iPhone users who happen to write a blog, here’s a good news for ya. Thanks to the new plugin called WPhone, you’ll be able to add new and manage existing posts right from your shiny handset, wherever you are. Apparently, WPhone is quite fast — all pages are NOT ONLY pared down to their bare essential HTML, but each is GZIPed before it is sent off to the iPhone, saving bandwidth for those using the crappy EDGE network.

In addition, the folks behind WPhone also prepared a plugin version that works with other mobile browsers which don’t support JavaScript. There you have it — now you can really blog on-the-go…

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Want free magazines? Sure you do. In case you have an iPhone or an iPod touch, you can now access the Zinio’s iPhone-dedicated website and read some of the most popular magazines on your beloved device, while on-the-go. At the moment, Zinio is providing iPhone and iPod Touch users with a free access to such magazines as Car & Driver, Men’s Health, Macworld, Woman’s Day and Kiplinger’s — i.e. they’ve managed to make quite a selection, assuring that every single user of the Apple’s handset (or iPod touch) will find something interesting for himself/herself.

Without further ado, here’s the link that leads to the free magazines. Alternatively, you may want to check out the full Zinio’s release after the jump…

PRESS RELEASE - Zinio LLC, the leading digital publishing and distribution platform for magazines and books, has introduced a Zinio Mobile Newsstand for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed by Zinio’s research and development group, Zinio Labs, the Mobile Newsstand offers mobile users a new way to read a number of favorite magazines, while at the same time offering publishers a new way to reach mobile audiences.

“The iPhone is an amazing product that’s helping to take compelling content, like magazines, mobile. With its advanced touch screen technology and crisp viewing experience, Apple’s newest devices were natural for the launch of the Zinio Mobile Newsstand,” said Rich Maggiotto, CEO. “Users will benefit from having their magazines in a high-fidelity, portable format that can be viewed practically anywhere.”

Zinio will initially offer free digital editions of top-selling monthly magazines targeted to the iPhone user. The Zinio Labs version will include publications representing a wide range of interest areas. Some of the domestic and international editions available from Zinio include:

• American Photo
• Black Enterprise
• Car & Driver
• Kiplinger’s
• Lonely Plant (Espanol)
• Macworld
• Men’s Health
• NME
• Outside’s Go
• Playboy
• Popular Mechanics
• Saveur
• Technology Review
• Viv
• Woman’s Day
• And more

Users do not need a subscription with Zinio to gain access. Anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch should visit http://www.zinio.com/iphone where they can view a selection of Zinio’s digital magazines, flick to scroll favorite covers, or tap any issue to start reading. Magazines available in the Zinio Mobile Newsstand are exact replications of the print version with razor sharp display plus added interactivity and share capabilities.

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Tags: iphone cell phone, gadget, iphone mobile phone, iphone apple

Here’s another iPhone that’s had its butt-end confused for its top-end. Aren’t there people getting paid to make sure stupid slips like this don’t make it into the production version of any film or TV show? Actually, we’re pretty sure there are - which begs the question, where were they during the taping of this recent episode of Two and a Half Men? Charlie is clearly holding his iPhone upside-down as he sits in that beautiful, red Ferrari. We’ll cut him some slack, seeing as how he was probably distracted by Jenny’s ample…talent - but the production crew definitely dropped the ball on this one.

Honestly, we actually watched this particular episode and didn’t even notice the iPhone. Like we said, Jenny’s got some major “talent.” That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

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Fast Company sent an iPhone to UNIX specialist and consultant Rik Farrow and commissioned him to crack through its defenses. Using the popular platform for testing security systems H D Moore’s Metasploit, Farrow was able to take complete control of an iPhone, even demonstrating the ability to eavesdrop on conversations, intercept voice mail and email, and upload nefarious software programs. According to him, to hack Apple’s handset, “physical access to an iPhone is not required.” In addition, he pointed out this is NOT just an iPhone’s vulnerability — most today’s smartphones (including those based on Windows Mobile, Linux and Symbian mobile operating systems) are not immune to this. Scary…

Anyway, here’s the video.

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Wait a tick. Didn’t RIM CEO recently bash on the Apple iPhone’s touch-sensitive, virtual keyboard “that’s a real challenge” to use? Well, he did. But that doesn’t mean this latest speculation is any less true. Rumblings from the rumor mill have indicated that RIM is preparing the 9000-series smartphone to give the iPhone a run for its touchscreen-money. Development of the new 9000-series platform will see new hardware and mobile OS (software) coming out of RIM’s R&D labs.

According to Carmi Levy, an analyst at AR Communications Inc., the RIM BlackBerry 9000-series will be “the future of the BlackBerry franchise” - a stark contrast to the company’s traditionally business-oriented roots. “The 9000 is supposed to be a touch-screen device, very similar in form factor to the iPhone,” Levy says. “Which means that it is not an enterprise-friendly device.”

RIM’s been branching out into the consumer-market with the recent BlackBerry Curve and Pearl handsets, and it looks like RIM is going to go full-out and take on the iPhone with a media-savvy, touch-based handset of their very own.  The 9000-series BlackBerry will reportedly feature a full-face touchscreen and upgraded audio and video playback capabilities to supplement the iconic BlackBerry push-email feature. We’re also expecting US-friendly 3G frequency support and 600Mhz processor to power all those media-intense features.
As we expected and mentioned previously, Levy believes that RIM will be launching the 9000-series BlackBerry in Q1 2008. The rest of RIM’s BlackBerry lineup will still see updates (like the 3G EVDO Pearl that recently hit CDMA carriers in the US), and a RIM VP stated that the company will be releasing 4 or 5 new smartphones for 2008. We can’t wait to see what RIM’s answer to the iPhone will look like. No, check that. We know what it will probably look like (there are only so many ways to implement a full-face touchscreen), we can’t wait to see how it actually works. It had better use a capacitance touchscreen if it plans to take on the iPhone. Balda, anyone?

[Via: Unstrung]

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Tags: apple, iphone, iphone mobile phone, cell phone

What do we have here? Unlocked iPhones in Germany? Indeed we do. It seems Vodafone’s legal pursuit of T-Mobile’s Apple iPhone exclusivity has finally caught up with the No. 1 German wireless carrier. Thanks to a German court order, T-Mobile Germany has agreed to start selling iPhones sans contract - at least until they can work out this little legal snafu. As you might recall, a court in Hamburg, Germany ordered a temporary injunction (upon rival carrier Vodafone’s request) against T-Mobile Germany - stating that the iPhone exclusivity deal with Apple was in breach of local laws.

Well, T-Mobile Germany is now offering iPhones without requiring the customer to sign a 2-year contract, but unlocked iPhones come at a price, a huge price. In return for the privilege to use the iPhone on any GSM carrier, T-Mobile is asking a hefty 999 euro ($1,470) price tag for an unlocked iPhone. Of course, if you’d rather buy a new LCD HDTV and a new iPhone, T-Mobile Germany is still selling locked iPhones for 399 euros ($590) on a 2-year service contract. T-Mobile Germany is also offering unlock codes to customers that previously bought an iPhone and want to venture out to other GSM wireless carriers’ networks (ahem, Vodafone perhaps?).

T-Mobile is planning to appeal the injunction so that it can continue to maintain its status as an Apple iPhone exclusive carrier. We’ll keep you posted on the happenings in this space. Stay tuned.

[Via: Apple Insider]

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Tags: iphone, mobile phone, cell phone, gadget

We mentioned about unlocked iPhones going on sale in Germany yesterday, and here are the latest developments. It seems that T-Mobile will be offering the iPhone without any contract for an insanely high price of 999 Euros. In addition, T-Mobile has to unlock free of charge for customers who bought the iPhone since November 19th. Logically speaking, an unlocked iPhone would mean the lack of Visual Voicemail, although that remains to be confirmed. Do you think this locked iPhone issue is overblown, and Apple ought to stick to its original strategy of selling the iPhone with a plan, or to just bow to consumer and industry pressure by offering standalone units?

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According to the technical evangelist for the Java mobile and embedded community at Sun, Terrence Barr, with the release of the so-much-needed SDK in February 2008, iPhone users may be able to play and use Java games and apps. Barr argues the open-source phoneME platform could be converted to run on the iPhone, hence opening the “Java world” to the iPhone community.

Of course, not many people know what Jobs&co are working on, but somehow this makes sense. After all, we already know iPhone’s CPU supports hardware Java acceleration. Hopefully, we’ll see it actually being used after the MacWorld. Stay tuned…

[Via: PocketGamer.co.uk]

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Ah, here we are with another 3G iPhone rumor. According to a manager at Spain’s Telefonica, this new iPhone will launch in May should Telefonica and Apple arrive at an agreement. Somehow, the coming May release date of a 3G iPhone doesn’t sound so crazy anymore since it is quite near the iPhone’s first anniversary - and Apple normally marks those anniversaries with an updated version of the product in question.

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Here we go again. The latest 3G iPhone rumor points to Vodafone as the exclusive carrier for the next-gen iPhone with high-speed wireless data. Italian website Morse.IT claims to have spoken with high-level Vodafone sources that  seems to indicate that Apple and Vodafone have signed an exclusive iPhone deal. Seeing as how Vodafone is currently backing a German court’s decision to force T-Mobile to give up iPhone exclusivity in Germany, we’re betting that the Vodafone iPhone deal doesn’t concern the EDGE-only iPhone. Could Vodafone’s move to force T-Mobile to give up iPhone exclusivity have been a negotiation tactic to secure the UMTS-addled iPhone for Vodafone’s networks all over Europe?

The 3G iPhone is rumored to be hitting Vodafone’s network in Q1 2008, which is pretty much in line with rumors that a 3G iPhone could hit Europe by May of 2008.  We’re hearing that the 3G iPhone will launch simultaneously in all countries where Vodafone has a carrier-presence, but the announcement won’t be made until after the holidays - in order to prevent cannibalizing current iPhone holiday-sales. Could we see Apple and Vodafone bow the 3G iPhone at MacWorld Expo 2008? We’re crossing our fingers.

[Via: Unwired View]

Pic from Engadget Mobile

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