May 16

If you are bored of the iPhone’s multi touch screen, you can use this third party application called Visua mobile. This application provides an old school look on your iPhone with its rotary dial pad. [GearFuse via Upcoming Cell Phones]

May 16

In only a day’s time, one of the biggest rumors about Apple’s iPhone has been debunked. Intel Germany General Manager Hannes Schwaderer previously confirmed the possibility of an Intel Atom-based iPhone coming very soon. But after the news about this rumour spread, the same source of the original rumour takes it back, with a statement from Intel to finally clear things up.

According to the report where Intel disclaimed the rumour, Intel Germany’s CEO was only generalizing about the kinds of device that the Intel Atom might be able to power in the future. Sure, it might be a nice idea, but right now there simply is no truth in the rumors saying that Intel is working closely with Apple now for such a device.

Come to think of it, that the iPhone will have an Intel Atom chip does seem pretty far-fetched, since that would make it more of a UMPC, and not a phone anymore. But haven’t we seen this behavior before, where we innocently spot a few clues somewhere, that later end up being explained by their owners because the news has spread faster than wildfire across the Internet?

Whatever the case may be, feel free to weigh the facts and decide for yourself, if there will be an Atom-based iPhone soon or not.

May 14

Everyone wants to kill iPhone. There are some rumors that Nokia will release an iPhone killer called iPerformer. According to the rumor Nokia is working on a serious iPhone contender called iPerformer. Expected to include widescreen

touchscreen, NaviScroll, QWERTY keypad, GPS, FM radio, FM transmitter, WiFi, Bluetooth, TV out, and a Web cam, right now iPerformer is just at rumor stage and won’t be materialized in the near soon.

The picture above is a picture from GoPlay event back in August of 2007, no real picture of this rumored Nokia smartphone yet. And you won’t expect Nokia will use iPerformer as a name for its product, will you ?

So, will we see Nokia smartphone which will compete against iPhone in the market ? I’m sure we will, the question is, when ?

Name seems pretty lame to me, which makes me think rumor is also lame :)

May 14

Live TV on iPhone

When it comes to cool factor, OrbLive has to be one of the coolest native application for the iPhone. Orb Networks has just released a native Orb client making it possible for you to watch live TV, Internet TV, and webcams on your iPhone or iPod Touch. We no longer need to wait for a native client of Sling Media for the iPhone.

Step 1: On your PC

Works on Windows PCs or on Macs running Parallels or Fusion
  1. Install the Orb streaming application
    (Version 2.01.0013 or later. Localized versions coming soon.)
  2. Create your login and password
  3. To watch live TV or a webcam you will need a TV turner card or webcam attached to your PC
  4. Leave your PC on and connected to the Internet so it can stream stuff to your iPhone or iPod touch

Step 2: On your jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch

You must have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch to get OrbLive
(Haven’t yet jailbroken your iPhone? We like ZiPhone*)

  1. Click on the Installer icon in your iPhone app menu
  2. Click the Install icon at the bottom
  3. Scroll through the list of categories and click on Multimedia
  4. Click on OrbLive
  5. Click Install at top right
  6. Click Install in the popup that appears
  7. When the package has installed, go to your
    iPhone app menu and click the OrbLive icon
  8. Enter the login and password you created when you installed Orb on your PC
  9. Enjoy!
May 14

There has been a ton of rumors going around about the imminent launch of the 3G iPhone. However, the pre-release version of iPhone firmware 2.0 included in the latest Apple iPhone SDK Beta 5 (Build 5a274D) which is currently available only to members of the iPhone developer program, has revealed that Apple is planning to release the long awaited 3G iPhone probably as early as June just like the rumors have indicated.

  
May 13

It has been officially confirmed by Apple that the iPhone is sold out and will not be available online in the UK and U.S. Further elaboration was declined though we are guessing that the 3G iPhone may show up earlier than we were expecting.

May 13

Last week we heard iPhone going to India with Vodafone - well, it turns out that the deal is non exclusive! Airtel is also bringing the iPhone to India according to this release.

Non-exclusive deals are always good for end users.

May 13

Google Reader for iPhoneAlmost everyone prepare an iPhone version of their web services; so as Google. If you are using Google Reader already, you will love iPhone dedicated Google Reader.

Feb 02

During the MacWorld keynote speach, Steve Jobs announched that the Apple iPhone would be released in June 20007. Although, according to Everythingiphone.com various “sources” have hinted that iPhone could be released as early as April.

While there’s no solid evidence that this is true, I’m not objecting to an early release! So Apple, if you’re reading this, I officially give the go-ahead for an April release date! :)

Jan 29

I just found this YouTube video of a Mad TV spoof on the iPhone. Personally I think they could have done a much better job. I think SNL would have been a better fit for this.

Here’s the video:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p01RjigiYF0]