Appelinks iPhone News Reader - Thursday, November 20, 2008
Apple's Greatest Idea Yet
Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs
MS for iPhone? It's Already Here, Says Mobispine
British Accents Frustrate iPhone Program
Flash for iPhone being considered by Apple
iPhone 3G Coming to Wal-Mart, Report Claims
AT&T looks beyond the iPhone
How To Make a Bluetooth Handgun Handset For Your iPhone
Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina
PC Mag: DoCoMo, KTF to Sell Google Phone Next Year
Apple's Greatest Idea Yet
SeekingAlpha's Jason Schwarz says:
There is an Apple story that I don't want you to miss. It's bigger than the Mac, it's bigger than the iPod, and it's bigger than the iPhone. Steve Jobs briefly mentioned it in the quarterly conference call and it deserves repeating, "We've never seen anything like this in our careers".
Of course, I'm talking about the App Store. This store is causing a sea change in both the mobile phone industry and the gaming industry that threatens the viability of all competitors. There have already been approximately 250 million apps downloaded among the 6000 applications available.....
For the full report visit here:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/106744-apple-s-greatest-idea-yet
Unlocking the iPhone 3G With Proxy SIMs
The Apple Blog's Olly Farshi says:
In the interests of all those readers who need to unlock their iPhone 3G's for use on different carriers, I donned my investigative hat and tested an iPhone 3G unlock that really seems to work.
While the iPhone Dev Team plunder the secrets of the mysterious baseband in search of the ever elusive software unlock, some of us regular users just can't wait. In this article, I'll run you through a typical hardware unlock process, highlighting some of the quirks and a couple of awful potential drawbacks.
For the full report visit here:
http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/19/unlocking-the-iphone-3g-with-proxy-sims/
MS for iPhone? It's Already Here, Says Mobispine
The Apple Blog's Darrell Etherington reports:
Multimedia messaging (MMS) is within reach for iPhone users, or at least that's what Mobispine AB is saying via press release today.
The Stockholm-based mobile services company currently provides white lable RSS reader and Desktop SMS and MMS solutions to companies looking to get their own branded mobile service. Today they announced that they are now offering yet another brandable service: MMS capability for the Apple iPhone.
For the full report visit here:
http://theappleblog.com/2008/11/19/mms-for-iphone-its-already-here-says-mobispine/
British Accents Frustrate iPhone Program
UPI reports:
British iPhone users said a Google voice recognition program developed for the smart phone in the United States does not understand their accents.
The free program, which was designed to translate voice commands into Google searches, was perplexed when users with accents from across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales attempted a simple search for "iPhone," The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/5lrsk6
Flash for iPhone being considered by Apple
9To5Mac's Seth Weintraub says:
There's been a lot of noise around the Web on Flash coming to the iPhone. While some folks are in the "never going to happen" camp, there is some precedent for belief that it will someday be in the iPhone platform....
Flash may never happen on the iPhone, it is true. But it isn't like Apple isn't hedging its bets....
For the full report visit here:
http://www.9to5mac.com/iPhone-Flash
iPhone 3G Coming to Wal-Mart, Report Claims
PC World's JR Raphael reports:
Wal-Mart will begin selling the iPhone 3G this December, a report published online Wednesday claims.
The story, published at tech blog The Boy Genius Report and attributed to a leaked internal memo, says select Wal-Mart stores will start carrying the iPhone 3G right after the holiday rush, on December 28. About 2,500 Wal-Mart locations will offer the device, according to the site, as will 69 Sam's Club locations.
For the full report visit here:
http://tinyurl.com/6ffqdw
AT&T looks beyond the iPhone
Fortune's Jon Fortt reports:
It's the catch in every Cinderella story: Eventually the clock strikes midnight, and that opulent carriage turns into a pumpkin.
For AT&T's iPhone sales, the witching hour could be two or three years away - executives won't say exactly when their exclusive contract with Apple runs out. But when it does, they know they will lose a valuable competitive advantage. Even now, AT&T executives and engineers are working on new technology initiatives to help the company thrive with or without its not-so-secret weapon.
For the full report visit here:
http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/11/19/att-looks-beyond-the-iphone/
How To Make a Bluetooth Handgun Handset For Your iPhone
MakeZine's ManaEnergyPotion writes:
How to turn an airsoft handgun and a bluetooth headset into a fun, fully functional handset for your iPhone. Pull the trigger to receive calls and to, um, end them. Listen through the barrel, and talk into the grip. I think everyone has made the thumb and forefinger gun-to-the-head sign when someone unpleasant shows up on their caller ID....
To read more, click here.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/how_to_make_a_bluetooth_h.html
Zamfir 2.0: The Enigmatic Appeal of Ocarina
ReadWriteWeb's Rick Turoczy says:
The Web is full of examples where developers have built technology for an express purpose, only to have that technology adopted by users or other developers to deliver unforeseen - and often wildly popular - solutions. Flickr - originally a small subset of functionality in a much
larger game - comes to mind. As does YouTube, which had its humble beginnings in the world of online dating. And now, the iPhone may be joining those ranks.
It's safe to assume that when the folks at Apple finally released the iPhone, the concept of converting it into "something that replicated an ancient ceramic woodwind instrument" probably wasn't on their list of things to do. And yet, the folks at Smule have done just that with Ocarina, an iPhone app that has skyrocketed to becoming the #1 paid app in the world - in one week.
For the full report visit here:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/smule_ocarina_enigmatic_appeal.php
PC Mag: DoCoMo, KTF to Sell Google Phone Next Year
Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc and South Korean partner KTF Co will jointly develop a smartphone using Google Inc software for launch next year, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.
DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile phone operator, is part of a global alliance to develop phones based on Google's Android platform and has been eyeing a launch in 2009.
DoCoMo owns 10 percent of KTF and the two companies have been jointly procuring handsets to cut costs.
To read more, go to:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335005,00.asp
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