Sprint expects high demand for Palm Pre

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says that the company expects it won't be able to keep up with demand for the Palm Pre in the short run. And Best Buy is the place to go if you want to skip the mail-in rebate.

iPhone and MobileMe: Apple’s Picks for Getting Your Best Pics

More a cameo than a starring role, never the less the iPhone and MobileMe feature in Apple’s latest marketing campaign “Get the most from your Mac: Our picks for getting your best pics”:

Let friends download full-resolution images. Enjoy your own online gallery where you can share photos and videos. Let friends download your photos and upload their best shots. You can even publish and view photos directly from your iPhone. Visit a live sample gallery now.

While thin on iPhone overall, it does showcase the incredible ecosystem Apple has plugged the iPhone into, including Mac’s for photo editing and organization, printing services for books, calendars, etc. sharing online and to devices from Apple TV in the living room to MobileMe online and iPhone and iPod on the go, and back up solutions like Time Capsule.

That 360 degrees of integration is one of Apple’s — and the iPhone’s — greatest strengths and one smartphone-only manufacturers have no short-term way of matching.

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iPhone and MobileMe: Apple’s Picks for Getting Your Best Pics

Review: Where To? for iPhone

This location-based search app does an adequate job helping you find nearby services, stores, and restaurants. But it could stand to give you more power over the range of searches.

iPhone Push Notification Settings and Screenshots

Apple began high volume testing of the upcoming Push notification system for iPhone applications earlier this week. The system offers 3rd party applications the ability to push notifications to the user even when they are not the running app...

Fraudulent “iTunes” Alert — Check Your Charges!

There’s no technology that’s 100% safe from fraud or social engineering. Those are predators that walk the cyber landscape, and just like hunter gatherers had to watch out for saber-toothed tigers and dire wolves, modern consumers have to keep an eye out for scammers and spammers.

So, it comes as little surprise that Fox New York (via Consumerist) reports iTunes is among the many attack vectors Bad Guys use when committing their fraud.

The crux of this one is bogus charges on your credit card, from $1 to full on $50+ gift card purchases:

Over on GetSatisfaction, there’s a long thread about fraudulent iTunes charges, but no clear answer about what’s going on. In fact, some people seem to be getting hit with charges on their credit cards from a fake APL*ITUNES business even if they don’t have iTunes accounts, while others who do have iTunes accounts receive receipts via email for real gift card purchases that they didn’t make.

So stay informed, check your accounts and your credit card charges, and report anything fishy (or phishy).

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Fraudulent “iTunes” Alert — Check Your Charges!

Apple and RIM gain as smartphone sales grow

Smartphone sales increased by 12.7 percent during the first quarter compared to the first three months of 2008.

Apple Pressuring AT&T to Lower Rates in Face of Palm Pre Competition?

Confession: we secretly hope the Palm Pre does very well. Not because we want one ourselves — we’re pretty happy with the iPhone round here — but because we want Apple and AT&T to think we want one so they continue to drive up innovation and drive down costs respectively. Competition is, was, and will forever be a Good Thing.

Case in point: we’ve heard rumors about Apple pressuring AT&T to lower data rates and/or offer lower price points for capped service. Wall Street Journal takes these rumors and shows why competitive pressure may be at the root of them with a little side-by-side comparison to the impending Palm Pre/Sprint rates. Neatly summarized:

So essentially, iPhone users have to pay $150 a month to match what Sprint will offer Pre users for $100

Hey, if Palm can get Apple to get AT&T to knock 33% off the monthly bill, more power to them (and money to us!)

[Thanks to the Reptile for the tip!]

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Sponsored Post: Case-Mate Fuel Case for iPhone 3G

Sponsored Post: Case-Mate Fuel Case for iPhone 3G

Case-Mate would like to introduce you to your new best friend…the iPhone 3G FUEL. It’s a protective case, carrying solution, and extended battery life all in one. So from here on out you’re good to charge on the go. So the next time you’re rushing to get to the airport at 6am and you forget your charger…relax, your iPhone 3G is taken care of.

Extended battery life features include up to 9 hours of additional talk time, 7 hours of internet use, 8 hours of video playback, 24 hours of audio playback, and 250 hours of stand by time beyond standard iPhone 3G battery life.

Additional features include: power on/off button makes more efficient usage of the fuel by only engaging when you decide to, rechargeable through a standard 5-pin usb cable (included), fully supports syncing while iPhone 3G is docked in the fuel, fully ratcheting 180-degree belt clip, and easy slide in/out access to your iPhone 3G.

Case-Mate Fuel Case for iPhone 3G is available now from the TiPb iPhone Store…

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Sponsored Post: Case-Mate Fuel Case for iPhone 3G

Dataviz: Documents To Go has been submitted to the App Store!

Dataviz has posted to Facebook and Twitter that they have submitted Documents To Go for the iPhone. They say it should be available soon and is

Very reasonably priced and there won’t be a need to have a discount for existing customers…

We have been very excited about what DataViz is bringing to the table in their very popular Microsoft Office compatible software. Our Editor-In-Chief when to Mobile World Congress and brought us back some juicy info. How has this changed? What will this version of Documents To Go do? We should find out in a couple of days.

What are you hoping for? Word, Excel and PowerPoint functionality? I would love the triple play. Do you think DataViz will deliver?

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Dataviz: Documents To Go has been submitted to the App Store!

Rumorous Maximus: iPhone Models to be Differentiated by Software?

That’s what some are taking away from the analyst briefings we linked to last week. Apple would have only one hardware platform, but different versions of the software for different SKUs of the iPhone.

Sigh. It’s hard enough to convince people that software isn’t just math, and math isn’t free, without dodgy OS stripping schemes artificially creating crippled, low-end versions. Apple thus far has known this — Mac OS X comes in only two versions, client and server. Likewise, they tend to have their free/cheap regular software like iPhoto, and pro apps like Aperture.

Could we see a “pro” version of the iPhone OS? Perhaps, but while the guts of the device would likely stay the same for compatibility and component cost reasons, it’s hard to see no hardware differentiation like more storage, better camera, tweaked casing. After all, that’s what Apple’s historically done with MacBooks and MacBook Pros.

If Apple did go with pure software differentiation, might also make for yet another interesting chapter in the Jailbreak cat-and-mouse game…

Apple believing their software differentiates the iPhone from OTHER smartphones is something they’ve made a point of making a point about since launch (and likely what they meant again this time). But differentiating within the iPhone platform? Well, we just hope they’re leaning towards iPhone Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. Because, you know, people just loved that about Windows Vista.

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Review: Trivial Pursuit for iPhone

EA's Trivial Pursuit for iPhone and iPod touch sticks close to the board game's formula.

In search of iPhone games for kids

Rob Griffiths is looking for fun, educational, interesting, or otherwise engrossing games for kids -- younger kids, specifically.

Convertbot for iPhone

You won't find a quicker, more elegant way to convert distances, measurements, temperatures, currencies, and other items than with this utility from Tapbots.