Speaking to analysts for RBC Capital Markets this week, Apple’s Vice President of iPod Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak, said the first software update for his company’s iPhone handset is due to arrive shortly.
“Management expressed excitement at plans to increase iPhone value over time via new software features, citing ‘the sky is the limit’ for iPhone software,” analyst Mike Abramsky told clients in a research note Tuesday. “An iPhone update patch is expected shortly.”
The iPhone software updates include:
new widgets
peer-to-peer applications (chat, picture messaging, social networking)
The Bluetooth headset is the first of Apple’s slated accessories to hit stores for the iPhone.
Pros:
Elegantly slim and very lightweight design.
Comfortable to wear.
Includes a dock and extra travel cable.
Easy to set up and use.
Cons:
Limited range and battery life.
No fancy phone control features or redial.
No iPhone audio support apart from phone calls.
No voice dialing support.
The retail cost of this headset is $129. Consider it rather expensive, though you have to realize your using the most expensive phone out there. It does include an iPhone dual dock that charges both the headset and the iPhone, and a separate USB docking cable that can be used to charge both from a single USB when traveling.
PopCap has developed their Bejeweled game for the iPhone and also a special web version for Safari. iPhone Users can simply go to Popcap.com which will redirect them to this iphone specific url: http://static.popcap.com/iphone/.
SHIPPING NOW! The zCover iSAglove is versatile, resilient and user friendly. They will be available in five ice series colors: blue, purple, grey, pink, & clear with each one designed to work seamlessly with iPhone’s light sensor. The iSAglove’s retail price is $29.99 with other combination packages available.
Here is an interesting tutorial of how to access the internet on your laptop through your iPhone. This process will negate the use of the AT&T Edge card for your laptop. The tutorial is rather involved and complicated so if your not a computer tech, I would stay away for now. Im sure over time, there will be easier ways to do this.
Ron Paul, Republican Congressman and 2008 Presidential hopeful, announced today that he had successful modified an off-the-shelf iPhone (AAPL) to run Ubuntu, an open source Linux distribution popular with technology aficionados worldwide. With the aplomb of a hacker, Paul described in broad strokes the steps he took to alter the popular phone’s operating system in an hour-long press conference in the nation’s capital. Paul challenged Rudy Giuliani to read his report on his campaign website. I wonder if Rudy was interested?
After hearing about the disappointment in financial results stated by Apple, they announced that they sold 270,000 iPhones in the first 30 hours of iPhone sales. Philip Michaels from MacWorld argues that the only thing the iPhone failed to do in its opening weekend was live up to some fairly ridiculous sales forecasts. I personally don’t believe Apple is fretting over the financial figures seeing that a core of its business deals with Macs.
This application lets you access files stored online through your iPhone. It allows for an easy way to access PDF, Word, Excel, JPGs, or any file you would like to transfer to your iPhone. From taking a look at the website, it looks like Brian and the gang have done a great job developing. Go here, Box on the iPhone and register so you can take advantage.
NewsGator has launched its own iPhone application today. Existing users can now access NetNewsWire, NewsGator Online and FeedDemon feeds via iPhone. Check it out!
AT&T posted their 2nd Quarter earnings today and revealed some numbers on early iPhone sales.
Sales of the Apple iPhone have been robust. The June 29 launch allowed for less than two days of sales and activations before the end of the quarter. In that time, AT&T activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers, more than 40 percent of them new subscribers. Sales of the iPhone continue to be strong in July with store traffic above historical levels.
The 2nd Quarter only includes two days of iPhone sales so only reflects activations in those two days (June 29, June 30). While there were some activation issues for some early adopters, these delays reportedly only affected 2% of users.
A few additional notes: 40% of iPhone activations were new AT&T subscribers and since the iPhone went on sale at 6pm, activation numbers reflect less than two full days of sales.
Apple’s 2nd Quarter earnings are expected on July 25th.
