Archive for June, 2008
Which upcoming goodie are you anticipating?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone
With only a week before July, we’re eager to get our hands on the new goodies from Apple. With so much to look forward to and try out, we’re wondering which of the pending updates you’re most interested in.
Is it Mobile Me’s offer of “Exchange for the rest of us?” [...]
iPhone SDK Beta 8 Released
Filed under: iPhone, SDK
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Apple has released iPhone SDK Beta 8 (9m2199) in preparation for launching the iPhone App Store in the near future. Additionally, iPhone beta certificates issued before June 9 have also expired. Applications must be associated with a certificate issued after June 9 in order [...]
TUAW Responds: iPhone Pedometer
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
One of our readers wrote in asking whether the iPhone could possibly replace the Nike sports kit and work as a pedometer with its onboard accelerometer.
Short answer? It already does. The (jailbreak) iPhone pedometer project is open source and available on Google code. The iPhone’s three onboard accelerometer sensors allow you [...]
Looking Forward to the 3G iPhone: GPS
Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
There are just two weeks left until the 3G iPhone bows with its new onboard GPS. The new iPhone will use several location methods using data from providers including Skyhook Wireless, Google Maps and the US Department of Defense NAVSTAR Global Positioning System. From most to least accurate, these are discussed [...]
Analysts: Macs will continue to take market share from PCs
Filed under: iPod Family, Apple, iPhone
Are you sitting down for this one? Good. Here goes: Apple is going to keep taking market share from “traditional PCs.” I know, it’s a real shocker. But so says Zacks Investment Research (which is not, apparently, run by a dude named Zack as you’d think). They say that consumers [...]
iPhone 2.0 to include secure erase
Filed under: iPhone
A while back we noted that refurbished iPhones still contained previous users’ data and that there was no built-in way to securely erase it (though there were some rough suggested work-arounds). With the new 3G iPhone, and lots of upgrading, around the corner the problem seemed more worrisome than ever. However, AppleInsider is [...]
24 Hour Fitness will install Nike+ gym equipment
Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family
Last year, we wrote about Life Fitness’ plan to build exercise equipment with built-in iPod integration, allowing users do dock their iPod and control it from the machine itself.
This week, 24 Hour Fitness (the largest fitness club chain in the United States) announced their intention to install similar equipment at locations [...]
Found Footage: iPhone 2.0 Japanese keyboard demoed
Filed under: iPod Family, Software Update, Found Footage, iPhone, SDK
The software keyboard has set Apple up to ship more iPhones to more countries without wasting time manufacturing plastic keyboards. In this video, TokyoMango demos the new iPhone Japanese keyboard from the 2.0 firmware via the iPhone SDK simulator. While I cannot vouch for the usability [...]
