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iPhone News

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone Updated – Adds Streaming Over 3G [iPhone Apps]

February 15, 2010

“We’re delighted the SlingPlayer Mobile App now has 3G capability,” said John Gilmore, senior vice president and general manager at Sling Media. “Slingbox users in many countries around the globe, including the United States, can now enjoy their living room TV experience on their iPhone and iPod touch whether on a 3G or WiFi network.”
Long-awaited [...]

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SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App Now Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

February 4, 2010

But all that is about to change. AT&T announced Thursday morning that it will now allow the SlingPlayer iPhone app to stream live over its 3G network.

“Since mid-December 2009, AT&T has been testing the app and has recently notified Sling Media — as well as Apple — that the optimized app can run [...]

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iPhone 3GS Refurbs on Sale Again – 16GB for $49

December 26, 2009

If you’re after an iPhone 3GS at a great price, you might want to give AT&T latest sale prices on refurb units a look. They are currently offering a 16GB 3GS for $49 – and the 32GB model for $149.
Both of these require the standard iPhone data plan and a new two-year contract.
I’ve [...]

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Big in Japan – The iPhone Is

December 20, 2009

Nearly half of all domestic smartphone users have turned to the iPhone in Japan, giving Apple a dominant position in the market, according to a new study.

New data released this week from Tokyo-based research company Impress R&D shows the iPhone 3G taking 24.6 percent of the consumer smartphone market. The iPhone 3GS, released [...]

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Developer Gets Ripped From iTunes Store For Ratings Fraud

December 7, 2009

iPhone App Developer Molinker had lots of photography-related apps published in the App Store. Unfortunately, they also had tons of fake reviews as well. Now, that “ratings-pumping” tactic has backfired badly, as they (and their apps) have been removed from the App Store. How was this fraud uncovered? By a sharp-eyed iPhone user and [...]

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Should A Phone Be Pretty?

December 5, 2009

“Should a phone be pretty?” asks Verizon.
…Apparently they think so.
Fail.

(www.droiddoes.com)

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IKEA catalogue coming to iPhone

December 3, 2009

Who doesn’t love IKEA? Now they are boldly going where lots of corporations have gone before and launching their very own app starting in the United Kingdom, in an obvious prelude to what will surely be coming to an iPhone or iPod Touch near you.
They are calling it a “clean and straightforward application that allows [...]

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Crazy Big iPhone Numbers – iPhone OS Growing Faster than the Internet in Its Early Days

October 23, 2009

This has been yet another good week for astonishing iPhone numbers. We had huge sales figures reported amongst Apple’s latest quarterly results at the beginning of the week, and the charts and data presented by a Morgan Stanley internet analyst (Mary Meeker) are even more impressive.
The one above shows the iPhone / iPod [...]

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Crazy Big iPhone Numbers – Apple Last Quarter Results Highlights

October 20, 2009

I’ve been browsing through a few articles covering Apple’s latest financial results reported yesterday – and checking out some of the huge iPhone numbers that were announced. Apple Insider’s report provided a great set of iPhone highlights – which included:
– Apple sold 7.367 million iPhones during the quarter, producing $2.297 billion in revenue. That [...]

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AT&T Doesn’t Need Verizon Dissing Its Network

October 8, 2009

They do just fine at doing it themselves. Tethering for the iPhone is still a no-go, months after more than 40 other Apple carrier partners rolled it out …
According to a Wall Street journal post, when asked about the possibility that tethering would be rolled out soon a spokesperson for AT&T said that tethering [...]

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Crazy Big iPhone Numbers: App Store Downloads Pass Two Billion

September 28, 2009

“The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with users downloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year, including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The App Store has reinvented what you can do with a mobile handheld device, and our users [...]

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