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04
Nov

Apple iPod touch 8GB

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Categories: Gadget, Music, Product Reviews and iPhone

If a picture says a thousand words, think of what all the album art in your collection might say. With Cover Flow on iPod touch, you can flick through your music to find the album you want to hear. And when you do, a quick tap of the cover flips it over to display a track list. Another tap starts the music.

Multi-touch interface

* The revolutionary technology that made iPhone a hit is now on one amazing iPod.
Gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display
* Touch your music in Cover Flow and watch video on a stunning, widescreen display.

Wi-Fi web browsing

* Browse the web with Safari and watch YouTube videos on the first-ever Wi-Fi iPod.
Music downloads from iTunes

Product Specification: Apple iPod touch 8GB

Product Line: iPod touch
Storage Capacity: 8 GB
Key Functions: Calendar
Screen Size: 3.5 in.
Wireless Technology: Wi-Fi
Supported Memory: Integrated

17
Jul

Apple Is Testing iPhone OS 2.0.1

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Categories: Gadget and iPhone

Apple Is Testing iPhone OS 2.0.1Apache server logs have revealed that requests from phones running two distinct iPhone Software 2.0.1 builds are coming from the San Francisco Bay Area (near Apple’s Cupertino HQ) and Atlanta (where AT&T is at). It is believed that OS 2.0.1 will resolve the issues emerged with some iPhones after the 2.0 update last Friday.

AppleInsider could confirm that build 5B101 is aimed at first-generation
iPhones, while build 5B103 is targeting the new 3G device. “Although Apple began testing the updates prior to the official release of iPhone Software v2.0 on Friday, neither have made their way into the hands of iPhone developers,” the site notes.

This week, Apple Discussions has revealed that dozens of iPhone users are experiencing crippled camera applications, and some issues with the accelerometer on the new iPhone 3G, after upgrading the phone’s software. Some users claimed that, after updating, it took a full six seconds for the camera application to launch and the digital shutter to open to be able to take a photo.

“I have an original iPhone and after updating to iPhone update 2.0, my camera got noticeably slower,” a user wrote. “I would say unacceptably slower. It takes around 6 seconds to launch, 3 seconds to return to camera after viewing recent photos, and six second to take a photo after the last photo is taken!” Because of this, some users are quite disappointed by not being able to take spontaneous photos.

As for the second issue encountered after the 2.0 update, others complained of bad responsiveness on behalf of the iPhone 3G’s accelerometer: jerky responses, unintentional landscape shifts, or no response at all after the handset sleeps, are just some of the issues pointed out by AppleInsider.

“My accelerometer is also having problems,” a disappointed 3G owner wrote on Apple Discussions. “It works perfectly until the iPhone sleeps for 30 seconds or more – when it wakes the screen no longer rotates (in photos, safari, calculator, etc).” He added that “accelerometer based games behave as if the top of the phone is pointing down to the ground,” while other motions still have an effect in the same application. “…it seems to be just one of the 3 accelerometer axes that is reporting the wrong value,” the user concluded.

Apple hasn’t said a word about whether software update 2.0.1 for iPhone and iPhone 3G is even being tested, let alone mention the issues it is aimed at. Nevertheless, nasty bugs such as the ones mentioned above simply can’t be ignored, so it is safe to assume that iPhone software 2.0.1 is coming to the rescue.

23
Jun

iPhone 3G Officially Hits 23 Countries on July 11

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Categories: Gadget, News and iPhone

iPhone 3G After yesterday’s official presentation of the second-generation iPhone, named “iPhone 3G”, Apple also announced that its new handset would be available starting July 11, in no less than 23 markets around the world. Also, iPhone 3G will be released by the end of 2008 in other 50 countries, allowing about all the mobile users on the globe to buy it.

The 23 countries where iPhone 3G will be released on July 11 are (we’re also mentioning the operators to carry the handset):

– USA (AT&T)

– Canada (Rogers)

– Mexico (América Móvil)

– UK (O2)

– Ireland (O2)

– France (Orange)

– Germany (T-Mobile)

– Spain (Telefónica)

– Switzerland (Swisscom and Orange)

– Austria (T-Mobile and Orange)

– The Netherlands (T-Mobile)

– Italy (TIM and Vodafone)

– Portugal (Vodafone and Orange)

– Sweden (Telia)

– Norway (NetCom)

– Denmark (Telia)

– Finland (Sonera)

– Japan (Softbank)

– Hong Kong (Hutchison Telecom – 3)

– Singapore (SingTel)

– Philippines (Globe Telecom)

– Australia (Optus and Vodafone)

– New Zealand (Vodafone)

“Later this year”, iPhone 3G will also be released in other countries, including: Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, India, Egypt, Jordan, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and other markets from Central America, the Middle East and Africa.

iPhone 3G will be available in two versions (8GB and 16GB) as well as in two colors: black and white. According to Apple, the retail price of iPhone 3G should be the equivalent of $199 (130 Euros) for the 8GB version and $299 (190 Euros) for the 16GB one.

When it comes to design, the new iPhone 3G is not too different from the original iPhone, but it has more rounded corners and it looks more elegant. On the feature side, the novelties iPhone 3G comes with include tri-band HSDPA connectivity (850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz), built-in GPS, A-GPS and Mac OS X 10.4.10. Aside from these aspects, the new iPhone is pretty much like the old one.

All in all, Apple’s new handset will probably be a huge success all around the world, considering its price (lower than the one of the original iPhone) and its improved features.

23
Jun

Japan’s iPhone 3G Gets a Price

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Categories: Gadget, News and iPhone

iPhone 3G Officially announced on June 9, Apple’s iPhone 3G will become available on July 11 in Japan, among other 22 global markets. The new iPhone will be offered in Japan exclusively from Softbank, the country’s third largest mobile operator (after NTT DoCoMo and KDDI au).

At the time the handset was announced, Softbank did not mention how much Japanese users have to pay for the iPhone 3G, but now the pricing details have been unveiled. Japan’s 8GB iPhone 3G costs 23,000 yen (around $215 or 138 Euros), while the 16GB one comes for 35,000 yen ($326 or 210 Euros). Of course, these are not the retail prices of the iPhone 3G, but those available only with the signing of a contract agreement for two years, including a data plan of at least 6,000 yen ($56 or 36 Euros) per month. In the end, the Japanese price is about the same as the one from the US, where AT&T will offer the new iPhone for $199 (the 8GB version) and $299 (the 16GB version) with two-year contracts and pretty expensive data plans.

There’s no word yet on whether or not Softbank will also sell the iPhone 3G without a contract agreement, but if so, the handset will surely have a high retail price. I’m saying this because in Europe, via Vodafone, the 8GB iPhone 3G has a retail price of 499 Euros, while the 16GB one costs 569 Euros – this would mean around 83,440 yen and respectively 95,1450 yen.

When officially confirmed for Japan, the iPhone 3G was presented in the hope that it would be a success in Japan. For example, Masayoshi Son, Softbank Mobile chairman and CEO, said that “iPhone has been enthusiastically received around the world, and we think it will be popular in Japan as well,” while Tim Cook, Apple’s COO, was even more confident regarding the new device: “iPhone 3G is an amazing product and we think customers in Japan will love it as much as we do.”

While both highly-featured and good-looking, iPhone 3G still has some flaws (see this article for more details). These might make Japanese users, who generally want to have the latest technologies in their phones, turn away from Apple’s handset. But we’ll see how successful (or not) the new iPhone is in Japan after its July 11 release.

22
Jun

iPhone 3G Will Actually Be Expensive in Europe

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Categories: Gadget, News and iPhone

iPhone 3G

Apple’s new and much-talked-about iPhone 3G was announced on June 9 with the now famous line “Twice as fast, half the price”. Steve Jobs, Apple’s big boss, first said that the new iPhone would cost as low as $199, revealing no further details about exactly how and where that was going to happen.

Despite the fact that most users hoped this would be the retail price of the handset, it is actually what it sells for only if you buy the 8GB version of the smartphone together with an AT&T contract agreement for two years. The 16GB iPhone 3G will cost you $299, with the same two-year contract agreement, and neither of the versions can be bought without signing a contract. Therefore, the real amount of money that users have to give (in order to own an iPhone 3G for two years) is not at all encouraging, going over the 1,000 USD mark.

In Europe, where prices for mobile devices are generally different than the ones from the US, the iPhone 3G can come even for free. That’s what O2, UK’s largest mobile operator says. But in order to get the handset for free you have to pay 45 GBP (88 USD) monthly, for at least 18 months. In the end, you get to pay no less than 810 GBP (1,580 USD or 1,025 Euros) for the joy of owning an iPhone 3G.

In Italy, Vodafone announced it would offer the iPhone 3G for the following prices: 499 Euros (about 770 USD) for the 8GB version and 569 Euros (about $880) for the 16GB one. These are the prices without any contract and without any data plan, of course. With a contract agreement, Italian users will be able to get the handset for less, but the “less” part is only for show, because with the fees they have to pay on a monthly basis, the overall price is far from what Steve Jobs initially said.

The conclusion is that the iPhone 3G does not actually come for “half the price” when compared to the first generation iPhone. It would have been really nice if it had.

Besides Italy and the UK, iPhone 3G will also be available in about all the other European countries. 14 European markets will get the smartphone starting July 11, while the rest must wait for the end of 2008 to receive the touchscreen smartphone.

For the main differences between the iPhone 3G and the previous iPhone, feel free to visit this article. It might help you decide whether the new handset is worth buying it or not.

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