Apple CEO Steve Job's Grave !! Dats keeewlll !!
First Mac Chick of the Month to Use iPhone Is a Good Girl, Really
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Lauren Reeves is a former Alaskan ABC news reporter. Apparently she came to New York to find fortune as an actress, comedian and model and has fun posing on top of NYC's roofs. These are the times I wish I was Spider-Man for more than kicking Dr. Octopus's ass.
Apple iPhone vulnerable to unauthorized access
Independent Security Evaluators has announced that Apple iPhone is vulnerable to hacker attacks, that can allow your foes to obtain access to information stored int the handset's memory. The device can be overrun via Wi-Fi wireless connection, and also a special web-page, that an iPhone user has to open in Safari (naturally, a victim can be persuaded to do so in a variety of ways).
The researches over at Independent Security Evaluators claim to have tested it with their own hands - they wrote a script, embedded it in a web-page and then used Safari on the iPhone to open it. This way, the experts say, they managed to access confidential information stored in the handset's memory - call history, messages, contacts, passwords and other things. On top of that, with these manipulations done, one can controls the cracked iPhone remotely - send messages, make calls, record audio and so on.
Vodafone wants a 3G iPhone
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Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin is reported to be concerned that the current iPhone does not operate on 3G networks.
Sarin said “It is clearly a good, software driven device, but we’re concerned about wideband area coverage so that 3G or HSDPA connectivity with the iPhone is something we look forward to”. This could be the reason that Vodafone have cooled interest in the iPhone recently, with O2 now reported to be the favourite to take the exclusive iPhone contract in the UK. The iPhone currently offers connectivity via WiFi and EDGE. |
Apple to release iPhone nano?
It’s just a patent, and there is no exact info when the company expects to launch the device. Most likely this will be a simpler and cheaper version of the iPhone.
iPhone lacking 11 functions
New details about the iPhone
Remember the winning Engadget commercial, "The Long Arm of Steve Jobs"? We posted it after the break, but finding someone who's spent some serious time with a pre-launch iPhone and getting them to talk is basically a lot like that. Still, we managed to smuggle out some freshly leaked details from a very trusted inside source who's been fooling around with a unit. Here's what they had to say:
- The keyboard was simply described as "disappointing". Keyboarding with two thumbs often registers multiple key presses (two or three at a time) resulting in a lot of mistakes. The best way to type is with a single finger (as shown in most of Apple's demos), but two thumbs is supposedly very difficult. After trying it for a number of days our source gave up using their thumbs.
- The text auto-correction only works well for simple words, but doesn't work for proper names. We can only assume this bit will get better with time as Apple fills out its predictive text dictionary.
- "It won't replace a BlackBerry. It's not good for text input. It's just not a business product."
- The touchscreen was said to, in general, require somewhat hard presses to register input, and needs some getting used to.
- In addition to its dock, the iPhone comes packaged with a polishing cloth (the thing's supposedly a fingerprint magnet, no surprise) and the usual smallish power adapter.
- The Bluetooth headset will debut in the $120 range, and will come with its own dock for charging both the phone and the headset. The headset will feature a miniature magnetic charging interface á la MagSafe.
- The Bluetooth headset has a hidden LED and is supposedly a very small and elegant device. Sound quality is said to be "typical". There is no clip; like many headsets you're expected to just let it hang out of your ear, as previously shown.
- The browser "worked well" but page load speeds on EDGE were just as slow as expected. It sounds like 3G users will have a tough run with this.
- Users must scroll through the address book (or use the alphabet-drag on the side) -- one cannot bring up the keyboard and type in a name, as many of us are used to.
- Shocker: YouTube over EDGE didn't work well at all, and will basically necessitate use of WiFi.
IPhone monthly plans start at $59.99
The two companies also said customers will be able to activate their wireless service, including transferring their existing cell numbers to the handset - from home, using Apple Inc.'s iTunes software.
That's a convenience no other cellular carrier offers and something UBS Securities analyst Benjamin Reitzes called a "game changer" for the industry. Making the purchase and activation easy will lower selling costs and potentially further lift sales, Reitzes said Tuesday.
Three monthly plans with a minimum two-year service contract will be available: the $59.99 plan includes 450 minutes of voice time; a $79.99 plan includes 900 minutes; and a $99.99 plan includes 1,350 minutes. All three offer 200 text messages, unlimited data services, minutes that roll over month-to-month and mobile-to-mobile calls. There also is a $36 activation fee.
Customers can pay extra for plans to get more talk time or text messages. Several family-style plans also are available, ranging from $80 a month for 700 shared minutes to $120 for 2,100 shared minutes.
The monthly rates for the iPhone are roughly $10 less than comparable service plans for other smart phones offered through AT&T, AT&T spokesman Michael Coe said.
The monthly fee will be on top of the iPhone's price - $499 for a model with 4 gigabytes of storage and $599 for one with 8 gigabytes. The phone is slated to go on sale at 6 p.m. local time Friday at Apple and AT&T stores as well as Apple's Web site.
Apple claims the iPhone - which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and Web-surfing device - will be easier to use than other smart phones because of its unique touch-screen display and intuitive software that allows for easy access to voice mail messages, the Internet, and video and music libraries. AT&T is the gadget's exclusive carrier.
Anticipation for the handset has reached - or arguably even surpassed - levels usually reserved for new video game consoles.
Five people were in line by Tuesday afternoon outside Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York City, three of them having been in line since Monday.
"Words can't express why I want an iPhone," said Jessica Rodriguez, 24, a college student. "The main reason is (Apple CEO) Steve Jobs is a genius. He's a great innovator. It's going to be the next big thing in cell phones."
Sitting in a red folding chair she brought, Rodriguez said she was planning to get a $599 iPhone as a belated birthday gift for her sister. If the store will let her buy two, she said, she'll get one for herself.
Apple isn't saying how many total iPhones it will have at launch and hasn't disclosed whether there will be any per-person purchase limits.
Coe said purchases at AT&T stores will be limited to one per customer.
Meanwhile, some people who are unable to queue up themselves have posted help-wanted pleas on community Web sites like Craigslist, offering to pay someone to stand in line for them.
The iPhone's price - which doesn't include any kind of carrier subsidy commonly offered for other cell phones - lands on the high-end of the smart phone market, but analysts say the service plans are very competitive.
Sprint Nextel Corp., for instance, also charges $59.99 a month for 450 minutes of talk time, $79.99 for 900 minutes and $99.99 for 1,350 minutes along with unlimited data service. Its plans allow, however, up to 300 text messages and starts its unlimited evening calls at 7 p.m. instead of AT&T's 9 p.m. start time.
Verizon Wireless plans to launch new "premium" plans in July, starting at $79.99 for 450 minutes with unlimited calls on a Verizon network, unlimited nights and weekends, and unlimited messaging and data services, company spokeswoman Brenda Raney said. The most expensive plan will be $239.99 for 6,000 minutes of talk time, she said.
Skeptics question whether the iPhone can live up to its lofty expectations. Scrutiny of the product is so great that any small disappointment could send Apple's stock plunging, analysts say.
Apple shares dropped $2.69, or 2.2 percent, to $119.65 on Tuesday. Shares of AT&T fell 7 cents to close at $24.61.
Andy Hargreaves, a Pacific Crest Securities analyst, said Apple shareholders have run the stock up in anticipation of the iPhone's release, and they don't feel it will go much higher after the product is available, he said.
"I think expectations are very, very high and some people are taking some money off the table ahead of the launch," WR Hambrecht analyst Matthew Kather said.
Giant iPhone'y flooded Manhattan
The first giant iPhone was seen in one of the Apple stores in Manhattan, and in the near future it is expected that similar phones will be available in Apple stores across the United States. What is interesting is not just useless model, and working devays! Each of these giant phones worth MacBook, which works display iPhone'ov showing demo-video.
Well, once it came to iPhone'ah, the further you can find another small video demonstrating navigation on your phone.
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