From the monthly archives:
April 2008
by Chris Davies on April 30, 2008

Take one pretty generic spring-loaded PDA holder, one bicycle handlebar clip and some zeitgeist branding and you get the iPhone Bike Mount Holder. Ostensibly an ideal way to both watch movies while cycling and to crash into cars and railings, USBfever are suggesting that it might be safer to just use it to play music during your eco-friendly, thigh-chafing commute. They also claim the mount is "quakeproof", which should be ...
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by ashoperon on April 30, 2008

It seems that AT&T might be looking to make the new iPhone a little bit more affordable than the current iteration. Word on the streets is that AT&T could subsidize the new iPhone, and take up to $200 off the price of the unit. Many flocked to AT&T for the iPhone the first time, subsidized or not. Fast forward to now, with new iPhone, new features, and the possibility of ...
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by Chris Davies on April 29, 2008

Goldstriker, who - depending on your taste in metal plating - either make the iPhone even more beautiful courtesy of precious metals or turn it into a gaudy, over-blinged embarrassment, have once again unleashed their electroplater and come up with the Solar Star edition. Both the front bezel of the handset, and the Apple logo on the rear, are 24ct gold plated. Meanwhile, the rest of the casing, including the ...
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by Chris Davies on April 29, 2008

Back in November last year, deaf would-be iPhone users highlighted the lack of a data-only AT&T plan for the Apple cellphone, after the carrier began to sell a voice-only contract. Now, a mere five months later, AT&T have released details of their Text Accessibility Plan (TAP), designed for those who are deaf, hard of hearing, have a speech disability and/or hearing loss. Apparently created "with input from the community", the new ...
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by ashoperon on April 29, 2008

You folks up in Canada have been waiting real patient for this, and it looks like you will finally be rewarded. Most of you probably already have your iPhone unlocked and on Rogers anyway, but hey some official iPhone love is always good. Details are very few at the moment, which is also echoed in this statement that was issued concerning the matter.
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by ashoperon on April 28, 2008

An article printed in a Chinese news paper, The Commercial Times, is saying that the manufacturer Foxconn, Hon Hai Precision Industry, has landed the contract to manufacture the new iPhone. Foxconn was also the manufacturer of the original iPhone, so it is not too far fetched of an idea. The article says that the new iPhone should ship around June. We all knew that already though, didn't we?
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by ashoperon on April 28, 2008

It was just not enough to be able to use custom images as the background to your iPhone's home screen. Well, not for the iPhone developers over at Skrew at least. They have just released an alpha version of their new application, vWallpaper. Just as the 'v' before 'Wallpaper' would have you expect, it allows you to use videos as the background to your home screen.
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