All posts containing the tag: "iPhone"
Posted Mar 24th 2009 12:49PM by TMZ Staff
If even one person died during that amazing airplane landing on the Hudson River in January, this would be the most tasteless thing ever. But everyone was fine, so instead it's an iPhone game.
One of the top flight simulator programs around has released a game where you take on the roll of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger by forcing you to make an emergency landing in the Hudson. The plane actually suffers engine failure as the result of a bird strike and -- are you ready for this??? -- features the actual audio communication between air traffic control and US Airways Flight 1549.
Flight school is expensive, but the app is only 99 cents.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: Chesley Sully Sullenberger, ChesleySullySullenberger, game, iphone, sully, US Airways Flight 1549, UsAirwaysFlight1549
Posted Feb 17th 2009 2:50PM by TMZ Staff
There's nothing quite like sitting in the front row of a runway show at NY Fashion Week ... and catching up on your electronic correspondence.
Even with "Top Model" hunk Nigel Barker sitting at their side and a model prancing before them, Nicky and Paris Hilton kept their concentration and successfully ignored the Pamella Roland Fall 2009 fashion show on Tuesday.
Hopefully, later in the day, someone will text them what happened.
Filed under: Paris Hilton, Fashion
Tags: blackberry, cell phone, CellPhone, Fashion week, FashionWeek, iPhone, Nicky Hilton, NickyHilton, Paris Hilton, ParisHilton
Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:05PM by TMZ Staff
Last night's debut of "Kid Nation," the kiddie version of "Survivor," has caused quite a stir this morning. On Ryan Seacrest's morning show on KIIS FM, Ry asked other kids what they thought. And the future of the great nation responded -- sorta kinda.
Shanice, an extremely articulate 13-year-old from Beverly Hills called in to weigh in -- and what she had to say, well, you really just have to listen ...
Filed under: TV, Wacky & Weird, Kids
Tags: beverly hills, BeverlyHills, iphone, kid nation, KidNation, ryan seacrest, RyanSeacrest, shanice, tv
Posted Aug 8th 2007 7:51AM by TMZ Staff
What happens when you take the world's greatest videogame icon and toss him onto the greatest phone ever?! You get the most beautiful melding of technology the world has ever seen!
While the iPhone hacking community has been hard at work creating applications to enhance the uses of the device, super-genius hacker "stepwhite" stepped up to create what iPhone really needs -- a Nintendo emulator! The emulator plays roms of your favorite NES games -- the legality of the program is iffy at best. Regardless, if this becomes a huge hit, expect more videogames ported to the iPhone.
So down a Red Bull, save the princess and make some phone calls! Ain't technology grand?!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: iphone, nintendo, red bull, RedBull, super mario bros., SuperMarioBros., technology
Posted Jul 27th 2007 3:15PM by TMZ Staff
With the plethora of electronic devices people are wielding these days, unsightly wires connected to chargers have become a major pain. Worse yet, is when you don't have enough power connections on your power strip and you have to decide which device is more important.
Chargepod can help you reign in that tangle of wires! The Chargepod will charge 6 devices at once, with a single power cord! A blue LED will light up when a device is getting juice, so you know when you leave the house in the morning, your gizmo is ready to give you hours of electronic bliss.
And it actually looks cool -- so you don't have to hide it. Power to the people!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, chargepod, charger, gadget, iphone, ipod, technology, z-gadget
Posted Jul 20th 2007 2:42PM by TMZ Staff
Sure the iPhone rocks, but how are you supposed to stand out from all the other hipsters when the phones all look exactly the same? Colorware has your new identity.
Colorware is giving your iPhone the color it so richly deserves. With a mind-boggling choice of 29 shades you can mix and match for your phone, you're sure to find the exact pigment to bring out your eyes.
If you're not lucky enough to have secured an iPhone, Colorware has you covered, and will sell you one with the colors of your choice.
Who's got the coolest iPhone at Starbucks now?!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, color, colorware, gadget, iphone, phone, technology
Posted Jul 6th 2007 1:32PM by TMZ Staff
Hot summer days means cool summer nights. You could just toss on any old hoodie while you cruise the night, but as soon as you try listening to your MP3 player or newly acquired iPhone, you get a tangled mess o' wires. Knot no more.
The Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece can keep you from getting snarled in your cord mess by utilizing its integrated wire management system. Your cables are actually inside the hoodie -- no more snagging on random obstacles! The hoodie's lightweight microfleece is thin enough that you can control your devices through the fabric, yet thick enough to keep the chill out, while chilling. Add 11 pockets to carry change, keys and bottles -- and you've got the greatest hoodie ever invented! It even has a secret pocket for your, uh, vitamins.
Expect hoodie aficionado Lindsay Lohan to be sporting one of these ... while hiding from TMZ cameras.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: clothes, gadget, hoodie, iphone, ipod, think geek, ThinkGeek, ultimate hoodie microfleece, UltimateHoodieMicrofleece
Posted Jun 29th 2007 2:44PM by TMZ Staff
There are moments you capture with your mobile phone that you just can't wait to share with all your friends. Unfortunately, sending a picture to 20 people in your phone's address book is just a pain.
Radar.net allows you to send your images to a preset group of friends -- using just one address. The site also allows real-time commenting on your photos. Read what everyone has to say about your late night bull riding escapades. Yippie-kay-ay!
Radar allows immediate browsing and commenting from any mobile browser or PC. Just remember, don't drink and and send pics. Especially to your parents.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: camera phone, CameraPhone, gadget technology, GadgetTechnology, iphone, mobile phone, MobilePhone, pictures, radar.net
Posted Jan 18th 2007 6:27PM by Celly
Hot on the heels of Apple's iPhone announcement, LG and Prada have teamed up to release a touchscreen phone of their own.
The full-featured Prada Phone plays MP3s and videos, and has the usual phone features; messaging, phone book and Bluetooth. What sets the phone apart is the sleek touchscreen design (the first completely touchscreen phone to be released) sporting glowing icons that disappear -- when not in use, the screen fades to black. With the Prada branding, it's sure to land in celebrity purses worldwide.
The good news is that it's cool, the bad news is that at $775, it costs more then the upcoming iPhone, but has less features. Here's another catch: LG has no plans to release the phone in the United States. So, unless you plan on flying to Europe in March and you've eight Benjamins to spare -- you're left to admire this phone from afar.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: cell, european, iphone, lg, phone, prada phone, PradaPhone
Posted Jan 16th 2007 5:24PM by TMZ Staff
If the thought of waiting hours for your video to download while you watch "Head of the Class" reruns has grown tiresome, worry not; Netflix has announced a new service that allows its users to watch streaming video of films directly from the Netflix website. The new feature will have a phased rollout over the next six months, and will be available by the end of June for all subscribers, at no extra cost.
Users will be able to view an hour of video for every dollar they pay toward their Netflix monthly plan. For example, if you pay $17.99 for the unlimited DVD rental and three discs out at a time plan, you will be able to view 18 hours of online video per month. Say goodbye to that gym membership.
According to Netflix, after a one-time browser applet install, the movies should load in as little as 10 to 15 seconds.
Netflix is thinking beyond the PC screen too. "Over the coming years we'll expand our selection of films, and we'll work to get to every Internet-connected screen, from cell phones to PCs to plasma screens. The PC screen is the best Internet-connected screen today, so we are starting there," said Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.
With the introduction of the new Netflix service, and the forthcoming iPhone, June is shaping up as the greatest month ever for movie buffs and nerds everywhere!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: apple, browser based, BrowserBased, iphone, june, movies online, MoviesOnline, netflix, pc based, PcBased, streaming video, StreamingVideo, video on demand, VideoOnDemand
Posted Jan 12th 2007 6:57PM by TMZ Staff
Cisco's suit against Apple got a response that was probably not what they expected.
Apple spokeswomen Natalie Kerris called the lawsuit "silly" and went on to state that other companies were already using the iPhone name on other VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) devices.
Natalie continued, "We believe that Cisco's U.S. trademark registration is tenuous at best. Apple's the first company to use the iPhone name for a cell phone. And if Cisco wants to challenge us on it, we're very confident we will prevail."
Dem's fightin' words if we ever heard 'em!
The web is ablaze with bloggers and pundits choosing sides and throwing their two cents into the mix. For serious Mac addicts and diehard Apple haters, BoDog.com is giving all a chance to place bets on the outcome of the suit. So far, the odds are favoring Apple computer to win the suit and keep the iPhone name.
The way things are going, a cage match for the name iPhone isn't out of the question.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: apple, bodog, cisco, civil case, CivilCase, court, iphone, judgement
Posted Jan 10th 2007 6:30PM by TMZ Staff
The iPhone lovefest has come to an abrupt end with Cisco Systems suing Apple in Federal Court over the use of Cisco's registered iPhone trademark.
Cisco released their version of the iPhone in mid-December, leading most observers to wonder what Apple was going to name their unannounced communication device. Prior to Steve Jobs' announcement of the Apple-branded iPhone on Tuesday, there was some negotiation between the two companies concerning the use of the "iPhone" name, but the issue remained unresolved. Cisco stated to MarketWatch, "It is our belief that Apple intends to agree to the final document. We expect to receive a signed agreement today (Tuesday)."
Now it seems Cisco's mood has changed: "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission."
Hopefully, the two companies can reach an agreement before the June release, although it's doubtful anyone will be upset about buying an "iFone" instead of an "iPhone."
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: apple, cisco, filed suit, FiledSuit, iphone, trademark
Posted Jan 10th 2007 2:52PM by TMZ Staff
Enjoy the spotlight Apple -- while it lasts. Apple, as you don't need me to tell you, introduced the $499 iPhone yesterday, and in so doing sent Apple's share price soaring by six percent. Close-competitor BlackBerry stock plunging by even more. To put that in perspective for you: Apple, Inc. is now worth $6 billion more than it was 48 hours ago, and the iPhone won't even be available until June.
I can see why. I recently steeled myself and managed to program -- slowly, painfully -- a few new numbers into my Motorola RAZR V3 cell phone. With its agonizingly slow web connection and painfully awkward text-messaging, being thin really is about its only redeeming quality. Fortunately, as Nicole Richie can tell you, being extremely thin is often enough to keep your name in the papers. When the RAZR came out in July 2004, it stopped traffic; Aircraft-grade aluminum, chemically-etched keypad numbers, all in a package less than 14 millimeters thick. Back then, we all agreed that cell phones were evil, and while they all more or less sucked for anything beside making a call, they were necessary. The least they could be was elegantly unobtrusive.
Steve Job's latest invention aims to contravene those assumptions. In addition to being a phone, it's got a multi-touch screen, scrolling navigation and a 2-megapixel camera, as well as the iPod music and video player. Daily Variety even put news of Apple's new, albeit limited, movie download agreement with Paramount Pictures on its front page the other day. (If you think your monthly cell phone bill is scary now, wait until it includes the price of the six movies, ten shows and eighteen songs you bought with it.)
More, I don't know about you, but my cell phone has taken so many beatings from me, it's considering taking out a restraining order. In contrast, I treat the iPod my wife gave to me like it's a Fabergé egg. I shudder to think what will happen to Apple if the five or six hundred dollar iPhone proves to be as delicate as it is expensive. Rather than use it to order 4,000 lattes, Jobs would have impressed me and the CES audience far more if he'd simply dropped his iPhone to the floor, as I've done a million times, then nonchalantly continued his prank call to Starbucks.
One other thing that leaves me head-scratching: Why would a guy so meticulous about what tech geeks refer to as "the user experience" throw-in with a bunch of chuckleheads like the phone companies? Ultimately, a phone is judged by its provider, and as anyone who's called directory assistance can tell you, the phone companies will deny that a restaurant you just drove by even exists -- especially when you need the number in a hurry.
It appears Wall Street's analysts share the same worries; this summer we'll see if Jobs can revolutionize chewing the fat the way he did spinning the wax.
Filed under: City Of Industry
Tags: apple, blackberry, cell phone, CellPhone, iphone, ipod, motorola, phone, price, ratings, rim, steve jobs, SteveJobs, stock
Posted Jan 9th 2007 3:07PM by TMZ Staff
After what seems like years of rampant speculation, the Apple branded iPhone has finally seen the light of day. During the annual Macworld convention keynote speech, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the elusive device.
Utilizing multi-touch technology on a widescreen device, the phone went beyond even the most outrageous conjecture about its features. The phone has leapfrogged the competition with its seamless integration of iPod and phone with video capabilities, internet connection and incredible multi-touch-screen technology.
Play music, watch videos, email photos, surf the web, utilize widgets, conference call and send text messages using the onscreen touch keyboard. The list of capabilities goes on and on. All of wrapped in Apple's easy to use OS X operating system, which has been scaled down for the phone.
Apple has partnered exclusively with Cingular for the device. Pending FCC review, the phone is set to hit the streets in June with a price tag of $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB model. No word on whether the phone will be eligible for price reductions based on your contract length.
You have six months to save up the cash and to dump your current provider.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: apple, cell phone, CellPhone, cingular, device, fcc, gadgets, iphone, june, keynote, macworld, multi-touch, os x, OsX, released, touch screen, TouchScreen, widescreen, widgets
Posted Nov 16th 2006 12:38PM by TMZ Staff
Once again, the elusive iPhone is on the radar of geeks who are hungry for an Apple-branded phone.
This time, news comes from respected financial magazine "Forbes," instead of the basement of a rabid Apple fan. According to the article, "Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd has secured contracts for 12 million mobile handsets that also function as mp3 players." Now, before you throw your phone into the nearest mulcher, the article goes on to say that the iPhone won't launch until the first half of 2007.
If the article's "industry source" is to be believed, expect Mr. Jobs to announce the iPhone during his annual Macworld Expo keynote speech in January, where the abominable snowman is also scheduled to speak.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Tags: announcement, apple, cell phone, CellPhone, expo, gadget, iphone, keynote, macworld, steve jobs, SteveJobs
