though at present, downloaders must reside within the US....
published yesterday, 21 hours 28 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Battery-based charger powers iPod, iPhone, iPod touch
QuickerTek has announced a new External Battery Charger for Apple products with 30-pin connectors. The charger works with iPods using the aforementioned connector, the iPhone 3G and iPod touch. It expands the iPod's runtimes with up to 30 additional hours of music, six hours of video or three hours of talk time on the iPhone. The battery gets a charge through a retractable USB cable and it can cha...
published yesterday, 1 day 18 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
iPod touch shortages deepening to include all iPods?
iPods are becoming increasingly difficult to find in the wake of last week's Black Friday sales, says Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. Immediately following the sales, the only vendor to report any shortages was Amazon, which lengthened its lead times to 11 days for the 8GB iPod touch, and three to five weeks for the 16GB player. The company's situation has since been made even worse however, with...
published yesterday, 1 day 58 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
App Store Pick(s) of the Week: Shopping Season Helpers
Now you can use Godiva Mobile to give someone the gift of holiday chocolate. Find a great gift using the Target Gift Globe. Mix up some cool outfits (and enjoy ?Merry Mixed Carols?) with the GAP Merry Mix It. Relieve holiday anxiety using Stress Lifter. Or use iPhone or iPod touch to buy one or more Giftcards. You?ll find all of these free shopping apps ? and others ? in the Lifestyle section on the App Store.
published yesterday, 1 day 2 hours 26 minutes ago, apple-hot-news
HTC buys US designers to bolster phone look
HTC today revealed that it will buy American design house One & Company for an undisclosed amount. The move makes permanent a collaboration that started with the Touch Diamond and should see One & Company become HTC's regular designer for its smartphones in the future. Most of HTC's newest Touch series phones already draw on the US firm's influence, including the MAX 4G and Touch HD....
published yesterday, 1 day 4 hours 58 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
Nokia leans on new N97 as best hope for an iPhone rival
At a special event in Spain, Nokia has revealed the N97, which is just the second touchscreen phone in company history -- and potentially the company's one real chance at reversing market share losses to Apple's iPhone.
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, appleinsider