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July 03, 2007

Hackers race to unlock the iPhone

With the iPhone locked to the AT&T network in the USA for at least five years the hacking community is rushing to be the first to circumvent this restriction.Unlocking the iPhone would not only allow users of T-Mobile ...

July 03, 2007

Belkin releases range of iPhone accessories

Belkin releases range of iPhone accessories Belkin has released a range of iPhone accessories to conincide with the launch of the handset itself.A Sport Armband, and Acrylic and Slim-Fit Cases let you carry your iPhone anywhere and keep it fully protected. The Stereo and ...

July 03, 2007

New Palm OS delay reported

A recent conference call by Ed Colligan, CEO of Palm, has indicated that its new operating system which is a Linux-based evolution of the existing Garnet OS, will not be available until 2008.This is a turn-around by Colligan ...

July 02, 2007

Half a million iPhones shift in a weekend

Although many stores were still reporting iPhones in stock 24 hours after it launched, Apple still managed to notch up around 500,000 sales in the first weekend. Piper Jaffray and Global Equities Research put the number of sales ...

July 02, 2007

Inside an iPhone

Admit it! We all love to pull apart electronic devices and see what makes them tick. The trouble is with a smartphone, and particularly a $599 iPhone, that's a lot of warranty to invalidate.Fortunately there are people out ...

June 30, 2007

AT&T loophole allows prepay iPhone

The iPhone news keeps rolling in - this time we are informed of a loophole that might allow you to get hold of an iPhone without committing to an AT&T contract for a 2 year period. Unfortunately you ...

June 30, 2007

Embarassment for Apple as iPhone fails live demo

NBC's Today show was the venue for an embarassing public failure for the iPhone on Friday as co-host Meredith Vieira was unable to pick up an incoming call from a presenter here in rainy London.After an initial drool-fest ...

June 30, 2007

iPhones already plastered across eBay

The iPhone may only have been on sale for a matter of hours but already hundreds of owners are putting their phones up for sales on eBay in the hope of making a quick buck.Despite an initial inertia ...

June 29, 2007

BlackBerry earnings soar while Palm disappoints

RIM, makers of the iconic BlackBerry range of smartphones saw their earning up 73% in the last quarter while one of their rivals, Palm, saw earnings fall to $15.4 million from $27.2 million in the same period in ...

June 27, 2007

Asus P526 launches in Taiwan

Asus P526 launches in Taiwan Asustek has become the latest smartphone manufacturer desperately trying to beat the iPhone by virtue of hitting the market first.Their new P526 smartphone shares some features with its more famous rival, such as a touchscreen, but the similarities ...

June 27, 2007

First iPhone review online

The New York Times has published the first iPhone review (that we know of) based on actual hands-on use of the device. Being the NYT it's also freely available for you to read, which is more than can ...

June 27, 2007

Apple to Gain 10 Percent Smartphone Share in the USA in 2007

Strategy Analytics predicts that Apple, and its new iPhone range, will account for an impressive 10 percent share of total smartphone sales in the United States by the end of 2007. Neil Mawston, Associate Director at Strategy ...

June 27, 2007

Palm may be biggest loser when iPhone launches

Palm may be biggest loser when iPhone launches The Apple iPhone launches at 6pm on Friday and promises to be the biggest thing to hit the smartphone industry...ever.Manufacturers have been scrambling to produce handsets to at best take on, at worst mildly deflect, the impact of ...

June 21, 2007

Apple mistake does N95 a disservice

It would appear that the official Apple comparison chart that aims to show the iPhone as superior to all its major smartphone rivals may have been a little inaccurate. There's nothing suspicious here we think, just simple human error ...

June 19, 2007

Aliph headset to be sold alongside iPhone

Aliph headset to be sold alongside iPhone Aliph has announced that its Jawbone bluetooth headset will be sold alongside the iPhone at Apple's 157 retail stores from June 29 - the same day that the iPhone itself goes on sale.Speaking to MacWorld Hosain Rahman, Aliph ...

June 18, 2007

iPhone battery life expectations raised

Every single word that emerges from Apple about the iPhone is dissected, cross examined and hyped, but the news today that the iPhone battery has three hours of extra talktime has been greeted with justified delight.Of course, the ...

June 17, 2007

Everyone knows about the iPhone - well quite a few anyway

M:Metrics, the mobile market authority, today released its findings from its April Benchmark Survey surrounding consumer awareness and intention to purchase an iPhone. The measurement firm found that 56 percent of British and 64 percent of American ...

June 17, 2007

Bloke using iPhone spotted loose in California!

With 14 days still to go until the iPhone launches in the USA, some Apple employees seem to be becoming a little casual about brandishing their pre-production versions.The photo below was taken on the Caltrain a couple ...

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