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Apps to waste your weekend #02: The Holiday Edition

Saturday, July 4, 2009

So, aside from the fact that I had planned to run this as a weekly column and then missed several weeks, I am going to hit the reset button and begin again with Apps To Waste Your Weekend #02. So, without anything further, I bring you The Holiday Edition which as you can imagine will be [...]

iPhone OS 3.0: SMS messaging now with more control

Saturday, July 4, 2009

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With the iPhone related news coming to a screeching halt due to the holiday weekend here in the US, I thought I would take a little time to offer a post on a feature that was added in iPhone OS 3.0 — improvements to the Messages app. Most people seem to be pretty happy with the [...]

FreshFeed FriendFeed app now available in the App Store

Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Yet another FriendFeed app has made its way into the App Store and it is going by the name of FreshFeed. The app, at first glance seems to be pretty full in terms of features, of course, I am not the heaviest of FriendFeed users so it could be missing something obvious. That said, it [...]

Leaked AT&T memo notes iPhone 3GS sales records and more

Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Thanks to a recently leaked internal AT&T memo we are now privy to the fact that the iPhone 3GS launch “was one for the record books.” According to the memo, the sales for the iPhone 3GS exceeded the sales volume for the iPhone 3G release as well as the sales volume for other popular shopping [...]

Updated Facebook app for iPhone 3.0 “about 98% done”

Friday, July 3, 2009

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Good news for Facebook users, it looks like an updated Facebook app for the iPhone will be available shortly. According to a recent posting over on Facebook and Twitter, the app is about 98%, no 92%, no 97% done, however there was not any other indication as to when it would actually be submitted to [...]

iPhone 3GS jailbreak available; Geohot releases “purplera1n” [UPDATED]

Friday, July 3, 2009

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George Hotz, who is perhaps a little better known as Geohot has offered his response to the Dev Team’s decision to wait until iPhone OS 3.1 is available before releasing a jailbreak for the iPhone 3GS and it has come in the form of his own jailbreaking tool. “Normally I don’t make tools for the [...]

Apple releases new iPhone 3GS commercials

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Just recently a few new television commercials for the iPhone 3GS have begun airing on television and as you would expect they are highlighting a few of the new features. The first offers a glimpse of Voice Control, the second shows off Cut, Copy and Paste while the final video demonstrates the ability to record [...]

Tweetie gets updated, Twitpocalypse search glitches now corrected

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Tweetie, a Twitter app for the iPhone has recently been updated, which brings the version number up to 1.3.2. This update may not be the Push that many were hoping for, but it should be a welcomed update for any current users who like the search feature. This update brings just one new addition, it fixes [...]

With the iPhone OS 3.1 beta release, the Dev Team offers a warning

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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At this point, it almost goes without saying that if you are planning to jailbreak and/or unlock you should always wait for the green light from the Dev Team. Anyway, due to the recent release of iPhone OS 3.1 we have yet another warning coming courtesy of the Dev Team. “ultrasn0w users *must* stay away [...]

Apple offers iPhone OS 3.1 beta, iPhone SDK 3.1 beta to developers [UPDATED]

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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Apple offers iPhone OS 3.1 beta, iPhone SDK 3.1 beta to developers [UPDATED]

It has not been all that long since the iPhone OS 3.0 was released, and now it looks like we are going to be moving directly to OS 3.1 as opposed to seeing a smaller point release of OS 3.0.1. Just recently Apple released both the iPhone OS 3.1 beta along with the SDK 3.1 beta [...]