iPhone

Apple's brand new iPad was finally unveiled earlier this week to mixed reviews. Many critics view it as just a huge iPhone (without the phone part) with no camera and no Flash (isn't one of the ideas of the bigger display for a better web experience? How many websites use Flash?). Despite those drawbacks the iPad does, as you would expect from an Apple device, have a very aesthetically pleasing design and UI, and the UI is now portable to your other Apple devices

If you want your iPhone or iPod Touch to mimic the iPad, it can now be done - you can have the iPad UI including the iBooks shelf, the springboard wallpaper, the same lockscreen, a carrier logo that says "iPad" , the Kindle book catalog and a NY Times reader plus a few more small touches.

The iPad is kind of like a jumbo-sized iPhone/iPod Touch with a few more apps, including the iWorks suite and the iBooks Store. It basically has the same feel since it also runs on the same iPhone OS 3.2, with just small differences here and there. Thus making the transition is not too difficult. You need your

As the rivalry heats up between Apple and Google, Apple has entered talks with Microsoft to replace Google with Bing as the iPhone's default search engine. With Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Apple's board the two companies have partnered in the past, but he is no longer on the board and there is now direct competition between the two giants.

Google's introduction of the Android OS was the first sign that a serious rivalry was in the making. Now Google has introduced the Nexus One, a mobile device that will directly compete with the iPhone in the smart phone market. Apple has pushed back by getting involved in ad placement on its mobile devices, which is Google ad-serving territory. Apple has also recently refused to approve two Google apps

Zagg is now offering a 30% discount on Palm Pre and all iPhone invisibleSHIELDs until the end of the month. Full body protection, which is normally $25, can now be had for about $17.50. Anyone with a brand new Pre or iPhone 3G S (or 1st generation or 3G) should definitely consider this protective skin, which is scratch-proof and basically bulk-less compared to the average case or cover.

The invisibleSHIELD material was originally designed by the military to protect helicopter blades from damage caused by high speed whirling dirt and debris. As such, the shield is virtually indestructible and will protect your phone from scratches, which is especially desirable considering the large

Some new rumors about Apple's newest incarnation of the iPhone have surfaced in the past 24 hours concerning a release date and details on some of the new features. According to a source closely connected to Apple's hardware team the iPhone 2009 is set to launch on July 17th.

Although some are describing the upgrade as "minor," judge for yourself... The new iPhone will supposedly be equipped with an OLED screen, which in my opinion is pretty major. OLEDs emit light,

It looks like some of the next generation iPhone's specs are beginning to show up around the web. Macrumors has apparently been monitoring the Chinese forum Weiphone and has found something of note - a screenshot and a list of some features and specs.

Earlier this month a forum poster on Weiphone.com uploaded what is claimed to be a screenshot from a next generation iPhone with a "MB717LL" model number. It appears to have 32 GB of storage. The original poster also made a few other claims... In addition to the 32 gigs of storage the new iPhone will have a 600MHz CPU Speed (up from 400MHz) and 256MB RAM (up from 128MB). The phone will also

Ever since the iPhone 3.0 beta firmware came out users have been digging through the configuration files looking for clues to future upgrades. A lot of evidence, including files for video uploading and editing, has been found that suggests video recording will be available in future versions. The latest discovery pretty much confirms the existence of a video recorder. This screenshot was found in the latest iPhone 3.0 beta:

This shows a new iPhone camera interface with a toggle for video recording (notice the video camera icon in the bottom right). You can switch between still shots and video recording. This interface is not accessible by default in the current 3.0 beta, but apparently with a few modifications to the configuration

In a preview of the new iPhone OS 3.0 today, Apple showed off some of the features we can expect in the new software, which will be available in June.

The best new feature, in my humble opinion, is the MMS support. The days of going to viewmymessage.com and typing in a user name and password simply to view a pic your friend sent you will finally be over. Also you won't have to come up with excuses as to why the iPhone doesn't support MMS while every other piece of crap phone on the market does. Now you can both send and receive MMS messages. Unfortunately for those with the first generation model, MMS support will only be available for the iPhone 3G due to hardware limitations. 3.0 also brings cut, copy and paste capability to

Today in Barcelona Spain, at the Mobile World Congress, PacketVideo, the world's leading provider of mobile multimedia services announced the availability of its new mobile video application for Apple's iPhone.

The application, which will be offered by mobile operators under their own brands, is PacketVideo's first app for the iPhone and will allow the smartphone to receive local live television channels and on demand video content for the first time. The application is powered by PacketVideo's CORE software, which has shipped in over 320 million mobile phones worldwide. CORE provides video streaming and playback capabilities as well as support for middleware services necessary to deliver live and on

Speculation about a possible iPhone Nano, a smaller version of Apple's top selling mobile device, has been gaining momentum in recent months. Reports of manufacturers listing accessories for the iPhone Nano among their products have bolstered the rumors.

Case manufacturer Vaja recently listed the iPhone Nano on its website as one of the devices for which it makes cases. Apparently, after reports of this spread, the listing was taken down. Chinese case manufacturer XSKN also listed the iPhone Nano among the devices for which it manufactures

Even though Android is open source and Google has repeatedly emphasized that Android would be freely available for all devices, this is a bit of a surprise, especially coming so soon. Well it actually isn't available quite yet, but doors have been opened that suggest it will be available shortly. Android is based on the Linux kernel and the iPhone runs on its own operating system. The folks at the iPhone DevTeam have changed that, however.

Apparently the iPhone DevTeam has been working on a project called iBoot for several months now, which runs different OS boot loaders than the standard iPhone jailbreak. With iBoot users will have the