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iPhone 4 gets outfitted with vintage SLR lens

Dan A. — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:39:00 +0000

Sure, the iPhone 4 may have a pretty great camera as far as phones go, but there's always room for improvement -- right? Continuing the great tradition of iPhones awkwardly outfitted with camera lenses, one intrepid individual has now come up with a c...

Junaio’s augmented reality app for iPhone and Android can add cartoons to your otherwise-boring existence

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:14:00 +0000

As an augmented reality navigator that you want to use for finding pizza joints and friends on Foursquare and Twitter, you've got more polished options than Junaio's new 2.0 release -- Layar and Yelp, just to name a couple -- but Junaio has at least o...

iTunes account hack isn’t as serious as initially thought

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:43:48 +0000

While the world knows that some person managed to find into a security hole and hacked personal iTunes accounts in the process, it seems that the malaise is not as widespread as initially thought, where only 3 out of every 10,000 iTunes account holder...

Element Case, Ivyskin out iPhone 4 cases specifically to deal with reception issues

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Can't find an official iPhone 4 bumper? Driving yourself mad trying to give your new smartphone white glove treatment? Fret not, as a couple of case makers have outed new iPhone 4 clothing that's meant to specifically dodge those naughty reception iss...

Android 2.2 (Froyo) versus iOS 4: the browser showdown (video)

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:56:00 +0000

A little while back Google boldly claimed that Froyo would have the world's fastest mobile browser, but the lack of final software back then meant we'd had to tie up our itchy hands until now. And boy, it sure looks like it was worth the wait -- Ars Technica's JavaScript benchmarks show that not only is Froyo's browser almost three times faster than its Éclair counterpart, but it also beats iOS 4's Safari by at least two-fold. That said, numbers alone don't always reflect real-life performance -- especially with Froyo supporting iPhone's much-missed Flash -- so we went ahead and conducted our own browser speed test. Read on for our videos and results after the jump.

Update: for those who were concerned about the battery affecting the Nexus One's performance, we did use Android System Info to verify that the CPU was still clocked at 1GHz. We were also able to reproduce the same results with a full battery. Either way, it's still a win for Android.

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How-to: Install Flash on your jailbroken iPad (for real)

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:18:00 +0000

We just saw Flash 10.1 ported to the iPad demonstrated in video form by Comex, and now you can get in on the action too, as long as your iPad is jailbroken. It's called Frash, and while the plugin is still pretty early and doesn't do video playback yet, you can definitely play games and other animations right now, and we're told video support is forthcoming. Okay, so let's try this out, shall we? It's not point-and-click simple, but it's not that hard, either. Full instructions after the break.

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AT&T identifies Alcatel-Lucent as slow upload culprit, fix in the works

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:01:00 +0000

As we'd suspected, AT&T isn't intentionally limiting upload speeds on iPhone 4s in some markets where things suddenly got slow over the weekend. Or that's the company's claim, anyhow -- and seeing how they're actually calling out a supplier in the...

Germany to get 5-10 new Apple stores

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:45:19 +0000

Apple is on the move today. First the company's Chinese aspirations broke, and now we learned that Apple plans on opening ten new retail outlets within Germany. (plus one that's about to open) These new locations could bump Apple's retail presence up from three to 14.

IR-beaming RedEye mini iPad / iPhone remote dongle gets real, its own video demo

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:21:00 +0000

Oh, sure -- ThinkFlood promised us back in early March that a RedEye mini would be landing this summer, but at the time, all we had were a few luscious renders. Today, the company has finally revealed the first actual shots of the forthcoming device, a...

Apple’s Invasion of China Begins With This Shanghai Apple Store

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:50:15 +0000

There has been a lot of talk the last couple of days with Apple's stance on the gigantic Chinese market. The Lenovo's chief and founder stated "We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China. If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble." Well, good sir, your troubles might soon begin. Apple plans on opening three stores in Shanghai and is considering more locations in other first and second-tier Chinese cities as well. The first Chinese Apple Store opened in 2008 in Sanlitun, Beijing but these new locations mark a strategy shift for Apple. In fact, The Oriental Morning Post stated this morning that Apple plans on having as many Chinese retail outlets as Louis Vuitton - that's over two dozen.

MobileMe iDisk Updated With iPad And Multitasking Support

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:45:18 +0000

iPad owners might want to take note that Apple has updated its iDisk 1.2 app, which is now optimized for the iPad's larger display, and has been tweaked to support iOS 4 multitasking. Other useful features include being able to play audio from your iD...

Borders’ Kobo-powered eBook Store now live with 1.5 million titles, Android and BlackBerry apps (update)

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:03:00 +0000

Exactly how many eBook stores do we need? Depends. If you own a dedicated e-reader then one is all you get. Own a tablet or smartphone and the world of eBook stores is pretty much yours for the taking through competing apps. Borders looks to be taking...

iPhone 4 Paired With A DSLR Lens

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:30:39 +0000

How capable do you think the iPhone 4's camera is? Do you think you'll be able to figure out a way to rig a DSLR lens to it? While it isn't clear whether this setup is a joke or someone did perform some magic to get it working, it's quite an interesti...

Apple’s MobileMe iDisk App updated for iPad, redesigned Calendar goes beta

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:08:00 +0000

Too lazy to cancel your $99 MobileMe automatic subscription renewal and make the jump to one of the many free alternatives? Don't worry, your lethargy has paid off this morning as Apple introduces its new MobileMe iDisk 1.2 app and a beta version of i...

Apple responds on iTunes fraud, vaguely confirms said fraud (update)

Dan A. — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:08:00 +0000

Over the weekend we saw reports of what appeared to be fraud occurring in the iTunes system -- namely, a rogue developer had somehow managed to snag 42 of the top 50 sales positions in the App Store's "book" category with seemingly bogus content. It l...