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| Tuesday, 06 January 2009 23:04 |
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iPhone News
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 Well known for its 99 cents pricing, the Apple iTunes music store finally gave in to the music companies and offer multiple price points starting April 2009. Each song will cost $0.69 , $0.99, or $1.29. Phil Schiller at Macworld announced "most" of these music companies plan to offer music at the lower price point, but I would wait to see how true that is. Without question pricing will also depend on popularity of the song. Quality will improve, as the music will be encoded using 256 Kbps.
Another change is the songs will be sold DRM-free. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is used to control usage of digital media so that you cannot duplicate and use the songs however you want to. Although it has the largest market share in digital music sales in the United States, Apple is still very mindful of competition from Amazon.com and other online retailers, which sell digital music without DRM. Another thing is I can't wait to try to download iTunes on my iPhone over the 3G network. Previously you can only purchase music from Apple over wi-fi networks. As well, if you buy music directly on your iphone, the songs will automatically be downloaded to your desktop the next time your phone is synced, making the entire music purchase experience easier. Good job Apple.
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| Saturday, 06 December 2008 19:24 |
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Android News
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 You want to get your hands on a totally unlocked G1, both SIM-wise and hardware-wise? To get one you would have to register as a developer and shell out $399 to buy one. This is definitely a special edition only available to help developers build their Android applications. The T-Mobile G1 has been out since October 2008. Just like other highly anticipated phones, tons of news of security issues around unlocking etc appear after . Now there is an official channel to get a totally unlocked G1 - yes, free of T-Mobile - all yours.
This piece of news is also a godsend to those still waiting for the G1 to sell in their countries. This has certainly opened the G1 doors to a lot of people. This link will point you to the registration as a developer at the Android Market. Registration only costs $25. That is a very small amount considering now what that status will let you buy. The Android Dev Phone 1 is fully compatible with Android 1.0. It comes with the newly unlocked bootloader so you can flash custom Android builds!!! Come on now, even if you are just an "amateur" developer, I am sure you will find this a very happy day.
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| Monday, 01 December 2008 00:07 |
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Site News
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TPR Member Points We want to recognize members who actively participate in the TPR Community. To measure participation, we have set up a Member Points System. Various actions will earn members points. These actions, along with the number of points earned, are listed below:
| Action | Points Earned
| | Signing up to be a member | 10 points
| | Starting a new topic in the forum | 5 points
| | Replying to a topic in the forum | 2 points
| | Writing a review of of an application or accessory | 5 points
| | Answering a TPR poll | 1 point | | Sending an invite to a friend to become a TPR member | 2 points
| | Your invitees signing up to be a TPR member | 10 points
| | Your friends visiting a recommend link you send to them | 1 point
| | Bonus points from members you refer (percentage of points awarded to your referrees) | 10% |
Admins reserve the right to disallow any points for what we consider spam or non-relevant content. Bottom line - just be active around the website. Help each other out by contributing to the discussions.
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| Thursday, 13 November 2008 17:22 |
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iPhone News
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The 2.2 firmware update is expected to bring a number of new features to iPhone. iPhoneHellas.gr claims that it will be available on Friday, November 21, based on a “reliable” source. New features that have been confirmed because they were included in the 2.2 betas distributed to developers include: 
(screenshot from wired.com) Past rumors claimed that this release would happen in October, but clearly it did not happen. So we hope that the firmware update will happen in time for Thanksgiving.  (screenshot from i.i.com.com)
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| Monday, 10 November 2008 17:21 |
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Other News
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For those who can’t wait for the Blackberry Storm, check your mailboxes. Between November 17th to the 24th, Verizon will be hosting a private sale for the Storm at an undisclosed price. Hopefully this means a Verizon general public release coming very soon after.
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