Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News
Fresh research warns of a historic collapse in US corporate IT spending - but notes Apple may continue to make progress in these markets, as iPhone’s corporate marketshare exceeds Palm.
Changewave’s senior researcher Paul Carton warns new research by his firm shows, “an accelerating collapse in US business spending that has reached historic proportions - with record pullbacks occurring both in the current fourth Quarter and going forward.”
Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News
Wolfgang’s Vault is the collector’s site for multimedia music memorabilia, offering a vast selection of some of the world’s rarest - and potentially most treasured - music and music-related “stuff”. And now it’s available in the UK, through your iPhone or your iPod touch.
We were in touch with Eric Johnson, President and CEO, Wolfgang’s Vault overnight, he describes his service as, “The only online site dedicated to telling the comprehensive story of the live music experience of the past five decades.”
Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News
RjDJ is getting big pop over at the App Store, it’s a fascinating application which sucks sounds in from the world around you using the iPhone’s microphone, and then mixes and tweaks those real sounds in lots of ways to create a unique, slightly tripped-out listening experience. Kind of like drinking lager on pain-killers (probably), but nowhere near as dangerous (probably).
Posted by Jonny on November 21st, 2008 under Apple, News
The battle for smartphone industry continues, with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today claiming ‘record’ downloads of new application, MySpace for BlackBerry.
In a joint announcement, MySpace and RIM claimed MySpace for BlackBerry software downloads to have exceeded 400,000 downloads in one week, “an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads,” the partners said.
Additionally, they reported users of the app sent and received more than 15 million messages and updated their mood and status over two million times in the first week.
Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News
We spend a lot of our time here stressing the chance the iPhone offers bands (such as Fall Out Boy, illustrated) and other creative people for creating links with their audiences and putting their art across - well, that’s all very good and well, but how do you do it on a budget, how do you build an iPhone app?
Apress has introduced a huge volume which should help you understand how to develop such applications, and explains what the iPhone as a platform can do - and the authors say applications we’ve seen for the device so far are simply ’scratching the surface’ of what’s possible.
Posted by Jonny on November 20th, 2008 under Apple, News
MMS messaging - among the most requested features lacking in the iPhone - seems set to debut on the device starting from next year, as operators choose to employ a third party solution designed to enable the feature.
Since introduction of the iPhone, users and critics have complained at the lack of MMS messaging on the Apple device, a feature that’s widely-used by mobile phone users outside of the US which enables you to send images and video clips to friends regardless of device over the existing mobile carrier network.
Market research firm MM Research Institute claims Apple sold about 200, 000 phones in Japan in the first two months since launch, but observes the rate of sale has declined “analysts now widely believe sales are unlikely to reach a total of 500,000 units, half the one million units that they previously thought Apple could sell.”
Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News
Big news, people, Microsoft has cut the costs of its Zune player, as it optimistically hopes to attract a few more users, well, any users, to its media player.
Posted by Jonny on November 19th, 2008 under Apple, News
Time to raise a glass to Ocarina this morning, which has swiftly climbed to the top of the App Store tree with its charming and eloquent mix of musical expression and social connection.
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