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Apple tweaks iPhone’s Safari browser in 2.2 firmware

Honestly, I’m not quite sure why the folks down at Apple decided to spend time fiddling with the iPhone’s Safari browser-layout instead of tackling a more important issue, but hey, I’ll take what I can get!  Apple has decided to now display a Google search field next to the address bar by default. The iPhone’s 2.1 [...]

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Once again - Flash for the iPhone?

Rumor has it that Adobe is almost finished with porting Flash onto the iPhone. I know that i’ve been saying this for months now, but it finally looks as if Adobe is serious with following this through all the way. You may recall that Steve Jobs renounced the possibility of Adobe’s Flash player working on the [...]

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Apple now offering online iPhone 3G signups

Only recently, Apple has begun allowing its customers to sign up for an AT&T service plan without ever having to visit an Apple Store. (link) With this online service you can do the following: 1. Enter your billing information. 2. Review eligibility and pricing. 3. Select your AT&T rate plan. While completing this step certainly speeds up the process of buying an [...]

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Apple seeds beta iPhone firmware 2.2

Apparently Apple has distributed the new iPhone firmware 2.2 to several select iPhone developers to test. At this point in time the details are relatively sketchy, we do know for a fact that the firmware is entitled “iPhone OS 2.2 beta 1.”  Beyond that, all I can tell you is that the new firmware is apparently [...]

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Kevin Rose reviews iPhone app: Enigmo [Video]

Digg founder and co-host of Diggnation, Kevin Rose is at it again, this time providing us with what may ultimately become a series of video reviews of iPhone apps.  In this review, Rose provides us with an overview of Enigmo, as well as a demonstration, and then a final verdict. I’ll let the video do the rest [...]

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Apple announces iPhone firmware 2.1 availability

In short Steve Jobs announced during the recent Lets Rock event the upcoming availability of iPhone firmware 2.1. Although he did not go into to many specifics on the details of any new features, it was mentioned that it was a big update. Jobs mentioned that it would fix a lot of bugs, and take [...]

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Steve Wozniak still sporting the jailbroken iPhone

It comes with little surprise that Steve Wozniak is sporting a jailbroken iPhone, after all how can we forget the now classic video of Wozniak jailbreaking Kathy Griffin’s 1.1.1 iPhone. That of course was done in the ‘good old days’ using the once simple process found at jailbreakme.com. Of course, its still nice to see some [...]

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Apple tops the 8 million mark for the iPhone

It was just last week that we saw Apple approaching the 6 million mark for the iPhone 3G, and based on some recent IMEI tracking it seems Apple has sold “at least 5,649,000″ units as of August 30. Of course this is just the iPhone 3G, however if you take into consideration that Apple had [...]

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Apple rewording UK iPhone 3G ad?

A few days ago, the UK based Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) pulled a “misleading” iPhone 3G advertisement from airing. According to iPhoneAlley, Apple is in the process of revamping their UK iPhone ads to adhere to the strict guidelines set by the ASA. This means removing phrases such as “all the parts of the internet are on [...]

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EZ fix for iPhone Security Flaw

Reuters reports a security flaw in the iPhone allows unauthorized users to gain easy access to private contacts and e-mails even when the device is locked.  The Gizmodo blog site and an online forum run by the Mac Rumors site showed that it took only three taps to gain access to lockediPhones, which run the latest 2.02 iPhone software. The vulnerability [...]

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