Santok has released a new hands-free solution for the iPhone that allows users to attach an extra set of headphones. The STK iPhone PHF kit with splitter allows users to share their music without having to miss phone calls.
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One thing I can state for certain, voice command of a cell phone is a must have feature in the car. Sure it comes in handy other places too but since I’ve been carrying an iPhone 3G I sure miss being able to do simple call-related functions by voice. BlueAnt is stepping up with the first Bluetooth headset that puts voice command on the headset itself for use with phones that don’t have that capability. Can you say iPhone? I knew you could.
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DALLAS, Aug 26, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/—AT&T Inc. (T:30.59, +0.07, +0.2%) today announced expanded international data offerings to help keep iPhone customers connected around the world. Beginning tomorrow, AT&T will offer two new plans that accommodate iPhone customers’ increasing reliance on data services while traveling abroad. The two new plans, which offer 100 megabytes (MB) or 200 MB a month, can potentially save customers hundreds of dollars compared to pay-per-use international data roaming charges.
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If you’re getting bad reception on your iPhone 3G, blame your carrier, not your iPhone.
That’s the conclusion Wired.com’s Gadget Lab draws from a survey of 4,200 iPhone 3G owners. The results, posted Monday morning, show marked regional differences that Wired.com believes are primarily due to the maturity — or lack thereof — of the local 3G network, and not some underlying problem in Apple’s (AAPL) hardware.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)—KACE ( http://www.kace.com), the leading systems management appliance company, today announced the industry’s first appliance-based systems management solution for Apple’s iPhone. The new technology allows IT administrators and business users alike to provision, configure, and control policies for the iPhone as they would with any other managed device.
This news comes on the heels of Gartner’s recent acknowledgement that the iPhone 3G is ready to serve business customers as an alternative to mobile devices, such as Blackberry. The iPhone technology complements
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Over the past few months we’ve had to create a few iPhone mock ups for presentations. The problem we’ve encountered is the lack of resources to help us design something efficiently.
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Apple has posted three new iPhone commercials to their site. The three commercials illustrate the use of the App Store to download apps directly to the iPhone using different examples.
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When I was younger, I fancied myself a bit of a gamer. I’m talking about Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein, and a few old DOS games that nobody would remember.
That was until a little game known as Myst came along. Anybody else out there that played this game when they were younger remember how exciting it could be, even without anybody else in the game to keep you entertained.
read it here www.geek.com
For Intel, the question of putting an x86 chip inside Apple’s iPhone is less about “if” than “when” – and that “when” could be two years away.
The chipmaking colossus put the subject on the table at the 2007 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco by showcasing a prototype Mobile internet device looking like a stretch limo version of the iPhone. “I love the iPhone” admitted Anand Chandrasekher, general manager of Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group. “Apple is a bastion of innovation in their own right, and we are an innovator in our own right. Hopefully sometime in the future our paths may meet”.
read it here apcmag.com
Among the many differences between the launch of the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G was one unpleasant surprise for those who didn’t live in close proxmity to an Apple or AT&T store: the iPhone 3G would not be sold online. Now it appears AT&T is relaxing that rule for some of its business customers.
read it here www.pcworld.com
NEW YORK—Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.’s and AT&T Inc.’s own stores.
The announcement by Best Buy expands the availability of Apple’s vaunted phone to 970 full-size stores and 16 smaller Best Buy Mobile stores. It’s also a coup for the Minneapolis-based chain, which has been upgrading its cell phone departments.
read it here www.heraldnet.com
A new test version of Apple’s next iPhone firmware update has disabled a key service that will allow background data for native apps, with no clear sign of when it will return.
While beta 4 of the iPhone 2.1 update comes with Apple’s typically unspecific references to bug fixes, it explicitly withdraws support for the push notification service that will send Internet data to third-party apps even while they are shut down.
read it here www.appleinsider.com
Reception problems with the iPhone 3G are occurring in towns and cities across the U.S., based on readers’ responses this week to CNET News’ request for more information about their balky phones.
More information has trickled out this week about the iPhone 3G’s reception problems, which are now believed to be the result of a problem with the Infineon chipset inside the unit. Business Week reported Thursday that Apple and Infineon are working on a software fix for the problem, which Apple has yet to officially acknowledge.
read it here news.cnet.com
One of the mysteriously disappearing iPhone apps, BoxOffice, is now available once again on the App Store.
Users of previous versions of the popular—and free!—movie listing app will be updated to version 1.2, which had popped up on the store shortly before it was pulled without warning or explanation from Apple.
read it here arstechnica.com
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/—Pageonce, the first Personal Internet Assistant, released a fully mobile version of its free iPhone application, iOnce. iOnce version 2.0 offers significant security enhancements, for use in the event that the mobile devices become lost or stolen, and enables consumers to register with Pageonce, and add and manage all accounts directly from their iPhone or iPod touch. iOnce by Pageonce, is a new free, easy and secure consumer utility that allows users to access and view all of their personal online accounts from a single mobile service.
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After a couple of weeks since the iPhone 3G launch, I gave in and picked up a device at the Apple store just over a week ago to personally give it a try. It is a good device, but the only two improvements over my original iPhone are the 3G support and GPS. The 3G has been very spotty, especially compared to the solid reception I am seeing on the Nokia E71-2, N95-3, and HTC Advantage. I saw 3G at work for the first couple of days, but for the last four days all I get is an EDGE connection.
read it here insideiphoneblog.blogspot.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has confirmed that the iPhone 3G has a kill switch that can remotely remove software from the devices.
Jobs told The Wall Street Journal that Apple needs the capability in case it inadvertently allows a malicious program—such as an application that steals user’s personal data—to be distributed to iPhones through its App Store.
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By popular demand, Faber Acoustical’s latest iPhone app, SoundMeter, turns the iPhone into a handheld sound level meter. The iPhone’s built-in and headset microphones exhibit a frequency response which is flat enough to make them suitable for basic sound level measurements.
SoundMeter measures average sound levels with fast, slow, and impulse time weightings. Peak, maximum, and equivalent sound levels are also available. All sound levels may be measured with Flat, A, or C frequency weighting.
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Utilizing Apple’s ad hoc distribution program, Stitcher let a beta version of their iPhone app loose on 100 testers today.
While the app suffers from some stability issues, due to its unfinished nature, Stitcher provides a slick solution to those looking for customized audio programming.
read it here news.cnet.com
A few months back, the iPhone overtook the 5 megapixel Nokia N95 as the most popular cameraphone on Flickr. Even though it looks like there was a slight hiccup since then, *gasp*, the iPhone appears to be widening the lead.
read it here 9to5mac.com
I don’t know what it is about the iPhone but having it has caused me to go crazy for Apple products. You could call me an ‘Apple Fanboy’ if you want. But one thing is for sure, the iPhone is a gateway drug!
What makes me say this?
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CNET Networks site TechRepublic runs a regular series called “Cracking Open” in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery that takes on Apple’s iPhone 3G.
From the front, the iPhone 3G looks nearly identical to the original iPhone, which we cracked open in 2007. Here you see the screen, speaker, and Home button.
read it here news.cnet.com
The iPhone and iPhone 3G have been and are offered with storage capacities of 16GB at most. While many will find the 16GB is more than enough to store all their music, pictures, emails, and a good chunk of their video library, there are those out there with media libraries that can easily eclipse the iPhone 3Gs 16GB of flash memory.
read it here www.intomobile.com
Rockville, Maryland – Two weeks before the new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone was released, a ChangeWave consumer survey showed it was likely to have a tsunami-like impact on the smart phone market. But what does that mean for current market share leader Research In Motion (RIMM)?
The ChangeWave consumer survey showed the 3G iPhone catapulting Apple into the lead in terms of planned consumer smart phone purchases for the next 90 days. Note that RIM remains the leader among current smart phone owners in the consumer market, and RIM holds a huge lead in the corporate market.
read it here blog.changewave.com
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc. (AAPL) Senior Vice President Eddy Cue is now in charge of the computer maker’s newly-overhauled “MobileMe” iPhone service, which had a rocky debut.
Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a recent memo to employees that the four- week-old feature was launched too early and was “not up to Apple’s standards.”
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