Analysis of what’s in and what’s missing from the leaked iPhone v1.1.3 firmware continues in earnest, with the current state of thought being that while the software Gear Live have acquired is seemingly legitimate, it may not in fact be in its final form. Authenticity for the as-yet-unannounced v1.1.3 gained support from some patent-digging over at hrmpf.com, who managed to match up the ‘wiggling’ icons and rearrangeable Home screen to a previously granted Apple patent; compare their animation (constructed from patent illustrations) with the video Gear Live released:
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Written by Chris Davies on January 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Over at Gearlive, Andrew has just upped Episode 195 of Bleeding Edge confirming everything that has been said about the new iPhone firmware version 1.1.3. Earlier this was all thought to be a big scam to get Gearlive a bunch of traffic, but it actually appears to be legit.
Hit the cut for the Gearlive video of what actually is included in v1.1.3, and what we can hope is fixed for the final release.
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Written by Ken Allen on December 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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If you’ve been following the verbal sparring between Apple and China Mobile’s vocal CEO Wang Jianzhou, PhoneMag has an incredibly detailed analysis of the current battle for what could potentially be the iPhone’s biggest market.ÂÂÂ
“There is more than $115 million US Dollars at stake for Apple in China. [T]he competitors at the table are deadly serious. And they should be. They have turf to protect. Nokia, for one, sold more than 50 million mobile handsets in China during the first 3 quarters of 2007. Research in Motion (RIM) is another key player. RIM recently signed a deal with China Mobile to distribute their Blackberry 8700 smart-phone. RIM has bet big on the China market” Dan Butterfield, PhoneMag
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Written by Chris Davies on December 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is making plans for a meeting amongst DoCoMo and Softbank Corp. to discuss rights to which mobile phone service can carry the iPhone in Japan. The iPhone only has EDGE and DoCoMo doesn’t have EDGE available, so the iPhone released in Japan would definitely have to be 3G.
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Written by Ken Allen on December 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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Social Networking website Myspace, has been working on an iPhone optimized version of their page to provide easier access for Myspace addicts users. The mobile iPhone version of Myspace will include optimized profile pages, notification, and touch friendly buttons specifically for the iPhone. I’m sure come SDK time, these companies will be signed with Apple and be allowed to create applications for the iPhone that don’t require Safari.
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Written by Ken Allen on December 13th, 2007 with no comments.
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