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Dec 26

While everyone was busy in Christmas holidays people at MacRumors.com were busy digging keep into the internet to to find out about Apple’s up coming tablet related information and finally on Christmas eve they did. They figured out that iSlate.com belongs to Apple and the reason what Apple owns this domain because it could be the name of Apple’s up coming product the new table by Apple.

iSlate domain was first registered by some company in 2004 and it was transferred to Apple in 2007. After that Apple also started to buy country domains like iSlate.co.uk.

Apple is rumored to be announcing new product at its event in January  that is “A Tablet by Apple aka iSlate”.

For more on this read the MacRumors post on this.

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Aug 27

Spotify

Spotify is a revolutionary online music streaming application that let users play almost any song right away by single click. Spotify offers free music service with ads and ad less premium music service at 9euro per month.

Recently Spotify had  submitted an iPhone app to app store for review. There was  a big discussion if Apple will accept Spotify app or not as it will give competition  to Apple’s iTunes very soon. But today Spotify CEO confirms via a tweet that Apple has approved Spotify iPhone App which was in review process from few weeks. It will be available on the iPhone apps store soon for the download.

@eldsjal : “Yes, I can confirm that Apple has approved the app. We’re happy but have had a great dialogue with Apple all the way. They’ve been great!

Here is the official demo of Spotify iPhone app.

Update: Gustav Söderström Director of Mobile Apps at Spotify also confirms the news via tweet.

@GustavS: Wohoo! iPhone app approved by Apple! Now need to work double time to lay finishing touches on the mobile backend before we can launch!:D

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Jul 01
iPhone SDK

iPhone SDK (Image Courtesy: Apple)

Just three weeks after releasing the iPhone 3.0, Apple has now made available the beta version of  iPhone SDK 3.1 (build 9M2736a) for developers on its Apple Developer Connection site.

According to some sources, the new beta has MMS enabled by default, although it’s unclear whether it works with AT&T at the moment. Apple has also included 15 new OpenGL tools for 3D modeling and graphics, which will essentially help game developers.

The new SDK also includes VideoController and VideoPicker APIs which now allow the user apps to call up the Video editing UI. The new UI allows the user to save a copy of the ‘original’ file after they have edited and produced a cut-version.

If you uncover any new features, let us know.

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Jun 30

Palm Pre vs iPhone 3GS is the story of how Apple monopoly in touchscreen cellular phones is being challenged by vendors who try to provide competition for iPhone 3GS hardware and software.3gsPalm

Palm Pre introduced an intuitive interface of “cards” which greatly reduces the effort in multitask environment – and a break from iPhone 3GS old icon based interface. The LED flash in Palm Pre is a big advantage over iPhone 3GS if you are fond of photography. The memory storage is an area where iPhone 3GS nails Palm pre as the former offers 16/32 GB while latter disappointedly offers only 8GB of space. Apart from LED iPhone 3GS offers better camera quality of 3.2 megapixels compared to 3 megapixels of Palm Pre. iPhone 3GS users know the difficulty of writing long messages using virtual keyboard, on the other hand Palm Pre offers an amazing physical Qwerty keyboard.

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Palm Pre hardware and software specs do convey strong positive message for cellular phone users for their choice between Palm Pre vs iPhone 3GS.

  • Palm® webOS™
  • 3G EVDO Rev A (Network capability)
  • 3.1-inch touch screen 320×480
  • Physical keyboard
  • Microsoft Outlook® email with Microsoft® Direct Push Technology
  • Built-in GPS
  • 3 megapixel camera
  • LED flash
  • Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
  • Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
  • Wi-Fi 802
  • Bluetooth® 2.1 (stereo Bluetooth support)
  • 8GB
  • 3.5mm headphone socketiphone-3gs1

iPhone 3GS Hardware and Software Review

iPhone 3GS hardware and software detailed review is available here.

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Jun 30

Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS is a valid contest given the competitive hardware and software features both phones have got – which are listed here. The rivalry of Nokia N97 and iPhone 3GS can be seen in the crucial release dates of these phones from cellular phone giants Nokia and Apple – Nokia N97 being released on the 19th June.

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So without further ado TechFlipper presents the key key specs in Nokia N97 and iPhone 3GS hardware and software review.

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iPhone 3GS hardware and software specs do carry with them stunning collection of more than 50,000 apps available in Apple App Store. Apple has dramatically doubled the speed, storage and performance of iPhone 3GS as compared to earlier iPhone 3G – a decisive factor in Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS. With the new feature of video recording users can upload video to YouTube right from their iPhone 3GS.

  • 3.5-inch 480×320 (the ever famous touch screen)
  • 3-megapixel (video making is possible!)
  • 16GB or 32GB storage capacity (double than 3G)
  • 600MHz Processor & 256MB RAM ( twice faster than 3G)
  • iPhone 3.0 OS
  • WiFi
  • HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps
  • A2DP accommodating Bluetooth
  • A-GPS
  • Digital Compass (New feature!)
  • 3.5mm headphone socket
  • Audio: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR etc.

Nokia N97 Hardware and Software ReviewNokiaN97

Nokia N97 hardware and software specs are without any doubt the most powerful reply to Apple iPhone 3GS. The 5.0 megapixels camera of Nokia N97 is barely available in any other multi touch screen phone in the market. The revolutionary app store Ovi is definetly a progressive step to introduce apps based on interest and demand of Nokia N97 users. With a sliding Qwerty keyboard Nokia N97 removes the hassle touch screen users have to face while typing – which gives it upper hand in Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS.

  • 3.5-inch 640×360 touchscreen
  • 5-megapixel camera (video capable)
  • 32GB capacity – (expandable)
  • 434 MHz ARM processor & 128MB RAM
  • Symbian S60 5th Edition OS
  • WiFi
  • HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps
  • A2DP accommodating Bluetooth
  • A-GPS
  • TV-Out (woow!)
  • 3.5mm headphone socket (same as iPhone 3GS)
  • Audio: MP3, AAC, eAAC, WMA etc.
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