iPhone 3G: Release the rumors!
Will the new iPhone be had in July for $199? Despite the buzz, nothing is certain about the next-generation iPhone — except that it will be the biggest mobile game machine of the back-to-school season.
Will the new iPhone be had in July for $199? Despite the buzz, nothing is certain about the next-generation iPhone — except that it will be the biggest mobile game machine of the back-to-school season.
Apple rolls out its iPhone SDK and prepares to take on the enterprise with its mobile platform. To help get the ball rolling, a $100M venture fund will invest in iPhone applications.
Now that Leopard and the iPhone have shipped, Apple is dividing its annual developer conference into 3 tracks: iPhone, Macintosh and IT, which means fitting the first two into the enterprise. This could mark a new "halo" for the Macintosh coming from the thousands of programmers who will embrace the Mac OS X platform in order to write iPhone/iPod Touch apps.
According to an online report, sources say the forthcoming iPhone SDK — coming out this week — will feel the heavy hand of Cupertino. The software feature some heavy constraints by Apple in distribution and in support for hardware peripherals.
Move over iPod and iPhone and television set-top boxes. In a surprising twist, it looks as if the big stories at this year's Macworld Expo may actually be about the Macintosh.
How many iPhone and MacBook users are aware that high temperatures, such as those found in a hot yoga class or in a car on a spring day, could kill their lithium-ion battery? The technology is somewhat temperamental, according to Apple and battery experts.
Apple today released a way faster, better, dare we say "fixed," iPhone 4, along with a new pricing model for the entire line, designed to hold the flood of Google telephony this spring. But all this and a stack of new iOS features, it appears isn't enough for the media rumor machine, which gave the release a lackluster grade.
When considering the performance of a battery in a mobile device, the talk is usually all about the hours and minutes available when the battery is new. However, a recent test shows that the older iPhone 3GS battery ages gracefully.
After Steve Jobs' iPhone show on Friday, Apple analysts can now look forward to Tuesday's Q3 earnings conference call. The new topics, now that the iPhone recall is off the table, are the potential sales of iPods, iPhones and Macs.
With all the deafening buzz about the recent release of the iPad and Cupertino putting its boot down on cross-compilers for mobile apps, one had to strain a bit to hear the real story in Apple Q2 announcements: Despite the increasing competition from major vendors and the gloomy outlooks from analysts, the Macintosh is gaining strength in many market segments and so is the iPhone.