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iHOME|ONE minisite revealed… say Watt?

By mtc | Published: March 24, 2009
Now, one-hundred of you… all together….  Watt! iHome has pulled the curtain back just a bit to tease the forthcoming iHome ONE.  They state this is “the one you’ve been waiting for.”  If only everyone knew on how many levels that’s not an overstatement! This one is near and dear to my heart. I was [...]
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Can iPhone 3.0 3rd-party notifiers access Core Location?

By mtc | Published: March 21, 2009
Ross Rubin raises an interesting point… Yes, the iPhone does allow background processes – Apple’s. While every other music player for the iPhone will stop playing when you exit it, Apple’s iPod application will play in the background. Obviously, this consumes cycles, but Apple doesn’t seem to mind the tax on battery life here. This [...]
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iPhone 3.0 will support Stereo Bluetooth. Overall, very cool, but caveat emptor.

By mtc | Published: March 19, 2009
Stereo Bluetooth support on iPhone is coming with iPhone OS 3.0.  Welcome news for many, but beware of the reduced audio quality you will get from many existing 3rd party A2DP devices.  Generic A2DP only support SBC compression format for wireless transmission, and therefore you will get nasty transcoding (or tandem) artifacts resulting in muddy, [...]
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AirPhones turns your iPhone or touch into a wireless speaker

By mtc | Published: February 28, 2009
AirPhones turns your iPhone or touch into a wireless speaker. This falls under the “just because you can” category.  I don’t think there is much to see here for anyone but uber-geeks.
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Palm Pre sets a bar, prepares to see it raised yet again by others.

By mtc | Published: January 12, 2009
Telstra exec: new Android-based HTC phone ‘better’ than Pre – Engadget. In my opinion, Palm Pre is the new bar as far as phone concept is concerned.  Execution another matter, the touch screen plus physical keyboard combo in an attractive chassis with a sharp GUI is the recipe that the G1, iPhone, and Storm miss [...]
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iHome debuts iP1… ahem…

By mtc | Published: January 7, 2009
Get-it-on!  Been looking forward to an iPod dock with some balls.  I have a feeling this thing is going to surprise some people. iHome debuts iP1 iPod / iPhone speaker system – Engadget.
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