Archive for November, 2007
First Picture of Knight Rider ‘KITT’ Emerges
Movie and car blogs have been mongering a rumor that the KITT car in the upcoming movie Knight Rider (which I told you about May 20, 2005) would be a Ford SHELBY GT500KR MUSTANG instead of a Pontiac Trans Am T-top as it was in the original show. Now Jalopnik has the first pictures of the real car an…
Make It Mine v0.01
Erica Sadun released an app today that changes the iPhone’s carrier with ease. Previously you had to do a ton of command line stuff to change the carrier logo, but now all you have to do is type in the name after opening the app. After typing in the name, springboard will restart and show your…
iApp-a-Day: November 30th - Bonk
With that being the obvious last app from iApp-a-Day, we thank Sean Heber for his excellent work and donation of his date to construct these apps that really showed that the iPhone has potential with 3rd party apps. After playing with that application for some date, it’s a decent, fun app. The…
Deaf iPhone users upset at lack of documents-only contract
Should you be expected to pay for something whether you are unable to use it? That’s one of the questions currently causing no small amount of frustration over at deafmac, as they remonstrate with AT&T with regards the lack of a data-only plan for the iPhone. Chad Taylor contacted AT&a…
Apple patent adaptor-ring for mini DVDs
Could it be that the mark of a true business mastermind is identifying the oddest source of extraneous cost and ruthlessly scything it out? whether so, Apple iPod chief Tony Fadell might just be a genius: the latest patent application to go public from the company, bearing his name, is for a colla…
3G iPhone confirmed for 2008 by AT&T CEO
Seemingly solid confirmation that Apple have a 3G iPhone waiting - or at least being polished up - in the wings for a 2008 launch came that week from AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, and with it a rise in Apple stock price from $180.22 to in excess of $184. The 3G handset, which is set to reply cr…
Should You Buy An iPhone that Holiday Season?
Writer Tracy Mayor put the Question of the Year — “Should you buy an iPhone that holiday season?” — to Computerworld Editor-In-Chief Scot Finnie, PC World Editor-In-Chief Harry McCracken, Computerworld Online News Editor Ken Mingis and NPD Group Analyst Ross Rubin. The panel was tied — two said “…
