Archive for June, 2009
Some iPhone 3G S Smartphones Overheating
June 30th, 2009
Apple’s iPhone 3G S takes the heat Apple boldly advertises the slogan “It just works”, but Apple has its share of issues just like any other tech company. Among the recent problems included Mac display issues (which have been ongoing for over a year) and iPhone signal issues (also a year old problem). Now another familiar problem has been reported. Apple’s hot new iPhone is not just getting hot figuratively, it’s getting hot literally. Reports of Apple’s handsets turning toasty and colorizing from white to a toasty brown or rosy pink have been widely reported. Reportedly, the phones are more likely to overheat when playing games or using the GPS. The iPhone 3G S packs a much faster CPU and graphics processor than its predecessor, a likely source of the heating issues. However, Apple thus far has denied the reports and refused to comment that there is a problem with the handsets.
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June 30th, 2009
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Apple’s IPhone 3GS Suffers More Signal Problems
June 30th, 2009
Many users are reporting signal oddities with the new iPhone 3GS
Apple’s problems, like history, seem to have a way of repeating themself. The iPhone 3G S launch, like the 3G launch of a year before brought more crashed servers and more unhappy customers. And just this last week Mac Pro users began to experience display problems with their new computers, echoing problems that have been reported for a couple years in various models. Now iPhone users are reporting reception and signal problems that echo the iPhone 3G’s problems last year that were eventually traced to/blamed on faulty chipset firmware.
MacWorld’s Ted Landau reports that his own research with his 3G and 3G S phones revealed that the 3G S is perplexing switching to the slower EDGE networks, while the iPhone 3G shows no problems accessing the faster 3G networks.
Apple claims that this actually shows that its hardware is working better. Writes Mr. Landau, “Checking online, I found others reporting a similar situation. So I contacted Apple Support for an explanation. They said they were familiar with this matter and that there was nothing wrong. At least not with my iPhone 3GS. According to Apple, the software behind the status bar on an iPhone 3GS does a better job of showing when a switch from 3G to EDGE has occurred than does the comparable software on an iPhone 3G.”
Apple Support claims that increased traffic is to blame for the 3G S switching to EDGE when the 3G has a high (four or five bar) signal strength. Apple also claims that it switches users to EDGE first who have been connected to 3G for the longest.
[via Daily Tech]
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Sexy iGirl iPhone App Funds a Startup
June 30th, 2009
The true story of how one goofball iPhone app saved a company and funded a new MMO game.
You can’t really take iGirl seriously. It’s a goofy (with an emphasis on sad and borderline creepy) iPhone app featuring a pasty-looking, scantily-clad virtual girlie that you can customize according to your…ahem…interests. “We get e-mail complaints from conservatives that think [iGirl] is too perverted while kids complain that there’s no nudity,” says Resistor Productions CEO, Toby Battan. But that 99-cent joke helped kick-start a company and fund a new MMO (massively multiplayer online) fighting game, Disciple.
In the past, I’ve spoken with a homebrew coder who built games on the side, but Battan’s story is a little different. He’s a serial entrepreneur who got tired of courting venture capitalists in pursuit of his browser-based fantasy fighter (and I’ll get to that game in a few seconds, promise). “I loathed having to go around to VCs asking for money,” says Battan.
Obviously the economy is hurting and people aren’t as quick to part with piles of cash as they once were, but he paints a funny scenario: “It used to be that they’d invest if they saw a good plan on paper. Now VCs want to see a company that’s profitable before they invest…. Why would I come back when I’m already profitable?” In the end, it’s a painful six-month-plus process just to get money with a whole bunch of strings attached.
[via Washington Post]
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Developers Can Make Money from Free iPhone Apps
June 30th, 2009
How does an iPhone application developer make money when giving away a free app? Well, before today, they mostly relied on users upgrading to a version of the app with more features–and a price tag. Now they have a new beta program from Google to test.
Google AdSense for Mobile Applications just launched and application developers–for either iPhone or Android–can apply to join. Already onboard are Backgrounds, Sega, Shazam, and Urbanspoon. The latter shares its story on using AdSense in its iPhone app in the video below.
[via Marketing Pilgrim]
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Apple Makes Over $400 Profit per 16 GB IPhone, $500 per 32 GB Model
June 30th, 2009
Apple is making a handsome profit on its new phone
Apple has reportedly the world’s strongest brand image, and yet manages to maintain some of the industry’s largest profit margins, a rare achievement. Now that the iPhone bill of materials (BOM) for the iPhone 3G S has been divined thanks to an iSuppli tear down, it appears that Apple has another business success story on its hands with the iPhone 3G S.
The hot new phone’s components cost $172.46, for the 16 GB model, according to Andrew Rassweiler, director and principal analyst, teardown services, for iSuppli. The most expensive component is the 16 GB of NAND flash memory, produced by Toshiba and estimated to cost $24/unit. Least expensive is the audio codec chip, which costs a mere $1.15/unit, produced by Cirrus Logic.
The phone costs approximately $6.50 to assemble, bringing the estimate cost to $178.96/phone.
The 16 GB iPhone 3G S costs $599.99 for returning customers with less than a year on their contract, and as little as $199.99 for new customer or returning customers with 2 years on their contract. However, according to reports, Apple sells the iPhones to AT&T at approximately $600 per phone, and the carrier provides the discount. Apple is also rumored to get a small cut of the subscription fees.
States Mr. Rassweiller, “Although the retail price of the 16GB iPhone 3GS is $199, the same as for the 8GB version of the original iPhone 3G, the actual price of the phone paid by the service provider is considerably higher, reflecting the common wireless industry practice of subsidizing the upfront cost of a mobile phone and then making a profit on subscriptions.”
[via Daily Tech]
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Adult IPhone Apps Approved for the First Time, Then Yanked
June 30th, 2009
Censorship at Apple’s App Store may finally be letting up
It took the Baby Boom generation to revolutionize America’s views on sexuality, and it looks like it took three iPhone generations to accomplish a similar transformation. In what some are hailing as the end of Apple App Store censorship, Apple has allowed a vibrator app and a pornographic app to enter the holy ground of its App Store.
Previous apps had offered softer content, showing somewhat provocative pictures of models in swimsuits. The new app, though is the first to show nudity. It definitely falls under the NSFW category.
The app is rate 17+ for “frequent/intense sexual content or nudity” and “frequent/intense mature/suggestive theme”. According to the developer, “We uploaded nude topless pics today. This is the first app to have nudity.”
Apple decided to tolerate the new apps, reportedly, due to the new parental controls in the iPhone OS v3.0. With the entrance of such apps into the App Store, many are predicting that Apple’s censorship of such “offensive” adult applications such as the Me-So-Holy app and the South Park app will be forced to end.
Update 1 (Thu Jun 25, 1:23 PM): It appears that Apple may have reversed its decision after the wave of popularity, though no official word has come yet. The app is currently not available in the app store, according to users.
Update 2 (Thu Jun 25, 1:30 PM): The developer’s webpage states that the App wasn’t whacked by Apple, but rather was temporarily taken down as the overwhelming popularity placing too much strain on the image server. They promise the app will pop back up soon, complete with nudity.
[via Daily Tech]
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iPhone Hack Enables MMS on iPhone OS 3.0
June 30th, 2009
The non-availability of tethering and MMS features in the U.S at the time of the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 was probably the most disappointing news that was announced at the WWDC 2009 Keynote address.
Some folks had figured out a simple hack to enable tethering on iPhone OS 3.0 without the need to jailbreak their iPhone.
In case you didn’t know, Aaron Krill over at Krillr.com has also figured out a way to enable MMS on iPhone OS 3.0.
Before you start, you need the following things:
- Modified version of ATT_US.ipcc which can be download from this link.
- iPhone running iPhone OS 3.0
- iTunes 8.2
- Another AT&T Phone (not an iPhone)
You then need to enable IPCC updates for iTunes 8.2 and copy the IPCC file to your iPhone.
[via iPhone Hacks]
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Can you manage the iPhone like a BlackBerry?
June 30th, 2009
The iPhone OS 3.0 adds improved support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync policies
Users love the iPhone, but IT does not. The biggest complaints: The iPhone can’t be managed for security and access policies like a BlackBerry can. Businesses can buy a BlackBerry Enterprise Server or Motorola Good for Enterprise server to manage user profiles over the air, ensuring that users conform to password policies, encryption policies, app-installation restrictions, and so on, as well as have their e-mail, VPN, and other settings preconfigured to reduce hands-on deployment effort.
For some time now, Apple’s offered its free iPhone Configuration Utility for Windows and Mac that lets IT set up and install configuration profiles on iPhones in BlackBerry-like breadth. But it doesn’t provide the over-the-air reach, the granularity of control, or the visibility that BlackBerry Enterprise Server offers. Lacking these key needs of larger businesses, iPhone Configuration Utility has been dismissed as a toy application.
[via Computer World]
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Fandango’s iPhone App a HUGE Hit – More than 1 Million Downloads in First 90 Days
June 30th, 2009
Los Angeles, CA –(RPRN) 6/24/2009- Fandango’s application for movie showtimes, ticketing and information on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch has been downloaded more than 1.3 million times since its launch on March 13, 2009. With Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opening tonight at midnight and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opening July 15, Fandango’s popular application with mobile moviegoers is sure to continue its amazing growth.
The Fandango iPhone app rocketed to #1 among free entertainment applications in Apple’s App Store. The app has consistently been in the Top 25 in that category since its launch, and has ranked as high as #8 among all free iPhone and iPod touch applications overall.
Due to popular demand, a new and improved version is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, offering Fandango users greater convenience via the ability to access their online accounts from the app.
Fandango’s iPhone app is also proving to be a popular platform for marketers looking to reach tech-savvy entertainment enthusiasts.
“We are thrilled to work with Apple to make moviegoing easy and convenient for people on the go,” says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer of Fandango. “With so many highly anticipated films out this summer, we expect downloads to continue at a very brisk pace.”
[via Rush PR News]
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