Apple, Inc., loves to be a game-changer, and the new Apple iPhone 4, announced yesterday, will be one both for some of the hardware aspects as well as for the video chatting feature, FaceTime. In fact, FaceTime might have even more of a social impact than people realize, given that it’s intended to be an [...]
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ABCs of Apple iPhone 4 and iOS 4: 25 Details and Features
If you’ve been off the planet for the past month or so, you can be forgiven for not knowing there’s a new iPhone, and much of its feature set was confirmed today by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his keynote address for WWDC in San Francisco. This 4th-generation iPhone is packed with new features — [...]
Google AdMob Beats Apple iAd to iPad Advertising SDK
Google’s newly acquired AdMob has beaten Apple’s iAd to market with an SDK that allows iPhone OS mobile apps developers to specifically target the iPad. AdMob’s iPad SDK was released on Jun 2nd, whereas iAd SDK is not expected to be announced until Monday’s WWDC 2010 keynote address by Steve Jobs.
AdMob’s SDK supports two formats: [...]
Apple’s WWDC Kicks Off Monday Jun 7th
There’s all kinds of speculation as to why AT&T is changing iPhone/ iPad data plan pricing, though maybe Monday’s Apple WWDC keynote by Steve Jobs will shed light on it all.
AT&T is giving some concession to keep the old unlimited iPad data plan — but the offered reason that very few people are using the [...]
Reviewing Apple’s Increased Mobile Device Market Share
Since the launch of both the WiFi-only and 3G models of the iPad, Apple has sold about 2M units in less than 2 months, and they’re sold out at many of their Apple retail stores – proving that there is a market for tablet devices and thus a need for more apps. But will these [...]
AT&T: iPhone Tethering, iPad 3G Data Plan Changes
The Apple iPad is now available in nine more markets, not including the USA. Both the WiFi-only and 3G models are available, in all three memory sizes (16GB, 32GB, 64GB). This is great news for non-U.S. consumers who have been waiting for these devices. Meanwhile the USA seems to be sold out of them. Unfortunately, [...]
Apple’s iPhone Manufacturer to Increase Wages
Foxconn, the Chinese company that manufactures Apple’s iPhone has had over a dozen suicides either on its premises or from the homes of workers. The why of this is still being investigated, but so far it’s chalked up to high-pressure, low wages. As a result of this, Silicon Valley Watcher’s Tom Foremski asks whether it’s [...]
Mobomo Mobisphere Roundup — May 29, 2010
The mobile tech rumor mill suggests that Apple might open up iPhone/ iPad development to tools on the Windows PC environment, and for that reason, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will appear at Apple’s WWDC keynote next week. But Microsoft’s officially Twitter channel says it’s not true. What might be true, on the other hand, is that [...]
10 Confirmed or Possible Features for 4th-Gen iPhone
We all probably know by now that another generation of iPhone is coming and that it’ll have numerous new features. Some of these features will catch Apple up with other handset manufactures, but other features will put them ahead of everyone else.
Foxconn, Apple’s Chinese manufacturer of the iPhone, will apparently ship 24M units of the [...]
Mobomo Mobisphere Roundup — May 24, 2010
There’s been yet another “leak” of a possible prototype of the 4th-gen Apple iPhone. A photo (above) shows both a black and a white phone with larger screens. Given all the rumors and SDK evidence, it seems obvious that the OS 4 iPhone will have video calling and the larger screen resolution necessary to pull [...]



