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Apple’s Bluetooth Earpiece Gets A Price Cut

Apple’s iPhone-oriented (though not limited) Bluetooth headset is getting a price reduction.  It was originally sold at $129, but now it is available for only $99.  Remember that’s either in the Apple Store or with free shipping from the website. This price reduction is probably due in some part to the fact that they no longer [...]

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Apple Update Servers Are Down Internationally [Update]

As Gizmodo put it, the “iPocalypse” is upon us.  While many people have been able to buy the new 3G iPhone, activating it has been a different matter.  Releasing the new iPhone firmware to old users and activating every new phone on the same day was a really bad move on Apple’s part.  I knew [...]

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3G iPhone Packaging Will Be Green!

In a continuation of Steve Jobs’ effort to reduce Apple’s impact on the environment, Apple has enlisted the aid of Dutch company PaperFoam in “greening” their packaging materials.  The tech company has ordered “millions of PaperFoam packages,” according to PaperFoam CEO Hans Arentsen [via the Dutch blog Bright]. PaperFoam, founded in 1998, uses potato starch or [...]

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iPhone Firmware 2.0 Launch Date, We Had It All Along…

I think everyone feels a little bit silly right now. TUAW just pointed out that the original iPhone press release from Apple specifically states that the iPhone 2.0 firmware would be available on July 11th, right along side of the 3G iPhone launch. Here’s the quote from the press release (paragraph 8): “iPhone 2.0 software will [...]

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Apple Files Patent for Cheaper Touch Components

Recently, Apple filed a patent regarding materials it might be planning to use in a future generation of the iPhone or iPod Touch.  Right now Apple uses a kind of glass to cover it’s touch-screen devices, but a cheaper alternative, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), may be in their future. Current technologies for touch-screen plastics place all of [...]

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Apple Device Growth Past and Present

Apple seems to be doing pretty well at this “sales” thing.  Market data seems to suggest iPod sales in May grew 11.6 percent “year-over-year.”  This is after a year-over-year growth of 14.6 percent in the previous month of April. Looking ahead, Morgan Stanley believes Apple’s iPhone sales numbers should double in 2009.  For this reason, they [...]

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Flash Support for the iPhone Moving Forward?

If you’ve used an iPhone for any amount of time you may have noticed two things: the lack of Flash ads and the lack of any support for online videos (with the exception of YouTube videos). While, personally, I don’t mind the reduction in ads - it’s like using FlashBlock on my browser - [...]

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iPhone Activation May Have At-Home Component

We have talked previously about how much of a drag “in-store only” activation would be to new buyers of the 3G iPhone, but there may be a light at the end of the tunnel.  The in-store activation is clearly a move to prevent people from buying large quantities of iPhones and unlocking them for use [...]

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Incase Releases New Line for the 3G iPhone

When I first heard that Incase was updating their line for the iPhone, I smiled, then I frowned. The first iPhone launch was a fast and furious ordeal. When I finally got my hands on the real McCoy, I wanted to make sure I protected it from day one (something I had not done with [...]

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UPDATE: TomTom’s iPhone Plans

This is a continuation of our coverage of the TomTom on the iPhone story. In brief, TomTom developed an App for the iPhone that makes use of the built-in GPS. This would mean a navigation system that is up to the quality of a stand alone unit. Then, it was discovered that [...]

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