Just the other day, Apple announced that you can now get your smashed iPhone screen fixed in-store for the low (?) cost of around £100, with or without AppleCare in select stores. This is the machine that lets them do it. Read More >>
Featured comment by Interleap:
"Jesus now iPhone screens have superior damage prevention?
Are you kidding me? I never realised just how deluded some people could be about their pho..." More »
It's no secret that the police aren't very good at breaking into encrypted iPhones, but they've been asking Apple for help. A lot of help. According to reports by CNET the US government asks for so much help that the "please decrypt this iPhone for me" waiting list is at least seven weeks long. Read More >>
Don't hand your iPhone to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. During an interview on Finnish TV show Hjalliksen kanssa, an interviewer made exactly that mistake, and is now short one functional iPhone, because Elop threw that sucker straight on the floor. Read More >>
Featured comment by Bhenn:
"Strange line of questioning! "I want to buy a Nokia but only if it has this specific name. Tell me when this imaginary product will be released" ...so..." More »
Featured comment by yeoldgreat1:
"Well that's a bit shit! Surely you've spent the length of your contract paying for the phone so you should own it outright. Crazy Americans." More »
It's a rumour that never dies: Apple is working on a cheaper, "budget" iPhone that will push for market-share in developing markets where the companies typically premium are especially expensive. But in the absence of hard evidence, we have soft evidence. Like this patent for a plastic iPhone. Maybe this is that rumoured budget iPhone? Maybe? Read More >>
Featured comment by Indy Sidhu:
"I remember a rather similar article for the patent of a smaller 'cheaper' iPad now known as the smaller, less advanced and expensive iPad mini." More »
Counterfeit goods that get found out often get destroyed. That should come as no surprise. But that doesn't mean it's easy to watch, especially if the fakes are this convincing. Take this Russian crush-fest, for example, where a bulldozer demolished 127 iPhones, found to be cheap imitations masquerading as the real thing. Read More >>
Featured comment by OhMyGodICantBelieveItsNotButter:
"I've handed in MANY bags/purses/wallets in my life, a few phones too.
I often get as little as a thank you, only ONCE did I get cash, and it was a to..." More »
Partaking in a prostitute's services is risky enough as it is—even more so when her fingers are as nimble as her tongue. Two Stockton, CA men learned this lesson the hard way Thursday after a pair of pilfering prostitutes made off with their phones and they responded in the dumbest way possible. Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"I have come to realise we do have that many idiots but it's just not so noticeable without the guns, which I am ever thankful for." More »
Desperately clutching at straws, trying to kill off the civil unrest that's currently unfolding, the Syrian government has banned iPhones from the country. The ban is an attempt to prevent coverage of violent crack-downs on anti-Assad, pro-democracy protests by government-controlled forces. Read More >>
Featured comment by The Power of Citizen Journalism | Laura Richards:
"[...] Video footage of pro-democracy protests and government retaliation had been uploaded from smart phones within Syria to the internet revealing th..." More »
Three months after being booted from the App Store for employing, "iPhone volume buttons in a non-standard way," the popular Camera+ app is once again for sale—volume button functionality and all. Read More >>
According to wireless guru John Stanton, he and Steve Jobs repeatedly discussed the feasibility of creating a "synthetic carrier" over Wi-Fi connections—thereby squeezing out the networks—between 2005 and 2007. Stanton didn't elaborate on why he abandoned the idea. Further analysis is available at Computerworld. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Since this plan obviously failed he moved on to plan B, using millions of users on iPhones to crush networks. From what people on AT&T used to say..." More »
The BiKN for iPhone (rhymes with deacon, not chicken) comprises a radio-enabled case for the iPhone 4 and a set of tracking tags. These tags can be attached to important stuff like house keys or children—really anything you misplace on a regular basis—and up to eight tags can be utilised simultaneously. Read More >>
According to the ever-quotable Noel Gallagher, iPhones are for "cockneys" and "***s" and he's much happier pulling a battered old Nokia out of the back of his expensive jeans. Read More >>
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