The coolest things for the coolest phones
A 124-page PDF guide to the workings of the iPhone is now available straight off the Apple website. We’ve just skim read it looking for a world exclusive revelation, but unfortunately it’s as boring as any other User Guide. Of course, true geeks never read the manual. Unless they can’t buy the product, in which case they put their feet up with it and crack open a beer.
[Via AppleInsider]
The lab rats at ifixit have taken their new iPhone to pieces to reveal superior engineering to the iPod. The techies suggest that:
One has to imagine that Apple was extra-paranoid about reliability on this phone. They’ve certainly learned their lessons from the iPod.
Besides pronouncing the iPhone battery ‘huge’, there’s no surprises inside the case for mere mortals, but if you like techno porn you might click through to see the iPhone getting undressed. (Note, this link goes to the site’s ‘live stream’, as no permalink is available, and so might die in the next few days).
Don’t get too excited though, as the bust-up drew the line at the intimate details of the logic board, with the boffins admitting, “We haven’t yet found a way to pry the two sections apart without damaging the logic board, so it’s virtually impossible to tell you what’s in there.” The teases!
For the past few days the mobile entertainment industry has been swanning about Monte Carlo, enjoying its annual Mobile Entertainment Forum tradeshow MEM 2007.
Hopefully all this hobnobbing will result in some better mobile music, video and services for us poor punters in the next year, but last night the industry concentrated more on the best of the past 12 months, and doled out its Meffys Awards. Think the Oscars, with less fancy dresses and more fulsome address books.
Here’s a list of all the winners, as well as the vanquished nominees:
Apple has also announced today a Bluetooth hands-free headset to go with its new iPhone mobile phone. It’s simple, small and has only a single button, following the same minimalist design aesthetic as the sleek iPhone. Yah, darling, gorgeous.
If Bluetooth headsets aren’t your cup of tea, Apple has also announced a set of wired stereo headphones. They will work like most wired hands-free headphones with a squeeze button on the connecting wire for picking up and disconnecting phone calls.
(Engadget)
Soon you’ll be able to view TV shows on your Treo via the use of a piece of software called SlingPlayer Mobile. The player will allow users to play live or recorded tv from their home cable box, satellite receiver or digital video recorder. The player should be out on Palm’s Treo smartphones sometime in the current quarter. The software is already available for devices that run the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system.
If you’re like me, you use the camera on your phone a lot. You also know then that those pictures can very quickly fill a small memory card when you’re taking multiple 3-megapixel images.
Happily, today Sony announced that it is going to release an 8GB version of the Flash Memory Stick Pro Duo. The cards should become available some time in Febuary, will cost you about $300 (no UK price yet), and be available from Sony Stores and authorised retailers.
This could very well be the future of mobile phones and hand held devices, nothing but a screen and your hands. The device weighs under 4g and fits nicely around your wrist, using your fingers for the keypad. A 3 x 4 (numeric key style) keypad layout is, as is on a mobile phone, likely to be the most popular input method.
The design is by one Sunman Kwon, of the Wiltshire Kwons.
Phonezoo is the place to go for creating your own ringtones and downloading those that are created by others. The site is currently in beta state and only boasts support for US available phones and providers, but other country’s residents can opt to help them test their international service. When you give your phone details, they also ask for your phone’s email address; this can work even if the text messaging doesn’t for international users. Phonezoo looks a good idea, with a unique way of handling the copyright issues.
Many will be familiar with the Opera Mini internet browser for their mobile phones. Well, it has at last been released in a finished version and it has some interesting little features built in. Now you can read your RSS feeds, post your pictures to the internet or email them and visit secure sites all in one little application and all while you’re on the move. It’s simple to use and install and you can download it at www.operamini.com Best of all it’s free.
Have you just taken the best picture ever with your cameraphone and can’t wait to share it with the world? Well you can with Flickr. All you need to do is sign up for a free Flickr account and then go to the email configuration page and set up your special Flickr email address. Once you’ve done that, all you need to do is configure the email or MMS on your mobile phone and off you go. Now you can let the world know what you’re doing, in real time.
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