Lifehacker: iphone

• Comcast's iPhone App Adds Remote DVR Scheduling [Downloads]8 March 2010, 7:30 pm
  iPhone/iPod touch: If you're a Comcast DVR user, you just got one very good reason to download the Comcast Mobile App for your iPhone: The free app manages your DVR recordings so you can add that last-minute recording from anywhere.The app also offers easy access to your Comcast email and other services most people probably don't use, but the remote DVR access is a killer feature. The remote DVR functionality isn't available everywhere just yet, but according to the app's description in iTunes, ...
• How to Make Your Personal QR Code [Cameraphones]8 March 2010, 5:30 pm
  Ever since I installed a barcode-scanning app on my phone, I see QR codes everywhere—so naturally I wanted one of my own. If you're a barcode-scanning fool, the QR code to the left links to my personal web site. Fun! A QR ("quick response") code is a square barcode that makes getting URLs, location coordinates, any text or contact information onto a phone fast. With a barcode scanner app installed, you just point your phone's camera at the code to read its contents. Here's what reading th...
• Restore a Scratched-Up iPhone with Sandpaper [IPhone]8 March 2010, 2:00 pm
  iPhones are scratch-resistant, but life throws some tough stuff at our phones. One MacRumors user, owning a phone that looks pretty beat, demonstrates the full process of restoring his phone with sandpaper and a new LCD kit.The poster makes a point of noting that on most phones, you'll only want to use a rougher sandpaper to try and remove 90 percent of the scratches, not get to a completely clean and polished look—with the scratch-resistant coating completely removed—as shown at the...
• Push Doctor Fixes Push Notification Issues on Unlocked iPhones [Downloads]3 March 2010, 10:00 pm
  iPhone only: Those of us with unlocked iPhones don't always have the best luck with push notifications. Push Doctor is a new solution that provides the genuine activation certificates your phone needs for push to work properly.To get this solution, you'll need to add its source: http://www.cmdshft.ipwn.me/apt/ ...to Cydia. Then do a search for Push Doctor to locate the package, install, and confirm. From weblog Addictive Tips: Once the package is installed, you're done. It won't show up as any ...
• HippoRemote Turns Your iPhone/iPod touch into a Media Center Remote [Download]1 March 2010, 6:00 pm
  iPhone/iPod touch: If you have an iPhone or iPod touch and you want to turn it into a feature-rich multimedia remote that makes browsing the web and remote control of your media center effortless, HippoRemote can help.HippoRemote turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a touchscreen-based multimedia keyboard, trackpad, and feature-rich remote. It does so much more, however, than simply let you type out URLs on the screen instead of a keyboard. You can control applications, open sites for easier rea...
• #iphone1 March 2010, 2:14 am
  Gmail has been having push problems all weekend for some users on #iPhone. No ideas on why it's affecting certain people. [www.google.com] #tips njefferson...
• Use a Smartphone Car Mount as a Kitchen Helper [Clever Uses]27 February 2010, 11:00 pm
  Most smartphones have one or two great cooking apps, and while using your pocketable device to help out in the kitchen can be more convenient than finding a place for your laptop or wasting paper, smart-home blog Unplggd has a clever suggestion:Our new apartment has some pretty archaic kitchenware. So old, we can't quite figure out how to use the timer on the oven. While we could just look at the clock and determine how long something needs to be on the stovetop or in the cooker, we tend to get ...
• PadMapper for iPhone Is an Apartment Hunter's Dream Come True [Downloads]26 February 2010, 6:30 pm
  iPhone: We've always been big fans of previously mentioned PadMapper, the Google Maps mashup that puts Craigslist apartment listings on a map with advanced filtering options. Now the same awesome tool exists for your apartment hunting on-the-go.A pocket-friendly version of PadMapper means that next time you're walking around in a neighborhood that looks promising, you can just pull out the app and let PadMapper use your location to find available rentals nearby. (You can also search for a specif...
• ZipList Is an Impressive Grocery List Tool with Coordinated Shopping, Anywhere Access [Shopping]25 February 2010, 7:00 pm
  The very definition of frustration: You and your significant other or roommate arrive home after work and discover you each remembered to stop for milk—but neither of you bought cat food. ZipList puts an end to uncoordinated shopping trips.UPDATE:Actually, the iPhone app is in the works and will be released "in the coming weeks." This free web-based service lets multiple people access a shopping list so you don't end up with four heads of lettuce and no toilet paper. Family members can add...
• #iphone25 February 2010, 3:58 pm
  This clock made my day. #iphone #app #tips [bit.ly] xt2008...

MacRumors iPhone Blog

• MacRumors: Apple Cracking Down on "Cookie Cutter" App Store Applications?8 March 2010, 3:38 pm
  TechCrunch discusses a picture that is being pieced together from reports from App Store developers suggesting that Apple is looking to crack down on "cookie cutter" iPhone applications that offer little......
• 'Layar Reality Browser' Returns to App Store3 March 2010, 9:36 pm
  Augmented reality firm Layar today announced that its iPhone application Layar Reality Browser has reappeared in the App Store after a several-month absence. The much-anticipated application capable of utilizing the camera, GPS, and digital ......
• China Unicom Continues Talking Up Wi-Fi iPhone3 March 2010, 7:26 pm
  PCWorld reports that China Unicom has officially acknowledged that it is in discussions with Apple to offer a Wi-Fi capable iPhone in that country."I know that in the market there is hope we will offer an iPhone with Wi-Fi," ......
• MacRumors: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Speaks About iPhone and iPad2 March 2010, 10:13 pm
  The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) on comments made today by AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson at an investor conference in which he noted that he expects Apple's iPhone to be an important ......
• 'MLB.com At Bat 2010' Hits the App Store2 March 2010, 9:43 pm
  Macworld reports that MLB.com At Bat 2010 has arrived in the App Store, offering baseball fans even more coverage of the upcoming season's games. As with last year's version, users can listen live to every regular season and postseason game ......
• MacRumors: Apple Building Up Team for Mobile Advertising2 March 2010, 8:19 pm
  Silicon Alley Insider reports on an Apple job posting published last month for a position dedicated to "next generation mobile advertising". The manager position involves oversight of a team of Apple developers leveraging frameworks in the i......
• TomTom for iPhone Set to Gain Real-Time Traffic Updates, Local Search2 March 2010, 6:05 pm
  MobileCrunch reports that TomTom has issued a press release announcing the submission of Version 1.3 of its iPhone application to Apple for inclusion in the App Store. The updated version will bring real-time traffic updates and local search......
• MacRumors: Apple Files Lawsuit Against HTC Over Alleged iPhone Patent Infringement2 March 2010, 3:09 pm
  Apple today announced that it has filed suit against handset manufacturer HTC regarding alleged infringement of 20 iPhone-related patents. The patents cover such aspects as the user interface, architectu......
• MacRumors: Netflix Surveying Users Regarding Interest in iPhone Streaming via Wi-Fi2 March 2010, 2:57 pm
  HackingNetflix reports (via TechCrunch) that DVD rental and streaming service Netflix has issued a survey to some of its users including a question asking about their interest in using a Netflix iPhone application to watch streamed video offe......
• MacRumors: Analyst Predicts Next-Generation iPhone Will Offer Lower Total Cost of Ownership26 February 2010, 3:56 pm
  Fortune reports on a new research note from prominent Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty citing strong sales of Apple's iPad and the potential for increased growth in the iPhone segment from new models she predicts will carry lower total cos......

iPhone Download Blog

• Cydia Update Makes It A Little Less Slow9 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  A few weeks ago I wrote an article about why Cydia sucks and how it could be improved. Maybe Saurik heard me because he decided to give Cydia a small update that aims at making it faster. This update supposedly speeds up the loading time and improves the error checking when refreshing the sources. I installed the update but unfortunately, I didn’t see much improvement in speed. Hopefully, you’ll get better luck than I did… Have you installed the update yet? Does it feel like Cy...
• SBSettings Actually Makes Your iPhone Better?8 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  When the iPhone initially launched in 2007, the much anticipated iPhone OS required an arsenal of jailbroken apps to perform even the mildest tasks such as MMS and video recording. But through product refreshes and several software updates, that list of apps is shrinking and the iPhone OS is now considered among the industries top mobile platforms. Now that functions such as copy/paste and video recording are available in the stock OS, jailbroken applications like Clippy and Cycorder are no long...
• iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week7 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  For those of you who missed some of this week’s articles, here is a recap: You’re nothing without your iPhone What are your 5 most used apps? Favorite apps of the month Milk Crater: a different way to browse your iPod Do you remember the first day you had your iPhone? Netflix on the iPhone? Yes please! InfiniBoard "iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free to leave a comment or discuss this topic in the for...
• Infiniboard Brings Vertical Scrolling to Your iPhone Springboard7 March 2010, 5:31 am
  Chpwn is one of my favorite jailbreak devs because he creates really useful apps and mods that just make your iPhone experience better. He worked with Ryan Petrich on ProSwitcher, he developed InfiniDock, and today, he just released InfiniBoard. InfiniBoard is a jailbreak application that simply brings vertical scrolling to your iPhone springboard. It lets you add as many icons as you wish to any page, and access them by flicking up and down. I’ve played with InfiniBoard for about an hour ...
• Netflix On the iPhone? Yes Please!6 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  Even though Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told Reuters a few months ago that Netflix wasn’t going to work on an iPhone app for a while, it seems that Netflix has been feeling the water about it. A RWW article notes that: Recently, Netflix sent out a survey to select subscribers in order to determine interest in an iPhone application for streaming movies via mobile phones. According to the survey’s wording, the proposed app would be Wi-Fi only and would offer the same content that the Net...
• Do You Remember the First Day You Had Your iPhone?5 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  The other day someone asked me how I got into the iPhone, which took me back to 2007 and the day this little piece of electronics completely changed my life. I wasn’t in line at the Apple Store when the iPhone came out in 2007. I actually didn’t care much about it. That was until my best friend bought an iPhone. The first day I actually got to play with my friend’s iPhone, I really fell in love with it. I loved the design and how it fit in my hands. I ......
• Milk Crater: A Different way to Browse Your iPod Music Collection (sponsored)4 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  Back in December I tweeted about a new app called TUN3R, a sort of visual dial for Internet Radio. The app is interesting if you like Internet radio, but doesn’t really go beyond that. The same folks have just released another application called Milk Crater which they claim to be the world’s first real-time audio iPod browser. Okay, but how does it actually work? Milk Crater generates a large grid created from your iPod collection. It uses cover art to generate the tiles, or if no co...
• Favorite Apps of the Month3 March 2010, 4:08 pm
  These are actually my favorite apps of February but I’m a little late… Power Downloader [iTunes link] – This is a free app that lets you download a host of files to your iPhone like JPG, GIF, HTML, MP3, MP4, 3GP and more.  But, what I like to use it for is downloading YouTube videos for later viewing at full resolution.  However, you can only watch the video from within the app and there’s no way to get the video off your iPhone.  Obviously, Apple wouldn’t have a...
• What Are Your 5 Most Used iPhone Apps?2 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  I’m curious to see what App Store or stock apps you use on a daily basis. Here are my 5 most used apps, in no specific order: Tweetie 2 Byline Mail Safari Camera I usually don’t use the camera app much but since I started traveling a few months ago, I now use it several times a day. Please take a few seconds to share your most used apps by leaving a comment. "What Are Your 5 Most Used iPhone Apps?" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free t...
• You’re Nothing Without Your iPhone1 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  As my fiancee and I are a few minutes away from boarding a flight to Cambodia, I’m freaking out at the idea that I might not be able to get a data plan for my iPhone over there. I’ve been doing a little bit of research online and the information I got is not reassuring. Apparently you have to be a Cambodian citizen to be able to buy a SIM card. Not much of a problem as you can always pay someone to go get a SIM card for you. The real ......

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

• Don't trust the critics: Four Apple products they thought would fail10 March 2010, 3:00 pm
  Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone, iPadEver since the iPad's introduction a month and a half ago, the internet has been awash in criticism of the as-yet-unreleased device. "It's just a big iPod touch," many have said. "No Flash, no multitasking, no sale," others bemoaned. And a few have gone so far as to say, "It doesn't do a lot of things that a netbook that costs half as much will do." For these reasons and many more, many of the pundits and forum dwellers have but one prediction: the iPad is g...
• GDC 2010: Real Racing and Flight Control on the iPad with Firemint10 March 2010, 2:00 pm
  Filed under: Gaming, Software, Freeware, App Store, iPad We got to sit down with Australian developer Firemint here at the Game Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco -- it's a mobile game developer who hit it big last year with the very popular iPhone game Flight Control, and while it used to make mobile games for just a handful of larger game publishers like EA, the company is now trying to cement a reputation for making a smaller stable of high quality App Store games. "We like to joke t...
• "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" uses Macs to solve mysteries10 March 2010, 1:00 pm
  Filed under: Cult of Mac If you happen to have gotten caught up in the phenomenon known as the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, then you know that the computer of choice for these world-class computer genius hackers is made by Apple. I screened the film version of the story, and MacBook Pros are visible throughout as the the tool used to solve mysteries. It's a good film as well, as far as taut thrillers from Sweden go. In fact, I found it a refreshing take on the thriller (with a little social comm...
• GDC 2010: Street Fighter IV for the iPhone out now10 March 2010, 7:30 am
  Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store Tonight at GDC 2010, I went out and stopped by the Capcom Fight Club party here in San Francisco, and while there, Capcom projected the actual App Store interface for sending their Street Fighter IV app to the App Store on various screens around the room. We actually got to see them press the button on the release live and in person, and sure enough, the game is in the App Store right now for $9.99. Before you go press buy, though, I'll also tell...
• eBooks outnumber games in the App Store10 March 2010, 3:00 am
  Filed under: App Store, iPad The number of eBooks in the App Store has surpassed the number of games for the first time, and the spread is widening. Mobclix, a mobile device advertising agency, reports that as of last month, there were over 27,000 eBook apps while games were relegated to the runner-up position of 25,400 apps. Over the last reported month, new introductions of eBook apps more than doubled that of games (158 eBook versus 71 game apps). There are a number of reasons being kic...
• Automatically open Bittorrent files using Dropbox and Hazel10 March 2010, 1:00 am
  Filed under: Internet, Internet ToolsEvery year there is a torrent made to let listeners download most of the music for SXSW. This year's torrent has recently been posted (previous years' are also available at the same site). I don't usually use Bittorent, so I asked around for client suggestions; Transmission seems to be a favorite among several of my TUAW colleagues. I also remembered a tip from my friend Guillermo Esteves (who did the awesome Star Wars crawl using only HTML and CSS), about us...
• GDC 2010: From concept to Top Paid with Unity iPhone10 March 2010, 12:00 am
  Filed under: Gaming, Software, Developer Unity Technologies hosted the sponsored lunch panel during GDC 2010 today, and their "product evangelist" Tom Higgins gave a quick rundown of the software platform that enables developers to assemble and release games extremely quickly on multiple platforms. The company was actually founded in Denmark, but has since expanded around the world with just two products: Unity Pro and Unity iPhone Pro. The second product, as you might imagine, allows develope...
• Black Swan brings Google Voice back to the iPhone without the App Store9 March 2010, 11:00 pm
  Filed under: iPhone, App ReviewGoogle Voice on the iPhone has been something of a sore subject for me. If you need a full-recap of the whole sordid iPhone/Google Voice story see this story from December or more of our coverage. I even started a little site devoted to waiting for Google Voice on the iPhone called IsGoogleVoiceAvailableForTheiPhone.com. It has been 6 months and 19 days since Apple claimed it had not "rejected" Google Voice but was "studying" it. During the course of Apple's "study...
• Daily Deals for March 9, 20109 March 2010, 10:30 pm
  Filed under: DealsToday's deals are all generated from a friendly search-based robot courtesy DealNews. We didn't pick 'em this time, so no warranties expressed or implied. Aol uses a referral code for these deals. Apple Store: [iPods] Refurbished Apple iPod touch MP3 Players from $139 + free shipping iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] App Store Price Drops: Pocket Heart, Diner Dash, Magellan RoadMate, more MacUpdate Promo: [Security/Anti-Virus Software] Lockngo 4 for Mac dow...
• Microsoft updates Office for Mac 2008 and 20049 March 2010, 10:00 pm
  Filed under: Productivity, Software Update Microsoft has just released updates to the 2004 and 2008 versions of Microsoft Office. According to the company, the updates, which weigh in at 9.7 MB and 221.5 MB respectively, provide "fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code" as well as improvements to stability and performance. The update for Microsoft Office 2004 can be downloaded here, while those with the 2008 versi...

iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond

• Review: Capcom Street Fighter IV10 March 2010, 3:52 pm
  “The gulf between the gaming experience that Street Fighter IV provides and what we are accustomed to playing on the iPhone and iPod touch these days is too huge to fully explain. People who have played even the original Street Fighter, let alone II or any of the other sequels, know already that these titles are impossible on Apple’s devices until a proper controller is released.” Yet here we are today, playing the final—well,… ...
• News: Unusual Studio shows Embassy Series cases for iPhone 3G, 3GS10 March 2010, 3:30 pm
  Unusual Studio has unveiled its new Embassy Series cases for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. Available in ten different designs, the Embassy Series are thin hard-shell cases featuring original artwork printed onto the case using advanced printing technology. The cases also offer full access to all ports, controls, and the camera, and come with a screen protector. Interestingly, the cases are to be packed using a Blind Assortment method, meaning each… ...
• News: Capcom releases Street Fighter IV10 March 2010, 3:20 pm
  Capcom has released the highly anticipated Street Fighter IV for the iPhone and iPod touch. First announced last month, Street Fighter IV brings the popular console game to the iPhone and iPod touch with a user interface specifically redesigned for the touchscreen and the same visual style and artwork found in the current generation console game. Eight classic characters are available in the game, including Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Able, Blanka, M. Bison,… ...
• News: EFF posts Apple’s iPhone Developer Agreement online10 March 2010, 2:48 pm
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has acquired a recent copy of Apple’s iPhone Developer Program License Agreement (PDF Link) and posted it online. Previously seen only by those applying to be a licensed iPhone developer, the EFF used the Freedom of Information Act to ask NASA, which distributes a free NASA App through the App Store, for a copy. Contained within the agreement is a section prohibiting developers from making any “public… ...
• News: Photo of the Week: iPhone 3GS in Sweden10 March 2010, 2:30 pm
  This week’s featured photo is from our iPhones Around the World gallery, and shows an iPhone 3GS overlooking a snow-covered scene near Vanersborg, Sweden. To share your photos and to be considered for our Photo of the Week, you simply need to submit your own photo to one of our galleries. So get out there, take some pictures with your iPod or iPhone, and maybe your submission will be our next Photo of the Week! ... ...
• News: Quirky outs Cloak case for the iPad9 March 2010, 9:32 pm
  Quirky has introduced its new Cloak case for the Apple iPad. The Cloak sports an office folder-like design and non-slip rubber construction, with plastic on the hinge mechanisms and support braces. The iPad slides into the case from the top, and is completely protected when the case is shut; the case can also be used to prop the iPad up on a flat surface by either folding back the front cover or using the plastic support brace located on the case’s… ...
• News: Apple releases iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 4 for iPad9 March 2010, 7:33 pm
  Apple has released the fourth beta version of its iPhone SDK 3.2 for iPad. First released in January following the introduction of the iPad, the SDK is tailored specifically to the device, including support for its 1024x768 resolution, other iPad-specific interface functions, and includes an iPad simulator application so developers can pre-test their apps in an environment similar to that of the final device. It is currently unclear what, if any,… ...
• News: Elgato announces new, smaller EyeTV Hybrid9 March 2010, 7:27 pm
  Elgato has announced its next-generation EyeTV Hybrid TV tuner stick for HDTV and analog TV. Hailed by the company as “America’s smallest TV tuner stick,” the new EyeTV Hybrid features an ultra-compact enclosure, a matte aluminum finish, a built-in USB connector, an analog/ATSC tuner, S-Video, Composite video, antenna, and stereo audio inputs, an IR remote control sensor for use with the included remote control, and included… ...
• News: WaterField unveils Smart Case, Slip Case for iPad9 March 2010, 6:23 pm
  WaterField Designs has introduced its new Smart Case and Slip Case accessories for the Apple iPad. Joining the company’s previously announced Ultimate SleeveCase and iPad Suede Jacket, the Smart Case is a top-loading case featuring an impact-resistant plastic inner shell with light padding, leather accents on the sides, Ultrasuede lining for protection against scratches, a color fabric exterior, and a “powermesh” back pocket for… ...
• News: Genera Mobile releases FORMULA 1 Live Racing 20109 March 2010, 6:17 pm
  Genera Mobile has released FORMULA 1 Live Racing 2010, an unofficial Formula 1 information app that allows F1 racing fans to follow Grand Prix racing on their iPhone or iPod touch. The application provides live commentary, lap-by-lap race positions, live coverage of qualification sessions and real-time leaderboards for all Grand Prix 2010 races. Users can also view detailed circuit information including weather conditions, view stats on the drivers… ...

IPHONE NEWS - Google News

• Many admit to iPhone addiction - KOLD-TV10 March 2010, 3:39 pm
  TechNewsDailyMany admit to iPhone addictionKOLD-TVTUCSON, AZ (KOLD) – Are you addicted to your iPhone? A new survey out of Stanford finds that many people say they are. The survey was given to 200 students ...iPhone can be addicting, says Stanford University surveyUnwired ViewiPhone Addiction? Study Paints iPhone Users As JunkiesHuffington Post (blog)iPhone addiction: Study shows extreme Apple dependanceT3InformationWeek (blog) -CBS 4 -msnbc.comall 26 news articles »...
• $9.99: Street Fighter IV for iPhone hits the App Store - CrunchGear (blog)10 March 2010, 3:04 pm
  Macworld UK$9.99: Street Fighter IV for iPhone hits the App StoreCrunchGear (blog)We've spent three posts covering Street Fighter IV for the iPhone so far, and this fourth one is intended to inform you ...Street Fighter IV iPhone Released on the App StoreIntoMobile (blog)Capcom's ® Street Fighter ® IV for the iPhone and iPod touch Is Now Available ...Marketwire (press release)Street Fighter IV arrives in the App StoreNetworkWorld.comTerminal Gamer -Softpedia -Popzara (blog)al...
• EA Sports Active 2.0 Coming To Wii, PlayStation 3, and iPhone/iPod Touch This Fall - Popzara (blog)10 March 2010, 2:52 pm
  Product Reviews (blog)EA Sports Active 2.0 Coming To Wii, PlayStation 3, and iPhone/iPod Touch This FallPopzara (blog)Keep motivated and read more about EA's expansion to the Wii, PlayStation 3, and iPhone OS! EA Sports Active 2.0 (tentative title) is coming back for ...EA Sports Active 2.0 is on the way...now on iPhoneTG DailyGDC: EA Announces Active 2.0 For Wii, PS3, iPhone and iPod TouchVGChartzEA Sports Active 2.0 coming this fall to Wii, PS3 and iPhoneGame DailyGameSpot -EL33TONLIN...
• EFF posts Apple's Iphone SDK licence terms - Inquirer10 March 2010, 2:46 pm
  Sydney Morning HeraldEFF posts Apple's Iphone SDK licence termsInquirerEFF spokesman Fred Von Lohmann wrote, "When we saw the NASA App for Iphone, we used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to ask NASA for a copy, ...EFF dubs Apple a 'jealous feudal lord' over iPhone dev contractComputerworldThe Top 10 Free Travel AppsPC MagazineThe lighter side of iPhone app developersU WeeklyCNET Asia -Phones Review -Pittsburgh Post Gazetteall 376 news articles »...
• iPhone Alice in Wonderland Game Available Now - iPhone World (blog)10 March 2010, 2:11 pm
  Times OnlineiPhone Alice in Wonderland Game Available NowiPhone World (blog)Anyone that owns an iphone and saw the 3D version of the Alice in Wonderland movie this weekend will want to check out this new iphone game. ...Alice in Wonderland for iPhoneBusinessWeekall 415 news articles »...
• Canpages Brings "Augmented Reality" Local Search to the iPhone 3GS - MarketWatch (press release)10 March 2010, 2:11 pm
  Canpages Brings "Augmented Reality" Local Search to the iPhone 3GSMarketWatch (press release)Augmented reality is the latest technology coined for applications that leverage the iPhone 3GS' compass, GPS and video camera simultaneously. ...and more »...
• HP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on Flash - PC World10 March 2010, 1:45 pm
  Times OnlineHP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on FlashPC WorldAs my PCWorld colleague David Coursey illustrates, "The Slate and other Windows 7 devices support Adobe Flash and AIR, Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, ...iPhone Pro concept could fit the mini iPad billMobile MagazineUK iPhone Carriers to Battle for Apple iPadPhones ReviewReport: Apple Wants 5M iPads During First Half of 2010Cult of Mac (blog)Apple Insider -Moby1 (blog) -Sporkings (blog)all 682 news articles »...
• Apple pushes Fourth Beta of iPhone OS 3.2 SDK - Techtree.com10 March 2010, 12:22 pm
  Product Reviews (blog)Apple pushes Fourth Beta of iPhone OS 3.2 SDKTechtree.comWith the iPad tablet release date approaching, Apple is actively ramping up its iPhone OS for the tablet. The new iPhone OS 3.2 SDK fourth beta for iPad has ...Apple releases iPhone OS SDK 3.2 beta 4 for iPadCNETApple releases iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 4 for iPadPocket Gamer.BizApple Releases iPad/iPhone OS 3.2 Beta 4, SDKSoftpediaMac Rumors -Examiner.com -PMP Today (blog)all 19 news articles »...
• At conference, iPhone game development breaks out - CNN International9 March 2010, 1:29 pm
  GamePro.comAt conference, iPhone game development breaks outCNN InternationalThe iPhone now has its very own summit on game development at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. ...Gamespy unveils online features for iPhone developersGamezeboGDC 2010: Scaling the summits of game playCNETGame Developers Conference to focus on social gamesBBC NewsDigit -Phones Review -PubliCola (blog)all 72 news articles »...
• Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Launch Mobile Travel Apps for iPhone ... - MarketWatch (press release)9 March 2010, 1:11 pm
  San Francisco Chronicle (blog)Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Launch Mobile Travel Apps for iPhone ...MarketWatch (press release)... March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air today announced the launch of three mobile applications designed for iPhone, ...Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air introduce applications for iPhone, BlackBerry ...Trading Markets (press release)Alaska Air launches mobile appsTechFlash (blog)all 46 news articles »...

AppleInsider

• HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash, ARM expects 50 new tablets in 201010 March 2010, 3:00 pm
  As HP attempts to push its own Flash-playing slate PC over the Apple iPad, one ARM executive said he expects more than 50 tablet-style devices to be introduced this year alone. ...
• Game developers eye the Mac after Steam's jump to Apple10 March 2010, 1:25 pm
  The announcement that the Steam gaming service and Valve's line of games -- including Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 -- are being ported to the Mac has convinced major developers like DICE and Gas Powered Games to consider the jump as well. ...
• Verizon sees Wi-Fi-only iPad as opportunity to sell 3G data plans10 March 2010, 2:15 am
  Though the iPad is only compatible with AT&T's 3G network in the U.S., that hasn't stopped Verizon from telling its employees to pitch its own data plans, shared via Wi-Fi, to prospective buyers of Apple's new hardware. ...
• Former Sun CEO: Steve Jobs threatened to sue us over patents too10 March 2010, 1:00 am
  Former chief executive of Sun Jonathan Schwartz has accused Steve Jobs of threatening patent action against his company in 2003, related to desktop OS technologies, in a long blog post that highlights a series of tech patent squabbles. ...
• Apple to build 5 million iPads during first half of 2010 - report10 March 2010, 12:00 am
  Apple's orders to its Taiwanese manufacturing facilities call for the production of roughly 5 million iPads before the heart of summer rolls around, according to a new report which also praises the company for its iPhone, notebook and desktop secular growth trends. ...
• Apple's iTunes LP concept hatched by labels, sales disappoint9 March 2010, 8:45 pm
  The iTunes LP format introduced by Apple last year was the brainchild of record labels looking to increase sales of whole albums, but sales thus far have been soft, a new report alleges. ...
• Digital rights group blasts Apple over iPhone developer agreement9 March 2010, 5:25 pm
  The Electronic Frontier Foundation took a critical stance against Apple this week when the digital rights advocacy group posted in its entirety the confidential license agreement to which all iPhone, iPad and iPod touch developers must agree. ...
• Apple's patent 'warning shots' prove disruptive for handset makers9 March 2010, 2:15 pm
  Before Apple publicly sued HTC, the iPhone maker privately had "blunt conversations" with other smartphone companies, amounting to legal threats that have proven disruptive to the roadmaps of would-be iPhone killers, according to a new report. ...
• FileMaker Pro 11 released with quicker, easier database creation9 March 2010, 2:00 pm
  FileMaker Pro 11, the latest version of the Mac database software, was officially released Tuesday, packing in improved chart visuals, "on the fly" reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a number of productivity tools that aim to make database creation simpler and quicker. ...
• Content sales predicted to near 30% of iPad hardware revenue9 March 2010, 1:10 pm
  The sale of applications, e-books, newspapers and magazines for the iPad is predicted to equal nearly 30 percent of the revenue Apple will earn from selling the hardware by the end of 2011. ...

Just Another iPhone Blog

• TwitScreen – It’s Twitter, on Your iPhone Lock Screen (jailbreak only)10 March 2010, 1:53 pm
  If you can’t get enough of Twitter, need more ways to use it more often, and you run your iPhone jailbroken, then TwitScreen may be just the little lock screen pal you’re looking for. It serves up Twitter – or at least a good, little set of basic Twitter capabilities – right on your [...]...
• Review: Module SmartCase for iPhone9 March 2010, 9:09 pm
  The Dacha Works Module SmartCase is a lot like a corset for the iPhone: it focuses on changing the appearance and form factor of your favourite little device. Sure, it adds some scratch protection to the sides and back of the device, but don’t count on this back plate to protect your smartphone in the [...]...
• Review: DVR Remote Lite for the iPhone9 March 2010, 7:55 pm
  DVR Remote Lite is a great app which gives you the power to control TiVo over WiFi with the use of your iPhone. According to the developer’s website, the remote work with both the TiVo HD and Series 3.  I have used the app for a while now and it works great.  It does take [...]...
• Paper Toss for iPhone Updated – Now with More Restrooms9 March 2010, 7:45 pm
  Paper Toss – one of my favorite iPhone games – has just had another update, to Version 1.40. The list of changes is short and maybe not terribly sweet-smelling.  It has added one new level – Restroom.  From just a quick peek last night the new level looks quite hard. Although this app is now [...]...
• App Store Success Stories: Doodle Jump Hits 3 Million Sales9 March 2010, 5:55 pm
  Doodle Jump for the iPhone is something like a developer’s fairy tale: two brothers set out to make a game using only the talents they’ve got at hand, and end up striking gold. They keep pushing out minor updates, and the game just keeps selling. Tomorrow morning, Lima Sky will be announcing that Doodle [...]...
• Recommended review: Larry Greenberg on the Case-mate Hug for iPhone9 March 2010, 5:52 pm
  It’s not quite as fancy as the Palm Pre and the battery is certainly a little more expensive, but inductive charging is inductive charging (that is to say, it’s always awesome). If you’ve always thought that plugging your iPhone in just to juice it up was an annoying and overly complicated proposition, then you’re a [...]...
• Second Look: Front Contacts – Make Calls & See Recent Calls from the iPhone Lock Screen (jailbreak only)8 March 2010, 9:56 pm
  I took an initial look at Front Contacts a couple of weeks back.  It’s an interesting app that lets you do several things involving the Phone app right on your lock screen – such as: Make a call See your Recent Calls Search for a contact Pull up the Phone keypad to dial a number When I first gave [...]...
• Preview: Com2uS’ upcoming arcade action title, Caligo Chaser for iPhone8 March 2010, 8:48 pm
  What’s a Caligo and why am I chasing it? Actually, you know what? That’s neither here nor there. The fact of the matter is that Caligo Chaser is an upcoming action arcade game from the popular developer Com2uS (Heavy Gunner, Sniper vs Sniper), and so it’s probably worth at least a quick look if you’ve [...]...
• BNO News iPhone App Push Alerts Firing on all Cylinders Again?8 March 2010, 8:02 pm
  BNO News – which used to always be the fastest provider of news via push alerts on the iPhone – had recently slowed to a very infrequent trickle of alerts for me.  And I know at least some others were experiencing this as well. As of today, BNO News seems back to its old self [...]...
• Review: Fighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon, Choose Your Own Adventure on your iPhone8 March 2010, 6:45 pm
  Fighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon is a game in the same vein as all of those choose your own adventure books that demanded you “turn to page 36 to fight the ogre” or “flip to page 78 to eat your sandwich instead”. Sure there are extra dice rolls and statistics, but the iPhone takes care of [...]...

Top iPhone Resource

• Lynda.com – Video Tutorials On Your iPhone9 March 2010, 6:14 pm
  Lynda.com is a popular resource for training videos for digital photography, graphic design, web and interactive design, business applications, 3D, audio and much more. Lynda.com iPhone app provides free training material access to non-members. It’s even more functional for Lynda.com members. You can log in to your Lynda.com account and access videos and start learning from [...]...
• Enjoy The Oscars With Official iPhone App6 March 2010, 5:27 pm
  Are you ready for the Oscars tomorrow? You can be more ready than ever with the Official 2010 Oscars iPhone application. The Official Oscars iPhone app is your guide to the  show with the following features Complete Nominee list Inside information on each nominated film Viewable trailers Your Oscar Picks in each category Real time results for each category Social Network Sharing – [...]...
• Apple iPad Arriving on April 3. Pre-Order Starting March 125 March 2010, 7:18 pm
  The moment all the iPad fans have been waiting for is near. Apple has announced that the Apple iPad will be available on April 3. You can pre-order an iPad starting March 12th from Apple Online Store or reserve for pickup at an Apple Retail Store. Some of the earlier rumors pointed to iPad’s appearance [...]...
• Turn Off Auto-Rotation in iPhone [jailbreak]4 March 2010, 8:31 pm
  Have you ever tried reading anything on your iPhone while laying down on the couch or bed? Using Safari while I am laying down drives me nuts as the orientation keeps rotating when I turn to my sides. Some thoughtful developers let you lock orientation for their apps via app settings. But, I want to turn [...]...
• Heavy Gunner 3D iPhone Game Giveaway4 March 2010, 4:49 pm
  Heavy Gunner 3D is Com2Us’s newest iPhone shooter game. You can read our Heavy Gunner 3D quick look post here. We have 2 promo codes for this awesome iPhone game to giveaway to our readers. Heavy Gunner 3D is available on App Store for $2.99 or you could try a FREE version while you wait to [...]...
• Use Symptom Checker When You Are Feeling Sick3 March 2010, 10:00 pm
  We use iPhone apps for everything we do. My wife was feeling sick and was coughing her head off. As any other iPhone addict, I went looking for an iPhone app that lets me lookup symptoms for various illnesses. And I found Symptom Checker iPhone app from Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic website has some really good [...]...
• Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer Available and Free for 48 Hours2 March 2010, 1:00 pm
  Ok drop everything you are doing and download this right now! Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer game by the popular Ubisoft is free for 48 hours celebrating its launch yesterday! Here is a description of the game from the developers: Welcome to Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer, an exclusive game for iPhone & iPod touch and the first game in [...]...
• Ultimate Chrome iPhone Winterboard Theme1 March 2010, 1:31 pm
  One of the foremost reasons to jailbreak your iPhone is the Winterboard themes thatlets you change the look and feel of your iPhone and iPod Touch. Ultimate Chrome is an amazing winterboard theme. It has a cool brushed silver chrome look and has just about everything. It has custom loader screens, a nice lockscreen that works [...]...
• Free Zagg Dual USB Car Charger With Invisible Shield26 February 2010, 9:08 pm
  Zagg is running a promotion where you get a free Zagg Dual USB car charger with a purchase of $40 or more of Zagg products including the famous InvisibleSHIELD. InvisibleSHIELD is my favorite way of protecting iPhone and iPod Touch. It is hands down the best protection for our iPhone. You can barely tell you have a [...]...
• Get Android Style iPhone Unlock Pattern [Jailbreak]26 February 2010, 1:00 pm
  Works only on jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch. iPhone and iPod Touch currently sports the cool looking slide to unlock feature. if you want to protect your phone you could password protect your lock screen. Android has a cool unlock screen where you can set a pattern on the screen that you draw in a grid to [...]...

iPhone Download Blog

• Cydia Update Makes It A Little Less Slow9 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  A few weeks ago I wrote an article about why Cydia sucks and how it could be improved. Maybe Saurik heard me because he decided to give Cydia a small update that aims at making it faster. This update supposedly speeds up the loading time and improves the error checking when refreshing the sources. I installed the update but unfortunately, I didn’t see much improvement in speed. Hopefully, you’ll get better luck than I did… Have you installed the update yet? Does it feel like Cy...
• SBSettings Actually Makes Your iPhone Better?8 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  When the iPhone initially launched in 2007, the much anticipated iPhone OS required an arsenal of jailbroken apps to perform even the mildest tasks such as MMS and video recording. But through product refreshes and several software updates, that list of apps is shrinking and the iPhone OS is now considered among the industries top mobile platforms. Now that functions such as copy/paste and video recording are available in the stock OS, jailbroken applications like Clippy and Cycorder are no long...
• iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week7 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  For those of you who missed some of this week’s articles, here is a recap: You’re nothing without your iPhone What are your 5 most used apps? Favorite apps of the month Milk Crater: a different way to browse your iPod Do you remember the first day you had your iPhone? Netflix on the iPhone? Yes please! InfiniBoard "iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free to leave a comment or discuss this topic in the for...
• Infiniboard Brings Vertical Scrolling to Your iPhone Springboard7 March 2010, 5:31 am
  Chpwn is one of my favorite jailbreak devs because he creates really useful apps and mods that just make your iPhone experience better. He worked with Ryan Petrich on ProSwitcher, he developed InfiniDock, and today, he just released InfiniBoard. InfiniBoard is a jailbreak application that simply brings vertical scrolling to your iPhone springboard. It lets you add as many icons as you wish to any page, and access them by flicking up and down. I’ve played with InfiniBoard for about an hour ...
• Netflix On the iPhone? Yes Please!6 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  Even though Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told Reuters a few months ago that Netflix wasn’t going to work on an iPhone app for a while, it seems that Netflix has been feeling the water about it. A RWW article notes that: Recently, Netflix sent out a survey to select subscribers in order to determine interest in an iPhone application for streaming movies via mobile phones. According to the survey’s wording, the proposed app would be Wi-Fi only and would offer the same content that the Net...
• Do You Remember the First Day You Had Your iPhone?5 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  The other day someone asked me how I got into the iPhone, which took me back to 2007 and the day this little piece of electronics completely changed my life. I wasn’t in line at the Apple Store when the iPhone came out in 2007. I actually didn’t care much about it. That was until my best friend bought an iPhone. The first day I actually got to play with my friend’s iPhone, I really fell in love with it. I loved the design and how it fit in my hands. I ......
• Milk Crater: A Different way to Browse Your iPod Music Collection (sponsored)4 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  Back in December I tweeted about a new app called TUN3R, a sort of visual dial for Internet Radio. The app is interesting if you like Internet radio, but doesn’t really go beyond that. The same folks have just released another application called Milk Crater which they claim to be the world’s first real-time audio iPod browser. Okay, but how does it actually work? Milk Crater generates a large grid created from your iPod collection. It uses cover art to generate the tiles, or if no co...
• Favorite Apps of the Month3 March 2010, 4:08 pm
  These are actually my favorite apps of February but I’m a little late… Power Downloader [iTunes link] – This is a free app that lets you download a host of files to your iPhone like JPG, GIF, HTML, MP3, MP4, 3GP and more.  But, what I like to use it for is downloading YouTube videos for later viewing at full resolution.  However, you can only watch the video from within the app and there’s no way to get the video off your iPhone.  Obviously, Apple wouldn’t have a...
• What Are Your 5 Most Used iPhone Apps?2 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  I’m curious to see what App Store or stock apps you use on a daily basis. Here are my 5 most used apps, in no specific order: Tweetie 2 Byline Mail Safari Camera I usually don’t use the camera app much but since I started traveling a few months ago, I now use it several times a day. Please take a few seconds to share your most used apps by leaving a comment. "What Are Your 5 Most Used iPhone Apps?" is an article by the iPhone Download Blog sponsored by the iPhone Store. Feel free t...
• You’re Nothing Without Your iPhone1 March 2010, 4:00 pm
  As my fiancee and I are a few minutes away from boarding a flight to Cambodia, I’m freaking out at the idea that I might not be able to get a data plan for my iPhone over there. I’ve been doing a little bit of research online and the information I got is not reassuring. Apparently you have to be a Cambodian citizen to be able to buy a SIM card. Not much of a problem as you can always pay someone to go get a SIM card for you. The real ......

iPhone News

• Impressive a medical search engine on your iPhone8 March 2010, 1:26 am
  MedTango.com has developped an iPhone version of their Medical Search Engine that is very impressive. It contains all the information that are in the web version of the web application, but totally adapted to the iPhone. Very good job from the team behind it. Your iPhone is also automatically detected apparently, I guess the iPod Touch as well. MedTango is also available on Android, I've just tested on my Google Nexus One, and it looks the same as on the iPhone. If you want to have a look, he...
• iSlate, iPad or iTablet would be based on iPhone OS27 January 2010, 11:16 am
  McGraw-Hill's CEO confirmed that the new Tablet device from Apple would be based on iPhone OS. That's a big relief for all developers on iPhone and iPod Touch who would be able to continue work on the SDK and release on both platforms. Apparently, the iTablet will have the iPhone OS 3.2 as a start, let's see tonight for the official launch!!!...
• The Google Phone (Nexus One) is a f*ck you iPhone???6 January 2010, 11:24 pm
  Nice parody for the iPhone and the Nexus One: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7SzB58qHI0]...
• Good news for UK iPhone Customers with Tesco25 November 2009, 12:38 pm
  Tesco Mobile (MVNO with O2) is entering the iPhone war, and certainly with attractive prices. So watch the space and I hope the US will have soon the same competition as UK for the iPhone. ...
• Best iPhone Sandwich Man ever…26 October 2009, 1:13 pm
  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjBqFMwM08]...
• Apple is responding to Verizon Droid TV Ad…23 October 2009, 9:25 am
  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTtEeTuc1Hw] Original Ad from Verizon: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPYM-XTqcec]...
• New iPhone Firmware 3.1.214 October 2009, 9:24 am
  Well it's mostly bug fixing, so we will see, I actually experienced some bugs reported, so cross fingers now... Official information about it: "iPhone OS 3.1.2 Software Update This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following: • Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep • Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart • Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming P...
• Finally Flash Animation on the iPhone, well kind of6 October 2009, 10:43 am
  Adobe took a new strategy to put Flash animations on the iPhone, with the release later this year of Flash Pro CS5 Beta, Adobe will enable any Flash developer to create an iPhone application (.ipa file) and then the developer could send it to Apple for approval. So it is definitely for Flash games on the iPhone, unfortunately, no Safari plugin to be able to see flash animations on web pages. Quick video to explain it: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3CI5GyNXoA]...
• Vodafone is ready for the iPhone as well in the United Kingdom29 September 2009, 1:22 pm
  Big news today, Vodafone is also coming in the UK iPhone market later this yeat. So now I guess all American customers of AT&T are waiting to have the same kind of choice as in UK, because AT&T hasn't been known as being a good mobile operator with the iPhone. ...
• Orange in UK is going to sell finally the iPhone29 September 2009, 8:40 am
  After being the partner of Apple in France, Orange will sell the iPhone later this year in UK. That's very good news for customers, who were quite disappointed about the upgrade from iPhone 3G to iPhone 3GS for existing customers with O2. The competition on prices could finally start!!! ...

Apple MobileMe News

• Determining the Strength of Your MobileMe Password4 March 2010, 6:00 pm
  One of the simplest ways to keep your accounts secure is to create a strong password that is resistant to attempts to discover it. To help you make a unique password we've added a password strength meter which dynamically assesses the strength of a password as you create it. You can take advantage of it by visiting me.com, clicking Account Settings (gear icon) and going to the Password Settings page. When creating your password, you can click on "Get a Password Suggestion" for ideas. In additio...
• Securely Accessing MobileMe Account Information22 February 2010, 7:00 pm
  To help make updating account information more convenient and secure we now allow MobileMe service emails to link directly to www.me.com (but not to any specific account pages) and have added Extended Validation (EV) certificates to the site. When you receive a MobileMe notification requesting a change to your account (for example to update an outdated credit card) be sure to look for evidence of Apple's Extended Validation Certificate in your browser's address bar when you log in. If you're ...
• New MobileMe Gallery App for iPhone14 January 2010, 6:00 pm
  The MobileMe Gallery app provides a great new way to view published photos and movies directly on your iPhone or iPod touch. You can flick left or right to move through photos, pinch to zoom, or rotate your iPhone or iPod touch for a landscape view. The MobileMe Gallery app automatically stores photos you've viewed so you can quickly access them again, even without a network connection. And you can easily view friends' public galleries by selecting them from your iPhone contacts or entering th...
• Use Your Gallery as Holiday Central for Family and Friends23 December 2009, 6:00 pm
  Your MobileMe gallery has a great way for your family and friends to view and share holiday photos in one place, whether they are celebrating under the same roof or in a different country. You simply set up a new album in your gallery and enable all of MobileMe's sharing features. Then everyone can participate right on the web. Simply log in to me.com/gallery. Click the "+" button at the bottom to create an album and check all the options under Allow to enable others to download and upload pho...
• MobileMe iDisk App Updated16 December 2009, 5:00 pm
  With Mobile iDisk 1.1 for iPhone, you can now copy and paste images in your iDisk to another application — Mail for instance — or save them to your camera roll. Simply view the image from your MobileMe iDisk, tap and hold it, and then select Save Image to save to your camera roll, or Copy so you can paste it later into another application. The update also adds email address auto-complete to make sharing files easier than ever. When sharing a file, just begin typing your recipient's ...
• Use MobileMe Gallery Albums as a Mac Screensaver25 November 2009, 5:00 pm
  On any Mac running Snow Leopard, you can use MobileMe Gallery public albums (albums that aren't hidden or password-protected) as a screensaver — it's another great way to share albums with friends and family. Simply use the Desktop & Screen Saver tab in System Preferences, click the plus sign and choose Add MobileMe Gallery. Then enter your member name or the member name of a friend or family member, select the albums you want to use as a screen saver and the effects you'd like to apply, ...
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard Update Available10 November 2009, 6:00 pm
  The newly released Mac OS X v10.6.2 update improves MobileMe iDisk and syncing performance and is recommended for all MobileMe members running Snow Leopard(Mac OS X v10.6 or v10.6.1). Click here for more details....
• iDisk Public Folder Updated9 October 2009, 4:10 pm
  Your iDisk Public folder, a place where you can share files with friends, now matches the look of me.com and supports drag and drop for moving files between folders. You can manage your Public folder preferences at me.com including allowing visitors to upload, move, and delete files, and setting a password to protect your Public folder. To edit preferences simply click the Action button (gear icon) in the iDisk web application and select Preferences. You can then upload or move files to your Pub...
• Recent MobileMe Service Improvements9 October 2009, 4:00 pm
  As part of an update to the MobileMe web applications, you can now access Find My iPhone directly from the MobileMe toolbar. This support article contains information about this and other service improvements. A reminder: for the best MobileMe experience you should use the latest version of Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard (if you use a Mac), iTunes 9 and MobileMe Control Panel 1.5 (if you use a PC), and iPhone OS 3.1 (if you use an iPhone or iPod touch)....
• Software Updates Bring MobileMe Improvements10 September 2009, 11:00 pm
  With the releases of iPhone OS 3.1 Software Update, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and MobileMe Control Panel 1.5 for Windows we've made several improvements to the MobileMe service. For a summary of the changes, read this support article....

How to Make iPhone Apps

• Super Wednesday Deal For You: 25% Off This eBook!!!10 March 2010, 3:51 pm
  Find out for yourself why Steve feels that this eBook is better than the 6 others he bought from Amazon! I gotta tell you…this ebook is much better than any of the 6 books I have bought from Amazon. Some of the hardcover books are cool because of the sample source code BUT they assume I [...]...
• How To Extend Objective-C Classes With Categories8 March 2010, 6:39 pm
  Here is how to extend the functionality of existing classes like NSString and NSURL using categories. This is a real clean way to extend and customize objects for your app without creating sub-classes. This makes categories a nice way to get some flexibilty and code reuse. [Read More] Please share this if you like it!...
• How to Use UIActionSheet4 March 2010, 6:38 pm
  Today I have a super-awesome video showing you how to use UIActionSheet. UIActionSheet is a quick way to interact with your users and present them with an set of options. You may take an action based on what the user selects. This is one of those controls from Cocoa-Touch that I like because it elegantly slides [...]...
• How to Create Custom Buttons in Interface Builder1 March 2010, 6:37 pm
  Today I’m going to show you how to create custom buttons for your iPhone app. See below for video and demo graphics… [Read More] Please share this if you like it!...
• How to Make a Toolbar with UIToolbar25 February 2010, 6:36 pm
  Toolbars are used to present a set of functions to a user. You will see these at the bottom of iPhone apps and generally give you the option to do things like edit files, send email or take a picture. [Read More] Please share this if you like it!...
• How to Save the Contents of an Array to the iPhone’s Filesystem22 February 2010, 6:35 pm
  Here is one easy way to save data in your iPhone apps. If you are using an array, say a list of strings, you can easily save that information to the documents directory of your app. In this example, we are going to create an array, fill it with values and then save the contents of [...]...
• Reading and Writing Text Files in iPhone OS 3.018 February 2010, 6:34 pm
  Reading and writing text files are one of the most basic things you need to do in iPhone development. In iPhone OS 3.0 things have changed a little bit here and there with some methods being deprecated. I just wrote two example methods that you can use to see how you can turn a NSString into [...]...
• How to Use UIDatePicker From UIKit in iPhone Programming15 February 2010, 6:33 pm
  Here is a great way to ask your users to input dates on your iPhone app. When you use UIDatePicker in your app you will a tumbler that lets users select a date that you may use in other parts of your app. [Read More] Please share this if you like it!...
• How to Play a Short Sound in iPhone Code11 February 2010, 6:32 pm
  Today I am going to turn my iPhone into a Ray Gun by having it play a short laser sound. You probably have seen the many gun, laser and farting apps available on the Apple App Store. Most of these apps simply play a short sound along with some fancy graphics. [Read More] Please share this if [...]...
• How to Use UITextField in iPhone Programming8 February 2010, 6:30 pm
  Here is the standard way of getting user input and then using the input in your app. UITextField works with the delegation pattern in Objective-C. That is, you need to designate an object to act “on behalf” of the text field object. In this video I show you how to use the UITextField to ask a [...]...

KRAPPS | a different and funny iPhone app review site

• “This Is My Gift To All Current And Future iPhone Users” – Fart Dialer10 March 2010, 9:20 am
  If you follow us on Twitter, then you know that a good number of our tweets announce paid applications that have gone free for a limited time. We figure everyone loves a bargain and nothing beats a good free iPhone app. For example, we just tweeted three excellent iPhone games that are currently free: Fly-Flap [...]...
• Determined To Bring Sexy Back, Developer Forced To Publish ‘I Love Burgers’ Fetish App9 March 2010, 9:16 am
  Besides eliminating 3% of all applications in the App Store, Apple’s removal of “overtly sexual” apps has had some interesting effects. For example, the remaining sexy apps benefited from a significant decrease in competition. The previously insignificant Swimsuit Calendar 2010 (not the Sports Illustrated version) saw its Lifestyle category ranking increase by 165 positions over [...]...
• Overtly Sexual Apps Return – Apple Fails To Enforce New Policy?8 March 2010, 9:27 am
  As we reported three weeks ago, Apple went on a massive rampage of sex-oriented app removals. Without any advance warning … Apple banned over 5,000 applications during the course of 72 hours. This sweep of the App Store is Apple’s most  significant effort in their war on smut apps, resulting in hundreds of developers’ livelihoods [...]...
• Recap: Week Of March 1 – plus App Star Awards 2nd Edition7 March 2010, 8:12 am
  In case you missed any of our perfect iPhone chaos, quick links to this week’s articles. March 1: Exclusive: Steve Jobs And Bill Gates Turn Guido! March 2: Poker Vs. Strong Female Role Models App – Result Of Apple’s ‘Overtly Sexual’ Policy March 3: Amazing Dirty Sex City Names For iPhone – Really, Really Bad (Names) March 4: [...]...
• Go Ask Alice: Alice’s Adventures – Rabbit Hole Of Death iPhone Game6 March 2010, 8:08 am
  (written by guest author Tim Giron. follow Tim on Twitter @timgiron) Alice In Wonderland has been a popular topic the last couple of years. From the highly anticipated opening of the Tim Burton helmed film starring Johnny Depp to the recent SyFy reimagining (which was just released on DVD), the subject is one that appears to [...]...
• Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz iPhone App – Why Didn’t We Think Of That?5 March 2010, 9:19 am
  If we were to run a contest, challenging developers to come up with a clever name for their app which uses all the 26 letters of the English alphabet … then this Austrian dude, Jörg Piringer, would be the big winner. No, Jörg’s iPhone app is not “The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy [...]...
• Star Walk App – Because Having The Entire Universe On Your iPhone Is Freakin’ Cool4 March 2010, 8:53 am
  We’ve featured a couple of augmented reality applications here on KRAPPS … Nude It lets you see naked people, while Reality Slice helps users slice a pizza into evenly-sized pieces. Nothing earth-shattering, but then again, that’s our wheelhouse. However today we’ll “buck the norm” and cover an augmented reality app which is … to [...]...