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Latest iPhone concept combines good looks and video chats

10. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Latest iPhone concept combines good looks and video chats

It seems like the time has come where plenty of people are beginning to look ahead and speculate what the next iPhone will look like. The latest combines a nice sleek look with video chat capability. Of course, these good looks do not seem all that practical. To begin with the interface seems a little [...]

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ServersMan app allows your iPhone to become a web server

10. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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ServersMan app allows your iPhone to become a web server

A new app called ServersMan@iPhone allows you to transform your iPhone into a full-service web server. Once installed, the ServersMan app allows other computers to access your iPhone and upload or download files using either a web browser or webDAV protocol. Additionally, if the computer and your iPhone are both on the same network then [...]

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Rumor: Kindle ebook support coming to the iPhone

9. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Rumor: Kindle ebook support coming to the iPhone

It seems that in addition to the announcement of the Kindle 2 earlier today, Jeff Bezos also mentioned something called WhisperSync. While that term sounds really fancy, it actually does something pretty cool. WhisperSync will allow you to sync where you stopped reading between multiple devices. It works based on your registered account with Amazon and [...]

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New York City doctor gives his iPhone, other electronics a CT scan

9. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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New York City doctor gives his iPhone, other electronics a CT scan

Sometimes living vicariously through others and the Internet can be a good thing. The latest reason behind that statement comes courtesy of a New York City radiologist who decided to have a little fun with a CT scanner and various items that were available. Now we can all see just what those scans would look [...]

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Yet another free way to enable Japanese Emoji for free without jailbreaking

9. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Yet another free way to enable Japanese Emoji for free without jailbreaking

Just in case none of the previous apps that enabled Japanese Emoji were what you were looking for, we have yet another option for you. This latest in what seems like a never ending quest to have emoji icons is called “Spell Number – Emoji for FREE” and just like the name implies, this app [...]

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AT&T rolling out MicroCell support update for iPhone users

9. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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AT&T rolling out MicroCell support update for iPhone users

In addition to the recent firmware update for the iPhone and iPod touch, another slightly more cryptic update has shown up. This latest is not another firmware update from Apple, but instead a carrier update that is coming from AT&T. For users who have not hooked up their iPhone in the past few days, [...]

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Namco offers up Time Crisis Strike for iPhone

6. February 2009 | by Nino Marchetti

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Namco offers up Time Crisis Strike for iPhone

Namco is making a new video game available to iPhone users through the App Store. It is called Time Crisis Strike and it costs around $6. Time Crisis Strike offers what Namco says is “duck-and-shoot arcade action.” One taps the screen to fire a semi-automatic pistol and deliver attacks to the on-screen enemy. Other controls, done [...]

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SMHEART LINK turns iPhone into fitness device

6. February 2009 | by Nino Marchetti

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SMHEART LINK turns iPhone into fitness device

The iPhone can be a lot of things to a lot of people, but now it can also be a heart monitor and fitness tracking system as well. ITMP Technology has introduced its new SMHEART LINK technology, pricing around $155. ITMP says SMHEART LINK is a wireless bridge that collects data from distributed health and fitness [...]

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9 year old boy writes Doodle Kids, an iPhone painting program for kids

6. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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9 year old boy writes Doodle Kids, an iPhone painting program for kids

Lim Ding Wen has written and just released an application for the iPhone called Doodle Kids. The app, which was originally written for the Apple IIGS was ported over to the iPhone and allows the user to draw “random shapes in random colors with random sizes to create a beautiful effect.” As for using the [...]

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Google optimizes Google Books, gives iPhone users 1.5 million books

6. February 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Google optimizes Google Books, gives iPhone users 1.5 million books

Despite the numerous ebook readers that are already available for the iPhone via the App Store, this latest announcement should come as good news for avid readers. Google has just optimized Google Book Search for the iPhone and with it comes around 1.5 million books. When browsing for a title to read, users will be able [...]

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