Archive for July, 2009

Adding to the fallout over the simultaneous rejection of the official Google Voice app and the delisting of third-party alternatives from the App Store this week, the FCC has launched a formal inquiry and investigation into the matter by publicly publishing three letters of inquiry sent to Apple today.
By doing so, the FCC seeks to [...]

In an attempt to gain new customers, Verizon is offering free Wi-Fi access in select locations to customers who have  pre-existing FiOS service or High Speed Internet service.
For new FiOS customers, as long as you sign up for a 25/15 Mbps or faster service, you are eligible to use any of the thousands of Verizon [...]

The long expected iPhone 3.0.1 update is being pushed out via iTunes fixes a much reported vulnerability.

The update specifically addresses the much reported SMS device control and exploit that has been blown into a source of hysteria across media outlets.
Update: It should be noted that this update will cause jailbroken iPhones to revert back to [...]

If that title sounds long, it’s similar to Apple’s new support article, which is long-ly titled Unauthorized modification of iPhone OS has been a major source of instability, disruption of services, and other issues.
So, we felt it would be a good idea to take Apple’s support article point-by-point.
Quote from Apple:
As designed by Apple, the iPhone [...]

Apple has refreshed its Time Capsule backup device lineup today in a quiet manner by repricing and increasing storage capacity.

The 250 GB $299.99 model is no more, being replaced by the formerly $499.99 500 GB model at the 250 GB pricepoint. The new $499.99 model bumps storage to 1TB, making it the highest capacity Time [...]

Apple has released the long awaited MobileMe iDisk access application for the iPhone and iPod Touch running OS 3.0.
The application allows MobileMe subscribers to access iDisk shares of up to 20MB in size, login, filesharing via email links, password protection of files and time limits for file downloads with the only limitation being the file [...]

PC hardware manufacturer and ODM contractor ASUS has confirmed that it has canceled what would have been its and the industry’s first USB 3.0 compliant motherboard in the P6X58 Premium “not for any particularly interesting reasons” according to an ASUS spokesperson speaking to the Inquirer.

Image courtesy of XFastest.com
The real reason for the cancellation is actually [...]

Eye-Fi Inc has announced the launch of the Eye-Fi Geo Wi-Fi enabled SD card with geotagging capability as an exclusive product which will be sold exclusively via the Apple Store.
The Eye-Fi Geo is intended to be used with iLife 08 and 09 integrating its Places photo sorting by location functionality as well as transferring pictures [...]

Venerable Apple iPod accessory manufacturer Belkin has announced the forthcoming launch of its Headphone Adapter for the latest generation iPod Shuffle.
The adapter allows the usage of any 3.5mm headphones without locking out the text to voice feature or the controls. The adapter will be available later this week for $19.99.

Kodak has nonchalantly announced the successor to its Zi6 pocket HD camcorder with the substantially improved Zi8.
The Zi8 features an external microphone jack, active face tracking and improved color accuracy in low light according to Kodak. The rest of the featureset consists of 5.0 megapixel still image capability thanks to its CMOS sensor, 2.5 [...]