Alexander Vaughn / App Advice:
Rumor: iPhone 5 To Turn Any Mac Into Your Own Using NFC — It’s tough to imagine what Apple will do next with the iPhone that isn’t simply an incremental update. One major technological advancement Apple hasn’t made yet is: Near Field Communication. That is, implementing RFID chips …
Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows:
Droid Attack Spells Doom for iPhone — Last year, while I was on a business trip, my wife surprised me during a phone call by telling me that she was going to purchase a Motorola DROID and finally enter the smart phone age. This was surprising on a number of levels.
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Patent suit challenges motion-based input with Apple’s iPhone 4 — A new lawsuit takes aim at the accelerometer- and gyroscope-powered abilities of Apple’s iPhone 4, alleging that the interactive, three-dimensional input methods are in violation of a U.S. patent.
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
IPhone Gyroscope To Rev Up Location Apps — Developers say the iPhone’s new gyroscope will boost navigation and augmented reality applications. — For developers who work with location data, the iPhone 4’s most exciting feature is one of its most hidden: the gyroscope.