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iOOTP promises most of the same features found in OOTP, including a financial system, plenty of managerial options, a play-by-play commentary during games, and more. All the real Major League Baseball teams and players are included, although official logos and player photos aren’t.OOTP also noted that pre-orders are continuing for Out of the Park Baseball…

The lure of Apple’s iPhone is strong. The ecosystem surrounding the iPhone, AirPlay, Home Sharing, iTunes, the App Store, and Apple’s sales an support, are robust. Apple could probably introduce an iPhone 5 with one or two major added features, and everyone would be happy. For example, a sturdier aluminum back, a better antenna system…

“Turning on tethering costs an additional $20/month. Further, the option is only available for DataPro ($25/month) users. In other words, having tethering available requires that you pay $25 + $20 = $45/month. If you have the DataPlus plan ($15/month) and a situation crops up where tethering would be useful — and you only need it…

We offer that trail because the straight Google translation from Chinese to English leaves much to be desired, but the translation from Chinese to Japanese appears to offer better results (any of our readers that can offer some help on the translations are encouraged to do so in the comments). Nonetheless, the report, which was…

Image courtesy of iDealsChinaThe photo iDealsChina got ahold of shows a glass face that looks very much like an iPhone’s face, but with a larger space for a display. Like the current iPhone’s front, the glass in the image includes cut outs for the Home button, front-facing camera and speaker.The Web site doesn’t offer any…

The event judges had this to say about the iPhone 4:Great screen, sharp design, fantastic materials, and phenomenal ecosystem for app developers. In a tight race, the iPhone 4 built on the success of its predecessors to set the pace for smart phones.The awards list also included “App of the Year on the Apple Platform,”…

According to Engadget, the reference to the iPhone supporting NFC appeared in a presentation slide at the conference, but Apple wasn’t mentioned by name.An iPhone with NFC? MaybeNFC is a technology mobile phone service providers and manufacturers have been rolling out to let customers use their handset as a digital wallet. Simply by holding their…

Increasing the size of the iPhone’s display would bring the combination iPod and smartphone more in line with competitor’s screen sizes. The Nexus S and Galaxy S from Samsung, for example, both use 4-inch displays.Rumors say the iPhone screen is growingAccording to the DigiTimes sources, Apple wants a larger screen iPhone to better compete in…

Accessing music, video and photos on the iPhone mini “would be a mostly cloud-based iOS,” according to Cult of Mac’s anonymous sources.The rumored changes to MobileMe include a new Internet-based iTunes library storage system for iPhone users. Since content would be pushed wirelessly to them, the need for large amounts of RAM for local data…

The smaller iPhone model, according to unnamed sources, is “N97,” which could be an insider jab at Nokia and its N97 smartphone. The entire front surface of the phone will make up the display, it will be thinner and lighter than current iPhone models, and it will sport voice-based navigation controls.Apple may put the iPhone on…

CNNMoney reported that eight people were in line at Apple’s 5th Ave. Cube, and CNN itself reported there were a few more than a dozen customers waiting in Atlanta, Georgia. In Coral Gables, Florida, there were a few more people, while there were none at Apple’s San Francisco flagship store. There are many and more…

“The Qualcomm MDM6600 chip supports HSPA+ data rates of up to 14.4 Mbps and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A/Rev. B. It supports both GSM and CDMA—which means that Apple could have supported GSM,” the iFixit team said. “Why didn’t they? It may be that it was easier to design antennas for a CDMA-only phone — this…

While it’s an obvious gimmick for promoting the telephone area code lookup service, the firm’s list offers enough (uncomfortably amusing) stereotypical truth to warrant a mention. To wit: “The Fanboy is excited about everything Apple. He owns every previous version of the iPhone, and frequently posts on Mac rumor forums. […] The Fanboy blames any…

The video shows the gentleman leaving a UPS facility with a shipping box in hand, opening the package and pulling out a boxed iPhone 4.

“In just our first two hours, we had already sold more phones than any first day launch in our history,” said Verizon Wireless president and chief Dan Mead. “And, when you consider these initial orders were placed between the hours of 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., it is an incredible success story.”Verizon’s pre-order program was…

iFusion from Altigen The iFusion dock will accept the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, and provides power, battery charging and data synchronization via an integrated USB cable. There’s both a handset and a hands-free speakerphone, and the five buttons on the phone control Bluetooth pairing, mute, speakerphone, volume up and volume down. A 3.5mm stereo port…

The GlifThe concept for the Glif came to Tom and Dan in July 2010. To receive funding for their concept, they approached Kickstarter, the the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world.Pledges for funding started in October of 2010, and the initial goal of $10,000 was reached by November 2010. During this time,…

KT representatives said the company sold some 977,000 iPhone 3GS units, and 1.03 million iPhone 4 units, according to Trading Markets. iPhone 4 activations are coming in at about 8,000 a day in South Korea.The smartphone market in the country for 2010 was estimated at about 6.1 million users, and is expected to jump up…

The app offers searches for restaurants, coffee shops, bars, ATMs, gas stations, hotels, and more. According to Google, Hotpot’s results are significantly tweaked by data based on other restaurants and locations that you have rated. The more you rate, the more accurate your results should be when searching for a location near you. If you…

Park Chan-wook’s “Paranmanjang”“We went through all the same film-making processes except that the camera was small,” Mr. Park said. The iPhone 4 captures 720p video at 30 frames per second, which offered enough quality to please Mr. Park even though most pro cameras capture video at 1080p or higher.Apple’s iPhone service partner in South Korea,…

Apple released the iPhone 3GS during the summer of 2009, but it continued to be sold for $99 after the iPhone 4 was announced last summer. Radio Shack’s holiday deal last month also knocked $50 off the price of the iPhone 4, but prices for the current-gen smartphone seem poised to remain where they previously…

iRig Mic can mount to stands, tooThe IK Multimedia team told The Mac Observer at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas they expect iRig Mic to be handy for podcasters on the go, as well as musicians looking for a light weight recording setup when they aren’t in the studio. The kit includes a…

I recently wrote a Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle that was about clever product designs. Among the products I singled out for cleverness beyond the call of duty were new iPhone and iPad cases from ZeroChroma. To quote myself, “I’ve tested hundreds of cases, folks, and I thought I’d seen it all until…

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and fourth generation iPod touch owners can conduct two-way video chats, while iPad and iPod touch owners can receive video calls even though they can only participate via audio. The app also supports mobile to computer video calls with Skype 2.8 and higher on Mac OS X, or Skype 4.2 and…