iPhone v2.0 Can Save Web-Images Directly

According to Gizmodo, the iPhone 2.0 firmware will allow users to save web-images directly to the iPhone’s hard drive. Look at the picture below :-

“Just hold your finger against an image for a longer time than usual and the popup dialog will appear.”

This feature is available in the latest beta seed (v 1.2.0) firmware.

Well, it is about time us iPhone users got this “practical” feature, I mean, it took Apple long enough to realize that they are after all giving us somewhat of a full-fledged internet and robbing us of one of it’s key features!

[ via Gizmodo ]

Nike+ on the iPhone, 500,000 songs on your iPod, and Nehalem in 2009

Not only can your iPhone play you music and movies while you’re riding the stationery bike, or let you check email while on a break from rock-climbing or Greco-Roman wrestling or something, but soon it’ll be able to help you train for a marathon too. Yes, the Nike+ fitness system will be coming to the iPhone and iPod touch soon, according to Stuff.tv, which learned this on a tour of the Nike campus in Oregon. Don’t forget to stretch!

Right now IBM scientists working on “racetrack memory,” a new storage technology that could let an iPod store 500,000 songs, and run for weeks on a single charge. its 500,000 SONGS, very impressive.

Nehalem? I don’t even know ‘em! The MacRumors Buyers’ Guide is predicting Penryn iMacs this year, and Nehalem processors in 2009. And in PC Advisor, former Mac|Life staffer Rik Myslewski explains how Intel’s openness helps us get a bit of a glimpse at the Macs of the near future.

Speaking of the future, PNY is developing an External Graphics Station, which is basically an external graphics card enclosure that would let iMac and MacBook owners upgrade their video processing power while they’re at home.

[ via : MacLife[dot]Com ]

The iPhone is one of the biggest products currently on the market. Since the day it was released it has seen amazing sales result and it shows no signs of slowing down. So why would anyone turn down the chance to get their software distributed on the wildly popular iPhone? Mozilla had a technology summit to discuss the opportunities that Apple’s iPhone presents for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Firefox is one of the most popular internet browsers, which offers a stunning combination of accessibility, functionality, and design, which would bring a whole new level of internet browsing to Apple’s iPhone. However, John Lilly, Mozilla’s CEO, and Mike Schropfer, Mozilla’s Vice President of Engineering have both said that the development limitations and requirements made by Apple. The iPhoneis too restrictive and the limitations put in place have caused Mozilla to abandon any hope of developing Firefox for the iPhone.

Apple has already been heavily criticized for the limitations put on third party developments, and this only adds insult to injury for Apple. Further more, Mozilla needs to acquire a license from Apple allowing for Firefox running on the iPhone. Currently, Apple forbids programs that interpret code themselves without using Apple’s APIs, making it impossible for Mozilla to release Firefox browser for the iPhone. Mozilla will instead aim for more open platforms, such as Android. For whatever the reasons, Apple’s limitations on software development may be cause for greater problems down the road, as more developers are put down by these limitations.

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If you have an iPhone, you will know that unlike most web enabled cell phones, the iPhone, offers a better, more web friendly experience. And according to a recent shopper poll, iPhone users use the device for more online activities than regular web enabled cell phones. This has further increased the success of Apple’s iPhone, and has also been a huge factor in the development of m-commerce.

A recent survey undertaken by Viewpoints.com, a review and rating site, has found that around 48 percent of iPhone users use their iPhones to surf the web and look up specific information on the Web, as compared to the only 5 percent of other web enabled cell phone users. Similarly, 45 percent of iPhone owners frequently surf the web on their iPhones, as compared to the dismal 6 percent of other web enabled cellphone users. Though the survey did not specifically ask iPhone users if they use their phone for online shopping, Viewpoint Network CEO Matt Moog says that there is no doubt that cell phone users are using their phones for online shopping.

Research has proven that the iPhone is more of an extension of the home PC, rather than it is an extension of one’s phone. In general, consumers are using the web capabilities of smart phones not only for basic web surfing, but for things they would do on their home PC as well, such as booking travel arrangements and vacations, as well as making all kinds of purchases. The iPhone is the perfect device, offering web browser capabilities similar to that of a home PC. With new developments in this industry every day, m-commerce has been developing at a rapid rate.

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With Apple’s release of the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK), developers will now be able to add the functionality that has been missing from Apple’s device since its release. However, through the unauthorized process of “jail breaking”, software developers have been able to develop and run third party software on their iPhones since its release. This raises the question on whether the underground community of iPhone hackers and developers will slowly die away or if it will continue.

For the first year after the iPhone was released, the only way to develop and to run third party applications and software was on a “jail broken” iPhone. Hackers found a way to bypass the software limitations of the iPhone, and through this process developers could run unauthorized software made specifically in the iPhone’s native format. Though these software applications are not authorized by Apple and “jail breaking” your iPhone will void its warranty, these third party applications have added a wide range of functionality to the iPhone that was previously unavailable. Things like instant messaging programs and to do lists which were previously unavailable, can now be installed on your iPhone and launched from the home screen.

However, with every new iPhone software release, Apple tried to fix the exceptions in its programming that allowed hackers to “jail break” their iPhones in the first place. But every time a hacker would find a new hole in Apple’s code and “jail breaking” could once again be done. But with the Apple’s iPhone SDK, the existence of the underground iPhone development community has been threatened. Is there any reason why hackers should continue to find ways to “jail break” their iPhones when an authorized development method has been created by Apple?

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