Here are some of the iPhone news stories that I have been reading this week.
- Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal reviews Quickoffice for iPhone. His impression is similar to mine; he likes it, but thinks it needs a little more polish.
- Ars Technica reports (as do many others) that the FTC is investigating whether Apple and Google are breaking antitrust laws because two people serve on the boards of both companies (Google's CEO Eric Schmidt and Genentech's CEO Arthur Levinson). As an attorney, I understand why FTC is doing this. But as an iPhone user, I'm happy for Apple and Google to be very buddy-buddy. Frankly, in today's tech world, so many companies are competitors in some areas and partners in other areas that it is difficult to draw the antitrust lines.
Apple says that you can get 5 hours of talk time or Internet use with an iPhone. Want to really increase that battery life? Then check out the new HyperMac external batteries. They were designed for the Apple MacBook family of laptop computers, but they also can provide power for an iPhone via a USB port. The MBP-060 model can provide you with over 70 hours of non-stop talk or Internet use on your iPhone, for only $200. Or you can splurge and get the MBP-222 with over 260 iPhone hours for only $500. Just think, never again will you have to worry about running out of battery power while you watch a movie or play a game on your iPhone during a transatlantic flight -- even if you have 25 of them in a row.
- iPhone Central reveals the ultimate doormat for an iPhone fan. Good luck getting your spouse to agree to this one.
- And finally, Planet-iPhones reports that Apple is telling developers of apps previously rejected for having inappropriate content that they should resubmit the apps once iPhone Software 3.0 is released, which will reportedly include parental control settings for app downloads so that mature content can be downloaded. The iPhone Blog has a screen shot of what the parental controls will look like in the 3.0 software. So if all of the current iPhone fart apps aren't enough to satisfy you, just wait until you see what you can download this summer.
