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A $15 External Battery for iPhone ☞
That’s what I’d call a perfect gift for the iPhone addicts out there. I just wish Santa is hearing me now!
Myth Busters: Why No iPhone Videochat? ☞
The Gizmodo guys, disguised as the ☞ myth busters, are destroying all possible explanations of not having videochat support on the iPhone:
- AT&T overloaded 3G network: make it work on WiFi first
- limited processing power: nonsense
- required VGA camera too expensive or big: other phones already have it
Conclusion:
My only guess: They just want to milk the hell out of their user base. They know their game, these Cupertino boys and girls. They know they have the market by the balls. They know they can keep churning out marginal upgrades …
And to confirm the conclusion I have found a ☞ videoconferencing kit for iPhone (nb: that’s a very good joke).
Microsoft Demos Silverlight on the iPhone
For a couple of seconds I really thought this is the announcement of the year. Don’t get me wrong, but there were a lot of things to be read between the lines from such a headline. But then I paused for another second and re-read the announcement… and I realized there isn’t much about it (like with most of PR these days).
Let me reformulate the title so everyone can see why it is not a big deal: Microsoft has demoed streaming video from a “Silverlight server” in the ☞ H.264 format. The video is available in web pages through the usage of the HTML5
The App Store review process is not evil ☞
I think these guys may be a bit confused. In my opinion, I’d say they should be ashamed they used their media position to pull some strings to get in front of the line. And Apple probably knew that they will get back this sort of cheap PR. Bad, bad, bad!
UStream iPhone App: Does It Really Work?
I don’t seem to get it to work (not even over WiFi). Not to mention the search…
I am wondering if at least the new launched Android version works.
Read more articles about working iPhone apps from the iPhone apps reviews series.
