Gadgets & Technology
Completely Erase Your iPhone’s Data [Iphone]
There’s currently no Apple-provided method to securely erase your iPhone’s data, and previous owners’ data has been found on refurbished phones on sale at Apple. If you want to make your iPhone safe for resale by securely wiping any trace of your personal information from it, it’s possible—though not easy. Security guy Jonathan Zdziarski posted […]
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TomTom: Nav system “runs on the iPhone already”
Filed under: iPhone
Reuters is reporting that TomTom, manufacturers of portable, consumer GPS devices, have got their service up and running for the iPhone. “Our navigation system runs on the iPhone already,” said a TomTom spokesman this week.
At first glance, this seems like another vendor announcing that their product will be available for the iPhone, but […]
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App Store available on June 27th?
Filed under: iPod Family, Apple, iPhone
During the keynote every time the App Store was mention people would say it was ‘launching soon,’ or that their apps would be ‘available at launch.’ No one mentioned a specific launch day. Apple might have let the cat out of the bag though. The image to the right was […]
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Use your iPhone or iTouch as a remote for your Mac or PC
Filed under: Fun, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Shareware, iPhone
With the announcement of the new iPhone, we figure there will be some new interest in this bit of software that’s been around for a while: Do you have a computer without one of those newfangled infrared spots and a remote control? Do you still want to be […]
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HP says to expect multi-touch laptops “long before” Windows 7
Filed under: Laptops
Fresh from showing off its TouchSmart 2 all-in-one device, HP has now dropped word that we can expect to see some multi-touch laptops from the company as well. That none-too-surprising bit of news comes straight from HP’s Kevin Frost, general manager of the consumer notebook division, who says that we can expect the […]
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iPhone 3G’s True Price Compared [IPhone 3G]
Over two years, the iPhone 3G will cost $160 more over the original iPhone. This includes the unlimited data plan plus the additional $5 SMS plan you need to get to match the original’s 200 included messages. What the chart doesn’t indicate, in pure dollars, is how much 3G is worth.
Compared to a similar 3G […]
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AT&T to penalize iPhones not activated within 30 days
Filed under: iPhone
The iPhone 3G activation saga is quite confusing. Most people think that Apple and AT&T will require iPhone activations on the spot, thereby cutting into a big part of the unlocked iPhone phenomenon. However, this AP report suggests that there will be a way for people to get unactivated iPhones, the only catch […]
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iPhone 3G: The Stuff that Didn’t Get Upgraded [Whining]
Yeah, the headphone jack is now flush. Otherwise, here’s a list of stuff that’s people were expecting, or at least hoping for, but didn’t get in the new model:
A 32GB model
A better camera
More RAM
MMS
A2DP Bluetooth for stereo streaming
A camera on the front for videoconferencing
Video capabilities
Turn-by-turn navigation (will come with a 3rd party app, I’m sure)
The […]
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