$0.99 iTunes ringtone creator no more?

It seems like only yesterday Steve Jobs introduced make-your-own ringtones in iTunes, where you could take a song you already bought, and pay again just to use it in cut-down form as a ringtone. And — whoosh! — now it’s gone from iTunes 10?

The recording industry is no doubt to blame for the $0.99 price tag — they manage to both charge consumers and stiff artists on those, keeping all the money for themselves — but I’m guessing there were ..read more

Old Apple TV won’t be getting new Apple TV features

Ars Technica has confirmed that the new Apple TV software and features won’t be coming to the old Apple TV.

We confirmed with an Apple spokesperson that the maximum HD resolution of the Apple TV is 720p, consistent with recent rumors. Additionally, there will be no software update to bring the new features to older Apple TVs. Older Apple TVs will continue to work as they have been working up to this point, and they will continue to be able to ..read more

Samsung Epic 4G Demos Media Hub: Video

No doubt if you own a Samsung Galaxy S gadget such as the Samsung Epic 4G, Verizon Fascinate, T-Mobile Vibrant, and AT&T Captivate and so on, you may have observed a bit icon named Media Hub that when you hit it produces a “coming soon” display. Well thanks to Brandon Miniman of Pocket Now, and by way of SlashGear, (Read More)

Scoble death-grips Android Captivate before Apple

We’re guessing Apple will get an AT&T Captivate (or similar Samsung Galaxy S-class device) death-grip video up sooner or later, but in the meantime… Scoble to the rescue!

He shows both devices in the same area on the same network dropping bars and, he says, calls. We get it. Manufacturers aren’t perfect. Phones aren’t perfect. How many more videos will we get before this meme dies like bars beneath watery flesh?

And no, it’s not an outsource, just yet another video ..read more

Flipboard turns your social streams into an iPad magazine

Take all your social media streams like Facebook and Twitter, flow them into a daring, dynamic iPad magazine and you have Flipboard. Billed as “everything you care about in one place” it will no doubt delight those who live for what our friends and those we follow are recommending, and annoy those who think the social web is a noisy, confusing crap-shoot. (Those deliberately without a social graph, of course, need not apply).

For me the key will be wether it ..read more

LogMeIn Ignition updated for iOS 4

LogMeIn Ignition has just been updated for iPhone and iPad specifically with iOS 4 support.

Normally, this would not necessarily be too exciting, except I just got done testing this release. I am very excited to report that I was able to log in to my remote desktop, then check mail and other apps. Put the iPhone to sleep, come back minutes later and open LogMeIn Ignition and… my desktop was still there!

They’re no doubt using iOS 4 multitasking’s ..read more

$99 iPhone 3GS – Apple’s other huge smartphone launch

Though it got completely buried under the hype and hysteria of the iPhone 4 launch, Apple also released another “new” smartphone last week — the $99 iPhone 3GS 8GB running iOS 4.

Sure it’s “last year’s model” in many ways, but a week ago it was still the best iPhone on the planet, holding up extremely well to much newer devices running other operating systems on other carriers. Now it packs iOS 4 punch with multitasking, folders, unified and threaded email, ..read more

Apple iPhone 4 back glass can be scratched?

iFixit claimed the front display on Apple’s new iPhone 4 was protected by Corning’s Gorilla Glass, but Engadget’s review unit is already showing scratches on the back side. Was it an earlier test unit not up to release unit standards? Is the Gorilla Glass only on the front and not the back? Is Gorilla Glass not as scratch resistant as we thought? Is it not really Gorilla Glass at all?

Engadget did get a little rough with their iPhone 4 review ..read more

Kenya: Sim registration to cut crime

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Dr Bitange Ndemo, alleged henceforth new subscribers are obliged to register their lines at the place of purchase. “It is the government intention to have all mobile subscribers known by their identity. This initiative will no doubt make us achieve this within the shortest time possible,” Dr (Read More)

Happy birthday iPhone 3GS

A year ago today many of us were standing in line outside our local Apple Store waiting to get our geeky little hands on the iPhone 3GS, then king of the mobile space. Twice the speed, video recording, and VoiceControl were the killer features, even if the form factor was unchanged.

Over the last twelve months, iPhone 3GS has served us well, and at its soon-to-be $99 price point, rocking iOS 4, no doubt it will serve many budget smartphone shoppers ..read more

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