Put this in the unsubstantiated rumor category – but AppleInsider is reporting that iPhone firmware 2.2 will add support for wireless downloads: A tipster shared with us some screenshots of the new firmware, including what appears to be the ability to download podcasts directly to your iPhone (and presumably your iPod touch). This could tidily […]

John Markoff at the New York Times writes that there’s evidence that Apple is working on a Kindle-killer.  According to Markoff, his contact at a search engine company has “spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?” […]

i.TV – the iPhone TV Guide – has become the top App Store application after only being available three days.  i.TV (App Store link) is a TV and movie guide application for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets you find comprehensive info on the latest TV shows and new movies, based on your current location. […]

i.TV has launched a free movie and TV guide service (App Store link) for the iPhone and iPod touch. In a nutshell, it’s an interactive, mobile TV Guide.  Here’s a rundown on i.TV’s features: TV and movie listings based on your current location and other customizable profile settings. The service provides rich background information for most […]

A year ago, we predicted that the iPhone would soon have 1% of the browser market share, if Apple met its sales goals.

It not only appears to be doing that, but the iPhone is an unqualified hit, capturing 17 percent of the smartphone market and becoming the most important device in new media.

Last year, we called the Kindle “this year’s Zunetanic, an over-hyped iPod-wannabee.” A little harsh, maybe, but the prediction is panning out to be true.  Since then, Amazon has dropped the price for the Kindle, announced a lot more books for the device and sold in modest numbers, leading Amazon to admit that the device was […]

As part of Google’s 10th anniversary, the company asked ten of its experts for their take on the future of the Internet.  Today they posted “father of the Internet” Vint Cerf‘s take, and he keys in on two trends that we’ve focused on because of their importance to new media – mobile content creation and […]

A tale of love, expressed in iPod words. Produced and directed by Paolo Tosolini and Silvia Tosolini, Creative Commons license.

Apple has announced iPhone Developer University – a new program designed to help educational institutions create curriculum for developing iPhone applications.  The iPhone Developer University Program is a free program designed for higher education institutions looking to introduce curriculum for developing iPhone or iPod touch applications. The University Program provides development resources, tools for testing […]

 Alex Sokirynsky, developer of Podcaster, a podcast client for the iPhone, is making the switch to Google’s Android smartphone platform.  Apple banned Podcaster from being sold in the App Store because “it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.” “It seems that Apple has shut me down,” says Sokirynsky. “All I wanted was for someone […]