Posts Tagged ‘iphone’

Apple tops 1bn App Store sales

25 April 2009
VNENET.com
Shaun Nichols
The company said on Friday that it had reached the milestone when a 13 year-old from Connecticut made a download.
The App Store service was first developed to allow the company to control the sale of 3rd party software for the iPhone and iPod touch as well as give developers a single marketplace [...]

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AT&T said to be asking for iPhone extension

16 April 2009
VNUNET.com
Shaun Nichols
AT&T is reportedly looking to extend its exclusive US carrier deal for the iPhone. The company was the first to strike a deal with Apple when it announced in 2007 that it would provide service for the handset through newly-acquired Cingular. More on the AT&T US carrier deal

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Google updates Gmail for mobiles

8 April 2009
VNUNET.Com
David Neal
Google has introduced major changes to its Gmail service for mobile phones to take advantage of the latest browsers, such as those on the iPhone and its own Android-based devices. More on the changes to Gmail for use by mobile phones

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Apple sued over iPhone screen tech

14 February 2009
Natalie Weinstein
Cnet
Two related companies are suing Apple over screen rendering technology used in the iPhone and iPod Touch, according to reports.
Picsel Technologies and Picsel Research, based in Glasgow, Scotland, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, Dow Jones reported. The suit alleges that Apple is violating a Picsel technology [...]

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Launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2 hailed as ‘iPod moment’ for electronic books

9 February 2009
Urmee Khan
Daily Telegraph
The Kindle, a paperback-sized gadget, which sells for $359 (£240), lets users download books, newspapers and blogs onto a high-resolution screen with a white background and black text - imitating the look of a real book.
It’s successor, the sleek Kindle 2 is as thin as an HB pencil, comes with inbuilt [...]

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Become a fan of FJ on Facebook

As discussed on eXceem, Freebiejeebies have now set up their own page on Facebook for their fans to join. See more about this here on FreebieJeebies facebook page

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Google takes on Amazon with mobile book service

6 February 2009
Urmee Khan
Daily Telegraph
The internet giant has made the original text of 1.5m books available to be accessed for free via iPhone or Android phones. A spokesman for Google’s book search mobile team said, “We believe we’ve taken an important step towards more universal access to books.” More on Google’s mobile book service

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