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Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 28, 2009
Four years and much snarky criticism after Apple began using handheld point-of-sale (POS) terminal running Windows CE, the company has finally turned a corner and is now in the process of rolling out and iPod touch-based system. Same software, but the new hardware is much more capable and, surprisingly, one heckuva lot less [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 28, 2009
The upcoming Android mobile phone from Motorola is being hailed as the best thing since sliced iPhone. Is it all based on nebulous futures and hype, or are there some facts behind the latest iPhone killer?
First, what are we [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 27, 2009
The Mac tablet breadcrumb trail now leads down under with media companies in Oz, off the record of course, reporting that the mothership’s been round to pitch their phantom device. This latest report adds weight to rumors that the Cupertino, California-based Mac, iPod and iPhone is preparing to remake the publishing business, bringing [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 26, 2009
The TomTom car kit has at long last hit the Apple store, and presumably other retailers. The big question at this juncture will be, is the car kit worth the $199 price tag being asked?
The car kit for the [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 25, 2009
Are you annoyed that your iPhone includes many records with no phone numbers? Here’s a sweet little trick — including a ground floor primer on copying, compiling and running an AppleScript — to synchronize only Address Book entries that include telephone numbers.
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 24, 2009
If you’re a space junky, and we know you’re out there, it’s no longer a question of keeping up with and in touch with National Aeronautics and Space Administration news and happenings — it’s how close you can be and the continuity of the contact. Here’s a free tool for keeping your finger [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 23, 2009
With forty-plus million iPhones and Touches in the wild, it would seem that Amazon should be worried that their Kindle app for the iPhone would hurt sales of the actual hardware Kindle. Will it?
When the Kindle app for the iPhone appeared [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 22, 2009
Going on a trip and you’re getting ready to print? Stop, don’t kill that tree! Here’s a cool money (and tree) saving trick for caching Google Map driving directions on your iPod touch.
This should be pretty straight forward:
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 21, 2009
Riding on a wave of sexy, cool, and competent, the Apple iPhone is moving almost stealthily into the corporate smartphone domain, long seen as the home turf of the RIM Blackberry.
Since its inception, the Blackberry from Research In Motion (RIM) has been [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 19, 2009
The prior television ad released by Verizon in the smartphone marketplace was a virtual love-in with the iPhone. Their latest, however, shows love for the new Android while dissing the iPhone.
When last seen, Verizon and its CEO were solidly on board with [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 16, 2009
When Apple enabled app upgrades at the time it introduced the 3.0 iPhone operating system, they were very clear that paid in-app upgrades would only be possible in paid apps; free apps would remain free.
They have now changed their tune [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 14, 2009
The newest model of the iPhone 3GS includes a change in the phone’s bootrom designed to keep hackers from using the usual entry points to unlock the popular Apple mobile device.
In the constantly moving brush war between Apple [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 13, 2009
A new study shows that Ma Bell’s hefty Apple handset subsidies coupled with high customer acquisition costs and heavy, heavy data use once those subscribers are onboard likely means America’s second largest wireless carrier must wait until the final months of a two-year contract to turn a profit.
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 12, 2009
Adobe has released a new iPhone app, bringing some of the power of Photoshop to the mobile Apple device, giving users an opportunity for better than average photo editing on the move.
The app is free and contains most of what [...]
Posted from iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE on October 9, 2009
According to a new J.D. Powers survey, the Apple iPhone is not only the most popular smartphone among consumer users (it always is) but is now the most popular smartphone among business users ( a much rarer [...]
