$100 price drop on iPhones and iPods coming soon

According to 9to5Mac they received a tip Apple is planning on dropping prices again on the iPhone and iPod Touch line within the next month or two by much as $100. The 8Gb iPod Touch will be dropped from the lineup.

Forbes is also advising its readers to hold off on buying iPhones as they think the 3G model is right around the corner.

The new prices are expected to be:

8Gb iPod Touch $199
16Gb iPod Touch $299
32Gb iPod Touch $399

8Gb iPhone - $299
16Gb iPhone - $399

Complete article can be read here.

Quickorder app would keep iPod touch owners hooked on Starbucks

From Engadget -



For Starbucks regulars, Quickorder would enable iPod touch users to swing by their favorite cafe, order up their favorite drink and avoid a good deal of that always questionable human interaction. Granted, what you're peering at above is still a mockup for now, but it's brimming with potential.

iAno iPhone App Gives Your iPhone C-Minor Key

From Youtube via Gizmodo -

Portable Stereo Sound

The DLO Portable Speakers for iPhone are compact yet powerful speakers that let you enjoy your music and videos in stereo sound without any threat of TDMA interference. Featuring an extra-wide sound stage and bass vents for delivering powerful sound, these small speakers pack a powerful punch.

The removable, rotating stand holds the iPhone upright or horizontally for the ideal portable movie-viewing experience. Plus, you don't have to disconnect your iPhone if a call comes in – the Portable Speakers simply turn into your iPhone into a speaker phone. So while iPhone is connected, you can take and place calls as usual, without any disruption.





The DLO Portable Speakers also feature a unique compact design that makes them ideal for travel. Each speaker snaps neatly into the base to create a "ball" approximately 6" in diameter. The base features a recessed area for keeping cords securely wrapped and out of the way when not in use.

Powered by either AAA batteries or the included AC adapter, the speakers will also work with any audio device that has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Complete details are available at the DLO site.

iPhone Springlets: Add Quick Search Bookmarks

From Gizmodo -




Springlets for the iPhone are like bookmarks in Firefox - they let you quickly search a site by pretyping the search term before you load the page itself. This saves you one page load per search from the home page, which may mean as much as a 30-second time gain depending on your connection speed.

More details at Springlets' site.

C-002 HiPhone: The Video

C--002 HiPhone: Better than the Real Thing?

From Engadget -



The C-002 HiPhone is not only to mimic the iPhone hardware, but the user interface is one of the most faithful reproductions ever. In fact, some of the largest differences between this phone and its inspiration are improvements: a removable battery, dual SIM cards and a microSD slot.

Full article here.

iPhone Survives Run-In with 18-Wheeler

From PDAStreet -




Mike Beauchamp of Kansas accidentally left his iPhone on the trunk of his car. As he was getting back on the highway, he realized he didn't have his iPhone. It took him an hour to locate the iPhone. And, when attempting to getting it, Beauchamp saw an 18-wheel tractor-trailer drive over the smartphone at over 70 miles per hour.

As you can see from the picture, the iPhone does look a bit worse for wear. Other than that however, it works just fine. The screen even survived the run-in and with its touch sensitivity intact, although the display now has few dead areas.




Full article can be read here.

Missing iPhones May Be in Hong Kong

From InformationWeek -

Wireless industry analysts have been investigating a mystery involving iPhones. The number of phones that Apple says it has shipped doesn't match up with the number of iPhones that AT&T (and other wireless carriers have activated. In reporting quarterly earnings last week, Apple said it had shipped some 4 million iPhones, while AT&T said it had about 2 million iPhone customers as of the end of 2007, in its quarterly report. More than a million iPhones seem to be unaccounted for.

Online retailer Wireless Imports thinks many of them are in Hong Kong. Wireless Imports has 500 to 1,000 iPhones that it has shipped locked in their original boxes. A large chunk of those units, estimated at 100,00 - 200,000 were sent to Hong Kong, presumably to be unlocked.

For the majority of Wireless Imports' wholesale orders, the iPhones are shipped locked. But for retail unlocked units, Wireless Imports sells them at $600. And while Apple recently cut its retail price on the iPhone, Wireless Imports hasn't marked down its units because of the extra cost involved in unlocking them.

Upon launching the iPhone in Europe, Apple changed the bootloader that cannot be altered by a simple software downgrade to a previous software version that would unlock the phone. The bootloader restricts people from using a software-based fix to unlock their iPhones.

But it's only a matter of time before various unlocking methods flood the European market. In fact, the iPhone 1.1.2 Unlocking Solution offered by Wireless Imports is SIM card-based, not a software-based fix.

More of Europe to be on the iPhone bandwagon shortly

From 9to5Mac -

Italy, Spain and Switzerland are next in line in getting the iPhone officially from Apple.

Spain Telefonica and Telecom Italia Mobile for Italy are both said to be in the latter stages of a planned release while Switzerland's Swisscom reportedly will start carrying the iPhone starting late this month. iPhone's software is rumored to already include code that strongly suggests support for the Italian network is already being built-in.