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Skype App Update 2.1.1 for iPhone

By | August 21, 2010 | Mobile Nature

If you missed the update of iPhone iOS to version 4 and its highly anticipated ability to multitask then you also missed the sometime downside of this ability, rapid battery consumption. With the new iOS 4 and their updated app I could continue a call or text chat and jump to another app without dropping the […]

Camera+ Dodges and Ducks but Apple Rejects

By | August 21, 2010 | Mobile Nature, Shape of Intent

After initial rejection by the app approval process of the Apple App Store, TapTapTap managed to get Camera+ approved. Two months later and a reported $500,000 in their pockets, the app is yanked from the App Store for violation of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.7. TapTapTap has been a successful iPhone app […]

Partitioning the Internet: Google and Verizon Hold Forth

By | August 9, 2010 | Mobile Nature, Raw Economics

Despite numerous rumors and repeated questions, Google and Verizon denied they were in any kind of discussions. When specificaly asked if they were engaged in conversations about the prioritization of Internet traffic, they continued to deny any such talks had taken place. Today, Google and Verizon issued a joint statement that they have not only been […]

Finally, WiFi Coming with New Apple iPhones in China

By | August 7, 2010 | Mobile Nature

It has been a Long March to put WiFi on the Apple  iPhones released in China, but starting next Monday, August 9, all new iPhones will be equipped with WiFi. Chinese regulators prevented WiFi abilities on mobile devices while authorities attempted to get their own WAPI standard adopted. A combination of Western patience and Chinese pragmatism […]

iPad International Data Plans, Will Cost Deflect User Acceptance?

By | July 31, 2010 | Mobile Nature

The acceptance or rejection of a device or user pattern is not just dependent on great industrial design, interface and user experience -price and availability can be just as much a part of user experience. A successful product acceptance and the subsequent user pattern change depends on many factors. None can be ignored if the […]

Sweeping Landmark Ruling, Now Legal to Jailbreak iPhone in US

By | July 26, 2010 | Mobile Nature

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has been a blessing for some and a curse to many since its inception back in 1996 as part of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) accords. Wether you love it or hate it, the DMCA has shaped and carved the digital landscape from technologies, business models, to the use […]

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