http://iphonetopics.com IPhone, the new generation in technology. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I told you August 20 about pictures, found on a brand-new iPhone, of a cute and smiling Chinese factory worker. Well, the iPHONE GIRL'S FAME IS GROWING. Now, the media has pinpointed her location. She works for a Taiwanese contractor called Foxconn hired by Apple to manufacture iPhones in the ... http://iphonetopics.com/mystery-iphone-factory-girls-fame-grows/ A company called NOR_/D (a self-described "research and development studio... in the area of art, architecture, and system design.") is now selling an inexpensive development kit for building Apple iPhone-like or Microsoft Surface-like multi-touch applications. The kit includes a FULL-SIZE TOUCH SCREEN and is for anyone with C++ skills and ... http://iphonetopics.com/developers-can-roll-their-own-multi-touch-pcs/ iPHONE-BASHING BULLET POINTS have been distributed to Verizon employees so they can counter customer enthusiasm for the phone, and explain why Verizon doesn't carry it. (props to Gizmodo)Original post by Mike http://iphonetopics.com/verizons-iphone-bashing-talking-points-leaked/ A smattering of blogs reported since Friday that "the world's first projector phone" had become available for purchase on the Gadget Craver Web site. None of the posts I saw mentions the elephant in the living room: The phone has a FAKE iPHONE USER INTERFACE. The main picture shows iPhone ... http://iphonetopics.com/first-ever-projector-phone-comes-with-iphone-ui/ These photos of FAKE iPODS AND AN iPHONE were snapped in Spain. (propst to The Apple Core)Original post by Mike http://iphonetopics.com/fake-apple-products-openly-sold-in-spain/ These photos of FAKE iPODS AND AN iPHONE were snapped in Spain. (propst to The Apple Core)Original post by Mike http://iphonetopics.com/fake-apple-products-sold-openly-in-spain/ There's an offensive joke in here somewhere. Poland's largest telecom, called Telekomunikacja Polska, admitted today to hiring "hip-looking film" actors to STAND IN LINE for the recent iPhone launch.Original post by Mike http://iphonetopics.com/polish-telecom-hired-hip-actors-to-queue-for-iphone/ I told you in July about how a brand new iPhone came with pictures snapped in the Chinese factory where it was made -- a factory closed to the public. Now, another iPhone with another series of factory photos has emerged. This one with a cute factory girl POSING for ... http://iphonetopics.com/iphone-ships-with-photos-of-factory-girl/ Apple built a "blacklisting mechanism" into iPhone OS 2.x that instructs phones to connect to Apple, ask what applications have been blacklisted, then DISABLE THOSE APPLICATIONS ON THE iPHONE. (iPhone Atlas)Original post by Mike http://iphonetopics.com/rumor-apple-can-disable-apps-on-your-iphone/ Cell phone designers struggle with two mutually exclusive directions: How do you make a phone with the smallest possible size, but the largest possible screen? Apple's solution was to get rid of physical buttons. But eventually, many phones -- including, I believe, future versions of the iPhone -- will be ... http://iphonetopics.com/cool-all-screen-clamshell-concept-phone-hits/