Just when we thought that the incidents of an iPhone exploding in Brazil and self combusting on an Australian airline were isolated incidents, we have another iPhone user, this time a firefighter in the Pennsylvanian town of East Brandywine reporting that his iPhone 4″spontaneously caught fire” while charging.
MacRumors points to the following report on East Brandywine Fire Company’s website: Continue reading “iPhone 4 “Spontaneously Caught fire” While Charging” »
According to Taiwanese publication DigiTimes, Apple will launch the next generation iPad in 3 to 4 months.
DigiTimes reports that according to their sources in Apple’s supply chain, the production of parts for iPad 3 has already started ramping up, while production of iPad 2 has declined.
DigiTimesreports: Continue reading “Rumor: Next Generation iPad Will Be Available In 3-4 Months” »
Apple has announced that more than 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in less than one year.
In the press release, Apple has also revealed that more 1 billion apps are downloaded every month and so far users have downloaded more than 18 billion apps from the App Store, which has more than 500,000 apps.
Here’s the full press release: Continue reading “Mac App Store Hits 100 Million Downloads” »
With more than 500,000 apps, there’s an app for just about anything in the App Store. But we didn’t know there was an app for creating fake driver’s license. If you were hoping to get it, you can’t as MacRumors reports that Apple has removed the app aptly called Drivers License from the App Store after getting a complaint from U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania.
The Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License issued the following statement today: Continue reading “Want a Fake Driver’s License? There Was an App For That!” »
It looks like Apple hasn’t just stopped at suing Samsung for blatantly copying their products like the iPhone and iPad, but its lawyers have also given Samsung suggestions on how to design their tablet to ensure that it does not look like the iPad.
Gizmodo reports that Apple has told Samsung should create a design with: Continue reading “The New Samsung Galaxy Tab Designed By Apple’s Lawyers” »
Microsoft has also released an app for SkyDrive, which is Microsoft’s cloud based service, that allows users to store files so that they can be accessed from virtually any device including mobile devices like the iPhone. Here’s a brief description of the app from the App Store: Continue reading “SkyDrive for iPhone [PICS]” »
Microsoft is on a roll. Microsoft has just released an iOS game called Kinectimals for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and SkyDrive for iPhone after releasing an updated version of OneNote mobile app to add support for iPad just yesterday. Continue reading “Microsoft Brings Popular Xbox 360 Game – Kinectimals To iPhone, iPad And iPod touch; Also Releases SkyDrive For iPhone” »
Sony’s portable cassette player, the Walkman was the first mass market device to allow users to listen to music while on the go.
In case you miss it, you should checkout this Kickstarter project called Audman, which hopes to bring the fun of mixtapes, cassette players and boomboxes to the iPhone with both function and style.
Kickstarter is a website that helps developers gain pledges from interested buyers in order to develop their projects.
According to the Kickstarter Project page, Audman is the brainchild of designer and hardware developer - Dean Ekkaia and engineer and programmer Sean Solberg,. Here’s brief description of the iPhone accessory:
Continue reading “Audman: Accessory Turns iPhone Into a Walkman” »
With all of the lawsuits that Apple has going, most of us have assumed that their patent policy is very territorial. The Verge has us rethinking that assumption, as they’ve pointed out that Apple has licensed its iOS scrolling patent to Nokia and IBM, and even offered it to Samsung. Continue reading “Apple Offered iOS Scrolling Patent License to Samsung, Licensed By Nokia And IBM” »
Traxxas has recently announced that their electric remote control super car XO-1 can go 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds, and from zero to 100 in just 4.92 seconds using an iPhone app, making it the fastest radio controlled super car.
According to Traxxas’ website, you can unlock the 100+ mph capability using the capability Traxxas Link application that will be available in the App Store.
Here’s a description of the Link application from their press release: Continue reading “Control Traxxas XO-1 – World’s Fastest 100+ mph R/C Car Using An iPhone App” »
Just when we thought that the incidents of an iPhone exploding in Brazil and self combusting on an Australian airline were isolated incidents, we have another iPhone user, this time a firefighter in the Pennsylvanian town of East Brandywine reporting that his iPhone 4″spontaneously caught fire” while charging.
