An Apple patent application revealed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week, and first reported by AppleInsider, has confirmed that the Cupertino company is currently experimenting with a 3D camera for the iPhone. The patent is entitled “Systems and Methods for an Imaging System Using Multiple Image Sensors,” and uses dual cameras to capture, process and render 3D … Read More
Cydia Updated: Now Smaller, Faster, More Stable
Cydia creator Jay Freeman – also known as ‘Saurik’ – posted an announcement on Twitter yesterday to declare that Cydia 1.1 is now ready for download on jailbroken iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. This update makes Cydia smaller, faster, and much more stable. Saurik spoke to the iPhoneDownloadBlog and gave the following details on what Cydia 1.1 can do: Has … Read More
Color Location-Based Photo Sharing App Hits the App Store
A new social networking application called Color hit the App Store today, and unlike any other social network this one uses location-based technology to share photos, comments, and videos with other Color users located within 150 feet. Instead of adding friends or following other users, the network works on location data alone to provide a list of other Color users … Read More
Apple Currently Uses 60% of The Worlds Touch Panel Capacity
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) long ago foresaw the value of Flash RAM, and grabbed a large chunk of the global supplies year after year because of their massive sales of iPods, iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch. Because of that manufacturing capacity has had to grow (sometimes painfully) and the price of Flash RAM has often fluctuated in line with supply volumes because … Read More
Angry Viking for iPhone [Quick Look]
Angry Viking’s, are there any other kind?, is a hack ‘n slash Gothic style game which appears to have a sole purpose of covering your iPhone’s screen with as much blood as possible. Controls are simple to pick up with a d-pad for movement and a spin, roar and attack button to slay your opponents with. The action is pushed … Read More
Real Racing 2 for iPhone Coming Soon
Firemint today sent us a teaser image of their upcoming game “Real Racing 2″ for iPhone. No details were provided all we got was the image above. The original Real Racing from Firemint is one of the best realistic racing games on the App Store. The game has already won many awards and was also the winner of the Apple Design … Read More
Sprint’s ZTE Peel Brings 3G to Apple iPod touch
A new device from Sprint called the ZTE Peel is set to bring 3G to the second- and third-generation iPod Touch, providing data access wherever you may be. Similar to the company’s own 4G Case for the iPad, the ZTE Peel looks just like a slightly oversized case for the device, however, inside is a 3G radio and mobile hotspot … Read More
iOS 4.2 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Releasing on November 9th?
Last week saw Apple seed iOS 4.2 Golden Master to developers, and the final release could be made available to everyone as early as November 9th according to Apple rumor site, 9to5 Mac. Originally slated for release sometime in November, people (including yours truly) assumed this meant the last week of the month as is usual with such releases. The … Read More
Apple Releases iOS 4.2 Gold Master To Developers
Apple has sent out an email to all registered iOS developers asking them to download iOS 4.2 Gold Master from the Apple Developer Center, test and submit apps from today that will take advantage of its swanky new features. Apple has already told us that iOS 4.2 will ship for the iPhone 4, iPod Touch and iPad in November. And the … Read More
Apple (AAPL) Launches Online Store in China
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been showing a lot of interest in the Chinese market lately. In early July this year Apple opened its second retail store in Shanghai and now they are ready to offer the online shopping experience too. The online store in China will sell iPhone 4, iPad, iPods and the Mac products and will also include a wide selection … Read More
FaceTime works in Middle East with the iPod touch 4
Apple’s video calling feature for iOS devices called FaceTime has turned out to be one of the most popular features of the fourth gen iPhone. The new iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4 support FaceTime and users can easily initiate a video call with compatible devices over WiFi. Last month we reported that a Facebook thread from SaudiMac noted that all … Read More
Free iPods for Chile’s rescued miners
We’ve all been mesmerized by pictures of Chile’s miners being pulled from their collapsed mine over the last 24 hours, but if freedom wasn’t enough reason to be happy, here’s a bonus – a free iPod! As bizarre as it may sound, AppAdvice is reporting via LeFigaro that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is going to give all 33 miners a free … Read More
Apple’s iTunes Now Highlights “Game Center” Compatible Apps
Apple has added some more information to the way it labels games in the iTunes App Store. Prior to the latest update, people wanting to find games that work with Game Center, Apple’s new social network for gaming, would have to scan the app’s text description, or look in a dedicated Game Center section on the App Store. It seems … Read More
Flash on Nexus One faster than HTML5 on iPod touch 4?
Web developer Chris Black has been benchmarking an iPod touch 4G and a Nexus one to find out how each performed when running the same animation in HTML5 – the web’s latest and greatest standard. The results may interest you… The HTML test on the iPod, which has the same guts as an iPhone 4 sans 3G radio, ran at … Read More
AirPrint Wireless Printing for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Coming Soon
We just reported that Apple has seeded iOS 4.2 beta 1 for iPad to developers and now they have posted a press release which provides details about AirPrint wireless printing for all iOS devices. AirPrint will will not require any set up or configuration and will work with HP ePrint printer shared on Mac or PC. Full Press Release CUPERTINO, … Read More