Twitter to be included in the native iOS build. And what that could mean Well, what could that mean from a few points of view. First the user. I think BusinessInsider did a pretty good job with their mockup showing what it could mean to have fully integrated twitter support in iOS. From a design point of view, it will be pretty minimal, an extra button on a menu… Read More
Apple to tighten IAP rules to allow only one in app purchace just read this on http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/App+Store/news.asp?c=30179. Have not confirmed. Continuing a pattern triggered by consumer criticism over ‘accidental purchases’ of virtual goods in games such as Capcom’s Smurfs’ Village in late 2010, Apple is set to tighten its in-app purchase policy again. According to developer sources, new apps being submitted to the App Store will limit… Read More
iPhone 5 will not have 4G LTE. Sigh.. Many of us really thought the next iphone, the 5 would be a 4G i.e. LTE. Well, seems that comments from Apple COO Tim Cook, who said that “first generation of LTE chipsets force a lot of design compromises,” during the Apple’s earnings conference call on Wednesday. Well, sounds like this is about as accurate… Read More
52 Years from Today we will make first contact Most of you will not know what this reference is about, but if you are a Trekkie, then its a pre celebration day, because 52 years from today, we will have first contact with the Vulcans, our first recorded and verified contact with an alien race. There is even a facebook page set up for… Read More
XKCD graphic explaining relative radiation exposure I have a number of people call me up and ask what I thought about Fukushima reactor and what it mean to people in Hawaii and California. ‘Why are you asking me?” “Hey you have a Ph.D. and worked at NASA right?” Sigh.. I don’t know much more then anyone else about radiation, but I… Read More
No more tethering through Jailbreak on the iPhone? WTH? According to VentureBeat, seems that AT&T has been sending letters out to subscribers of MiWi, a jailbreak app that allows tethering of multiple machines to you iPhone. I use PDANet and have not seen such a letter yet, but I’m keeping my eyes out. The letter basically states that if you use a non… Read More
iPad2 to launch March 2. Too late to save the stock price today. Ready? The iPad 2 will be announced on March 2 to what I would expect will be quite the fan fare.. The fun part will be to see what rumors will be true and other fancy or slated to the iPad 3. This could be the news the Apple shareholder needs to hear to get… Read More
Rumor: iphone mini to be a cloudphone. Um Really? Wait a sec.. So the new iphone mini, which will be smaller iphone physically will also have something else that is smaller.. memory. As in no on-board storage. A cloudphone. Ok. So basically all your contacts, email, photos, music will be stored in the cloud and access able via At&T edge? When you can get… Read More
Verizon iPhone is no sell out I got my phone today. There was not much of a line ( I had mine pre arraigned so I did not wait in line; although I did have to wait). If you want to get a phone, odds are you will be able to find one. You may not find it at the first… Read More
Want to get the Verizon iPhone 4 early? Got $30? I have no proof of this but it should work… You can go to the Verizon store right now and by a cheap clam shell phone for $30 that has $10 of service on it. Now why would I do that? In general Verizon is considered to have the best coverage of all the networks… Read More
Verizon AT&T; which is faster, better? Should I wait 18 months for the iphone 5? Now that all the web traffic has died down from the anemic Verizon announcement, lets ask the critical questions; Which should it get? The Verizon or the AT&T iphone? The answer is actually easier then you may thing with one very big condition. We will hit that condition in a second, but here is the… Read More
Google gives Apple a bi#$h slap by pulling h.264 video codec Not a shock but still.. Google have pulled direct support for the h.264 (AVC) video codec that Apple has been pushing and Microsoft has go along with. This was Apples answer to Flash video. However, the h.264 codec is not free, a fee has to be paid to the MPEG LA. The WebM codec now… Read More
Verizon iPhone suppose to be here on Feb 3. Just saw this on Venturebeat. Seem the rumor mill is putting the release of the Verizon iphone at Feb3. Makes sense. Supporting the rumor is the fact that Apple has blacked out vacation days between the 3rd and 6th and that Verizon normally launches on a Thursday. Also, I have not heard anything making me… Read More
What are the new features with the iPad2? Not sure, but here is a good guess As with anything with Apple, including what Steve is going to have for breakfast is a secrete. But like most things, the clues are there if you just look. As with the iPhone4, do not expect a revolution in the iPad but instead many of the features and function we thought we would have seen… Read More
Verizon is playing the same games as AT&T with exclusivity. Apple gets richer Verizon is looking to have an exclusive deal with Apple just as AT&T does. From a business perspective, this is pretty smart for Verizon because they can claim the first 4G phone. Verizon is feeling the slip on Android and has little faith in Blackberry to really content with iphone popularity.… Read More
Yahoo so freaked out about a possible AOL takeover, the site goes down Now you KNOW things are rough when even a rumor of a AOL take over so freaks people out that even the servers throw up. The site went down around 2:30 and came back a half hour later. Yahoo says they know what the problem is and addressing it, but would not give any details? … Read More
jailbreak for iphone on iOS 4.1 coming soon I read a post from Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat that a hacker called pod2g has hacked iOS4.1. However, I would not upgrade to 4.1 until something official comes from Dev-team and on last check there is nothing yet but a warning NOT to update to 4.1. And really readers I have been saying this for… Read More
It must be lonely for window mobile 7 Yes, things are only getting worse for window mobile 7. First they suffer from delay after delay, then win tons of friends in the dev community by saying that basically all window mobile apps will have to be rewritten for winmob7 (and lets bypass the cumbersome process to even set up to write for the… Read More
Flash running on iPhone and iPad. Closer.. closer… Actually, I’m kind of surprised its taking this long. I figured someone would have taken android version and did a hack/port a few months, back, but I guess I’m getting spoiled with seeing hacks and jailbreaks coming out in days. Still, from what I’ve heard, there is a good proof of concept out there. The… Read More
Adobe flash (AS3) to iPhone back from the dead? This is SERIOUSLY rumor control, but I’ve read on electronista and a few other sites that Apple may change the iphone4.0 SDK to avoid a possible FTC antitrust investigation. Now this does not mean flash will be on the iphone or ipad any time soon, or anytime I figure short of going through jailbreak, but… Read More