One of the key elements of Apple’s iPhone is the App Store. Let’s face it folks, ultimately when I’d have to choose between similar phones in terms of hardware and performance, I’d probably go for the one that has the most content available. And in this case that’s the iPhone, whether you like it or you really really hate it. Come to think of it, if you do hate the iPhone you also have to love it. After all your current smartphone is probably filled with content and applications coming from an Apple-like app store. Without the iPhone we wouldn’t have had the app store idea just yet. And with 50,000 available apps Apple outranks anybody else. Sure it helps to be the first to come up with such an idea but what if it wouldn’t have become that popular? Would others have followed Apple’s app store?

I guess Apple was kind of trying to make this point at the WWDC 2009 as it has displayed in the Moscone Center lobby a 5 by 4 matrix of Cinema Display monitors filled with thousands of application icons. The best part? Check the video above! Although not exactly in real time, the gianormous screen is pulsating everytime someone purchases a certain application.

via TechCrunch

Tags: 2009, 3gs, App Store, Apple, iPhone, Mobile News, wwdc

Now of course, Mobilewhack doesn’t condone piracy or anything to do with it so we can’t tell you where to find the leaked version of iPhone OS 3.0 but we can tell you what it’s called.

Thanks to Gizmodo we know that the file itself is called Phone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw and clocks in at 230.1MB.

We also know that to install the leaked firmware you are going to have press either alt on a Mac or shift on a PC in iTunes and then click on the restore button which will let you select the downloaded file.

Remember folks, if you decide to do this make sure you back up all of the files on your phone via a quick sync and do so at your own risk.

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The WWDC 2009 started with the new MacBook updates and continued with Snow Leopard and iPhone 3.0 presentations. But after about 90 minutes the audience received what it came in to see, the new iPhone 3GS. So let’s see what the iPhone 3GS is all about!

The 3GS has the same design as the 3G. There’s no front-facing camera and it does not come in different colors. The 3GS comes in two versions, a 16GB and a 32GB version. Apple didn’t unveil any other iPhone version but the company decided to keep the “old” iPhone 3G and sell it for cheaper prices ($99 for the 8GB 3G and $149 for the 16GB 3G.)

Since S stands for speed, this new iPhone will offer a faster processor, A2DP support and 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity. Will AT&T be able to offer everyone a stable 7.2Mbps network?

The camera has been bumped to 3.2 megapixel and there are new features like auto-focus, auto exposure, auto white balance, geotagging support, VGA video recording at 30fps, video editing and video sharing.

There’s a compass which you won’t really really use and voice control support which will let you dial your family and friends and manage your playlist by simply talking to the phone. Speaking of calling your friends you also have to know that MMS is now supported. Unfortunately AT&T won’t bring it to you immediately and you’ll have to wait for this summer to send MMS messages.

Another thing AT&T won’t immediately support is tethering. About 22 carriers will let you use that feature so make sure you check back with your local carrier to learn more about the tethering feature. Since we’re talking about limited features you’ll also have to know that now there’s a Find My Phone feature which is only available to Mobile Me customers. In case you won’t be able to find your lost/stolen phone you can always choose to remotely wipe the phone and restore it to the initial factory settings.

The battery is much better too. It will get you 9 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of 10 hours of video, 30 hours of audio, 12 hours of 2G talk and 5 hours of 3G talk. How does that sound?

By August about 80 countries will be selling the iPhone 3GS. Some will begin selling it in July while others will probably get it by the end on August.

Tags: 2009, 3G, 3gs, Apple, Apple, iPhone, Mobile News, Portable Devices, wwdc

Sure you could always choose one of its direct competitors, the Adamo from Dell or one of the X-Slim laptops from MSI, but for those of you with a bigger wallet, the Air is probably the best way to go.

Apple decided to offer everyone a $300/$700 price drop depending on what model you choose but the MacBook Air it’s still expensive with prices starting at $1,499. The cheapest version will offer you a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 9400M graphics card and a 120GB HDD. For $1,799 you get a 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, a 9400M graphics card and a 128GB SSD.

Tags: 2009, Adamo, air, Dell, Laptops, Laptops, MacBook, Mobile News, MSI, Portable Devices, wwdc, X-slim

We’ve done the virtual live coverage of this year’s WWDC keynote and now we’re going to break it down for you. First up it’s the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

And here’s what Apple added to that unibody 15-inch laptop:

• 7 hours of power out of a non-replaceable battery similar to the one in the 17-inch version; lasts for about 1,000 charges or 5 years
• a new display capable of getting 60% more color gamut
• an SD Card slot instead of the Express Card slot
• up to a 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
• up to 8 GB of RAM
• up to 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD

The 15-inch is even cheaper now! The $1,699 version will get you a 2.53GHz processor and 4GB of RAM, the $1,999 version will get you a 2.66GHz processor and 4GB of RAM and a 320GB HDD while the $2,299 version will deliver a 2.8GHz processor, 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD.

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Just as rumors had suggested, Apple has gone ahead and unveiled the iPhone 3G’s successor at this year’s WWDC; the iPhone 3GS.

So far we know that this new device will have a 3MP camera which has all sorts of new features like auto focus, auto white balance, and last but not least video capture. That’s right, the iPhone 3GS will be able to capture video at 30fps with audio, something consumers have been asking for since the first iPhone was released.

Of course, the phone is also faster with the S is 3GS presumably standing for speed. This means faster application launches along with faster internet connections.

This is about all we know as of now but we are covering Apple’s WWDC live so be sure to check it out to get the latest updates.

Update: Thanks to our live coverage, we now know that the 16GB iPhone 3GS will cost $199 while the 32GB iPhone 3GS will cost $299 and it will come in only black and white. Furthermore, the iPhone 3G will still be available to consumers for just $99.

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That’s the iPhone 3GS coverage for this year, we’ll bring you more specific details about the iPhone 3GS in the following days. What will you pick now? The Pre of the 3GS?

12:03PM PT: There’s a new ad for the 3GS which we will try to get as soon as possible and that concludes this WWDC. Those actually present in San Francisco will have lots of things to discover on their own during the WWDC sessions this week and the rest of us will only have to wait for the new iPhone to arrive in a store near us. And the new MacBooks for that matter.

11:59AM PT: The 16GB version will cost $199 while the 32GB version will cost $299. They will be available in black and white. The iPhone 3G price will drop to $99 which we kinda knew already. The iPhone 3G will cost $99 starting today while the 3GS will be available on June 19 in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK and over 80 countries will receive the phone in July and August.

11:58AM PT: Battery-wise the 3GS will get you 9 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 30 hours of audio, 12 hours of 2G talk and 5 hours of 3G talk.

11:54AM PT: Built-in compass is present in the 3GS, just in case you get lost in the city. Support for Nike+ is also included. Zooming, inverting audio, panning audio, instantaneous data wipe and encryption in iTunes is available too.

11:53AM PT: There’s voice control now. Call people from your contacts or dial a number. You can play songs and ask the iPhone what’s playing now.

11:51AM PT: You can share all those videos and pictures through email, MMS, YouTube or MobileMe. The APIs are available for developers to use in future applications.

11:48AM PT: The 3GS brings you a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and video recording VGA at 30 fps, 7.2Mbps HSDPA and OpenGL|ES.

11:47AM PT: Launch messaging is 2.1x faster, load SimCity is 2.4x faster, view Excel attachement 3.6x faster, load NY Times 2.9x faster.

11:46AM PT: The new iPhone 3GS, the name we mentioned earlier today, is here. S comes from Speed which means the 3GS is much faster than the 3G.

11:44AM PT: Phil Shiller is praising the iPhone again. 65% of all mobile browsing si done on an iPhone or iPod touch with the Android on second place with 9%.

11:41AM PT: It would be time for someone to actually unveil the new iPhone wouldn’t you say? The iPhone OS 3.0 will be available worldwide June 17, free for iPhone owners and $9.95 for iPod touch. All those paid developers in the developer program will get the GM Seed today. So the iPhone itself should arrive about now.

11:27AM PT: ngmoco:) is stepping up to present their game: Star Defense, a $5.99 tower defense game. PASCO will let you connect sensors to your iPhone to record various data. zipcar will help you rent cars. You get to check them out and make reservations. You can even unlock the car and press the horn from your app. Line6 will help you connect your guitar to your iPhone and play with some cool audio effects.

11:23AM PT: TomTom needs special attention. It’s going to bring you the first navigational turn-by-turn app in the app store. TomTom will even provide a handy car dock. It recharges the iPhone while you drive around. Pretty convenient.

11:14AM PT: Some developers are presenting their new apps. gameloft will keep launching games, Airstrop Technologies focuses on medical apps. Scroll Motion will bring digital books to the table: 1million books, 170 daily newspapers and 50 magazines. Watch out Amazon.

11:11AM PT: Hardware accessory developers can build various companion accessories. Google Maps will be available into any application like we expected.

11:09AM PT: The SDK comes with 1,000 new APIs ready for developers. There’s even In App Purchase which lets you renew subscriptions or buy game packs straight from the paid app. There’s peer to peer support.
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After we have gone through all the rumors and all the leaked pictures depicting the next iPhone, we will finally get all the official details about the new generation iPhone. In less than two hours the WWDC will go live and we’ll be bringing you all the news.

In the mean time we hear that the new iPhone will be codenamed the iPhone 3GS although we don’t have any idea of what the S represents.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball says about the iPhone 3GS:

I expect Apple to announce updated iPhones with significantly faster processors, twice the RAM, and twice the storage. I expected prices to remain the same as the current lineup: $199/299 for 16/32 GB, respectively. The video camera is going to be a major selling point.

A cheaper iPhone is also expected to be announced too while an Apple tablet, although it’s said to exist already, won’t be announced at this time. Will we see Steve Jobs announce it when he comes back to Apple?

via Daring Fireball

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While the Pre is finally available starting today, we can’t help to wonder what the new iPhone will be like. The WWDC is two days away and as we patiently wait, we might as well check out these new iPhone pictures. And like many other leaked pictures, these are blurry too. You’d think that with all those cameras out there people could actually take good quality pictures of hot gadgets before leaking them out but that’s not happening yet. With all the blurriness you can spot a matte black casing, the absent chrome border and a front-facing camera. We can’t guarantee the picture is actually showing the real thing but with only two days to go to the WWDC 2009 we should have no problem waiting for it.

Anyone not buying the Pre in favor for the iPhone? The other way around maybe?

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This is an interesting rumor shaping up here! It looks like Apple is going to launch the new iPhone Video on Monday right after the WWDC official announcement. That’s a bit surprising compared to last year’s course of events. The iPhone 3G was announced at the WWDC but the actual launch occurred about a month later. Is Apple afraid of the Pre now? Will the Cupertino-based company have enough new iPhones to go around? Is AT&T ready for the Video?

We’ve seen yesterday how Sprint and Palm presented a no lines policy. Did they happen to know the new iPhone will be available? Will everyone get in lines in front of Apple stores? We’ll be following this huge battle for you so stick around for future Apple vs Palm reports. Someone start the popcorn!

via gearlive

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A while ago we heard a rumor saying that the iPhone and an Apple tablet were going to be unveiled at the WWDC 2009. Then we heard how it could be possible for the iPhone to be unveiled at a much later date, at a special event dedicated to it. Now we hear that the first Apple tablet could hit the streets sometime in the first half of 2010.

Gene Munster, an analyst familiar with Apple and its products, is the one that said Apple is launching a 7- to 10-inch touchscreen tablet in the first half of next year. After taking into consideration component contacts from Asia and previous discussions about the matter he concluded that the tablet can’t possibly be launched this year. When it does come out in 2010, the device will come with an OS version similar to the current Mac OS X. That much we already suspected. Well then, we’ll be waiting for 2010 then.

via Businessinsider

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Since it’s the middle of May already we can simply assume that the Pre is about a month away. Recent rumors say that Palm is going to launch the Pre in the first week of June. Is Palm interested in dropping the Pre before Apple’s WWDC? According to the New York Times the Pre is coming before June 8. On the other hand we’ve heard that the iPhone might not be even presented at the WWDC and that a new iPhone-dedicated event will be held by Steve Jobs later this summer. Or is it just an interesting out of the box strategy meant to fool the guys at Palm?

via nytimes

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Apple has just announced that this year’s WWDC will be held on Monday, June 8 and the keynote address will be given at 10:00AM PT by Apple’s own Phil Shiller. It looks like Steve Jobs isn’t coming back for this particular keynote. Or is it just a slick strategy meant to distract us while we wait. Besides the new iPhone, the iPhone OS 3.0 and possibly an Apple patent we’re also going to get some more details about the OS X Snow Leopard. What do you say? Will the WWDC keynote be just as fun without Steve Jobs.

via Apple

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It seems Microsoft has recently created a Twitter account to promote the impending release of their Office 2010 suite. But who cares about that, right? The real gem on this Twitter account is the following tweet:

June 2009 will be an important month for Zune lovers.

Which was promptly followed by:

New product launch, that’s all I’m allowed to say. Hold off from buying an iPhone/Pre.

So yes, it’s definitely safe to expect an announcement about a Zune phone right around Apple’s WWDC where a new iPhone is supposed to be announced. Let the sparks fly.

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, iPhone, iPhone, microsoft, Mobile News, Palm, Palm Pre, rumor, twitter, wwdc, Zune Phone

We’re waiting for the WWDC 2009 since that’s where we’re going to see the new iPhone. But besides the new handset it’s rumored that another important Apple product is going to get an update. We don’t know what to expect since Apple has released the new MacBooks just a few months ago and it would be to early to release any important updates. We’re probably going to see built-in 3G, larger hard drives and faster processors. However new OLED screens would be quite welcome and they would represent quite an important update. What would you like Apple to install in your future MacBook?

via 9to5mac

Tags: 2009, Apple, iPhone, Laptops, MacBook, Mobile News, Portable Devices, wwdc

When is the new iPhone coming? Well folks, WWDC 2009 has been announced for June 8-12 in San Francisco which means that’s when we should expect the third generation iPhone to appear. We already have confirmation from AT&T that the iPhone is coming but we’re also hoping that Apple is doing the best it can to keep surprises secret until June. What do you want from the Apple besides the iPhone third generation? Any suggestions?

via Apple

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We have shown you some of WWDC’s pictures, we have told you what the new 3G iPhone is all about, we took a look at CNBS delivering WWDC news, and advised you to go watch the full WWDC presentation on Apple’s official site.

It was time someone edited it to a 60 seconds long keynote. You won’t get everything but there’s Steve Jobs and friend going really fast through the new 3G iPhone. I wish they had other things on the agenda but basically that’s what happened on Monday, the 3G iPhone and apps!

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Microsoft is alive. No surprise there. A Blu-Ray Xbox 360 is coming. No surprise there either. We were expecting that to happen. What’s funny is their rumored announcement time. Not only they are going to announce this Xbox 360 tomorrow but they are going to do it one hour prior to the WWDC.
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Packages labeled like you can see in the picture have started to arrive at Apple resellers in Australia. Hmm, I wonder what’s inside those boxes? Does anyone have any idea?

I bet it’s a T-Rex in a dormant state, set to wake up on June 10th. Or is is a stripper, courtesy of Steve Jobs for their hard work selling all those Apple devices? The most boring answer I can come up with is the 3G iPhone.

The WWDC starts at 10 AM California time, which means 1PM Eastern time which means 6PM GMT time which means approximately early 10th of June Australia time.

In two more days we will all find out what’s inside those boxes. In case there’s a bunch of dehydrated strippers and not the iPhone, we can count on the WWDC. At least Steve will show us their new creation.

via AppleInsider

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With just days to go before WWDC and the presumed announcement of the 3G iPhone, one more picture has surfaced showing what are purportedly the touchscreens used in the next iteration of the iPhone and/or iPod Touch. Assuming that the above pictures are the real deal, we might be seeing a reduction in size of the iPhone’s big screen from 3.5 to 3.2 inches. The smaller 2.8-inch screen also suggests that there might be a mini-version of the iPhone in the works, but that could easily pass as a touchscreen for the next-gen iPod Touch as well.

While the shrinking the size of the touchscreen could save loads on battery life that can be put to better use on 3G and, hopefully, GPS, it also means less screen real estate, making it a tad bit difficult to use the on-screen keyboard. This might be a small sacrifice if it makes way for better upgrades like 3G, GPS, and a better camera, but isn’t the whole iPhone mania centered on its big, shiny multi-touchscreen? In any case, we only have three more days to push through before we find out!

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