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Apple releases two new iPhone adds highlighting travel and sharing

Two new “App For That” style commercials for the iPhone have recently begun playing, both of which you can check out on the Apple website (or courtesy of YouTube below). The first is highlighting Travel and shows off apps such as Postman for sending a postcard back home as well as the ability to easily tour [...]

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Is Apple ditching the 8GB iPhone 3G in favor of an 8GB iPhone 3GS?

What is in a name, well if we are referring to the iPhone, and can believe this latest rumor it would seem to be everything. Anyway, according to the Boy Genius Report, it looks like Apple is getting ready to phase out the 8GB iPhone 3G in favor of an 8GB iPhone 3GS. These details are [...]

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Jailbroken stats: Recent survey suggests 8.43% of iPhone users jailbreak

It would appear as if there has been a recent surge in jailbreaking popularity. According to the most recent information from Pinch Media, 8.43% of iPhone users have jailbroken their phone. Of course, looking at the complete picture that is a small number of users, especially when you look at the percentage of non-jailbroken users [...]

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Griffin Wave case for the iPhone 3G, 3GS now $9.99 (marked down from $25)

It was about a week ago that I posted about the Cretouch case for the iPhone and since then I have found and purchased a Wave case from Griffin. Say what? Well, without getting nasty, I placed an order for a Cretouch UltraThin case and due to some issues with the order and what I [...]

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UK retailer Handtec reveals TomTom car kit pricing

We have know about the TomTom Navigation app for the iPhone since back in June, however details such as pricing and availability have since remained a mystery. Well as of now, the pricing of the app is still unknown, however UK retailer Handtec has recently listed the GPS car mount accessory and is showing a [...]

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YouMail app now available in the App Store

I have pretty much always had a love/hate, well mostly hate relationship with voicemail. There was also once a time that I did not have an iPhone, of course that was before an iPhone was even available, and during that time I relied on a service called YouMail to make my voicemail experience a little [...]

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Jailbreaking news: Purple, both ra1n and sn0w are dead

With the release of iPhone OS 3.0.1 we saw that Geohot’s tools (purplera1n and purplesn0w) were no longer working, at which time he recommended that others begin using the Dev Team’s offerings. Now sadly, thanks to a recent posting on his blog we learn that he is not planning on making purplera1n or purplesn0w work for [...]

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iPhone Case Review: SwitchEasy Colors

I’ve had SwitchEasy’s “Colors” case on my iPhone 3GS for about three weeks now, and so far I have very few complaints. For $15, the Colors is probably one of the best “value cases” I’ve encountered, especially when you take into consideration that an Incase protective cover will set you back $30, at least. Installation “Installing” the [...]

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PushMail app kind of, sort of brings push Gmail to the iPhone

A newly released app is now offering the ability to offer Push Notifications for your email. It seems the app can be used for just about any email account, however the emphasis is on Gmail. I will say that I am excited about the idea of getting my Gmail in real time, but I am [...]

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Rumor: Netflix streaming coming to the iPhone

According to an “industry executive familiar with Netflix’s plans” video streaming from Netflix may be coming to the iPhone. The streaming will work with Netflix’s existing Watch Instantly service, which means that subscribers will be able to stream movies directly to their iPhone. Sounds like this could be a nice perk for Netflix subscribers and [...]

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