A new report from OTR global relayed by AppleInsider indicates that Apple is planning on manufacturing new hybrid iPhones that will support both Verizon’s CDMA2000 network as well as the UMTS 3G network. Only the UMTS network is supported by the current version of the iPhone and is used by AT&T and much of the rest of the world. » Apple To Manufacture Verizon-Compatible iPhone?
The Sony Walkman lost their battle against Apple’s iPod, to become the most popular media player, a long time ago. So it’s time to come with something else. Sony now tries to help Apple a little bit. Instead of having the most popular media player they now try to become the most popular ringtones producer. At least that’s what they must be thinking, because for €14,95 you can buy 1,000 rintones for your iPhone. You get ringtones ranging from Hollywood-soundeffects to musictracks and funny voices from comedians.
Do you want to brush your iPhone’s chrome bezel and give it a steel bezel effect? All you need is some tape and a sponge with a rough edge on one side. With the sponge, you’re going to remove scratches and give the iPhone’s bezel a nice shiny steel bezel effect. The tape is needed to protect the screen and the back of the iPhone. The video explains it more clearly. The result is better then I thought. » How To Brush Your iPhone’s Chrome Bezel
Near Field Communications reports (via 9 to 5 mac) that Apple is rumored to be testing a prototype of its next-generation iPhone equipped with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip. The rumor comes from a “highly reliable source” who provided the information to Einar Rosenberg, Chief Technology Officer of Narian Technologies. Rosenberg writes: » Next iPhone With RFID-chip?
Apple officially announced that the App Store is filled with over a 100,000 applications.
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Gizmodo reports that Chinese parts supplier China Ontrade is offering an “Apple iPhone 4 Generation Midboard”, which the company claims it received from Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn on November 1st. The site also claims that it will be posting pictures of the back cover of the next-generation iPhone in the near future. » Rumor: Is This A iPhone 4G “Midboard”?
A Dutch hackers has shown the simplicity of an iPhone hack. Countless numbers of jailbroken devices were hacked by using a port scanning technique along with some networking smarts. After the guy gained access he saw that the jailbroken devices had unchanged root passwords along with SSH enabled. If you were hacked the following message popped up on your screen: » Dutch Guy Hacks Jailbroken iPhones
