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Archive for April, 2008

Following up on the news of HTC launching its most important product of the year next month, GSMArena dug up some more info on two phones they think will be unveiled there, the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Find. According to MSMobiles, the HTC Touch Find seems to a version of the HTC Touch Cruise, which is out already, but this seems to be a rounder, more ergonomic version. The HTC Touch Diamond is actually the T-Mobile MDA Compact IV shown at CeBIT 2008, and will have a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU and GPS. It'll also have an accelerometer (like the iPhone) to rotate the UI when you go horizontal.

The Raphael seems to be pretty interesting as well, and GSMArena says it's a successor to the HTC TyTN II (AT&T Tilt). It'll be sold as the Touch Pro, further illustrating how much junk HTC is shoving under the Touch brand, and still have a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

And last, the HTC Titanium, will be probably the HTC Touch Dual Pro and have a 12 or 20 key slide-out keypad. [GSM Arena and MS Mobiles]

After rumors of an extreme price-drop and black glossy appearance, new details about the iPhone 3G keep dripping like Princess Peach's bathroom faucet: a New York-based TV station has got exclusive details, pointing out in its news ticker that Apple's wonderphone will feature "unlimited movie downloads." The channel's rumor record is practically flawless, as demonstrated by their prediction on the extension of the Iron Man trailer into a full-length movie. Full video after the jump.

Apparently, the news ticker also pointed out that the new iPhone will have a 37-foot screen, but an official channel representative has confirmed to us that this was just a typo: "I think the guys from the news ticker really meant 3.7 inches," the TV station's night janitor said on a phone interview.

In relation to these breaking news, Jason Chen—Gizmodo's senior associate editor—pointed out that he didn't want to be disturbed while he was playing GTA IV. "Frack off!" he declared. [The Onion]

Filed under: iPod Family, iTunes, iPhone

I've long been a fan of Remote Buddy, which originally started as an Apple remote utility. Over time, however, it's developed considerably and some time back added support for controlling your Mac with the iPhone / iPod touch via a built-in web server. Version 1.10 takes this to the next level and offers iTunes streaming to your iPhone or iPod touch via wifi (among the changes).

While there have been several ways to accomplish remote playback on the iPhone, Remote Buddy works particularly well with playlists and albums. In addition, the new version improves support for controlling playback to multiple Airport Expresses.

Remote Buddy is €19.99 (~$31) and a demo is available.

[via iPhone Atlas]

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The Next iPhone Might Lack Locks Motley Fool - 5 hours ago By Anders Bylund April 30, 2008 Telecom veteran AT&T (NYSE: T) may have dropped hints about Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) plan for the iPhone this summer, ... iPhone 3G: Release the rumors! ZDNet Rumor: AT&T to Subsidize New 3-G iPhone Wired News New HSDPA-Supported iPhone: $200 Dslreports all 6 news articles

The Next iPhone Might Lack Locks Motley Fool - 2 hours ago By Anders Bylund April 30, 2008 Telecom veteran AT&T (NYSE: T) may have dropped hints about Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) plan for the iPhone this summer, ... iPhone 3G: Release the rumors! ZDNet Rumor: AT&T to Subsidize New 3-G iPhone Wired News New HSDPA-Supported iPhone: $200 Dslreports all 5 news articles

The Next iPhone Might Lack Locks Motley Fool - 25 minutes ago By Anders Bylund April 30, 2008 Telecom veteran AT&T (NYSE: T) may have dropped hints about Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) plan for the iPhone this summer, ...

Filed under: iPhone

It's not surprising that the hearing impaired also want to share in the iPhone experience, but until recently they had to sign up for the same voice plans as everyone else. Now, however, AT&T is introducing the $40/month Text Accessibility Plan which offers:

• Unlimited SMS messages
• Unlimited data usage (email and web)
• $.40 per minute pay-per-use voice
• Visual VoiceMail

To qualify you have to complete "the disability certification forms" found here (download link). New users activate their iPhones in the normal way through iTunes and then have to contact AT&T's National Center for Customers with Disabilities to change over the Text Accessibility Plan.

[via iPhone Atlas]

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Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an AT&T iPhone ZDNet - 12 hours ago Saul Hansell wrote up a good response to the $199 iPhone rumor. He stated that the report may actually mean that AT&T wants to lower the price of the iPhone ... Apple Extends WWDC Early Registration Deadline The Mac Observer iPhone 3G: Release the rumors! ZDNet all 3 news articles

Even an unlocked 3G iPhone will still be an AT&T iPhone ZDNet - 1 hour ago Saul Hansell wrote up a good response to the $199 iPhone rumor. He stated that the report may actually mean that AT&T wants to lower the price of the iPhone ...

Dallas Morning News

OK Victor, let's speculate about the 3G iPhone Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago It's a given that the phone will have 3G networking for much faster internet access, but after that it's anybody's guess as to what will be included. ...