iPhone (1324 articles)

BT hits a million Wi-Fi hotspots

Boosted massively by BT FON home hub hotspots, BT has announced it's reached the million milestone for Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK and Ireland.

The million-strong Wi-Fi estate also comprises hotspots from BT Openzone (3800) and BT Openzone hotspots via the BT...

iPhone OS 3.1.3 firmware hacked in just 5 days

The iPhone OS 3.1.3 update, which Apple released just under a week ago, stopped most jailbreaking tools from working. 5 days later, and it's already been hacked - with the iPhone Dev-Team releasing version 3.1.5 of its PwnageTool.

The group advises against updating...

VIDEO: Elmo's Monster Maker iPhone app launches

"Elmo wants you to make a monster friend", says Sesame Street, which, as a parent means forking out $3.99 or £2.39, depending on what side of the pond you're on, and handing over your iPhone or iPod touch to the sticky fingers of your own little monster.

"Choose...

O2 says it has sold 2 million iPhones

O2 has revealed some interesting sales stats about the Apple iPhone, which it was the first operator in the UK to offer.

The Telefonica-owned company has revealed it has now sold 2 million iPhones in the UK. As the one million milestone mark was reached in...

WoW auction house coming to iPhone

World of Warcraft creator Blizzard has announced that soon you may be able to access the game's auction house from your mobile phone. In a post on the official message boards, the company admitted that they may charge for the service.

Blizzard poster Bornakk said:...

iPhone OS 3.1.3 update released

Apple has released an update for the iPhone, bringing the version number up to 3.1.3. It brings a few minor new features, a whole host of bug fixes, and a handful of security patches which close up the holes that jailbreakers use to get inside the handset.

The...

New data shows Vodafone iPhone has fastest download speeds in UK

Vodafone iPhone users can claim the fastest download speeds in the UK according to new data revealed to Pocket-lint.

Following our own investigation into network quality and speed of the three official operators for the iPhone in London, the makers of Speed Check,...

3-metre, 65-finger and blow touchscreen debuts

A Portuguese company is hoping to transform our landscape and environment into one big touchscreen if they have their way, with a new technology debuting in Amsterdam.

Called projective capacitive touchscreen technology, the tech has the ability to turn virtually...

Logitech reveals Touch Mouse app

Logitech has just announced an iPhone application called Touch Mouse, which lets you use your handset on a Mac or PC as a multi-touch trackpad.

The idea is that when you've plugged your laptop in to your TV, but you can't be bothered to shift that big bowl of...

VIDEO: Give your iPhone the iPad look and feel

If you can't wait for the iPad to be available, you can at least fake it with your current Apple hardware.

Jailbroken iPhone owners can make their iPhones looks like iPads thanks to this workaround that uses apps from the App Store and Cydia.

The...

Fring on iPhone now lets you use Skype over 3G

Fring, the iPhone instant messaging app that lets you manage your Skype, MSN and AOL accounts on your iPhone has confirmed that users will now be able to make VoIP calls over the 3G network.

The move, which has been made possible due to a change in rules in the...

Apple tablet unveiled as the iPad

Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has finally put an end to months of speculation and announced the Apple iPad, the company's move to bridge the gap between the mobile phone and laptop at its media event in San Fransisco.

The new tablet device, which looks to sport a modified...

Android to overtake iPhone in 2013

Latest estimates from mobile analysts IDC suggest that Google's mobile operating system, Android, will overtake both the iPhone and Blackberry operating systems by 2013. IDC estimates that it'll gain an install-base of 68 million handsets, giving it second place in the...

PlayStation 3 gets hacked

George Hotz, the 17-year-old whizkid who unlocked the iPhone in 2007, is now 20 and has turned his attention to the supposedly-unhackable Sony PS3. He claims to have developed a technique that could allow anyone to run pirated games or "homebrew" software on the console.

There's...

Apple posts biggest revenue and profit quarter of all time

Despite the global recession, according to Apple's Q4 2009 earnings announcement, the company sold 3.36 million Macs during the last 3 months of 2009. This represents a 33% sales increase over the same quarter back in 2008.

Even more staggering were iPhone sales....

Vodafone sells 100,000 iPhones in a week

Vodafone has announced that it has just shifted its 100,000th iPhone in just over a week since it debuted on the network. For some comparison, Orange sold 30,000 on its first day.

The handset is just over half-way through a development cycle - with another one...

Sky iPhone app gets overhaul with Version 2.0

Sky has overhauled its iPhone remote app introducing a bevy of new features as well as completely redesigning the interface.

The app, that originally let you access the Sky Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) and let you remote record programmes on your Sky Plus...

iPhone network test: Vodafone vs Orange vs O2

You can now get the Apple iPhone on O2, Orange and Vodafone, but with zero difference between the handsets in terms of performance or customisations (operators aren't even allowed to ship them with dedicated apps pre-installed) it's all down to the network and the performance...

RAC builds traffic app for Android & iPhone

The RAC has released a mobile application that allows downloaders to avoid traffic jams. The app, which is available in the iPhone App Store and on the Android App Market, overlays traffic data onto a Google Map and displays it with the latest warning information.

The...

Bing to be official search for iPhone?

There's never been much love lost between Apple and Microsoft. The two companies duked it out for much of the 90s and 00s, but appear to be finally finding some common ground against a new enemy - Google.

With Google competing with Microsoft on the software front...

iPhone 4G rumours visualised

A image has surfaced on a French website of an artist's rendering of what the iPhone 4G could look like. It's from an agency called Designed By Item, and is clearly not any more than a flight of fantasy, but the French site has plotted the rumours for the forthcoming...

How to get a dirt cheap iPhone

Now that there are a full three operators at the iPhone table, you'd presume that getting an Apple handset on the cheap was easy. Think again. Speak to any of the operators - and we have - and you'll hear the same frustrated line from the sale staff that they're unable...

VIDEO: Kevin Rose demos Square iPhone payment system

Square, the new company offering an iPhone credit and debit card payment system, has got investor Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg and others, to star in a new promo video.

You can hit play above to jump right into the action as Rose demos the currently at production...

Apple files ITC complaint against Nokia

The legal battle between Nokia and Apple has stepped up yet another rung with the news that Apple has now filed a patent-infringement complaint against Nokia with the ITC.

Apple, as did Nokia before it, is petitioning the US International Trade Commission...

Apple patents DVR functionality on portable devices

The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple that could shed light on what the company has planned for the next round of its portable music and video players.

The patent covers the ability of a portable device to watch and record...