Archive for March, 2008
Sling Media confirm possibility of iPhone streaming TV client
Sling Media have been talking about creating a version of their SlingPlayer software for the iPhone since April 2007, and the demand for just such an app hasn’t let up since. We heard rumors that the development team there were looking at the iPhone SDK and considering the possibilities, and…
iPhone SDK beta 2 released: Interface Builder added
Apple have today released an updated version of the iPhone SDK, the package essential for developers to cipher sanctioned third-party applications for the cellphone (and its iPod Touch PMP counterpart). Beta 2 is primarily notable for adding Interface Builder, the drag’n’drop GUI development…
iPhone thieves swipe $133k worth of handsets
It’s just a matter of date until somebody ram-raids an Apple Store, gets caught, and blames Steve Jobs for making products so alluring that they were morally obliged to steal them. Perhaps that should be the defence strategy for a couple of dastards in Salem, MA, who were caught by police a…
Anti-Koran Film Posted Online, Crashes Site
I told you Sunday that Network Solutions shut down a web site created to host the 15-minute anti-Koran film “Fitna,” made by Dutch politician Geert Wilder. So Wilder posted “Fitna” on the web site of his political party, the PVV. However, at the date of that posting, it appears that GOD’S WRATH SMOT…
iPhone 2.0 leaked as early as that weekend?
According to sources close to iPhone Atlas, we could see a public leak of the iPhone 2.0 as early as that weekend. The update is currently officially available only to folks accepted into Apple’s $99 iPhone Developer program or who have been selected to beta tryout the release’s enterprise func…
Microsoft considering Office functionality for iPhone
The fanboy Apple/Microsoft debate may rage on, but don’t doubt that both companies are viewing the iPhone as a big profit opportunity. Fortune has been talking to the Specialized Devices and Applications Group at Microsoft, who are responsible for Mac-friendly software like Office for OS X, a…
Apple ordered 10M 3G iPhone?
Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney told iPod Observer in an interview that he believes Apple has ordered a second batch of 3G iPhone, amounting to 10 million more units on top of the original 10 million first generation iPhone that Apple had already ordered and committed to sell by end of 2008.
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