Gizmodo’s got pictures of the new Android-based G2 phone, this time with a 3.2 megapixel camera and no hardware keyboard (ie, just a touchscreen like the iPhone and Storm).  Apparently the device is thinner than the iPhone 3G, but we’re still bothered by its lack of symmetry.  Meanwhile, it’s been reported that Android device sales are not biting iPhone sales in the slightest. Check it out.

Tags: 3g, android, apple, business, g2, google, iphone, photos

In the spirit of BGR’s “Top Ten Things We Hate About Our iPhone“, I’ll pile on with a top ten list of my own:

1) Spoken UI elements - Sometimes you need to hear it, not see it. Particularly true of caller ID.

2) Screen rotation in E-mail - This one is a must. Fat-fingering email compositions can be very frustrating in portrait mode.

3) Copy & Paste - While this doesn’t kill our routine every day, having access to a simple clipboard for text snippets would be extremely helpful.

4) A standardized import/export format for Contacts - We can already get iCal files into Apple’s calendaring app, and subscribing to them via the web is simple enough, but those of us who use our Macs for serious business REALLY need is a conduit betweem CRM apps like Salesforce/Now-up-to-date/etc. into iPhone contacts.  This is an absolute must.

5) Video recording - Seriously.  We still can’t record video on the iPhone?  Apple, get your head out of your posterior.

6) MMS messaging- See comment on #5.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that media messaging is a required feature on all cell phones (especially “smart” ones).

7) Better Bluetooth compatibility - Starting with Bluetooth File Exchange, please.

Random wallpaper - Yup, we want our iPhone to choose our wallpaper for us, just like our desktop computer does.

9) Universal charger compatibility - All those old iPod chargers that output the right voltage and have the right plug?  You can’t use ‘em.  Time to fix that, Apple.

10) More than four page panels for apps - It didn’t take long to fill up the four available pages with apps. Let’s add another page or two.

Tags: 2.3, apple, features, iphone, mms, recording, software, top ten, video

Oliver Starr has a good read up today:  He’s tracked what appears to be more evidence that Apple has a handful of personal privacy concerns buzzing around its digital lifestyle ecosystem.  Apparently, the iPhone tells Apple a lot more than Oliver is comfortable with them knowing.  Check it out.

Tags: apple, iphone, privacy, security

A full-blown 4 GB iPhone for $99?  Unlikely, our sources say.  Over the weekend when rumors broke of an ultracheap iPhone for the proverbial Wal-Mart shopper, we laughed.  Apple’s low-end iPod touch for three times the retail price of an iPhone?  We don’t think so.

However, getting iPhones into Wal-Marts is an important strategic move for Apple, just the same.  There are a lot of folks shopping at Wal-Mart who’ve never been, and will never go, to an Apple store.

Tags: apple, business, iphone, retail, wal-mart, Walmart

It appears that Telia is the first firm to garner Apple’s blessing in developing a multimedia messaging (MMS) app for the iPhone. That is, one that doesn’t require a jailbroken iPhone. Interestingly, Telia doesn’t service customers in the United States, and it remains to be seen how Apple plans to address what I believe is the biggest Epic Fail of the iPhone–no media messaging.

Tags: apple, iphone, software, wireless