Alex Kinch

You can’t have failed to hear that Apple had a little get-together last night – unless, of course, you don’t use Twitter, don’t watch the news or have spent the past 14 hours or so with a tin foil hat on your head.
New iPods – and the second coming of Jesus first public appearance of [...]

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off today in San Francisco – with four new iPhones rumoured to be today’s big announcement.

cnet Australia are reporting Australian mobile network Optus have dropped the price of the iPhone – fuelling speculation of a stock clear-out ahead of a possible announcement of a new jesus phone range at WWDC.

With the recent gloomy financial results from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, the news that phone sales have plummeted by 13% in the first quarter of 2009 was to be expected. However, Apple has continued to buck the trend with strong sales of it’s iPhone handset.

DigiTimes is reporting the next iteration of the Apple jesusphone and it’s sibling the iPod Touch will be getting a camera upgrade – in the form of a 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor from OmniVision.
In addition, there’s also reports of a 5-megapixel Apple product in the works, as yet unnamed but rumoured to be launched later [...]

Just in case you hadn’t got the message by now, Skype have launched their long-awaited app for the Apple iPhone. So far, so good. But if you’re in Canada, it’s not so good – Skype won’t be launching it there.
According to Skype PR Chaim Haas, there’s “patent-licence restrictions” in play that’s stopping them offering the [...]

Skype for iPhone to Be Released as Early as Next Week.
Om Malik claims he has information from ‘a tipster – a reliable one’ that Skype are about to announce an official client for the iPhone. It could come as early as next week – perhaps at CTIA in Las Vegas, that starts on Wednesday.
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Link: Orange’s Apple deal to bear unlocked iPhones | Reg Hardware
It appears that a rumble is brewing in France, and Apple will indeed be going ahead with Orange to offer unlocked iPhones (as per French law requirements).
However, there’s lots of questions. Perhaps Apple will insist that you are a French resident/citizen to buy an unlocked [...]

Link: French saying ‘non’ to Orange iPhone deal? – News – Tech.co.uk
Remember the recent announcement that France Telecom mobile unit Orange had got the exclusive deal for the iPhone in France? Things might not be as rosy as they seem – with the possibility that the iPhone won’t be launching there anytime soon.
It all boils [...]

Link: Flickr find: Homemade iPhone Amplifier – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Fed up with the tinny rattly sound quality of your beloved iPhone? You can now get ‘vastly improved’ sound quality for just a few pence, courtesy of a quick trip to the loo.