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New iPhone 3.0 Firmware Preview From Apple Next Tuesday

March 12, 2009 by

AppleMany sites are posting about Apple doing a preview of the iPhone 3.0 firmware next Tuesday. Of course there are all kinds of ideas about what they will be announcing. I’m really waiting for the notification system that functions kinda like a SMS message that developers can use to push notifications to your iPhone. Examples like AIM message notifications, Ebay outbid notices, Twitter updates, News & Sports Scores Alerts, Woot-Offs, Weather Alerts, etc. This will bring the iPhone to another level.

Other major features that really should have never been left out are things like MMS (Picture Messaging) & Copy and Paste. We’ll make sure we stay on top of it and keep you up today on the latest rumors and actual announcements coming March 17th. And of course this might all be leading up to the 3rd iPhone :)

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Cydia Store Launching “Tonight”

March 6, 2009 by

CydiaAccording to a recent tweet from @Saurik, “Tonight (late) a new Cydia will come out with one package “for sale” (more over the next week): more details will be in Cydia.” This is also confirmed in an article from the Wall Street Journal that talks about the drama of Apple trying to call jailbreaking the iPhone illegal. I personally do not think it’s illegal to jailbreak the iPhone. The iPhone is a computer running OS X. Just like my iMac, I can install whatever I want on it. [Read more…]

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Yowza!! – Location Based Coupons

February 9, 2009 by

yowza We recently heard about a pretty cool application called Yowza!! Yowza!! is a location based coupon application. Not only does it display deals that are near your location, it also has the ability to display/scan coupons right on your iPhone or iPod Touch’s screen…which I honestly will have to see to believe but will be totally psyched if it works…I have always wanted to do that!! The app will also allow you to save previously searched for coupons in a “digital wallet” for future use. You can find out more about Yowza!! on their website. There is no ETA on when the app will be available in the App Store, though you can sign up on their website to be notified once it is. We do know that it will be free! So, that is cool!

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AppTheater.com – The YouTube of iPhone Apps

January 17, 2009 by

YouTubeLike the title of this post says, AppTheater.com is the YouTube of iPhone Apps. You can not only watch videos of apps but you can upload your own too. There’s lots of features like pricing integration, embed features, commenting and more just like YouTube. The sites’s only been around for a couple months so I’m sure it will grow fast with more videos. Click here to upload your own!

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15,000 Apps & 500,000,000 Downloads

January 17, 2009 by

App StoreApple’s home page shows they have reached over 15,000 apps in the App Store and over 500 Million downloads. This shows that the App Store is growing at an incredible speed. In early December the app store had over 10,000 apps according to AppShopper.com.

App Store 15,000 Apps, 500,000,000 Downloads

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Sad iPhone

January 10, 2009 by

Today, Owen, AKA owenmhv, sent us a screenshot of his iPhone at the lock screen while in Safe Mode. It looks like this:

Owen did a little search and found a comment thread on Flickr showing saurik asking the owner of the wallpaper for permission to use in Safe Mode. Here’s what the original wallpaper looks like: [Read more…]

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Macworld 2009 Keynote

January 6, 2009 by

AppleLooks like this will be the last time we’ll be doing this :( This is Apple’s last time at Macworld. Today’s iPhone rumors include iPhone nanos, larger storage, cellular downloads for iTunes, larger iPod Touch (Tablet), etc… We’ll find out soon enough! Keep refreshing for the latest info!

New iLife 09

iPhoto 09 with face recognition called “Faces”; also includes “Places” organized by geotagging; support for facebook and flickr in iPhoto, also intergrates with Facebook and Flickr; iPhone helps you create photo slideshows with themes; slideshows created automatically with face detection, sync slideshows right to your iPhone.

iMovie 09 with themes, auto stalilization, animated travel maps, new effects, chart animations, and more.

iWork.com online version of iWork.
Garageband 09 teaches you how to play music called “Learn to Play.” Also uses famous artists to teach you their songs for $4.99 per lesson.

New iWork 09 – $79

Keynote 09 with magic move, object zoom, perceptive move, text transitions, and more transitions. Keynote remote – control your keynote with your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Pages 09 has a few updates like intergration with numbers, templates, full screen view.

Numbers 09 adds new formulas and functions, templates.

iWork.com web based iWork.

New MacBook Pro with new Battery that lasts up to 8 HOURS; 9400M and 9600M graphics cards, 256GB SSD upgradable drive; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz Dual Core, 6MB L2 Cache, 8GB memory at 1066 MHz DDR3; glass trackpad, four-finger gestures and multi-button support; .98 inches thin, 6.6 pounds, and is the world’s lightest and thinnest 17-inch notebook

iTunes new pricing, $0.69 & $1.29, 8 million songs DRM Free, iTunes works on cellular network for the iPhone!

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Macworld & CES 2009 Rumors & Coverage

December 30, 2008 by

AppleNext week there will be many announcements coming out of Macworld and CES. We will be monitoring all of the iPhone and iPod Touch related news and will keep you up to date on all the breaking news. There are lots of rumors but of course, nothing confirmed yet. Here’s the rumors so far:

– iPhone Pro: an iPhone with 60GB of storage, true 16:9 aspect ratio, slide-out keyboard, one megapixel front camera for iChat, and a high quality camera, with good lenses, optical zoom, and video capability.
– iPhone Nano: Smaller and lower priced.
– iPod Touch 7″ or 10″: Possibly only announced at Macworld but released in fall of 2009.

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iPhone Nano?

December 24, 2008 by

AppleOk, here we go again with the iPhone rumors. xskn.com now has cases for sale for the iPhone Nano. Sites all over the web are writing about the iPhone Nano. Here’s the picture from their site. Let us know what you think!

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Refurbished iPhone 3G’s – $149.99 & $249.99

December 16, 2008 by

AT&T Right now on AT&T’s website, you can get a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G for $149.99 and a refurbished 16GB iPhone 3G for $249.99. These prices require that you sign up for a two-year contract. If your interested…better check them out quick…they never last very long!

Refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G

Refurbished 16GB iPhone 3G

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iPhone 3G Available for At Home Activation?

December 11, 2008 by

The iPhone rumor mill is hot with a rumor that AT&T is now allowing for at home activation of the iPhone 3G. It seems that AT&T is now allowing the purchase of the 3G iPhone online and then instead of going to an AT&T store to activate it, you are able to activate it via iTunes. Now, I have read quite a few article about this rumor and have done some research on AT&T’s website (as well as talked to a AT&T rep – see below). Every article I have read says that it is an “unconfirmed” report BG has the most convincing report saying,

“While we haven’t spoken to any of our ninjas to confirm this yet, we did speak to three customer service reps as well as someone in the office of the President – each confirming that at-home activation is a go.”

I have updated the information for this article (see Update section), it seems that it is definitely an iTunes activation process….please read below. [Read more…]

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SimCity Coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch!

December 9, 2008 by

It seems Electronic Arts, the developers of Spore, will soon (later this month…as we are told) be bringing SimCity to the iPhone and iPod Touch! The people over at kotaku think that it will be a rather impressive integration of the game.

“Whatever you do, though, don’t go thinking this is SimCity Lite. This mobile version is fully featured, with pre-built cities, accountant recommendations, water pipes, natural disasters, etc. The works.

Zooming in as close as you can on the 2D sprites reveals intricate details, such a smoke emitting from towers, or shading alongside the buildings. Overall, a really nice graphical presentation that compares similarly to SimCity 3000.”

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New “Always-On” Display for the iPhone?

November 20, 2008 by

Apple It seems that Apple has put out a patent on a new display technology. The patent shows a sort of two-layer backlight system that would allow for an “always-on” display for the iPhone while at the same time using very little battery power. This would allow for a sort of status notification without having to turn the iPhone on essentially giving you the ability to see if you have a missed call, text message, voicemail or a new email. This would be very similar to some of the lock screen status notification applications available on jailbroke iPhones but, without even having to turn your iPhone on! AppleInsider has a very nice article about the patent that include a few images. Below is a quote from the article and one of the patent images.
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Flash Support One Step Closer to the iPhone?

November 19, 2008 by

One of the most requested features of the iPhone has always been Flash support. I know there are quite a few things that many of you would still like to see implemented into the iPhone but, among the most requested of these is Flash. Some of you might already be up on this but, I thought I would pass it along. Adobe had their MAX event this week (Nov.16th-19th) and during this event they talked about Flash on mobile devices. Apparently, they well underway to implementing Flash on Windows Mobile devices and as well as the G1 (Google Android). So, what does this have to do with the iPhone? I think it definitely brings us a step closer to seeing Flash for the iPhone. It seems that Adobe is ready and willing but is still waiting for Apple to give them the go ahead. Below is a quote from an article by MobileCrunch:
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Trism Developer Doing Very Well via the App Store

November 18, 2008 by
Available In: App Store       Price: $2.99  

Trism I just read a story on CNN Tech about the developer of Trism. It was an excellent story that really captured the opportunity that the App Store offers. Many of you may feel as connected to this story as I do. If you have been around the jailbreak scene for long, you will remember that Trism first came out as a jailbroken application. Even in it’s first release it was a game worth talking about! We saw it go through a few updates and once the App Store arrived, we saw it merge into the App Store. The game has always been well developed and a fair price ($4.99 – as both a jailbroke and App Store app. Though, it is currently available for $2.99). The CNN story talks about the developer’s success in the App Store.
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