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iPhone OS 4.0 With Multitasking Support This Summer

March 12, 2010

Sources with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances, told AppleInsider that Apple has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking on the iPhone OS, but offered no specifics on how the technology would optimize resource conversation and battery life – two of the most critical issues surrounding the matter, alongside security.
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Report: Initial iPad Demand Greater Than iPhone’s

February 25, 2010

TUAW reported yesterday how a report indicates the initial iPad demand to be greater than iPhone’s. It’s Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets who conducted a survey of 3,200 people and found that 13% are likely to buy the $499 iPad. The interest for iPhone was at 9% prior to it’s launch in 2007.
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Future Of Flash in iPhone/iPad? “Old Technology”, Says Steve Jobs

February 20, 2010

Yada yada yada, the iPhone doesn’t support Flash. Everybody knows that by now. If you follow Apple, or just tech news in general, you will also know that their new soon-to-be-released iPad doesn’t support Flash either, as Steve Jobs (by accident, I guess) demonstrated during the iPad keynote presentation.
Personally I don’t care about Flash. I [...]

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iPhone Users “Downloaded” Flash 7 Million Times in December

February 11, 2010

By now it’s no surprise to anybody that the iPhone doesn’t support flash and that the new iPad is not going to do so either. Steve Jobs even demonstrated it (by accident?) at the iPad presentation keynote when he browsed to a newspaper website (I can’t remember if it was WSJ or NYT) and flash [...]

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iPhone OS 4.0 On Wednesday? Multi-tasking?

January 20, 2010

You are probably already aware of the Apple event on Wednesday the 27th of January. Lots of rumors going around on what to expect from the event and the only thing Apple is telling us, is “come see our latest creation”:

The site, BoyGeniusReport, claim to have received a screenshot from the new iPhone OS 4.0, [...]

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New for iPhone/iPod Touch – Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

January 18, 2010

GTA, Chinatown Wars, just hit the App Store and is available for iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s a $10 ‘investment’ that will guarantee you some interesting game time.
I bought it and tested it – just so you wouldn’t have to in case it sucked. So far, it’s really great and worth every penny. In my [...]

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Facebook For iPhone Updated To 3.1 With Push Notifications

January 8, 2010

One of the most popular applications for iPhone and iPod Touch, Facebook, has just been updated to version 3.1 and now includes the long awaited Push Notifications.
Receiving the push notifications on your iPhone does not necessarily require that you have “Push” enabled, as this usually drains your battery rather quick. I have mine set up [...]

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Production Of New iPhone Has Begun

December 13, 2009

According to Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-Review.com, Foxconn has started production of the new iPhone. Foxconn already produces several products from Apple in its factories.
Eldar released this information on his Twitter profile recently, saying that:
Foxconn received order for next generation iphone
He doesn’t yet know the specifications on this new iPhone but he claims to know that [...]

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VernX – Action Puzzle Game For iPhone / iPod Touch

December 9, 2009

The developer behind VernX contacted me to get my opinion on his first iPhone game. Long story short, I really enjoyed testing it, so I decided to write up a quick post about it and share it with you guys.
VernX is an original action puzzle game. The goal of the game is to guide 50 [...]

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Dots Gloves D200 Finally Arrived – Quick Review & Video Demo

December 4, 2009

The Dots Gloves D200 that I ordered about 2 months ago, finally arrived last week. I’ve now had the chance to try them out and I even did a quick two minute video demonstration, which you can see below.
This is my 3rd post about the Dots Gloves D200 so there’s not much left to say [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 5: HTC Tattoo, Android Market & Conclusion

December 2, 2009

It’s time to blog about my 5th day with the HTC Tattoo, which means I’ve been staying away from my iPhone for five days – congratulations, me
Previous articles in this series:

Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo (Android)
Warm-up To My “iPhone Replaced By Tattoo”-Experiment
Day 1 & 2: HTC Tattoo, It’s Small & Slow
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iPhone Free Week – Day 4: HTC Tattoo, Web Browser & Text Input

November 26, 2009

Welcome to day 4 of my iPhone Free Week. Today I will focus on the Web browser in the HTC Tattoo and how the text input works on the Tattoo as well.
If you missed any of my previous iPhone Free Week posts, you can find them here:

Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo (Android)
Warm-up To [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 3: HTC Tattoo, Camera & Video Recording Quality

November 25, 2009

Welcome to day 3 in my iPhone Free Week where I’m using only a HTC Tattoo running Android, instead of my trusty old iPhone 3Gs. Today, I also have a video for you. That’s right, one of my first videos for TechPatio, ever!
Before we continue, please allow me to mention some of the previous posts [...]

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iPhone Free Week – Day 1 & 2: HTC Tattoo, It’s Small & Slow

November 24, 2009

Welcome to my experiences with HTC Tattoo over the past two days.
I started using the HTC Tattoo yesterday morning as part of my “iPhone Free Week” Experiment and I have used it almost for two full days now.
The top 3 noteworthy things about the HTC Tattoo so far:

It’s small and doesn’t weigh much.
It’s kinda sluggish.
It [...]

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iPhone Free Week: Warm-up To My “iPhone Replaced By Tattoo”-Experiment

November 22, 2009

In my last post I introduced you to my little experiment of replacing my beloved iPhone 3GS with a HTC Tattoo running the Android operating system.
Now I’d just like to touch some of the things that “switchers”, with a Mac, might come accross, especially when switching from an iPhone to an Android based phone.
Basically there’s [...]

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iPhone Camera With 8x Zoom Lens

November 22, 2009

Despite being only 3.2 megapixel, the iPhone 3GS camera ain’t that bad after all. Give it some proper lighting and it will be at least as good as other 3.2 megapixel phone cameras with autofocus.
But, it lacks zoom, for obvious reasons.
Now the Japanese have a solution to that (who else than the Japanese would be [...]

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iPhone Free Week: Introduction To A Week With HTC Tattoo (Android)

November 19, 2009

I’ve been ’suffering’ from the “iSyndrome” since I got my first MacBook back in Q2 2006 and when the iPhone EDGE was released in the US, I had no other choice than go to eBay and import one of them. Then came the iPhone 3G and I bought one locally. The year after, iPhone 3GS [...]

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Apple Makes More Money On Cellphones Than Nokia & I’m Giving Up On My iPhone!

November 19, 2009

Apple has taken over Nokia, when looking at profit by selling cellphones, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics.
With operating profits in the third quarter of $1.6 billion (estimated by Strategy Analytics), they made more money by Nokia with $1.1 billion.
Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones during the third quarter (July-September), generating sales of $4.5 [...]

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