iPhone / iPad Category

The iPhone 4 is almost upon us, and all signs are that tomorrow’s launch day is set to be an interesting one. We know that stocks will be limited – o2 are only selling to existing o2 customers, no-one’s been accepting pre-orders, and Carphone Warehouse are rumoured to be getting a relatively small amount of [...]

Got an iPhone? Get iOS 4. The new version of firmware for the iPhone has just been released to the waiting world. If you want to give your iPhone 3GS an update, hop to iTunes and upgrade from 3.1.3 to 4.0 There’s a bunch of new toys to play with, including: Multitasking – Run apps [...]

In one of the worst-kept secrets, Apple today announced the next generation of iPhone, the iPhone 4. Speaking today at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced the slimmest smartphone ever. Here are the highlights: 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS (9.33mm) Front facing camera – video calling (called FaceTime), but initially [...]

There are a bunch of Sat Nav apps out there for the iPhone, including the rather expensive TomTom, and our favourite, the CoPilot Live. We’ve stumbled across another iPhone Sat Nav app, the NDrive. We’ve tested a number of Sat Nav apps for the iPhone, and at £4.99, our expectations of the NDrive weren’t high, [...]

FrequencyCast now has its very own iPhone Application. By installing our free iPhone application, you’ll be able to read our latest news and blog posts, listen to our latest podcasts, send us a message, see what’s new in our forum, and check out our new TV & Tech section. The FrequencyCast iPhone application is available [...]

A nifty gadget to let you take control of your TV, home cinema and hi-fi direct from your iPhone – the iPhone Universal Remote. The product is actually a jacket into which you slide your iPhone 3G or 3GS. Once in the case, the iPhone can transmit the required infrared control commands to take control [...]

The first of the month means a new episode of your favourite TV and Tech Podcast. FrequencyCast Show 51 is a bumper edition, looking at the following topics: News Updates: New iPhone details leaked, 3D TV is here, HD news and HomePlug hassle. Focus: How the rushed-through Digital Economy Act affects you, TV, radio and the [...]

FrequencyCast Show 51 - The Digital Future [ 30:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It crashes our devices, it’s a security risk, it eats batteries, it’s slow, it’s closed to third-parties, it’s poor on touch-screen devices, and it’s not needed. That’s why iPhone users won’t be seeing Adobe’s Flash on their hardware any time soon, according to Apple. For months, there’s been some ping-ponging between Adobe and Apple about [...]

Got a car and a smartphone? Your country needs you! We’ve been trying out a rather nifty little application that has some serious potential… that’s if enough people get involved. Waze is a social navigation application that’s available for a range of GPS-enabled smartphones including the iPhone, Android phones, Windows Mobile and Symbian OS devices. [...]

Freeview has just launched an app for users of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Before you get excited – it won’t let you watch Freeview from your iPhone – what it does provide, is a handy and fairly powerful TV listings service to see what’s on the 50 or so Freeview channels. Easy-to-use, and [...]

The iPad is out. We’ve been listening to a flaky audio stream live from Apple’s Keynote speech to find out what’s new, and here’s what we can report:

Happy New Year to all of our FrequencyCast listeners! Show 47, the first show of 2010, has just been released for your listening pleasure. In this show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show: News Updates: Project Canvas, Tesco iPhone, iPlayer on Freesat, Freeview HD [...]

FrequencyCast UK Show 47 [ 30:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We reviewed the RedLaser iPhone application in our October Update. Be aware that the manufacturers have today released a new version, v2.50, which drastically reduces functionality for those of us in the UK. No more Google or Amazon results – instead, results from the Atlanta-based find.com service. Take a look at the FileSaveAs news story [...]

We’ve just released one of our almost legendary audio updates. A stack of TV and Tech news to cover, including: BBC slashes BBC HD bandwidth by 40% Channel 4 3D starts next week Welsh TV hits Manchester, plus a Switch update Happy Birthday to the Apple iPhone Ourkindofmusic ceases their kind of music Plus your [...]

FrequencyCast Update 12 Nov 2009 [ 11:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

iPhone users – you can now watch 11 Freeview channels live on your phone. The service from TVCatchup.com allows you to watch the following channels: BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV1, ITV2, Channe 4, Five, Film 4, e4, More 4 and 4 Music. To watch, point your iPhone web browser to http://iphone.tvcatchup.com/ – No subscription, no sign-up, [...]