After reading about the iPhone for a while, memorising facts from its spec-sheet is just an occupational hazard. So, Apple's cellphone has a maximum screen resolution of 640 x 480 for compatible content... doesn't it? Ars Technica say no, and they've been playing with video that encoded at 720 x 576, 25fps on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, a figure that's funnily enough exactly the same as a PAL DVD. ... continued »
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iTunes films supplied at higher resolution than iPhone should support
After reading about the iPhone for a while, memorising facts from its spec-sheet is just an occupational hazard. So, Apple's cellphone has a maximum screen resolution of 640 x 480 for compatible content... doesn't it? Ars Technica say no, and they've been playing with video that encoded at 720 x 576, 25fps on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, a figure that's funnily enough exactly the same as a PAL DVD. ... continued »
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Paypal advises against Safari
When purchasing the iPhone, many were thinking about the luxury of all the convenience it offered. However, it seems one of those conveniences might be taken away. PayPal has begun to warn its users against using Safari when checking their accounts.
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iPhone Wikipedia gives connection-free reference library
Got 2.2GB of storage free on your iPhone (or iPod Touch) and fancy carrying around a wealth of knowledge to impress ladies, ace the pub quiz and generally come across as a Smart-Alec? Then you'll be wanting to follow Patrick Collinson's instructions to put the entire English version of Wikipedia (minus extraneous links, unnecessary pictures and other rubbish) onto your cellphone, and never again be subject to the whims of ... continued »
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Macworld 2008: iTunes Movie Rentals
09:37 PST: Steve announces a long awaited iTunes Movie Rental service.
Apple has come a long way in movie and song downloads via iTunes, but Steve explains that their current numbers certainly aren't enough. Apple has sold 7 million movies, 125 million TV shows, and last week Apple sold their 4 billionth song. Today Apple will be releasing iTunes movie rentals for use on all of their video playing devices. ... continued »
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CES 2008: iPhone CorePlayer Demonstrated
CorePlayer, a favorite amongst many Windows Mobile and other mobile platform users has been ported to the iPhone and iPod touch. CorePlayer offers media management to completely avoid using iTunes. An iPhone media player other than the iPod application could open doors to downloading MP3 files on the run through Seeqpod. Downloading files through Safari is possible with the Mobile Safari Download Plugin from iPhone hacker 'hachu'. Not sure when ... continued »
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CES 2008: Flytunes iPhone Digital Music Service
At CES 2008, Flytunes introduced a personalized digital music service for the iPhone, iPod touch and other media capable phones. Flytunes lets you access over 20,000 radio stations anywhere a WiFi, or cell phone signal is available; something satellite radio cannot do (inside buildings). Flytunes is available free of charge and can be run on either PC or Mac. Flytunes will be available on their website as of January 21st, ... continued »
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My iPhone Dislikes
All phones have their positives, and all phones have their negatives. The iPhone excels in many areas other phones don't, but other phones have some things the iPhone just couldn't stand up to. There are things I really dislike about the iPhone, and these dislikes are small compared to everything I do enjoy about owning an iPhone. I may have some issues with my phone that I don't know about, or it ... continued »
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