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The fourth iPhone SDK beta is now available from Apple. The major addition this time around is the support for OpenGL ES in the simulator, giving developers easy access to 3D acceleration. OpenGL ES is the same graphics API running on Symbian and Android. Also included in this update is a fresh build of the [...]

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Apple Inc. reported revenue of $7.5 billion and net profit over $1 billion in its second fiscal quarter, with revenue beating expectations. That’s up from revenue of $5.3 billion and net profit of $770 million in the year-ago quarter. The company’s iPhone sales for the quarter reached 1.7 million — which the company said kept [...]

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Goldstriker, the UK firm that specialises in adding additional luxury (and exclusivity) to personal electronics, have unveiled their latest 24ct tweak to the iPhone range: a leather and gold re-trim of the Apple handset. Adding the sort of hide you’d usually find cladding the seats of a Ferrari or Bentley, together with lashings of real [...]

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Poring through the latest iPhone 2.0 firmware that Apple has distributed to developers, The Boy Genius spotted that a new YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app has been added. At present, video embedded into webpages won’t display in the iPhone’s browser, and only YouTube substance is visible in aseparate program. It’s unclear right now whether that new [...]

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While the enterprise-enabled version 2.0 iPhone firmware isn’t scheduled to arrive until June, Apple is letting a select few folks nab a sneak peek at the in-development OS. Here’s a few highlights from Engadget‘s recent hands-on: “Exchange is so on! Changes are pushed over the network, but over WiFi it does check-ins, so it’s not [...]

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Austrian designer-jeweler Peter Aloisson has been commissioned to cover an Apple iPhone in diamonds for an unnamed Russian businessman. The modified phone has a commission cost of EUR120,000 and will be made of 18 carat white gold and will be encrusted with a total of 318 diamonds of best quality of which 138 will be [...]

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According to M:Metrics (based on 31,000 phone users and 202 iPhoners), 85% of the iPhone users browse the web on their device, while only 58% for smartphone owners and 13% for average mobile consumers. 31% of the iPhone users watched mobile TV or video, while only 14% for smartphone owners and 5% for average mobile [...]

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There is a rumor going around that Apple has filed a patent for a flip phone which makes people speculate that a Flip iPhone may be coming. The concept features dual-mode screens with multitouch technology built-in.

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The iPhone retail price at T-Mobile Austria, and in Ireland, at O2, will be €399 ($623) for the 8 GB version and €499 ($779) for the 16 GB version, the same as in France and Germany. T-Mobile in Austria requires a two-year contract; O2 in Ireland requires an 18-month contract. Incoming search terms:iPhone now available [...]

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According to a report in Wired, the iPhone Dev Team, a group of hackers intent on unlocking the iPhone, have already unlocked the beta version of the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that was due to launch this summer. An emulator version of the OS was embedded in the iPhone SDK released last week, but the [...]

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The iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) has been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was unveiled last week. The SDK allows third-party developers to make applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. The iPhone SDK has been one of the most talked about pieces of software coming out of Cupertino for some time. Developers and [...]

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