From the monthly archives:

May 2007

New Apple Patent hints at a dual-sided multi-touch iPhone Nano?

by Vincent Nguyen on May 10, 2007

The Boy Genius comes through again with the discovery of a patent filed by Apple right before January’s Macworld where the iPhone was first introduced to the world, showing a smaller double-sided device. One side has a touch screen with a soft dial pad suggesting that the device will offer phone functionalities, while the other side is only for display purposes.  The patent describes this as a way to keep smudges ... continued »

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Parody : The ofone - Microsoft’s armor against Apple’s iPhone!

by Ewdison Then on May 9, 2007

Yes, Microsoft has a plan. They plan to create a new phone handset to go against Apple’s iPhone and also being very creative with its prototype name by calling it the ofone (yeah right). The ofone has a round LCD screen at the center, and 3 twistable handles that will goes around the LCD screen like a boomerang. Each of the swiveled body represents a function. The first one is ... continued »

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Apple confirms there will be plenty of iPhones to meet demand at launch

by Chris Scott Barr on May 9, 2007

UBS analyst Ben Reitzes had the chance to attend a meeting with Apple execs Peter Oppenheimer, David Moody and Eddy Cue where they discussed a range of topics including the iPhone. The big news is that the Apple execs were confidant that the iPhone will not only be released according to schedule, but there will be plenty of them to go around. According to Reitzes he got the impression that Apple ... continued »

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Google to announce phone tomorrow? Probably not

by Chris Scott Barr on May 8, 2007

According to the English blog Tech.co.uk they have been invited to an event hosted by Google where they will be announcing a “product for mobiles.” I seriously doubt that this will actually be a Google Phone. They describe it as a product for mobiles, which leads me to believe that it will just be a piece of software to be used on a mobile phone, not a piece of hardware. continued »

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iPhone runs “lite” version of Final Cut Pro 6!

by Vincent Nguyen on May 7, 2007

UPDATE: My apologies to everyone - this was nothing more than a joke drummed up by this @sshole Walter Biscardi. I emailed Walter to confirm the story and this was the response I got from him: The answer is on my blog. Walter This falls under WTF category for two reasons. First, how in the heck did Walter Biscardi and Peter Wiggins get their mitts on a prototype ... continued »

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Apple is still hiring for their iPhone team

by Chris Scott Barr on May 7, 2007

We've reported before that Apple is looking to hire personnel for their iPhone team. It appears that they still haven't filled all of the positions. According to a newspaper ad that came out yesterday Apple is hiring for their iPhone team in Elk Grove California. There will be an open house held on the 16th of this month where interviews will be conducted. [poll=26] continued »

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Apple iPhone release date set for June 15th?

by Peter Zitelli on May 5, 2007

News Flash 6/3/2007: New iPhone Ads Now Available on Apple.com! Apple iPhone release date is June 29th, and new video of iPhone ad! Update: 5/26/2007 Will the real iPhone release date please stand up? AT&T sent out an internal memo advising all company owned retail employees that no additional vacation requests will be allowed during the iPhone launch period. This period extends from June 15th through July 15th. The company is referring ... continued »

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