News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Telstra announced this afternoon that it will be offering the 3G iPhone, and that it will release it on the same day as competitors Optus and Vodafone. Those two carriers had both announced their partnership with Apple to sell the phone last month, shortly after the Worldwide Developer Conference, at which the 3G iPhone was unveiled. Telstra, despite being the last to announce its intention to carry the phone, is the first to announce its pricing plans.
As that July 11th launch of the iPhone 3G creeps ever closer, development of the iPhone SDK continues apace. Yesterday, Apple released the beta 8 version of the software development kit, which appears as though it may be the last pre-release version. But is Apple overdoing it?
Speculation of the upcoming iPhone 3G led to a massive amount of searches for Apple’s popular device in April, according to research firm comScore. The researcher said that 1.3 million people conducted 6.9 million searches for iPhone-related terms during the month. Not surprisingly, “iPhone” led the search terms with 1.5 million searches, but other high ranking terms included “iPhone update” (151,000), “iPhone 2.0” (75,000) and “iPhone 3G” (60,000).
In perhaps one of the most unusual iPhone press releases to come across our desk, Three has sent out a release explaining that it won't be selling the iPhone on 11 July and that it doesn't seem to have a deal with Apple. It is, incredibly asking its customers to help neogotiate by signing some sort of online petition so that Apple might play ball.
Mac productivity suite-maker, Marketcircle, will bring its Daylite suite of applications to Apple’s iPhone 3G. The company has been working on the iPhone application, dubbed Daylite Touch and hopes to make it available to customers later this year. Alykhan Jetha, president & CEO of Marketcircle said there are several key features of the iPhone version that will really help Daylite customers take advantage of the devices mobility. Among them is over the air sync that will allow users to stay up-to-date with appointments and tasks while on the road.
One of the things you can guarantee in the Australian communications marketplace is that any time you get a major move by one player, one of the others will start complaining about statements and actions.With IDC predicting 1.3 million 3G iPhones, or thereabouts, coming to Australia in the next five years — and Telstra not currently one of the beneficiaries of Apple's latest offering — we were sure to hear something from the big Australian carrier.
Telstra has released The Official AFL App to coincide with the start of the 2010 football season, but while this is likely a welcome addition to any footy fan’s iPhone, t...
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
