Amazon Buys eBook App Developer Lexcycle

Yesterday, Amazon.com purchased the company behind the leading ebook reader application for the iPhone/iTouch platforms, Stanza.Downloaded more than 1 million times, Stanza lets users access over 10,000 eBooks 24 hours a day. Stanza currently supports the ePub format which currently the Kindle does not. Current users of Stanza were told ...

iPhone 3.0: Swipe to Delete Contact Info

Not sure if this is new to Beta 4, or if it appeared earlier in iPhone 3.0, but it’s the first we’ve seen of it so we’re passing it along. What is it exactly? Simply go to Contacts, pick a name, and then swipe to call up the red “Delete” button that we all know and love from Email and other, previous apps going all the way back to iPhone 1.x.

Nice way to speed up removing unwanted or outdated information. Thanks Apple!

(And thanks Adam for the tip!)

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iPhone 3.0: Swipe to Delete Contact Info

OS X 10.5.7 Due for Release on Friday?

Mac|Life claims that OS X 10.5.7, the next update to Leopard, will be released on Friday.

If you've been champing at the bit for the magic of 10.5.7, according to a super-secret Apple source, your champing can cease on Friday. The new...

Review: SkyData for Jigsaw on the iPhone

For business users who belong to Jigsaw, SkyData has provided a great mobile client.

iPhone App - Mover: Sharing Photos and Contacts has never been so much Fun

Amazon acquires iPhone e-book app Stanza

Today the New York Times is reporting that Amazon has bought out Lexcycle, the company behind the excellent Stanza ebook reader for the iPhone. No financial details were disclosed. By this move, Amazon seems strengthening its presence on the iPhone and iPod Touch. According to Lexcycle’s blog: We are not planning any ...

Top Gun game released for iPhone and iPod touch

Top Gun for the iPhone and iPod touch are here, now it's your turn to fly the highway to the Danger Zone.

iPhone Users will be able to take Better Photos with iPhone OS 3.0?

iPhone 3G Coming to Orange UK?

Seems strange to be writing about iPhone 3G launches when there are so many next-generation iPhone rumors flying around now, doesn’t it? Then again, there have been rumors about Orange UK getting the iPhone going back to the early days of iPhone 3G. Now, however, a helpful tipster has stumbled across what might be the first step towards confirmation:

iPhone 3G has shown up on internal systems at Orange UK (see the above pic), something that typically happens 6-8 weeks before a handset starts shipping on the network.

O2 has been exclusively carrying the iPhone in the UK since just after the original iPhone was first released, but competition is a Good Thing, right?

Any of our UK mates think iPhone on Orange is brilliant, yeah?

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iPhone 3G Coming to Orange UK?

EA releases Need for Speed Undercover on iPhone

EA has released Need for Speed Underground for iPhone, a racing game.

Google and Apple possibly violating antitrust laws?

The US Federal Trade Commission is examining the relationship between Apple and Google to determine if the companies are violating antitrust law. A report by the New York Times explained that the investigation centers on the Section 8 provision of The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, which forbids “interlocking directorates,” a situation where directors serve on [...]

Apple Job Listing Suggests Possible Plans to Add 3G Wireless to Macs?

Computerworld has discovered an Apple job posting for a "Communications QA Engineer" position within the Mac Hardware Group that mentions among its duties the testing of "3G Wireless WAN".

The Comms Software QA team within the Mac Har...

Apple’s Cash Hoard Triggers Acqusition Rumors: Twitter, Electronic Arts

Apple now has nearly $29 billion in cash reserves which has generated ongoing speculation about what Apple could or should do with that money.

"I think the pressure is definitely mounting," said Scotia Capital analyst Gus Papageorgio...

iPhone 3.0 Firmware to Take Better Photos?

Gizmodo reports on findings by Russian site iPhones.ru which found that the iPhone 3.0 firmware may improve iPhone photography based on some testing.

iPhones.ru took side by side photos with new iPhone firmware and old...

Six things I learned from losing my iPhone 3G

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, iPhone

A couple of weeks ago, I was on a two-day business trip to Kansas City. As usual, the moment my plane landed I turned on my iPhone and gave my wife call to let her know that I had made it to my destination safely. I told her I'd text her as I got my rental car, and then call when I got to my hotel.

Heading out the door of the terminal to catch the rental car shuttle, I reached into my pocket for my iPhone only to find that it was gone. I did a quick search of my other pockets, my briefcase; anything within reach. Nothing. The next step involved running back into the terminal, talking to the folks at United to see if they could have someone check my seat on the airplane. They did, with negative results. I gave them my name and home phone number so that they could call me if it was found on the airplane when the cleaners did their job, and then I headed on to collect my rental car and go to the hotel.

The next morning, I called the lost & found office at the airport, and nothing had been turned in. Since I depend so heavily on my iPhone for my work, I ended up going to the nearest AT&T store to buy another phone. Read on to see what I learned from this experience.

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Review: Ro for iPhone

This game offers a unique concept and attractive graphics. But ultimately, it's too hard to be very much fun.

Apple to replace water-damaged iPhones

Filed under: Hardware, Apple, iPhone

ifoAppleStore is reporting that Apple has instituted a new policy that will let iPhone owners swap their liquid-damaged iPhones for replacements. For $199US, customers can swap their defunct phones for a refurb unit, provided that it succumbed to an out-of-warranty encounter with liquid. Here's the catch: Said swap renews your 2-year contract with AT&T -- so it's pretty much like buying a new phone, except if you were to do that out of contract it would cost you $499 for a 16GB unit.

Of course, this could also be another way to clear current iPhone inventory in preparation for a new model.

We couldn't determine if sweat-induced failures are covered by this program, but we'll let you know if we find out.

Apple to replace water-damaged iPhones originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPass aims for mobile cloud service platform

iPass introduced an iPhone client and plans someday to offer a platform for third-party applications.

FTC Investigating Apple and Google Antitrust Issues

The New York Times (via Daring Fireball) reports that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into whether the ties between Apple and Google’s respective Boards of Directors violate Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act.

The provision is designed to prevent two rival companies from acting in concert to reduce competition. While Google and Apple have rival mobile phone platforms and cloud services, iPhone vs. Android and Gmail (etc.) vs. MobileMe, Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt is on Apple’s board of directors and the iPhone makes use of Google technology such as the built-in Google Maps, Google Search, etc.

According to the NYT, however:

Antitrust experts say that investigations of interlocking directorates rarely lead to major confrontations between companies and the government. Executives typically choose to resign from the board of a competitor if it poses a problem rather than face a lengthy investigation or a bruising legal fight.

The article also points out the “closeness” of Google to the Obama administration, and how that “closeness” doesn’t seem to offer Google any insulation from the FTC.

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FTC Investigating Apple and Google Antitrust Issues

Rumor: Apple to #Buy @Twitter?

Dieter rates this rumor at 10%. He may be generous. Never-the-less, noted Silicon spysite Valley Wag is reporting that:

A source who’s plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position says Apple and Twitter are in serious negotiations, with the goal of unveiling a deal by June 8, when Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference launches in San Jose.

Valleywag thinks Apple may want to uber-cool web savvy of the Twitter crew for their own. Dieter had another idea: what if they’re looking to spice up a BlackBerry Messenger (MMB)-style service to compete with RIM?

Of course BBM is completely proprietary to BlackBerrys and BlackBerry Connect, while Twitter is pretty much as open a messaging platform as can be, still Apple has been known to weave amazingly slick proprietary versions of software that they, or others, leave as open at its source. (CalDAV, CardDAV, etc.)

Don’t think it will happen. But can we imagine what, if anything, Apple would do with Twitter if they did acquire it? Could they do worse than Google’s done with Jaiku so far?

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Rumor: Apple to #Buy @Twitter?