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Mophie and Intuit partner to create Complete Card Solution for iPhone, try to make Square look square

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:53:58 +0000

Who knew that credit card processing would be the new hotness for smartphones? The Square mobile payment system has been making waves by letting small businesses receive credit card payment directly on their smartphones. Now, mophie and Intuit are looking to get in on the same action with their Complete Card Solution for iPhone. It’s a $179 package that includes both mophie’s card-swiping phone case and the 3.0 version of Intuit’s GoPayment app. After a quick application users are said to be approved (or, erm, declined) within 15 minutes and can immediately start accepting payments. Full details, including just how much users will be forking over in fees, after the break.

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iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G screens go head-to-head under the microscope

jedwan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:43:43 +0000

We got up pretty close to the iPhone 4’s retina display in our review, but we can’t say we got quite as close as PhD candidates Ryan White and Bryan Gauntt of Penn State University, who have kindly provided us with some images of the screen under a microscope (along with an iPhone 3G for comparison). According to their measurements, the iPhone 3G’s pixels measure 13 x 40 microns, while the iPhone 4’s measure 6.5 x 20 microns, which adds up to exactly four times as many pixels. As impressive as sounds that sounds, however, it’s the pictures that really tell the story — hit up the gallery below to check them out.

iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G screens go head-to-head under the microscope originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone 3GS drops to $99, 8GB only — iPhone 3G discontinued

jedwan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:44:24 +0000

We’ve already seen the iPhone 3GS drop to under a $100 at Walmart, and Apple has now expectedly made that the official price point following the announcement of the iPhone 4. What’s more, the 3GS will now only be available in an 8GB version (it’s still not clear if both colors will be available or not), and that of course also means that the iPhone 3G is now officially discontinued.

iPhone 3GS drops to $99, 8GB only — iPhone 3G discontinued originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too

jedwan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:34:21 +0000

Sure, we might be seeing some big changes to the iPhone tomorrow, but what if you could see some big changes on your very own iPhone, today? Well, you can if you’re brave enough to try installing Android on your iPhone, which we’ve seen done before, but not with Android 2.2 (otherwise more deliciously known as Froyo). Still not convinced that such a thing is possible? Then head on past the break for the video evidence, and hit up the link below for the complete, not-for-the-faint-of-heart instructions for performing the feat yourself.

P.S. Of course, “runs” isn’t exactly the same as “runs well.” The iPhone in the video apparently got noticeably hot after five minutes of use, and there’s some issues with Android not recognizing little things like WiFi or the phone’s GPU.

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Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple granted design patent for iPhone 3G, 3GS

jedwan — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:39:24 +0000

Hot on the heels of the “ornamental design” patent covering its original iPhone and iPod touch, we’ve got a second USPTO patent granted to Apple covering what looks to be the more curvaceous iPhone 3G and 3GS. Jonathan P. Ive and Steve Jobs are among the inventors credited with the usual list of references including the LG KE850 Prada and Meizu M8 look-a-like devices. Don’t get too hung up on the missing “home” button — a US design patent covers any device “substantially similar” to the images above. What that means only a judge can say.

Apple granted design patent for iPhone 3G, 3GS originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 07:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Leaked user guides suggest Virgin Mobile Canada about to hit the hardware mother lode

jedwan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:28:38 +0000

Virgin Mobile’s Sprint-owned US outpost has a reputation as a fairly basic, low-end network — but things are a little different up north where smartphones have been in Virgin Canada’s vocabulary for some time. Well, things are about to get really interesting — perhaps in an effort to fend off WIND’s advances — on news of an all-too-brief user guide leak on Virgin’s official support site. As smartphones go, it looks like customers can expect the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Curve 8530, and data fiends will be pleased to see the addition of a MiFi and a branded version of the MC998D stick. Perhaps the most interesting thing here is that Virgin appears to be planning to release both CDMA and HSPA devices going forward (the 8530 versus the 9700, for example) — a symptom of parent company Bell’s recent switch. The guides are now gone, but in all likelihood, we’ll be seeing some (or all) of this stuff pop back up again in the near future.

Leaked user guides suggest Virgin Mobile Canada about to hit the hardware mother lode originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fring brings one-way video calling to the iPhone

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Fring was the first to bring VoIP calls to the iPhone, and it looks like it’s now finally done the same for video calling — sort of. While it obviously can’t do much to change the camera placement on the iPhone, the latest version of the app will at least let iPhone users (and iPod touch users, for that matter) see the person on the other end, and Fring says it’ll add two-way video calling whenever “a front camera is placed on these.” As with the company’s app for Nokia devices, you’ll also be able to make video calls to Skype users, but you’ll have to make sure you’re in the vicinity of a WiFi hotspot, as this one doesn’t support calls on 3G. Head on past the break for a video.

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Fring brings one-way video calling to the iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone slated for South Korean debut on November 28

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Look, South Korea, we know it’s been about four decades since a handset without an integrated DMB tuner or two launched in your neck of the woods — and no, there isn’t an app for that — but just how badly do you want in on this Apple mojo? Following government clearance a couple months back, South Korean operator KT says that it’s now ready to offer the iPhone to customers next Saturday, November 28 for prices ranging from 396,000 won ($343) on a 45,000 won plan ($39) for a 32GB 3GS all the way down to absolutely free for an 8GB 3G on a 95,000 won plan ($82). Given that KT and its competitors typically rival Japanese carriers for sheer technological insanity, it’ll be interesting to see how the average Korean consumer responds to the late launch.

iPhone slated for South Korean debut on November 28 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The end of exclusivity leading to big iPhone sales in Europe

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Go figure, right? You get a relatively hot phone out onto more carriers, and just like that, sales increase. It ain’t rocket science, buster. As AT&T grins happily while enjoying a death grip on Apple’s cash cow here in the States, things are a lot more wide open for consumers across the pond. In both France and the UK, the iPhone has been given the all-clear to be sold on multiple carriers, and according to research from Bernstein, the “widening of the distribution has boosted Apple’s value market share to 32 percent in the latest quarter from 21 percent just three months earlier.” The notes also mention that Apple’s increase is coming at the expense of RIM, with over 600,000 iPhone handsets being sold during Q3 2009 in France alone. The point to all this madness? Oh, not much — just to tell Sir Jobs that he can count on quite a bit more dough should he decide to sell this elusive “iPhone” device on Verizon in the US of A.

The end of exclusivity leading to big iPhone sales in Europe originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Overheating iPhone reports ‘exploding’ all over France, Apple responds

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:40:00 +0000

Filed under: Handsets, Apple

Reports of iPhones exploding, starting fires and killing people in cold blood have been around since the inception of the handset. They’ve also been relatively sporadic, seemingly short on evidence, and Apple hasn’t given complaints much credence or response. So when we heard a story from France the other day about a security guard’s iPhone “exploding” and sending a shard of glass into his eye (though apparently not serious enough to warrant a hospital visit), it was a little hard to believe, but with a few other stories of cracking screens due to overheating cropping up in Europe over the past couple weeks, French authorities have taken an interest in the story. Anecdotally, a teen says his phone “imploded” in Belgium and gave him a headache, a woman’s phone cracked without warning, and ten or so victims in France have come forward to complain of similar problems, picking up the interest of a French consumer watchdog group. Apple is naturally not new to the concept of overheating in its battery-powered devices — in fact, it’s just entered into its first full-on iPod nano recall in Korea of the 1st-gen players after numerous reports of battery faultiness worldwide — but with 26 million iPhones out and about, and the iPhone 3GS tending to run a bit hotter than its siblings, a systemic problem with one or all models of the handsets isn’t something consumers or Apple would take lightly.

Herve Novelli, France’s top trade official, met with Apple France’s Michel Coulomb today to discuss the problem, and so far Apple is sticking to its guns: it claims that reported incidents are in the single digits, and that all cases it’s investigated fully so far have turned out to be blamed on “external force” to the screen. Herve and Michel seem to have parted on friendly terms, promising to keep in touch over the issue, and the EU’s alert system for dangerous consumer products (inexplicably dubbed RAPEX) is staying in the loop as well, asking the 27 member nations to keep tabs on the situation. Novelli says it’s “too early to blame anyone,” and we’d have to agree, but we hope Apple keeps up the (freshly) open communication about this issue going forward.

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Overheating iPhone reports ‘exploding’ all over France, Apple responds originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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