Apple iPhone 4g Release Date 2010 and iPhone 4.0 Details

Apple iPhone 4g Release Date 2010 and iPhone 4.0 Details. Everyone loves the technology behemoth Apple. Every time they have a new innovation the world is receptive and ready to snatch it up as fast as the company can make them. The iPad is the newest innovation, but there’s something that excites some Apple aficionados even more – the iPhone 4g using iPhone OS 4.0.

Of course, we all know that the iPhone is currently only available on AT&T. The 3G network needs some upgrades if the company is to offer 4G any time soon. 4G LTE speeds could be available in 2011, but Sprint and Verizon are said to have a leg-up with their networks – but that won’t stop Apple from offering handsets capable of the 4G speeds.

The 4.0 OS is also something that excites many. Some are hoping that the new OS will allow them to run more than one app at a time -something that the Google Android OS allows you to do and one of the major complaints of the Apple handset.

The rumors for the iPhone 4G release date is sometime this summer. Some are pointing to the handset being available as early as June 2010. Apple needs to act swiftly so that the most tech savvy customers aren’t lured away by the Google Nexus One and other smartphone handsets.

We predict that the advent of other companies handsets won’t have a huge effect on the iPhone. The customer base remains loyal, and from what we can tell from comments on a piece we wrote about Apple vs Blackberry, people prefer the Apple hands down.


by Jesse Smith

Line2 Adds a Second Line to Your iPhone [VIDEO]

Line2 is a mobile app from Toktumi that’s a refreshing option for iPhone users who need to maintain a separate personal and a business phone number.


It’s also useful — and potentially revolutionary — for iPhone owners who want to cut down on their monthly voice minutes by allowing them to place calls over Wi-Fi as well as over 3G Voice Over IP (VOIP).

As opposed to the Google VoiceGoogle Voice approach, which routes a single number to multiple phones and requires you to determine whether any particular incoming call is business or personal, Line2 easily separates your personal and business contacts into separate tabs and allows incoming calls to easily sort themselves based on context.

The interface of the app is intuitive and easy to use — in fact, it’s visually identical to the iPhone’s own phone interface (which is an impressive feat considering App Store rules that typically frown on precisely that). A sophisticated web interface management tool also allows you to set up highly granular rules for incoming calls — imagine being able to send all business calls direct to voicemail after 7 p.m. or on the weekends, for example.

Besides visual voicemail management and call-routing tools, the web control panel can be used to transfer calls, set up call forwarding rules, trigger auto-attendants, and more — think Google Voice on steroids. Line2 also supports easy conference calling for up to 20 participants, and all calls including conference calls can be placed over regular voice, Wi-Fi, or 3G VOIP — once again potentially saving you voice minutes, and giving you alternative options in low AT&T voice service areas.

Unlike other iPhone apps that support VOIP calling, incoming voice calls won’t kill your in progress VOIP connection; you can simply choose to send the voice call to voicemail and continue your VOIP call or conference.

Line2 is available in the App Store now for $0.99, which includes a 30-day free trial of the full service. If you like what you see after 30 days, you can continue the service for $14.95 a month, which includes unlimited U.S. and Canada calling and conference calling.

For small businesses, Line2 could be an attractive and web-savvy alternative to traditional PBX infrastructure, and the app’s appeal extends into the consumer market for anyone who wants to maintain two separate and easily manageable numbers or take advantage of sophisticated call routing and management.

We sat down with Toktumi CEO Peter Sisson for a demo of the app; check out the video below for a walkthrough of some of Line2’s featureset (pardon the slight blur due to focal distance limitations of the camera we had on hand).

Line2 Demo on You Tube

For more info, check out Toktumi on the web and Line2 in the App Store.

Study: Mobile app market to hit $17.5 billion by 2012

According to a study sanctioned by app company GetJar, the mobile application market will reach $17.5 billion by 2012, at which point there will be some 50 billion programs available, compared to 7 billion last year.

Those figures are in line with other estimates, such as a recent report by Gartner, which suggested app revenue would hit $29.5 billion by the end of 2013. Such projections emphasize the rapid shift to mobile computing solutions, and other portions of the study further underscore the mobile sector's expansion.

For instance, over the past year, the number of app stores grew from 8 to 38, and more are on the way. Naturally, Apple's store leads the pack with an estimated 150,000 mobile applications and 3 billion downloads to date. Google's Android marketplace is also growing quickly with over 30,000 apps.

It seems Google's CEO isn't alone in envisioning a future without desktops. GetJar's chief executive told AFP that mobile apps will not only eclipse the traditional desktop Internet, but that "mobile devices will kill the desktop."

By Matthew DeCarlo, TechSpot.com 

Microsoft gets official on Windows Phone 7 cut-and-paste and unlocked emulator goodies

There’s a lot of chatter going on right now about whether or not cut-and-paste and true multi-tasking will ever make it into Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Windows Phone 7 Series platform. Well, today Microsoft themselves are getting a little more official – if just as vague – on the whole issue of which features may, or may not, make the cut for WP7. The folks at Redmond confirmed to Engadget today that the future of cut-and-paste functionality and multi-tasking is not completely out of the picture, but stopped short of mentioning when those features would get a chance to play with the new Windows Phone 7 playground.

This is what Microsoft has to say about cut-and-paste on Windows Phone 7:

Windows Phone 7 Series will not initially offer copy and paste; instead, we try to solve the most common uses for copy and paste via single-tap action. For example, people often want to take an address and view it on a map, highlight a term in the browser and do a search or copy a phone number to make a call. Instead of the user manually doing a copy and paste in these scenarios, we recognize those situations automatically and make them happen with just one touch. In our early testing people have been pleased with this approach, but we’re always listening to feedback and will continue to improve our feature set over time based on what we hear.

As far as multi-tasking is concerned, Microsoft had this to say:

We are extremely pleased with the level of excitement we’re seeing for Windows Phone Developer Tools. When we decided to provide a Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator as part of the tools, we anticipated that people would attempt to unlock and explore the code. We have been very clear that the emulator is based on early code and is not reflective of the final user experience. Windows Phone 7 Series is still under development. The UI has been disabled to avoid confusion and allow developers to focus on testing applications on the underlying platform. We continue to recommend that developers use the emulator as provided to avoid any issues and unpredictability that may be introduced by an unlocked version.



We had a chance to get some additional info from Microsoft as well. In regards to the decision to keep third-party apps from having multi-tasking functionality in Windows Phone 7 Series, we were told that it was “by no means a policy decision.” While native apps will be allowed to run simultaneously (like the iPhone), Microsoft’s self-imposed timeframe for the launch of WP7S was the impetus for prohibiting global multi-tasking. Instead, Windows Phone 7 will initially focus on the paradigm shifting user experience, which includes long battery life, and give apps the ability to use push notifications and saved states rather than allow them to run in the background. Microsoft reiterated that the WP7 platform will “fully support multi-tasking.”


Keep in mind that a lot of copy-paste functionality won’t be required, as Windows Phone 7 takes advantage of contextual single-tap actions. Tap on a phone number and it calls the number. Tap on an address and you can view it on Bing Maps. That methodology should keep most users satiated until Microsoft can figure out how to bring global text copy features to its mobile operating system.


We’ll have more Windows Phone coverage from CTIA 2010 Las Vegas. Make sure to stay tuned!


By Will Park
[Via: Engadget]

Google Launches Nexus One for AT&T

Google today began selling a new version of the Nexus One -- its own touch-screen smartphone -- that is compatible with AT&T's 3G network for $530.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant said the new handset runs on the carrier's tri-band 3G bands, in addition to quad-band GSM frequencies. It features the same 3.7-inch touch screen with vibration feedback, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5.0-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and runs the latest version of Google's Android operating system with the Internet giant's services such as Gmail, Maps and Search.

Since releasing a version of the Nexus One for T-Mobile in January, Google has sold a less than stellar 135,000 units in the first 74 days on the market. By comparison, Apple sold one million original iPhones and Motorola shipped one million Droid phones during the same timeframe.

But the Nexus One, unlike the iPhone or Droid, has only been available on Google's Web site and not sold in retail stores. The company has also foregone high-profile television ads that both rivals had used.

The decision, in part, is due to Google's broader strategy has been to grow its base of devices from handset makers that use its Android software.

For now, the handset only works with AT&T and T-Mobile networks, but the company said it plans to sell a version of the smartphone for Verizon this spring.

Earlier this month, Apple filed a lawsuit against Taiwan-based HTC, maker of the Nexus One, accusing it of infringing on 20 of its patents related to the iPhone.

Google is selling the new Nexus One on its Web site for $530.

Source: Mobiledia

Verizon to Launch First 4G Phone in Mid-2011

Verizon said it will sell a smartphone that runs on its super-fast fourth-generation network as soon as mid-2011, six months earlier than the company had said before.
The Basking Ridge, N.J.-based company said the new device, which could arrive three to six months after the carrier launches 4G service known as Long Term Evolution, will be able to send data up to 10 times faster than current networks. The company expects to begin rolling out the service by the end of the year.

It will be some time before full coverage is available, so the new handset will feature dual chipsets to be compatible with both LTE and Verizon's existing cellular technology.

"Very likely, we initially won't have a single, integrated chip," said Anthony Melone, Verizon's chief technology officer.

Rival Sprint already sells 4G service in some markets on a competing technology known as WiMax through a partnership with Clearwire. Last month, the carrier said it plans to release its first 4G handset as early as this summer, as part of a turnaround effort to win back subscribers.

AT&T and T-Mobile are still planning their 4G networks.

Source: Mobilmedia

BlackBerry Slider Spotted in the Wild

The BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) slider of which we’ve been hearing whispers has made its first public appearance in these two blurry, but telling pictures. As you can see, it’s got a trackpad, a Bold-style fretted keypad, navigation keys in a unified, and a single-button style for the navigation keys much like the Storm2.

If we’re to take the specs that were leaked out earlier at face value, this slider should have OS 6.0, Wi-Fi n, have a 360 x 480 screen (possibly a SurePress touchscreen), and run on GSM networks. If it does, indeed, have both a trackpad and touchscreen, it will make for an interesting combination for a BlackBerry, but not entirely unfamiliar in the grand scheme of manufacturers. The prototype of the apparently-discontinued Magnum opted for a touchscreen without a trackpad, which could have also worked, but for fine cursor manipulation, the finger isn’t ideal.

I might take this opportunity to toot my own horn a bit for calling a BlackBerry slider at WES ‘09, although that was really based on sheer logical might rather than any kind of insider information. Personally, I think a slider makes good sense for RIM. Ever since the Storm, they’ve been experimenting with new form factors, and so far, the Pearl Flip is the only one to really make a stab at the feature phone crowd. Even if all of the specs under the hood are ho-hum, your average consumer will be more interested in how it feels and looks, rather than counting than comparing RAM or processor speed. It’ll be interesting to see if it does, indeed, pack OS 6.0, but so long as it has Wi-Fi, 3G, and GPS in there, the slider should do just fine.

Another pic of the device closed after the jump… Videos and more pics are on the way, apparently, so stay tuned!

By Simon Sage on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 7:37 AM PST



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