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Oct 15, 2007 4:26 PM CDT

Greenpeace: iPhone Should be Greener

Environmental group also slams Steve Jobs for hypocrisy

(Newser) - Apple talks a green game, but the iPhone isn't as environmentally friendly as many of its competitors, says Greenpeace. The company got a pat on the back from the group last May for Earth-friendly electronics, but since then has fallen behind other cell phone makers, with some potentially nasty chemicals...

Labels Team Up to Bruise iTunes

Oct 12, 2007 2:12 PM CDT

Labels Team Up to Bruise iTunes

Universal leads effort against Apple's control of prices; new store part of plan

(Newser) - Universal Music is acting on industry-wide anger toward iTunes’ policies, teaming with Sony and potentially Warner on a new subscription service that could make music essentially free. Still a prototype, Total Music would charge makers of music players $5 a month, PC World reports; they would then offer unlimited downloads...

iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket

Oct 6, 2007 2:38 PM CDT

iPod Nano Catches Fire in Man's Pocket

Battery on 2-year-old device may have burst into flames

(Newser) - Apple may have another fire to put out—literally. Danny Williams says he was at work in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport when his 2-year-old iPod Nano caught fire in his pocket. “If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist,...

Apple to Firms: It's OK to Write iPhone Software

Oct 5, 2007 5:44 PM CDT

Apple to Firms: It's OK to Write iPhone Software

After update uproar, specific developers may get access to platform

(Newser) - Having roused the ire of iPhone third-party software developers and users when its software update 1.1.1 permanently deactivated modified handsets, Apple is now corralling a groups of developers under strict confidentiality who may be given free reign to develop native apps for the iPhone, Fortune reports.

Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

Oct 4, 2007 2:57 PM CDT

Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

With a view toward resale, hackers put footprint on market

(Newser) - One of every 10 iPhones sold in September was bought to be unlocked and resold, an investment bank has estimated. The anecdotal research comes from several hours spent monitoring Apple stores; the analysts assumed that all iPhone purchases of the maximum five per customer were made by hackers, appleinsider.com...

Verizon Voyager Guns for iPhone

Oct 3, 2007 8:31 PM CDT

Verizon Voyager Guns for iPhone

Handset from LG latest answer to Apple's hot product

(Newser) - Just as your head begins to ache with the iPhone cacophony, Verizon Wireless today announced its own challenge to Apple's hot commodity—the strikingly similar LG Voyager. A Verizon exclusive, Voyager also features a large touchscreen, but adds a full Qwerty keyboard that slides out sideways. Add Verizon's faster 3G...

Meet the New Zunes

Oct 3, 2007 12:20 PM CDT

Meet the New Zunes

Microsoft rolls out its second generation of mp3 players

(Newser) - The Zune is getting three shiny new models in November, Microsoft announced yesterday, including nano-like flash-integrated 4GB and 8GB players, and an 80GB hard drive model, all priced just like corresponding iPods. They’ll sport new features like wireless syncing, touch-sensitive navigation pads and a redesigned, DRM-free marketplace. But they...

Nokia Targets Apple with Anti-iPhone Ads

Oct 2, 2007 4:21 PM CDT

Nokia Targets Apple with Anti-iPhone Ads

Campaign blasts recent update that shut down modified handsets

(Newser) - Nokia, seeing Apple vulnerable on the issue of iPhone mods, is throwing down the gauntlet in a new ad campaign proclaiming its N95 phone "open to anything," and recommending that users "load it up" with third-party apps and mods. The ads respond to Apple's draconian iPhone update,...

iPhone Update Enrages Owners

Oct 2, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

iPhone Update Enrages Owners

Apple plays hardball as update shuts down all hacked phones, not just unlocked ones

(Newser) - Apple’s latest firmware update doesn’t just shut down unlocked iPhones as threatened; it shuts down all phone hacks, including homemade applications, ringtones created by third parties, and the ability to use the phone as a drive. Even some unhacked phones have become completely inoperable. That’s enraged...

Hear Cool Tune, Click, Own It

Oct 1, 2007 3:27 PM CDT

Hear Cool Tune, Click, Own It

Starbucks offers instant iTunes downloads for impulse buyers who like what they hear

(Newser) - Ever hear a song in a coffee shop, and reminded yourself to look it up later? Starbucks is taking the “later” out of the equation, allowing latte-sippers in New York, Seattle, and soon other cities, to log on and buy whatever they’re hearing instantly off iTunes. It’s...

Nokia Buys Map Software Firm

Oct 1, 2007 3:26 PM CDT

Nokia Buys Map Software Firm

Deal seen as move to boost use, fend off iPhone with more location-based services

(Newser) - Nokia announced it would buy Navteq, a mapping and navigation software maker, for $8.1 billion, the New York Times reports. Nokia is trying to bring mapping and other location-based services to cellphones in an attempt to combat sliding sales from handset market saturation and compete with Apple's iPhone, which...

Radiohead:
Pay Whatever
You Want

Oct 1, 2007 1:04 PM CDT

Radiohead: Pay Whatever You Want

Band leaves cost of downloading new album up to fans

(Newser) - “No, really, it’s up to you,” Radiohead’s website tells consumers pricing out a digital copy of the band’s next album, set to debut Oct. 10. The band is testing the theory that consumers will pay a fair price for the 10-song set if given the...

Buzz: Apple to Unveil PDA in First Half of '08

Sep 26, 2007 5:14 PM CDT

Buzz: Apple to Unveil PDA in First Half of '08

Bored already with the iPhone? Salivate over this upcoming release.

(Newser) - Early-'90s techies who used a Newton MessagePad can break out the champagne; though that device was killed in 1998, Apple plans to give the PDA a 21st-century go. AppleInsider reports that the company has spent the past 18 months chipping away at a brand-new device, built on Apple's signature multi-touch...

Hackers to Re-Lock iPhones

Sep 26, 2007 9:10 AM CDT

Hackers to Re-Lock iPhones

Will allow users to cover their tracks, install update, be covered by warranty

(Newser) - When Apple warned Monday that unlocked iPhones would be destroyed by an upcoming software update—and that the hacked phones wouldn't be covered by the warranty—the hackers who made the tools to unlock the phones in the first place got to work. Yesterday the iPhone Dev Team said they...

Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

Sep 25, 2007 4:14 PM CDT

Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

Low prices, lack of DRM major selling points

(Newser) - Amazon threw down the guantlet to iTunes today when it launched its digital music store, Amazon MP3. Roughly 2 million songs are available for 89-99 cents each, with albums going for $5.99 to $9.99. Not only do those prices beat iTunes's, but all the files are DRM-free. Selection...

Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

Sep 25, 2007 7:28 AM CDT

Apple Issues Warning on Hacked iPhones

Unlocked phones will be 'irreparably damaged' by upgrade

(Newser) - IPhones that have been unlocked to work on cellular networks other than AT&T may be damaged "irreparably" by an iPhone software update being released this week, Apple warned yesterday. What's worse, the company says the unlocking also voids the warranty, so users would have to pay for replacements...

Starbucks Serving Free iTunes

Sep 24, 2007 4:19 AM CDT

Starbucks Serving Free iTunes

Customers will scoop up as many as 50 million free downloads

(Newser) - For more than a month beginning next week Starbucks will offer customers free iTunes downloads of songs by major artists like Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The freebie marks a new partnership between the coffee giant and Apple, Inc. Company executives expect Starbucks will give away...

Apple CEO Subpoenaed by SEC

Sep 20, 2007 5:30 PM CDT

Apple CEO Subpoenaed by SEC

Jobs doesn't appear to be target in backdated options case

(Newser) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a case involving backdated stock options, the Wall Street Journal reports. Apple's former counsel, Nancy Heinen, is the target and not Jobs. Though Apple already admitted to backdating options, and that Jobs had a hand in...

iPhone Flies 1st Class to Europe

Sep 17, 2007 6:07 PM CDT

iPhone Flies 1st Class to Europe

Rollout starts tomorrow; UK deal a bonanza for Apple

(Newser) - European technophiles are about to get their fingers on the iPhone’s touchpad, and thanks to some 11th-hour bargaining, O2, the UK’s largest mobile operator, will have the franchise there. But O2’s deal is “madly money-losing,” a competitor tells the Guardian, because Apple reaps as much...

New iPhone Hack Lets You Switch Carriers

Sep 13, 2007 8:06 AM CDT

New iPhone Hack Lets You Switch Carriers

Software makes unlocking the gadget easier, but is it legal?

(Newser) - New software that allows iPhone users to unlock the devices for use on any network without having to disassemble them is available online. Hackers have been on the case for 2 months, MacNewsWorld reports, and this week's breakthrough means customers can buy phones directly from Apple and don't have to...