Frozen iPod returns from the grave

iphone April 30th, 2009

pFiled under: a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/analysisopinion/” rel=”tag”Analysis / Opinion/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/hardware/” rel=”tag”Hardware/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/multimedia/” rel=”tag”Multimedia/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/odds-and-ends/” rel=”tag”Odds and ends/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/ipod-classic/” rel=”tag”iPod classic/a/pdiv align=”center”img vspace=”4″ hspace=”4″ border=”1″ alt=”” src=”http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2009/04/frozenipod.jpg” /br //div Andrew a href=”http://robulack.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/ipod-emerges-from-ice-and-still-works/”sent us this great story/a — he found an iPod classic in the melting snow of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It had apparently been [...]

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Amazon has acquired Stanza

iphone April 30th, 2009

pFiled under: a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/software/” rel=”tag”Software/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/” rel=”tag”iPhone/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/ipod-touch/” rel=”tag”iPod touch/a/pimg vspace=”8″ hspace=”8″ align=”right” src=”http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2009/04/stanza-screen-mtr.jpg” alt=”” /Last month Amazon released the free a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/tag/Kindle/”Kindle/a application for the iPhone in the US [a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302584613amp;mt=8"App Store link/a], shortly after the Kindle 2 hit the market. If you haven’t used it yet, it works quite well. Users [...]

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J.D. Power says iPhone tops smartphone ratings

iphone April 30th, 2009

pFiled under: a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/odds-and-ends/” rel=”tag”Odds and ends/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/surveys-and-polls/” rel=”tag”Surveys and Polls/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/” rel=”tag”iPhone/a/pimg vspace=”8″ hspace=”8″ border=”0″ align=”right” alt=”” src=”http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2009/04/jdpower4-30.png” /Given all the other good publicity the iPhone has been getting, it won’t come as any great surprise that the a href=”http://www.jdpower.com/telecom/articles/2009-Wireless-Consumer-Smartphone-and-Traditional-Mobile-Phone-Satisfaction”J.D. Power survey /areleased today says:br /br /emApple ranks highest among smartphone manufacturers [...]

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More App Store controversy from Pocket God

iphone April 30th, 2009

pFiled under: a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/analysisopinion/” rel=”tag”Analysis / Opinion/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/software/” rel=”tag”Software/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/iphone/” rel=”tag”iPhone/a, a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/category/ipod-touch/” rel=”tag”iPod touch/a/pimg align=”middle” src=”http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2009/04/lolcatspocketgodd.jpg” alt=”” /br /br /Last week the Baby Shaker app received a href=”http://www.tuaw.com/2009/04/23/baby-shaker-further-exposes-app-store-flaws/”a lot of negative attention/a and was subsequently a href=”http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25378978-5014239,00.html”pulled/a from the App Store. Deservedly so; that game was tasteless. br /br /This week, Elaine [...]

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Gizmodo – Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom biPhone/b b…/b

iphone April 30th, 2009

The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess.

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Gizmodo – Apple Assembles Chip Design Team, Plans Custom biPhone/b b…/b

iphone April 30th, 2009

The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess.

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iPhone Live! — BIG Announcement! Tonight 8pm EDT/5pm PDT

iphone April 30th, 2009

iPhone Live! comes to you tonight (Wednesday, April 29) at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT. Pre-show will start about 10 min. before if you want to drop by early. With iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 released like clockwork, we’ll likely have a few things to talk about but more importantly, we’ll have the live chat going to take [...]

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Apple Getting Another AMD/ATI Graphics Guru in Raja Koduri?

iphone April 30th, 2009

Something seriously smoking be going on round Apple way if the latest story from The Inquirer (via MacRumors) is to be believed: We’ve just heard from sources deep inside 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California that [Raja Koduri, AMD/ATI Chief Technology Officer, Graphics Product Group] is heading there. So for those keeping score at home, [...]

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Review: Krusell Classic Case for iPhone 3G

iphone April 30th, 2009

The Krusell Classic Case for iPhone 3G is available from The iPhone Blog Store for $24.95. If you are looking for a stylish case that zips closed and has a protective clear cover, this case might be for you!. Let’s see how it measures up after the break! Design The Krusell Classic Case is form-fitted for the [...]

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iPhone Live! — BIG Announcement! Tonight 8pm EDT/5pm PDT

iphone April 30th, 2009

iPhone Live! comes to you tonight (Wednesday, April 29) at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT. Pre-show will start about 10 min. before if you want to drop by early. With iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 released like clockwork, we’ll likely have a few things to talk about but more importantly, we’ll have the live chat going to take [...]

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