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March 9, 2010

iPhone 4.0 in June, “Grand Unifying” iPhone 4.1 in September?

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Following on Daring Fireball’s suggestion that iPhone 4.0 might bring the Calculator, Clock, Stocks, Weather, and Voice Memo to the iPad, The Loop Insight argues that it might just be iPhone 4.1 instead:

Phone OS 4.0 will include lots of new features, just like you would expect to see from Apple. However, It doesn’t make sense for Apple to unify the two operating systems for 4.0 with the timeline they are working with.

Rather, I expect Apple to release OS 4.1 in September or October. It will not only address issues with the 4.0 release, but also unify the operating systems.

iPhone 4.0 would presumably hit with the 4th generation iPhone (not to be confused with an iPhone 4G for LTE which is likely 2012). For the last two years, new iPhone software has been released as beta at SDK preview events in March while new iPhone hardware has been debuted at WWDC in June. New iPod touch hardware has followed in September, typically with updated software.

If Apple sticks to this pattern, the above does indeed make sense as getting as many users — iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch alike — on the same version of the OS is better for Apple, better for developers, and better for users.

For us, we’ll take it one step at a time and wait for that iPhone 4.0 sneak preview…

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Where, a Geo App Launches a Local Mobile Ad Network

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Where, a geo-enabled local search and recommendation service by Boston-based uLocate Communications, has launched Where Ads, a hyper-local advertising network. The company is launching the new network because it believes that its access to carrier infrastructure gives it an ability to deliver hyper-local and contextually relevant content and by extension highly targeted local advertising.

ad.pngAccording to Dan Gilmartin, uLocate’s VP of marketing, the company has decided to scrap running generic ads (such as ones for ringtones and chat) on its app and replaced them with local ads (for local merchants that also include special offers and deals) they aggregated from partners such as Quattro Wireless, a company acquired by Apple. Upon launching these new ads, the company saw click throughs almost triple and boosted their CPMs.

“About 30 days ago, we reached to some other mobile content publishers assuming they were dealing with the same issues we had, poor ads that degraded the app experience and low revenue,” he said. The company launched Where Ads with ten publishers who will run ads from Where’s ad network.

I like this move by the company: it is not only solving the problem with low relevance of mobile ads, it is doing so by building what could potentially be a sizable business. Where offers its app on multiple mobile platforms including the iPhone and has seen its app downloaded over 10 million times.

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TiPb Apps 4.2 — Box.net for iPhone (Macworld 2010)

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Box.net at Macworld 2010

Live from Macworld 2010, Rene and Leanna talk to Sean Lindo, Marketing Manager for Box.net about their iPhone app [Free - iTunes link], integration into QuickOffice, and the power of the cloud.

Watch along after the break and let us know your thoughts!

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DF: iPad Stocks, Calculator, Weather, Clock, Voice Memo Apps Scrapped by Steve Jobs

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Daring Fireball’s John Gruber suggests that bigger, iPad versions of the built-in iPhone Stocks, Calculator, Weather, Clock and Voice Memo were scrapped by Steve Jobs:

It’s not that Apple couldn’t just create bigger versions of these apps and have them run on the iPad. It wasn’t a technical problem, it was a design problem. There were, internally to Apple (of course), versions of these apps (or at least some of them) with upscaled iPad-sized graphics, but otherwise the same UI and layout as the iPhone versions. Ends up that just blowing up iPhone apps to fill the iPad screen looks and feels weird, even if you use higher-resolution graphics so that nothing looks pixelated. So they were scrapped by you-know-who.

Gruber was responding to theories that these apps would instead be offered as App Store downloads, or could be part of some secret widget dashboard implementation. In other words, that it’s a design issue, not a technical issue.

However, new UI that would make the iPad an amazing bedside clock (how’s that for a Lock Screen), or show Stocks with a variety of graphs and related news and data, or weather for several days and cities at once, certainly seems possible for Apple’s UI wizards. Perhaps they simply lacked time to re-do the apps for the already extended April 3 release date?

Perhaps they’ll appear on the iPad in some re-imagined form this summer with OS 4.0, but when the iPad ships next month, there won’t be versions of these apps. At least that’s the story I’ve heard from a few well-informed little birdies.

Speaking of which, any little birdies hear anything about an iPhone 4.0 sneak preview event yet? Or is everyone just focused on getting the iPad out right now?

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Case-Mate Hug protects and charges an iPhone wirelessly

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Posted by Rachel King @ 5:33 am

Categories: Accessories, Apple, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Wireless, Case-Mate Hug, Smart Phones, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King

The lithium-ion battery on the iPhone 3GS promises a good amount of talk and Internet usage time on the 3G network at about five hours on a single charge.

But if you have too many cords around your desk or you’re out on the road, you could try getting an extra power-up from the wireless Case-Mate Hug.

The Case-Mate Hug includes an aluminum-shaded, form-fitting iPhone case and a charging pad, where the case is placed to receive power via magnetic strips. Of course, it’s not entirely wireless as the user must connect the charging pad to a standard AC power source.

The eco-aspect of the Hug is that it features “smart charge” technology, meaning that it will only charge the phone’s battery until it’s 100% full, then halting the power transfer from its electric source.

It’s a nice concept, but it certainly wouldn’t work as a full-time case for the iPhone. It’s not terribly bulky (at least not based on the promo video), but I can’t imagine slipping that in my pockets that easily. Maybe just in my coat. It’s also something I wouldn’t want to drop or get damaged, as it costs $100. Not exactly a cheap accessory.

While it seems like a nice way to have an extra charging method without all the tangled wires, it doesn’t seem worth it – not at that price.

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10 Austin Startups You Should Meet While You’re at SXSW

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SXSWSince more than 30,000 people are coming here to Austin for South by Southwest, I figured I’d offer up a list of local companies that members of the digerati should take the time to meet while they’re in town. Austin has a ton of startups, but I tried to highlight the ones doing things that Austinites do well (such as enterprise social media efforts and hardware) as well as those I think are about to break out and become bigger.

A note to those folks following the manufactured Foursquare-Gowalla smackdown: Gowalla is not listed because most people have already met with Josh Williams, Gowalla’s founder, and I wanted to save room for some unknown Austinites.

Case-Mate’s Hug wireless iPhone charging solution shipping now for $100

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The EFF On The iPhone SDK Agreement: Apple Is A Jealous And Arbitrary Feudal Lord

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has given some interest this week to Apple’s iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, the contract that every iPhone/iPad developer must agree upon (after carefully reading it, of course) to be able to make our dear apps. Well, they’re not too happy about it.

To obtain this agreement, which developers are banned from distributing by Apple, they used quite a neat trick. Indeed, thanks to the freedom of information act, they were able to obtain a copy from the NASA after it started launching apps. Here are some of their highlights:

Apple seems to have done a good job protecting itself from the competition. For example, the agreement contains an App Store-only clause, which bans developers from using SDK-developed apps on other platforms:

Section 7.2 makes it clear that any applications developed using Apple’s SDK may only be publicly distributed through the App Store, and that Apple can reject an app for any reason, even if it meets all the formal requirements disclosed by Apple. So if you use the SDK and your app is rejected by Apple, you’re prohibited from distributing it through competing app stores like Cydia or Rock Your Phone.

This probably means that the recent jailbreak conversion of apps like Wififofum violates this contract. Further on, we have recently heard that Palm is on its way to release a system that will let iPhone developers convert their apps to WebOS. Well, that won’t be possible either.

On top of that, Apple limits its liability for anything that could happen to $50. So, whether they reveal the source of a developer’s program or send his list of customers to the competition, all one might get out of it, is $50. Hopefully, it doesn’t come as an iTunes gift card.

Alright, some of these points are indeed a little shady and I understand why the EFF is not too happy about it. I believe however that you can find much worse in the license agreement department.

[via EFF]

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Foursquare Returns To The App Store

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Good news for all of you Foursquare addicts, after a couple days of noticed absence, the Foursquare iPhone app is now back on the App Store.

Here is the story; Last week, Foursquare accidentally released to the App Store a new version of its app before it was totally ready. It was pulled shortly after, unfortunately, many users had already went through the update, and were left stuck with a non-functioning app.

Well, Foursquare 1.6.1 is now back on the store, waiting for the redesigned 1.7 update which should appear in a few days.

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Jailbreak Only: Infiniboard Gets Your Home Screen Scrolling, Vertically

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If there is one thing our iPhone has us doing all day, it’s definitely scrolling. It’s up and down mostly and while some like it more than others, we now all grew accustom to it and want it everywhere.

Your cluttered home screen however, has you stuck going sideways which is not always the best solution. Well, thanks to the magic of the jailbreak, you can now flip the switch and scroll through you apps vertically.

The hack is called infiniboard, it’s $1.99 on Cydia, and it’s possibly one of the quickest way to find this app you’re looking for.

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