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Review: Tap ‘n’ Slide

Oliver Haslam — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:02:46 +0000

With Apple now marketing the iPhone and iPod touch as portable gaming devices, the App Store is becoming more and more saturated with games. Some are good, some are average, and some a plain woeful. Along with fuel calculators and to-do list managers, games must be the main category of applications available.

So, [...]

The humble banana – nature’s natural iPod repair kit

Oliver Haslam — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:52:50 +0000

There’s nothing worse then noticing the usual scratches on the back of a new iPod. We’ve all been there. You’ve had your new toy for a few days, maybe weeks if you’ve done well, and you notice the appearance of a few scratches on the back. iPods are notoriously easy to scratch and the bezel [...]

Apple iPod Classic, Firmware Version 1.1.2 Released

Justin — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:30:14 +0000

After plugging in my iPod yesterday to sync some music, I noticed the 1.1.2 firmware was available.

After a quick Google, this firmware was released on 2nd May. This update was said by Apple to be bug fixes, but other people have said it has improved some performances. These include cover [...]

8GB iPhone gone for good?

Oliver Haslam — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:30:51 +0000

Perhaps not the biggest shock in the world, but the recent price drop in the UK has proved rather popular. So much so that O2 appear to have sold out of their stock, with no replenishment to come.

Engadget have got their hands on an internal memo stating that :

“Due to [...]

DIY iPhone/iPod Touch car stand

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:39:45 +0000

It’s amazing what people can do with next to nothing! Over on Indistructables some clever person has created a car stand for their iPhone using mainly the contents of its box, plus some glue and velcro.

For the DIY capable people amongst you, there’s also a pictorial guide on how to make [...]

Apple buys chip manufacturer

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:24:03 +0000

Forbes.com are reporting that Apple have purchased chip manufacturer PA Semi. The company currently produces chips that could be used in devices such as the iPhone and iPods.

Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not comment on our purposes and plans,” said Apple (nasdaq: AAPL – news [...]

Radio Shack iPod Touches come pre-jailbroken

Oliver Haslam — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:17:05 +0000

Well not really, but it makes a good headline.

It looks like someone over in the Radio Shack marketing department will be getting a talking to this morning after the company ran an ad featuring an iPod touch, complete with Installer and Mobile Chat icons !

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3G chip revealed ?

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:41:14 +0000

Zibri, of Ziphone fame, has posted o his blog that a line of code in the latest beta firmware shows that the next iPhone will indeed be 3G, and use the Infineon SGOLD3 chip.

The current iPhone used the SGOLD2 EDGE chip, if anyone was wondering….

Link to Ziphone blog

AT&T top brass: 3G iPhone on the way!

Oliver Haslam — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:00:20 +0000

It’s looking more and more likely by the day, this 3G iPhone!

Gizmodo have a piece on a meeting they had with AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega. During said meeting, good old Ralph hinted, nay insisted, that we shall see a 3G iPhone ‘in months’.

The CEO mentioned that he expected all [...]

Golden Balls has the Golden Touch !

Oliver Haslam — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:33:48 +0000

David Beckham got his 100th cap for England last week, in the narrow defeat to France. What do you get to mark such an occasion for the man who has everything ? I gold plated iPod Touch of course !

The Telegraph is running a story, complete with pictures, that in order to celebrate [...]