Globe Rolls Back iPhone 3G Prices!
Just a few days shy of its August 22 release, Globe finally realized that the priced the iPhone 3G a little too high. They decided to roll back the iPhone 3G prices to Php 37,599 for the 8GB one and Php 43,799 for the 16GB one – and added more freebies for both. The prepaid [...]
VoIP for the iPhone Coming Soon!
Wouldn’t it be great if iPhone users could call each other without using up their cellphone minutes? Global IP Solutions must have thought so, because two days ago they released a software development kit (SDK) so developers can come up with a VoIP application for the iPhone. Although we already have Truphone, the first and [...]
Globe Releases iPhone 3G on August 22
The iPhone 3G will finally be released in the Philippines – but at what cost? Globe Telecom announced the release of the iPhone 3G on August 22, as well as special post-paid plans that will allow users to fully utilize what the iPhone was designed for. That means the plans will come with free WiFi [...]
One Million iPhone 3Gs Sold
Today, Apple announced that they just sold their one millionth iPhone 3G on Sunday, merely three days after its official launch last Friday, July 11. According to Steve Jobs, the iPhone 3G had a “stunning opening weekend” – compared to the first iPhone launch, which took 74 days to sell the one millionth unit. Looks [...]
iCall VoIP Application for the iPhone
Apple MobileMe
The revealed specs of the iPhone 3G are no doubt something to drool over, but if there was one thing that was a little bit overlooked during the WWDC Keynote, it’s the launch of MobileMe at me. It’s got Push Email, Push Contacts, Push Calendar, 20 GB of online storage with file sharing, MobileMe gallery, [...]
iPhone 3G to be released on July 11
At Steve Jobs’ keynote presentation at WWDC in San Francisco today, we finally get to see what the iPhone 3G has in store for us. Apple seemed to take a lot of the criticisms made on the iPhone to heart – it’s got thinner edges, a full-plastic back, and most importantly, the iPhone 2.0 firmware. [...]
Sipgate Opens iPhone to 3rd Party VoIP Apps
Today, Sipgate released a free app for the iPhone that allows users to use any VoIP service that has the industry-standard SIP. The Spigate service allows users to call up any number without using their minutes from their wireless plan. This makes it very convenient to call to or from other countries, where a call [...]
Fring’s iPhone and iPod Touch Chat Service
Fring is a company that’s been working on chat and cheap calling apps for iPhone, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. Lately they’ve received a torrent of good feedback from iPod Touch users who have been using the iPhone’s pre-relase version on the voiceless iPod Touch. Fring also just released a new version for the iPhone that [...]
Low-cost iPhone calls from Morodo
Morodo is bringing low-cost calls to the iPhone through MO-Call. Unlike Fring, which will probably be operational sometime in June, MO-Call isn’t a third party application. It’s a lot more like Jajah and gives users immediate access to low cost callback services. To use it, simply open Safari and point it to mo-call.mobi. There’s a [...]
