IPHONETOUCH.BLORGE iPhone and Touch news and tips 2009-11-20T23:13:52Z WordPress http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/feed/atom/ Michael W. Jones http://blorge.com <![CDATA[China expects iPhone to grab 10% share]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4114 2009-11-20T15:01:44Z 2009-11-20T15:01:44Z China expects iPhone to grab 10% shareThe company designated as Apple’s only (so far) retailer and service provider in China says that they expect that the iPhone will attract a 10 percent market share of China’s 3G users.

A senior executive with China Unicom, the iPhone distributor [...]]]>

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[Palm gives up [for now] on Pre + iTunes direct syncing]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4111 2009-11-20T23:13:52Z 2009-11-20T03:45:56Z For awhile there, it seemed like Palm and Apple would go back and forth, enabling and then disabling direct Pre + iTunes syncing for a good long time. Now, with Palm licking its wounds and PsyStar likely down for the count, Cupertino seems to be running out playmates.

The New York Times reports [...]]]>

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[Judge refuses AT&T injunction request for Verizon ads]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4102 2009-11-19T13:39:25Z 2009-11-19T13:02:02Z Ma Bell has been getting spanked by Verizon’s highly effective TV advertising campaign and now the courts have, at least for the time being, refused to give the carrier any relief either. But now AT&T has hit back with a TV spot of their own.

David Balser told U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Batten [...]]]>

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Michael W. Jones http://blorge.com <![CDATA[Seoul gets the iPhone]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4090 2009-11-19T04:12:16Z 2009-11-18T15:47:47Z Seoul gets the iPhoneAfter years of obstacles being placed in the way by local lawmakers at the behest of South Korean handset manufacturers, Apple is finally going to be allowed to sell the iPhone there.

A number of authoritative reports are saying that South Korean cellular regulators [...]]]>

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[Qualcomm confirms it’s talking chips with Apple]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4085 2009-11-18T14:16:08Z 2009-11-18T14:15:24Z Recent rumors have pointed to a “worldmode” iPhone sometime next year, which would mean Verizon network compatibility. Today, we get independent, if off-handed, confirmation that the mothership is at least talking with the chipset maker at the center of this tantalizing possibility.

Bloomberg is reporting comments by Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs in Hong [...]]]>

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[Top 10 best iPhone apps for the N1H1 virus]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4059 2009-11-19T04:15:18Z 2009-11-18T01:59:52Z Swine Flue worries gotcha feeling blue? Then you shouldn’t leave the house again until you’ve armed yourself with at least one of these powerful and/or funny (think gallows humor) apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, some free and some not so much.

When it comes to the N1H1 virus, or Swine [...]]]>

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Sean P. Aune http://blorge.com <![CDATA[Top 10 best free iPhone and iPod Touch travel apps]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4021 2009-11-16T17:23:42Z 2009-11-16T17:23:42Z Top 10 best free iphone and touch racing gamesThe holiday travel season is upon us here in the United States, but thanks to free applications on the iPhone and iPod Touch, that annual nightmare can be made just a tiny [...]]]> 4 Michael W. Jones http://blorge.com <![CDATA[Apple to start writing mobile games?]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4053 2009-11-16T15:52:57Z 2009-11-16T15:52:09Z Apple to start writing game software?There are some clues lurking about that Apple may be thinking about getting into the computer game business, following up on the newfound popularity of the iPhone and Touch as gaming platforms.

During the summer at a major event billed primarily as [...]]]>

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[Top 40, best games for the iPhone 3GS, 3G iPod touch]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4025 2009-11-16T15:43:01Z 2009-11-16T03:12:27Z Apple’s serious about mobile gaming — the company’s newest iPhone and iPod touch models include best of class ARM processors, a good bit o’ RAM and richly detailed OpenGL graphics. Moreover, Cupertino’s been kitting out its in-house iPhone game development team with Graeme Devine of Halo Wars fame already on board.

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Ronald O Carlson http://mac.blorge.com <![CDATA[AT&T whimpers text only reply to Verizon’s visual 3G ads]]> http://iphonetouch.blorge.com/?p=4000 2009-11-14T00:09:43Z 2009-11-13T19:26:30Z Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Ma Bell sure looks desperate now. Their belated response to Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” advertising campaign is wimpy in the extreme as it delivers statistics in textual form only about how complete its 3G + EDGE, which can charitably be referred [...]]]> 2