‘iPhone’ Archives

Today, Apple released version 9.2 of its popular iTunes multimedia and mobile application management software. The new version includes several new features and fixes, including: Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks [...]

In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table and Screenless Switchers podcasts, our knights discuss the WWDC keynote announcements, the new iPhone 4, iOS 4.0, iBooks, and mobile accessibility in general.

In addition to its other announcements, Apple unveiled the next version of its iBooks e-reader and book store application. THe next version, available later this month, will support the iPhone and iPod touch, and be able to sync bookmarks and notes across multiple devices, including the iPad. Users will be able to take notes within [...]

Today, Apple unveiled the next generation of its popular mobile phone device, iPhone 4. new features include a forward facing camera, stainless steel and glass enclosure, gyro-scope, quadruple the screen resolution of the previous generation iPhone, enhanced camera with 5MP resolution and LED flash, Apple designed A4 processor, approximately 40% longer battery life, and much [...]

Today, Apple will be taking the wraps off of new products and services at its annual World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco, California, if history is any indication. Also historically, Apple’s advancements in accessibility tend to be announced during WWDC, though not always necessarily during Steve Jobs’s keynote presentation. For example, last year brought [...]

On Monday, 07/June, Steve Jobs will take the stage at APple’s annual World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco. The Screenless Switchers, ATMaine.com, and Mac-cessibility are joining forces to bring you live discussion of the event as it happens. You can tune in at approximately 12:30 PM EDT, (9:30 AM PDT), at this link. Additionally, [...]

Today, AT&T announced in a press release that changes are coming to its data plans for iPhone and iPad 3G users on 07/June/2010, as well as a tethering option. The $30 unlimited data plan is being replaced with two cheaper plans that impose restrictions to the amount of data users can consume per month. The [...]

Earlier this month, Wired took a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features in beta 3 of iPhone OS 4.0. Some of these, such as a screen orientation lock and possibly file sharing seem to be making their way over to the iPhone from the iPad. The article also shares a bit of detail [...]

The Lighthouse of San Francisco is hosting a technology seminar entitled "Apple Products and Accessibility" on 11/June/2010 from 1:00PM – 3:00PM PDT. From the announcement: Join us to hear Apple discuss the latest universal access features on its iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and OS X VoiceOver! Apple’s inclusion of assistive technology as an out-of-the-box feature [...]

Solona.net, in addition to its Captcha solution and RAIVE services, recently began offering tactile iPhone screen protectors, which provide tactile feedback to ease typing on the iPhone. Now, Solona is offering similar protectors for the iPad and iPod touch devices as well. In addition, new tactile layouts have been created for a variety of uses [...]

Solona.net, the company which offers free Captcha solution services and a tactile iPhone screen protector, is conducting a poll of visually impaired mobile phone users. The polls asks participants to choose their favorite brand of mobile phone. As of this writing, Apple and Nokea are neck-in-neck, separated by a single vote. The poll is available [...]

In the May 2010 issue of AccessWorld, a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), readers are presented with a first look at the Apple iPad. In an article entitled "24 Hours with the iPad", Bradley Hodges discusses his impressions of the iPad in his initial 24 hours with the device. It is [...]