Posts with tag: iPhone
Podcaster: what you’re missing in the app Apple rejected
In light of last week’s controversy over Podcaster, pal Niall took a deeper look inside the App Store process for developers, and what may lead to some apps being rejected. I got a chance to check out Podcaster and kick its wheels a bit — it’s definitely early software, but I can certainly say it’s [...]
Biggest day ever
This is Engadget. This is Engadget when Apple launches a new iPhone. Any questions? Thanks again to everyone who stopped by today to read our coverage of the iPhone 3G launch — it’s always an extraordinary amount of fun and a real honor to be the go-to place for big news in the gadget world. [...]
Engadget: now AOL’s largest iPhone magnet
We don’t usually get very granular about traffic stats (I find that conversation kind of trite and even a little gauche), but you can imagine my surprise when the following iPhone usage chart hit my inbox this week. (Okay, I admit, I wasn’t that surprised.) Throughout AOL’s extensive and heavily trafficked content network, Engadget has [...]
Questioning iPhone SIM unlocking on the App Store: is the obvious unimportant?
Funny thing, I’ve been getting some small bit of, um, commentary today for asking Steve Jobs a question we all well know the answer to: would Apple allow its developer community to disseminate SIM unlock software on the App Store? I guess the criticism is that it’s a wasted question and a lapse of journalistic [...]
The iPhone’s long-missing two-pane email client
So I was looking over my Macworld 2007 keynote coverage the other day and noticed something just about everyone — myself included — glossed over as the months passed between its January introduction and June launch: the iPhone once had a two-pane email client. (You can even see the view mode selector up top! This [...]
Guess what’s going to win 2007 Gadget of the Year
Today I kicked off possibly my favorite Engadget activity of the year and opened up nominations for the 2007 Engadget Awards. Part of the rules of nominating a gadget for the award, though — as outlined TWICE in bold text — is that you shouldn’t nominate the same gadget more than once. Most people don’t, [...]
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