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New 3G iPhone photos surface

The rumor mill is churning again with pictures of the upcoming 3G iPhone. The French iPhone Blog has published pictures of what they claim is the upcoming 3G iPhone. There's no way to tell if this is a Photoshop job or some other fake, but it looks real. We'll just have to wait and see. Stay tuned....

Apple in talks to provide free unlimited iTunes

According to a report in the Financial Times, Apple is in discussions with some large music companies about a deal that would give customers free access to the entire iTunes library. Customers would pay a premium for iPods and iPhones to get the unlimted service. The "all you can eat" model seems to follow Nokia's "comes with music" deal that they...

Apple patent suggests new iPhone flip design

According to recent patent filings it looks like Apple is looking past its current candy bar iPhone design to a future that may include an iPhone flip design. UnwiredView seems to suggest that this new design could even be the iPhone nano. That is pure speculation at this point but it sure would be nice to have a smaller version of the iPhone."The...

Sharper Image files bankruptcy

In another sad turn of events for the standard brick and mortar stores, Sharper Image has filed for Bankruptcy protection. After several years of declining sales they are finally packing it in. The company says it "intends to continue to conduct business as usual while it devotes renewed efforts to resolve its operational and liquidity problems an...

Apple dropping iPhone and iPod Touch prices?

According to a recent report on 9to5mac, Apple is planning to drop the prices of the iPhone and iPod Touch by 100 within the next 2 months. The move is reportedly intended to clear out inventory and make way for a new 3G iPhone. 9to5mac says a tipster tells them that the 8GB iPhone and 8GB iPod Touch will be phased out from the line.The new price...

Turn your iPhone into a piano with iAno

This has to be one of the coolest apps we've seen for the iPhone. iAno is a newly released iPhone application that turns your iPHone into a piano. As you can see in the video, iAno provides a multi touch piano that you can really play (sorta). It has a four octave keyboard that can play 5 notes at the same time. The keyboard is navigated with a...

iPhone users Google more than other mobile handsets

iPhone users provide 50 times more search requests to Google than any other mobile handset. In fact, according to a report at Wired, Google had to double check the numbers because they were so good.Google's head of mobile operations told the Financial Times, "we thought it was a mistake and made our engineers check the logs again." This is great n...

16GB iPhone?

engadget says it has some insiders at ATT that swear we're going to see the 16GB iPhone very soon, even though the wireless inventory shows none in stock. It's about time. We've seen the 16GB iPod Touch but what about the iPhone. If engadget's insiders get it right, we'll see the new iPhone within a week or so. If not, we'll be left waiting arou...

iPhones unlocked at rate of 27%

According to a report from Brighthand, 27% of the iPhones sold last year are unlocked and running on a provider other than ATT. Brighthand says that according to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi, approximately 1 million of the smartphones sold by Apple in the U.S. last year were bought by people who haven't signed up for an ATT plan. Th...

Continental to offer in-flight Wi-Fi

Continental Airlines today announced that it has entered into an agreement with LiveTV, L.L.C. (LiveTV) that will allow Continental to offer 36 channels of live,inflight satellite based television programming provided by DIRECTV(R), at every seat on Continental's new generation aircraft. The service is expected to beavailable to customers on flight...

Griffin Powerdock charges multiple iPods

Griffin has introduced a new, and very cool, dock for your iPods. The new PowerDock is capable of charging up to 4 iPods at once. If you have multiple iPods this is the solution for you. The dock is limited to charging the iPods at this time. The Powerdock should be released in two models the 4 slot version for 70, and a 2 slot model for 50. ...

iPhone integrated in Land Rover LRX concept

Land Rover's LRX Concept has something very interesting iPhone integration. As you can see in the picture the Land Rover has a slot for the iPhone to be docked. You can presume that the iPhone can be used hands free but the really interesting part of this integration is the large red "Start" button on the iPhone. The concept is that the car w...

Apple iPod and iPhone leading gadgets in Europe this Christmas

According to a study designed to track the frequency of online searches, Apple's iPod and iPhones are among the hottest gadgets in Europe this Christmas season. The study focued on 20 different models of gadgets from game consoles, mobile phones, and portable music player markets across the UK, France, and Germany. During the first three weeks of...

Apple announces iPhone SDK

We've all been waiting for it and it looks like it will finally be a reality third party applications on the iPhone. Steve Jobs just announced that Apple will release the iPhone SDK in February 2008. Third party applications that work on the iPhone will also work on the iPod Touch. Check out the letter from Jobs posted on Apple's web site tod...

Apple sued over iPhone bricking

Apple has been sued by California resident Timothy Smith alleging that the iPhone maker violated the state's antitrust law. Many users who had purchased an unsupported unlocking software for Apple's iPhone were upset when a recent Apple update "bricked" their iPhone. Mr. Smith decided to take his case to court.Smith charges Apple with violating th...