Nokia has lost its overall market share leadership in the worldwide smartphone segment to Apple in mobile ads share, BNET Technology reports. According to statistics from AdMob, Apple’s iPhone received 49 percent of ad traffic in May, compared with 32 percent for Nokia.
Why is mobile ad share important? Because in the smartphone segment, the tail [...]
Facebook for iPhone 3.0 is coming very soon, adding some more cool features like Events listings, Notes, Pages, and photo albums. But, according to Joe Hewitt, lead engineer for Facebook’s iPhone application, Push Notifications is in development but it won’t make it into 3.0 — so we should wait until the next update later this [...]
Dear first-gen iPhone owner, how badly do you want MMS on your phone? Thanks to hacking community, now you can enjoy MMS capability on your original iPhone with default SMS/MMS app and O.S 3.0!
Gizmodo wrote:
…here we are with a truly integrated MMS experience courtesy of the all-powerful hacking community. Granted, there have been MMS apps [...]
Google says that mobile uploads to YouTube have increased by 400% just in a week, thanks to iPhone 3GS’ technology. Looks like mostly iPhone 3GS users are also the big fans of the video-sharing site.
Google has announced that uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased by 400% since last Friday, when Apple’s new iPhone [...]
Apple released its new iPhone 3GS in Japan on Friday. According to the Asahi Shimbun, more than 200 people lined up at Softbank Mobile Corp.’s Omotesando store in Tokyo.
The Japan’s launch is a week after Apple introduced the new iPhone in the United States and Europe. It’s reported more than 1 million units have been [...]
The white iPhone 3GS reportedly overheats during a period of using the GPS and 3G of the phone, and its case changes color. Engadget says it turns a browner and Gizmodo reports as being pink.
Looks like the iPhone 3GS is now available in black, white, brown and pink :-) Anybody else with white iPhone [...]
Just discovered an interesting video on iPhone 3GS disassembled process. According to the site, it’s iPhone 3GS comprehensive take apart and repair directions for the touch panel, battery and LCD replacement. “Do not try this at home,” the site warns :-)
[via DailyMobile.se]
Beware. If you brought your iPhone when travelling out of the country, please consider the roaming fees. Let’s learn about Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage case. He was surfing the Internet while on a trip to Canada for a few hours, AT&T charged him for some $11,000! They shut down his service until they get paid.
Adam [...]
Thanks to an unaddressed security flaw, the iPhone Dev Team have announced that they will soon update their ultrasn0w unlocking tool to work on the iPhone 3GS. The exploit, known as 24Kpwn, was first discovered in the iPod touch 2G, and used in the redsn0w tool to jailbreak that PMP.
Now, the Dev Team can use [...]
ZoDDt has published two videos from the upcoming gpSPhone and psx4iPhone emulators new versions running on iPhone 3Gs. A good news for iPhone gaming.
The result is shown in the video below where you can see gpSPhone running at a minimum 150 FPS and maxing out at about 225 FPS, with sound and 0 frameskip! This [...]
AT&T have released a free iPhone and iPod touch application that allows U-verse subscribers control their DVR systems remotely. The app, U-verse TV Mobile Remote Access, can display program listings and full descriptions of individual shows, as well as allow users to schedule program or series recordings.
It’s also possible to edit existing schedules, whether they have [...]
Following the benchmark of 3D capabilities test where the iPhone 3GS is “close to four times faster than the 3G”; in JavaScript performance, the new iPhone 3GS also blows away its predecessors as well as rivals, even approaching MacBook speed!
Medialets ran the SunSpider test suite with Safari 4.0.1 on a 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 [...]
Mobile internet community and communication service, fring, now supports Apple’s latest iPhone 3.0 software update, including the new iPhone 3Gs. If you don’t have fring’s latest iPhone version yet, get yours today! [fring is now also available on the App Store].
Following Apple’s last week release of the iPhone 3.0 software update, we’re happy to announce [...]
AT&T today introduced its location based services app, AT&T Navigator [iTunes link] for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, bringing full audible and visual turn-by-turn navigation service. It allows iPhone customers to enjoy map updates, speech recognition, ETA updates, business listings, real-time traffic alerts, one-touch rerouting and daily gas prices.
According to Mark Collins, vice president of [...]
How fast the iPhone 3GS’s 3D graphics capabilities? Based on Daniel Pasco’s some OpenGL ES speed test results for plasma on iPhone 3GS and an iPod touch, then John Casasanta, posted a few comparisons in 3D capabilities on iPhone 3G and 3GS. The result is: The 3GS is close to four times faster than the [...]
It’s the latest news from the iPhone Dev Team: they have released their latest tool, Ultrasn0w, which unlocks the iPhone 3G for use with any carrier. And it also works in conjunction with the Team’s Redsn0w app, which is first used to jailbreak the iPhone 3G, and can unlock the latest iPhone OS 3.0 software. [...]
Apple have announced they have sold over one million iPhone 3GS through Sunday, June 21st –the third day after its launch. Meanwhile six million users have downloaded iPhone OS 3.0 in the five days since it was released on Wednesday last week.
Press Release:
Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models
iPhone 3.0 Software Downloads Reach Six [...]
With the release of iPhone 3.0 firmware, there is a possibility of iPhone and iPod Touch gaming accessories like virtual control pads, steering wheels and more, coming to our hand. Yes, because the iPod Touch software update page clearly mentions about “Third-party Game Accessories”!
There are lots of games out there, and a rising number of [...]
Apple is offering an apologetic $30 iTunes credit for the activation delays for iPhone 3GS. The credit itself will be available on Monday, Apple says. Full text after the break!
Dear Apple Customer,
Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone [...]
