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AT&T: International Texting

$9.99/mo for 100.



Whither YouTube, Indeed

YouTube has opened Mobile YouTube to the rest of the world. Mobile YouTube was previously only available on Verizon, but it is now available for any phone that supports 3GP, with more video formats possibly on the way.

Are We Due For A Kvetching Article?

Probably. This one is about whether Apple can get any carriers in Europe to carry the iPhone.

More Web 2.0 Apps

The same guy that optimized digg.com for the iPhone released an AIM web client, with source code available. I wish AIM was just built in to the iPhone.


Apple Updates iPhone Site

Apple has posted new 3D-ish videos in the “High Technology” section of the iPhone site, with neat demos of how the sensors work.

Apple to Give AT&T a Cashectomy?

Robert X Cringely thinks Apple is going to do more for AT&T than just the iPhone: set top boxes, and other stuff. He doesn’t go into detail as to how Safari fits in there (maybe it will be the perception of faster browsing?), but he says that AT&T wants it. Who am I to argue with him?

Why Even Bother?

They might as well not release the iPhone at all, especially since the rPhone is so much better.

Michael Tsai on Having a Cake and Eating it Too

Michael Tsai says it best by not saying anything: why developers might feel let down by the recent announcement regarding a SDK for the iPhone. [via]

No iPhone Prepaid in Europe

A European Apple executive recently re-iterated that the iPhone is still on track for a late-2007 debut, and that it will not be available prepaid. This bodes ill for prepaid users in the U.S. as well, I’d wager.


iPhone: Features to come

According to tech web giant, the iPhone doesn’t have Adobe’s Flash, but Apple promises it will be supported later. I’m not sure how I feel about the lack of flash; part of me views it simply as the most intrusive ad tech on the web.