Lucky Magazine’s shopping catalog for iPhone

Seems this iPhone app is targetting Condé Nast's Lucky Magazine readers. They just introduce an iPhone application that features more than 70 shoes listed in its March shoe guide.  Shoppers can browse it by type of shoe, brand, color or size, while GPS or a ZIP will help them to ...

Apple & Adobe Collaborating on Flash & iPhone 2.1

Wow over the past few days there's been some exciting rumors floating around the internet. First off, ever since the iPhone OS 2.2.1 was released, people have been "hacking" the source to see if they could find anything...And sure enough what they did find was evidence of an iPhone 2.1 ...

File Magic for the iPhone

File Magic from SplashData is one of several file transfer apps available now in the App Store. By purchasing this iPhone app for $4,99 and downloading the free desktop app from its website, you can drag and drop your files from your desktop to your iPhone magically. How it works? Launch File ...

Facebook for iPhone client most popular

In the ocean of the social networking services, especially among dekstop-based users, Facebook is quite popular. And it also goes with mobile users.  It's reported that Facebook for iPhone is the service's most popular application. Facebook have revealed that, out of its 4 million daily mobile users, their Facebook for iPhone ...

Apple’s 17″ MacBook Pro Shipments Delayed Until Feb 19th

Several readers have reported that Apple has sent out emails today indicating that the 17" MacBook Pro has been delayed by a couple of more weeks. The email indicated that ship dates were pushed back by about 10-14 days to February 19th, 2009:<p cla...

iPhone owners make up 14% of mobile game downloaders

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Hardware, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store

Hot off the heels of the news that the iPhone is dominating independent mobile gaming comes this interesting statistic: 14% of all people downloading mobile games are doing so on an iPhone. Market research group comScore says that not only is the iPhone picking up double digits of all game downloads overall, but that 32.4% of all iPhone users have downloaded a game. We're not sure if this means purchased a game over the air or bought it in iTunes' App Store and then transferred it onto the phone, but that's a lot of downloading.

And the numbers are increasing -- 8.5 million Americans downloaded mobile games onto their devices in November of last year, up 17 percent from the year before. And smartphones in general are growing -- last year, there were zero smartphones sitting in the top 10 mobile devices for downloading, says a comScore analyst, and this year, six of the ten on the list are smartphones. Sounds like an emerging market to us, and the iPhone is sitting right on top.

iPhone owners make up 14% of mobile game downloaders originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 4 2009

Our last week posts started by an article about Bluetooth file transfer, one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone. Not only between iPhone and iPhone 3G, but  this app also can support file exchange between both the Apple smartphone and computers, as well as other Bluetooth-capable devices. Apple ...

Adobe working on Flash for iPhone

Adobe and Apple are working together to create Flash for iPhone, according to Adobe chief Shantanu Narayen. Despite it's not so easy and really up to Apple, but Narayen said that he was "pleased with progress". They might be trying to anticipate the resource-heavy of Flash so that it can run ...

Google will have your latitude and longitude

Filed under: Software, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch

Google has launched new location-based social software which is available to many smartphone users today. Latitude will share your location with others and allow you to to view your friends' locations as well.

You can then contact them using text messaging, instant message or a phone call. The service is opt-in, so you won't be found if you don't want to be.

Initially, the system was available to Windows Mobile phones, most color Blackberry phones, Symbian S60 phones and Android phones with Google Maps 3.0 and above. Current G1 phones don't have version 3.0 yet, but it is coming in a system wide update.

How about the iPhone? Google says it is coming soon for both the iPhone and the iPod touch. There is no cost for the application, but people without unlimited data plans will see data charges. Use of the application will require a Google account. The service is available in 27 countries.

Google says it is sensitive about privacy, and Latitude users can, for example, let family members see exactly where they are, or let friends only know what city they are in. Alternatively, your location can be completely hidden from everyone (you sly dog).

Google is also offering a desktop version which allows you to input your location or determine it with wi-fi, and, of course, you can track your friends who are out and about.

The iPhone already has Loopt [App Store link] which has similar features, but Google is such a heavyweight in the web space that many people may sign up. Apple will have to update the Google Maps application on the iPhone to make it all work.

Google will have your latitude and longitude originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ClearCam Turns your iPhone’s 2-Megapixel Camera into a 4-Megapixel Camera

If daVinci had designed the iPhone

Filed under: Accessories, Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone

The steampunk mod meme is not going away. From the Mac mini to R2D2, all sorts of hardware is being made to look Victorian. No one knows why.

Artist Kevin Tong continues the tradition with the iPhone ... sort of. The iSteamPhone T-shirt presents the iPhone in a blown-apart presentation like you might find in a daVinci sketch pad. Even the "parts" of the iPhone are vintage. Note the analog clock and what looks like a muffler in the center.

True, we're cheating here a bit in that this isn't a physical steampunked iPhone, but who wants to see that? The T-shirt is clever and sure to be a hit at your next MUG meeting. Grab yours for $20US.

[Via Guy Kawasaki]

If daVinci had designed the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Test your hearing with Audiometry for the iPhone

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPod Family, Software, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone, App Store

I was just listening to the great Sound Opinions music podcast the other day, and they had a woman on who was campaigning against hearing damage. In fact, she actually called out iPod headphones (as I was listening to the show on my iPhone) as one of today's leading causes of hearing damage -- too many people are listening to music through those headphones way too loud.

Unfortunately, the iPhone can't fix your ears (yet), but it can help you figure out if there's a problem: Audiometry is a 99 cent app that will test your hearing for you through a range of frequencies, and let you know whether your ears are blown out or whether you've still got some good vibrations left. The app plays a tone at each frequency, asks you whether or not you heard it (though you've got to be honest -- there were a few times I could hear the tone stopping and starting but not the tone itself), and then gives you a results list on how you did.

Future versions of the app will include a dB test (for loudness rather than just frequency), and the ability to save and share tests with others. It's hardly a substitute for going to a real ear doctor (if you have serious issues, you should definitely do that), but considering all the damage your iPhone may have done to your ears, the least it could do is help you figure out how much.

While you're at it, review this article from Apple on setting the maximum volume limit on an iPod.

[via textually.org]

Test your hearing with Audiometry for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google ‘Latitude’ Location Tracking Coming to iPhone

Google announced a new location tracking feature of Google Maps that will allow you to share your current location with your friends and family. The new service is called Latitude:

Latitude is a new feature of Google Maps for mobile...

iTunes Update: Apple’s Refunding Mistakes, Norway’s Dropping its Case

It’s been an interesting road since Apple launched iTunes Plus, originally only offering DRM-free music for EMI and independent labels. Now everyone is on board — or will be by the end of April — and Apple has righted the wrong of requiring every track to be updated all at once. So what else is going on?

Seems like Apple accidentally charged some upgraders $9.99 to take their albums to iTunes Plus, but Macworld says Apple is making it right:

Your request is flagged for follow-up and I will contact you once I can fully refund your order. Please note that processing can take up to five business days from the date of purchase. I also issued 5 courtesy song credits for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.

The move to iTunes Plus has also helped get Norway to put its anti-competitive hammer away, according to Ars:

The DRM-free tracks (iTunes Plus) are now compatible with any music player that can play AAC files and are therefore free of the restrictive iPod tie-in that has annoyed so many customers. “We have no reason to pursue them anymore,” Norway’s consumer mediator Bjoern Erik Thon told AFP.

Norway should have, of course, being going after the record labels instead of Apple, but we’ll let bygones be bygones now, won’t we?

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Opinion: An iPhone without a data plan? Does not compute

One analyst has suggested that Apple should sell an iPhone without a data plan. Dan Moren thinks that idea makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine.

Google Latitude coming to other devices, iPhone included

T-Mobile's decision to bundle Google's Latitude location-tracking service into the RC33 G1 update may have gotten all the attention this morning, but if you've got a BlackBerry, Window Mobile or S60 device, you can start oversharing right away -- Latitude is built into the newest version of the Google Maps app. Not only that, but it looks like iPhone owners will be able to get in on the fun soon -- Google says it's working on a Latitude app that will "hopefully" be available shortly. We're guessing that means El Goog is tied up in App Store approval shenanigans -- it's certainly been naughty before -- but what we're really wondering is if the next rev of Apple's Maps app will include Latitude, since it's basically just a really nice Gmaps implementation. We're guessing the developers of Loopt and Whrrl are equally eager to find out -- "duplication of functionality," anyone?

Filed under: Cellphones

Google Latitude coming to other devices, iPhone included originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Review: Absolute Fitness for iPhone

With an extensive database of food types and nutritional items along with a large variety of exercise types and styles, Absolute Fitness will allow you to track you nutritional intake and exercise levels on a day-to-day basis.

iPhone International: Orange Ousted, Arabia Impending

2008 has come and gone and Apple is still adding regions and carriers to their iPhone 3G rollout. This time it’s the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia according to Macworld:

UAE-based provider Emirates Telecommunications—aka “Etisalat”—will be selling the iPhone and providing service to both countries “later this month.” The deal was announced in an advertisement in an English-language paper in the region.

Meanwhile, long time iPhone carrier, Orange in France, has seen it’s exclusivity arrangement shattered by French courts (the same ones that said Amazon was being anti-competitive by offering free shipping — don’t get me started!). Ars Technica weighs in:

According to a report by Bloomberg, France Télécom, Orange’s parent company, was “shocked by this decision” and, naturally, intends to appeal. Bouygues Télécom, France’s third-largest mobile carrier and the company that brought the original complaint to the Competition Council, told Bloomberg that “talks are under way” with Apple to secure a distribution agreement. Vivendi’s SFR subsidiary, France’s second-largest carrier, also intends to strike a deal with Apple to sell iPhones.

Ars thinks a similar challenge in the US could theoretically lead to T-Mobile carrying the iPhone, but it’s TiPb’s understanding that T-Mo USA (unlike their parents in Europe) doesn’t use the same 3G bands and hence would be limited to EDGE-only iPhone service (likewise, during the Round Robin, we had to run the Android G1 on EDGE on AT&T and Rogers).

So, anyone in the UAE and SA plan on picking up an iPhone? Anyone in France psyched about more carrier choice? Let us know!

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