July 18th, 2007 No Comments »
After downloading the complete iPhone UI Images from modmyiphone.com, I was looking through the images, and I saw two, not one, but two signs that Apple will let 3rd-party apps run on everyone’s favorite new toy. The standard application icon, used in Mac OS X, is included with the iPhone. This image also has a black background… to be displayed on the home screen, unless, of course, the developer uses a custom icon. Even though the widgets on iPhone are actually “.app”s, they still behave like widgets. I’m guessing Apple will allow custom widgets to be written for iPhone, using the above image if the widget has no defined icon. I guess we’ll see whether or not Apple implements 3rd party apps on the iPhone. But from looking at these icons, I think that with time, Apple will open up iPhone and make use of these icons.
July 17th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s not if but when Apple will announce the second-generation of the Apple iPhone. Chinese-language media, with a recent report in the Chinese-language Commercial Times newspaper indicating that Taiwan-based Wintek has gained touch screen panel orders from Apple for its second-generation iPhone.
“The report claims that the new iPhone from Apple will begin shipping in September with prices ranging from US$249-299. The paper added that Apple recently visited Wintek to deliver instructions on manufacturing and the company has begun test production in small volumes.”
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July 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Eagle eyes over at FOCUS news website spotted that T-Mobile Germany threw up the iPhone webpage then took it down when asked about it. This could very well be a mock-up, so take it as a rumor for now.
http://www.t-mobile.de/iphone has been taken down!
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