July 2007

Another Apple patent hints at the functionality they might build into future versions of the iPhone, and if the thought of a network of Jesus Phones all whispering to each other scares you then I suggest you look away now.  Specifying a system similar to Push-to-Talk, only without a central processing server and instead performing all data handling on the sending device, it's designed to communicate data via a voice ... continued »

Want an iPhone?  Have particularly sore legs?  Or are you like me, lazy?  Well order from the Apple online store and your swanky new handset will be shipped out in just 24 hours.  Since launching, the cellphone has been advertised as taking 2-4 weeks to be delivered if you buy it online, and most chose instead to wander down to their nearest Apple or AT&T store and pick one up ... continued »

Richmond, BC --July 27, 2007-- zCover today announced that its versatile, resilient and user friendly new iSAglove cases for Apple's iPhone are now shipping. zCover’s iSAglove design is available in four functional combos and focuses on intuitive usability while offering protection in its fullest form. The iSAglove will first be released in five zCover ice series colors: blue, purple, grey, pink, & clear, each one designed to work seamlessly with ... continued »

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Thanks to all the hard work of the various iPhone hackers we can now add new wallpapers, icons and ringtones to the handset, but most of that functionality depends on having a PC or Mac to hand so that you can dock the iPhone and get tweaking.  Justin Schwalbe decided that simply wasn't good enough, and so tweaked together a way to update your homescreen wallpaper to whatever image Safari ... continued »

Canny developers are discovering that there's more to making an iPhone-friendly web-app than shrinking the column width; a good example is InfoSpace, who are taking on the mighty Google in a war of search with their Find It! site.   continued »

Looks like someone has been busy over the weekend: an enterprising Australian hacker going by the handle of 'ozbimmer' tweaked his iPhone to make calls on their Telstra network, going so far as to post a video of the process on YouTube.  However despite his hard work, functionality is still limited to simply making calls; the handset can't receive them nor send or receive text messages.   continued »