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2009 iPhone Recap

Douglas — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:00:08 +0000

2009 was a great year for the iPhone. I’ve put together some news, apps and hacks from 2009.

Verizon vs. AT&T

Starting with a commercial that attacked AT&T’s 3G coverage, Verizon released a series of commercials that compared the two networks and eventually the DROID vs. the iPhone. AT&T sued Verizon claiming the maps of AT&T’s network only showed 3G coverage which confused customers into thinking there was no coverage in blank areas of the map. AT&T eventually lost the lawsuit and then started in with their own commercials.
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blacksn0w & blackra1n – jailbreak & unlock from Geohot

Geohot did it again, creating an jailbreak and unlock for the iPhone 3GS. Of course the cat and mouse game will continue in 2010 but with the addition of hardware encryption on the iPhone 3GS and Apple’s authorization process of each firmware before you can restore your iPhone, jailbreaking has become more difficult to develop.
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Facebook iPhone App Developer Quits

The developer for the Facebook iPhone app announced he would no longer work on the iPhone app after getting fed up with Apple’s App Store process. Others at Facebook are still working on the app but this was a big PR blow to Apple’s app approval process.
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Google Android

Google has had the Android software out for a while but this year many more phones were released with the software including the DROID from Verizon. Even more phones are scheduled to be released in 2010, some with 1GHz prosessors, OLED screens and other features missing from the iPhone. The official “Google Phone” is also expected to be released in the first quarter of 2010.
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Other Major Headlines from 2009:

RipDev Says Goodbye to the iPhone Community
Steve Jobs Illness
FCC Investigates Apple’s Rejection of Google Voice Application
New iPhone 3GS

Anticipated Applications

There were many apps that have been a long time coming. Here are some of the app released in 2009:

Ustream Live Broadcaster
IMDb
Flickr
Skype
TomTom
Starbucks
Rock Band
The Sims 3
SlingPlayer Mobile
Kindle

Apple iPhone School

Here are some statistics for appleiphoneschool.com from 2009:

Visits: 5,911,339
Unique Visitors: 3,059,376
Pageviews: 12,328,153
Countries: 224
Top Ten Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Italy & Brazil

We also introduced a new feature of the website, Quick Tips.

Apple’s New iPod touch Commercial – Next Level of Fun (Updated)

Brooke — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:56:04 +0000

Ok, so I couldn’t find a list (at least the correct one ) of the games that were demoed in the iPod touch ad Next Level of Fun, so I decided to figure it out myself. I think I got them all right. Below is the list in order that they appear (links to App Store).

• Top Gun
• Real Racing
• Monster Trucks Nitro
• 3D Rollercoaster Rush
• Touch Hockey: FS5
• Homerun Battle 3D
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour by EA Sports
• Finger Foos
• Slope Rider
• A tiny second of a game… I can’t tell what it was!
• 2XL Supercross

Watch the ad on Apple’s website HERE.

“It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” – Keynote Now Available

Brooke — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:29:38 +0000

The keynote from today’s Apple event, “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it,” is available HERE. The keynote is not available on Apple’s website yet, but it has been published to their iTunes account.

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Update: You can now watch the Keynote on Apple’s website. Check it out HERE.

Steve Job’s Return – Video

Brooke — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:02:42 +0000

Gizmodo posted a video of Job’s entrance at today’s “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it” event. Check it out below.

“It’s only rock and roll, but we like it.” – Apple Event Tomorrow

Brooke — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:26:24 +0000

Tomorrow, Apple is hosting it’s “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it.” event. At the event, they are rumored to be announcing a new iPod touch that will include a camera. Many people also believe there will be an iTunes update as well as a new iPhone OS (3.1). However, CrunchGear just wrote a nice article about what to expect tomorrow and they say that there will not be a new iPhone OS. They also say the new iPod’s will just be announced and will not be available until later. Check out their full article HERE.

We have not heard rumors regarding the iPhone.

~~“Let’s Rock”~~ “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it.” kicks off at 12:00pm CST (10am Pacific/1pm Eastern) on Wednesday, September 9th. (Sorry, for some reason last year’s September event, “Let’s Rock,” was apparently stuck in my head)

2009 WWDC Keynote in 3 Minutes

Brooke — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:54:29 +0000

Every year someone creates a shorten version of the WWDC keynote hitting on the main topics. This year we get the Keynote in 3 minutes. Last year, we had the Keynote in 60 seconds! So, for those of you who don’t want to watch the entire 2 hour, 21 minute and 21 second Keynote on Apple’s website…here is a shortened version.

Keynote in 3 Minutes

Click HERE to watch the Keynote in 3 Minutes on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

New Poll – Were you disappointed with the lack of iPhone or iPod Touch news during the Macworld 2009 Keynote?

Brooke — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:28:59 +0000

Time for a new poll. The last poll was – Will you unlock your iPhone 3G using the software unlock yellowsn0w? Below are the results based on when we added the poll a little less than a week ago.

* Yes. (33%, 437 Votes)
* No. (23%, 301 Votes)
* I’m not sure yet. (14%, 192 Votes)
* I will unlock my iPhone 3G using a different method. (3%, 41 Votes)
* I don’t have an iPhone 3G. (27%, 355 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,326

We are torn on this one! Doug has installed and used yellowsn0w…I have not. I honestly do not have an exact reason for why I have not installed yellowsn0w mostly because I just do not have a need to. Doug, being the techy that he is, has installed yellosn0w. Though, he has had a few issues with it affecting his connectivity to AT&T. So, I think I will hold off for a while! You can still vote on this Poll in our Poll Archive page. You can also vote/view all the past polls on the Poll Archive page as well. Below is the new poll.

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