Google is continuing to prove that it doesn’t need to go toe-to-toe with iPhone’s Mail client to provide some really neat functionality. Google is upgrading its Gmail iPhone mobile browser version with new features, the latest being swipe gestures that actually work within the browser window.
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Orange has gazed deep into its crystal ball and seen the tent of the future. Can it be erected in under five minutes at the height of a shrieking Welsh gale? Does it stop staggering Glastonbury attendees from being sick in it? Sadly not, but the Solar Concept Tent is solar powered and has its very own 3G WiFi connection. Read on more details.
It took the iPhone Dev Team a few days, but they’ve managed to get their unlock tool for iPhone 3G working and ready for public consumption. Ultrasn0w, which is a contender for best hacker name ever, works with either Redsn0w or PwnageTool to jailbreak the iPhone, then unlocks the iPhone OS 3.0 software, allowing you to use the touchscreen handset on any network you like.
We were excited to hear that Apple iPhone and iPod Touch would be getting “third party game accessories” yesterday. No sooner did that bombshell drop than a third-party iPhone game controller dutifully showed up. Behold the frankly weird looking GameBone Pro controller, which aims to bring six buttons and an 8-way direction pad to your Apple handset.
The iPhone is fast becoming home to many forms of retro gaming applications, but one of the most promising – a licensed Commodore 64 emulator – has failed to make it past Apple’s labyrinthine App Store approvals process. It’s a big disappointment to those who want to enjoy a bit of gaming nostalgia from their handset, which is more than up to the task. More importantly, it’s yet more proof that something is completely wrong with the App Store approval system.
Following a spate of con artists tricking pensioners into withdrawing money from the bank while under mobile phone instruction, a Japanese bank has started to use jamming devices to stop mobiles being used near its ATMs.
According to Swedish news paper DN (Dagens Nyheter) the European Union is to vote on imposing a 14% import tax on any mobile phone with an inbuilt GPS or mobile TV receiver.
