On 9th January 2007, late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at MacWorld to announce that Apple was re-inventing the phone. He showed a product that now we know as the iPhone, which was released publicly on June 29, 2007. Today, we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone. With the original iPhone, Apple showed off many groundbreaking user interface elements that have now become ubiquitous in modern day smartphones. At the same time the original device was missing a number of k...

Apple has reportedly reached out to iOS developers insisting them to use Retina Display resolution (960×640 pixels) screenshots with their apps. It has made it mandatory for them to update their current apps and new apps with higher resolution screens, CultofMac reports. In its current portfolio, only the iPhone 3GS has a lower resolution 320×480 pixels display. Apple had first introduced its Retina display with the iPhone 4 two years ago. Read on… (more…)Google+

Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy Ace Plus a few hours ago, I have not been able to help but think how similar it looks to a phone launched in June of 2008. The iPhone 3G that is. It has been bugging me so much that I dug out an old iPhone 3G lying with me and compared it with the official images Samsung released today. Yes, I have not seen the actual unit but the photographs are too similar to dismiss. As an exercise, I took the official images of the iPhone 3G in the same profile and the similarities ...

We first reported exclusively that an 8GB variant of the iPhone 3GS will be launched in India. Now Aircel is offering reverse subsidy plans for the iPhone 3GS too just like it did for the iPhone 4. There are two plans – one with 100 per cent money back and other with 50 per cent money back. Jump the break to know more about the plans. (more…)Google+

We had reported this over a month ago and now it is official. The iPhone 3GS 8GB has been launched in India for Rs 19,990. Like the iPhone 4, it will be sold unlocked and would run on any GSM network. Yup, we know there will be lot of people who will complain Apple is dumping old products in India, but let’s face it, an iPhone at under Rs 20k is a dream come true for many.Google+

By now, most of you must have read about every single new feature that iOS 5 will bring to iPhones, iPads and iPod touches this fall. (If you have not, how about checking out our extensive WWDC coverage and our iOS 5 hands-on?) But if you are in no mood to read and still want to walk through last night’s iOS 5-related announcements, we have just the thing for you. Sit back, grab some grub and enjoy our monstrous gallery from the keynote address that features the top 10 (and then some more) features to w...

If you thought that the iPhone 4 launch was all that you are gonna hear about from us, well, there is more. We can now confirm that there would be an 8GB variant of the iPhone 3GS on offer along with the iPhone 4 from Aircel and Airtel. The iPhone 3GS 8GB will be priced under Rs 25,000 (we are hearing between Rs 23,000 and Rs 24,000) and will come with plans similar to those on the iPhone 4. Obviously, neither carrier would make much noise about the iPhone 3GS, but to be honest, even the two-year old iPhone h...