Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
If you prefer more than listening to just song from iTunes on your iPhone then this device could work for you. It is called the XM SkyDock and what this gadget does is allow you to receive satellite radio by converting your phone in to a Sirius XM radio tuner.
The SkyDock is a dock that you connect your iPhone to. Once connected you load up an iPhone app that gives you full access to the Sirius XM lineup. Previous apps omit several key stations. [Read more…]
Another Apple Tablet story is moving around the web again. This time it’s thanks to a French website named nowhereelse who have published some “legit?” pictures of the rumoured Apple Tablet.
Although the picture does somewhat resemble an Apple iPod Touch made fatter, I’m not convinced it’s the real thing as it just looks a bit too cheap and tacky to be an official product. [Read more…]
Apple recently rejected the new Google Voice app in it’s app store which caused a bit of a stir in the industry. The FCC jumped in to this last week. All that aside, it has started to annoy developers that Apple have such a heavy hand on this matter. It appears that more and more developers are moving over to an underground app store for the iPhone called Cydia. This is the app store which is home to apps that Apple doesn’t approve.
The 5 month old store is run by Jay Freeman and is currently growing at a tremendous rate. About 10 percent of the 40 million iPhone/iPod Touch users have logged in to the store to download software. About 470000 users per day connect to the store which is an increase of just a few months ago that saw 350000 per day. [Read more…]
Over the last few months we have seen the occasional rumour about the upcoming Apple Tablet (if that’s what it’s going to be called). Rumours seem to be getting more frequent now and the most recent one claims that an analyst (anonymous) has seen the tablet with his own eyes.
No details were revealed about the Apple Tablet and previous to this information we can only guess that it will feature a 10″ screen and basically look like a large iPod Touch with multimedia specialities. [Read more…]
According to the FT, Apple could be launching the Apple Tablet in September along with some new iPods and some new iTunes features created for those items.
Apple are wanting to offer a portable and full featured tablet sized device ready for this Christmas. It will feature a 10 inch touchscreen and run the iPhone OS. Connectivity to the net will be over Wi-fi making it function like a large iPod Touch. [Read more…]
Barnes & Noble have announced that they will be the exclusive eBookstore for the eReader built by Plastic Logic. The Plastic Logic eBookreader is an ultra thin reader that measures 8.5″ x 11″ and uses eInk for a very clear and crisp display. [Read more…]
The Sync Blocker is a device which allows you to choose the option of either synching and charging your iPhone, or just charging your iPhone. [Read more…]
Less then a week after the iPhone 3G S launch we have heard that the phone has now been exploited. This means that the phone will be able to be jailbreaked and unlocked in the very near future.
The 24Kpwn exploit used on the iPod Touch 2G is still in the bootrom of the iPhone 3G S which means the same technique can be used to jailbreak the 3G S as well as unlock it. [Read more…]
A new application for the iPhone has just been launched in the app store. The application is called Incoming! and what it does is allows you to make every single call that you make in to an incoming Skype call using your dataplan. This means that it gives you the full benefits of Skype but without the Wi-Fi restrictions. [Read more…]
Bodelin Technologies have created the iPhone ProPrompter. The hardware allows you to sit your iPhone or iPod Touch next to a video camera and use the ProPrompter software to scroll through the text you need to read. [Read more…]
It appears that Apple are working on a MacPad or similar named device due to information found over at WSJ. The post mentions that although Steve Jobs hasn’t been taking care of day to day stuff with being away for a while he has actually been reviewing new product designs and has been involved with the new iPhone OS 3.0 software. [Read more…]
After a packed couple of hours with Apple yesterday, they managed to reel off all the features of the iPhone OS 3.0. As well as reeling off a ton of new features they also promised to address a number of concerns/complaints that users had. [Read more…]
