TruPhone’s recent announcement of their alpha version of the iPhone VoIP solution really had us excited about saving tons of wireless minutes by using a SIP-compatible VoIP client on our iPhones.
Well, now we have a video demonstrating how the TruPhone iPhone VoIP will work. You just dial a number through the iPhone’s keypad dialer and the TruPhone software will route the call through the iPhone’s SIP stack and through the VoIP network when you’re within range of a WiFi network - with seamless, automatic switching back to using the SIM card when you’re out of WiFi range.
In case you still aren’t convinced that the iPhoneSIMfree unlocking software for your iPhone was at all dubious, check out this vid. It’s a fully functional and unlocked iPhone!
Do you love installing all the latest native iPhone applications with your iPhone Installer from Nullriver - Installer.app? Do you hate having to decide which applications to nix in order to keep all those application icons visible on your iPhone homescreen at all times?
Well, no more! The Dock 2.0 application launcher that’s now available through your Installer.app will give you instant access to all your native third-party iPhone applications from within any application. The launcher works by placing a little “sunburst” that resides in the bottom-right- corner of your iPhone’s screen. A simple tap-and-drag of the icon will bring up all application icons currently installed on your iPhone - including the factory default apps.
Check out the video to see how it works, and then get yourself over to your Installer.app and download the darn thing!
It looks like Apple’s released a few more of those mesmerizing iphone advertisements. The #6, #7, and #8 videos are titled “Instead,” “Amazing, ” and “Like This/All These Years.”
“Instead” shows us how convenient it is to carry and iPhone instead of carrying both an iPod and phone.
Amazing” demonstrates some of the amazing features of the iPhone.
And, finally, “Like This/All These Years” continues with the amazing features that we’ve been missing all these years.
Well, at least this is what it could look like. Lonelysandwich posted this mock video demo of one possible way the iPhone could “copy and paste.” He’s actually got a pretty good idea - leveraging the power of the multi-touch display, a combination of the magnifying loop and a secondary finger click makes “copy and paste” easy and convenient.
Seriously, Apple, come on. We could use a copy paste feature. Don’t make use have to resort to hacking our own solution.
And you thought the your iPhone was one cool handset. These crazy dudes decided to find out just how accurate Apple’s recommended operating temperature range of -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C) really was - worries about bricking the iPhone be damned.
To chill the iPhone down to sub-zero temps, they threw their iPhone into a freezer bag and placed it into a freezer for 30 mins. The freezer’s ambient temperature of -4°F (-20°C) was enough to chill the iPhone down to a surface temperature of 14°F (-10°C). Lo and behold, the iPhone functioned perfectly - although the gloves got in the way.
So, there it is. While your iPhone may not be as cool as the one in the vid, you can rest assured that it will work just fine at sub-zero temps.
The YouTube app on the iPhone is definitely a great time-waster. But, if you’re like us, those countless hours invested in watching all those YouTube vids has left you without any new YouTube material to browse. What’s a YouTube addict to do? Well, you could wait for YouTube and Apple to hurry-up and convert some more videos to play on your iPhone. Or, you could go ahead and convert your favorite YouTube clips yourself - TubeTV to the rescue!
Freeware TubeTV will grab those Flash videos from YouTube and turn them into iPhone-compatible .m4v videos. The app even includes a built-in web-browser to help speed your YouTube and Google Video search.
Until Apple drops that Flash-enabling update on us, this is your best bet for getting YouTube and Google vids on your iPhone.
We all know that the entire mobile industry will be taking design cues from the Apple iPhone, so how do you distinguish between a clone and a device that’s been “inspired” by the iPhone? Well, when a device that isn’t even a phone copies the iPhone’s basic design and even the icon layout, you know you have a rip-off on your hands. The Pasen ITouch is just such a knock-off. The PMP (Personal Media Player) looks to be able to play audio and video, but what’s interesting about this thing is the interface’s resemblance to the iPhone. It’s almost like the designers put and iPhone on the table and said “make our thing look like that iPhone thing.”
It’s too bad the resemblance stops there. The device functionality is obviously touch-based, as you can see from the video-maker’s hard screen-presses. And, the interface looks slow and cumbersome. But, the best part is when he tries to scroll using his finger input, giving up as soon as he realizes that it just ain’t happening. So, what’s so great about the Pasen ITouch? Nothing, other than the fact that it can ride the iPhone’s coat-tails - the owner of this thing is probably pretty miffed that he didn’t get an iPhone. Sucks to be him.
The PSP screen is bigger, the Apple iPhone screen appears to be brighter. Each has their own strengths, but which display comes out on top? Check out this photo comparison of the two displays. Tell us which screen you think deserves top honors? (Surely we don’t have to tell you which screen we like best)
When it comes to mobile devices, you can never have too much storage, be too powerful, or be small enough. This paper-craft iPhone reminds us of that “Zoolander” mobile phone, except that it’s an iPhone - so it’s way cooler. Paper Art Gadgets brings us a new kind of origami - the really small kind. We’ve all seen the paper iPhone before, but PAG takes it to a whole new (miniature) level. The paper iPhone is accompanied with the complete assortment of iPhone accessories and even the box! All details seem to be accurate, right down to the charging adaptor. Here’s a few more pictures and a video - hit up Paper Art Gadgets for the full gallery of pictures.
The iPhone’s UI is an incredible piece of work. So intuitive, so smooth, so pretty. We can’t blame MicroPCTalk forum member, Alexium, for trying to get his Sony Vaio UX UMPC to look as close as possible to the iPhone. Aside from the obvious size and weight difference, the UX’s touchscreen makes iPhone emulation a legit possibility. The “uPhone”, as he calls it, uses his customized app launcher that looks pretty damn close to the iPhone (both in aesthetics and function). The iTunes Cover Flow feature mimics the iPhone’s “browse album” feature, Skype for phone calls, and some other apps to make pretend that your hulking UMPC (compared to the iPhone, it’s definitely huge) is an iPhone.
Props go out to Alexium for his efforts. We’re sure the couple dozen UMPC owners out there are going to appreciate his work - once he finalizes the software and makes it available for download.
Check out the vids, it’s actually damned impressive (video quality notwithstanding)!
Apple has come long way from Newton to the iPhone. As you can see from the image above, Apple’s handset is much, much smaller that the company’s earlier “handheld” computer — quotes are there to illustrate that this device hardly fits any hand. Anyway, here’s the link to the Flickr page with more photos of the two Apple products, where you can see how the two devices compare in terms of size.
Plus, check out the “I’m an iPhone, and I’m a Blackberry” commercial featuring Newton after the break.
The New York Times’ David Pogue really loves the iPhone. Pogue’s following up his amazing iPhone review with a little musical number. In this hilarious video, he literally sings the iPhone’s praises, while completely dissing an older candybar phone - the “made in hell phone.” Seriously, check out the video, Pogue did good on this one.
We know you’ve probably already seen that video from the guy who thinks if you can’t type fast on the iPhone, you’re retarded. Still, Into iPhone is proud to bring you our own take on the iPhone’s easy-to-use keyboard. We’re not going to say that if you can’t use it as easily as we can, that you’re retarded, but maybe you do need a bit more practice. Biggest tip we can give you: trust the intelligent text prediction!
Gizmodo has this video of a kid in an iPhone costume! It’s pretty funny that the photgraphers are threatening to take away his iPhone playtime if he didn’t smile for the camera. Yea, we know that the iPhone icons are inaccurate - but it is just a costume, people.
