Zinio, a digital publishing and distribution platform for magazines and books, has introduced Zinio Mobile Newsstand for the iPhone and iPod Touch, a new way to read magazines for free on your mobile device. “Apple’s newest devices were natural for the launch of the Zinio Mobile Newsstand,” said Rich Maggiotto, Zineo CEO. “Users will benefit […]

Mega podcast host Wizzard Media has introduced a new iPhone podcast directory & receiver, iphone.wizzard.tv. The Wizzard Media Receiver for iPhone, above, offers a podcast directory, formatted for iPhone, that lets you browse, listen to or view podcasts. Here’s a walk-through of the new Web app from Wizzard’s Dave Mansueto:

by James Lewin The market for handheld devices such as Palms and Pocket PCs is tanking. The worldwide handheld device market posted its fifteenth consecutive quarter of decline in shipments. According to IDC, vendors shipped 728,894 handheld devices in 3Q07, 39.3% less from the same quarter a year ago. “The handheld device market has been […]

Since this Thursday, Apple limits sales of the iPhone to two per person, and has prohibited cash-only sales of the cellphone, presumably to stop people from reselling them.¬† Before Thursday’s policy change announcement, there was no cash restriction and the purchase limit was five per person. Company spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said that limiting purchases to […]

AT&T and Apple have sold 1.325 million iPhones, according to Strategy Analytics, making it one of the most popular mobile devices in the United States. “The iPhone has become AT&T’s top selling device, commanding some 13 percent of AT&T’s overall handset sales, and the 4th top selling handset in the US market,” according to Barry […]

Sprint and HTC Corp. today announced their response to the iPhone, the Touch by HTC, a touch-screen wireless phone integrating Windows Mobile 6 with advanced entertainment features. The Touch features integrated TouchFLO technology, developed by HTC, leveraging smooth navigation through menus with a finger swipe. In addition, the TouchFLO cube brings a 3D cube interface […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today announced that native third-party apps will soon be coming to the iPhone and the iPod touch. Here’s the text of his announcement: “Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers‚Äô hands in February. We are […]

The music industry is questioning its relationship with Apple and is looking for alternative business models. According to a Businessweek report, a strong contender in their vision for the future of commercial music is the idea of turning music into an all-you-can-eat service, Total Music, that would cost about $5.00/month, but would be rolled into […]

Apple’s PR fiasco over its decision to actively fight the unlocking and hacking of iPhones appears to be going from bad to worse. This video mashup is an example of the fallout Apple is reaping from its decision to fight developers that want to add to the iPhones capabilities. It takes the narration from Apple’s […]

Apple appears to be betting that bloggers don’t matter in the aftermath of its decision to fight attempts to hack the iPhone, a move that has turned some of the advanced phones into “iBricks.” The move has generated a storm of bad publicity in the blogosphere, with Gizmodo going so far as recommending against buying […]