In a strange move by Apple’s traditional software rival Microsoft, the Washington based company is set to offer a development kit that will allow the iPhone to use its Bing.com search engine unveiled only a few months ago. Currently, those using the iPhone are allowed to choose either Google or Yahoo as their search engine [...]
Three separate analysts have explained their predictions of the coming iPhone, and the potential sales that could be gathered over the first weekend after hitting shelves. According to all three, the potential for a significant loss have been determined, due in part to several factors. First, is it thought by many that the release in [...]
The iPhone has some unique capabilities among smartphones that makes it an interesting game platform. These features such as the accelerometer and touchscreen can be utilized in unique ways by developers to create interesting games. Around 1/3rd of the applications at Apple’s application Store are iPhone games, which establishes the popularity of the iPhone as [...]
A mobile web usage report by research firm Net Applications, showed that 66% of all mobile web usage comes from iPhones, which includes the older iPhone and the newer iPhone 3G. While the mobile web usage from nearest iPhone competitor Windows mobile is only around 7%. Another research report from AdMob, a mobile advertising network, [...]
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s biggest mobile network operator recently announced it’s official contract with Apple to release iPhones in Taiwan. However contrary to their previous statements, the iPhones currently being sold by Chunghwa are not SIM locked to Chunghwa’s network and can therefore be used with any carrier, although Chunghwa’s iPhone specific web service will be [...]
The iPhone Dev Team has announced plans to release a hack that unlocks Apple’s iPhone 3G before the end of 2008. The hack named yellowsn0w will unlock iPhone 3G’s and allow their usage on GSM networks, thus giving iPhone 3G users a wider choice of carrier networks. Yellowsn0w will only work on iPhone 3G’s with [...]
Trend Micro, creators of security software such as PC-cillin antivirus are working on a web browser for the iPhone 3G according to a report by Arabian Business. The as yet unnamed browser could be available as early as December at the app store and will supposedly tackle the security flaws of the iPhone 3G. The [...]
The iPhone 3G has been extremely popular and highly in demand. According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), this has created opportunities for scammers to cheat unsuspecting consumers. To protect consumers from these scammers, the BBB recently provided advice and warnings for people looking to buy iPhones or iPhone apps. Firstly, BBB advocated purchase of [...]
CitiGroup analyst Tony Wible recently recommended in a note to clients, the purchase of Sirius XM Radio Inc stock. He wrote of a new streaming application from Sirius that will allow customers to listen to satellite radio on their iPhones. Tony Wible mentions that this app will help Sirius XM by eliminating their costs of [...]
A two day long forensics workshop is being hosted by O’Reilly media in Boston, Massachusetts, USA for corporate security experts and law enforcement agents. The speaker at the workshop will be original iPhone hacker Jonathan Zdziarski, who is also the author of the book iPhone Forensics. The workshop provides hands on experience and training in [...]