The success of AT&T’s iPhone 3GS over the weekend has inspired its competitors to follow suit: two major U.S. wireless providers, Verizon and T-Mobile, each plan to release Android-based Motorola smartphones by the end of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Right on schedule, Apple has introduced the third iteration of the iPhone to the public. The new model, called the iPhone 3GS, is much like the iPhone 3G introduced in 2008 but, as Apple says, the “S” stands for speed. There are a number of other improvements made to the iPhone 3GS that differentiate it from its less-speedy sibling, but the one thing that will stick out in any phone owner’s mind after playing with one will definitely be its zip.
Right on schedule, Apple has introduced the third iteration of the iPhone to the public. The new model, called the iPhone 3GS, is much like the iPhone 3G introduced in 2008 but, as Apple says, the “S” stands for speed. There are a number of other improvements made to the iPhone 3GS that differentiate it from its less-speedy sibling, but the one thing that will stick out in any phone owner’s mind after playing with one will definitely be its zip.
While work is still at full throttle preparing Snow Leopard for a September release, Apple has already released a third beta of Mac OS X 10.5.8 for testing. Select ADC developers reportedly received build 9L16 of the Leopard update late last week.
Hardware maker Nvidia is endorsing Windows CE as its platform of choice for Tegra-based netbooks. The company has rejected Google’s open source Android platform and is also unimpressed with conventional Linux-based options, such as Ubuntu.
Early one morning at E3, Mike and I were joined in our hotel room by two representatives from the toy company JAKKS Pacific. They were there to show off some of the company’s upcoming line of geek toys, and we were certainly game for a meeting at the show that didn’t require walking. Plus, they brought donuts. I’m sorry if you feel our ethics were violated.
One would think that this week, leading up to the launch of the iPhone 3G S, would be entirely taken over by iPhone news. As a pleasant surprise, that turned out not to be the case. Although our review of iPhone OS 3.0 topped the list and there were tidbits about early iPhone 3G S pricing and MMSes through AT&T, there was also news about upcoming changes in Snow Leopard, the Psystar lawsuit, and Safari 4. Read on to catch up:
The iPhone 3G S has officially seen first full day of sales, and early estimates suggests sales have been quite good. We’ll have to wait for an official tally to see if Apple was able to top the 1 million units it sold during the first weekend of the iPhone 3G launch last year, but statements from both AT&T and O2 suggest sales are already outpacing last year’s, and should put Apple out far ahead of analysts’ estimates.
Welcome to your third annual iPhone Friday. While you may not yet have an iPhone 3G S in your hands, both iFixIt and RapidRepair have already dissected theirs in order to post pictures and comments for the whole world to enjoy. As of this writing, our friends at iFixIt haven’t finished their dissection, but thus far, their guide is top notch and their images are a bit better than Rapid Repairs. Rapid Repair, however, offers a better look into the specific hardware inside the device. Let’s take a look at both.
Just because native apps are all the rage doesn’t mean that Web apps designed for the iPhone are no longer useful. We spotted two new ones that can take advantage of new functionality in the latest version of Mobile Safari.
