News Archive for 08/09/22

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DLO's new iPod cases

09/22, 4:25pm

DLO announces cases for Nano 4G, Touch 2G

DLO has announced new cases for the iPod nano 4G and Touch 2G. The new Action Jackets and Jam Jackets will ship for both the Nano and Touch, while a new HipCase folio has been crafted for the Nano. The original HipCase for the Touch 1G remains compatible with the 2G.

Synthesizer app for iPhone

09/22, 3:55pm

Leisuresonic launches Cosmovox synth for iPhone

Leisuresonic has launched Cosmovox, a motion-controlled musical instrument for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app utilizes the accelerometer in the iPhone and Touch to control a synthesizer, which features 32-bit floating-point rendering, capable of over 30 different musical scales from different parts of the globe. Nine controls are present for synthesizer adjustments, and users play through hand gestures.

Oracle expands Apps

09/22, 3:20pm

Oracle will ship three iPhone apps for business sales

Oracle has announced Oracle Business Approvals, Mobile Sales Assistant and Mobile Sales Forecast for the iPhone, coming in November. Oracle Business Approvals includes Oracle Business Approvals for Managers and Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers, each providing actionable intelligence for on the go decisions, including info on expenses, purchase requisitions, HR vacancies and job offers for managers and sales info such as pending sales quotes.

Trism dev pulls in $250K

09/22, 12:10pm

Trism developer claims $250,000 in income

Trism -- a puzzle game available on iTunes' App Store -- has proven to extremely profitable, its developer claims. Steve Demeter says that in just over two months of sales he has already accumulated $250,000 in profits, based on a price of $4.99 per download. The figure is notable in that it is on top of just $5,000 in development costs, and already accounts for Apple's 30 percent revenue take.

Apple EPS predictions

09/22, 11:10am

Apple EPS to beat predictions in September: Piper

Apple is likely to surpass earnings-per-share expectations for its September quarter, say analysts from Piper Jaffray. The research group says that it is raising its both its EPS and revenue predictions, from $1.04 and $7.9 billion to $1.17 and $8.37 billion. The Street, by contrast, is said to have adopted a middle view, of $1.11 EPS on $8.07 billion. The new Piper estimate is based on deeper analysis of NPD data.

In-home iPhone activation?

09/22, 10:05am

Limited form of in-home iPhone activation to return?

In the near future, potential iPhone buyers may once again be able to handle some of the activation process at home, according to an anonymous Apple Store worker. The new process would not be a resumption of the one for the first-generation phone, which let users sign up for a new carrier subscription from within iTunes; due to people bypassing this en-masse for the sake of unlocking, Apple has settled on requiring iPhone 3Gs to be activated before leaving a shop. This resulted in massive wait times and activation delays during the initial launch weekend.