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SDK Downloads Cross 100K in Four Days

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Apple is pretty happy with the success of its iPhone Software Development Kit to date, noting today more than 100,000 iPhone developers have downloaded the SDK beta since March 6. It is a pretty amazing number when you consider how short of a period of time the SDK has been available. The built-up anticipation to be [...]

iPhone/locoGPS Update: Summer Time Release?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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We first brought you word of a quasi-GPS solution for the iPhone called locoGPS back in December. We’ve now come across an update on this iPhone add-on via Pocket-Lint. It is being reported locoGPS will now be available come summer. It will reportedly work with Nav N Go’s iGO My Way 8 software solution, according to [...]

Java Coming to iPhone Despite Apple

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Sun looks to be moving forward with plans for make Java work on the iPhone despite Apple not really seeming interested. This is according to an article published in InfoWorld. A vice president of Sun, Eric Klein, told the publication the company would be "developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple’s iPhone" and that it "plans [...]

Six Apart Embraces SDK for iPhone TypePad App.

Friday, March 7, 2008

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The good folks at Six Apart, who first debuted an iPhone friendly TypePad interface several months ago, took the moment of the iPhone SDK spotlight yesterday to announce some new related functions. The first of these is the introduction of a statistics display which lets you view information like visit tracking and referrer data. That’s [...]

Steve Jobs Chats Up the iPhone and a Lot More

Thursday, March 6, 2008

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Steve Jobs is easily a man who commands attention in a crowd. It is no wonder then how often he ends up as the focus of a major magazine piece. This time around he appears in Fortune, offering comments on a range of Apple related topics. We are, of course, most interested in what he has [...]

Oh Look, Another iPhone Lawsuit

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

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It is the way of being a successful company - you come out with a very popular product which makes you a good amount of cash and suddenly there are wolves knocking at your door - patent lawsuit wolves that is. Apple has one of those at its door right now and his name is [...]

“One Click” Solution for Unlocking Your iPhone?

Monday, March 3, 2008

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So we will warn you upfront before this post gets going that we haven’t tried this particular iPhone unlocking software so we can’t in any way guarantee its claims. Ok, now that we have that out of the way, someone in the UK is claiming to have developed a global iPhone unlocking solution which is as [...]

I for iPhone: Britannica Does Apple’s Mobile

Friday, February 29, 2008

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What say you old information seeking hound? Can’t get enough of Encyclopedia Britannica? That’s what the folks behind the venerable printed font of knowledge seem to think, as they’ve gone iPhone in their quest to enlighten. The publisher earlier this week announced its new iPhone edition. The Britannica iPhone offering has been live for about two [...]

Goldstriker Selling 24ct Gold 16GB iPhone

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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You are among the iPhone elite. No regular old iPhone will do - you want yours to literally shine. To that end UK-based Goldstriker has you covered with its new gold 16GB iPhone. Goldstriker is selling this particular iPhone for close to $1,790. It is set in .999 hardened 24ct gold and has a total mirror [...]

iPhone Owners Visiting Google in Mass

Friday, February 15, 2008

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Remember earlier this month when we said Google seems to have a special place in its heart for the iPhone? We now perhaps see a reason why - the Financial Times reports Google is seeing 50 times more searches from iPhone users than any other mobile handset. “We thought it was a mistake and made our [...]