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Archive for February, 2008

The Best Web Apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch Wired News - 2 hours ago By Bryan Gardiner February 29, 2008 | 1:37:27 PMCategories: Apple, iPhone, Web Apps While Apple is poised to switch gears and introduce native apps for the ... Encyclopedia Britannica comes to iPhone ipodnn Britannica Reference Work Available for iPhone Market Wire (press release) all 4 news articles

iPhone Predictions: Improved E-Mail And Texting InformationWeek, NY - 2 hours ago Apple should improve the e-mail and texting capabilities of the iPhone and find a way to provide tactile feedback when users touch a key, a usability expert ...

iPhone Predictions: Improved E-Mail And Texting InformationWeek, NY - 53 minutes ago Apple should improve the e-mail and texting capabilities of the iPhone and find a way to provide tactile feedback when users touch a key, a usability expert ...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, Video, Odds and ends

Apple has already stolen the multitouch interface from the iPhone for the MacBook Air and the new MacBooks, but they haven't yet borrowed that other scrolling "feature," known here as "kinetic scrolling." If you'd like to steal it for your own Mac, however, jkOnTheRun has just the thing: a tip about Smart Scroll X, a program that lets you use your mouse to do some kinetic scrolling in any Mac app you want.

We've actually posted about Smart Scroll before, but the video is a pretty good demonstration of what's happening here. I'm not quite sure this is something Apple will want to implement in the OS, however -- it feels right enough on the iPhone, but I kind of like that my scroll wheel stops when I tell it to. If you'd rather have the iPhone experience on your usual Mac, however, the app is available as a free trial, or a complete license for $19.

[Via Nathan M]

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O2 to carry iPhone in Ireland VNUNet.com, UK - 1 hour ago O2 will be the exclusive carrier for the iPhone when it launches in Ireland on 14 March, but consumers are not pleased with the package. ... iPhone to launch in Ireland Sky News Potential iPhone customers in Ireland aren't happy with the deal ... Macworld UK iPhone hits Ireland with rip-off tariffs ElectricPig.tv HEXUS.Lifestyle - Mobile Digest all 18 news articles

iLounge says they've gotten an inside look at the iPhone SDK and came up with a few interesting details, one of which is the limitation imposed on developers that they won't be able to use the dock connector to interface with accessories. That means no third-party GPS connector (or other similar devices). What supposedly will be accessible is the camera, the Wi-Fi, and the "phone" itself, which is slightly more permissive than we thought Apple would be.

As for iTunes, it seems like the iTunes Store is going to be a "hub" for application downloads. If you're a developer and want to charge for your app, you've got a method to do that through the store. This, assuming that Apple has approved your app, becaus they're going to "act as a gatekeeper for all applications," meaning that if you're making something a little risque or hack-ish, you run the risk of being turned down. [iLounge]

IntoMobile

Analyst: iPhone to support corporate e-mail soon Macworld, CA - Feb 29, 2008 “Even before the iPhone was launched, our concern was its mediocre corporate email support even though it had strong consumer email capability (Yahoo Mail, ... Apple give iPhone support for Microsoft's Exchange server and ... IntoMobile Apple Shares Jump Ahead Of iPhone SDK Event; Analysts Expect ... Barron's The iPhone’s Business Makeover Wall Street Journal MacDailyNews - Apple Insider all 10 news articles

Analyst: iPhone to support corporate e-mail soon Macworld, CA - 2 hours ago “Even before the iPhone was launched, our concern was its mediocre corporate email support even though it had strong consumer email capability (Yahoo Mail, ...

Filed under: Cellphones

It was only a matter of time till the serious iPhone SDK rumors started flying, and with Apple's Town Hall event next Thursday, it's possible some of what we're hearing is right on. If that's the case, prepare to be letdown in a major way. According to iLounge, Apple will be severely restricting access on software for the iPhone and iPod touch, only allowing apps to be downloaded through iTunes, hand-picking which applications will make it to the store, and cutting off developer's access to accessories which interface with the dock connector. Of course, this is just about what we expected from Steve, since he's already lauded Nokia for its S60 verification scheme. Additionally, the report claims that the SDK we see next week will be an incomplete beta, with the full version rolling out in June to coincide with the WWDC. Thinking of any good reasons to keep jailbreaking your phone? Yeah, us too.

[Thanks, Omega]

 

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If you want to see something in slow motion -- either on YouTube or your videos in the iPod section of the iPhone -- here is something for you. Make sure your video is paused, then just tap and hold rewind or fast forward, and your video will begin to play in slow motion.

[robg adds: I could make this work for the forward direction on my 1.1.3 iPhone, but not backwards. This slow motion feature isn't noted in the iPhone User Guide anywhere that I could find. By the way, Apple updates the iPhone User Guide somewhat regularly; the third revision was released at the end of January. As an interesting aside, it seems Apple optimized this latest version; it's about 4MB, versus 10MB for the first version -- and it's actually longer and has at least as many images as the first one.]