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CNET News answers where the new iPhone is

Apr 8

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I’ve scoured the major websites for my only one question that I wanted to be answered about the new iPhone 4.0 release. Yes, we get multitasking; yes we get the unified mailbox; yes, we get the game center; yes, we finally get folders; but what about the freaking hardware update??!! There wasn’t any, “One more thing…” today.

I realize that all this stuff is GREAT for the 3GS and 3rd gen iPod touches, but what about a LARGE number of people who skipped the 3GS? We don’t want to have to upgrade to, um the 3GS 2. I was really hoping that today they would announce a hardware update, so we would be wanting this thing for the next few months, but all I got was multitasking.

So I searched everywhere, and after hearing this from CNET, I felt really retarded:

OH!!! WWWDC!!! I completely forgot about that. Does that mean that the new hardware will be announced at the end of June, and I will have to wait until like August or September to get it, or do you think it will be ready on announcement day??

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iPhone OS 4.0 coming soon…

Apr 5

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It’s finally official, the new iPhone OS has been announced and we will see what all the hub-bub is about this coming Thursday at 10AM PT. There is rumored to be a new iPhone in the works as well. The only thing we know, there is a new software update around the corner and June seems to be the 1 year life cycle of each previous iPhone. There is also rumored to be multi-tasking finally enabled on this phone, a 5MP camera, a front facing camera and a new Apple processor to compete with the Snapdragon, currently running the Google Nexus One. We won’t get every thing confirmed until Thursday afternoon, but oh the anticipation for us iPhone 3G holders who skipped the 3GS. I will be up on my contract just in time for the new phone!!!

Before anyone asks, that is a picture mock-up from Redmond Pie

via [Engadget]

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iPhone to be Walkie-Talkie enabled??

Mar 22

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According to AppleInsider, it looks like Apple may be looking into turning the iPhone into a walkie-talkie device, much like the Motorola’s on the Nextel/Sprint technology. This filing was done in November of last year (2009), so is it possible that it will be in a future update of the iPhone (since we have no confirmation that it will be upgraded in June)? It also looks like they have plan to turn those unheard instant audio messages into voicemails, so if you missed it on the instant, you can go back and play it again. So far, this looks like an iPhone only feature, as AT&T does already feature Push-to-Talk

via [AppleInsider]

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Free Wireless mouse on your iPhone

Feb 2

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OK, so I was watching one of my favorite Revision 3 shows AppJudgement (YouTube link) and they were doing a Hot App of the day and they came across this little gem. It’s Logitech’s Touch Mouse, and it’s completely FREE. It basically connects to your PC or Mac over wifi and gives you a trackpad and a keyboard to work with! Did I mention that it was FREE??!!! The lag time isn’t even really there either. I used it for a few minutes and it’s great. Now I can run my computer hooked up to my flat screen TV across the room!!! You need the Logitech software installed on your PC or Mac, that you can get from Logitech.com/touchmouse. If you paid for other wireless mouse apps in the app store, I’m sorry, because this is awesome! AppJudgement didn’t go into much detail, but you can see this guy’s video below:

touchmouse

App Store Link

via [AppJudgement]

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Facebook quietly adds contact syncing

Jan 8

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So facebook quietly update their iPhone application earlier this week. What’s the major update? Contact syncing of course! It allows you to connect your iPhone contacts with your facebook friends and even download their picture from their profile! This used to cost a few bucks extra to have an un official app do this for you, but now the official app does it for freezies! Check out some screenshots below:

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iTunes online

Jan 2

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So, now lala is now property of Apple. Did anyone notice what happened to the Apple’s website, specifically the iTunes section? They now have iTunes Preview. Basically if you don’t have iTunes or want to download it, but you want to hear a preview of the song your looking for, you can now hear it without having to have iTunes installed on your local PC. The only thing that doesn’t work is buying. You still have to have iTunes on your PC to make your purchase. So when you try to buy it, it links directly to iTunes and loads up the page inside of the app.

I must have missed the announcement, but still this cool to see iTunes online. Check out the Preview on apple.com/itunes

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