Category Archives: iphone
Guest Post: Five essential sports apps for the iPhone
by Tony Buchanan, a writer who occasionally works with Favourit
If you are a sports lover and own an Apple iPhone then there are various great apps which you surely cannot do without. These apps will keep you updated with all information you need. You can get alerts about upcoming events and get news about your favourite teams and much more. Though, of course, there are many sports app that you can download (click on the links). I’ve picked five of the best of them which are listed below. They are all free except for one (Curly’s). Continue reading
Guest Post: Important points to keep in mind while you hire an iPhone apps developer
by Diyana Lobo, a blogger writing with ClickWorkForce
With Apple’s latest iOS, iPhone app development has achieved new heights in the mobile application development industry. Most tech savvy organisations and businesses are trying to associate themselves with iPhone apps development as the demand for these has gone much higher. It is the extreme popularity of this smart multimedia phone that allows iPhone application development companies to make a huge profit.
But if the website fails to be compatible with the OS and the platform of the iPhone, it will not be able to display properly on the screen. Continue reading
Reader tries to post a free iPhone scam on GoMo
You probably won’t get vouchers let alone an iPhone
We’re not exactly sure what the point behind this scam is but we’re 100 per cent positive you won’t get a free iPhone out of it. A reader calling himself Jami Hermann left a comment for us here on GoMo News claiming that he’d found a totally free means of obtaining an iPhone 3 for free. He provided a URL for his ‘web site’ but actually it point at a YouTube video here. The video – made by one Steve Aoki is entitled ‘Cheap Iphone 3 | How to Legally Get a cheap Iphone 3′. The graphic accompanying the video, promises the chance to test and keep an iPhone 5 not an iPhone 3. If you do bother to try this, like us you’ll probably just end up on a voucher site. Continue reading
The iWatch might look something like this …
Okay. We’re winding you up it’s just an iPhone 5 accessory
When GoMo News first spotted the photo (left), we really thought it might have something to do with the much-rumoured Apple iWatch. After all, the Cupertino based supplier really does need to come out with a new product line fast. However, it turns out to be simply a high quality timepiece for the iPhone 5 – made by the PTB Design Corporation in Vancouver, Canada. The firm appears to use the brand name Bissol to make it sounds luxurious. Actually, the product name is Calibre 788. Just don’t try to buy one just yet. Continue reading
olloclip clip-on lens for iPhone impresses
Rating: Snapper particular rates the macro mode
At the recent MWC 2013 show in Barcelona, GoMo News acquired an clip-on lens – the olloclip 3-in-One lens for Apple iPhones. Not being ardent photographers ourselves, we asked a professional photographer friend to try it out. Continue reading
Foxconn ratchets up Chinese assembly lines ahead of new ‘new iPhone’
Cheaper Apple phone could also be on way to counter Samsung range
Just four days after Foxconn revealed that it Q1 sales were a fifth lower due to weak demand for Apple’s iPhone, the Taiwanese manufacturer has resumed hiring assembly-line workers in China – prompting fierce speculation that the iPhone’s successor is on its way. Foxconn, listed as Hon Hai Precision Industry, today [April 15th 2013] revealed that since the end of last month it had added about 10,000 workers to its payroll in Zhengzhou, its major production facility for iPhones. Continue reading
Foxconn sales drop casts shadow over iPhone
Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer and major supplier of iPhones, has revealed that 2013 Q1 sales have fallen by almost a fifth due to weaker than expected demand for Apple’s flagship device. The company, listed as Hon Hai Precision Industry, relies on Apple for 60 to 70 per cent of its revenues but has been hit by disappointing sales for the latest iPhone. It says revenues are 19 per cent down year-on-year to 808.97 billion Taiwanese dollars (£17.6 billion) in the three-month period. Continue reading
Samsung Q1 sales up more than half as smartphones catch on in emerging markets
South Korean giant Samsung Electronics is indicating that Q1 sales are likely to be stronger than expected, as it pushes deeper into emerging markets with lower-end smartphones.
Unlike arch rival Apple which offers a single high-end model, the iPhone, Samsung offers more than 30 covering virtually all segments of the smartphone market.
Analysts estimate that the electronics giant sold up to 70 million smartphones in the January-March period, up from 63 million the previous quarter, while Apple’s iPhone shipments are thought to have slid by nearly a third to around the 30 million mark. Continue reading
BMW owners able to share location via iPhone
Rating: In-car apps emerging as new sector
An indication of how a whole new sector could be opening up in the mobile apps market has been provided by Glympse which has just partners with BMW and Mini to provide in-car location sharing. Drivers will simply plug in their iPhone and the custom BMW UI shows up on the in-car dash. They can then select their contact’s email; attendees of an upcoming calendar event; Facebook; or Twitter to share their location from their. Recipients can view the sender’s location on a dynamic map in real-time, either on a desktop or mobile device, and they do not need even have to download the app to be able to watch their friend’s location. Continue reading
Apple faces major challenges over an iWatch
Rating: It will have to use Bluetooth 4.0 to succeed
There have been so many stories speculating about a ‘forthcoming’ smart watch from Apple, that you would have thought that the iconic device manufacturer had actually announced the iWatch. Which it hasn’t, of course. However, the idea is by no means new and ironically Apple’s arch rival – Microsoft dabbled in smart watches as long ago as 1995. Does anybody else remember the Timex DataLink watch? here at GoMo Towers we still have two examples and were always big fans. Where Microsoft went horribly wrong was with its SPOT ( Smart Personal Objects Technology) watch. This utilised unused parts of the FM spectrum to receive information such as the weather. The big mistake here was that a SPOT watch couldn’t be used worldwide. If an iWatch is to succeed it must have global appeal. Continue reading
Apple in hissy fit over challenge from Samsung’s new Galaxy
Samsung’s latest iPhone challenger has spurred Apple into an unprecedented attack on its South Korean rival, again slighting its new S4 Galaxy offering and sending out emails to its own customers espousing the benefits of its products.
In what looks to be further proof that Apple is rattled by the threat to its smartphone dominance by Samsung, Phil Schiller – the Californian giant’s marketing boss – has also set up a web page talking up the iPhone. Continue reading
New Firefox OS for smartphones to challenge Apple and Google
Mozilla, the not-for-profit outfit behind the Firefox web browser, has unveiled its own smartphone operating system aimed at challenging Google’s Android platform while also throwing down the gauntlet to others ahead of the Mobile world Congress event in Barcelona.
According to Mozilla 18 carriers including Deutsche Telekom and Spain’s Telefonica, which owns O2, have already signed up with the new operating system intended for smartphones that sell for £100 or less. Continue reading
GoMo hadn’t bricked its iPhone after all
Rating: We triumph over obscurity in the end
They say that necessity is the Mother of Invention. Well needing to test an iOS app, we decided to have another go at reviving our broken handset. We can now happily report that the iphone is now successfully connected to O2 in the UK. It is all down to activation. Continue reading
Brits pile into class action against Google over snooping
Hundreds of British iPhone users have joined a class action lawsuit against Google over claims it illicitly installed cookies on their devices to track their web habits.
With around ten million iPhone users in the UK, a legal settlement could cost the search giant dearly as word spreads of the compensation demands Continue reading
UK retailers favour Samsung over Apple, says survey
Commission hungry sales bods reckon Korean maker’s devices are safer bet
A mystery shopper survey of UK high streets has revealed that Samsung’s smartphones are the most recommended by retailers, with BlackBerry and LG devices rarely suggested. The survey, by Informa Telecoms and Media, found that the Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Galaxy Note II were the most recommended, followed by the iPhone 5. Phones from other manufacturers such as ZTE, Motorola, LG, RIM and Nokia were rarely proffered to customers. Continue reading
