Verizon Suffers $2B Loss In iPhone Plan, Looking To Recover The Money In Time

Verizon is going through a rough-patch, apparently, as it announced a loss of $2.02 billion in revenue for the last quarter. The quarter witnessed the iPhone 4S launch, which was the second model to be sold under the Verizon banner. Verizon stated this week that it sold 4.3 million of iPhone 4S and 7.7 million smartphones overall.

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GeoHot, Famous PS3 and iPhone Hacker To Quit His Facebook Job

Well, apparently George Hotz, the hacker who attacked PlayStation 3 and got into a war with the giant Sony and became famous for releasing a jailbreaking solution for the original iPhone in 2007 seemed to have left behind his hacking days after he accepted a regular full day job at Facebook. The legal battle with Sony ended last April when the two parties signed a settlement. But as the true thrill seeker that Geohot is, he still has in his blood the challenges of high profile hacking.

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Apple Starts Lottery System To Purchase iPhone To Deal With Scalpers

Scalpers have been a huge nuisance for Apple in China. When a few days ago Apple had plans of launching iPhone 4S in it’s Beijing store, the same scalpers gathered in front of the store and created such an uproar that Apple postponed the release. Now Apple is selling the phone through it’s online store and through other retailers. The scalpers are equally efficient online too. They keep pinging Apple’s servers whole day and as soon as Apple starts accepting reservations, their bots go for it within minutes. To avoid this, Apple has introduced a new system to reserve an iPhone.

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RedSn0w 0.9.10b5 With iBooks Fix Released By iPhone Dev-Team

iBooks on jailbroken devices had been causing a lot of problem. The iPhone Dev-Team earlier released an update of RedSn0w to tackle most of the issues related to iBooks. Now, @planetbeing of iPhone Dev-Team has updated RedSn0w with yet another iBooks Fix. This update tackles the DRM-related problems in iBooks which caused iBooks to display 10 percent of the images incorrectly on jailbroken devices.

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iPhone And iPad, More Appealing To Corporations Than The BlackBerry Line

There was a time when you weren’t a proper corporatist if you did not own a BlackBerry. The phone somehow managed to penetrate everybody’s perception, as an indispensable tool in the world of big companies. But that was the past. The winds of change bring another story to the table.

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T-Mobile Offers Additional Support For Unlocked iPhone From Jan 30

Unlocked iPhones have been increasingly in demand. Some users get the device unlocked officially from Apple, which typically costs quite lot more than the normal price tag. Others choose to unlock it themselves through different tools. T-Mobile officially doesn’t carry iPhone but the carrier has announced that it will support any unlocked iPhones that switch to it. This is definitely a welcome move by T-Mobile and will make things all the more easier for users tooling unlocked iPhones.

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Elecom Revealed Clamshell Keyboard For iPhone

ELECOM no 1 company of Japan has revealed a all-in-one case and slide-out wireless keyboard for the iPhone. This slide-out wireless keyboard has specially made for iPhoane and ipad. It is an extremely compact and portable solution for carrying your iPhone. For using this keyboard, pick up your iphone and fitted within the case and slide it out so that it pops up over the keyboard.

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