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iPhone 3G to be shipped in PaperFoam tray

ewdithen — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:33 +0000

This year as Apple roles out the iPhone 3G you will see their environmental agreement come into play. Last year Steve Jobs promised a Greener Apple, and this year we will see that the packing supplies have changed for the iPhone. Now, the iPhone will be shipped in a starch paper tray, made mostly of potato starches.
These trays are manufactured by a Dutch company named PaperFoam, whose CEO just announced that Apple ordered “millions of PaperfFam packages” for its new 3G iPhone. By doing this Apple reducing the carbon footprint of the iPhone by at least 90 percent, which are 100 percent biodegradable and made from natural resources.

You may already know of this company for being the producers for packages for Motorola and the first generation iPod video and iPod nano.
I look forward to ripping through my 100 percent biodegradable packaging to get to the brand new iPhone 3G it will house on July 11th!

[via The Register]

Your iPhone 2.5G’s warranty is about to expire

ewdithen — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:10:38 +0000

About this time last year we were all so excited about the release of the original iPhone. We waited in line, we saved for months, and to back all of this, we bought Apple Care to protect our new baby.

For all of your that bought Apple care on your iPhone you know that the expiration date is creeping up on you. Of course, Apple will allow you to extend your current Apple Care for just $69.95 or, if your like me, just buy the iPhone 3G and get its Apple Care for $129.95.

If the iPhone is anything like most cars I’ve owned, everything will go wrong the very day after the warranty expires. I’m just saying.

Happy 1st birthday iPhone!

ewdithen — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:45:39 +0000

As we hit the 1st birthday of the phone that brought us into a new future, we also prepare for the incoming of a brand new birth in iPhone’s life. We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of iPhone 2.5G’s brother, iPhone 3G, but will never forget the times we’ve shared with the original.

So happy first birthday iPhone, we look forward to many more…

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear iPhone…Happy birthday to you!

Apple pulled into lawsuit with small Nevada company

ewdithen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:20:41 +0000

Dell ,Apple, Fujitsu, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, Panasonic, Palm, Samsung, and Toshiba have all been added to Typhoon Touch Technologies hit list. Typoon is accusing these companiesof using their patented ideas that date back to 1995 for teh touch computer. Their patents were so open ended and broad that they have been able to pull these companies in saying that all of their touch computing is in conflict with their ideas. They created the blueprints for their technology for the police departments based on touchscreen portable devices with built in computers.

They first began going after companies when Dell release their Latitude XT tablet, now they have brought in more than 10 companies. Everyone is unclear as to how far they wil get in these procedings.

What we do know about the lawsuit is that Typhoon is hoping to use them to generate a steady stream of revenue, as they are seaking injunctions against the products involved until companies agree to pay a “reasonable royalty”, on top of the financial damages they’re asking for.

[via iPhoneAlley]

The US may release the iPhone at 8AM

ewdithen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:57:20 +0000

We all know that when the original iPhone was released you had to wait in a line all day until 6, this year they are saying it might be a little different. There are rumors that a memo was sent out to all AT&T managers explaning that the release of the iPhone 3G will be done at 8am to avoid long lines and the lengthy in-store activations. Stay posted for more info!

[via BoyGeniusReport]

iPhone 3G makes it easier to download…porn?

ewdithen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:29:34 +0000

A recent article by Time magazine gained popularity by talking about the newest in technology, aka the iPhone, and porn sites being integrated easier into Safari on the iPhone. Currently Pornography websites have been integrating downloadable files into there database making it easy to copy onto your iPhone and watch on the go.

“It’s by far the porn-friendliest phone,” says Devan Cypher, representative for San Francisco–based Sin City Entertainment. As evidence of the gadget’s rocketing popularity in California’s capital, the San Fernando Valley, numerous iPhone-specific porn sites have been launched in recent months. “There are a few hundred iPhone porn sites now in use,” says Farley Cahen, vice president of business development for AVN Media Network, the adult industry’s trade body.

As the 3G release nears, the adult entertainment industries prepare to launch sites that will be able to be accessed by the iPhone. With the overwhelming popularity of the iPhone this industry has seen an opportunity and gone after it with full force.

“Three out of four iPhone users are men with above-average incomes, and iPhone users spend heavily on entertainment. More than a third of iPhone users shell out more than $100 on phone and data charges every month, as compared with just one-fifth of other cell-phone users.”

One feature that will be included in the 2.0 release is the ability to set Parental Controls, disabling ever ‘accidentally’ stumbling accross a naughty site or two, or three, or four…

ACU gives iPhone/iPod Touch to all incoming freshman

ewdithen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:36:37 +0000

Abilene Christian University released that starting with the incoming 2008 Freshman class all students will receive an iPhone or iPod touch. The cost of these units will be built into each student’s tuition in hopes of bringing new technology and resources on the go for these students. They have prepared over 15 web applications making it easy for students to locate professors’ offices, answer in-class surveys and quizzes and even check their meal ticket balance.

“We are not merely providing cutting-edge technology tools to our incoming students,” said Roberts. “We are also providing the web applications that ensure these tools will become critical to the students’ learning experience. Because 93 percent of ACU students bring their own computers with them to college, we are choosing to take them to the next level by providing converged mobile devices.”

For the past ten months Abilene’s faculty and staff have been conducting research and are always looking for new possibilities through handheld devices. This college campus located in Texas and attracts about 4700 students from all across the US, by integrating technology they will be expanding the diversity among the students and allowing peace of mind with a piece of technology helping them along the way.

[Via ACU University]

Speck joins in the iPhone 3G frenzy with their new cases

ewdithen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:33:22 +0000

Speck released their two new models of iPhone 3G cases with removable bottoms that allows them to be docked in a standard iPhone dock. One line will include see-thru cases that will retail at 29.95 and another line of rubberized cases built to withstand any wear and tear you put your phone through, those will retail at 34.95. You will be able to purchase these early July, right around the release of the iPhone 3G.

[Via Speck Products]

Citrix to bring remote capabilities to the iPhone

ewdithen — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:51:56 +0000

We have all seen a jail broken iPhone with the capability to VPN into a windows running machine, but now we may be seeing a program that will allow you to do this without unlocking your iPhone. Citrix recently released that they are working on a technology client to run Windows XP on the iPhone. They ran a demo of the way the application will run on the iPhone and demonstrated it on the real thing.

Many business users have a huge demand for remoting into a work computer and retrieving information while out of the office, Citrix has been able to provide many different routs to doing so, and until now they never included the iPhone.

There is no specific release on it, it is still being tested and demoed on the phone, and unlike the past its been said that this option will be relatively inexpensive as compared to the corporate versions that they have had in the past which can run the corporate bill quiet high.

[Via ZDnet]

A glimpse into the App Store of Apple

ewdithen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:07:10 +0000

As we get closer and closer to the release date of iPhone 3G we are all wondering what Apple will release in the App store that will be available for us to purchase. They released a few insights into some Apps we’ve all wanted to see. The first that I know I am looking forward to is EasyTaskManager, which is a desktop manager that supports “GTD, the ‘Get it done’ method”. You will be able to organize your life between home and the office and now on the go, with this application you can sync between multiple computers including a Windows PC and a Mac. Next, iSharephone is an application allowing you to connect to the Microsoft SharePoint servers form your phone. This lets you see any of the information on your phone from the SharePoint portal. Some little ones that will keep you busy waiting at the DMV or in the back of class will be Rusty Red Wagons port of Solitaire, Klondike, Spider, and Freecell. Along with Rusty Red Wagon, Ambrosia is introducing Mobile Mahjong, which will allow you to have the ancient Chinese game at the tips of your fingers….literally.

As the release of the iPhone nears we will begin to see some more Apps leaking through. Check back for updates on new releases.

[Via iPhone Alley]

Yes, No, Maybe: Will there ever be Flash on the iPhone?

ewdithen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:41:53 +0000

There is one big question that has had Adobe working around the clock , will there ever be flash in the iPhone?

During Adobe’s Q2 earnings call Monday, chief Shantanu Narayen said that Adobe had tackled some of the technical challenges to getting Flash to work on the iPhone:

We have a version that’s working on the emulation. This is still on the computer and you know, we have to continue to move it from a test environment onto the device and continue to make it work. So we are pleased with the internal progress that we’ve made to date.

The next hurdle will be convincing Apple’s boss, Steve Jobs, that this mobile version of Flash will be powerful enough for the iPhone, which hes been skeptical of in the past.

Even if Adobe aces Flash for the iPhone and makes it the most efficient version of its plugin ever, the business part of the process could hold things up for a while longer.

The iPhone has a huge future ahead of it, and all I can say is I sure hope Adobe is a part of that. Integrating Flash into the iPhone would be a revolution we have yet to see, but doing so would call for a much stronger business relationship with Adobe than Apple has with any of its other partners. The simplest way to go about it would be to incorporate Flash right into the Safari browser on the iPhone. Will this be done? Maybe, but for now we’ll settle for a 3G network and GPS.

[Via Alley Insider]

Can existing AT&T customers upgrade to the iPhone 3G? Yes!

ewdithen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:48:55 +0000

Per AT&T representative Brad Mays, current iPhone customers can of course upgrade to the 3G iPhone and pay $199 for the 8 GB model or $299 for the 16 GB version. They will need a new two-year contract. Customers who purchased a 2.5G iPhone on or after May 27 and want to swap it out for a new iPhone will be able to do so. without incurring an additional handset charge for the new device. (There will be a 10 percent re-stocking fee.) They will of course need to turn in their 2.5G iPhone. For other situations, there will be an unsubsidized price, which we have
not yet announced. We will announce that price in the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for more updates.

iPhone 3G: Can I activate it at home?

ewdithen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:04:11 +0000

There have been many rumors floating around about whether or not new iphone users will be able to go and buy their new iPhones and activate it at home on iTunes. There was speculation from an article posted today that there may be a possiblity you can still activate your new iPhone 3G at home. Under AT&T you may be able to sign an intent to obtain a two year contract, and then take the phone home and activate it through iTunes. The only alternative to speeding up this activation process in the store would be the following:

“customers may be able to agree to terms and select a new rate plan at home before July 11th, and then print and bring with them on July 11th a document that AT&T and Apple reps can quickly scan and verify before handing over a new iPhone. This would speed up the first-day sales process and function similar to the $100 iPhone credit coupon offered following last year’s iPhone launch.”

Though nothing has been confirmed, many rumors will continue, AT&T is expected to release finalized details closer to July 11th.

[via Apple Insider]