August 29, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

China Unicom confirmed it has reached a deal with Apple in its 2009 Interim Results.

On 28 August, the Company and Apple reached a three-year agreement for the Company to sell iPhone in China. The initial launch is expected to be in the fourth calendar quarter of 2009. This will provide users with brand new communication and information experience.

China Unicom Chairman and Chief Executive Chang Xiaobing has indicated that the company will offer two versions of the iPhone in the fourth quarter. China Unicom will offer subsidies to customers who buy the handset, lowering its price, but further details are not yet known.

Mr. Chang also indicated that the iPhone will be sold with its Wi-Fi Internet function disabled, which is required by Chinese regulations.

Via iClarified.com

August 28, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple has approved the Spotify iPhone application which allows users to stream music to their handsets.

The application (which will be available free in the App Store) will stream music to premium Spotify customers in the UK and Europe. Currently a subscription to Spotify costs £10 and provides access to millions of songs.

There was speculation that Apple would not approve this application especially since it allows for offline listening to music you have downloaded.

We will let you know when it goes live…

via iClarified.com

August 28, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Facebook iPhone developer Joe Hewitt reports that Facebook 3.0 [App Store, Free] has been approved by Apple and is now available in the App Store. While the App Store description still contains information for version 2.5, the actual download is now version 3.0.

A note posted on the company’s Facebook for iPhone page last week detailed the numerous enhancements in the new version, and offered screenshots of the revamped interface.

Via macrumors.com

August 28, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A sensation is unfolding: AT & T, Apple’s first and exclusive iPhone partner in the U.S. plans to offer MMS In September with the upcoming iPhone firmware 3.1 update, 3 months after the release of iPhone firmware 3.0 and 3GS. One wonders if Apple is already with AT&T has not entered into the blunders. Where T-Mobile in some countries is already testing LTE, and AT&T is still struggling with the costs of small pictures.

Since were so close to MMS being activated on the iPhone here is a celebration video for us all:

August 28, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

I was browsing the web and I find a video on youtube, Jason Calacanis is talking about Apple and its close/tight grip on the iPhone. Anyhow all that talk isn’t important but  I believe he may have just confirmed that the Apple Tablet does exist and that it runs iPhone OS. During the video around the 3:00 min mark he says and I quote:

” I had a developer come up to me at the digi day apps conference on Wednesday and said to me I work on the apple platform, the new tablet blah blah blah thats coming out, it runs iPhone OS”

Check out the video below to see for yourself:

August 28, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple’s next-generation iPods

- including the iPod touch, nano and classic – will carry 3.2 megapixel cameras supplied by Taiwan’s, OmniVision.

As 9to5Mac reported last week, the new generation iPods are expected to be introduced at an Apple special event on September 9

Reports this morning claim OmniVision has secured CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for the upcoming products. It will supply “

for the new iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod touch models which will be launched in September,”* sources claim.

The company is one of the 3.2-megapixel CIS suppliers for the iPhone 3GS and is expected to ship 18 million CIS products to Apple per quarter.

Apple is also expected to introduce a new version of iTunes, equipped with social networking features including the capacity to depatch songs played to Facebook, iLike and Last.fm. The new software is also expected to support direct import of Digital Copy movies from Blu-ray discs. Some speculate on updates to the Apple TV at the event.

Via 9to5mac

August 27, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Albuquerque TV Reporter Jeremy Jojola recently used a jailbroken iPhone and Qik [iTunes link] to broadcast a story live for KOB-TV.

It’s a far cry from the big trucks with microwave antennas and satellite dishes that are usually seen where news stories are broadcast.

The audio and video quality isn’t perfect, but it shows how fast the technology is moving. Jeremy told me he used the AT&T 3G network for the connection.

We’ve already reported on the Qik app which was recently updated to allow uploading of video using the 3G network, but so far, the live capability has been nixed by Apple/AT&T. The only way to get the full benefit of live streaming is by jailbreaking the iPhone.

Qik runs on a huge variety of other smartphones with full live capability, even on the AT&T network.

If you’d like to see Jeremy’s story, it’s available by clicking the Read More link below. The actual story is about iPhone developers who live in the area. Here’s Jeremy’s blog with some more info.

Via Poynter Institute online

August 27, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

August 27, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Digital Daily reports that Sirius XM announced at a media event today the launch of XM SkyDock, an accessory that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to receive live XM and “The Best of Sirius” satellite radio in their vehicles. Scheduled to launch in the fall at suggested price of $119.99, the XM SkyDock utilizes a vehicle’s cigarette lighter power port to mount and power the device and iPhone or iPod touch.

Dubbed SkyDock, the $119.99 peripheral uses iPhone OS 3′s support for third-party hardware to transform Apple (AAPL) handsets into full-fledged satellite radios. Designed to run off a car’s cigarette power adapter, the SkyDock charges your iPhone while you listen to it and supports the ability to tag songs for download from iTunes. Better yet, it gives users access to all XM and “The Best of SIRIUS” channels, even those the company infamously excludes from its online feed, like Howard Stern, MLB Play-by-Play and NFL Play-by-Play.

Sirius XM’s press release also notes several other features, including iTunes tagging of songs, sports and stock tickers, as well as various alerts for sports and music news.

Listeners can also tag songs they hear on XM’s music channels for Read more…

August 26, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

About two weeks ago, BigBoss released the stable, non-beta version of Bosspaper in Cydia. This version (v1.0) included some sensible and well anticipated features to the already long list. If you remember my last post on BigBoss’ Bosspaper, the initial features were abundant. Before the Bosspaper Beta was even released, BigBoss listed features that would be in the upcoming app. With low CPU usage, the option to hide icon labels, fade options, and much more, BigBoss’ original preview of Bosspaper got many iPhone users excited.

In version 1.0, Bosspaper has some added features such as a sequential wallpaper rotation option. Another one of Bosspaper’s nifty features is the ability to choose images from any of your photo folders on your iPhone. Originally Read more…