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iPhone 3GS Radiation Measurements Released

You spend a fair amount of time with it next to your head, so you might as well have the facts. Per a report released by the Environmental Working Group, Apple’s iPhone 3GS handset ranks almost squarely in the middle of smartphones in terms of radiation output. The report notes that according to compiled data, […]

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Wall Street Journal Web Site to Go to Subscriber Model for iPhone, Blackberry Users

If you loved free Wall Street Journal content on your iPhone, you can thank Rupert Murdoch for this one. Per Paid Content, News Corporation has announced that readers of the WSJ on the Blackberry and iPhone will be charged US$2 per week for the privilege of reading news through the respective apps. Online and print […]

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iFixIt Teardown Finds 802.11n Chip, Space for Video Camera on New iPod Touch

You’ve gotta love iFixIt and their recent teardown of the new third generation iPod touch has revealed some interesting details pertaining to Apple’s newly-released third generation media player. Per the report, the new iPod touch features an 802.11n chip as well as enough space to fit a video camera such as the one found in […]

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AT&T Staggering iPhone MMS Feature Release, Some Users Report Early Activation

A number of iPhone users have reported that the long awaited MMS feature seems to have been enabled on their devices well in advance of AT&T’s declared September 25th start date according to howardforums.com. The MMS support feature will allow iPhone OS 3.0 users to send pictures, video and audio recordings, contacts, or locations from […]

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iPhone 3GS Patents security

Apple Files Patent for iPhone Theft Prevention Technology

A recently published patent application filed this week by Apple suggests the company is looking to use the device’s accelerometer to detect possible theft of the hardware. Per AppleInsider, in a application entitled “Acceleration-Based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices,” Apple describes a system that would analyze movement via a device’s accelerometer to determine […]