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Have you had an iPhone damaged beyond repair?  Well, I certainly feel for you. I was informed via e-mail last night that my friend's iPhone 3G suffered some water damage.  It was quite unfortunate to hear this since earlier in the week, she had to go into the Apple store and pay for a new battery replacement. I've often dropped my 2G iPhone here and there.  And here.  And There.  Had babies drooled on it.  I've even had it flung out of my hand a few times. I'm happy to say that Apple really built a solid device.  But when it comes to water, it's pretty much over. I've recommended my friend to wait out the water.  Let's it dry up a bit and see if things improve.  I've spilled coffee over my keyboard before.  But a few days later when the liquid dried up, it was working again. I'm not sure this will be the case with the iPhone since it's an infinitely more complicated device than a Dell keyboard at work. Suffice to say, it is t...

There is certainly no shortage of rumors and speculations going on about Apple's January 27th event and what Apple will unveiling.  Well, you want more proof that the iTablet is coming? Amazon, according to TechCrunch, is introducing a new royalty scheme where publishers and writers can earn more. Why now?  Couldn't Amazon simply have done this to begin with and spread the wealth a bit when they released the Kindle?  Well, no.  At the time there was no competition.  At least, not the kind of competition Amazon is likely to get soon in the form of an Apple tablet. Yes, this is proof that the tablet is coming.  After all, isn't the split between Apple and developers for the App Store also 70% to the developers and Apple gets to keep 30%? What's also interesting is that Amazon is still trying to control the price with this new scheme. At the same time, Apple has been holding meetings with publishers.  Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall of...

There's talk that on the 27th, Apple will unveill more than just iTablet. Whatever happens that day, we are potentially looking at what also comes next for the iPhone platform. After the iPod Touch came out, Apple stated that there could be other devices from Apple based on this modified OS X. So, we come to iPhone 4.0. One of the features some users are hoping for is the ability to run apps in the background. As an Android device owner, I have to say that the ability to have whatever music or podcast stream in the background is something I like to see on the iPod Touch or the iPhone. How can Apple make this work? More at Onxo Mobile Devices .

Will we ever see the iPhone Nano or another iPhone with a different design from the current one? The iPhone is still at the top of the mobile field of devices.  Droid and Nexus One might be good, even excellent, devices, but when it comes to the package as a whole, Apple is still way ahead of the pack. Still, public perception is important.  Because of the plethora of hardware developers support Windows Mobile and Android, you will get a pretty good selection of phones to pick from.  You still get: sliders,  ones with keyboards  ones with keyboards in a clam-shell  ones like the iPhone like Nexus One And then there are devices with forms somewhere in between. With the current iPhone design, Apple will satisfy a majority of the market but still a large segment that insists on the clam shape or having a physical keyboard will It's conceivable that Apple will never come out with an iPhone with physical keyboards as patent fights in the past have g...

I was writing a really long post today on the iPhone. It was about McDonald's free Wi-Fi and how it can be very important in helping the fast food joint maintain its lead over competitors. I was about to post it and then a call came in. I answered the call, chatted with the caller, and hung up. I went back to the app and guess what? I lost everything. Here are a couple of things that I like to see Apple require from all of its app developers: During the initiation of the call, the hitting of the home button, or any activity that takes the user away from the app in use, the app will go into a sleep mode or saved mode.  This will make sure any unsaved data is still in the memory somewhere and easily retrievable. After a call, I like to see the iPhone take the user back to the original app unless the home button is pressed. I'm not a developer so I don't know if these protocols are already available to the programmer.  And it is, it ought to be a requirement.  If...