Rumor has it that people have been getting text messages from AT&T saying that their iPhone has free WiFi access at AT&T hotspots…including Starbucks. Well, this morning both Doug and I received that exact text message. If you click on the link in the text message you get a webpage with more info (see screenshots below). At the bottom of the webpage there is another link titled, “Get started with AT&T WiFi.” When selected, it gives you exact instructions on how to connect to the WiFi. So, we decided to check it out.
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Free WiFi at AT&T Hotspots Including Starbucks!
October 30, 2008 by
Survey of High School Students and the iPhone
October 8, 2008 by
I found this to be an interesting article by CNNMoney.com. It seems there was a recent poll of High School students and the iPhone (along with other Apple products). The survey was taken “over the last few weeks — while the global financial markets were melting down.” Below are the results. But, you will want to check out the full article HERE.
• 8% own iPhones, up from from 6% in Spring 2008.
• 22% of students surveyed expect to buy an iPhone in the next 6 months, up from 9% in Spring 2008.
• Of students expecting to buy a mobile phone, 33% specified an iPhone.
• iPod market share rose to 84% from 82% in Fall 2007.
• Of the 40% of students who legally purchase music online, 93% said they use iTunes (up from 79% in Fall 2007).
Check out the full article HERE.
iPhone Coming to Sprint and Verizon?
September 29, 2008 by
There are rumors that Apple has been in some negotiations with Verizon about bringing the iPhone to their network in 2009. 9to5Mac has a list of nine reasons on why this might just be true including recent job postings for EVDO and CDMA Engineers on Apple’s website. Check out the complete article HERE on 9to5mac.com.
Info From Apple’s Let’s Rock Event
September 9, 2008 by
Here’s what we know so far from today’s event that effects iPhones and the iPod Touch.
– There are now 3,000+ applications in the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch
– New iTunes 8: Genius Feature (music recommendation)
– New Nano (buy here), has iPhone’s Accelerometer (shake to shuffle), Multiple Colors (Bright blue, purple, orange, green, pink)
– New iPod Headphones including controls and microphone (possible works with iPod Touch), also new in ear headphones
– New iPod Touch (buy here), thinner, stainless steel, built in volume controls, built in speaker, Nike+ built in. [Read more…]
Let’s Rock Wish List
September 8, 2008 by
Apple is having a huge event at at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. There are rumors from new Nanos, MacBooks, the longed for tablet and even an update to Apple TV with an HD Tuner, Blueray and DVR (yeah right). We’re gonna stick to the iPhone and iPod here which is still a lot of info.
So far rumors include firmware 2.1. What will this include? Copy and Paste? Background notification service such as instant messaging we’ve seen in previewed in other keynotes. The iPhone itself most likely won’t get any upgrades. If anything it would be colors or capacity changes. The big deal is probably the iPod Touch. Changing to a look like the iPhone and adding a couple features like external speakers or mic is my guess. I’d also hope for a camera, GPS, Bluetooth, volume controls, etc, just like the iPhone. Basically and iPhone without the Phone. I know this would be huge! I know a couple friends that bought the 1st Gen iPhone just to jailbreak it and use it without service to get the camera, mic, speakers, etc. [Read more…]
iPhone Passcode Not as Secure as Once Thought!
August 27, 2008 by
I found out read today that there is a work around for the iPhone’s Passcode, making the iPhone not as secure as I once thought it was! It seems that when your iPhone is locked and you are prompted to enter your Passcode, you can select Emergency Call and then double tap your Home Button and it will launch your double tap settings. Meaning, if you have your Favorites set as your Home Button double tap (your iPhone’s Home Button double tap is set automatically to your Favorites so, if you have never changed it in your Settings, that it what it is set as), people are able to get into your Favorites even if your iPhone is locked.
At first this may not seems like an issue. So, they might call a few of the people on your Favorites list. Well, it also means that if you have an address, email address, Safari link, etc in any of the info for your contacts they can get into all of that as well. If you have an email address set for one of your favorites, [Read more…]
Open Source Solution for Copy & Paste
August 20, 2008 by
Apple has slacked on the copy and paste feature for the iPhone. One app, MagicPad, made it available but it only worked within itself. Now, Zac White figured out how to implement copy and paste on any iPhone App without violating the iPhone SDK agreement. It’s called OpenClip and developers can add it to any app. Since it’s open source it could be added to both App Store and Jailbroken apps. Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.tv shows a demo of it on her latest show. She also has an audio only interview with Zac here:
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