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If you are one of the countless people that condemn the iPhone for its inability to emulate the Palm OS, then it may be time for you to take another look at Apple’s wonder device. StyleTap has announced that they plan to bring this capability to the iPhone in the near future, whats more the iPhone runs the Palm OS better than most Palm devices, so this is a very interesting feature to add to the long list of things that the iPhone already excels at.

You will be able to grab the software needed starting in July, when more information is released by StyleTap. When the information comes forward, they will also announce price points, how to get it, and how the software will be marketed. StyleTap also said that they will have members from their team attending WWDC. They will be available for interview, and hopefully a demo.

The question really though is how well does the device’s capacitive touch screen work for the resistive touch driven OS? After all, Palm’s OS was designed for a stylus. Though the smallest parts of the interface may be a little hard to use with your finger, the answer is surprisingly well. Check out the demo video to see the software in action.

[Via SlashPhone]

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 5:48 p.m. — on my couch Look out, here’s a story from the Associated Press on how badly the iPhone is doing and how the amazing job RIM and Palm are doing. But whatever ……

Gaming on the iPhone is going to be huge, game developers just can not keep their hands off of the iPhone, and for good reason. The device has a ton of horsepower, and has already proven it is more than capable of playing games, as well as perform all sorts of other functions. This is a very complex game, and is very telling of the iPhone’s abilities.

For those of you that have not heard of it, BioShock is a first person shooter that was released last year for the PC and on the Xbox 360. If systems like that are required to play this thing, than the iPhone must have some serious untapped potential. The game has not been ported to any mobile at all, and it will be interesting to see how it interacts with the touch screen.

The iPhone will be receiving the real deal. It will get a full 3D, high resolution, memory hogging monster of a game, and that’s the way we like it. There will also be a 2D lower quality version released for devices that can not handle 3D graphics, which will be pretty much anything not an iPhone.

[Via The iPhone Blog]

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 12:35 p.m. — on my couch There are two times when I really like to push the blog’s presence on Twitter — one is just before a big Apple announcement and the other is when…

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 12:26 p.m. — on my couch I’m sorry about the timing and all, callers, but today will be my last posting day for a little while. I’m going on vacation. iWife and I have had…

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 12:06 p.m. — on my couch Interesting report over at boygeniusreport.com about increases to AT&T’s 3G speeds and rolling outages that appear to be linked to the upgrades (down for a while and then boom!…

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 11:30 a.m. — on my couch I think Apple just changed the game by just changing a name. You know that invitation Apple sent out with the twin bridge spans? The thing for it’s WWDC…

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 11:12 a.m. — on my couch I remember when I was a kid … Little Carol Ann’s innocent voice saying “they’re here!” meant the monsters were coming. The monsters had arrived. Today, the monster is…

Friday, May 30, 2008 — 10:56 a.m. — on my couch **UPDATE 05.30.08 12:54 p.m.: Caller Gravlock kindly let me know that the optical sensor is always there and that it’s actually the thing that senses when you put it…

If there are any doubts about the legitimacy of the recently leaked 3G iPhone case specifications, they may finally be put to rest. Though the information is not exactly confirmed by anyone, but it is a pretty elaborate hoax to make your own 3G iPhone case mold. The mold design seems to fit the rumored case specifications, so this may just turn out to be the real thing.

As you can see, these mold plates fit the rumored specifications very nicely, and the sensor placement in the mold matches them as well. The mold is clearly form Griffin, who is considered to be very creditable, and the authority when it comes to accessories. The fact that it says Griffin, in itself gives this rumor a whole bunch more credibility.

While it is possible it is a hoax with a little clever Photo Shop work going on, it is a very good amount of work to go through. If the mold turns out to be real, and assuming they are using it now, we could see Griffin iPhone cases as soon as launch day for the new iPhone.

[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]