Nov 16
Google Voice. For iPhone. It’s here. [Video]
Posted in: Google, iPhone, Software, Today's Chili, top
Google’s official Google Voice app is here. For the iPhone. Hot. Damn. And guess what? It’s free. Updated. More »
Nov 16
Official Google Voice app for iPhone hits the App Store
Posted in: Apple, AppStore, breaking news, BreakingNews, Google, iPhone, Today's Chili
A few weeks after third-party apps started filtering in, Google’s launched its own Google Voice app for the iPhone, and it looks to have all the most important features: call and text support, push notifications, and voicemail access (including transcriptions). It’s available right now — US only at the moment — on iPhones with iOS 3.1 or higher as long as you’ve got a valid Google Voice account set up… so get to it.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Note: For some reason, you need to search the App Store for “googlevoice,” not “google voice.” Weird, we know.
Official Google Voice app for iPhone hits the App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nov 15
Comcast Xfinity remote app for iPhone, iPad launches, video streaming & Android version on the way
Posted in: Android, app, Apple, BlackBerry, ipad, iPhone, Today's Chili, video
The Xfinity remote app Comcast CEO Brian Roberts showed off earlier this year is now available in the app store for the iPad and iPhone. Currently they allow Comcast customers with compatible digital TV service to browse listings and On Demand content from their portable device and change channels right from the app. Video streaming, additional remote features and enhanced search are all promised for future releases, while other platforms should also get their own versions soon. Android apps are promised for later this year, with Blackberry to follow. For now, check out the press release and original demo video embedded after the break or grab the app from iTunes and break out your Comcast e-mail address to try it out prior to a live demo at 8:30 (EST) this evening at the Web 2.0 conference. It may not be the improved interface for our cable boxes we’ve been expecting for such a long time, but it’s at least a step in that direction.
Gallery: Comcast Xfinity Remote for iPad
Comcast Xfinity remote app for iPhone, iPad launches, video streaming & Android version on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nov 13
Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video)
Posted in: Android, contest, iPhone, Today's Chili, video, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone7, Wp7
Let’s face it, it’s a question the world’s been dying to know the answer to: which of the T-Mobile G2, HTC Surround and iPhone 4 will withstand a (literal) grilling the longest? Well, just in time for a mildly singed breakfast today, we have the answer. As you might have surmised from the title, HTC’s WP7-equipped Surround showed the most endurance, though in the end it too cashed out its Earthly credits and moved on to that great scrapyard in the sky. Video of its final moments awaits after the break.
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Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nov 12
Apple outs new iOS 4.2 gold master that fixes iPad’s WiFi woes
Posted in: Apple, ios, ipad, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, Today's Chili, wifi
Can you feel the iOS 4.2 anticipation building? After all, it’s not every day your tablet computer gets upgraded to multitasking. Apple just seeded a new gold master of iOS 4.2 to developers (build 8C134b, as opposed to 8C134), which deals with the WiFi issue that apparently delayed the launch. As long as this build is free of any more killer bugs, that new copy of iOS should make its way to proletariat hardware soon — though obviously this week looks like a no-go.
Apple outs new iOS 4.2 gold master that fixes iPad’s WiFi woes originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nov 12
New version of The Incident offers glimpse of world where Apple TV is the console, iPhone is the controller
Posted in: Apple, apple tv, console, gaming, ipad, iPhone, Today's Chili, video
We love us some big fancy grown-up consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360, but ever since we saw the new Apple TV we’ve been wondering what would happen if Apple gave it the App Store and let developers go wild. Surely the results would look a lot like the video above. The developers of The Incident are showing off the upcoming 1.3 build of their ultra-addictive falling objects platformer, which allows for an iPhone to control the game while it’s running on an iPad, which is in turn outputting video to the TV. Of course, The Incident guys aren’t the first to think of this, we actually saw an SNES emulator running on a jailbroken iPad months ago, and plenty of other apps use the iPhone as a controller. Still, it’s some pretty great execution, and the iPad video out seems to be key. Still seem tame to you? Imagine the OnLive iPhone app up and running on this thing. Mind = blown, right? Right.
New version of The Incident offers glimpse of world where Apple TV is the console, iPhone is the controller originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nov 12
iOS 4.2 reportedly delayed, iPad WiFi issues to blame
Posted in: Apple, delay, ios, ipad, iPhone, Today's Chili, wifi
Sorry, Apple mobile device users, your first little pre-holidays gift has been delayed. Apple has reportedly canceled today’s expected iOS 4.2 release, the controversial one that might or might not be lacking AirPrint. We’d hoped to solve that particular mystery before the weekend, but it seems we’ll have to wait a little longer thanks to a serious looking connectivity bug plaguing the iPad. Many users of the Golden Master version of 4.2 reported that a WiFi connection could be established by their devices but, once made, they were unable to actually do anything on the ‘net, and not being able to do anything on the ‘net is what we like to call a Very Bad Thing. No word on exactly when a new version will be available, but it should still drop within the next few weeks.
iOS 4.2 reportedly delayed, iPad WiFi issues to blame originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Nov 11
First Look: ‘Friends’ App for iPhone Creates All-In-One Contacts List
Posted in: Apple, apps, iPhone, Phones, Today's ChiliMost of your friends are on Facebook, only the nerdiest of them are on Twitter and your professional colleagues are on LinkedIn. Stalking everybody by checking all these sites can be a colossal waste of time.
Enter the Friends app from Taptivate, who developed the beautiful Postman app I covered previously. Friends takes your contacts from different services — Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (whoever’s on there anymore) and LinkedIn — and shoves them all into one tidy list.
If I were to select my friend Phill from the list, for example, I’d be able to tap a tab to check his Twitter feed, a different tab to check his Facebook stream and another tab to dial his phone. Check out the video below to get a visual sense of what I mean.
Friends from Oliver Cameron on Vimeo.
Friends isn’t out yet in the App Store, but I had some hands-on time with an early build of the app. I enjoy the detail and simplicity of the design; I’m probably going to be using this app to quickly check on some people while riding the elevator or standing in line at a grocery store.
Taptivate expects to release Friends in a few weeks in the App Store. It will cost 2 bucks. Keep an eye out for this gem.
Product page [Taptivate]
Nov 10
iHome’s iW1 AirPlay dock gets detailed
Posted in: airplay, Apple, ios, ipad, iPhone, ipod dock, ipod touch, IpodDock, IpodTouch, itunes, Today's Chili
We’re all expecting iOS 4.2 to hit sometime this week and bring AirPlay streaming with it, and it looks like iHome is getting prepared — the company just updated its AirPlay speaker dock page with more info. The iW1, as it’s been named, is much slicker than its minimalist looks would suggest: the portable speaker system features a built-in lithium-ion battery with an inductive charging base so you can just grab and go, Bongiovi Accoustics audio, capacitive touch controls and support for iHome’s iOS configuration apps, and a USB port for charging and local audio playback. Oh, and it can stream music from iOS devices and iTunes using AirPlay, of course. Sadly, there’s still no price or ship date, but if this thing is priced anywhere close to earth we’d say the Sonos S5 has got itself some serious competition.
iHome’s iW1 AirPlay dock gets detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nov 10
Bootlace lets you install Froyo on your iPhone without a computer
Posted in: Android, Apple, froyo, iPhone, iphone 3g, Iphone3g, jailbreak, Today's Chili
It may not solve some of the problems involved with actually running Android on an iPhone, but the recently released Bootlace 2.1 application for jailbroken iPhones does at least make the installation process easier than ever. Unfortunately, it only works with the iPhone 2G and 3G at the moment, but it will let you install Android 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo) directly on the device without the need for a computer. Hit up the source link below for the complete installation instructions — and insert your own joke here about the iPhone running Froyo while your Android phone is still stuck at 2.1.
Bootlace lets you install Froyo on your iPhone without a computer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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