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Apple reportedly has remained “nimble” on iPad pricing

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Apple was noted as wanting to remain “nimble” when it comes to iPad pricing. In other words, despite the seemingly nice starting price of $499, if sales are poor that could possibly be lowered. “While it remains to be seen how much traction the iPad gets initially, [...]

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Wordpress iPhone app gets an update; you can now edit and reply to comments

Wordpress for the iPhone (and iPod touch) has recently been given an update. The app is now at version 2.2 and with that comes a few new features. While not a large set of new features was added, I would say these are going to be welcomed additions. At least welcomed by those who are [...]

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Hutchison Austria preparing to offer discounted iPad’s (on-contract)

Hutchison Austria is preparing to begin offering the iPad (once available) at a discounted rate. Of course, that means you will be agreeing to and signing a contract which in this case is two years. Price wise, according to the website, the carrier will be offering a discount of €333 for those willing to sign [...]

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Documents To Go with Exchange gets a new name, new features

The Documents To Go app for the iPhone is available in two versions, Documents To Go for $9.99 and a second, higher priced version for $14.99. That second version includes more features and was also recently updated. The updated version, which is 3.0 has been given a new name, and a few new features to go [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Dev-Team releases PwnageTool 3.1.5 for Mac OS X

As the post title mentions, the Dev-Team has released an updated version of PwnageTool. The latest version of PwnageTool is 3.1.5 and it will work on firmware 3.1.3. But now for a bit of bad news, PwnageTool 3.1.5 is available (as of this posting) only for Mac OS X. Getting back to the good news, PwnageTool [...]

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Video: Charlie Rose on the iPad with Walt Mossberg, Michael Arrington and David Carr

This video is a few days old, it was actually from last Thursday night, but it is an interesting 23 minutes worth of video covering the iPad. The beginning does have some of the stuff you have most likely already seen such as the basic specs and a few clips from the Keynote announcement, however [...]

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Speck’s SeeThru Satin cases for the iPhone 3G, 3GS now shipping

When I was out at CES I was able to check out the new SeeThru Satin cases from Speck. First, they are nice looking cases that have a good feel in hand. Second, if you care about this sort of thing, they did also win an iLounge Best of Show award. But more importantly, as for [...]

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Jailbreaking news: iPhone 3GS, third-gen iPod touch users take note, Apple is no longer signing 3.1.2

This post is limited in nature to whom will really need it, but its an important one if you fall into this category. First you must be using a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch. Second, that iPhone is a 3GS and the touch is either a third-gen or late model second-gen. Anyway, if you are still [...]

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Verizon returns with three more AT&T bashing commercials

At this point the bashing that is going on between AT&T and Verizon is just comical. And this latest chapter has Verizon Wireless coming back with a few new AT&T-bashing commercials. The three, which can be seen below are titled Sail, Big Red and Shadows — all of which are focusing on how Verizon has [...]

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iPhoneFreak Hands On: PhoneSuit primo battery pack for the iPhone/iPod touch

I received an external battery pack in the mail yesterday, the item came courtesy of PhoneSuit and is one of their primo battery packs for the iPhone and iPod touch. I still need to actually spend some time with it before I can really comment on the overall use, however I did want to share [...]

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