Verizon iPhone Might Be Available During Holiday Shopping Season

Verizon iPhone Might Be Available During Holiday Shopping Season

A recent research note from Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar has revealed that the hugely anticipated Verizon iPhone may launch during this year's holiday shopping season.

Kumar reports that according to his sources in Asia, Pegatron Technology is working with Apple in the mass-production of the handsets that are scheduled for a November launch.

Read More

Netflix iPad App Hacked To Work On The iPhone Briefly

Netflix iPad App Hacked To Work On The iPhone Briefly

Soon after the iPad was available in the US last month, Netflix announced the launch of an iPad-specific application on the App Store.

This had come as a surprise to us since Netflix CEO Reed Hastings had noted late last year that his company was completely focused on the gaming console market and that an application for the iPhone OS was not coming anytime soon.

Read More

Skype 2.0 Finally Allows VoIP Calls Over 3G But Skype To Charge Monthly Fee From 2011

Skype 2.0 Finally Allows VoIP Calls Over 3G But Skype To Charge Monthly Fee From 2011

Skype has finally released a new version of Skype (Skype 2.0) that will allow users to make and receive VoIP calls over 3G.

Skype 2.0 also brings near CD-quality sound for Skype-to-Skype calls using wideband audio (SILK codec) to iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod touch.

Read More

iPhone 4G Screen Will Be Running At A Higher Resolution Of 960×640

iPhone 4G Screen Will Be Running At A Higher Resolution Of 960×640

Folks at SuperPhone.cz, who are claiming to have received parts of the next generation iPhone have confirmed that Apple’s new iPhone screen will be running at a resolution of 960×640.

They apparently figured it out by putting the screen of the next generation iPhone under a microscope.

Read More

New Apple TV Could Be Based On iPhone OS

New Apple TV Could Be Based On iPhone OS

For a long time, Apple has maintained that their foray into the television segment is just a "hobby". However, according to a recent Engadget report, Cupertino may well be on course to chart an effective reentry into the home entertainment space.

The sources have revealed that the next generation Apple TV may bring all of Apple's mobile offerings to the television; something the source claims will make the new device look like "an iPhone without a screen". 

Read More

AT&T To Offer MobileProtect Insurance Plan To iPhone Users From June 6

AT&T To Offer MobileProtect Insurance Plan To iPhone Users From June 6

We all love our iPhone for its design and form factor. However, these aspects are also a major reason why the iPhone is so vulnerable to damage. Until now, users who wish to sign up for an iPhone insurance had to go for AppleCare.

That could soon change as reports are coming in that AT&T may introduce its own iPhone insurance policy shortly.

Read More

Microsoft Bing To Replace Google Search On The iPhone?

Microsoft Bing To Replace Google Search On The iPhone?

TechCrunch has reported that a potential search deal between Microsoft and Apple may be in the works.

TechCrunch claims that according to multiple sources, Apple is likely to announce a new search-deal for iPhone OS 4.0, which will see Bing replacing Google as the default search engine on the iPhone.

Read More

iPhone Exploit Allows Access To Data Even With Passcode Protection

iPhone Exploit Allows Access To Data Even With Passcode Protection

Bernd Marienfeldt, a London based IT security expert has recently published a report that reveals a serious security loophole in the iPhone.

According to him, the vulnerability can enable hackers to access data of an iPhone even if it is secured with the latest iPhone OS update and locked with a passcode. This is possible by merely connecting an iPhone to a computer running the latest Ubuntu Lucid Lynx OS. 

Read More

NBC, Time Warner Plan To Stick With Flash Instead Of iPhone, iPad-Friendly HTML5

NBC, Time Warner Plan To Stick With Flash Instead Of iPhone, iPad-Friendly HTML5

The tussle between Apple and Adobe over the Flash multimedia platform may have reached the point of no return. The war of words between the two companies offers little to no chance for Apple to allow Flash on its platform in the near future. One of the biggest stakeholders in the fight between Apple and Adobe are media companies who expect to reach their customers through the new platform. 

Read More

Apple iPad Launches Internationally; Greeted With Long Lines

Apple iPad Launches Internationally; Greeted With Long Lines

Nearly two months after the iPad launched in the US, Apple's most anticipated tablet device finally launched internationally today in nine countries. Reports are coming in that the device has been extremely well received in most of these markets.

International shipment of the iPad was earlier delayed by a month due to the extraordinary demand in USA, which saw more than one million of these devices being sold in less than a month. 

Read More