There's been speculation Apple will dump its exclusive deal with AT&T perhaps as soon as this week - many hope the iPhone will be made available through all US carriers soon. Hand it to Apple's top brass to muddy the waters just a little bit…
Back in the old days, before you kids got all these newfangled Robots and Compact Discs and Moving Pictures, traveling was a genuine challenge. You trekked to the airport for miles through the snow - uphill, mind you - wondering all the while if they would have an airplane that could take you somewhere close to where you wanted to go.
The TomTom for iPhone GPS navigation app has turned up in the New Zealand app store for a price of $81 to $125 USD, reports MacRumors today. Four versions of the app are available: U.S. & Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
I'm looking at these images from a Hong Kong blog, and they totally look like The Real Thing™ to me. Sure they are blurry, but those applications' user interface definitely screams Apple design. The gallery shows the video/camera screen, compass, and the autofocus, among other things.
A recent lawsuit filed in the Eastern Texas District court complains of the iPhone's and iPod's abilities to download software and digital audio files, among other things. Yet another suit has snared Apple over the iPhone's included camera. Perhaps a sign of the iPhone's success, patent trolls have taken notice.
Many new iPhone applications - or "apps," as they're known - can make traveling easier, less stressful or just more entertaining. Many of them take full advantage of the phone's Global Positioning System, Internet link and other features.