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• Is the iPhone a flop?

  Published: July 24, 2007, 9:52 am

  Tags: Aapl, Featured, Gadgets, Iphone, Ipod, Mobile Devices, Mobiledevices, Smart Phones, Smartphones

  T (T), Technical Analysis, Smartphones Is Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone a flop? That's what the stock market seems to think, judging from the decline in the share price of Apple and the phone's exclusive vendor AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), after the telecom company reported disappointing sales numbers. AT&T, which also had lackluster

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• Emoticons In Fear: Apple Patents Text-to-Speech Messaging

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Apple, Cellphones, Emoticons In Fear, Gadgets, Gsm, Patent, Patents, Smartphones, Sms, Software, Wireless

  In a recent patent filing "Multimedia data transfer for a personal communication device," Apple is offering text messages without the GSM SMS protocol, or even the need to read. While SMS requires an intermediary server between sender and receiver, Apple's patent has a sender's device convert text messages to an audio signal with this audio

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• Apple: iFuntastic 2.0 Released: iPhone Ringtones and More

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:46 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, Hacks, Ifuntastic, Iphone, Smartphones

  iFuntastic, the iPhone custom ringtone GUI app, is in version 2.0. They've added the ability to change carrier logos, and reorder the main menu's icons. [iPhonealley, thanks Mike]

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• How To: Free iPhone Ringtones from iTunes

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, How To, Ifuntastic, Iphone, Ringtones, Smartphones, Tuaw

  TUAW's post on how to rip the 30-second track samples from iTunes for use on an iPhone is evil, brilliant and I love it. The secret: export a playlist from the iTunes store, download the MP4 sample clips, and upload them using iFuntastic. Stick it to the carriers who overcharge for ringtones of songs you probably already own! Not only is iTunes

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• Apple: iFuntastic 2.1 Released: Easier AT&T Logo Destruction

  Published: July 29, 2007, 4:32 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, Ifuntastic, Iphone, Smartphones

  iFuntastic, the iPhone Ringtone swapping GUI app, just jumped to version 2.1. It still can load your iPhone with ringtones of your choice and can even rearrange the main menu icons. But now you can swap out that swarmy AT&T logo for any PNG at 65 x 18 pixels. (Above, I used a transparent background, and text with aliasing off so it would look good

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• Adwatch: Nokia N95 Ads Portray Laptops as Crazed, Jealous, Violent Exes

  Published: July 30, 2007, 7:30 pm

  Tags: Ads, Adwatch, Cellphones, Jealous Computers, Laptops, N95, Nokia, Smartphones

  What better way to portray your so-called laptop-replacing smartphone than to make fake videos and images detailing how laptops are attacking people who use it? Take this ad, showing a new college student being bitten by an unnamed laptop as she's making a movie with her parents with the Nokia N95. Then there are the "medical pictures" of various

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• Nokia: iPhone-ish Virtual Keyboard for the Nokia N800

  Published: July 30, 2007, 9:44 pm

  Tags: Cellphones, Iphone, N800, Nokia, Smartphones

  No predictive text, but plenty of popup letter action, plus sliding. In landscape mode, the letters here seem to have a bit more breathing room between letters, esp on the 4-inch screen. [JKOntheRun]

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• Screw'd: Amp'd Handsets Die Tonight; Prexar Mobile Offers Questionable Shelter

  Published: July 31, 2007, 4:36 pm

  Tags: Amp D, Cellphones, Prexar, Screw D, Smartphones

  Amp'd customers left with dead handsets after the company's death can take their handsets over at Prexar Mobile. GOOD IDEA: move from one relatively unstable carrier to an even more unknown one. At least they won't make you sign another contract. Lame Bonus: You get 100 text messages for free for the first month. [Prexar via IW]

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• ITunes-Like: Nokia's Music Store to Launch August 29th Worldwide...Sideloading Only?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:57 pm

  Tags: Cellphones, Download, Itunes Like, Music, Nokia, Portable Media, Smartphones

  Nokia is planning to launch a worldwide music store on August 29th. Fortune compares it to iTunes, and somehow works iPhone into the headline. Two things I notice: a) This isn't an application, it's a website. b) This is like iTunes in that you can't buy songs over the wire; you have to download them to a PC and transfer songs to a phone. What's

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• How To: Tin Foil Stops iPhone Tape Adapter Buzz

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, How To, Iphone, Smartphones

  When I tested Monster's "iPhone compatible" tape adapter, I expected the $25 setup to have extra shielding to stop GSM buzz from the cellular radios. It didn't. As a joke, I tried some anti-alien brainwashing technology, or tin foil. Turns out wrapping a bit around the first few inches kills off a lot of the louder spikes in GSM buzz. Tragic it

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• In Brief: These Euros tested the iPhone's cold weather ...

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, Iphone, Smartphones

  These Euros tested the iPhone's cold weather durability by tossing it in a freezer. It passes. [YouTube]

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• How To: Aluminum Foil Stops iPhone Car Tape Adapter Buzz

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Apple, Apple Iphone, Cellphones, How To, Iphone, Jalopnik, Smartphones

  When I tested Monster's "iPhone compatible" tape adapter, I expected the $25 setup to have extra shielding to stop GSM buzz from the cellular radios. It didn't. As a joke, I tried some anti-alien brainwashing technology, or aluminum foil. Turns out wrapping a bit around the first few inches kills off a lot of the louder spikes in GSM buzz. Tragic

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• Korea: LG's KC1 Smartphone has 4G WiBro, Mobile TV, Lots of A/V

  Published: August 2, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Dmb, Kc1, Korea, Smartphones, Wibro, Wimax, Windows Mobile, Wm5

  If you need another reminder of how far ahead Korea is in the cellphone space compared to us, here's the LG KC1. It's got Wi-Bro support, which is 4G and lets the phone get Wi-Fi speeds pretty much anywhere. The fast speeds allow the phone to do stuff like remote PC control, streaming videos, video calls, and other ridiculously high-bandwith apps

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• Korea: LG's KC1 Smartphone has 4G WiMax/WiBro, Mobile TV, Lots of A/V

  Published: August 2, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Dmb, Kc1, Korea, Smartphones, Wibro, Wimax, Windows Mobile, Wm5

  If you need another reminder of how far ahead Korea is in the cellphone space compared to us, here's the LG KC1. It's got Wi-Bro support, which is 4G and lets the phone get Wi-Fi speeds pretty much anywhere. The fast speeds allow the phone to do stuff like remote PC control, streaming videos, video calls, and other ridiculously high-bandwith apps

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• New Facts: Google Phone Prototypes, Software, Project Costing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

  Published: August 2, 2007, 6:12 pm

  Tags: Cellphones, Google, New Facts, Phone, Rumors, Smartphones

  Valleywag realizes that Google will not likely do phone hardware themselves. Whatever. As long as it supports the software, hopefully some shiny Mobile Google OS, we're interested. Either way, this is what the WSJ and Reuters said today: •"Now it is drafting specifications for phones that can display all of Google's mobile applications at

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