Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Dec 15, 2008
MacWorld starts on January 5th, 2009 and Apple typically uses the big stage to announce new products. Today we officially start the rumor mill, with iDealsChina claiming to have information regarding a so-called iPhone nano. The case manufacturer has had a spotty track record, but did provide images of a Griffn case mold for the iPhone 3G before it was announced. Information regarding the iPhone nano comes with a rendering of a skin case designed for yet unannounced iPhone.
Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Dec 4, 2008
There have been rumors of Walmart being the next retailer to carry the iPhone, but now comes word they might be selling a 4GB version of the iPhone for just $99 with a 2-year agreement. It certainly sounds plausible as a 4GB iPhone would give Apple a low-cost model to compete in the sub-$100 market where phones like Palm's Centro have seen good results.
Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Nov 29, 2008
A Russian iPhone site claims to have information on the 2.2.1 iPhone firmware beta, stating that it includes background push notification. Apple first committed to a push notification service for iPhone applications back in June that would allow notifications to be sent to your iPhone even when the applications in question are not running. Apple stated it would be available for developers in September but it was missing from the recent 2.2 firmware update and no official word has come from Apple on the cause of the delay or when it can be expected at this point.
The image below is posted at RussianiPhone.ru but its authenticity has not been verified.
Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Nov 10, 2008
According to iPhone Hellas, the 2.2 firmware for the iPhone will be released on November 21. It should incorporate the features previously leaked from developers who had access to the first and second beta distributions, including Street View in Google Maps, the ability to turn off auto-correction for text entry, Japanese Emoji, changes to the App Store, and the ability to download podcasts directly in the iPod application.
What still appears to be missing is the push notification feature that was promised for October. There's been no word and few rumors about this feature, but it is still a hotly-anticipated one for many iPhone users. Of course, the iPhone is still missing other highly-desired features like copy and paste and MMS, but we can all hope and dream that Apple will throw something we're not expecting into this release.
Posted by: Lincoln
on Oct 5, 2008
Some members of The Mac Observer's Apple Finance Board have made an effort to determine how many iPhones Apple has sold, and it was revealed that the company may have already reached it's goal of selling 10 million units in 2008.
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Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Sep 28, 2008
According to a few well placed sources (one being a Verizon insider), 9to5mac is reported that Apple could announce a deal to bring the iPhone to Verizon at Macworld 2009. This news comes in spite of reports that Apple has an exclusivity deal with AT&T for as long as 5 years from the initial launch. Of course, when Apple first announced the iPhone, word was the exclusivity deal ran through 2009.
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Posted by: Marianne Schultz
on Sep 7, 2008
When Kevin Rose
first described what he believed would be released by Apple in September, he listed the 2.1 firmware for the iPod Touch with the version for the iPhone to follow shortly after. Now, others are chiming in to say that we might see the iPhone 2.1 firmware tomorrow as well, not later. I am personally all for that since I've experienced many of the problems with apps not opening, text entry lag, and GPS/triangulation not working, and I want all of that fixed NOW, thank you very much.
Ars Technica has
gone on to say that we might even see new features in iPhone firmware 2.1, such as background push notification and more GPS capability. The background push notification sounds a little questionable, since this was removed from the last SDK beta, but I could definitely picture Apple intentionally hiding this feature so they could do something surprising with it before developers get to see it. Of course, this means that whatever that surprising thing is, it will not have been tested very much outside of Apple, and that doesn't inspire the most confidence in its stability and operability these days.
I normally love new stuff from Apple, but I think that this is the first time in my history as an Apple fan that I don't want new stuff for my iPhone.
