News Archive for 09/08/11

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ShareAppScreen widget enables iPhone screen sharing

08/11, 9:55pm

ShareAppScreen widget

ShareAppScreen has released its self-titled Dashboard widget that allows users to manage their iPhone home screen from their computer. The widget additionally allows users to share views of their iPhone or iPod touch screens with select contacts, while providing access to iPhone apps. Users can drag and drop their favorite apps into an inbox to make them more quickly accessible. If new apps are downloaded and synced to the phone, the widget will only load information from the new apps.

Zune HD now available for pre-order at Amazon

08/11, 4:55pm

Zune HD preorder at Amazon

Amazon has recently posted a product page for the 16GB and 32GB Microsoft Zune HD portable media players, revealing their prices but not shipping dates. The prices match those from a recent leak from Best Buy regarding the very same products, and the Zune HDs are expected to launch at Amazon as the same time as Best Buy, which should be September 8th.

iPhone apps: ACTCurrency, Tic Tac Toe, Task2Gather

08/11, 4:30pm

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ACTCurrency ($1) is a universal currency converter that retrieves daily exchange rates for over 190 world currencies. The app also includes options for adding additional currencies but these must be updated manually. Calculations are performed as they are typed and can be converted either way. A recent update has changed the source of exchange rates to a more reliable one and improved overall startup times.

BBC reluctant to commit to iPhone apps due to Apple?

08/11, 3:15pm

BBC holds on iPhone apps

The BBC is reluctant to commit to iPhone development, a new report alleges. The network already has a small selection of apps available, including ones for Radio Times and Lonely Planet. It is believed, however, to be cautious about going any further, as a result of the terms and conditions imposed on developers at the App Store. Apple's wording would expose the BBC to "unlimited liability," according to claims.

iHome begins shipping iP1 iPhone and iPod dock

08/11, 1:05pm

iHome ships iP1 iPod dock

iHome on Tuesday announced it has began shipping its high-end iPhone/iPod docking speaker system, the iP1. The iP1 is the first in iHome's Studio series of products that uses Bongiovi Acoustics’ Digital Power Station (DPS) technology for improving the depth of the audio without larger and more elaborate speakers. The feature can be switched off, however. The speaker system has 100W of total output split between its twin 4-inch drivers and 1-inch silk-dome tweeters.

Apple wins patents on clickwheel phone, more

08/11, 11:55am

Clickwheel iPhone patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted several patents to Apple, among which are three notable ones. These cover the music backup process in iTunes, as well as a power adapter equipped with a FireWire port and a detachable plug. The third deals with a clickwheel phone interface, which in diagrams is associated not with the iPhone, but the iPod classic.