iPhone Yabber! :: ZiPhone, Apple iPhone News, Rumours & Downloads

March 6th, remember that date, that is when a “iPhone Software Roadmap” even will be held on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, CA. It is currently unclear whether or not the SDK will be released at this event, it also unclear what other announcements the company will be making, but we will try keep you in touch!

Apple sent out the invites to various media outlets inviting them to the event and the invite read:

“Please join us to learn about the iPhone software roadmap, including the iPhone SDK and some exciting new enterprise features.” The graphic in the email features a map, with signs labeled “Enterprise,” “SDK” and “Software Update.”

Apple have released Firmwire 1.1.4 for the iPhone and iPod Touch, according to apple this update fixes some minor bugs and supersedes all other versions. It is currently unclear at the moment if any new features have been released with the upgrade but it is something that will be heavily watched by quite a lot of people, including iPhone Yabber. You can now upgrade to software 1.1.4 through Apples website, apple.com.

Along side the MacBook and MacBook Pro releases, Apple have recently announced that iTunes is the 2nd best music retailer in the US, Wal-Mart is number 1. Apple also said they would like to thank there 50 million+ users for sticking with them and using the service often.

Apple are releasing some new versions of the ever popular MacBook and MacBook Pro, after a conference in January apple recorded there highest earnings in history which was a proud achievement of them, and I bet the iPhone helped them achieve that.

The updated MacBooks come in 3 models, white 2.1GHz and 2.4GHz with 120 or 160GB HDD, and a black 2.4GHz with a 250GB hard drive.

All 2.1 model comes with 1GB ram, and the 2.4 models with 2GB ram.  All variations can be upgraded to 4GB memory for faster speed.

Here is one of the easiest ways possible to Jailbreak your 1.1.3 Firmwire iPod Touch. The video tutorial is highly detailed and the publisher guides you through the whole thing. Enjoy the video and happy hailbreaking!

iLounge have published a massive review on Apples iPod Touch. The review has so much detail in it, from simple pros and cons to detailed diagrams and descriptions. The whole review is 10 pages long, so spare yourself some time to read it, because it is a good read.

iPod Touch Review

Taken With An iPhone is a website all about pictures and videos taken with the iPhone. Theres some pretty cool pictures been put on the website, and theres also iPhone Accessories and Wallpaper packs. The site also has a little section for iPhone news so be sure to check it out.

Taken With An iPhone

Australian IT have published a news article about the iPhone and Australia. According to some Queensland law researchers there may be even more of a delay getting the iPhone into Australia while this hiccup. Below are some snippets from the AIT article;

“The legal hiccup could delay the arrival of the must-have gadget phone, which is expected in Asia and Australia some time this year.
However, some are concerned that the phone’s exclusivity deals with mobile carriers is anti-competitive. ”

“Ideally I’d like to see a version of the iPhone released in Australia that’s not locked to any carriers at all, although that doesn’t seem likely based on what’s happened in the past.”

Apple Australia was contacted but declined to comment.
Australian IT

Say you lost your iphone, or you misplaced it, wouldn’t you the ability to know where abouts it is? Well now you can, TUAW.com have published an article which explains how to essentially lo-jack your iPhone.

Click the following link to find out how,

TUAW

There are alot of iPhone Applications out there and so we have decided to make a Top 10 post, these are the iPhone Apps that we really liked and we hope you do as well. Be sure to lookout for the Top 50 and Top 100 (possibly) posts coming out soon.

iPhone Chat
iPhoneDigg
goMovies
101 Cookbooks
Gas.app
OneTrip Shopping List
iChess
iPhlickr
Google Reader
Digg Mobile

Yahoo! have now got a mobile section of their website, it allows users to have certain tools of the website on their mobile/cell. Yahoo have made a custom package for iPhone users, so if you have a iPhone and go to the mobile version of the site you will have great access to features like weather, stocks, mail etc.

A lot of other sites have done this, such as Google, so it was expected that Yahoo would do the same, and it looks really nice and it’s easy to use.

Mobile Yahoo!

Woah, I never would have never believed there would be such a good clone of the iPhone released, but there is. It’s called the DaXian X999 and it has been described as the ultimate fake iPhone. It features a 3.2inch touch screen, dual 2MP cameras, sensors and quite a lot of other nice features. To top if off though, this phone will only cost you $369.

Check out this video to see it in action if you like,

The LiveSpeakR is a nice little speaker that sites nicely behind the iPod Touch to provide a very nice sound booster. The speaker uses a feature that a lot of other iPod attachments don’t, it connects via a USB port. It also has RF protection so your phone won’t interfere with the speakers.It is estimated to be officially released around late summer, at this time, no price has been set.

Apple have released a new color into the iPod Nano series, you can now get either the 4GB or 8GB model iPod Nano in pink

The iPod nano lets you do many things, it can hold around 1000 songs, 3,500 pictures, 4 hours of movies, or a bit of each, it really is quite stunning. You can grab your iPod Nano for around $149!

A Norwegian hacker has made a new service that will allow it’s customers to put iTunes songs onto a non-apple device. “DVD-John” as he is mainly known by first starter hacking programs/apps when he was 16, he published a code which allowed you to remove copyrights from DVD’s.

You can read the full story at: Sky News