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News round-up: Wednesday, 14 November
Dean Mortlock
0 comments 14 November 2007
Separating the iPod and iPhone wheat from the chaff, and then baking a fine loaf of digital bread… it’s our iPlay Collective news round-up.
Gameboy comes to iPhone
Fancy a Gameboy Advance emulator for your iPhone? You can with gpSPhone, but you will need to hack your iPhone to get it to work. Our advice? If you can wait a few months, then they are sure to be loads of console emulators released when Apple unleashes its software development kit for iPhone in the new year. [Here]
China in talks with Apple for iPhone
China Mobile, the country’s leading mobile provider, has been in talks with Apple about hosting the iPhone, but they’re not keen on Apple’s ‘revenue sharing model’ that they’ve used in Europe and the US.
China Mobile’s CEO is also not keen on mobile phones that play music. “When phone makers add music players to their handsets they tend to end up with a good phone and a bad music player,” he said.
Apple shouldn’t be too concerned over those comments though, as it appears that China’s second largest network operator, China Unicom, is also interested in the iPhone, too. [Here]
iPod software updated
Fifth generation iPod owners can look forward to a system software update when they next connect their iPod to iTunes, but before they get too excited, it’s worth noting that the update only contains ‘bug fixes’ rather than anything of interest.
More iPhone feature updates appearing soon
Apple have apparently revealed that they have many more updates planned for the iPhone and iPod touch system software, but would rather stagger their release than launch them all in one go.
According to the Pocket-Lint website, one insider claims that a future software update will allow users to record video footage on the iPhone and potentially even upload it to YouTube. [Here]
And finally…
If you’re looking for the ultimate alternative iPod, then this could be it. One particularly creative artist has ‘exploded’ an iPod and then incased it in resin. Interestingly though, the iPod still functions perfectly, as there is space at the bottom of the block for a connector – although you’d obviously need a remote controller to use it. [Here]
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