iPhone

Satellite Radio Faces Sirius Problems

May 7th, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone, The New Media Update

Satellite radio network Sirius XM Radio released grim first-quarter results today, with a drop in both subscribers and revenues. Sirius has recently created a new service that can stream radio content via Apple devices like the iPhone and the iPod Touch, but that innovation may be too little, too late, to staunch the hemorrhage of […]



Next iPhone To Offer User-Generated Video For Non-Geeks?

May 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

Peter Burrows at Business Week speculated earlier this week in his “Byte of the Apple” column that the next iteration of the iPhone will feature an easy-to-use video suite. A new, updated version of the iPhone is rumored to be unveiled next month at the Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference. Burrows says his “gut” – and […]



Ask A Ninja Intros iPhone App

May 1st, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone, Video Podcasts

Pioneering video podcast Ask A Ninja has introduced a $1.99 iPhone app, I Am Ninja (App Store link) that lets you be a ninja and use your ninja skills to survive. It’s also got some smart social media features, letting you watch the latest Ask A Ninja episode and submit questions to the Ninja.



$5.99 App Turns iPhone Into Pro Audio Field Recorder

Apr 24th, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Software

Audiofile Engineering has released a new application that turns the iPhone and iPod Touch into a professional field recorder. Called FiRe [iTunes App Store link], short for Field Recorder, the application boasts some serious capabilities for its $5.99 price. According to Audiofile Engineering, FiRe is the first iPhone (iPod Touch) application to display an accurate […]



Broadcasters Want Apple To Add FM To The iPod, Turn It Into A Zune

Apr 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Featured Story, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

The National Association Of Broadcasters has asked Apple to change the design of iPods to incorporate an FM receiver.

Are broadcasters grabbing at straws to protect an industry that no longer has a monopoly on your ears?



Put Your WordPress Blog In The iTunes App Store, For Free

Apr 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Microblogging, Podcasting Software

MechaWorks has announced MobileEdition – a new service that promises to put your WordPress-based blog into the iTunes App store, for free.

According to the company, “MobileEdition is designed to let you to offer an iPhone-formatted version of your blog, while keeping the full desktop experience available on Safari. You get presence on the App Store, your readers get a simple choice in how to read your blog on-the-go.”



Stanford Podcast Teaches iPhone App Development

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Educational Podcasts, iPhone, Podcast Quickies, Podcasting, Video Podcasts

Apple Insider reports that Stanford University will be publishing a video podcasts and slides from its “iPhone Application Programming” course via iTunes U beginning this week. Official, for-credit enrollment in the class is limited, but the public may “audit” the class via podcast for free. Required “school supplies” for the class include an Intel-powered Mac, […]



iPhone App Records Geo-Tagged ‘Geocasts’

Apr 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting, Podcasting Software

Applications developer Car29 has launched a new iPhone application, GPS StoryRecorder [iPhone App Store link], which allows users to record location-specific “geocasts” to share with others. GPS StoryRecorder works on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch (2nd generation) to record whatever the user says, and save it to the user’s exact geographic location. The […]



Skype for iPhone ‘Blows Great Waft of Flatulence’ on Phone Cos

Mar 31st, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone

Skype is expected Tuesday to release a free iPhone version of its software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet.  [UPDATE: The application appears to be available Monday evening, but is crashing servers with high download demand.] In what is perhaps the greatest sentence in tech journalism so far in 2009, the […]



SlingMedia Mobile App for iPhone

Mar 27th, 2009 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

From the We Can Hardly Wait Department: Sling Media is announcing a mobile player for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The mobile app would allow iPhone (or iPod Touch) users to watch television content on their mobile devices. The company says, “We’ve been working hard to bring the SlingPlayer Mobile experience to the iPhone […]