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North Carolina school considering an iPod Touch for every student

We recently saw that all incoming freshman at Abilene Christian University in Texas will be receiving their choice of either an iPhone 3G or iPod Touch, and now it looks like a new school is considering a similar program. This time the students are a little younger, they are from the Chapel Hill middle school and [...]

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Quick Tip: Speed up your iTunes sync without disabling the backup

Continuing on with the complaints about the long backup process every time you sync your iPhone, here is yet another little trick that should help to cut that time down a bit, and thankfully this suggestion will not involve turning off the backup process. Thanks to a nice forum posting over on the HowardForums, you can [...]

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Facebook app for iPhone reaches 1 million users

Facebook, which is currently ranked as the seventh most popular free iPhone app has announced some serious numbers in terms of reach. Jed Stremel, Director of Mobile at Facebook officially announced during the Mobile Web Wars Roundtable that they have reached 1 million users with their iPhone/iPod Touch app. Of course, the Facebook app has been amongst [...]

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iPhone-dev Team teases iPhone users, offers promise of PwnageTool 2.0 very soon

It looks like we are going to soon be given a few more options for activating and unlocking the iPhone running firmware 2.0. The iPhone-dev team has just posted some very encouraging comments with a promise to offer PwnageTool 2.0 soon. “Happy Birthday guys! Very Very soon we will have for you a downloadable birthday present [...]

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Apple releases firmware version 1.1.5 for iPod Touch

Apple has pretty quietly rolled out firmware version 1.1.5 for those iPod Touch users who are not planning to spend the $9.99 and update to firmware version 2.0. The small update does not offer any new features above the current 1.1.4, but instead was to add some improvement to the overall speed and stability. Firmware [...]

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iPod Touch 2.0 software update officially available

The headline says it all. However with all of the iPhone 3G and firmware version 2.0 for the iPhone, we cannot forget about those iPod Touch users out there. Simply plug in your iPod Touch and it should give you the option to upgrade if you want, or just in case here is a direct link. The [...]

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iPhone 3G Surplus, iPod Touch Shortage?

According to analysts, Apple is well prepared for the iPhone 3G to go on sale July 11, 2008, filling it’s storerooms with enough iPhone 3G’s to meet the inevitable demand. Analyst Ben Reizes of Lehman Brothers had the following to say about Apple’s readiness for the 3G to go on sale: “iPhone build plans for June [...]

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Oh Noes! Shortage in the iPod Touch Supply

It seems that the iPod Touch (little brother to the iPhone) is running in short supply.  Apple’s online store is noting a 1-2 day delay in shipping the 8GB version of the device.  This is probably due to the increased demand from the Back To School Promotion for students buying a Mac. Best Buy seems [...]

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Moleskine sketchbook customized to create a custom iPod Touch, iPhone case

Charlie Sorrel from Wired has recently added a neat little how to, which offers up some instructions on just how to transform your standard Moleskine sketchbook into a nice carrying case for your iPod Touch or iPhone. He based his efforts on an attempt to not look quite as uncool while “sitting outside a pavement café” [...]

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Sling unveils SlingPlayer Mobile plans for iPhone

Sling Media has just announced some great news for iPhone users, a SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone is in the works. While it may not be any where near ready for public release, heck its nothing more than an early-alpha, just a proof-of-concept at this point, but its something that iPhone users have been asking for [...]

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