With all the bad news surrounding iPhone pre-order fiascos, and more recently, cancelled iPhone pre-orders, it’s nice to finally have something good to report. Apple’s new mobile video-chat feature, dubbed FaceTime, is one of the key selling points on the new iPhone 4, and now comes word that using the feature won’t count against a […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Comments Off on The iPhone as a travel brochure – Focusing on the details that matter
Imagine the following scenario. You’re planning vacation, and after much deliberation, you narrow your future destination down to two places – Costa Rica and Cancun, Mexico. Now, imagine that during the process of deciding where to go, you start to compare seemingly minute details such as which country’s weather is closest to 85 degrees, which […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Comments Off on Apple licenses iOS trademark from Cisco; purchases FaceTime trademark flat out
Apple yesterday changed the name of its iPhone OS to iOS to better represent the wide variety of devices ithe OS is capable of running on. The iOS trademark, however, is already owned by Cisco and refers to the software used in most of Cisco’s routers and switches (Internetwork Operating System). Is anyone else experiencing Deja Vu? […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
Sachin Agarwal, who formerly worked on Final Cut Pro while at Apple, explains why FaceTime, Apple’s new video conferencing feature on the new iPhone 4, is bound to be a hit. “FaceTime will be successful because you don’t need an account. That separates it from being a Geek feature” Indeed, Apple touts this simplicity on […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
Below is the video Apple showed at today’s Keynote which highlights the new video conferencing feature on the iPhone 4. Anyone else think the guy at the end of the video looks like Matt Damon?
Continue reading...Monday, June 7, 2010
Comments Off on Apple introduces video conferencing for iPhone 4, called FaceTime
A short while ago, Steve Jobs demoed one of the most anticipated features of the new iPhone – video conferencing. Apple calls the feature “Facetime”, and as you might expect, it’s set up much in the way that iChat is. Jobs showcased the technology by calling his old pal Johnathan Ive where they had a […]
Continue reading...
Monday, June 21, 2010
Comments Off on FaceTime video calls won’t eat up carrier minutes – Report