Rumors
Verizon iPhone By Q3 2010?
By SRASC at 6 November, 2009, 7:42 pm
A new report citing sources in the Taiwan handset supply chain says Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone due in the third quarter of next year that will enable the company to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US.
The report by OTR Global, [...]
N64 on iPhone 3GS/iPod touch 3G?
By SRASC at 4 November, 2009, 8:28 am
ZodTTD is working on a port of N64 for the iPhone 3GS and the iPod touch 3G.
The port is being developed for these two models because:
- They’re the fastest Apple handhelds in term of raw CPU performance.
- They both have a faster GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) which allows for OpenGL ES 2.0 specifications.
So yes you [...]
Apple Developing Radio App for iPhone/iPod touch?
By SRASC at 13 October, 2009, 8:35 pm
Apple may be developing a Radio app for the iPhone and iPod touch, according to 9to5Mac.
The application is said to run in the background like the iPod app and be very similar to the FM radio in the new iPod nanos. It could even be incorporated into the iPod app.
The holdup on this app is [...]
Apple Buys Placebase. No More Google Maps?
By SRASC at 2 October, 2009, 12:03 pm
Apple reportedly purchased the Placebase mapping service in July to possibly end its dependence on Google Maps, according to ComputerWorld.
The first indication of this was a tweet on July 7th by Fred Lalonde, the founder of openplaces.org.
“Apple bought PlaceBase - all hush hush. Pushpin site taken offline. Hyperlocal iPhone?”
ComputerWorld did a background check on PlaceBase’s [...]
AT&T iPhone Exclusivity Ending?
By SRASC at 31 August, 2009, 1:36 pm
Apple’s worldwide single-carrier exclusivity model for each nation is seen as fleeting, as a new report suggests the iPhone could be available for carriers other than AT&T in the U.S. within a year.
In his latest note to investors, Gene Munster, senior research analyst with Piper Jaffray, takes on 14 “unanswered questions” that surround Apple. They [...]
New Apple patent filings cover device ejection, text to speech + another Apple patent
By SRASC at 23 July, 2009, 2:36 pm
Apple is exploring a new system that would automatically allow a portable device such as an iPhone or iPod to be safely disconnected from a host computer with a simple touch, according to a newly revealed patent filing.
Another patent made public Thursday shows that Apple is interested in a system that reads text messages and [...]
Rumor - More leaked Next Gen iPhone images
By Aaron Besson at 5 June, 2009, 11:18 am
These images come from Italian iPhone blogger iSpazio, who posted an image yesterday and a more convincing set today. There appears to be an extra button on the lower-side of the case (camera shutter?) and the headphone jack for the iPhone appears to have moved down to the bottom of the unit. What are your [...]
Read More >>New iPhone In-Call Features?
By SRASC at 4 June, 2009, 10:42 pm
Apple has spent some time outlining technology that would add a new level of interaction between iPhone users, such as the ability to share and control playback of digital media files like music tracks and video during a telephone call.
The concept is outlined in a 19-page patent filing discovered by AppleInsider this week titled “Methods [...]
