Google Releases Voice App For iPhone, webOS
Apple’s reluctance to publish the official Google Voice app in its iPhone App Store hasn’t stopped Google from making its Voice app available to users of all kinds, as announced yesterday by the web giant.
Google revealed that it has already launched a web app compatible with both the Apple iPhone and Palm’s webOS (which powers [...]
iPhone, Blackberry Curve Top U.S. Smartphone List
The Nielson Company has released a recent poll of American smartphone users showing that the Apple iPhone is king of the hill where U.S. power-users are concerned.
A full four percent of users polled said that they owned an Apple iPhone (including both the iPhone 3G and 3GS), making the iPhone the most-owned smartphone in the [...]
Vodafone UK Adds iPhone 3G & 3GS
Vodafone UK, a leading wireless provider in the United Kingdom, has announced that it will soon be offering the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS to its users.
The pricing structure of Vodafone’s first foray into iPhone territory will see the iPhone 3G available for free with an approved contract at a minimum of 36 GBP per [...]
iPhone Surpasses WinMo Market Share
FierceDeveloper is reporting that research firm comScore has released results from a recent study showing that Apple’s iPhone has finally surpassed Windows Mobile in market share in the United States.
According to the study, the iPhone has 8.97 million users in the U.S. while Windows Mobile-powered devices can be found the pockets of 7.13 million people. [...]
Jailbroken iPhones Victimized By Worm
Your iPhone is about to be Rickrolled.
Owners of jailbroken iPhones in Australia reported a worm that appeared to have broken out late last week that uses the default SSH setup to gain access to the phone. The terrifying result? Your background picture is changed to a photo of Rick Astley of “Never Gonna Give You [...]
AT&T to Allow VOIP, Perhaps Google Voice
Following close on the heels of Verizon’s announcement earlier this week that future handsets powered by Google Android would support Google Voice, rival American wireless provider AT&T released the news yesterday that they would allow Voice Over IP applications to operate on the iPhone on both 2G and 3G networks; the only VOIP apps currently [...]
Starbucks Trialing iPhone Apps
American coffee giant Starbucks is reportedly planning to launch two iPhone applications to the Apple App Store. Following the lead of many businesses that have utilized the iPhone in order to provide customers with new services, the Seattle, Washington company will release these apps as a trial to determine the potential for future growth in [...]
French iPhones Exploding, Causing Injury
Following several reports last week of exploding iPhone devices and a subsequent investigation launched by French authorities, Apple is denying that its flagship mobile handset contains any unsafe components. After a report by the American Foreign Press last week indicated that several of the devices had suffered some internal explosion, apparently due to overheating, Apple [...]
iPhone OS 3.0 Bug Reported
Following a period of apparent security, a potentially exploitable bug has been detected in Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0. The bug is associated with the Spotlight search function, allowing users to retrieve long-deleted email messages when searching even months after the fact.
The bug has been found while searching for the subject line of a deleted message [...]
Google Voice App for iPhone in the Works?
The New York Times’ mobile industry analyst David Poque is reporting that Google is preparing to launch a web-based Google Voice application that would allow even owners of the Apple iPhone to take advantage of the service; this news follows the original rejection of the Google Voice iPhone app by Apple’s App Store just two [...]
