Posts Tagged ‘ ipod touch ’

iPhone Apps Going Mainstream Fast

May 13th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

iPhone apps are quickly going mainstream.
Payless Car Rental has announced an iPhone-formatted version of its site for the iPhone and iPod touch:

We recently launched a slimmed-down version of the Payless website for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Simply point your iPhone or iPod Touch to PaylessCarRental.com (or PaylessCar.com).
The iPhone and iPod Touch optimized website also [...]



Use Flytunes To Get Streaming Internet Radio On Your iPhone

May 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

This is a demo video of the new FlyTunes Internet radio tuner service. FlyTunes delivers music, talk, weather, and traffic to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
The video shows the installation process and demos a few stations.



Orb Delivers Live TV on iPhone

May 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Streaming Video, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Orb Networks today announced a new service that streams live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch.
“TV on the iPhone is now real,” said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. “Steve Jobs may think that buying shows from iTunes is the same as watching TV, but iPhone users know better. When the NBA playoffs are [...]



Google News Blog: Google News now available on your iPhone and iPod Touch

May 2nd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Another sign that the iPhone is the new laptop: Google announced today that Google News is now available formatted for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Today, we’re happy to announce that Google News is now available to iPhone and iPod Touch users in over 30 countries. This means that you’ll see a full-fledged version of Google [...]



University First In US To Equip All Freshmen With iPhones

Feb 26th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: General

Abilene Christian University announced this week that they would outfit all incoming freshmen with their own iPod Touch or iPhone, to enable the students to receive homework alerts, answer in-class quizzes, and use about a dozen other web applications the university has developed for the devices.
ACU’s plans for have attracted the attention of executives at [...]



Tell Apple To Free The iPod touch App Upgrade

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Via a comment on our coverage of the iPod touch app upgrade, Jackson let us know about two ways that people are protesting Apple’s $20 charge for the update that adds several apps left off the initial release.
Jackson’s reaction to the $20 update reflects a lot of early buyers’ attitudes:
I am outraged that Apple is [...]



Apple Adds 16GB iPhone & 32GB iPod touch

Feb 5th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Apple today added new models of the iPhone and iPod touch which have double the memory.
The iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model for $399. iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the 16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299.
“For some [...]



Apple Fixes iPod touch With $20 Upgrade

Jan 15th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

When Steve Jobs initially introduced the iPod touch, we were surprised at the things that Apple had decided to leave out. We wanted to know why Apple had handicapped the iPod touch, which buyers were expecting to be an iPhone without the phone:
Why doesn’t the iPod touch have Google Maps, Stocks, Notes & Weather? These apps [...]



CES: Flytunes Intros Digital Music Service For iPhones

Jan 7th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

At the 2008 CES Show, FlyTunes introduced a new digital music service for the Apple iPhone,
iPod Touch and other portable media players and cell phones:

FlyTunes offers a personalized radio-like experience, with thousands of channels of digital music.
Features:

FlyTunes does not require a receiver or additional hardware purchase - it works with your cell phone or personal [...]



Breaking News: Steve Jobs Announces iPhone To Get Third-Party Apps

Oct 17th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today announced that native third-party apps will soon be coming to the iPhone and the iPod touch.
Here’s the text of his announcement:
“Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers‚Äô hands in February. We are excited about [...]