The iPhone Google Voice Search Dialect Dilemma

They’re funny things, vowels. Well, funny until we have to deal with speech recognition technology — as complaints about a new iPhone application’s inability to recognize British accents have highlighted. There’s nothing more likely to wipe the smile off your face than sitting in public, tr…

‘Star Wars’ on iPhone: The Force Isn’t So Strong With that One

“Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” demonstrates the potential of the iPhone as a gaming platform, but it leaves much to be desired in execution. While LucasArts generated much fanfare around the release of the game for various video game consoles, the mobile version feels like an afterthought,…

Another iPhone 3G ad bites the dust in the UK

Wow, the advertising conditions in the UK are pretty strict! An Apple ad was pulled earlier that year, but now another iPhone 3G ad was pulled from UK TV considering it apparently exaggerated the performance speed of the iPhone 3G.

The ad shows the iPhone speeding along within web pages and other a…

iPhone 2.2 SDK offers up TV out functions

Looks like the latest iPhone 2.2 SDK has a few surprises built-in. For one, the updated MediaPlayer framework can compose it possible to export live video to your TV. I know it sounds crazy, but it is totally possible, and we’ve posted a video to prove it.

MPTVOutWindow class makes it so your iPhon…

Sounding a Warning on Those Ubiquitous Earbuds

Justin Roberts has wildly curious young fans, the type who might lean into a live monitor during one of his concerts just to see what it sounds like. But the popular children’s entertainer knows a blast of loud music isn’t the only risk to a child’s hearing. What parents and kids really need…

iPhone firmware 2.2 not without bugs

With every new firmware version there are bound to be a few bugs here and there. No one was prepared for the issues that users are currently reporting in the iPhone firmware 2.2 update. Some of the more serious issues include the loss of the ability to sync with iTunes, loss in both 3G and Edge sign…

Google acknowledges skirting App Store rules

It seems Google has confirmed the notion that Google Mobile uses APIs that are undocumented, opening up the ability to use the built-in proximity sensor in the iPhone for verbal searches. that goes against the iPhone SDK, which states developers can only use APIs that Apple published within the kit….

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