iPhone News and Rumors Roundup, 13th Apr - 19th Apr 2008
Its that time of the week again to give you folks a summary of all the news and rumors and as usual we have rumors on the 3G iPhone. I guess iPhone weekly roundup will not complete without it until it is officially released or announced by Apple (hopefully in June).
Checkout the weekly (13th Apr - 19th Apr 2008) news and rumors roundup on the iPhone from here at iPhone Hacks and also from around the web that did not make it here after the jump.
iPhone Hackers release PwnageTool v1.1 for Mac & Winpwn for Windows
The iPhone Dev Team have released 1.1 version of their PwnageTool application. Also as promised iPhone hacker "cnw" has also released a Windows-based version of the PwnageTool called “winpwn”.
HWPen - Native Handwriting Recognition iPhone App Released
An enterprising Chinese developer has released a native handwriting recognition application for the iPhone in both Latin and Chinese alphabets.
O2 slashes iPhone prices to £169 in UK
UK carrier O2 has slashed prices by £100 of the lower-capacity 8 GB iPhone to £169 similar to the price cuts T-Mobile had announced in Germany a week back.
Native iPhone App - Fring brings Real VOIP App to the iPhone
Fring, an Israeli startup that offers VOIP & Chat service for mobile phones has launched their native iPhone application that allows iPhone owners to make Skype and other VoIP calls over Wi-Fi.
Pre-Release iPhone Firmware 2.0 reveals ability to save Images straight from iPhone's Safari browser
The latest beta version of pre-release iPhone firmware 2.0 which was seeded last week reveals that we will be able to save images straight from iPhone's Safari browser to the Photo Album application just like we all wanted.
Twinkle - iPhone Twitter App adds Location Feature
If you are a Twitter addict and liked MobileTwitter, the native iPhone application which I had reviewed few days back then you should also checkout Twinkle, another native Twitter client for the iPhone that has been recently released.
iPhone News & Rumors from around the web
3G iPhone Details: "Radically Different," May Have Keyboard
What's the latest on the 3G iPhone? Still on track for June launch, and...may have a keyboard!
Taiwanese Newspaper Confirms 3G iPhone Infineon Chip
According to Taiwanese newspaper, the Economic Daily News Infineon Technoloiges’ 3G baseband chip will be produce by the United Microelectronics Corporation for the 3G iPhone model.
The iPhone in Europe: Lost in Translation
When Apple's iPhone first went on sale in Europe six months ago, hopes were high that the device would be just as big a hit there as it had been in the U.S. But analysts are now raising concerns that the iPhone may not translate as well overseas, with sales sluggish in Europe because of the device's high price and strong competition from Nokia and others.
Business Standard reports, quoting "Apple retail sources" that the iPhone will be launched in India the first week of September with Vodafone.
Sega producer talks about Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone
You'll remember that one of the game demos on the iPhone SDK was Sega's Super Monkey Ball franchise -- Spore got all the headlines, but Sega did show up with a pretty nice port of a game that could do very well on the iPhone.
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