Apple greenlights ridiculously crappy video recording app for older iPhones

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

At just 3fps and 213 x 160 resolution, we hesitate to call iVideoCamera a “video recording app” — it’s really more of an extremely low-res continuous-shooting still camera — but at least owners of iPhone 3Gs and original iPhones at this time have some sort of option for capturing their most treasured moments as one […]

China Unicom hits a million 3G users, only sells 5,000 iPhones so far

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Nearly six months after large-scale trials kicked off, China Unicom — the only carrier among China’s nationals to be deploying HSPA — has broken the magical million-subscriber mark that have made the leap to its “Wo” 3G network. If you’re wondering whether the recent launch of the iPhone on Wo has contributed to that count, […]

Laziness on the move: robot plays Rock Band on the iPhone

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Why confine your nerdy sloth to your living room, where large robots mime fake guitar and serve you sloppy mixed drinks? Take that zest for the sedentary life with you on the road by having one of your robot ninjas steal this iPhone Rock Band robot from its ingenious creator, Joe Bowers. The Arduino-based device […]