iPhone 4G costs Gawker $20k in all, Rhapsody offline mode, Gray Powell offered free vacation
The world knows that Gizmodo and parent Gawker Media paid $5,000 for the iPhone HD or 4G prototype that was lost in a bar in California. Gawker head Nick Denton figures the whole thing cost him about $20,000 for the handset, bonuses, and bandwidth. The money made from the exclusive is estimated to be $200,000. [...]
Steve Jobs Says No Mac App Store In OS X 10.7
One of the greatest weapons of Apple’s iPhone is its well-populated App Store. So far, not even Google’s Android Market has been able to beat Apple’s online mobile store, but the search engine giant is certainly doing a good job of catching up. that, along with the price change in the Mac developer license led [...]
Apple approves Opera Mini, no upgrades for original iPhone, Google references gone from iPhone OS
The only announcement that could have surprised me more than Apple approving Opera Mini for the iPhone would be Apple supporting Flash. I really expected Opera to be blocked, it will be cool to have an alternative browser. Steve Jobs has reportedly responded to a notice sent from a user of the original iPhone telling [...]
Steve Jobs KOs iPhone OS 4.0 upgrade for original iPhone
Looks like the first generation iPhone, released just three years ago, has reached the end of its road. How so? Steve Jobs doesn’t think that the iPhone OS 4.0 upgrade will cater for the original iPhone. Strange move though, to see such a hyped up device run out of support so fast – Apple could [...]
iPhone gets WinPo 7 theme, WolframAlpha cuts iPhone app cost, iPhone to iPod conversion
A new theme for the iPhone has turned up that makes it look like Windows Phone 7. Steve Jobs isn’t laughing right now. You might recall that seriously expensive WolframAlpha app that debuted for $50 dubbed a “computational knowledge engine.” The app must not have sold well, the company has changed the price to $2. [...]