9 to 5 Mac – We are not holding back on a release to make a UI prettier, we are not working on drop-shadows, pretty UI elements or color-schemes, says the iPhone Dev Team. We are just making sure that everything is OK, everything is tested and everything is safe…What you are seeing is the world’s first jailbroken iPhone 3G running our own software [...] read more
Mobile/Wireless9 to 5 Mac – The developer of Pull My Finger, an iPhone application, told MacRumors that Apple decided to reject his application from the App Store because it was of “limited utility to the broad iPhone and iPod touch user community”.
The puerile application generates different sounds of flatulence, and while the developer knows its not world-shattering, he (rightly) argues that it’s only a bit of fun – and there’s many other [...] read more
IT Blogwatch – In Thursday’s IT Blogwatch, we wait patiently for Dell’s new mini laptop-netbook-Webtop-UMPC-whatever. Not to mention Yearbook Yourself…
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gets practical:
Sources tell me, OK friends actually, that tomorrow, September 4th, is the long-awaited day that Dell will announce the release of its Inspiron 910… whoops they changed the name on me, it’s the Inspiron Mini 9 — mini-laptop. It will come with your choice of (Boo!) Windows XP Home SP3 or (Yea!) Ubuntu 8.04.
Before any Windows business users rush out to spend their hard-earned money on this spiffy little computer, they should keep in mind that Dell Inspiron Mini 9Ubuntu Linux is actually friendlier with Windows-based business networks than XP Home [...] read more
PCMech – One of the smartest things Apple did for the Iphone was to launch the App Store. The App Store provides an easy, central place for checking out apps and installing to the Iphone. It looks like Microsoft may have realized it missed an opportunity and is setting up to launch an app store of its own.
The fact that Windows Mobile supports third party apps is nothing new [...] read more
