After lots of speculation the good news has finally arrived- both for Netflix lovers as well as owners of the iPhone and iPod Touch. Yes, you guessed it right, the Netflix app service is now available on both these devices! Watching streaming movies and your favorite TV shows on the go has just become a whole lot easier.
The fact that iPad supported Netflix right from the time the device was launched gave rise to discontentment as well as hope that other Apple devices would soon have the service too. And now you can download the Netflix app on your iPhone or iPod Touch and it works fine on both 3G plus Wi-Fi, despite AT&T’s reluctance to let some streaming apps work on 3G (Slingbox is a good example of that). Continue reading…
The lack of a native Gmail app on the iPhone has been a major source of irritation for most users. If it was not for the mobile version of Gmail supported by Safari, many users would have simply flipped! The good news is that Gmail is being heavily revamped for the iPhone.
The current mobile Gmail is pretty good but clearly the people at Google want to give you better. If you load it up today, you may notice that the look and feel has changed, with a dark blue tinge and rounded buttons being the first to catch your eye. More importantly the position of buttons has been changed and keys have even been deleted! Continue reading…
Contrary to rumors that had surfaced online very recently, the Apple iPhone 4 is still available without the two-year service contract. The rumors stated that AT&T and Apple had mutually decided not to offer iPhone 4 without contract. Everything from the possible advent of the iPhone on Verizon to AT&T’s urge to make more money out of the iPhone 4 was blamed for this.
But these rumors should end here because both AT&T and Apple continue to offer the iPhone 4 without a two year contract and basic handset pricing. The only thing is that this deal is only available offline. If you buy the iPhone 4 in person from an AT&T Wireless store or from an Apple store, you can get the iPhone4 without the contract. Continue reading…
With e-commerce really big on mobile devices now, PayPal is gearing up for the next revolution in online transactions. The phenomenal growth registered by eBay (which owns PayPal) has also been due to the increase in the volume of transactions conducted from mobile devices. This is why PayPal is planning to add a number of new features and tweaks to its iPhone and Android apps.
The latest innovation is the Bump technology, which allows the transfer of money or the start of a transaction based entirely on ‘tapping’ two smartphones together (provided that they both have the app switched on). And PayPal assures that many more such interesting developments are in the pipeline. Continue reading…
The fact that the iPhone 4 and other devices using iOS4 have been effectively jailbroken, had forced Apple to come up with a statement that they are working on fixing the vulnerabilities in the OS and that the patch would be included in the next update. Well, that update or iOS4.0.2 is finally here and you can download it from iTunes.
This new iOS4.0.2 update will affect the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, two of the devices which were already jailbroken. Continue reading…
Wanting to install Flash on your iPhone 4? Well, now you can, because an alpha version named Frash can help you do that. This iPhone 4 version of Flash has been developed by the same person behind the recent JailbreakMe tool, for removing app restrictions on your iOS devices.
This version of Flash works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod and iPad with OS version 3.2.1. It also works on iPhone 4 running the 4.0.1 patch. One last thing before you try this Flash installation: keep a back-up of important data just in case anything goes wrong and your iPhone malfunctions. Continue reading…
If you have recently used the JailbreakMe tool to jailbreak your iPhone, you may be having a gala time accessing apps hitherto impossible to enjoy. But if you have also used the phonebook SIM card trick on your phone prior to jailbreaking it, you may be facing an error message now.
This is because Apple has apparently found out about the phonebook SIM card which allows you to activate your iPhone 4, iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS without using the pre-fitted SIM card. So if you have tried that trick, you should get an error message which says, ‘different SIM detected, please connect to iTunes’. Continue reading…
If you like to catch the latest and best movies, but cannot wait for the official Netflix app for the iPhone, there’s now a way out. The Netflix app is already available on the iPhone and that is what you have to make use of. What you need for installing Netflix app is an jailbroken iPhone; you can achieve this by using JailbreakME tool.
The entire process to install Netflix on iPhone takes a few minutes and soon you should be streaming content from Netflix. The mission is to download the iPad version of Netflix and transfer it to your iPhone. Here’s a quick guide to help you out: Continue reading…