Apple is well-known when it comes to their out-of-the-box thinking. A new patent showed up and Apple has come up with something clever. It’s about charging the device while it’s still in the box. With this technique iPods, iPhones and other electronic devices can be viewed in the showroom and automatically charged. » Apple Patent: Power Devices While Still Packed
Another applications containing nudity has been removed from the App Store, Wired reports. The app BeautyMeter was removed due to an inappropriate image of a nude minor. The screenshot shows a 15-year-old girl form the United States, making a picture of her reflection in a mirror. » Another App Removed Because Of Nudity
Via a simple SMS, the iPhone can be hacked, according to Cjarlie Miller. Miller is a well-known securityspecialist and author of the Mac Hacker’s Handbook. Via the SMS vulnerability you’ll get access to the root of the iPhone. The SMS leak will give the attacker the possiblity to activate certain code via an SMS-message sent to you, Miller mentioned on the SyScan exchange. » iPhone Hack Possible Via SMS-Messages
Last night MobileMe was unreachable for a while. People immediately started spreading rumors about Apple releasing the special iDisk application for the iPhone. Unfortunately that app is not yet available in the App Store, but a lot of changes and improvements have been implemented instead. » MobileMe Has Been Updated
An article, about a new patent application published by Apple, showed up.
Apple has published a very interesting patent application in which they explore how to provide a Karaoke experience on the iPhone. Not only would users be able to sing along with their favorite songs, but Apple wants to give real-time feedback to singers letting them know how they are doing.
FastCompany posted an article about an application for the iPhone that can translate different languages. It is now build to work only with English and Arab, but it sure is a step closer to one of those Star Trek translator devices. » Star Trek Translator: One Step Closer
Apple has put videos of the developersessions of WWDC 2009 online. There are dozens of presentations, and a large amount of those presentations are about the development of applications for the iPhone. Each video is around 150MB large and can be viewed for free, if you are a member of the Apple Developer Connection. » Developer Sessions WWDC ‘09 Put Online
