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    Wheres the iPhone 5 with the bigger screen? This is pretty much the same thing they did with the 3g, made it faster. The camera now has 8megspix but thats just catching up to the other hi-end phones. The Dual GSM CDMA might have some uses though. There are some nice things coming

      A site by the name of AppleLeaks today posted photos of what is claimed to be the logic board from a next-generation iPhone model. The report is unsure about whether the board is from an upgraded iPhone 5 model or a cheaper “iPhone 4S” model Apple is also said to be planning

This is pretty neat, but a tad to pricie. $$$         Oscium’s iMSO-104 hardware offers to turn your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch into a 12MSPS digital oscilloscope with an analog bandwidth of 5MHz. For folks like me with limited desk space & shifting work environments, that’s an interesting offer indeed. Oscium

    NASA’s final shuttle mission will feature outer space’s first iPhone, tricked out with an app to measure spacecraft radiation levels, orbital location and altitude.     The iOS-based software, called SpaceLab, will come pre-loaded on two iPhone 4s. Testing the software isn’t mission-critical, but it may lead to terrestrial commercial devices being repurposed for

    Apple’s iOS 5 is absolutely packed with new features. In the Keynote, they covered a dozen major new features, but mention that there are over 200 in all, including 1500 New APIs for developers. Before getting to them, Apple was sure to mention some impressive stats about the success of iOS, including stats

Although there have been products designed to expand the memory capabilities of iOS devices before, none may do it quite as elegantly as the new i-FlashDrive from PhotoFast. This new product, about the size of a typical USB flash drive, comes equipped with the standard USB connector on one side, and a 30-pin connector on

  This should be nice for all of you ios programmers out there Kev– Managing iOS projects Whether you’re an indie developer, an established company or an amateur, App Cooker is the perfect tool to bring your iOS application ideas to life. Start with an idea, a sketch or an icon, then utilize the App

I like the bigger screen       It’s looking more and more likely that the next iPhone model update will miss the usual June/July launch window. There is some speculation that it may not even be released until the spring of 2012 at the earliest. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait that long for

Wow, this is pretty Cool !     Four years since the iPhone’s debut Apple still favors the sealed battery design over the removable one that some folks have been clamoring for. Third Rail System has you covered with their new smart protective case. It would have been yet another everyday protective case with a

  There’s nothing better than getting something for free, so long as it’s not stolen of course! Movies for example. We love movies at CMOS Labs, but we love free movies even more. Thanks to our friends over at iPhoneInCanada, we can now watch some free movies on our iPhones too.     To join

I made a post a few weeks ago about the real-time tracking going on in iPhones. I also posted a fix so it would turn off tracking. I guess Bin Laden didn’t get the memo (Grin). Kev     he news is reporting that Osama Bin Laden was located and killed by the Navy SEAL

A new patent has found that Apple may be working on a hybrid e-Paper and LCD display for iPad and iPhone that can switch between the two screens as needed. The new improved display will be hybrid of e-ink and standard LCD. PatentlyApple describes the feature as “a next generation iPhone that would effectively offer

Hmm, going to have to figure out how to block this from At&t. This is not good. Beware to the people who have jailbroken phones and are using MyWifi. Kev AT&T is cracking down hard on iPhone and other smartphone customers engaged in unauthorized tethering of their devices’ data connections to other devices. AT&T has

An actor walking a red carpet, Thomas Jane, shows a fan how to record with an iPhone as he arrives at a Sundance Film Festival premiere. Apple (AAPL) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) have been taking online pre-orders for the iPhone 4 off and on since Thursday amid heated demand. The crush of interest sold more

The Verizon iPhone 4, after years of speculation, goes on sale Feb. 10. Here, eWEEK rounded up just the facts, ma’am, to help you decide if it’s right for you. The hope of an Apple iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network has been fueling the rumor mill for years, but come Feb. 10 America’s most-pined-for

Manufacturing of the second-generation of Apple’s iPad will begin in February according to China’s Commercial Times, says Apple Insider. The same source also claims the iPhone 5 will begin production around May. Commercial Times says February’s iPad production run will be a ‘small pilot’ with production expected to ramp up towards the second half of

Verizon’s announcement that it will begin offering the iPhone next month has left a lot of Android users wondering whether they, too, should jump on the Apple bandwagon. If you’re musically inclined, the answer is probably yes, because apps for musicians are in much shorter supply on Android than on Apple devices. Just look at

Expecting to be one of the first people in the world to buy the iPhone 4, I was dispatched to Japan for its release last June. Much to the dismay of thousands of Japanese with similar intentions, my mission was thwarted: FedEx delivered hundreds of iPhone 4 boxes in California two days early. Image via

    – Verizon is about to deliver a blow to AT&T when it ends the network’s exclusive hold on the iPhone, but it definitely won’t be the end of the world for the second largest carrier in the U.S. Earlier this week, Verizon announced a press event for Tuesday in New York City. All

    Image via Wikipedia   It’s confirmed. The iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon. Starting at $200 for the 16GB version, with a new antenna and a hotspot application that would allow you to connect your computer or any other device to the internet. Image via Wikipedia   How does it look? Same as

Losing your valuable iPhone or iPod touch sure isn’t very fun. iGotYa is a great alternative solution to Find My iPhone in order to find out exactly who took your iPhone and where they’re located. Basically iGotYa works with your standard native iOS passcode lock system. After setting up your information in Settings, if your

Skype now does video-calling on iOS devices. The new update to Skype’s iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app, version 3.0, allows users to make video calls between their iDevices, as well as with desktop computers — in other words, with any other Skype user. The calls can be placed over both Wi-Fi and 3G. Image via CrunchBase To

Apple’s iOS App Store hit the ground sprinting two-and-a-half years ago, and it hasn’t slowed down. In 2010, programmers unleashed a plethora of high-quality apps for the iPhone and its brand-new big sibling, the iPad. For Apple’s tablet, many of the most impressive apps focused on the reading experience. That’s not surprising, because what better

We have already seen a tool named AirPlayer for Mac OS X which allows you to AirPlay videos from iOS devices to Macs. And now, a similar tool named AirMediaPlayer for Windows has been released which will allow you to stream videos wirelessly from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to your Windows PCs. AirMediaPlayer

For the past 10 days, I’ve been in Paris. A few of us were there to cover the LeWeb conference, which was great, but I decided to stick around for a little while longer as I heard the city is amazing. Spoiler alert: it is. But I wasn’t on vacation, I was working. I had

Broke your shiny iDevice and had all your stuff on it? Synced your phone to the computer before? iPhone Backup Extractor can rip your backup apart for you! You can retrieve your information with a click of a button. Download it here. It’s a great tool to retrieve everything back! Each and every time you

Image via Wikipedia As they celebrate 2 million downloads, Musicsoft Arts, the creators of DJ Mixer, have released an updated version of the top 10 iPad music app. Packed with a host of new features, DJ Mixer is quite possibly the most true-to-life virtual music app on the market. Image via Wikipedia While the current

Update 1-22-11 I have been using this for some of my gigs for the past month, it works great !!! I have my iPad and a laptop with ext 1 Terabyte HD with all the tunes, and of course all going through wi-fi for streaming and remote controls. Just plug them both into a small

I’ve been working on this project for the past 2 months. For a while, everyone asks whats killing their battery. The only real benchmarks available to people were the iOS Battery meter, and the handful of AppStore (and Cydia) Apps that relied too heavily on UIDevice (thats an SDK term for you non-programming folk), which

Sure, you like all the great benefits of having your phone know where you are. Looking up directions or local weather information becomes that much faster. But outside companies and agencies are equally delighted to have access to your location information–and not just to send you coupons. Increasingly, they’re going to be using that information