For a limited time (until the end of May), iPhone Japan will be free for new Softbank customers. The Softbank iPhone 8GB used to sell for the equivalent of $235 with a contract. The reason is the lukewarm reception of the Japanese. The Japanese are one of the most well-off people when it comes to mobile [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
If the culinary arts isn’t one of your forte in real life, then why not see how you fare virtually on the iPhone with Cooking Mama. That’s right folks, Taito has just released an iPhone version of their popular Nintendo DS game. The look is still quite the same, but the controls obviously are a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 13, 2009
Even though it’s officially not illegal to jailbreak your iPhone 2.2.1, etc., it still would make everyone rest easy if it was indeed made legal especially if it would help you retain whatever warranty you have on it. Well, that’s what the Electronic Frontier Foundation is doing right now. They’ve proposed to the Copyright Office [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 8, 2009
Very exciting rumor this one: there will not be a new iPhone but three new iPhones, says analyst at Canaccord Adams. There will be an iPhone Nano, a 32GB iPhone with color choices and a cheaper non-3G version, perhaps of a totally different aesthetic appeal than than the original. Will all these iPhones tethered to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 7, 2009
Even if there isn’t any degree of certainty that Apple is working on an iPhone 2,1, there’s already talk of what its firmware now dubbed as iPhone 3.0 will offer. Since the current 3G iPhone still doesn’t come with multitasking and push notification due to the hardware limitations, these two much awaited features are already [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 8, 2008
It seems that there’s more to the 2.x firmware than meets the eye. While it does fix the various problems of the 3G iPhone, it also comes with a URL that points to a page containing a list of “unauthorized” apps suggesting that a mechanism is likewise present in the new firmware that allows Apple [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Apple has just released update 2.0.1 for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s a pretty huge file topping off at 249MB, but it’s worth it, especially if you’re an iPhone owner. Many are pleased with this latest update as it not only manages to update the firmware without deleting the media content, but more importantly, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 2, 2008
It made a controversial appearance in the AppStore in the middle of the week, was unceremoniously removed after just after a day (or even less), made a return today, and now is gone again. The tethering app NetShare from Nullriver allows you to share the 3G/EDGE connection of your iPhone by creating an ad-hoc network for others to [...]
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Friday, February 27, 2009
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