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Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Launch Mobile Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
News - March 09, 2010 - 0 Comments
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If you fly Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air, and have a BlackBerry, iPhone, or Windows Mobile phone, you can now check travel data on your mobile device. Both airlines have launched a mobile travel app for the three mobile platforms. The press release follows.
SEATTLE, March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air today announced the launch of three mobile applications designed for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users. The free applications are available for do...read more
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Apple's lawsuit against Android already having effects
News - March 09, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Apple, Inc. is going after Android more aggressively than previously thought. The process that led to Apple's filing of a patent lawsuit against HTC has taken some time, and has apparently shaken HTC's faith in Google.
According to CNNMoney, Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner issued a behind-the-scenes report about the issue on Tuesday.
"Starting in January, Apple launched a series of C-Level discussions with tier-1 handset makers to underscore its growing displeasure at seeing its iPhone-related IP...read more
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Sausage Stylus for iPhone now selling in the US
News - March 09, 2010 - 0 Comments
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The Sausage Stylus has made its way to the US. About a month ago we saw reports that the South Koreans were using individually wrapped sausages as styluses for the iPhone. The sausage allowed them to use their iPhone's while they had their winter gloves on. One company thinks that US iPhone users should be so lucky and they're bringing the sausages into the US market.
CaseCrown is selling the Sausage Screen Stylus for $.99. At that price, you can buy these by the case. Case Crown lists the ...read more
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Apple iPad launch date official, April 3rd
News - March 05, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Apple has officially released the launch date for the iPad on its web site. April 3rd is the day that the new iPad will ship. For those of you who just have to get your hands on one of these babies, pre-orders will begin on March 12.
The WiFi version of the iPad will ship on April 3rd, but you'll have to wait a few more weeks for the 3G enabled iPad. That product will ship sometime later in April.
"iPad is something completely new," said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. "We’re excited for customers...read more
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First Google Buzz iPhone App Released
News - March 03, 2010 - 0 Comments
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The first iPhone app for Google Buzz has been released. Buzzie allows users to interact with Google Buzz form their iPhone.
The Google Buzz web interface is very nice, but it's slow. The dedicated app works faster and better. Buzzie allows all the normal functions of Buzz like searching, posting, public vs private posting, etc. It even allows users who are not logged into Buzz to view posts in their local area. If they login, they can begin posting.
Buzzie is currently available in the Ap...read more
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Apple sues HTC over 20 patents
News - March 02, 2010 - 0 Comments
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It looks like Apple is tired of people walking all over their patents. They have announced intentions to sue HTC for infringing on over 20 patents. Apple issued a press release announcing their intentions and it appears that Steve Jobs is irked.
"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own ori...read more
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Handmark releases New York Daily News app
News - March 02, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Handmark has released an app for the New York Daily News. The app is released for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices. The app is supposed to give you quick access to the New York Daily News content, but we're wondering why users won't simply use an RSS reader.
If you can't resist downloading a new app you can get the New York Daily News app at the link below....read more
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iTunes hits 10 billion downloads
News - February 25, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Apple has reached another major milestone as iTunes has finally hit 10 billion downloads. The contest is now over and whoever downloaded the 10- billionth song will be getting a $10,000 iTunes gift card. They really should have made that a $10,000 Apple gift card, but oh well.
Way to go Apple. Once again you have changed the way the world lives. ...read more
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Apple censors overtly sexual iPhone apps
News - February 19, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Apple reportedly has a new policy for its iPhone app store in which they will ban any application with overtly sexual content.
According to TechCrunch, the developer of an iPhone app called Wobble iBoobs received a removal notice from Apple. The app allowed users to take a selected image of a bikini model and add "wobble zones" to the photo. The user could then make those parts of the photo move by shaking the iPhone. Apparently, Apple thought that was a bit too hot for the App Store.
TIPB...read more
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BlackBerry marketshare shrinks slightly, iPhone's growing, Android still small
News - February 10, 2010 - 0 Comments
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comScore has released their latest smartphone market stats from the last quarter of 2009 and it's very interesting. BlackBerry is still dominant with 41.6% of the market, but that's actually down from 42.6%. Apple came in second with 25.3% of the market which is up 1.2%. Microsoft was third with 18%, Palm at 6.1%, and Android had 5.2%. Android was actually up 2.7 percentage points.
What does it all mean? It means that things are changing very slowly. With all the buzz around Android th...read more
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Fourth generation iPhone to be taller?
News - February 09, 2010 - 0 Comments
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The next version of the iPhone will be slightly larger than the original iPhone and will sport a larger display. MacRumors has posted some pictures of iPhone 4G parts supposedly from an iPhone repair shop. The parts indicate the new iPhone will be about 1/4" taller than the iPhone 3GS.
"Also present on the new front panel part is a "reflective surface" located just above the earpiece slot on the iPhone. It is not immediately obvious what the feature might be, and iResQ offers no speculation on...read more
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Is a new MacBook Pro on the horizon?
News - February 08, 2010 - 0 Comments
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A forum member over at MacRumors has uncovered what looks to be benchmark results from an unannounced MacBook Pro running a with a Core i7 M 620 processor. The new MBP runs a version of Mac OS 10.6.2 (Build 10C3067). Anyone know what that is?
The MBP scored a 5260 Geekbench score and out performed all existing MacBook Pros. That's pretty impressive. I guess now would not be the time to be picking up a new MBP. ...read more
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AT&T finally allows SlingPlayer 3G streaming on the iPhone
News - February 04, 2010 - 0 Comments
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iPhone users looking to stream TV shows from their SlingBox know too well that until now, the iPhone SlingPlayer app would not work on 3G. SlingMedia has apparently developed a new app that is optimized for 3G, and AT&T has agreed to allow the streaming on their network.
"Just as we’ve worked with Sling Media in this instance, we look forward to collaborating with other developers so that mobile customers can access a wider, more bandwidth-sensitive, and powerful range of applications in the f...read more
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iPhone OS 3.1.3 available for download
News - February 02, 2010 - 0 Comments
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Apple has released an update for the iPhone taking it to OS 3.1.3. The update fixes some issues with battery level reporting and problems with the Japanese Kana keyboard. It also fixes an issue where third-party apps would fail to launch.
If you have a jailbroken iPhone you might want to wait before installing this update....read more
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