Camera+, a popular iPhone application, was pulled from the App Store after it violated Apple’s developer agreement terms and secretly allowed users to use a physical volume control button as a shutter button to take pictures.
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Popular iPhone camera app pulled over ‘Easter egg’ shutter button
It’s Friday, and (as usual), I feel like ranting before the weekend. On Wednesday we reported that Camera+ had “snuck” in a feature in its application, allowing the user to shutter using the volume buttons. This ability has been atop of the request list of many iPhone owners, in regards to Apple’s native camera app
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Hey Apple, Lighten Up on Camera+ [Rant]
Apple news junkies 9 to 5 Mac have revealed some interesting info, via DVICE, about what they say possibly being the Verizon iPhone . Just to warn you, the following claims may induce severe skepticism, high levels of doubt, and a good old-fashioned belly-laugh. First, the rumored device is said to pack a next-gen A4 chip, which fires at 1.2ghz
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Just When You Thought the Verizon iPhone Rumors Couldn’t Get Crazier
It has been more than 7 weeks since Apple released its iPhone 4 in the United States, so you should be able to walk-in to most of its retailers and purchase one, right? Not according to Mac Life , who reports that Apple Insider sent an analyst to various stores to collect the data. He found that of the 30 stores he strolled into, just 16 had any stock.
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Walking in to Buy an iPhone 4? Good Luck!
In my previous post today I was telling you the Dev Team was working on a patch for the PDF exploit found in iOS and not fixed by Apple on older iPhones and iTouch. The PDF Patch has been released in Cydia for free and you can install it now. PDF Patch will fix the security hole that was used by JailbreakMe and could potentially be used to inject malicious softwares on your device
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PDF Patch Fixes the PDF Exploit in iOS
Following an exclusive agreement with Apple to license its unique metal alloy for an undisclosed sum, Liquidmetal Technologies immediately paid off $10.9 million in debt, suggesting the deal between the two companies was worth at least that much.
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Licensing agreement with Apple helps Liquidmetal pay off $11M debt
Shipments of smartphones running Google’s Android operating system outpaced iPhones for the first time during the second quarter of the year, as sales of all integrated mobile devices worldwide rose more than 50% to 61.6 million units.
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Android-based smartphone shipments leapfrog Apple’s iPhone
First on AppleInsider: After a user completes a video game, their unique experience — complete with recorded images and other data — could be turned into a custom-built comic book or e-book, based on a new patent application from Apple.
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Apple invention would create custom comic book from game experiences
Those of you who own an iPhone 3G or an iPod Touch 2G (non-MC model) can jailbreak/unlock iOS 4.0.2. To jailbreak your iPhone 3G 4.0.2, you will have to use RedSn0w 0.9.5b5-5 . How to Jailbreak iPhone 3G iOS 4.0.2 Step 1: Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed ( iTunes 9.2 ).
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Jailbreak & Unlock iOS 4.0.2 on iPhone 3G
First let me say that Camera+ is in my top 5 of amazing iPhone apps. On the iPhone 4, this application allows you to maximize your photography abilities to a whole new level, when it comes to taking pictures on a phone. The developers at Taptaptap have snuck in a feature via Safari, that allows you to shutter photos using the volume buttons
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Camera+ For iPhone Sneaks in Volume Button Shutter Hack (For Now)
:: 6.30pm for 7pm start, Mon 2nd Aug 2010 :: Kent Street Living Room, Level 1, The City Hotel ( www.cityhotel.com.au ) :: Entry on King Street corner Kent Street. We’re kicking off 2010- 2011 with some very innovative mobile developments! Agenda: Mobile Publishing – Are you confused about Mobile Publishing?
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2nd August: Mobile Publishing and VoiceOver Accessible Apps
The rumor of the day is that the iPhone might be coming to T-Mobile, according to a “highly placed source” of Cult of Mac . While this rumor makes more sense to me than a Verizon iPhone , I still don’t believe the hype. To be honest with you, I think this was completely made up by Cult of Mac just so they can get other people (like me) to talk about them.
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Is the iPhone Coming to T-Mobile? I Don’t Think So…
Apple’s revised 27″ iMac introduced this spring debuted a new feature: a Mini DisplayPort video port that worked in both directions, enabling external video sources to output video to the screen. That feature is largely limited to 720p in HDTV applications however.
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Apple’s 27" iMac only supports native or 720p video input, no 1080p
While Apple’s chief executive Steve Jobs said AT&T wouldn’t let him reveal its proprietary data about dropped call statistics for competitive reasons, the mobile provider has revealed some numbers in an effort to defend its network from poor dropped call scores collected by ChangeWave.
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AT&T defensively publishes private dropped call data
Apple has added another smartphone to its list of devices that experience reception issues when held improperly, this time showing a Nokia N97 mini losing signal. Nokia, meanwhile, is looking to replace its current CEO as it has fallen behind in the smartphone market.
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N97 reception video added to Apple’s antenna site as Nokia seeks new CEO
Just before he said goodbye to the jailbreak community last week, Geohot recommended we follow his friend Mike Cohen for all future news related to a jailbreak. The kid went from a handful of followers to over 10,000 in just a few days… Today Mike Cohen tweeted the following, making people believe LimeRa1n might be just around the corner: Is Geohot Back
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Is Geohot Back?
As usual, Apple’s executives kept close to a carefully prepared script on the company’s stellar financial results, being careful not to reveal too much about the company’s future plans, including its data center cloud services and broader open support for FaceTime video calling.
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Apple executives dodge data center, FaceTime questions in earnings call
While noting domestic growth in the US that has consistently outpaced the overall industry for the last 17 consecutive quarters, Apple drew specific attention to even more dramatic growth in sales internationally in its June quarter conference call.
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Apple: "international numbers are absolutely killer"
Asked about the potential for iPad sales to cannibalize Mac sales, Apple executives shrugged off the issue as insignificant, then pointed toward the potential of iPads to sell even more Macs and iPhones as part of an overall halo effect.
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Apple prefers halo effect over fears of iPad cannibalization of Macs
Apple just released its financial results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended June 26, 2010, and the numbers are pretty impressive… Here are some interesting data for you: 8.4 million iPhones sold, 61% increase year-on-year 3.27 million iPads sold 9.41 million iPods sold 3.47 million Macs sold – a record Want to talk $$$? Here you go… revenue of $15.7 billion net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion ” Apple Sold 8,400,000 iPhones in the Last 3 Months ” is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store . Feel free to leave a comment or discuss this topic in the forum .
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Apple Sold 8,400,000 iPhones in the Last 3 Months
Apple reported yet another impressive quarter Tuesday, with record sales of 3.47 million Macs helping to propel the company to $3.25 billion in profits, a 77 percent increase from a year prior. Following the news, Apple executives conducted a financial conference call with analysts and the press, and notes of interest follow.
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Notes of interest from Apple’s Q3 2010 conference call
Market analysts at iSuppli have revised their iPad sales forecasts for 2010 from 7.1 million units to 12.9 million, writing that “product demand [is] expected to vastly exceed available supply” and calling the new mobile computing appliance “the ‘Tickle Me Elmo’ of the 2010 holiday season.”
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iSuppli: Apple’s iPad the "Tickle Me Elmo" of 2010, boosts forecast