January 15, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

iRemix adds favorites, bookmarks, quick add, fast access to search, and song info to your iPhone’s iPod player.

iRemix for the iPhone and iPod touch enhances your iPod experience with some features you have always wanted and some new ones you will fall in love with. It seamlessly integrates with the iPod and is built to let you access the songs, artists, albums and playlists you want faster than ever.

Features:
Favorites
- Your favorite songs, artists, albums and playlists are now one touch away. No more endless scrolling and searching. Instantly access them in all their cover art glory. Create up to 5 pages of your favorites and scroll through them springboard style. Read more…

January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple released its fifth first-party App Store application Thursday with the free MobileMe Gallery, allowing users to view photos and videos from the cloud-based service on their iPhone or iPod touch.

The MobileMe Gallery app (iTunes link) lets users select an album with a tap and flick back and forth through photos, pinch to zoom, or rotate into landscape view. The software also automatically stores photos that have been viewed, so they can be accessed again even without a network connection.

Friens’ publicly shared content can also be accessed by choosing their name from contacts or entering their MobileMe member name. It also includes a scrolling sampler at the top that gives users access to recent photos.

Users must enter their MobileMe member name and password to see their list of published movies and photos. A MobileMe subscription is required.

Read More… [Via Appleinsider.com]

January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

As if Facebook 3.1 for iPhone and iPod touch didn’t have enough problems, dmackdaddy let us know this potentially embarrassing problem he’s experiencing with the new contact picture syncing functionality:

Beware of your profile pics, or your boss might get one of you doing something you don’t want them to see! What happens is, [Facebook 3.1] takes [all] the emails and phone numbers on your iPhone and sends them to Facebook. It then cross-checks and syncs them back to your iPhone. That’s a major security flaw right there! It should only sync the ones you’re friends with.

So for an example I have my coworker’s email and cell but I am not her Facebook friend. All of a sudden when I got a call from my coworker I saw a picture of her in a bikini because that was her [Facebook] profile pic! Read more…

January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Geodelic [Free - iTunes link] is a location-based discovery app for the iPhone that knows where you are and uses that information to recommend points-of-interest such as restaurants, stores, and shows.

I had the pleasure of watching their show-stealing presentation at CES 2010’s Mobile Apps Showdown last week, and based on the amount of energy and creativity they put into that alone, I’m really eager to try this out and see how it develops.

If you are as well, grab the free download!!

[Via theiphoneblog.com]

January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple will introduce a new iPhone in 2010 that will employ a touch-sensitive plastic back casing similar to the one used on the company’s new Magic Mouse, one analyst has said.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Robert Chen with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the new iPhone will go into production as early as April, and will be available to customers in June or July. He said the plastic back panel of the phone could have a touch-sensitive solid shell, much like on the Magic Mouse.
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January 14, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

I’ve been reading the Unplggd blog from Apartment Therapy a lot lately, because I recently moved into a new place and am trying to fill it up with cool stuff. And someone over there must be an iPhone fan, because I’ve seen not one but two great and simple tricks for the iPhone there recently. The first is the most billiant thing I’ve ever seen — if you happen to be listening to music or a conference call through the speaker on your iPhone and need it a little louder, you can just find a pint-size glass, put the iPhone in there, and voila, simple iPhone echo chamber. I’m surprised at both how easy this is and how well it works, but it does. Very impressive.
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January 13, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

24/7 Wall St. reports that Apple and App Store developers appear to have lost approximately $450 million to piracy since the marketplace for iPhone and iPod touch application opened in July 2008. The rough number is based on several estimates regarding the proportion of downloads that are paid applications, the piracy rate for paid applications, and the proportion of pirated app users who would have paid for the applications had pirated versions not been available. Read more…

January 13, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Apple’s retail “experts” — a new position that will serve as a roaming counterpart to existing “geniuses” at brick-and-mortar locations — are expected to debut in stores in a matter of weeks, people familiar with the matter have told AppleInsider.

Interviewing for the expert position is said to start this week at the company’s retail outlets, and Apple plans to debut the new personnel in about two weeks. Originally, the “expert” title was only available to current Apple Store employees who sought a promotion within the company.

Apple has referred to the experts as “Family Room expertise out in the Red Zone.” The “Family Room” at an Apple Store is known to customers as the Genius Bar. The “Red Zone” equates to the sales floor.
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January 13, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Samsung, has announced a new 64GB memory moviNAND that could be used in next-generation iPhone that may be arriving in the summer like every year.

The new chip measures 1.4 millimeters in height, composed of 16 30nm-class 32Gb MLC NAND chip and a controller. Each presentation of an Apple iPhone has always doubled the size of the maximum capacity. We expect, therefore, that the next generation iphone will have a 64GB model and these could be the chips that could be used.

Toshiba, meanwhile announced the upcoming release of 64GB NAND chip, so Apple will have the opportunity to choose between the two. We’ll see!

[Via ispazio.net] Translated by google

January 13, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Clues on Apple’s forthcoming tablet continue to surface as the device is expected to debut this month, with a new report referring to the device as an “iPhone on steroids.”

Citing a close contact within Apple, Boy Genius Report on Wednesday issued a report with alleged new details and specifics on Apple’s 10-inch touchscreen device. The source said the device has an internal model number of K48AP and sports an “incredibly fast” ARM-based processor.

What kind of ARM chip remains unknown, though many have speculated that the reference Cortex-A9 design would be a likely candidate for any new hardware. However, one analyst recently claimed that the device would sport a Cortex-A8-based chip with a speed of about 1GHz. Read more…