by Vikas on December 6, 2009
in All, News
At this point after endless delays and multiple rants by many of us on the delay in launch / absence of the 3GS in India, I am wondering if it makes sense for Apple to spend time trying to sell a super smartphone in a nascent market like India. Yes we are the worlds fastest growing mobile [...]
Apple’s differences with China Mobile over the launch of iPhone in China is already known to us. This has led to the deal between Apple and China Unicom to materialize. However it seems that Apple doesn’t want to leave out the 500 million+ China Mobile subscribers from the iPhone radar. Thus to get the iPhone [...]
While older models of Apple products are known to vanish from the market weeks before a refresh, this time Apple has played smart to give better competition to Android, Palm Pre and the Nokia N97. The older iPhone 3G models still stay in supply and comes at a hefty discount. A straight 50% price cut! [...]
iPhone 3G sold well primarily for 2 reasons. 1) The AppStore effect 2) The $199 pricing. But its no secret that that the iPhone 3G is an expensive smart phone while lacks some of the very basic features like SMS Forwarding, Copy / Paste, Video recording, MMS etc. While the OS 3 promises a lot [...]
The beta 2 of iPhone 3.0 was released to developers recently. While the original announcement by Apple skipped this little piece of info, the V3.0 of iPhone (atleast in beta 2 as of now) allows 11 pages full of apps instead of 9 pages seen on iPhone v2.x.
Typically a page on the springboard displays 16 [...]
Apple is finally making the big move to empty its iPhone 3G inventory before the new iPhone 3.0 hardware is introduced in June. So here it comes
iPhone 3G now sells @ $599 and $600 (for 8Gb and 16Gb) without a AT&T contract
But the phones are still locked to AT&T network. (Heard of Yellowsn0w?)
Limit raised. You [...]
Recently we reported rumors of China Unicom getting the Apple iPhone 3G officially in China after the handset was spotted on their website. And here we have the rumors that the official announcement is just days away.
While Apple failed to get official with China Mobile (who has 600 million customers); China Unicom manages to get [...]
If true Apple fans around NJ/NY can cheer. This leaked shot reveals that AT&T-Apple have a 16gig iPhone 3G in works @ $149. Of couse a 2 yr contract with AT&T is still mandatory.
Offer seems to be valid only for new lines activated and max one piece per customer would be given, i.e. no upgrades [...]
Apple iPhone 3G has been a superhit globally. And with the rising expectation from the next gen iPhones which is expected to be out latest by July 09; the sales of the current iPhone 3G can take a hit.
Typically before Apple launches any new model the old ones are kept in supply such that they [...]
Temper4iphone has finally arrived!! Yes, its now available via Cydia for jailbroken iPhone 3G/2.0 and iPod Touch by Zodttd repository. Temper4iphone is a TurboGrafx-16 (TG16/PCEngine) and TurboGrafx-CD (TurboDuo/PC-CD) emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch based on Temper by Exophase (gpsSP dev).
One of the biggest drawbacks or shortcoming on iPhone safari is the inability to remember and save passwords. Though there was a solution for this on iPhone 1.1.4. But there wasnt any fix for it on iPhone 2.2/3g uptil now.
Yes now there is an app which can fix the cookies issue on the iPhone’s safari [...]
Sms counter is a utility app for the iPhone which allows you to keep a track of your text messages on your iPhone. It keeps a record of the number of smses sent or received on your iPhone. However it doesn’t read messages. So dont mistake it as a sms replacement app [...]
Siphon SIP/VoIP is the first in his category that works on iPhone as well as iPod Touch 2 with headset for all SIP providers. It is a native application approved for running on 2.X using internal micro/speaker and headset. The Application supports the SIP standard, so it is compatible with hundreds of SIP providers [...]
This week we saw two new iPhone competitors hitting the market. The much awaited Nokia 5800 and the LG KP500 aka Cookie. While the iPhone has its own charm there are some advantages these handsets have over the iPhone. The major being the pricing! While the iPhone is priced in India (with network lock) for [...]
iPhone 3G already dominates with its unique Appstore, Touch features and the magical $199 pricing. The iPhone now goes on sale at WalMart for $197 (8GB) and $297 (16GB). With the backing of the worlds largest retailer, Apple surely takes an edge over Google-Android, HTC, RIM and other competitors.
… the iPhone’s availability at Wal-Mart will [...]
Air Jordan 1-23 theme for the iPhone … Fill your iPhone screen with shoes. Changes the lock screen and slider.
The unlock for the iPhone 3G from the iPhone Dev team is coming on New Year’s Eve (Just as we turn 1); and here is a quick video preview of the software unlock for iPhone 3G in action. The iPhone 3G unlock software is known as yellowsn0wand would unlock iPhone 3G uptill V2.1.
Rumor mills are churning again and this time its the $99 iPhone combined with a 4GB tag. We have heard before that Apple might look to encash the festive season with a iPhone price cut, but a 4GB iPhone 3G looks great.
However we feel with all these jailbreaking, Cydia / appstore apps, media etc … [...]
Another famous and brilliant 3D racing game for the iPhone 2.0 / 3G. ‘CRO Mag Rally’ takes you back to childhood. The iPhone accelerometer is again used to steer the vehicle, there are 11 cars and 9 tracks to choose from. Previously priced at $5.99 this one now comes at a discounted rate of $1.99 [...]
by Ankur on September 11, 2008
in News
Vodafone and Airtel already have a headstart with the Apple iPhone 3G launch in India last month. Now reports suggest that the state-owned BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) is also getting the same soon!
BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) are the first two government operators to get 3G licence. BSNL along with MTNL was [...]
by Ankur on August 28, 2008
in News
Orange has shot back against media reports claiming that the Paid Actors were lined up by them to buy iPhone 3G’s (to create a fake hype / demand). Here are the official words…
“As part of the excitement around the launch of the iPhone, some of our team have been joining customers outside our shops. Their [...]
The iPhone pricing in India was initially though to be subsidized below 20k. However the latest news suggest that the iPhone will be launched for something in the range of Rs 31000 (8GB) to 37000 (16GB). Though the demand and hype is good; such heavy pricing would discourage many potential buyers.
And if our source is [...]
by Ankur on August 18, 2008
in News
Macrumors has published a response received from Steve Jobs (or Apple) ref the iPhone 3G reception issues. According to multiple reports on the web it was speculated that the 3G reception issues might be Harware related. But as per the response received by macrumors it is a software issue that is affecting 2% of iPhone [...]
by Ankur on August 14, 2008
in News
Apple has reportedly sold over 3 million (30 lac) iPhone 3G handsets worldwide since launch. The sales has been more than expected, and it is speculated that Apple has placed orders for sourcing additional Memory chips from its suppliers.
The hype created by the first gen iPhone (which didn’t make it to most countries outside the [...]
by Ankur on July 24, 2008
in Rumors
When we first saw some leaked pictures of iPhone, it showed three colours Black, White and RED. But all that was announced at WWDC was the 8GB black iPhone 3G and the 16GB. So will we see the Red iPhone later this year? If TechCrunch is to be believed, iPhone 3G Red would come-out under [...]