How’s Your Battery Life With iPhone OS 2.2.1?

There were complaints about battery life with iPhone OS 2.1, but many on the various internet channels seemed to think OS 2.2 fixed that up rather nicely. Reports since iPhone OS 2.2.1 have varied more widely. Some seem to think it’s fine while others, including well know tech pundit Leo Laporte, keep saying they’re getting worse battery life since the last update.

What’s happening with your iPhone? The same? Better? Worse? Can you make it through a day? And what’s with the up and down between firmware? Is Apple playing some high-stakes balancing game between battery life and signal reception?

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How’s Your Battery Life With iPhone OS 2.2.1?

PacketVideo offers live TV for the iPhone

Seems live television could be making its way to the iPhone. PacketVideo (PV) announced its mobile video application for the Apple iPhone, allowing iPhone users to watch operator-branded TV and on-demand video. The application is available immediately and will be sold via operator distribution. The iPhoneWorld wrote: The way it works is ...

Sygic Demos Turn-by-Turn GPS iPhone App with Voice Navigation

Ngmoco teaches old dog simulator new tricks

The iPhone developer’s latest effort is Touch Pets Dogs, which combines the connectivity of a social network with the fun of playing with puppies.

Leaked Photo of the Next-Generation Mac Mini? [Updated: Video]

A possible image of the next generation Mac Mini was first posted to a MacRumors forum discussion thread. The image depicts what could be the next Mac mini.



The original leaker also claimed the following specs:
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Leaked Photo of the Next-Generation Mac Mini?

A possible image of the next generation Mac Mini was first posted to a MacRumors forum discussion thread. The image depicts what could be the next Mac mini.



The original leaker also claimed the following specs:
...

Company demos development turn-by-turn iPhone GPS app

GPS software maker Sygic showed off a prototype of an iPhone version of their program at the Mobile World Congress this past week.

Google Demos Offline Gmail for the iPhone

iPhone Buzz Week in Review - Week 6 2009

Mophie will launch its Juice Pack Air, a rechargeable external battery (as well as a case), for the iPhone 3G. Compared to the current model (called 3G Juice Pack), the new model offers better and full protection, integrated power switch, thinner and light-weight. China's mobile users have to wait a quite ...

Xumii handles all social accounts on your iPhone

If you have a bunch of favorite social networking accounts and you want to access them easily on your iPhone, this new app called Xumii will help you do that. This free app will hit the iTunes store tomorrow. According to iPhoneFootprint, this app offers following benefits: See all your friends from ...

From the Forums: Jailbreak Edition

As our forums keep gaining more and more members the threads just keep getting better. Here are some of the latest and greatest Jailbreak-related threads from the forums today!

The first thread is a pretty straight forward poll, are you Jailbroken or not? As of right now the amount of members Jailbroken are way ahead of those who choose not to. So what about you?

Next thread comes to us from BKSinAZ, and he asked the following question. If he is using AT&T, is there any reason to jailbreak? I’m sure all of our readers who are currently Jailbroken can give BKSinAZ some reasons on why he should.

A lot has been said recently about the legality of Jailbreaking your iPhone. So is it a surprise that there are a few threads revolving around that topic? Be sure to check these two threads out: Jailbreak Illegal - What now? Restore? and Apple Says Jailbreaking is Illegal.

For everything that is Jailbreaking Apps… be sure to check out the forums iPhone Jailbreak Apps section. You will just begin to scratch the surface of what is exactly available to you.

In order to discuss these topics on TiPb forums you must be registered, which you can do right here, and it will only take a minute of your time.

See you on the forums!

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From the Forums: Jailbreak Edition

Review: Ferrari GT Evolution for iPhone

Ferrari GT Evolution is an ambitious racing game that lets you take the wheel of 33 different Ferrari automobiles.

Rogers to Launch 4G LTE in Time for 2010 Vancouver Olympics

So we’ve heard about AT&T and the EU, and we’ve heard about Verizon. Now it’s Canadian iPhone carrier, Rogers’ turn. The BGR brings word they’re pouring on the 4G LTE in hopes of launching in Vancouver in time for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February.

Reportedly 50Mbps (un-optimized) is already a go on tests, and while no handsets will be available until mid-2010, USB dongles should launch sooner. Following Vancouver, Rogers plans to expand the network, and vows they’ll have less problems than their 3G HSPA launch. (We all hope!)

In the mixed bag-of-hurt department, it sounds like Rogers is also going to try to help out their over-strained cable business by merging it with 4G and Portable Internet.

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Rogers to Launch 4G LTE in Time for 2010 Vancouver Olympics

Apple Discontinues 20″ Cinema Display, Product Refreshes Coming?

Apple has removed the 20" Cinema Display from the online Apple Store and has notified resellers that the product has been "end of life'd" and can no longer be ordered.

While it may be possible that Apple has simply chosen to stop of...

The Presidents of the United States of America offer iPhone app

A new iPhone applications allows users to stream all of the music by The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as exclusive tracks.

ReachMyFile allows you to do just that

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

ReachMyFile [App Store link] for the iPhone/iPod touch comes very close to being the holy grail for moving files between a remote Mac and your iPhone over the Internet.

It allows you to search for files on a home or office Mac, then download and view them on your iPhone, or email them directly to someone else without the download ever passing through your iPhone. The system uses a 128-bit encrypted link. Files can be located by navigating your hard disk, or simply naming the file.

ReachMyFile allows you to view PDF, JPEG, many audio and video formats, MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint files. It does not display iWork files, but you can transfer them to your iPhone or email them to any other computer.

Although the app is pricey, US $19.99, it provides a lot of bang for those bucks. You can try a free version of the app, ReachMyFile Lite, [App Store link] which limits file transfer size, and doesn't allow you to email files from your remote computer to someone else. It will let you see if the system works with your Internet connection and router combination. Mine worked fine, and I'm not able to use Back to my Mac with the same router, so I expect it will work for most people.

Read on for more, or take a look at the screenshot gallery below.

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New iPod touch Commercial… Again Focuses on Gaming

Apple really, really thinks the iPod touch is the funnest ever, and just so they’re sure we know it as well, they’ve released a second 2nd gen iPod touch gaming music video TV commercial.

TUAW’s commenters pointed out Apple has even gone to the trouble of setting up a special App Store gaming page just for the games shown in the Franz Ferdinand covered commercial.

Will these commercials help sell iPod’s to more gamers? Take a bite out of the upcoming Nintendo DSi pie? Or, like with the iPhone, is focusing on apps taking away from the core purpose of the devices (media + internet)?

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New iPod touch Commercial… Again Focuses on Gaming

Send in the iClones: BlackBerry App Store Edition

Our public frenemy number 1, CrackBerry Kevin, tipped us to RIM revealing details of their latest “innovation”, the BlackBerry App Store (and no, we’re not jaded that the company that once said touchscreens were a non-starter is now high-five’ing themselves silly over winning the self-awarded “breakthrough” prize for the Storm’s SurePress at Mobile World Congress — iSigh).

Them new CrackBerry App Store details? (And no, we’re not going to call it the CrApp Store, thanks you very much!) No themes allowed, which are apparently quite popular (not that we non-Jailbroken iPhone owners have any idea what they are, right Apple?). WebApps will be showcased alongside native apps, which is interesting given how WebApps on the iPhone have languished in terms of the Apple spotlight since the iPhone App Store launched.

Unlike Apple’s free SDK or $99 registered SDK with tethering, RIM will charge devs $200 per 10 apps submitted to the store. How the effects free apps (or rejected/re-submitted apps?) is unknown. Like the iPhone App Store, support will be the responsibility of the developer, which some hope will encourage more stable code (and not just less supportive developers).

Also important to remember in all this, however, is that while an iPhone can hold up to almost 16GB of Apps, BlackBerry’s are severely limited — only onboard app storage can be used, after the OS takes its share. We’re talking a 30-100MB at most (and single iPhone Apps can be bigger than that).

So what do we think? Dieter wanted Apple to copy-back the Ovi Store’s recommendation engine. Anything Apple should copy-back from RIM? WebApp category?

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Send in the iClones: BlackBerry App Store Edition

Offline Gmail Coming Soon on iPhone, Android?

Google's VP of engineering, Vic Gundotra, demonstrated on Wednesday a mobile version of Gmail designed for both the iPhone and Android.

Passage creator releases Primrose, an iPhone puzzle game

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

Jason Rohrer gained some nice accolades among the indie gaming scene for his game, Passage, which took the player through a whole pixelated lifetime in just a few minutes in a very powerful and artistic way. Lately, he's turned his attention to the iPhone -- he released Passage on the platform (though it doesn't work quite so well -- you should probably stick to the free desktop version for the full effect), and has now created another iPhone game that's not quite as meaningfully reflective, but is definitely lots of fun.

Primrose is the new title -- it's due out on the App Store any minute now (and will be released for desktops as well), but Rohrer gave TUAW a pre-release look at the game. You can browse through a few screenshots in the gallery below, and our impressions (it's good) are in the second half of the post.

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