Opera Announces Mini for iPhone App Submission to App Store
Opera has taken a rather novel approach to submitting its iPhone version of the popular Opera Mini browser to Apple’s App Store for approval. First it has issued a press release stating the submission of the app earlier this morning, and it has also opened up a dedicated portal with a timer that details the […]
Editorial: Now You Can Dismiss Windows Phone 7 Series
Microsoft touted heavily that Windows Phone 6 Series had one key advantage over iPhone: native code without any gatekeepers. Groundbreaking apps like GPS, SlingPlayer, Rhapsody, and so on, and so on, could exist on Windows Mobile… while they took years for Apple to turn around and support. Innovation was a key ally to Windows Mobile, […]
Saurik Declares Over 1 Million Apple Mobile Devices in Anti-Anti-Jailbreaking System
Yet another milestone has been past today in the continuing saga over jailbreaking Apple devices. Apple has engaged in an aggressive campaign to lock out jailbreakers, or at least limit their market-wide effectiveness. Both the iPhone 3GS and current-generation iPod touch models require that Apple’s servers sign each and every iPhone software update installed, adding […]
Skype Confirms App Store Outage, Points to Bug Being Fixed
A few hours ago, Skype became unavailable for download on the App Store. PhoneNews.com has confirmed with Skype that it is a known issue. The company also confirmed that it is due to a “fault which has made Skype for iPhone unavailable to some people.” A fix has been identified, and Skype hopes to restore […]
Apple Misinformation about Unauthorized modification of iPhone OS has been a major source of FUD, grandstanding, and other illogical arguments
If that title sounds long, it’s similar to Apple’s new support article, which is long-ly titled Unauthorized modification of iPhone OS has been a major source of instability, disruption of services, and other issues. So, we felt it would be a good idea to take Apple’s support article point-by-point. Quote from Apple: As designed by […]
Apple Releases MobileMe iDisk Application for iPhone and iPod touch
Apple has released the long awaited MobileMe iDisk access application for the iPhone and iPod Touch running OS 3.0. The application allows MobileMe subscribers to access iDisk shares of up to 20MB in size, login, filesharing via email links, password protection of files and time limits for file downloads with the only limitation being the […]
iPhone OS 3.0 GM Seeds Go Live on the iPhone Dev Center
As promised in the keynote, Apple is now serving iPhone OS 3.0 to developers. The links have been online since shortly after the keynote, but only now do they appear to be working. Developers should take note that Apple’s servers are overwhelmed, and that you may have to try to connect multiple times. Apple is […]
MobileEdition Update: Top-Tier Bloggers, Additional Platform Support, Release Timeline
Over at our corporate homepage, we posted a few updates about MobileEdition. To recap, MobileEdition is our exciting new iPhone software-as-a-service tool. For absolutely zero dollars, we’ll take your blog, and build an App Store app, customized just for your blog. We cover all the bases, putting you in the driver’s seat as to how […]
Deal: Apple iPod touch 1G Refurb – Starting at $159
Apple is selling their refurbished original iPod touch units at a bargain price. The 8GB iPod touch sells for just $159 on their store. Why is this on PhoneNews.com? Well, we’ve been at the forefront of the iPod touch revolution. Using a Wi-Fi slinging smartphone, you can feed any iPod touch 3G connectivity… and have […]
Apple Consolidating AV Cables Ahead of iPhone HD Launch
Apple has advised Apple Authorized Resellers to begin placing on clearance both the Apple Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable. PhoneNews.com has learned that Apple will be consolidating these cables, ahead of the launch of the next iPhone. Both current cables were not well received by the public. The cables first added encryption […]